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was formed in 1997
by former Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri. Nick had
also previously been a member of depraved LA punks The Dwarves.
He was famously
thrown out for being "too sick". Nick’s fomer
Kyuss bandmate Josh Hommme went to see a Mondo show in Austin
in 1998. He was putting together a new band and asked Nick to
join them, they were called Queens of the Stone Age.
Mondo Generator
remained barely in existence as a solo/side project. The classic
Cocaine Rodeo album was recorded as far back as 1997, but was
shelved until the Southern Lord label released its singular
brand of criminal insanity to widespread acclaim and horror in
the
summer of 2000. By this time, Queens were well on the trail
to world domination, their second album Rated R garnering critical
and commercial acclaim around the world. They developed a reputation
for debauchery and consumption that would have had them all
thrown
out of the Dwarves.
By the time Queens released their third album
Songs for the Deaf in 2002 they had arguably become the biggest
band in the world.
Around this time Nick decided to return to the Mondo Generator
project and record their second album A
Drug Problem That Never Existed. Teaming up with drummer Brant Bjork (another Kyuss alumni,
as well as a former member of Fu Manchu and his own band the
Operators), guitarist Dave Catching (QOTSA, earthlings?, Texorcist)
and Molly
Maguire (earthlings?, Yellow #5), the album was produced by Oliveri
with Brad Cook (R.L. Burnside, Vandals, Foo Fighters) and infamous
singer/carnival barker/pain in the ass Blag Dhalia of the Dwarves. |
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