Mondo Generator
A Drug Problem That Never Existed

During his "free time," Nick Oliveri—who was kicked out of the insane Dwarves for being too extreme—now bassist for the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and formerly of KYUSS, enjoys participating in projects with various musicians. MONDO GENERATOR is certainly the project that most viscerally belongs to Oliveri, and for those familiar with his reputation, listening can confirm that this record is as unbalanced as its author. Accompanied by Josh Homme (QOTSA, KYUSS) in 1997, Oliveri recorded the first tracks which, however, only saw the light in 2000 with the album COCAINE RODEO.

Today, three years after that release and after the great success achieved with QOTSA, Oliveri relaunches into the wildest adventure you have ever heard. Once again aided by longtime friends Homme and Lanegan (singer of Screaming Trees), Oliveri hits the mark again, even allowing himself to venture, with notable success, into the exercise of ballads. Despite this, with MONDO GENERATOR Oliveri completely lets loose, putting together a collection of stomach-churning pieces. A Drug Problem that never existed is composed of direct, short, bizarre, and wild tracks that tend to spill over into the insane. Sex, drugs, and madness reign supreme and even the track titles speak for themselves: Meth I hear you calling, Open up and bleed for me. The apex is nonetheless reached when Lanegan’s epic voice appears in the beautiful closing Four corners.