Black Maria

I was recently in Albuquerque with Michelle and a good friend, Isadora. We were walking past a closed club that had a band practicing in it. It was phenomenal. The band was clearly what is referred to as "stoner rock" although was heavy enough to be "stoner metal". These are genres dear to my heart encompassing bands like Kyuss, Fu Manchu, etc. that rose out of Palm Desert, CA in the late ninties.

The band we heard was Black Maria. Not "The Black Maria" which is a band that totally seems to suck in a really lame poppy way. Black Maria was crushingly good and heavy and had all the spaced out goodness to go with it.

I can't find anything else about this band other than they play around Albuquerque quite often. I would love to get my hands on some of their music... if you know where I can get a 45" or CD or anything, please get in touch.