OFF: New Monster Magnet Album

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

you and me both!!!!!! 'Tab' is just awsome - great psych guitar jamming of
our time.
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: New Monster Magnet Album


> On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 06:44:49 GMT, Johnny Firic
<johnnybravo5858 at HOTMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >(Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU> wrote:)
> >>_Spine of God_ is *THE* Monster Magnet album.  All others pale in
> >>comparison!
> >
> >Well, I can see how a Hawkwind would think so, but I don't think a lot of
> >Monster Magnet fans would agree. I think it was the influence of the
other
> >guitarist (who quit when Ed Mundell came on) that made "Spine" stand out
so
> >much.
>
> That would be John McBain, now leader of Wellwater Conspiracy.  "Monster
> Magnet without McBain is like Satan without his pitchfork" - Greg Chapman,
> Ugly American magazine & Monster Magnet Fan #1.
>
> >And thanks for the info on "Tab" (I thought that was the name). I'll stay
> >clear of that one...
>
> My favorite "available" Monster Magnet release.  I loved their fist
single,
> "Lizard Johnny"/"Freak Shop USA" (still an end-of-the-80s early-grunge-era
> classic IMO), thought the second one ("Murder"/"Tractor") & the eponymous
> EP around the same time were pretty darn good, liked 'Spine Of God' &
> 'Superjudge', and pretty much gave up on 'em with 'Dopes...'.  I'm
> definitely in the minority when I say that their best stuff was the
> original Wyndorf / McBain / Cronin trio.
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com