Formed in on the foundations of stoner-rock cult outfit Kyuss, according to AllMusic , the hard-rocking band not only flourished, but actually shot to the major leagues in the s, propelled by a string of hits such as "No One Knows," "Go With The Flow," and "Little Sister.
However, while the former is still very much fronting the group, the latter's tenure came to an abrupt end in , when Oliveri rather unexpectedly parted ways with Homme and the rest of the crew. What could have prompted the bass player to leave the band just as they were at the top of their game?
And whatever happened to loyalty? Oliveri is in Los Angeles working with material from a recently recorded Mondo Generator show at the Troubadour, which he plans to release in the near future. He also played on Lanegan's upcoming solo album, Bubblegum, and did some recording for punk band the Dwarves. He said he hopes to hit the road with Mondo Generator soon. It was just a car at the end of the day. I didn't open the door. That's the main problem. You've got to open the door.
It would have been fine. They wouldn't have called the SWAT team in. They considered it a hostage situation. It wasn't a hostage situation. They called and asked if I had a gun in the house. I said, 'Yeah, I have three. And my girlfriend at the time hangs up the phone because she's scared! I'm like, 'Oh, no, Jeez, don't And yes, it was loaded. That's where my dad would have kept it. Loaded for your own protection. I have no excuse. They were super nice to me.
I stayed in my house. They wanted to see if my girlfriend was OK. I said, 'OK. We were breaking up and I wanted her to leave anyway. How that turned around in media reports that I was trying to make her stay is ridiculous. I just couldn't believe they were there for me.
Little old me? SWAT team? They asked if they could come into the house. I said, 'I just moved into this home. I left on tour and my girlfriend stayed there. But I was on tour. I'm just saying, I let them go in there.
I wasn't trying to be like, 'No, you can't go in! I was a day late to get on my plane. I missed my flight. I was supposed to have a ride to go there and it didn't work out somehow. Seeing Queens play at the last Coachella: "I got kicked off the stage! I went up to the side of the stage and they went, 'You can't go on there. I said, 'Wow, that's weak. I know how to get out of the way. But not ever in a million years would I have done that to any member of a band I played in.
To me a band member is part of a band whether they're in the band or not forever. It's like a family in a way. The new "Leave Me Alone" album: "I wanted to do a new Mondo Generator record, but I just got a new drum set and I wanted to try to do some drums stuff. That's how probably all of these songs came about: starting the song on drums, humming the parts in my head and transposing on guitar.
I fell asleep driving. Dumb ass. I'm not going to blame it on drumming, but it's tiring. It takes some stamina. That kind of put a damper on things a little bit. I didn't want to get started back up for a while. That was in like His relationship with Homme: " Josh and me are bros. I think we've always stayed bros. It's just there was a moment there. He had a thing with Blag.
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