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Monster Magnet - Space Lord

Music Video
ArtistMonster Magnet
SongSpace Lord
DirectorJoseph Kahn
GenreRock
IntroNo
OutroNo
Set LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Monster Magnet turn Las Vegas into a neon playground of rock-star excess. The band cruises through the city, performs beneath towering hotel signs, and parties among casino lights, dancers, luxury cars, and oversized displays of their own name. The video presents the group as larger-than-life celebrities, blending heavy-rock swagger with the visual language of late-1990s hip-hop. Its deliberately extravagant tone makes the clip feel both like a genuine fantasy of fame and a playful send-up of music-video decadence.

Factoids & Trivia

  • Dave Wyndorf wanted the video to look like a flashy rap video set in Las Vegas. He felt that rap artists, rather than contemporary rock musicians, represented the era's biggest rock-star personalities.
  • The production used locations associated with Ma$e's "Feel So Good" video and recreated several of its shots. Wyndorf reportedly became concerned that the borrowing might offend Ma$e, but Ma$e found the result amusing.
  • The opening references Metallica's "Enter Sandman," particularly the ominous old-man-and-child imagery.
  • Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez appears in the video as a guest performer.
  • "Space Lord" was the first video aired on MTV's "Total Request Live," on September 14, 1998.
  • The single became Monster Magnet's breakthrough hit, reaching No. 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and helping the album "Powertrip" earn gold status.

Lyrics

I've been stuffed in your pocket for the last hundred days
When I don't get my bath I take it out on the slaves
So grease up your baby for the ball on the hill
Polish them rockets now, and swallow those pills
And say oh --- Space Lord Mothermother
There's a car in the field now in a column of flame
With two doors to choose but only one bears your name
You been drinking my blood
while I been lickin' your wounds
Well I'll shave off the pitch now
and the scope of your tune
You'll sing oh --- Space Lord Mothermother
I left my throne a million miles away
...
© Monster Magnet - Space Lord. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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