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Red Bank, Philadelphia NJ, United States (1989 – present)

Monster Magnet is an American / band, often cited as one of the most successful and influential in the genre. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar), Tom Diello (drums), and Tim Cronin (vocals and bass). The band first went under the name “Dog of Mystery” and later “Airport 75”, before finally settling on “Monster Magnet”.

In 1989, Monster Magnet released two demo cassettes; “Forget About Life, I’m High on Dope” and “I’m Stoned, What Ya Gonna Do About It?”. The band’s first ‘official’ release was a self-titled EP from Glitterhouse Records of Germany. In 1991 the band signed with Caroline Records and released their first full length album, the cult classic Spine of God, in 1991. The next release was a bizarre 4 song EP titled Tab which included, among two other marathon length songs, a 32 minute track called “Tab…”. McBain was fired soon after, due to personality conflicts between himself and Dave Wyndorf. He was replaced by Atomic Bitchwax guitarist Ed Mundell; who holds the position to this day.

The year 1993 saw the release of the album Superjudge. While the album was released on major record label (A&M Records) and is considered a cult favorite among fans of the band’s earlier work, the album did not sell very well.
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  • Dopes To Infinity
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  • God Says No
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  • Monster Magnet's Greatest Hits
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  • DetoxScission

    Help out Wyndorf's old band by getting their image to the top http://www.last.fm/music/Shrapnel/+images/6569063

    last week
  • TheTony

    I Heart Dopes to Infinity

    16 days ago
  • Ton87

    it puts you in a state where it's difficult to remember stuff

    22 days ago
  • Ton87

    yeah but spine of god is their best..

    22 days ago
  • cutradio

    nice...

    24 days ago
  • TheArtistBox

    In all honesty can you remember any of the words from spine of god's songs or superjudge without needing the song? on powertrip you can sing it without the song, and so on mastermind. Thats how albums are good or bad, if you can sing them or drum to them or whatever without the music to follow, then it has made an impact on you.

    24 days ago
  • TheArtistBox

    discordia23, i disagree hugely. I just bought their back catalogue but it isn't anywhere as near good as Powertrippin' or mastermind was.

    24 days ago
  • oleric88

    I regret not checking out these guys properly earlier. Fantastic stoner is fantastic \m/

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