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Along
with the outer space camera came a shitload of ‘food from
the Gods’ so once they got started there was nothing which
could eventually stop them again. Within’ weeks a second
tape entitled “I’m high what are you
gonna do about it” was recorded and again distributed
by Cool Beans. In the meantime
the Glitterhouse label based in
Germany picked up the Circuit single and a deal was sealed,
finally the alien colony was about to expand their horizons
towards the European continent. Although the
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piece did a good job, where both Dave and Tim shared vocal
duties whilst Tim also played the drums and both John and Dave
switched between guitar and bass, it became time to
call in help from more recently converted freaks. Both Joe
Calandra and Jon Kleiman
were recruited from a band who called themselves The
Shock Mommies in order to become a solid rhythm section
in Monster Magnet. Both were chosen mostly because of the fact
no one else was very willing to get a device implanted but
their musical capabilities couldn’t be denied either,
let’s get that clear. Both musicians played with Dog Of
Mystery / Airport 75 on several occasions so without a doubt
they were the right people for the job. After a relatively
short time of isolation in order to get the basics on the
Galactian principles and to make sure their earthly bodies
didn’t reject the implant both were found suited and a self
titled EP was recorded for Glitterhouse featuring brain
melting tunes such as Snake Dance
/ Tractor / Nod
Scene / Freak Shop USA / Lizard
Johnny and Murder. This
time they chose to keep things low for a while and only
disposed the planetary colours of planet Galactus on the
sleeve, no one outside the colony knew what it meant anyway.
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Shortly after
the release of the self titled EP a second
vinyl 7” was released through Primo
Scree, a division of the Caroline
label containing the songs Murder and
Tractor. Although the band already
were signed to Glitterhouse records at that time they were still
looking for a label to distribute their stuff in the U.SA..
Ignorance on the part of Primo Scree resulted in the fact the self
titled EP wasn’t officially distributed in the US, a fact which
directly resulted in the disappearance of the label about two
years later, although no one involved with the label will ever
confirm this. But let’s keep to the facts and take a look at the
sleeve. This time you see a Dave Wyndorf in his earthly form after
he disposed a gun from planet Earth to a visiting Galactian
ambassador. The ambassador in question made fun about the
level of simplicity on the particular device after which Wyndorf,
as you might have noticed, trashed the entire house. Needless to
say the murdered body on the bed is in fact the ambassador in his
earthly form. The backsleeve is a picture from a random female
inhabitant of planet Galactus, nothing more, nothing less, they
all look the same anyway.
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But let’s not
get off topic here … after featuring on a Glitterhouse
various artists 7” boxset
accurately entitled “Endangered
species” with the song Murder
in 1990 higher powers decided time had come to record and release
the ultimate conversion song entitled “Tab”.
Although the tune already
featured on the setlist of many Dog Of Mystery / Airport 75
shows Monster Magnet
wasn’t to fond about releasing it worldwide. After
all they noticed the devastating side effects the song in question
had on audiences. The song was in fact a recorded transmission
sequence between the colony and the monthership which clocked over
half an hour. The monotonous riffs and the sheer lunacy of Dave
Wyndorf’s rantings simply was to much for listeners without an
implant. In order to stir as much confusion as possible the guys
decided to create their own side project called Monster
Magnet 25, which was a clever move. In case a lawsuit put
an end to Monster Magnet 25 after the release they could always go
on as Monster Magnet. So far, so good … “Tab”
got released on Glitterhouse including more lunacy as 25,
Longhair and Lord13.
Although the flying saucer / laser sounds created on Dave’s
extra terrestrial echoplex made heads explode on various occasions
most of the times these cases got filed as drug related accidents.
Not a lot of people were aware they were listening to a side
project and the album went into history as “25
… Tab” by Monster Magnet.
The sleeve featured a futuristic scene of an abandoned planet
Galactus and it’s version of the statue of liberty after the
earlier mentioned collision with a meteor. After a serious period
of testing on European listeners the album became available on the
US market when it got re-released by Caroline Records somewhere in
1993. Both in Red Bank and on planet Galctus life went on …
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