{"id":19854,"date":"2022-09-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19854"},"modified":"2022-09-06T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:49:56","slug":"monster-magnet-announce-test-patterns-vol-1-to-be-released-this-november-via-god-unknown-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19854","title":{"rendered":"MONSTER MAGNET ANNOUNCE \u2018TEST PATTERNS: VOL. 1\u2019 TO BE RELEASED THIS NOVEMBER VIA GOD UNKNOWN RECORDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PRE-ORDER LINK <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/test-patterns-vol-1\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monster Magnet - Test Patterns: Vol  1 (God Unknown Records 2022)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3td8C4jYDDk?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Born from the Red Bank of New Jersey, the early days of <strong>Monster Magnet<\/strong> were a cosmos away from the major-label, alternative rock boom that would suck the band into the shiny MTV world of the early to middle 90s. Originally formed by Dave Wyndorf, John McBain and Tim Cronin, Monster Magnet lysergic oozed into the world in 1989 with two demo tapes \u2013 \u2018Forget About Life, I\u2019m High On Dope\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019m Stoned, What Ya Gonna Do About It?\u2019 \u2013 making it perfectly clear from the start where they were coming from. This was a band revelling in bad trips and the death of the hippy dream with a Manson Family stare, playing squelchy lo-fi psychedelic music with a rabid punk rock sneer, like The Stooges terrorising Hawkwind at the most unpleasant free festival imaginable. There were tales of entire audiences at their gigs being spiked with LSD. It didn\u2019t matter if this was true or not, it all added to the mystique. This was indeed a satanic drug thing, you wouldn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those two demos formed the base of what would become their pivotal \u2018Spine Of God\u2019 album from 1991 and the \u201925\u2026Tab\u2019 EP, which featured the mesmerising 32-minute opus itself, \u2018Tab\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monster-Magnet-photo-credit-Glinda-Wyndorf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"836\" height=\"615\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monster-Magnet-photo-credit-Glinda-Wyndorf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monster-Magnet-photo-credit-Glinda-Wyndorf.png 836w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monster-Magnet-photo-credit-Glinda-Wyndorf-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Monster-Magnet-photo-credit-Glinda-Wyndorf-768x565.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Long considered to be the true essence of Magnet\u2019s early psychedelic voyages, \u2018Tab\u2019 is finally returning to earth\u2019s stratosphere with the release of \u2018Test Patterns: Vol.1\u2019, available November 11<sup>th<\/sup> via God Unknown Records on 12\u201d vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Test Patterns: Vol. 1\u2019 features a 2021 remix of \u2018Tab\u2019 by John McBain, alongside the original demo, recorded in 1988 and then released on the aforementioned \u2018Forget About Life, I\u2019m High On Dope\u2019 in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen Magnet started, John and I worked in record stores in Red Bank and Dave worked in the comic bookstore and we made a lot of tapes for each other,\u201d recalls Tim Cronin. \u201cA lot of \u2018check this shit out\u2019 kind of stuff\u2026Hawkwind, early UFO, Amon Duul, Can, Skullflower, Morgen, Loop, Crystalized Movements, early Alice Cooper, Walking Seeds, Butthole Surfers, Spacemen 3. When we recorded the first demo and got to TAB, we just beat the shit out of it until it became heavy, noisy, weird, mean and either too long or not long enough, depending on your mood. Everything we wanted in a song (at least everything I wanted in a song), punishingly psychedelic.&nbsp; Jersey Shore krautrock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Test Patterns: Vol. 1\u2019 will be available in two 12\u201d vinyl editions &#8211; a deluxe gatefold sleeve with acid blotter inner sleeve and a special Rough Trade Super Deluxe edition with gatefold sleeve, limited to 300 copies with 4 postcards, blotter inner sleeve, \u2018orange sunshine\u2019 coloured vinyl and alternative cover artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can pre-order \u2018Test Patterns: Vol. 1\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/test-patterns-vol-1\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRE-ORDER LINK HERE: Born from the Red Bank of New Jersey, the early days of Monster Magnet were a cosmos away from the major-label, alternative rock boom that would suck the band into the shiny MTV world of the early to middle 90s. 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