Some early reports on Karma To Burn stated that the band had "vocalist problems". The truth of the matter is, though the band had experimented with vocalists before (ex-Kyuss frontman John Garcia briefly worked with them), the band is at heart an instrumental band -- in fact, a vocalist (basically, just some guy) was recruited for their debut purely to satisfy their record label. The vocalist departed soon afterward, and the band reverted to its preferred status as an instrumental trio, as well as re-establishing their convention for naming every song simply as a number, which they have done for their last two albums. One might think this would make for some amusing press releases ("Karma To Burn announce three titles from their upcoming album: 'Five', 'Nineteen', and 'Thirty Seven'."). Musically, the band is tough to pigeon-hole -- they are closest to stoner rock, but their instrumental nature and tendency to experiment place them a bit beyond the standards of that genre. An earlier review here of their first album mentioned influences such as Masters Of Reality, Soundgarden, and a touch of Smashing Pumpkins, but their later albums have strayed from that style a bit, again mostly due to the lack of vocals. Not an easy band to fully understand, but an intriguing one nonetheless.

The band unofficially disbanded sometime in mid 2002, but as of March 2009 are back together.