Max Boogie Overdrive unleashes their new single “Stoned Again”
Hailing from greater Los Angeles, Max Boogie Overdrive was originally conceived in 2022 as a recording project between guitarist Max Boogie and Drop Dee.
Stoned Again is the first single from Max Boogie Overdrive‘s upcoming full-length debut of the same name. It’s set for release on CD and digitally via Future Primitive Recordings on March 29. Below you can listen to Stoned Again single:
Here’s what Max Boogie Overdrive say about their new track: “‘Stoned Again’ is inspired by the 1970’s Robert Crumb blacklight poster (technically entitled “Stoned Agin”), and the album art follows that inspiration as well. It really is about being young, smoking pot and getting high with your friends, and that magic feeling you have when you’re young and have very few cares in the world. We put lots of ‘reefer madness’ soundbites at the end, when the music goes into a psychedelic freak out, just to poke fun at how cannabis was viewed in the past as a ‘harmful drug’ that kids should stay away from, meanwhile the ‘adults’ all had alcohol problems.”
Hailing from greater Los Angeles, Max Boogie Overdrive was originally conceived in 2022, as a recording project between guitarist Max Boogie a.k.a. Jim Bacchi (Hittman, Fuzzbubble, The Tikiyaki Orchestra) and Drop Dee a.k.a. Daren Ford (Red Square Black, Ravine, The Generals) as a way to pursue their passion for all things stoner and boogie. Mammoth guitar riffs, bellowing vocals, and the swagger of early ’70s Detroit rock n’ roll. The cyclonic drumming of Tom Knuckles Hernandez (Lords of Altamont, Superbeez) propels the band past the sludge and doom pace, and guitarist Richard RC Clark’s guitar adds the necessary beef to the mix, fattening up the tone, and added vocal duties.
Presented here in it’s full length album glory, the band’s debut, Stoned Again serves up a classic blend of all the aforementioned genres in it’s own unique hybrid. Listeners have drawn comparisons to Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, even Motörhead… Of courseMax Boogie Overdrive the Black Sabbath influence is there, but throw in some old Kiss, UFO,Budgie and classic early 80’s metal as well… Stoned Again focuses on songwriting more than any particular “sound”, so there is a bit more of classic rock structure to the songs, but all heaviness is there, a bit of space-out psychedelia, some epic guitar jams, and of course… riffs o’ plenty. Dig it!
