Lollipop Magazine

Acid King to release Beyond Vision on March 24th – News

March 9, 2023

“The songs really have no beginning or ending—they all just flow into each other. It’s meant to be listened to as one piece.”

Sucking the ’70s – Back in the Saddle Again – Review

May 11, 2007

It was a good idea the first time, and it’s a good idea now, although four discs worth of ’70s covers does seem to be pushing things to the saturation point.

Acid King – III – Review

October 21, 2005

Pick any song from III and it’d sound just as at home on any previous Acid King release.

The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight – Acid King – Split – Review

June 4, 2001

For this split EP, the band is joined on vocals by stoner legend Wino (St. Vitus, Obsessed, Spirit Caravan). Sounds like a match made in heaven, and it is.

Acid King – The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight – Split – Review

June 1, 2001

Plenty of bands play this heavily at tempos this slow, but very few make it breathe like Acid King. The grooves are simple and fluid with plenty of space.

Acid King – Busse Woods – Review

January 1, 2000

Little to no actual songcraft happening here, but lotsa heavy riffing, grumbling low-end, and psychotic, tortured vocals for six to ten minutes at a time.

In The Groove – Review

June 1, 1999

This comp swings a huge horse dick of walloping smut that pulls from bands you may not recognize yet, but will if you have any interest in organic meta-spew.

Acid King – Acid King/Zoroaster split – Review

April 1, 1996

The low-end drone is its Salisbury steak, the L7-ish vocals are the mashed potatoes with gravy, and the ’70s acid rock nostalgia kick is its peas and carrots.