Of course, we all know that Kyuss vocalist John Garcia (also of Hermano, Slo Burn, Unida, and so on) is doing a set at Roadburn 2010 of his legendary band’s classic songs. And short of a full Kyuss reunion, that’s about as nifty as it’s gonna get. Thing is, when they announced that Garcia would be doing this, the rest of the band was never revealed.

Blah, blah, blah, speculation later, it turns out that joining Garcia for what has now been dubbed Garcia Plays Kyuss (GPK) are a few European rock types seemingly plucked from obscurity. I’m willing to wager the number of people who immediately recognize the name Jacques de Haard is relatively low, but he and drummer Rob Snijders were once in Dutch rockers Celestial Season, and are currently the rhythm section of Agua de Annique. See, don’t you feel a little better?

Guitarist Bruno Fevery, on the other hand (why do these all sound like porno names?) comes from the Belgian band Arsenal, who as near as I can tell are a kind of synth pop/electronica act. A bit more mysterious, but needless to say the pressure’s on all these dudes, Garcia included. Even more so, because now they’re taking Garcia Plays Kyuss on the road. Here are the tour dates:

28.05.10  DUBLIN   Andrews Theatre
29.05.10  GENT    Vooruit
30.05.10  AMSTERDAM Melkweg
01.06.10  KÖLN    Underground
02.06.10  LUZERN  Schuur
03.06.10  ARAU    Kiff
04.06.10  BOLOGNA   Estragon
05.06.10  MÜNCHEN   Feierwerk
06.06-10  WIEN    Arena
08.06.10  BERLIN   Festsaal Kreuzberg
09.06.10  KOBENHAVN   Loppen
10.06.10  HAMBURG   Übel & Gefährlich
11.06.10  FRANKFURT Batchkapp

I don’t even know what to say about this one. Fuckin’ Roadburn is kicking my ass all over the place. What I really want to know is who’s going to be in his backing band, but whoever it is, the fact that it’s going to be John Garcia up front singing Kyuss songs is enough to make me wish even harder I could afford airfare to The Netherlands next spring. Here’s the news from Blabbermouth:

John Garcia (Kyuss, Unida, Hermano) will perform an entire set of Kyuss songs at next year’s Roadburn festival, which will be held at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland from Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18, 2010.

The incredible emotional content of Kyuss is due in large part to the vocals of Garcia. Deeply rooted in blues and baked solid by the searing desert sun, his powerful contributions to the classic Kyuss records Blues for the Red Sun, Kyuss (a.k.a. Welcome to Sky Valley) and …And the Circus Leaves Town cast the mold for a legion of imitators.

Roadburn festival 2010, including Tom Gabriel Warrior‘s Only Death is Real, a Goatsnake reunion, Candlemass 25th-anniversary show and Enslaved as “artists in residence,” will run for three days. There will be an additional Afterburner event on Sunday, April 18, 2010.