When it comes to selecting a weed-centric song of particular brilliance, few people are as qualified as Mike “Muleboy” Makela to offer a primo selection. Makela is the frontman for Bongzilla, the ...

There are two flights of stairs curling around the head-turning glass bong, all 24 feet of it. There also will be an elevator to ferry people from the ground floor — where the pipe’s 100-gallon ...

We promise, no weed jokes here, because they’re all stupid unless … you know. But this metal lineup is so loaded with heavy stoner sounds that just the looks of it gives us a contact high. At the top ...

Japanese band Boris will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 10th album, Pink, on tour this fall with support, depending on the date, from Suppression, Agriculture, Uniform, Bongzilla, ...

Best of Chicago 2025 Credit: Cover and section photography by Kirk Williamson. Creative direction and prop styling by Shira Friedman-Parks, Amber Huff, and Kirk Williamson. Design by Corianton Hale.

Stoner doom greats Bongzilla briefly came out of hibernation for a Wisconsin one-off in 2008, and this year they’re coming back once again, but for a full tour. Their final 2005 album, Amerijuanican, ...

Bongzilla is that rare band whose name actually conveys quite a bit about its sound. Conjure an image of a weed-fueled monster on a rampage, and you’re well on your way to understanding what this ...

Bongzilla are going to be bringing their Wisconsin-bred, weed-fueled metal to Europe this coming spring. The stoner doomers will be touring on their record from this year, Dab City, released via Heavy ...

Break out your favorite water piece or dab rig, because this new track from Wisconsin-based sludge and doom metal outfit Bongzilla is the perfect accompaniment to your next smoke session. The new ...

Part of the original early '90s birth of stoner metal, Bongzilla have spent a quarter of a century (with a six-year hiatus in between) obsessed with fuzzed-out riffs and smoking the Devil’s lettuce.

These 10 bands can take you higher—and not like Creed. Ugh. Creed. Though it was originally just the name of a song, Green Day the band adopted Green Day the name after the group started to gain some ...