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Around the same time
three former pharmacology students going by the names Tom
Diello, John McBain and Tim
Cronin were doing silly things with random instruments
in various basements around NJ. Going by the moniker Pinque
Phloid they even became very famous and extremely rich
for a short while when they sued an illustrious band from
Great Britain named Pink Floyd because they stole their name
... and won .
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all the money away to a wide variety of charity institutions
such as abandoned animal shelters, homes for the mentally ill
and even a less known organisation for people struggling with
traumas after being abducted by alien life forms. Most likely
that’s how they first met the earlier mentioned Dave
Wyndorf but more on that matter later on. With a small
amount of money left over from the legal hassels John McBain decided to buy a Yamaha scooter to
drive to his job at a record store but soon found out
they sold him a 4 track recording device of the same brand.
The boys decided that now that they had it they might as well
use it and because they didn’t want to abuse the worldwide
appreciation they earned with the lawsuit Pinque Phloid
evolved into Dog Of Mystery
shortly after Tom Diello stopped showing up for recordings.
Dog Of Mystery
recorded two tapes : “And therein Lies
the Rub” and “Metal Head of
Robeson”. Most of the time Dog Of Mystery was a two
man operation. Sometimes they called in help from guys
based at a nearby space cadet academy like a certain Pocko
the Clown who suffered severe brain damage during a
space shuttle simulation flight but sang through a bullhorn
like no one else could. The live incarnation of the band was a
completely different thing though. The line up was a
continuous freak show, sometimes they had two drummers or
three guitarists and always multiple singers. Dog Of Mystery
continued in this formula until former adbuctee Dave Wyndorf
came to a show and they asked him to be their manager. He
liked all the right stuff and looked like Dave Brock from
Hawkwind but Wyndorf turned them down. Instead he suggested he
join the band. Dave Wyndorf’s entrance in the band, and his
echoplex freakout mentality, led to the eventual dismissal of
the other members. After playing several shows as Dog Of
Mystery they transformed into Airport 75.
The Dog Of Mystery tapes have recently been re-issued on CD
and can be purchased online at Nodzine.
The freak parade recorded their first demo tape “Forget
About Life, I’m High On Dope” as Airport 75 but
changed their name into Monster Magnet,
named after a 60’s toy by Wham-O. Any resemblance of the toy
with the actual life form on planet Galactus may or may not be
a total coincidence.
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