Red Desert

Red Desert
Red Desert
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Background information
Origin	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genres	Stoner Rock, Stoner Metal
Years active	2004 - Present
Labels	Riff Reaper, Ripple Music
Website	Red Desert Facebook

Red Desert are a stoner rock band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Starting in 2004, this quartet combining heavy low-end doom, the distorted fuzz of stoner rock and crafty song structures. Red Desert to date have released three studio albums among other releases and have shared the stage with a wide range of musical acts.

History[]

Red Desert would form sometime in 2004, performing mainly in the Minnesota area. Sometime after forming work would begin on a debut album, recording with Adam Tucker. Red Desert's debut album 18 Wheels would be released on 1 November 2008, gaining positive buzz from some stoner publications.^[1] A release party would be hosted the next year on 19 February 2009.^[2] Early shows would see the band performing with the likes of Rifflord,^[3] Weedeater, Jumbo's Kilcrane and Gypsyhawk among others.

A follow-up album in Damned By Fate would see release on 3 August 2012 to further praise from several publications such as The Sludgelord^[4] and Skullbanger^[5] to name a few. The band would tour to support the album with Superchief that August.^[6] Both bands would tour together again in 2015.^[7]

Over the next several years Red Desert would share the stage with a wide range of touring bands such as The Gates of Slumber,^[8] Egypt,^[9] Naam,^[10] Truckfighters,^[11] Mos Generator,^[12] and The Skull just to name a few.^[13] The band also participated in Days of The Doomed^[14] and Planet Desert Rock.^[15]

Following a split release with Supervoid entitled Second Coming of Heavy: Chapter Two released in 2016 via Ripple Music, work would begin on a third studio album. Horizon would see release on 20 March 2020 with a proposed release party the same day.^[16]

Discography[]

18 Wheels (Studio Album) (2008, Riff Reaper)
Damned By Fate (Studio Album) (2012, Riff Reaper)
Second Coming of Heavy: Chapter Two (Split with Supervoid) (2016, Ripple Music)
Horizon (Studio Album) (2020, Riff Reaper)

Members[]

Shawn Stende - Guitar, Vocals
Paul Teeter - Bass, Vocals
Jeff Kluegel - Guitar
Dave Dancho - Drums

External Links[]

Red Desert Bandcamp

References[]

[1] Planet Fuzz Records

[2] Red Desert Facebook

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[4] The Sludgelord

[5] Skullbanger

[6] The Obelisk

[7] Red Desert Facebook

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