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Infobox musical artist| name = Mondo Generator| image = MondoG.jpg| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Van Nuys, California , United States|USA | genre = Alternative metal , punk rock , stoner rock | years_active = 1997& ndash;present| label = Southern Lord Records|Southern Lord , Rekords Rekords|Rekords , Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac , Mother Tongue Records|Mother Tongue , Subnoize Records|Suburban Noize | associated_acts = Kyuss , Queens of the Stone Age , The Dwarves , Yellow No. 5|Yellow #5 , The Spores , The Exies , Winnebago Deal , Moistboyz , Amen (band)|Amen , Furious IV , Hy-Test, Extortion| website = URL| http://www.mondogenerator.com/| current_members = Nick Oliveri Ian Flannon Taylor|Ian Flannon Hoss (musician)|Hoss | past_members = #Former members|See below Mondo Generator (sometimes known as Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator ) is an United States|American Rock music|rock hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri . The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri's Sunn amplifier. Mondo means "world" in Italian language|Italian . The Oliveri-penned Kyuss song appearing on the 1992 album Blues for the Red Sun also took its name from this event, and the amplifier itself appears in the artwork for the album.
History
Oliveri/Homme band (2000-2004)
Nick Oliveri (under the moniker Rex Everything ) formed Mondo Generator in 1997 and with friends Josh Homme , Brant Bjork , Rob Oswald , Karl Doyle and others, recorded the debut album, Cocaine Rodeo . The album wouldn't be released until 3 years later due to Oliveri and Homme being full-time members of Queens of the Stone Age . The album was released by cult-favorite Southern Lord|Southern Lord Records in 2000. There was little support of the album by the way of live shows, and the band gained cult status among the most devoted Queens of the Stone Age fans.
In 2003, the band again emerged with a new album, A Drug Problem That Never Existed . This time, Oliveri hired on more friends for recording duties including Dave Catching , Troy Van Leeuwen , Mark Lanegan , Josh Homme, Brant Bjork, Molly McGuire , and The Dwarves|Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia for co-producing duties. It was released jointly by Mike Patton 's label, Ipecac Recordings , and Homme's Rekords Rekords . The live band, which included Oliveri, Catching, Bjork, and McGuire, went on a three month tour of North America and Europe to support the disc. That summer, the band also played on the second stage of the Lollapalooza festival. Oliveri would do an afternoon set with Mondo Generator, then at night he would play with Queens of the Stone Age, who were appearing on the main stage.
End of Homme era
In early 2004, after Oliveri was fired from Queens of the Stone Age by Homme, he announced that Mondo Generator would become his full-time project. He recorded an acoustic record, Demolition Day , and toured Europe with Brant Bjork and Mark Lanegan|Mark Lanegan Band . He then recorded an Extended play|EP with Catching, McGuire, and Alfredo Hernández . On July 21, 2004, during the summer tour to promote the disc, Oliveri physically assaulted a sound crew member of the Germany|South German night club Canapé ( Trossingen ) after complaining about his sound through a few songs during the band's set.cite web|url= http://www.webalice.it/tsorvillo/guitarsgalore-interview-01-brant-bjork.htm |title=Interview with Brant Bjork right before the show mentioning the fight at the beginning and serving a link as well to some pictures showing the incident |publisher=Webalice.it |date= |accessdate=2011-07-18cite web|url= http://www.laut.de/Nick-Oliveri/Blutiger-Ausraster-in-Trossingen/22-07-2004 |title=German article about what happened in Trossingen |publisher=Laut.de |date=2004-07-22 |accessdate=2011-07-18 The other members of the band were furious and left Oliveri behind and returned to the United States.
In 2005, Oliveri once again toured Europe frequently, opening for such bands as Motörhead , and playing alongside and on stage as a member of The Dwarves|Dwarves . Oliveri also recruited United Kingdom|UK band Winnebago Deal 's Ben Perrier and Ben Thomas (musician)|Ben Thomas to join Mondo Generator on tour. They were frequently dubbed "Winnebago Generator" by fans and even themselves. The three-piece entered Dave Grohl 's Studio 606 in Los Angeles in December 2005 to begin work on the next Mondo Generator album. Oliveri also hired on several friends from his hometown to record parts of the record, which was co-produced by Nick Raskulinecz and Oliveri.
Recent activities
In July 2006, it was reported that Perrier and Thomas had exited the band under unknown circumstances. Oliveri then re-named his band "Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator" and signed to Mother Tongue Records , who released the new album, Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails in the UK and Europe in September 2006. Current touring members of the band include Ian Taylor on guitar, and Hoss, former drummer who recently rejoined the band after leaving in early 2007 to join The Exies .
On March 21, 2007, they were added to Ozzfest 2007 as one of the non-rotating acts on the Second Stage. Their invite and subsequent tour with Ozzfest was thought by many to be a direct slap at Homme, who rejected offers for Queens of the Stone Age to tour in the 2007 line-up. The rejection sparked a war of words between Sharon Osbourne and Homme, and shortly after, Mondo Generator accepted QOTSA's slot. Ozzfest began on July 12, and on July 26, Oliveri released a statement announcing that the band had left the tour due to things "out of his control". It was announced on July 28 that their spot would be filled by DevilDriver . After which Mondo Generator went on a U.S. supporting Turbonegro.
Suburban Noize Records released "Dead Planet" in the United States on July 17, 2007. http://www.suburbannoizerecords.com/mondogenerator_bio.php Suburban Noize Recordsdead link|date=July 2011
On September 25, 2007, Courtesy of Suburban Noize Records, Mondo Generator was the featured band on Poison Tree Records Compilation called Road To Nowhere .
October 2008, After a long two month break, Nick and drummer David "Hoss" Wright began the recording of a new Mondo Generator record with long time friend, J. Bradley Cook as engineer and co-producer. In a July 2009 Myspace blog, Oliveri announced that the next Mondo Generator record would be titled "Shooter's Bible," but removed the post a day later.
In 2010, Nick Oliveri has appeared as a singer on the track "Chains and Shackles" from guitarist Slash (musician)|Slash 's Slash (album)|self-titled solo album . The track was released as a bonus track on the Australian edition of the album.
On April 6, 2010, it was announced their fourth full length album would be entitled Time to Destroy with a release date slated for July/August. The first single, "Dog Food" will be released May 21, 2010, and features Dave Grohl ( Foo Fighters , Nirvana (band)|Nirvana , Them Crooked Vultures ), Happy Tom ( Turbonegro ), and The Fresh Prince of Darkness ( The Dwarves ). The band will begin a world tour in Australia in May, hitting Europe in June and July, and the United States in August.cite web|url= http://www.facebook.com/impedancerecords/posts/111062088915861#!/notes/impedance-records/touring/mondo-generator-to-release-dog-food/382676089247 |title=Niet compatibele browser |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2011-07-18
In March 2011, Oliveri stated that the band had recently recorded yet another album at his former band mate Josh Homme 's studio: "I just did a new record called Hell Comes To Your Heart . So far, I'm talking to a couple of small labels to put it out, and I might just put it out myself with some distribution. So it's one of those things I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get it out there. It will be out soon. ... It's definitely the best one yet, I really feel good about it."cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url= http://www.ugo.com/music/kyuss-lives-q-a |title=Nick Oliveri Interview |publisher=UGO.com |date=2011-03-23 |accessdate=2011-07-18
In April 2012, Oliveri announced in an interview and on his Facebook page that his forthcoming release, Hell Comes to Your Heart, had recently been completed. Notable contributors to the album are CJ Ramone, Josh Homme, Blag Dahlia, and John Garcia . The album was released on iTunes and cdbaby.com for download on May 22, 2012. No label for the album has been announced, but a cd and blue vinyl are expected shortly. The track "The Last Train" features Josh Homme on lead guitar and John Garcia on vocals. This track was recorded shortly before Homme filed suit against Garcia and Kyuss Lives, and is possibly the last track that both will appear on together due to the suit.
Members
Current lineup
Nick Oliveri - lead vocals, bass (1997& ndash;present)
Ian Flannon Taylor|Ian Flannon - guitar, backing vocals (2007& ndash;present)
"I Never Sleep" – 7" (2006, Mother Tongue Records|Mother Tongue )
Dead Planet (2007, Suburban Noize )
Australian Tour EP 2008|Australian Tour EP (2008, Impedance)
Dog Food EP (2010, Impedance)
Hell Comes To Your Heart EP (2011, No Balls Records)
Hell Comes to Your Heart (LP) (2012)
References
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External links
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http://www.mondogenerator.com Mondo Generator official homepage
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendID=5154194 Mondo Generator official Myspace
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1002837776 Mondo Generator article for Billboard.com (by writer Greg Prato)
Queens of the Stone Age Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:Heavy metal musical groups from California Category:Suburban Noize Records artists Category:Stoner rock musical groups
