Mondo Generator - Dead Planet Review
Musically, think of a shotgun discharge of chords, drums, and screams, the pretensions of QOTSA stripped completely away by the blast in favor of a street-punk rooted annihilation. It's easy to tell the kind of music Oliveri cut his teeth on. There is plenty of very early Black Flag-style California hardcore punk and Motorhead to gnaw on with Dead Planet, and the sheer volume of Kyuss (Oliveri was a founding member of that seminal band as well, hence the name Mondo Generator after the Kyuss song written by Oliveri) informs much of the record.
Dead Planet works, however, because of the extremely tight and well-crafted bunch of songs Oliveri has put forth in this effort. Songs like, Lie Detector and SonicSlowMotionTrails have evolved well beyond the almost half-finished sounding tracks from Cocaine Rodeo and the more experimental nature of A Drug Problem�There is no more Desert Sessions feel to this album. Thematically, the world of drugs and insanity collide, and while this isn't a concept album, most of the songs run pretty much in one of those veins or the other, no pun intended.
While Queens of the Stone Age has lost it's maniacal side, the World has gained what will hopefully become a more full time band in Mondo Generator. The name of the record is Dead Planet. You almost get the impression from the intensity and violence with which Nick Oliveri performs every track that "Dead Planet" represents a goal rather than something to be feared and avoided. The way this record turned out, he may be well on his way to achieving this particular aim, and taking us all along for the ride. Me? I'm purchasing tickets in advance.
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