''Dead Planet'' is the third studio album by former

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and

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bassist/vocalist

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and his band,

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. The album was recorded in late 2005 and early 2006 at

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's Studio 606 and at Donner & Blitzen studios. The album features Oliveri on bass, vocals, guitars and drums,

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on drums, and Ben Perrier, Ben Thomas and Marc Diamond among others. 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''.

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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 ''

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'' 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.

Track listings

Notes

* "All the Way Down", "There She Goes Again", "Bloody Hammer" and "Sleep the Lie Away" are all from Mondo Generator's previous EP ''

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''. * "So High" is a new recording of "So High, So Low" from Mondo Generator's previous album ''

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''. * "Mental Hell" is a cover of a

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song from their album

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. * "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

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cover. * "SonicSlowMotionTrails" was abbreviated to "S.S.M.T." on the ''Dead Planet'' rerelease.

Personnel

;Mondo Generator *

– bass, lead vocals * Ian Flannon Taylor – guitar, backing vocals *Simon "Spudd" Beggs – guitar *Ernie Longoria – drums ;Additional musicians * Ben Perrier * Ben Thomas *Marc Diamond *

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*Mathias Schneeberger *Harley Spider *

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* Molly Mcguire *

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;Production *

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References

External links

Official Site

Official Myspace

Suburban Noize Records
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