I recognize the style when I hear the guitar sound... it is usually a fuzz drive. The main influences of this style are the first Black Sabath albums... that sound, that vibe, that rhythms... I think that the first band considered stoner was Kyuss... they used to have vintage sound, fat and deep guitars and basses and slow tempos.
At first this style included many new bands that want to achieve the sound of the first Black Sabbath albums... nowadays it has been evolving and you can hear stoner rock influences in bands like Foo Fighters or Artic Monkeys...

That's all that I know but there is nothing better than a wiki explanation for this... check it out:

"Stoner rock or stoner metal[1] is a subgenre of heavy metal,[2][3] combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound,[4] melodic vocals, and 'retro' production.[5] The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by the Californian bands Kyuss[6] and Sleep.[7]"


full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoner_rock

This is definitely the topic I have been waiting for!!

Gotta love Red Fang their other video "Prehistoric Dog"is also very amusing. Don't remember the last time I could relate so much

Here's two more bands very worth to be mentioned:





As for the "what makes stoner?" I'd say it's mainly the GROOOVE, very low tunings, fuzz and of course the right attitude! ;-)

I didn't really knew how to recognise the stoner genre, but this thread has given me a pretty good idea,

from what I used to listen to it reminds of Down

It's awesome how many Stoner bands exist! I didn't know the two that Lenni posted. Thanks man!

and Down is awesome! They are coming to Argentina, I hope to see them.

more Stoner bands from Argentina...

Check this.

They rock. I like the softer section in the middle of the song.

More Rockers...

ty for sharing Gab! my band just got a new covers to work on q: ahah

hahaha these songs have lots of amazing riffs so it's so fun to play them with a band.

Orange Goblin rocks, I forgot about it

Here's another awesome stoner band from Stockholm - Grand Magus

Check out the chorus and overall tone of this one man, it's so retro and cool

Grand Magus is awesome
But I don't think it's stoner, as most places they're referred to as Heavy Metal or Epic Doom (like Candlemass)..
Still a great band though, love their new album!!

It definitely has stoner elements, although it wasn't my intention to draw drastic lines with stoner and other styles - it is too often crossed with metal and rock.

I agree, they have stoner elements

It's a great song! I can feel some Dio's vibes on it...

Hearing this one I remembered this other band and song.. tell me if you can avoid head banging with this riff...