Dead Planet [PA] (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Nick Oliveri (vocals); Ian Taylor (guitar, background vocals); Ernie Longoria (drums).

Additional personnel: Alfredo Hernandez, Ben Perrier, Harley Spider, Molly Maguire, Hoss, Mathias Schneeberger, Ben Thomas, Marc Diamond, Blag Dahlia, Dave Catching.

Recording information: Donner & Blitzer; Studio 606, Northridge, CA; The Pink Castle.

Arranger: Nick Oliveri.

Released overseas in 2006 and in 2007 in the States, DEAD PLANET, the third album from Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator, finds the former Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age member rocking with as much ferocity as at any point during his increasingly noteworthy career. While his former bandmate, and QOTSA main man, Josh Homme continues to expand the boundaries of his own music, adding elements of electronica, industrial, and deliberate studio sheen, Oliveri circles the wagons and opts for a more traditional loud-heavy approach. Handling almost all of the instrumental and vocal duties himself, Oliveri rips through 14 tracks (and three bonus cuts) of vicious guitar-driven rock. Hints of vintage California punk, stoner metal, and desert psych creep in here and there, but for the most part DEAD PLANET is straightforward, bare knuckle hard rock. minimize