I am pretty
sure this is the first full length tribute to Monster Magnet and quite an
obscure bunch of groups as the only one I had ever heard of was Drunken Gunmen.
There are 14 covers in 73 mins and if you are a fan of Monster Magnet you will
either hate this or think it is pretty cool; Probably not a lot of middle
ground. About half the bands play the songs very close to the Monster Magnet
version and these are not that interesting at all while others really try to do
something different and some are more successful that others but most are cool.
The CD starts with Acid FM and their take on Twin Earth (they also later cover
Nod Scene) and both are very straight and musically just like the originals.
Wormwood Earth covers Dopes to Infinity nearly identical to the original and
not very interesting. Lady Perpetua’s Cosmic Circus (great name!) covers Look
to your orb for the Answer and later Tractor. What makes this a little unique
is female lead vocal but musically it is boring. They psych out a bit as you
have to on Look to the Orb but just too close to the originals. The CD first gets
interesting with Black Promises which do a killer version of Monolithic. The
guitar is much heavier than on the original and the vocals and attitude shine
through to compliment this heavier version. Greg Majka do a pretty cool more
laid back and organ driven version of Head’s explode. Sicko’s Zero take on
Kings of Mars, also in a more laid back way. Drunken Gunmen do a really far out
version of Cyclops Revolution (one of my all time fave MM tracks). The vocals
are spaced out big time. Later they also do Zodiac Lung with spaced out vocals,
while musically the song is pretty close but much more low fi sounding. Smoking
Bird do a super cool version of God Says NO, which with the next track,
D’anglerz take of Big GOD are the highlights of the CD for sure. The sound
production on this is also the best on the record. Forgotten Galaxy take on
Superjudge and this is pretty cool as they really do some different guitar
stuff and great solos while keeping a good part of the song the same. Red
Infinity perform Space Lord and again, just too close to the original so not
that interesting at all. Sparky, the guy who put out this cool compilation also
plays in 6 of the 11 groups! One thing you really realize after you hear this
CD is how great a singer Dave Wyndorff is.. A mixed bag of a CD but some
amazing versions.
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