(Welcome to) Sky Valley Review

Welcome to Sky Valley is the third album by Kyuss on June 28, 1994.

This was the first album with bassist Scott Reeder, who took the place of Nick Oliveri in 1993 before the album was recorded. It also marks the first time that the bass guitar was used in a more conventional, contrapuntal manner, as opposed to Oliveri's Lemmy-influenced picking style that uses the bass more as a rhythm guitar, sticking to simple major and minor scales, sans the use of modes. This is the final album with drummer Brant Bjork, who left to join Fu Manchu. The band officially disbanded in October 1995, 3 months after releasing their last album ...And the Circus Leaves Town .

In concert, the band Tool has covered "Demon Cleaner" a number of times, occasionally getting Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder to play it with them live.

The album marks the watershed in their songwriting prowess, when they moved away from angered, riff-laden songs with an alternative edge to the psychedelic experimentation that has been their enduring legacy to the stoner rock scene.