We then recorded the second demo and decided, along the way, that Ozium didn't quite fit.
Did you shop that tape around to the labels (including Primo Scree/Caroline)?
No. It was made strictly for the band. I don't recall how The Ugly American got involved. As I see it, it's far superior to anything we ever did. I love how raw and grating it is.
mcbain otm
I still kick myself for losing my copy of this, and for not bidding on one that showed up on ebay a few years ago
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i lived at the shore at the time and always assumed the red bank weirdo tape scene, of which i'm pretty sure i still have some cassette mementos in a box somewhere, was basically three or four guys in a basement somewhere making it up as they went. which i guess, skimming through that mcbain interview, isn't that far off the mark. i can't imagine the audience for most of that stuff exceeded a dozen people. the brighton bar was a fantastic shithole of a club. i loved that place. big nurse, who mcbain mentions as having headlined the brighton bill that was monster mag's first gig, were fantastic for awhile. they released a single on heat blast records, which was THE local label, which was pretty good in a husker du-ish way, not sure if they ever released anything else. they weren't a red bank band; they were from somewhere else on the shore, i forget exactly where. nudeswirl, from new brunswick, was another good one, them and their silly-yet-quite-catchy drum-machine-and-guitar offshoot they might be vaginas. nudeswirl signed to polygram records, back when the grunge dollars were starting to flow, and promptly vanished. monster magnet were really something else when they started playing at the brighton bar. they just kinda walked in as rock stars from the start. and, yeah, i loved them with tim cronin on vocals too. tim was also an all-time-great record store clerk.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, I was one of those guys in the basement
there were more than three or four of us, but me + 3 other guys probably generated 50% of it so
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
it depended on the release but those cool beans tapes did decent business through jack's and blowyourselfup. I'm sure some of the bands with local followings like laughing soup dish did pretty well.
otm re: tim as all-time-great record store clerk. "if you don't like this, I'll buy it back from you." the guy was hugely influential on my musical education. he's actually in chasing amy, stocking the shelves in the record store scene.
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Monster Magnet is one of my Top 10 All-Time Bands so huge bong-tokin' grin at Mastermind. I still wear my Dopes To Infinity tour shirt weekly but almost didn't care anymore after the last few. currently Diggin' That Hole \m/
― very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
there was another clerk who worked with tim when i first started going to jack's, whose tastes were a lot more poppy, and they used to fight over how i should spent my money. "you need this sex clark five album." "no, no, what you really need is this scratch acid record." i needed that balance in my life. i learned a lot from the two of them.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
that would be gary
he and tim started cool beans
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, gary, that's it. thank you!
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Interview w/Dave Wyndorf (part 1 of 2; the rest, including Wyndorf talking about Hawkwind, will be posted on Thursday)
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure some of the bands with local followings like laughing soup dish did pretty well.
Ha, I got a request for these dudes on my show once. Couldn't find their records though.
― BENDLESS WOOKIEE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
dave's wrong, he's a great drummer
xp
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Tim's still at Jack's and also currently in an excellent band called The Ribeye Bros along with some Magnet alums. Excellent, straight up garage rock with really good and funny lyrics.
― thirdalternative, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs444.ash2/71727_1615896193108_1107423051_31715939_2434131_n.jpg
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Sunday, 31 October 2010 05:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Having finally heard that early demo cassette Edward rightly praises above, it's pretty great to hear that legendary Freddie Hubbard rant used as a sample.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 October 2010 06:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had 'Space Lord' (& all of Powertrip, really, but especially that) on constant rotation lately & I'd been thinking "how in the hell, at a time when White Zombie could fill stadiums, was this not a gigantic single?" And so I looked it up & it turns out it actually kinda was, in its own modest way:
The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart..The music video is notable for being the first video ever aired on MTV's Total Request Live on September 14, 1998.
I guess I just wasn't paying any sort of attention at the time! At any rate, it is a JAM
― THONG duck SONG (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 January 2012 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
this band totally rules btw
― THONG duck SONG (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 January 2012 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
Scharpling interviews Dave for ninety minutes. Absolutely a must listen... http://www.lowtimespodcast.com/lt_episodes/009/
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
Aw man, his story about playing Norman Mailer's place is hilarious!
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
I heard "Teenage Negasonic Warhead" for the first time in ages and was struck that it was a major cop of "Tales of Brave Ulysses" by Cream. Or am I insane?
― Matt M., Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'M SO FUCKING STOOOOONED
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 28 May 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
if satan lived in heaven he'd be me
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
Scharpling interview was so great. Totally like listening to any old Jersey dude except he saw good bands and had an interesting life.
― strictly shitty piano rock underground (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 28 May 2012 06:37 (twelve years ago) link
watching this right now and it's kinda blowing my mind! :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CpmTYVqe1Ig
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 28 May 2012 07:06 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, wow, right? that vid is crazy stupid rock dumbshit in a bottle, absolutely amazing!
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 28 May 2012 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
wow, that starts out like a good cover/version of "spine of god", but by the end, holy shit
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
19 years before hanging with marilyn manson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ipU93aDQiw
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 28 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
awesome, thanks EIII
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 28 May 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
lead singer in that clip is Daniel Rey, who produced and co-wrote much of the best late-period Ramones stuff.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
You mean guitarist?
― strictly shitty piano rock underground (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, yeah. That's exactly what I meant.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
that scharpling interview is awesome. even if you couldn't give two shits about monster magnet, there's great stuff on the 60s/70s music scene, early NYC punk, the similarities between hawkwind and the ramones, etc. I'm 30 minutes in and they haven't even started talking about monster magnet yet.
kinda weird listening to this thing cuz I grew up around the corner from dave, and I spent a lot of evenings in that exact kitchen having the same convos with him. and y'know I still haven't heard most of these chestnuts, he's a bottomless pit of wry observation and batshit rocklife stories.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
john mcbain has been throwing up some MM rarities on his soundcloud
http://soundcloud.com/john-mcbain/mm-murder-court-tavern-1991
including the greatness that is CHIGGER
http://soundcloud.com/john-mcbain/chigger-chigger-alive-live-at
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of throw up
Nice!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
high school me can be heard on them donuts are talkin' to me... I'll never tell where tho
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
wow, thanks for the heads up, EIII!
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
np
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
so, is everything my mm as fucking brilliant as 'monolithic' ?
i cant get enough of this track ..
― mark e, Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much, yeah.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Sunday, 10 February 2013 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
dave wyndorf was on the best show last week. him talking about going to see suicide is pretty special.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 22 February 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
new video directed by... tom scharpling?
http://vimeo.com/76112773
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Thursday, 10 October 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
He's a big fan!
― goth drama is universal (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 October 2013 23:44 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that interview he did with Wyndorf was fucking great, too.
― What, me infallible? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah I know scharpling loves MM, I just missed his whole second career as a video director
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
last patrol might be the best one since god says no -- even the bonus tracks are killer
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
great bunch of record picks here:http://thequietus.com/articles/14851-dave-wyndorf-monster-magnet-favourite-albums?page=1
― narcissism of vas deferenses (NickB), Thursday, 27 March 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
great article ..
i have had that blue cheer album on my watch out list for ages ..
(not to mention MM themselves as i clearly need more MM in my life)
― mark e, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Dave really likes that hysterical too-fast vibrato a lot of late 60s lead guitarists use, and I like how it makes him think of insanity.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
Oh my god I love Wyndorf. Dude's so enthusiastic about that shit, it's great.
― brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
that is an awesome list . . . but where's hawkwind?
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link