John Garcia is a vocalist from Arizona best known as the founding singer of Kyuss, the desert rock band whose early-1990s output helped define the stoner rock genre. His 2014 self-titled solo debut on Napalm Records marked the beginning of an active solo career that has included The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues (2017) and a collaboration under the John Garcia and the Band of Gold name, showcasing his signature gravelly vocal delivery in a range of desert-tinged heavy rock settings.

Vista Chino formed in 2010 under the original name Kyuss Lives!, bringing together three former Kyuss members — vocalist John Garcia, drummer Brant Bjork, and bassist Nick Oliveri — alongside Belgian guitarist Bruno Fevery. After a legal challenge from former Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme prohibited the use of the Kyuss name for recordings, the group rebranded as Vista Chino and released their sole album Peace in 2013 before disbanding the following year. The project drew on the desert rock vocabulary the members had helped pioneer in the early 1990s.