MAXIMUM MONSTER MAGNET - THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY

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Coming at you like messianic saviours on a mission to wrestle mediocrity's vice-like grip on alternative rock, Monster Magnet have emerged from the white trash suburbs of New Jersey to give the music scene the kick it so badly needs. Thrillingly original, defiantly outspoken and musically idiosyncratic they have emerged during the past decade to pioneer an unorthodox form of music known as stoner rock. Seamlessly meshing the blood-and-guts visceral power of metal and hard rock with the diverse and esoteric sonic palette of 60's psychedelia, Dave Wyndorf's band have created something both vital and timeless for an audience that become inured to the banality of so much of contemporary pop music.
Injecting fresh life into a moribund genre and carving out your own riche can be a risky business in rock'nroll but the formidable Monster Magnet are an insomnia-fuelled psychodrama, a constant blur of a mother lode for those who crave maximum psychedelic overload.
From an early age, Dave Wyndorf was consumed by a restless desire to live life to the full. Launching into extended psychedlic jams or reinventing himself as a new-school rock icon, he attracts a reputation for eshewing the conformist, middle-of-the-road way of life.
Upon leaving school, Wyndorf read the book, 'Heart Of Darkness' and immediately identified with its theme of surrendering to one's dark side. In 1989, he formed Airport 75 which in turn became Monster Magnet.
The 'Tab' EP and debut album 'Spine Of God', joined the msuical dots between late 60's psychedelia and early 70's Motor-City rock. Consistently acclaimed live shows around the US and Europe led to a major label deal with A&M in 1993.
Aware of the extra pressure involved in coming up with new product for a big-name major, Monster Magnet knocked out the 'Superjudge' album within just a week and a half, capturing perfectly a sense of the spontaneous and dangerous. The engrossing one-way journey that was 'Dopes To Infinity' took a month to record and was an altogether more heavily-produced affair.
The aptly-titled 'Powertrip' lbum was written by Wyndorf during a three-week writing spree in Las Vegas. Here the group transcended all their influences to make a record of classic 'Fuck You' rock songs for the post-Nirvana generation, the kind of album that people stopped making decades ago.
The hell-raising antics of Monster Magnet are the stuff of legend, and the '98 and '99 tours involved a fair share of hedonism, sensationalism and downright rock'n'roll behaviour.
'God Says No' catapulted the group into the premier league of rock'n'roll, winning them acclaim from all quartersand cementing their position as spearheads of stoner rock.
Dave Wyndorf has never been anything but forthright in his views and his music, and he remains one of the last genuine rock star figures with something important and serious to say.
Monster Magnet are a mighty fine alternative to the stodgy, market-researched corporate rock and pop currently being peddled to the masses. But wil the band keep sight of what's important or get lost in orbit ?