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Released
  
June 16, 1998

Powertrip (1998)
  
God Says No (2000)

Release date
  
16 June 1998

Length
  
60:42

Artist
  
Monster Magnet

Label
  
A&M Records

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Studio
  
North Vine Studios, NRG Studios

Producer
  
Dave Wyndorf & Matt Hyde

Genres
  
Stoner rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock, Space rock

Similar
  
Monster Magnet albums, Stoner rock albums

Crop circle


Powertrip is the fourth studio album by Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single, "Space Lord". Other hit songs on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell". The album itself, reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #21 in the German Charts, #65 in the UK Charts, and #97 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 25, 1999.

Contents

Music videos were made for the songs "Space Lord", "Powertrip", and "See You In Hell".

Monster magnet powertrip


Recording

After the Dopes to Infinity tour, Dave Wyndorf flew to Las Vegas to work on the group's next album. He got a hotel room 10 miles (16 km) outside the city, where he would write one song a day for twenty-one days. Most of the songs were based on the themes of Vegas, such as naked women and people losing their money. "See You In Hell" in particular, was written after an experience Wyndorf had on a bus ride from New York City, to his hometown of Red Bank, NJ. A hippie explained that he and his wife had killed their baby, and buried it in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Shocked, Wyndorf got out of the bus.

  • "Powertrip" was one of the songs in the film Soldier, starring Kurt Russell.
  • "Powertrip" was the official theme song for the WWE pay-per-view event No Way Out 2007.
  • "Space Lord" was one of the songs in the film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
  • "Crop Circle" was one of the songs in the film Urban Legend.
  • "See you in Hell" was one of the songs in the film Bride of Chucky.
  • "Powertrip" was featured in the 2006 video game Motorstorm.

    • Original CD

    All songs written by Dave Wyndorf unless noted otherwise.

    Japanese bonus tracks
    1. "Big God" – 5:58
    2. "Kick Out the Jams" (MC5 cover) – 2:35
    3. "The Game" – 4:54

    A Limited Tour Edition was also released with a bonus CD entitled "Viva Las Vegas (live in Las Vegas)". The Japanese version contains this bonus CD and 3 bonus tracks on the original.

    Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)

    1. "Temple of Your Dreams" – 5:34
    2. "Dinosaur Vacuum" – 5:19
    3. "Baby Götterdämmerung" – 4:00
    4. "Cage Around the Sun" – 8:18
    5. "Bummer" – 7:35
    6. "Space Lord" – 9:32

    Personnel

  • Dave Wyndorf – vocals, guitar
  • Ed Mundell – guitar
  • Philip Caivano – guitar
  • Joe Calandra – bass
  • Jon Kleiman – drums

    • Additional personnel

  • Matt Hyde – guitar, engineer, mixing
  • John Flannery – guitar
  • Scott Garrett – drums
  • Tim Cronin – autovisuals, misinformation, herald of galactus

    • Production

  • Steve Mixdorf – assistant engineer
  • Jesse Fishman – assistant engineer
  • Cameron Webb – assistant engineer
  • Paul Silveira – assistant engineer
  • Randy Staub – mixing
  • John Travis – mixing
  • Ron Boustead – digital editing
  • Don C. Tyler – digital editing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering

    • Songs

    1Crop Circle5:32
    2Powertrip3:32
    3Space Lord [Explicit]5:56

    References

    Powertrip Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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