Cocaine Rodeo

Mondo Generator | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Southern Lord
• ASIN: B00004UEV5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 13th Floor

2. Shawnette

3. Uncle Tommy

4. Miss Mary Gets a Boob Job

5. Unless I Can Kill

6. Pigman

7. Simple Exploding Man [Extended Version]

8. I Want You to Die

9. Dead Insects

10. Cocaine Rodeo

11. Another Tension Head [*]

Editorial Reviews

Originally formed in 1997 by former Kyuss members Nick Oliveri, Josh Homme and Brant Bjork, Mondo Generator's initial recordings were shelved when Oliveri and Homme went on to form Queens Of The Stone Age. With 'Cocaine Rodeo' out of print and a full live disc of tracks sitting around having never been officially released, it was perfect timing to revive the debut album and include with it the live disc as a bonus. Live disc band features Brant Bjork (Kyuss/Fu Manchu), Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal) as well as Nick Oliveri penned Kyuss and Queens Of The Stone Age tracks. Josh Homme (QOTSA) appears on 3 Tracks. Simple Exploding Man features an un-official Kyuss reunion with original members John Garcia, Josh Homme, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri all contributing to the track. Guest vocals from Mark Lanegan (QOTSA/SCREAMING TREES). --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Every Other Reviewer is Misguided, September 10, 2011

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K.I.B. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cocaine Rodeo (Audio CD)

Well, the good news is that nobody has given less than four stars. It could be five stars, idunno.

Every other reviewer seems to want to say something either obvious, inane, or irrelevant. A good deal say, "This band is formed by Nick Oliveri, he is the bassist for Kyuss/QOTSA". Really? Oh, glad I know that. I just type random words in the search fields hoping maybe a band will match the nonsense I'm typing. It worked for Sadistik Exekution and Loudness.

Others say, "I like it, but it's not as good as Kyuss or Queens or Fu Manchu". Clearly you were looking for the same boogie-woogie stoner rock that sedates you when you are high. If you want the same old stoner rock go to meteorcity.com and grab any of their subpar stoner bands. Also, to anybody who referred to Mondo Generator as "stoner rock" you clearly have a myopic view of things. You see a guys name and you assume, "it's stoner rock". Even after you hear it, you're so set in your "everything must have a genre" ways that you still say, "it's stoner rock". Did you not realize, after hearing "Six Shooter", "Tension Head", "Junior High Love", or "Wake Up Screaming" that Nick has a very obvious proclivity towards gutter-punk and noise rock?

And finally there is the guy complaining about the "weak lyrics". You must of been really bummed when an album called "Cocaine Rodeo" didn't have beautiful prose, follow iambic pentameter, and invoke visions of lush landscapes. I can't remember the last time I even cared about lyrics, at least not in rock 'n roll. Or did you think that "Thong Song" was the epitome of lyricism?

"Cocaine Rodeo" is an excellent punk rock album. It came out in 2000 when punk music had all but lost it's way and it is packed with noisiness, buttholes, cigarette burnt carpets, dirty whores, and middle fingers. Brant and Josh do make appearances, but this has Nick written all over it -- a groovy album that doesn't let you get comfortable enough to get groovy with it.

I cannot overstate the exceptional nature of the song "13th Floor" (later cleaned up and called "Tension Head" on QOTSA's "R"). The riff is a short and scary descent into doom but lightened up to the extent that you can dance rather than burn in hell.

"Cocaine Rodeo" is in a precarious place. It arrived at the height of boy bands and nu-metal but before Facebook, MySpace, and Blogs completely changed the marketing of music. Though mainstream corruption of real music is still viral, I see this album as one of the last stands of rock n' roll against the old guard of record execs looking to sign endlessly similar bands. Though Nick definitely has some personal issues, he is one of the last true rock heroes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where Weak Lyrics Kill Great Music, July 25, 2009

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This review is from: Cocaine Rodeo (Audio CD)

OK, to be fair, I am no Music master. By far.

I enjoyed the 'Desert Sessions' and figured Oliveri would follow the creative genius of his Kyuss and QotSA brethren on his little pet project called 'Mondo Generator'.

In the end I found it failed to live up to the expectations I had set.

First the good:

Mondo Generator bang out great music; riffs, bass, drums, so on. Nick Oliveri and co deliver the goods in this department hands down.

Then the bad:

Unfortunately the lyrics are subpar at best; simple, cliched, tacky sometimes painful (not so much on this particular album, but more so on the future 'Mondo' releases).

If I could cut the lyrics/vocals from half of 'Mondo's' tracks (on all their albums) I think I'd enjoy them MUCH more.

Overall, I'd say their collection is worth a listen, because some people won't be offput by the lyrical shortcoming and get lost in Oliveri's eclectic rock assault.

So while I find 'Mondo Generator' doesn't deliver the overall genius of QotSA or Kyuss, they are in their own right a head-banging rock band worth a listen or two.

5 starts for music, 2 MAX for lyrics. 4 overall.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Up and comers, November 17, 2007

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Jason Rumbaugh "proud vet" (everett, wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cocaine Rodeo (Audio CD)

This Band is awsome. It's a new sound. I'm a fan of Pantera, Down, LOG, Mastodon and Slayer. These guys don't really sound like my typical music to be honest. But thier songs will be stuck in your head for days and you'll just want more. Very addictive and heavy. These guys are gonna be big very soon. Great live band, I saw them in concert. I'd say it's kind of like Punk Metal. If you like this CD you'll love "Dead Planet" The newest one. Even better and more matured.