Search - Monster Magnet :: Tab (re-issue)

Assembled from the more lengthy jam numbers recorded just before the Spine Of God sessions, Tab?25 is by no means a collection of outtakes or throwaways; Tab?25 stands high on it?s own as a masterpiece of Psychedelic Space Rock, kinda like being shot through space on downers. Grooves, freaked-out feedback, bubbling sludge, head nodding brain damage, strung out chaos ? it?s all there. Features a new book with liner notations, diatribes and ranting by Dave Wyndorf hisself and the previously unavailable live version of Spine Of God. Get out the bong and warm up the lava lamp? New Jersey native Dave Wyndorf was already a rock & roll veteran by the time he formed Monster Magnet in 1989, having cut his teeth with little-known punk band Shrapnel (also featuring future punk producer Daniel Rey on guitars) in the late '70s before retiring from music altogether. Never one to be a quitter, Wyndorf taught himself guitar and assembled Monster Magnet with fellow New Jersey burnouts John McBain on guitar, bassist Joe Callandra, drummer Jon Kleiman and svengelic guru Tim Cronin. Fusing their metal, punk, space rock, and psychedelic influences, the band developed a sludgy, feedback-heavy hard rock sound that helped them stand out from the era's burgeoning retro-rock movement. After releasing a self-titled six-song EP through Germany's Glitterhouse Records, Monster Magnet signed with independent label Caroline Records in 1992 and recorded their first full-length album: the very impressive, uniquely dark psychedelic masterpiece, Spine of God. Previous recording sessions also yielded a number of extensive space rock jams that would later be issued as the Tab?25 album in 1993. These re-issues serve as an excellent teaser for the release of the next Monster Magnet classic, due September 2006!