About Yawning Man

"That whole era of Yawning Man is a true reflection of what was happening in the desert during the mid to late 80's. We were so fresh to our instruments and naive to anything outside the desert and not even remotely interested in record labels or publishings and percentages and the all business end of music." (read the entire interview)

"Actually Alfredo and myself started the band. We were playing months before we put bass into the music. We were all roommates and Alfredo and myself were unemployed. So during the day we would jam with just guitar and drums coming up with music. Eventually after a few months of this, Mario joined in on bass and later Larry would join on second guitar." (read the entire interview)

Formed in: the mid 80's in Palm Springs, California (USA)
First line-up: Gary Arce (guitar) and Alfredo Hernadez (drums)
First appearances: in the desert of Palm Springs at the so-called Generator Parties
Other projects of the members (former and recent ones): Kyuss, Fatso Jetson, Sort of Quartet, Oddio Grasser, Queens of the Stone Age, Across The River, and many more
Current members: Gary Arce, Mario Lalli & Alfredo Hernandez
Former members: Larry Lalli, Billy Cordell, Randy Reantaso R.I.P.
Origin of the name: Yawning Man is a character from Tom Thumb