Spine of God is the debut album

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 by American

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 rock band Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet is an American stoner rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf , John McBain and Tim Cronin...

, released in 1992. It is the band's first official full-length album and one of the earliest examples of the genre of stoner rock

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.

The album mixes elements of punk

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, heavy metal

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, psychedelic rock

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, and space rock

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. The album features a cover of Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad

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's "Sin's a Good Man's Brother." It was voted Spin

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s "Number 9 Album of 1991 You Didn't Hear".

A music video was made for the song "Medicine."

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Wyndorf

Dave Wyndorf

David "Dave" Albert Wyndorf is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, trombonist, and songwriter for the American stoner rock group Monster Magnet. He is the frontman and only original member of the band.-Early life:...

 unless noted otherwise.

1. "Pill Shovel" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 4:00
2. "Medicine" – 3:21
3. "Nod Scene" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 6:46
4. "Black Mastermind" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 8:13
5. "Zodiac Lung" – 4:44
6. "Spine of God" – 8:02
7. "Snake Dance" – 3:10
8. "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" (Mark Farner
   Mark Farner
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   ) – 3:31
9. "Ozium" – 8:01
10. "Ozium" [Demo] – 8:38 *

* Reissue bonus track

Spine of God was re-released in March 2006 with new artwork, new liner notes, compressed dynamic range

Loudness war

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, and a demo version of "Ozium" as a bonus track

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Personnel

• Dave Wyndorf
  Dave Wyndorf
  David "Dave" Albert Wyndorf is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, trombonist, and songwriter for the American stoner rock group Monster Magnet. He is the frontman and only original member of the band.-Early life:...
  
   – Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• John McBain
  John McBain (musician)
  John Paul McBain was a guitarist for Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy, his solo work, and has contributed to The Desert Sessions...
  
   – Guitar, Producer
• Joe Calandra – Bass
• Jon Kleiman - Drums
• Tim Cronin –(Credited, in typical Monster Magnet style, as "Dope
  Cannabis
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  /Lights/Center Of The Universe")

• Stacy "Springdale" Phelon – Engineer
• Rob Leecock – Bullgod design
• Samantha Muccini – Photography
• Reed Linkletter Jr. - Art Direction
• Alexander von Wieding – Reissue artwork