stoner
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The mainstream hard rockers and hair bands of the 1980s certainly wouldn’t exist without Osbourne, but neither would more niche offshoots, like stoner rock, thrash metal, death metal and doom metal.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
The music includes speed metal by Extreme, some “Detroit Rock City,” stoner anthems by Musical Youth, one-hit wonders Dead or Alive and Falco.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2022
Whether championing math, poetry, or just how to be a decent human being, the inspirational teacher is as familiar to movie audiences as the class stoner.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
"And what took ye, Mister Supercargo, to try a fall with the fourteen stoner?"
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
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