“When Acid King pressed up their self-titled debut EP on a tape and started handing them out at shows with business cards, it wasn’t an aesthetic choice. It was 1993. And while the world was still reeling in the aftermath of grunge breaking big on rock radio, this dirty-as-hell trio founded by guitarist / vocalist Lori S. were digging into even heavier vibes. Born out of Lori’s shiftless days of wasted youth hanging around Chicago-area public parks, Acid King laughingly adopted the name from the book Say You Love Satan and its subject Ricky Kasso, a local drug dealer who killed a friend over angel dust, thereby becoming the stuff of Satanic Panic local news broadcasts all over the country. “Founded after a move to San Francisco, Acid King were outliers on punker bills in the tradition of West Coast rifflords like Saint Vitus and Sleep, and this four-song outing captures them at their rawest. Long before the career-defining roll of Busse Woods (1999) and the psychedelic mastery of their latest offering, Beyond Vision, this EP set in motion one of American heavy rock’s most landmark careers. “Presented on reissued vinyl through Riding Easy Records—the original 10-inch was on Sympathy For The Record Industry—Acid King’s Acid King also established one of the most crucial partnerships in underground rock in that between Lori S. and producer / engineer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Sleep, Om, etc). As Acid King went on to help define stoner rock in the mid and late ’90s with...
LP $27.00
07/07/2023
***Stoner faves ACID KING's live set from the 2011 Roadburn Festival now available courtesy of the band. ”As punters filtered into the venue, the smell of hashish washed over the crowd, and as a projection of Horror and Biker flicks was kicked into motion, the blistering opening riff of 2 Wheel Nation splintered through the crowd. As the cosmic riff grooved along, LORI’s sultry and hypnotic vocals took hold, and soon the bands sheer presence and powerful sound became captivating. The bands lumbering, bluesy sound perfectly evoked the atmosphere of the festival and through many of their tracks, the bass rumbled through the jiving crowd. Through each planet destroying riff a multitude of scorching lights shone over the crowd, soon the room was a hot, sweaty vortex of sound. While the band played a wide range of songs from their numerous albums, it was great to hear 'Silent Circle,' 'Electric Machine,' 'Busse Woods' and 'Sunshine and Sorrow' in a live setting, the stunning sound system was incredibly immersive and complemented the music perfectly.”—Paul Robertson.
LP $24.00
08/19/2022
***NOW AVAILABLE ON BLUE COLORED VINYL!!! On their fourth outing, the three-piece maintains the corrosive concoction at the heart of their identity, while simultaneously progressing. Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere was recorded at both Sharkbite and Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, mixed at Different Fur Studios and produced by ACID KING and BILLY ANDERSON. Striking artwork from famed tattoo artist TIM LEHL (who has designed cover art for High On Fire, Earthless and Witch) provides a preliminary indication of the cosmic scope of the musical innards. Housed in gatefold jackets with bonus poster and pressed on three-sides of vinyl.
2XLP $22.75
02/14/2020
***BACK IN STOCK!!! On their fourth outing, the three-piece maintains the corrosive concoction at the heart of their identity, while simultaneously progressing. Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere was recorded at both Sharkbite and Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, mixed at Different Fur Studios and produced by ACID KING and BILLY ANDERSON. Striking artwork from famed tattoo artist TIM LEHL (who has designed cover art for High On Fire, Earthless and Witch) provides a preliminary indication of the cosmic scope of the musical innards. Housed in gatefold jackets with bonus poster and pressed on three-sides of vinyl.
2XLP $20.95
01/03/2020
***BACK IN STOCK ON VINYL!!! Every small town encompasses that one long stretch of forest where kids run to get high, jam out, and just escape. For San Francisco-based stoner metal trio, Acid King vocalist, guitarist, frontwoman, and mastermind Lori Woods, Busse Woods offered such a retreat in her native Illinois as a teenager in the ’70s. This 3,700-acre section of the Cook County Forest Preserve system beckoned her during high school with its buffet of dope, frisbee challenges, and Black Sabbath blaring from numerous trunks well past sundown. Those days left such an imprint on Lori she titled Acid King’s second full-length released in 1999 Busse Woods. Celebrating its 20th year with a special reissue on Riding Easy Records and tour in 2019, it represents the heart and soul of the band. The album still exudes the same sense of mysticism it did upon release in 1999. As the story goes, Lori and bandmates Joey Osbourne (drums) and Brian Hill (bass) entered a practice space to write the full-length follow-up to their debut Down With The Crown. Organically, they jammed out five originals and a take on “39 Lashes” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. As everything gelled, they recorded with legendary engineer Billy Anderson. Prominent Bay Area artist Frank Kozik initially released the CD on his Man’s Ruin record label. Then “everything fell apart.” Behind the scenes, personal and professional relationships crumbled. Marriages ended. Lineups shifted. In the face of such tumult, the music of...
LP $28.00
08/30/2019
CD $12.00
08/30/2019
MC $12.00
09/06/2019
The first full-length to be pressed on wax from legendary Bay Area doom unit ACID KING. Produced with the help of San Francisco's legendary engineer BILLY ANDERSON, this is the album that LORI JOSEPH, JOEY OSBOURNE and co. were born to make. Filled with thundering low end and fat ass riffs AK-III will redefine the definition of the word heavy for years to come.
LP $27.00
07/22/2016
***BACK IN STOCK!!! “ACID KING’s masterful CD and 10-inch split releases on Man's Ruin have been remastered and put out on one lovely piece of vinyl for your enjoyment. Free and Down With the Crown represent very early and heavy material from the band. Some of my personal favorite music in this genre. Amazing stuff. We had the original photo for each release recreated and hand drawn by legendary rock artist ALAN FORBES. Looks awesome! Inner gatefold art is also killer...two panel original works.”—Kreation. Pressed on colored vinyl.
LP $19.25
12/09/2014