Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band led by Stephen McBean. The band is a psychedelic amalgamation of Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, and Black Sabbath.

Leader Stephen McBean also heads another similarly-named band, The Pink Mountaintops, who are the more experimental side of McBean’s musical abilities. Black Mountain is the front line band for Black Mountain Army. By day, McBean works in a needle-exchange facility for drug addicts, near Vancouver’s infamous Main & Hastings intersectio... (+) expand

Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band led by Stephen McBean. The band is a psychedelic amalgamation of Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, and Black Sabbath.

Leader Stephen McBean also heads another similarly-named band, The Pink Mountaintops, who are the more experimental side of McBean’s musical abilities. Black Mountain is the front line band for Black Mountain Army. By day, McBean works in a needle-exchange facility for drug addicts, near Vancouver’s infamous Main & Hastings intersection, widely considered to be the heroin capital of Canada, if not North America.
There is also a connection with Blood Meridian. (-) collapse