Kyuss came from out of the Californian desert in a fog of weed smoke to make one of the greatest cult albums of the 90s. It’s 116˚F in California’s Palm Desert today – 46˚C in real money – a stifling, debilitating heat into which only the foolhardy venture. Not that there’s anywhere to venture to unless you like golf or antique shops. And it was here, in this most unlikely environment, that rock music – stoner rock, in particular – was changed forever, with the birth of a band called Kyuss, and their second album, Blues For The Red Sun… read more >
The Ford Flathead V8: The Engine That Started Hot Rodding
Few engines occupy the same legendary status as Ford’s Flathead V8. Introduced in 1932, it was the world’s first mass-produced V8 engine cast in a
