reason, its dynamic lead singer and co-founder lori joseph and if you haven't seen her or the band, you will now. at the historic music venue known as the chapelfrom the stage a thick riff begins to build. ♪ soon the dreamy vocals of lori joseph emerge. >> i consider it heavy doomy psychedelic rock. >> joseph is the frontwoman of the iconic san francisco stoner doom metal band known as acid king. >> back in the day back when the band started in 1993, there were not that many females playing. there are quite a bit more now, but still compared to the men, it's like 70/30. ♪ >> her admirers are many. >> definitely a fan, big fan. >> just such a great band. it's truly like a great experience. >> it's really, really cool just to be able to see women who have been in this game for now 30 plus years. >> however, the musician also plays in front of another kind of packed house, not by performing metal, but by lifting it. joseph is a top instructor of a cardio warningout known as bodypump. her regular classes are at the presidio community ymca as well as the ucsf fitness center at mission bay. >> i've gotten to know the members who are like family now.

joseph. as brian hackney shows us, she plays to packed rooms, but not just late at night. >> reporter: at the historic music venue known as the chapeldistrict, from the stage a thick riff begins to build. ♪ >> reporter: soon the dreamy vocals of lori joseph emerge. >> i consider it heavy, doomy, psychedelic rock. >> reporter: joseph is the frontwoman of the iconic san francisco stoner doom metal band known as acid king. >> back in the day back when the band started in 1993, there were not that many females playing. there are quite a bit more now, but still compared to the men, it's like 70/30. ♪ >> reporter: her admirers are many. >> definitely a fan, big fan. >> just such a great band. it's truly like a great experience. >> it's really cool just to be able to see women who have been in this game for now 30 plus years. >> reporter: however, the musician also plays in front of another kind of packed house, not by performing metal, but by lifting it. joseph is a top instructor of a cardio workout known as bodypump. her regular classes are at the presidio community ymca as well as the ucsf fitness center at mission bay. >> i've gotten

joseph, she plays tupac rooms, but not just late at night. watch. >> at the historic meaning -- music venue known as the chapel, to the stage where it begins to build, soon, the dreamy vocals of lori joseph emerge. >> i consider it heavy, psychedelic rock. >> joseph is the front woman of the iconic san francisco stoner doom metal band known as acid king. >> back in 1993, there were not as many females playing, there are quite a bit more now, but still compared to the men, it is about 70-30. >> her admirers are many. >> definitely a big fan. >> it was truly a great experience. it's really cool just to be able to see women who have been in this gig for now 30+ years. >> however, the musician also plays in front of another kind of packed house. not by performing metal but by lifting it, joseph is a top instructor of a cardio workout, a regular class at the presidio community ymca as well as the usf fitness center. >> these numbers are like family now, i would really be bummed if i had to stop doing it, i just really love this community. >> she got everybody into it. and it is almost impossible to get into one of her classes. >> she is amazing. >

joseph . as brian hackney shows us, if you have not seen her perform yet, you are about to. >> reporter: at the historic music venue known as the chapelict, from the stage, a thick rift begins to build. soon, the dreamy vocals of lorie joseph emerge. >> i consider it heavy, psychedelic , rock. >> reporter: she is a front woman of the iconic san francisco stoner doom metal band known as acid king. >> back when the band started in 1993 there were not that many females playing in there quite a bit more now but still compared to the men it is like 70-30. >> reporter: her admirers are many. >> definitely a fan. >> such a great fan and it is like a great experience. >> it is really cool to be able to see women have been in the game for now 30 plus years. >> reporter: however, the musician also plays in front of another kind of packed house, not by performing metal. but by lifting it. joseph is a top instructor of a cardio workout known as body pump . regular classes are at the presidio community ymca, as well as the ucsf fitness center at mission bay. >> i have gotten to know the members who are family now and i would be bummed if i had to

the historic music venue known as the chapel in san francisco's mission district, from the stage, a thick rift begins to build. soon the dreamy vocals of lori josephmerge. >> i consider it heavy, doomy, psychedelic rock. >> reporter: joseph is the front woman of the iconic san francisco band known as acid king. >> back when the band started, 1993, there weren't as many females playing. even now it's like 70/30. >> reporter: her admirers are many. >> definitely a fan. big fan. >> just such a great band. it's truly a great experience. >> it's really, really cool just to be able to see women who have been in this game for now 30 plus years. >> reporter: however, the musician also plays in front of another kind of packed house. not by performing metal, but by lifting it. joseph is a top instructor of a cardio workout known as body pump. her regular classes are at the presidio community ymca. >> i've gotten to known the members. they're like family now. i'd be really bummed if you had to stop doing it. >> i loved her energy, enthusiasm, and she got everyone into it. >> reporter: it's almost impossible to get into one of her classes. >> you need to be g

and then quite late on, they decide to have a chapel commemorating saint joseph of arimathea. did that come about? what was the motivation behind it? >> so, absolutely. so being in the lady chapel now, then, first of all, it is the oldest part of the abbey site surviving. it dates back to about the year 1186. it's about 800 years old , 1186. it's about 800 years old, and this chapel was built after and this chapel was built after a great fire that destroyed much of the anglo—saxon and norman monastery. and it's said that at the time of the anglo saxon norman monastery, the oldest church was on this site here. and that's the church that goes back to possibly the time of joseph of arimathea, often called in glastonbury, records the vetusta ecclesia, the ancient church. so when they did their rebuild, they thought building it, building their first part of their new monastery on this site was very symbolic and important, and that would have drawn in pilgrims. >> and that's one of the things about these great abbeys, isn't it? they need something that encourages people to come. so c