Cocaine Rodeo is the debut album by American metal/punk band Mondo Generator

Mondo Generator

Mondo Generator is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. 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...

, released on Southern Lord Records

Southern Lord Records

Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...

 in 2000. It was compiled of material recorded by vocalist/bassist Nick Oliveri

Nick Oliveri

Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...

 with an Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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 punk band and his ex-Kyuss

Kyuss

Kyuss is a rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss. Over the next five years the band released four full-length albums, and one last split EP in 1997 with...

 bandmates. Recorded in 1997, the material was shelved for three years due to Oliveri's full-time commitment to Queens Of The Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...

. Several of the songs were performed live by Queens Of The Stone Age, building up hype before the eventual release of the album.

Three of the album's ten tracks ("13th Floor", "Simple Exploding Man", & "Cocaine Rodeo") feature former members of Kyuss, Josh Homme, Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...

, and Oliveri. This impromptu Kyuss reunion was made possible by Oliveri, who invited each member separately to the studio without any knowledge of who they were playing with. "Simple Exploding Man" features all four original Kyuss members, including vocalist John Garcia

John Garcia (singer)

John Garcia is a vocalist who has been a member of Kyuss, Slo Burn, Unida and Hermano. His vocals have become synonymous with modern stoner rock and the desert rock sound.-Kyuss:...

, and longtime Kyuss producer Chris Goss

Chris Goss (U.S.)

Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.-Selected discography:Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.* 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality...

.

The American and Europe

Europe

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an album versions feature 2 different bonus tracks.

In 2009, Cocaine Rodeo was re-issued with a bonus disk featuring live material collected from the 2003/2004 tour.

Track listing

1. "13th Floor" – 3:15
2. "Shawnette" – 3:18
3. "Uncle Tommy" – 1:28
4. "Miss Mary Gets A Boob Job" – 1:54
5. "Unless I Can Kill" – 3:00
6. "PigMan" – 1:20
7. "Simple Exploding Man (Extended version)" – 11:31
8. "I Want You To Die" – 4:05
9. "Dead Insects" – 2:24
10. "Cocaine Rodeo" – 2:09

Bonus track - "Another Tension Head" (US version)

"Simple Exploding Man (Texas)" (European version)

• "13th Floor" was later re-recorded as "Tension Head" for Queens of the Stone Age
  Queens of the Stone Age
  Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
  
  's Rated R
  Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)
  Rated R is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000 through Interscope Records. Rated R was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It peaked at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers and reached high...
  
  album.

Band members

• Rex Everything aka Nick Oliveri
  Nick Oliveri
  Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...
  
   - Bass (all tracks), lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Josh Homme - Guitars (1, 7, 10)
• Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...
  
   - Drums (1, 7, 10)
• Up N. Syder aka Rob Oswald
  Rob Oswald
  Robert Oswald is an American drummer. Oswald currently plays drums for Karma To Burn. He also plays in the band Year Long Disaster, who feature an identical line up, as well as recording as Crack Angel. He has previously been a member of various bands, including Mondo Generator, Nebula, ...
  
   - Drums (2-6, 8, 9)
• Burnt Mattress aka Brent Malkus - Guitars (2-6, 8, 9), lead vocals (3, 4, 6, 9, 11)
• John Garcia
  John Garcia (singer)
  John Garcia is a vocalist who has been a member of Kyuss, Slo Burn, Unida and Hermano. His vocals have become synonymous with modern stoner rock and the desert rock sound.-Kyuss:...
  
   - Background vocals (7)
• Chris Goss
  Chris Goss (U.S.)
  Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.-Selected discography:Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.* 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality...
  
   - Background vocals (7)

Produced by Nick Oliveri

Nick Oliveri

Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...

Credits

Recorded and mixed by Steve Feldman at Monkey Studios 1997

Tracks (2,4,5,8,10) Remixed by Schneebie in the Gas Chamber

Mastered by Phil Easter/Malignant Sound Tech/Tucson, AZ

All songs written by Mondo Generator

All songs published by Natural Light Music BMI