Druids, drone metal are just part of experiencing a Sunn O))) show

ESPN.com columnist & former pro basketball player Paul Shirley recently conducted an interview with Sunn 0))). An excerpt from the
article follows below

I feel Sunn O))) before I see them. It’s five minutes before 6 p.m., and I’m standing on the corner of Broadway and Westport in Kansas City, preparing for a conversation with the band’s guitarist, Stephen O’Malley, when I notice a sound that makes me think a dump truck has dropped a transmission onto the pavement behind me.  I look up from my trusty black notebook and locate the sound. It’s coming from the side door at the Riot Room, where Sunn O))) — pronounced simply “Sun” — will be playing in a few hours.

I cautiously sidle up to the door for my appointment with O’Malley, hoping to make my presence apparent without interrupting the jackhammer-like guitar work that is going on inside the building. A few minutes later, the music stops and a medium-sized man with shoulder length hair and a well-kept beard emerges from the smoke that has wafted under the door. I’ve warned him that I’m tall, so he knows it’s me.

Continue reading: Druids, drone metal are just part of experiencing a Sunn O))) show – ESPN.

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