Mondo Generator

If you like this band, try Winnebago Deal. The 2 Bens that make up this extremely lively Oxford band are currently working with Nick on the next phase of MG, and they are brilliant, especially live. Well worth a look

From punk rock to metal, from hard hit acoustic stories to bass maneuverability. Just the blueprint of Nick Oliveri shows a strategic design for the traits above. His bald head for less air resistance on fast paced slammers and agility. The gangling facial hair to show wisdom of such folk tales as 'All I Can Do". Yes, if Nick Oliveri was a car, I'd feel safe enough to left my girlfriend ride him....not really. Drug problem.. as an album has very few if no problems, they do not exist. Each song has its own flavor but as a whole blends in perfectly together. This is not a bag of M&Ms where each one if a different color but all taste the same. No no, this album is a 4 course meal. Each riff and each moment is different than the rest. It has looooooonggevity and the dexterity to affect you at any point in your life. I dont want to single out any songs as they all have a reason, point, flavor, and are all needed to make such a album. Great albums are the ones you cant just pick out peices, it's immpossible. Dont buy this looking for a Queens, Dwarves, Kyuss, or River Side Rapist (or is he in the bulimics?) album. Look for traits and aspects you love of those bands and you'll find them here along with much more. The most amazing trait about Nick is the ability to not be the same musician band to band to band. The most amazing part about Nick, is now this album.

I saw Mondo Generator opening up for the Melvins and Tomahawk. The show itself was one of the best rock n' roll nights of my life and Mondo Generator (the opening act) blew away the Melvins and Tomahawk. They performed a few cuts off of Cocaine Rodeo and then teased us with a few cuts from "A Drug Problem that Never Existed."
Now this is rock n' roll. Short, dirty, mean, with soul and LOUD. Nick's voice is in top form, Brant Bjork (another Kyuss veteran) is a brilliant drummer and Molly and Dave from Earthlings are a fierce rock duo. Dave Catching looks like he's eighty but man can he wail. Live he just pounds and caresses the sickest sounding riffs out of his Strat and struts around like the rock god he is. Molly has got to be a wild sex kitten, with her hands squeezing the neck of her bass and the short nurses outfit she'll have your tongue on the floor.
The highlights on this record are "Meth I Hear You Callin'" "So High, So Low" "Do the Headright" "All I Can Do" "F.Y. I'm Free" "Day I Die" and the epic "Four Corners."
On this record, Mondo Generator have given you the sonic equivalent of being strung out and sick. Its all here from the ecstasy, to the nausea, to the violent comedown. This is twisted , genuine music from a new scene of rock n' roll innovators. Buy it. While you're at it, get a t-shirt.

This is a really great album from nick oliveri. In a Few words: This album rocks. its Way too much better tahn cocaine rodeo (but also rocks).

This is a really great album from nick oliveri. In a Few words: This album rocks. its Way too much better tahn cocaine rodeo (but also rocks).

This Band is awsome. It's a new sound. I'm a fan of Pantera, Down, LOG, Mastodon and Slayer. These guys don't really sound like my typical music to be honest. But thier songs will be stuck in your head for days and you'll just want more. Very addictive and heavy. These guys are gonna be big very soon. Great live band, I saw them in concert. I'd say it's kind of like Punk Metal. If you like this CD you'll love "Dead Planet" The newest one. Even better and more matured.

I have been anxious to hear this album since discovering the mastery of QOTSA and upon dowloading the first song, I was slightly disappointed to hear a song from QOTSA's "Rated R". Nonetheless, my curiousity never faltered and I proceeded to seek out this album from Nick Oliveri and co. Much like QOTSA, Mondo Generator is a healthy and balanced blend of vaious styles of rock, not falling directly under the "stoner rock" mantra. It has a very unique blend of more punk rock a' la Black Flag or Bl'ast with some indie rock undertones that remind me of Shellac that is rounded off and solified with a stoner rock vibe. Much like QOTSA, there isn't a disappointing moment to be heard on this recording that should be sought after by those seeking something more than your average radio schlock.

nick was in the dwarves too, and recorded i want you to die in dwarves fashion on their come clean album. both albums are totally killer!!!

This is heavy aggressive damage and it's gonna bang in your face just like Westwood.

nick oliveri (formerly of kyuss, now of queens of the stone age with buddy josh homme) smokes it up on this album. i mean, he's really tearing it up on the songs (although it sounds as if he may have been stoned during some of the songs). any of you who enjoy space-rock/stoner-rock, or whatever the crap you wanna call it, should enjoy this recording. songs like "shawnette", about a girl with tourette's syndrome and wanting rampant sex, are rumbly anthems to the underground sound. then there's the punkier "i want you to die" (title says it all), reminiscient of hard core punk-rawk. the title track is a hick-country spoof about...duh!...cocaine! there is also a different version of the song "tension head" (also found on queens of the stone age R album). all the songs sound lo-fi, but all of them are amazing. buy it, love it, but don't smoke it.

Imagine driving down a lonely highway and the music that exits yer car speakers is a blend of stoner rock/grunge with bite........that is what 'Dead Planet' sounds like! Fav trax: Basket case, Lie detector, Sonicslowmotiontrails, Life of sin. Enjoy!

Dead Planet is Nick Oliveri's third full length release with Mondo Generator (which is basically Oliveri going solo with some help from his friends). You probably already know that Oliveri was in QOTSA up through Songs for the Deaf (coincidentally the last great album by that band, recorded with the astounding lineup of Homme, Oliveri, Grohl and Lanegan). What you may not know is that Oliveri's Dead Planet is better than anything QOTSA has done since Songs For the Deaf. Not just because of the aggression (now all but absent from QOTSA), the attitude (same), or the raucous vocals (same), but also because of the songwriting and melody. With this album, Oliveri has crafted some incredibly catchy songs that still rock in that mean, visceral, bloody sort of way that it seems only he can do (check out Lie Detector, Life of Sin, and Bloody Hammer to name just a few). Mondo's first two albums are also very good, but this one shows Oliveri truly coming into his own. If you miss all that he contributed to what QOTSA used to be, then you need to check this album out. And get this version rather than the import, as it includes three extra songs.

Reviews I see for this compare it to QOTSA since that's where Nick made his name, but there's a lot more going on here. This is what Fugazi would sound like if Ian McKaye hadn't just said no.

Only a month after his former band released the killer "Era Vulgaris", Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator upped the ante with "Dead Planet". This album is easily the best release by Nick and the band. Not a bad track in the mix. This album was previously released in the UK but does not contain the final three songs. Listen to this along with "Era Vulgaris" it is like Nick never left. Not to compare it to much to QOTSA because this stands on its own as a very good piece of work. I look forward to seeing the band perform these songs live.

After hearing the title track, i was very impressed. and after all these listens that song still remains to be my favorite. very catchy, unique melody. I pretty much fell for this album, listening to it every-day for a week when i first for got it. This album has a lot of gems and a few duds. "like a bomb," "life of sin." But the others stand out. " lie detector, all the way down, she only owns you, so high," which so high was also on [drug problem] titled "so high, so low." Two short maniac songs, " all systems go, basket case." And you have guessed it, lots of screaming on the majority of the album. but when nick's not yelling his voice is melodic and clear. I have always enjoyed his voice, screaming too but regular, he has good pitch. As heard clearly on track 13," paper thin." Which actually is probably the 2nd best song on the album. There's also three cover songs. Including the ramones, " mental hell." and, Johnny cash's, " sam hall."(hidden) Johnny cash you say? But believe it or not, it sounds cool. Enjoyable, different. If you like quotsa and some of nicks vocals on quotsa tracks, " Another love song, quick and to the pointless, wake up screaming, six shooter, jet pilot, etc." You shall love this. Yes because its an import, its a bit pricey. Almost 30. But in the stores, its 20. It is worth it.

Imagine driving down a lonely highway and the music that exits yer car speakers is a blend of stoner rock/grunge with bite........that is what 'Dead Planet' sounds like! Fav trax: Basket case, Lie detector, Sonicslowmotiontrails, Life of sin. Enjoy!

Dead Planet is Nick Oliveri's third full length release with Mondo Generator (which is basically Oliveri going solo with some help from his friends). You probably already know that Oliveri was in QOTSA up through Songs for the Deaf (coincidentally the last great album by that band, recorded with the astounding lineup of Homme, Oliveri, Grohl and Lanegan). What you may not know is that Oliveri's Dead Planet is better than anything QOTSA has done since Songs For the Deaf. Not just because of the aggression (now all but absent from QOTSA), the attitude (same), or the raucous vocals (same), but also because of the songwriting and melody. With this album, Oliveri has crafted some incredibly catchy songs that still rock in that mean, visceral, bloody sort of way that it seems only he can do (check out Lie Detector, Life of Sin, and Bloody Hammer to name just a few). Mondo's first two albums are also very good, but this one shows Oliveri truly coming into his own. If you miss all that he contributed to what QOTSA used to be, then you need to check this album out. And get this version rather than the import, as it includes three extra songs.

Reviews I see for this compare it to QOTSA since that's where Nick made his name, but there's a lot more going on here. This is what Fugazi would sound like if Ian McKaye hadn't just said no.

Only a month after his former band released the killer "Era Vulgaris", Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator upped the ante with "Dead Planet". This album is easily the best release by Nick and the band. Not a bad track in the mix. This album was previously released in the UK but does not contain the final three songs. Listen to this along with "Era Vulgaris" it is like Nick never left. Not to compare it to much to QOTSA because this stands on its own as a very good piece of work. I look forward to seeing the band perform these songs live.