Obsessed is a 1990s stoner metal band formed originally in the early 1980s, led by Scott Weinrich. After Weinrich spent time with the pioneers of 1990s stoner metal and related genres, Saint Vitus, he reformed Obsessed and released The Obsessed. In spite of a series of line-up shifts, Obsessed signed to Columbia Records for The Church Within (1994, see 1994 in music), which received rave reviews but ended up being the band's last. Weinrich then formed a band called Spirit Caravan.