Dead Planet
Dead Planet is the third studio album by former Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss bassist/vocalist Nick Oliveri and his band, Mondo Generator. The album was recorded in late 2005 and early 2006 at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 and at Donner & Blitzen studios. The album features Oliveri on bass, vocals, guitars and drums, Hoss Wright on drums, and Ben Perrier, Ben Thomas and Marc Diamond among others.
| Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails | |
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| Released | September 4, 2006 | 
| Length | 42:16 | 
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| Released | July 17, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, stoner rock | |||
| Length | 52:30 | |||
| Label | Suburban Noize (USA) | |||
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| Source | Rating | 
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| Manchester Evening News | |
| Type 3 Media | 8.5/10[3] | 
The album was originally released on the UK label Mother Tongue Records and Impedance Records of Australia in 2006, under the name Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails. Suburban Noize Records released the album on July 17, 2007 in the United States under the title Dead Planet with a different track list order, plus the remaining tracks from III The EP attached at the end.
In 2020, Dead Planet was reissued as a repress by Oliveri's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records, featuring new cover art of Oliveri and a similar track listing to the original release.[4]
Track listings
    
| No. | Title | Length | 
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| 1. | "Like a Bomb" | 4:13 | 
| 2. | "All the Way Down" | 2:56 | 
| 3. | "SonicSlowMotionTrails" | 3:19 | 
| 4. | "Basket Case" | 1:35 | 
| 5. | "Lie Detector" | 4:20 | 
| 6. | "So High" | 2:24 | 
| 7. | "Life of Sin" | 2:24 | 
| 8. | "Mental Hell" | 2:16 | 
| 9. | "She Only Owns You" | 2:35 | 
| 10. | "Take Me Away" | 4:48 | 
| 11. | "I Never Sleep" | 2:08 | 
| 12. | "All Systems Go" | 1:26 | 
| 13. | "Paper Thin" | 5:15 | 
| 14. | "Sam Hall" | 2:27 | 
| No. | Title | Length | 
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| 1. | "Basket Case" | 1:35 | 
| 2. | "I Never Sleep" | 2:06 | 
| 3. | "All the Way Down" | 2:54 | 
| 4. | "She Only Owns You" | 2:32 | 
| 5. | "Lie Detector" | 4:18 | 
| 6. | "Mental Hell" | 2:14 | 
| 7. | "All Systems Go" | 1:23 | 
| 8. | "Like a Bomb" | 4:04 | 
| 9. | "So High" | 2:23 | 
| 10. | "S.S.M.T." | 3:13 | 
| 11. | "Take Me Away" | 4:42 | 
| 12. | "Life of Sin" | 2:22 | 
| 13. | "Paper Thin" | 5:17 | 
| 14. | "Sam Hall" | 2:25 | 
| 15. | "There She Goes Again" | 1:22 | 
| 16. | "Bloody Hammer" | 4:47 | 
| 17. | "Sleep the Lie Away" | 4:54 | 
| No. | Title | Length | 
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| 1. | "Like a Bomb" | 4:14 | 
| 2. | "All the Way Down" | 2:55 | 
| 3. | "Sonic Slow Motion Trails" | 3:18 | 
| 4. | "Basket Case" | 1:35 | 
| 5. | "Lie Detector" | 4:20 | 
| 6. | "So High" | 2:24 | 
| 7. | "Life of Sin" | 2:24 | 
| 8. | "Mental Hell" | 2:26 | 
| 9. | "There She Goes Again" | 1:25 | 
| 10. | "She Only Owns You" | 2:35 | 
| 11. | "Take Me Away" | 4:44 | 
| 12. | "I Never Sleep" | 2:08 | 
| 13. | "All Systems Go" | 1:26 | 
| 14. | "Paper Thin" | 5:23 | 
Notes
    
- "All the Way Down", "There She Goes Again", "Bloody Hammer" and "Sleep the Lie Away" are all from Mondo Generator's previous EP III the EP.
 - "So High" is a new recording of "So High, So Low" from Mondo Generator's previous album A Drug Problem That Never Existed.
 - "Mental Hell" is a cover of a Ramones song from their album Animal Boy.
 - "All the Way Down" was originally recorded by one of Oliveri's old bands, River City Rapists.
 - Track 13 is a new recording of "Paper Thin" from Nick Oliveri's solo acoustic album Demolition Day.
 - "Bloody Hammer" is a Roky Erickson cover.
 - "SonicSlowMotionTrails" was abbreviated to "S.S.M.T." on the Dead Planet rerelease.
 
Personnel
    
- Mondo Generator
 
- Nick Oliveri – bass, lead vocals
 - Ian Flannon Taylor – guitar, backing vocals
 - Simon "Spudd" Beggs – guitar
 - Ernie Longoria – drums
 
- Additional musicians
 
- Ben Perrier
 - Ben Thomas
 - Marc Diamond
 - Blag Dahlia
 - Mathias Schneeberger
 - Harley Spider
 - Dave Catching
 - Molly Mcguire
 - Hoss Wright
 - Alfredo Hernandez
 
- Production
 
References
    
- Dead Planet at AllMusic
 - Manchester Evening News review
 - Type 3 Media review
 - "Mondo Generator Dead Planet". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
 - "MONDO GENERATOR - Dead Planet (repress)". Bandcamp. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
 


