| 23 january 2006 : |
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Warm up gig for the upcoming Euro tour
confirmed. On
wednesday march 1st. Monster Magnet live at The
Stone Pony / Asbury Park NJ. |
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| 13 december 2005 : |
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Both upcoming Dutch tourdates (march 2006,
Amsterdam & Tilburg) have switched dates, check the Tour
section on this site for the current situation. Support act for the
entire Euro tour will be Swedisch doomsters Witchcraft. |
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| 03 november 2005 : |
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Official
announcement by SPV Records:
Dave Wyndorf and Co. have officially entered the recording phase
for the follow-up to 2004’s “Monolithic Baby”. The new album
(title tba) will be released in March 2006 and will coincide with
their European Tour (see Tour section on this
site).
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Monster Magnet’s new album is being produced
by friend and veteran Magnet producer/mixer Matt Hyde (“Powertrip”
and “God Says No”). The band is currently in Los Angeles, laying
down the new tracks at both Sound City and Paramount recording studios
for what promises to be another rock milestone for the quartet.
With excitement building around the new studio album, the news that
re-releases of their classic albums “”Tab” and “Spine of God”
will be coming as well have excited many longtime fans of the band.
These re-issues will feature new artwork and liner notes, as well as
bonus tracks, as part of SPV’s SuPerValue re-issue series and will
again be available worldwide. A DVD is also in planning for late 2006. |
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| 15 october 2005 : |
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Monster Magnet are currently in LA in pre-production
for the next album. Although nothing has been decided yet about an
official release date and/or album title you can check the Tour
Section on this site for a first list of confirmed 2006 European
tourdates in support of the new album. More news online very soon,
thanks! |
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| 24 august 2005 : |
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We leave 1 week from today for Spain for the Azkena
Festival, can't wait ! We're practicing 3 to 5 times a week for
the new record (the material is sounding execellent and it's fun
stuff too). Probably hit the studio in october. Ed ... |
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| 07 july 2005 : |
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You no longer need a user + password to enter
the Audio / Video part of the Media Section on
this website. However, keep on sending in your e-mail addresses if you
want to be updated on all things Monster Magnet, thanks! |
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| 18 april 2005 : |
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The Audio / Video part of the Media
Section is a go ! The first 150 fans who signed up received their
username and password. The B-sides and Video clips are up and running as
we speak. More Monster Magnet Live Audio
and Video will be uploaded very soon. It's free so go ahead, sign up
! |
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| 08 april 2005 : |
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Complete discography
/ links / news and some photos
are improved and back online ... more to come very soon, stay tuned ! |
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| 05 april 2005 : |
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This site is under heavy construction, all sections are offline due to a complete re-design. Most stuff will be improved and back online later this week. Thanks
for your patience. |
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| 31 march 2005
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Hey y'all. Due to changes in my
writing and recording
schedule Monster Magnet
will not be with
Motörhead on May 4th and 5th (N.H. and NYC) I truly apologise to
Motörhead and any of you who were planning to go but I gotta do what I gotta do. NEW MUSIC FIRST! Love,
Dave. |
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| 24 march 2005 : |
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Holland's
major network VPRO/3voor12
will be re-broadcasting
last year's "Monster
Magnet Live at the 9th Roadburn Festival" footage.
The webcast will run on April 6, 2005 at 6.00 PM
GMT (8.00 PM CET) at www.3voor12.nl
(click webtv). |
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| 19 march 2005
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I'm
announcing with deep regret that Phil
Caivano,
guitarist, singer and my long time friend has decided to "move
on" from Monster
Magnet.
Phil joined the band in 1998 and has been a solid contributor
since day one. No one I know has ever been more dedicated to his
craft. He is a unique and talented individual who excels at
everything he does and I wish him all the best.
Phil himself will
let you know what he's doing in his own good time, but for the
record, this is an amicable split.
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Needless
to say, there is only one Phil
Caivano so replacing
him is impossible. However Magnet is auditioning guitarists to fill the
rhythm slot and I'll let you all know what's up. In the meantime,I'll be
playing guitar.This
change in line up will in no way effect the output of Monster
Magnet, as I am writing
the new album now and things are on schedule.
Phil
is and will always be welcome as a member of the Monster
Magnet family.
Rock
is alive! Love, Dave. |
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| 02 february 2005
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Check
this out : ToplessRadio.Com has launched and is airing
three interview segments with Monster
Magnet's Dave Wyndorf.
Also included are Monolithic and
the uncensored version of Unbroken (Hotel Baby) in numerous half hour music video shows ... featured as lead video's ! |
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Hey there, here's some of the stuff
Monster Magnet is planning for the new
year. 2005 should include a Monster Magnet
DVD release,
reissues of both
Spine Of God and
Tab with
unreleased tracks ! Writing and recording the
next Magnet album, some
selected summer festivals and i will start working on my first ever Dave
Wyndorf solo album. On top of that we're planning an
"unplugged"
Euro tour later this year ! |
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| 16 december 2004
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Check
out the merch
section for a brand-new
shirt! It's the 8-armed BullGod designed way back in the early 90's
by Rob Leecock for the "Evil" single. In all its swirling
psychedelic glory, this long sleeve shirt is available in sizes
Small to XXL with the words "EVIL" in giant letters on the
back ! |
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| 21 october 2004
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Please
download our new Animated Flash e-card in the Media
section on this site to help spread the news on the upcoming Auf Der
Maur / Monster Magnet /
H.I.M
tour. Please forward to all your friends and everyone who might be
interested. The Fall 2004 U.S. tour starts November 12th at the
Palladium - Worcester MA. See you all on the road very soon,
thanks ! |
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| 25 september
2004 : |
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Monster
Magnet will embark on a
national tour on november 12, providing direct support to Finnish
goth-metallers H.I.M.,
with Auf Der Maur
opening the festivities. Additional dates for the tour have just been
announced. check the Tour
section for dates
and locations. |
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Later
this fall, the smash-hit television series 'Monster
Garage' will air
a high energy performance from the band, taped during their recent
trip to the west coast. You can cath Monster
Magnet rocking
out for host Jesse James and crew on Monday, November 29 on the Discovery
Channel ! |
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Monster
Magnet is currently on
the road and wrapping up the first leg of their U.S. tour. On Sunday,
September 26, they will perform at WAAF's annual Locobazooka,
the annual Boston-area mega-show that also features Damageplan, Shadows
Fall, Saliva and many more. On October 2, they will perform at WAMX's
X-Fest in Huntington, WV with Sevendust and others. |
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| 08 september
2004 : |
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Unfortunately
some dates on the current US tour has been cancelled, check the Tour
section for details. |
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| 25 august 2004 : |
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The
US tour kicks off in a couple of days, Monster
Magnet will be
supported by doomsters Bongzilla
from Madison WI on most days. See you all on the road ! |
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| 23 august 2004 : |
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We just
added a few new things to the merch
section. A great limited edition five color silk screened poster by
Italian psychedelic mentalists Malleus. A new Bullgod
patch and for those who were asking for an old style shirt, we now
have a "Glitterhouse E.P." shirt ! New girly shirts will
be added in the next few days, more to come. |
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| 25 july 2004 : |
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The
Monster
Magnet video for Unbroken
(Hotel Baby) will make it's national debut on Headbangers Ball upcoming saturday, July
31st. The show airs in the US on MTV2 at 10.00 p.m. Eastern time. The
brand new video for Monolithic
will hit Europe in August. |
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| 14 july 2004 : |
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Rock
never sleeps ... as the current Monster
Magnet Euro tour is
coming to an end more and more US tourdates are being confirmed. Check the
Tour section on this site for dates, more coming
soon ! |
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| 23 june 2004 : |
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Tonight,
wednesday june 23rd VPRO will broadcast the entire video webcast of
the Monster
Magnet gig at
last weeks Roadburn Festival. The webcast starts at 20.00 [02.00pm east coast /
11.00 am west coast]. Tune in at VPR0
3voor12 TV for the show ! |
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| 22 june 2004 : |
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The VPRO
3voor12 audio webcast of
Monster Magnet
at the 9th
Roadburn Festival at the Effenaar, Eindhoven Rockcity is now
available on demand, click here
/
RealAudio Player required |
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The VPRO also put up some live
video footage, the entire set of all bands will be boadcasted soon ! |
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| 20 june 2004 :
REQUEST MONSTER
MAGNET ON THE RADIO ! |
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Here’s
your chance to help Monster
Magnet assault the
airwaves of American radio! The list below comprises just some of
the fine rock stations who have added “Unbroken
(Hotel Baby)” into
their rotation. Call them, Email them ! Please be respectful, but
let them know that you demand your Monster
Magnet !
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| WDHA
-
New York
/
New Jersey - 973-455-1055 |
WLZX - Springfield
,
MA -
413-526-9932 |
| WIIL
-
Chicago
,
IL - 800-223-9510 |
WIXO - Peoria
,
IL - 309-676-0999 |
| WKQZ
-
Saginaw
,
MI
- 989-754-6933 |
KQRC - Kansas City
,
KS - 816-576-7989 |
| WNOR
-
Norfolk
,
VA
- 757-366-9999
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KMOD - Tulsa
,
OK - 918-460-5663 |
| WJXQ
- Lansing
,
MI - 517-363-2106 |
KHTQ
- Spokane
,
WA
- 509-744-0945 |
| KRXQ
- Sacramento
,
CA
- 916-766-5000 |
WAAF - Boston
,
MA
-
617-931-1223 |
| WRIF
-
Detroit
,
MI
- 313-298-9743 |
KBPI
- Denver
,
CO
- 303-713-7625 |
| WRAT
- New Jersey
- 732-681-3890 |
WBON
- Long Island
,
NY - 631-648-2663 |
| WXRX
- Rockford
,
IL - 815-874-2104 |
KILO
-
Colorado Springs
,
CO - (email requests) |
| KDOT -
Revo
,
NV - (email requests) |
WRTT
- Huntsville
,
AL - (email requests) |
| WKLT - Traverse City -
(email requests) |
KIOC - Beaumont, TX -
(email requests) |
| KOOJ - Baton Rouge, LA
- (email requests) |
WROV - Roanoke, VA
- (email requests) |
| KLBJ - Austin, TX - (requests via message board) |
WHJY - Providence, RI
- 401-224-1994 |
| KBER - Salt Lake City, UT
- (email request) |
WYBB - Charleston, SC
- (email requests) |
| KRPX - Corpus Christi, TX
- 361-814-1073 |
WZOR - Appleton, WI
- 920-271-0947 |
| WRQC - Ft. Myers, FL
- 239-479-5592 |
WJJO - Madison, WI
- 608-321-0941 |
| KISW - Seattle, WA
- 800-783-ROCK |
WJXQ - Lansing, MI
- 800-669-2106 |
| WQXA - Harrisburg, PA
- 800-332-1057 |
KRFR - Bakersfield, CA
- 661-842-0842 |
| WAQX - Syracuse, NY
- (email requests) |
KDJE - Little Rock, AR
- 501-433-1003 |
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| 15 june 2004 : |
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VPRO
3voor12 will pull off a full webcast
of the 9th Roadburn festival on the
17th of june and it starts at
approx. 19.30hrs CET [13.30pm east coast / 10.30am west
coast].
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WITCHCRAFT
will kick off the
live-webcast at 19.45 to 20.15 CET [13.45pm east coast / 10.45am west
coast] followed by
GRAND MAGUS from 20.30
- 21.00 CET [14.30pm east coast / 11.30am west coast ], ORANGE
GOBLIN from 21.15 to
22.05 CET [15.15pm east coast / 12.15pm west coast] and finally
MONSTER MAGNET,
starting 22.35 CET [16.35pm east coast / 13.35pm west coast ].
Here are the actual
links to the live webcast on the 17th of june:
3voor12
Radio / Windows
Media Player / Real
Player
The VPRO has put up a
special 3voor12/Roadburn2004
website to coincide with the live-webcast.
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Brothers
& Sisters, words out that Monster
Magnet will probably use the
footage + live registrations of the VPRO Webcast for a future
live DVD so all those
who are able to be there, go wild ! And for those who unfortunately can't
be with us on june 17th, please check it out online, the succes of the
webcast is quite important for both Roadburn
and VPRO so
please support
the Rock, thanks ! |
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| 19 may 2004 : |
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Upcoming
May 25th at
07.00 p.m. Monster
Magnet will do an
In Store live show @ Vintage Vinyl
/ 51 Lafayette Rd. - Fords NJ. |
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| 13 may 2004 :
MONSTER
MAGNET TO APPEAR ON
ROCKLINE ON MONDAY, MAY
17th ! |
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Monster
Magnet will be
the featured guests on Rockline's
nationally syndicated radio show airing May 17th. The live show
begins at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET - and fans are encouraged to call
in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To
find a station near you check out www.rocklineradio.com.
Show your support and call in with questions for Dave and the band ! |
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| 27 april 2004 :
MONSTER
MAGNET SWITCHES GEAR
FOR EUROPEAN SUMMER
CLUB SHOWS ! |
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NO
hits kids ! The summer
club shows will be strictly Psych and Hard Rock. I'm playing lots of
guitar and wiil not be a front man for these shows. Not that I don't LOVE
it but it's time we let the music do the talking. No Spacelord or obvious
hits . It's an Acid Rock thing, I hope you'll understand. Festivals ? Well,
that's another story. ROCK, ROCK, ROCK !!!!!!!!!!! Hope you can dig it, Love,
Dave !
PS : Of
course I will be singing too, these are not instrumental only shows !
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| 25 april 2004 : |
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On June 17th 2004 Monster
Magnet will be
playing the 9th Roadburn Festival at the Effenaar,
Eindhoven, Holland with
Orange Goblin, Grand Magus & Witchcraft.
"VPRO 3 voor
12",
one of Holland's premier networks, will do a live coverage of the
9th Roadburn festival. Check www.roadburn.com
for more info and the actual link to the live webcast of Monster
Magnet on the 17th of june.
People outsite of
Holland can get tickets trough info@effenaar.nl
or
phone# 31/40/239 36
66.
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On
Saturday June 5th 2004 Monster Magnet will play at the
UK's Download
Festival in Donington. Click the image to download the
Desktop Dog directly without going to the festival's website. Once
installed on your system all the news concerning the festival will
be broadcasted directly to your desktop. The Dog has been installed
on 23.000 desktop's in the UK so far, enjoy ! |
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| 20 april 2004 : |
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YO
beautifull people, Dave here! Just
to let you know that the set list for the club shows in Europe this summer
will be almost completly different from this past tour with strong bend
towards the psychedelic. Of course the festivals will be all out rock. Who
says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Get ready! |
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| 18 april 2004 :
Official
announcement by SPV USA : |
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Monster Magnet teams with
SPV USA for American release of ‘Monolithic
Baby!’ / New Album To Be Unleashed on May
25 !
Rock is not dead ! SPV USA is proud to announce the
May 25th release of Monster
Magnet’s mammoth new offering ‘Monolithic
Baby!’
The album marks a triumphant return for Monster Magnet and delivers every bit of the sonic excess, formidable swagger and explosively brilliant songwriting that the world has come to expect from these New Jersey natives. |
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After liberating themselves from their major label contract following the 2001 release of ‘God Says No’, the feeling of freedom and optimism within the band is palpable. “At last we’ve signed with a label again where it’s the music that matters rather than all sorts of marketing strategies,” says front man Dave Wyndorf. “That’s very inspiring for us as musicians, and doubtlessly it will also be to our fans’ benefit.”
The US version of ‘MONOLITHIC BABY!’ will feature two exclusive bonus tracks: “King Of Mars 2004“ (an updated version of a MONSTER MAGNET classic found on their 1995 breakthrough album ‘Dopes To Infinity’) and “Venus In Furs” (a cover version of the Velvet Underground hit). A special limited edition will feature a bonus DVD containing music videos for “Unbroken (Hotel Baby)” and “The Right Stuff” along with an exclusive band interview and two “bootleg” videos from their sold-out London performance this past December.
MONSTER MAGNET is currently blazing across Europe on a sold-out tour with new label mates Gluecifer and The Quill. North American touring plans will be unveiled soon. |
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| 13 april 2004 : |
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Officialy confirmed
: US Release date is now set for May 25th 2004 by SPV
USA. The U.S. / Canada / Australia & New Zealand release will feature 2 bonustracks, Venus in Furs +
King Of Mars 2004. There will be a Limited Edition with bonus DVD. |
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The
current European Tour is almost over but we will be back for the summer
festivals as well as various headlining club-shows ! Check the Tour
section on this site for already confirmed dates. |
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Shortly before
the current European tour kicked off both Magnet
guitarist Phil Caivano and I played with the idea of doing
an exlusive interview for
this site.We hooked up on the road, questions popped up, answers
were given so here's the result : an interview with a man obsessed by
rock. |
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| 05 april 2004 : |
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To all our friends in
Madrid :
It is with great disappointment and regret that we must cancel our concert in Madrid.
It has been a long tour and sometimes after weeks and weeks of singing, my throat is so sore and worn out
that it is impossible to do the kind of show that is worthy of your respect. We take great pride in
giving our friends the best concerts possible and I’m sure you want the best we can offer.
Unfortunately the show in Madrid had to be sacrificed in order for the rest of the tour to continue, other shows in other countries were sacrificed as well.
I can only offer you my deepest apology and hope to make it up to you in the future, viva Madrid, viva Spain.
Love Dave Wyndorf, and Monster Magnet.
PS : On a more serious note, Monster Magnet offers our heartfelt condolence in the wake of your recent tragedy’s. You may or may not know that we live very close to New York City and are no strangers to the effects of terrorism.
Much love and respect to all of Spain.
Excelsior ! Dave
Wyndorf. |
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04 april 2004 : |
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We
are are very sorry but we have to cancel the upcoming gig at the
Arenan /
Madrid / Spain due
to problems with Dave's voice. On doctor's advice Dave
has to take at least a 24 hour break in between every couple of shows in
order to prevent worse. Monster Magnet would like to
apologize to the fans
who were planning to come see us in both Trevisto (Italy) and Madrid
(Spain). We
hate to disappoint our fans but we have no choice, it's either this or
risking Dave to blow his voice for the rest of the tour. We hope you
understand and we'll do everything within' our powers to make it up to you
guys ...
Thanks, Monster Magnet & Crew |
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| 24 march 2004 : |
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Catch
an exclusive interview
with Monster Magnet
frontman, Dave Wyndorf,
on Angelina's Journey
on Monday 12th April 2004. The same day Monster
Magnet are playing
the Shepards Bush
Empire
in London!
Dave talks to Total Rock's Angelina
about the new Monolithic Baby album, girls and crowd surfing ... One not
to be missed, from 6 - 9 p.m. UK time on TotalRock.com. |
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| 15 march 2004 : |
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For
the German fans : Tomorrow, tuesday march 16th the band will be live on
television on Viva TV, the name of the
show is "Interaktiv" and the fans will have the chance to ask questions on
the phone or through e-mail live during the show. |
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| 10 march 2004 : |
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The
current Monster Magnet
tour will end with two gigs in a row at Rodon
in Athens
/ Greece
on april 15th & 16th. We will be back for the summer festivals ! |
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| 16 february 2004
: MONOLITHIC
BABY! Released on SPV now ! |
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European
tour starts February
20th 2004, check Tour
Section for dates, see you on the road !! |
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"Monolithic
Baby!" was
born from the irony and absurdity of life in the
ongoing and truly hypnotic 21st century! A combination of
social commentary, ego stroking, paranoia and glee! This is Monster
Magnet right now! Not yesterday, not tomorrow, right now! Sex and
war! Disinformation! Terror! Narcissism! Denial! Drugs! Awwww I
could go on AND ON! But
I won't. Let me just say that "Monolithic Baby" I hope
professes a determination to rise above
a paralysed pop culture which offers little more than superficial,
knee jerk stroking or vague , incomplete concepts that pose as art!
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But shucks, don't let my ramblings confuse you. Don't let my
hyperbolic bulljive cloud the main mission of this music: Rock and
Roll! Of and for the
moment! "Monolithic Baby!" doesn't preach, it celebrates!
Life is too short for anything
less! Bring on the future! Bring it on with force, humour and
dedication to the rock!
Thank
you and good day ... Dave
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| 31 january 2004
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New
album "MONOLITHIC
BABY" out Feb. 16 in
Europe
on SPV Steamhammer Records !
USA
in
March. Tour starts Feb. 20 ! Check
Tour section ! Big changes coming to this site, stay tuned. |
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| 26 january 2004
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The upcoming
European tour will not start on february 20th 2004 in the UK like
previously announced but a couple of days earlier on february 17 or
18th, in Greece at a yet to be confirmed city and venue. |
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| 21 january 2004
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The
new videoclip for the upcoming Monster
Magnet single Unbroken
(Hotel Baby) has been produced by Braddon
Mendelson @ Noisivision
and directed by Brian Smith @
Rose13 Creative.
Click here
to check out some stills taken during the videoshoot.
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| 19 january 2004
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Today
SPV
Rec's will release the first single from the upcoming new album.
The new single will feature the song “Unbroken
(Hotel Baby)”
with the Velvet Underground cover “Venus
In Furs” as a b-side. Release of the new full album “Monolithic
Baby” is scheduled for February
16th 2004. Both are European release dates, US
release dates haven’t been confirmed yet. A video clip for the
upcoming single has been shot.
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| 19 december 2003
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Monster
Magnet will be
playing at the Stone
Poney @ Asbury
Park, NJ
on saturday december 27th 2003. The show is sponsored by WRAT. |
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MERCH
ALERT:
The Spine of God shirts are back in stock, available in Large,
extra Large, and extra extra Large.
Merch that was sent to YVES DANDOY was returned due to a wrong address that was supplied, please contact us through the forum so we can fix it |
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| 08 december 2003
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No rest for
the wicked … after the show at the London Astoria last week
main Magnet Dave Wyndorf continues
his European press & promo tour. The rest of the band
flew back home to NJ after which guitarist Phil
Caivano immediately left for LA for the final mastering
of the new album “Monolithic Baby”.
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| 02 december 2003
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Word's out that Monster
Magnet are doing a surprise show in
London upcoming friday (december 5th 2004). Entrance is 5£ / the
venue is The Barfly @ The
Monarch /
showtime is 10.00 p.m ...
no advance tickets, first come first serve !!! |
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| 01 december 2003
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New drummer
for Monster Magnet
is local NJ musician Bob
Pantella who's been in
several bands including Raging
Slab. Bob Pantella is also playing with NJ blues
musician Matt O'Rea in the Blues
Hounds and in Lee Stuart's (Halfway
To Gone) new band A Thousand Knives of Fire. Welcome
aboard Bob ! |
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| 20 november 2003
: |
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Drummer Michael Wildwood
is
no longer part of Monster Magnet. More info about who's playing
with the band will be given when the time is right. In the
meantime more live dates have been comfirmed, check out
the Tour section for details. Magnet
will be all over Europe early 2004 !
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| 01 september 2003
: |
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On september 15th
2003 A&M Records will release the Monster Magnet
Greatest Hits double CD album. Whilst the first CD contains the obvious collection of singles and a random
series of tracks picked by our old label the
second CD contains a couple of hard to find b-sides
and a selection of video clips. All
in all a good closing of almost a decade at A&M records. Check out the
Discography
section for tracklist. Let's focus on the new album now ... to be released early 2004 on SPV
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| 30 august 2003 : |
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On
december 7th
2003 Monster Magnet will
play the
London Astoria
as part of the anual Kerrang!
Fest.
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| 04 august 2003 : |
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On friday
august 1st Monster Magnet left for L.A. to record the
upcoming new album "Radiation Day". Later this
month the band will play at a couple of European
festivals inluding headlining at Austria's Two
Days A Week Fest. In the meantime A&M / Universal
seems to have pushed back the release date of the greatest
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| 18 july 2003 : |
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Upcoming August Monster
Magnet will start the recording
sessions for the new album
(tentative entitled Radiation Day)
in Los Angeles. The album will be produced by Joe
Baresi (who previously worked with
Queens Of The Stone Age / Hole / Turbonegro and many more) and
main Magnet Dave Wyndorf.
The album is scheduled for an early 2004 release on SPV
/ Steamhammer Records. In the meantime A&M / Universal will release Monster
Magnet's greatest hits in Europe this summer, the two CD set will include collected b-sides,
videos and more. |
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| 21 june 2003 : |
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the new
Monster Magnet drummer is Michael
Wildwood ! The NY City based
musician was previously in DGeneration
and Chrome
Locust. After the demise of Chrome Locust in 1999 Michael
worked on various projects before joining Monster Magnet
earlier this month ... welcome aboard Mike, let's rock! |
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| 28 may 2003 : |
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Monster Magnet's upcoming club show on
saturday June 14th (warmup gig for the Fields Of Rock Fest.) has been scheduled at the Podium
@ Hardenberg in the east of Holland.
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| 21 may 2003 : |
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Monster Magnet will rock the mainstage at the Fields
Of Rock festival, Nijmegen / Holland on sunday June
15th ... on top of this the Magnet will do a special club
show the night before being saturday June 14th @ a later
to be confirmed club in the Netherlands. Check the festival
website for complete lineup. |
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| 19 may 2003 : |
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A&M / Universal (Magnet's old
label) will release a Monster
Magnet greatest hits album this
summer including an interactive section featuring all videoclips
the band made during the ten years they were signed to the
label. A brandnew album on SPV
/ Steamhammer will follow later this year, Maximum Rock 'n
Roll !
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| 18 may 2003 : |
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Last week I had the opportunity to ask main Magnet
Dave Wyndorf a couple of questions about the SPV deal, the upcoming new album, the Torque soundtrack and of course the split with
the longtime Monster Magnet rhythm section, click here to read the very
first interview since the changes within' the band, enjoy! |
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There's a big chance Monster Magnet
will be added to the bill of the Fields Of Rock
festival on June 15th 2003 @ Nijmegen / The Netherlands! The
festival announced as "A Heavy Day in the Park" filled
the gap left by the once again cancelled Dynamo Open Air
festival and proudly presents a bill featuring bands such as
Metallica / Marilyn Manson / Ministry and many more. More on
this soon. |
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| 12 may 2003 : |
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Monster Magnet
welcomes aboard new bass player
Jim Baglino! The NJ based
musician and long time friend of the band, toured Europe
with the Magnet as a roadie during the God Says No tour.
Jim Baglino, also known as the four stringer for NJ
SpaceRockers Lord
Sterling has been recruited to replace former Magnet
bassist Joe Calandra. Auditions for the vacant drum stool
are happening as we speak ... current runner up seems to
be ex-Chrome Locust
drummer Michael Wildwood. |
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Monster Magnet
have signed a European deal with German label SPV
/ Steamhammer earlier this week. The band parted ways
with the A&M label in 2001 after the release of God
Says No. The Hannover based label is thrilled that one of
the most influential rock bands on the planet has chosen
to call Steamhammer/SPV their new home. By joining SPV
records Monster Magnet find themselves amongst great
labelmates such as Motörhead / Fu Manchu / Life Of Agony
/ Rollins Band / Biohazard / Rose Tattoo / Firebird ...
and many more. An extensive interview with main Magnet
Dave Wyndorf will appeare on this site very soon, RockOn ! |
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