Thin White Rope was an American rock band formed in Davis, California, in 1984, led by Guy Kyser and Roger Kunkel. They released five studio albums and a notable double live album, and disbanded in 1992.

Name taken from William Burroughs' Naked Lunch; core members included Guy Kyser (vocals/guitar) and Roger Kunkel (guitar); associated with desert rock/psychedelic and Paisley Underground scenes; active 1984–1992; reviewers cite influences such as Dylan, Can, Television, Grateful Dead and country/psychedelic traditions.

DeBaser hosts a set of appreciative reviews of Thin White Rope focusing on their desert-inflected, psychedelic-tinged rock. Reviews highlight studio milestones (Moonhead, In the Spanish Cave, The Ruby Sea) and the double live album The One That Got Away. Critics emphasize the band's intense live energy, country and psych influences, and the core duo of Guy Kyser and Roger Kunkel. Coverage is nostalgic and celebrates the band's distinctive sonic identity.

For:Listeners who enjoy alternative/desert/psychedelic rock, gritty country-tinged songwriting and energetic live recordings.

 

The musical career of Thin White Rope concludes with a concert in a small club in Ghent, Belgium, a country that, like much of Europe, has particularly appreciated them: a story that began in 1984 in the sunny town of Davis, California, which has given us five wonderful albums and a series of mini-LPs composed of the most diverse covers.

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"Moonhead" is the second LP (for Kuiser their best in the beginning), released in 1987, they were the Thin White Rope... unforgettable. Unforgettable.

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