Nick Oliveri (under the moniker Rex Everything ) formed Mondo Generator in 1997. The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri’s Sunn amplifier. Mondo means “world” in Italian . The Oliveri-penned Kyuss song appearing on the 1992 album Blues for the Red Sun also took its name from this event, and the amplifier itself appears in the artwork for the album. With friends Josh Homme , Brant Bjork , Rob Oswald , and Karl Doyle among others, the band recorded their debut album, Cocaine Rodeo , the same year. The album wouldn’t be released until three years later due to Oliveri and Homme being full-time members of Queens of the Stone Age . The album was released by cult-favorite Southern Lord Records in 2000. There was little support of the album by the way of live shows, and the band gained cult status among the most devoted Queens of the Stone Age fans.
Formed Mondo Generator in 1997
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