Heavy rockers who wear that designation like the badge of honor that it is Mos Generator have reissued their 2005 album The Late Great Planet Earth in remastered and, as they put it, “newly restored” form. I wasn’t sure what that means in this context, but founding guitarist/vocalist Tony Reed was kind enough to offer some clarification, which you’ll see below. Billed as The Late Great Planet Earth Suite: Parts I-XII, the new version all the more highlights the flow and conceptual narrative at the heart of the original. It’s out now digital through Bandcamp with eventual hope of doing it up as a deluxe 3LP/2CD/DVD boxed set that, frankly, kind of seems like it would rule. Party on, Mos Generator. Make that shit happen.

Though the Port Orchard trio have had a couple offerings out new and archival in 2019 as they will in any given year these days, they’ve stepped back touring considerably from what they were doing since about 2014 when founding guitarist/vocalist Tony Reed revamped the lineup with an eye specifically toward taking the band on the road. Well, their four shows slated for 2019 start on Oct. 10 and go through Oct. 13, which just happens to be this week/weekend. They’re playing with Teepee Creeper, Clutch and Red Fang, among others, and will no doubt have more news of one kind or another soon.

Here’s what’s up until then:

Mos Generator “The Late Great Planet Earth Suite parts 1-12” is a newly restored and remastered version of our second album, first released on vinyl only in October 2005. This digital version features the 12 part 43 minute suite as one track rather than 12 movements broken up into separate tracks thus giving the listener the full experience as originally intended.

Says Tony, “The restored part is about being able to separate all 12 movements, master each song separately and then re-assemble it as one long song. I thought I had lost all of the songs as stand alone tracks so every pressing (on 3 different labels) over the years has been from the same source that I wasn’t completely happy with. I’m a little more satisfied now.”

The Late Great Planet Earth Suite:
I. On the Eve (including: The Midnight Sun)
II: Crematorium
III: Six Billion People Dead
IV: Opium Skies
V: The Myopic
VI: Closed Casket
VII: Fall of Megiddo
VIII: Zero to Infinity
IX: The Late Great Planet Earth
X: Golden Chariots
XI: Exit the Atomic Age
XII: The World Set Free

This is part of a continuing effort to do a super deluxe release of this album. Our hope is for a set containing 3 Lps, 2 Cds, 1 DVD, extended download, 12″x12″ booklet and an assortment of other memorabilia from the 2004-2005 era.

Mos Generator was:
Tony Reed: Guitar/Vocals/Keyboards
Shawn Johnson: Drums
Scooter Haslip: Bass

We’re only playing 4 shows this year. Here they are.

10/10 Little Devil’s – Port Angeles WA (w/ Teepee Creeper)
10/11 Manette Saloon – Bremerton WA (w/ Thylacine – Corrosive Company)
10/12 Midtown Bend – Bend OR (w/ Clutch – Red Fang)
10/13 McDonald Theater – Eugene OR (w/ Clutch – Red Fang)

Mos Generator is:
Tony Reed: guitar, vocals
Jono Garrett: drums
Sean Booth: bass

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Mos Generator, The Late Great Planet Earth Suite: Parts I-XII (2019)

At the risk of being overly analytical, I think what we’re seeing below in the hastily-drawn list of tour dates and recording plans is a pretty honest look at the mind of Mos Generator‘s Tony Reed. Now as busy on the road as he’s been the last half-decade-plus in the studio, I firmly believe the below makes complete sense to Reed‘s restless spirit, which only continues to add fire to the momentum of his reborn band. Already announced for Mos Generator in 2016 is an acoustic record (track stream here) and an appearance at the second Maryland Doom Fest (info here), and later this month the band will take a couple days after a weekender and before yet another tour to hit the studio once again.

You can see it below in bright red — “RECORDING!!” — from Oct. 26-28. Whether that’s finishing the acoustic album or putting together a different full-length entirely (knowing Mos Generator, that’s a distinct possibility), I don’t know, but it goes to show that the remarkable surge of activity the band has undertaken this year looks to continue going forward. Tour dates and some quick word from Reed follow, no doubt written as he was on his way to do something awesome:

Not in the mood to make some fancy tour flyer so here is whatcha get!! After this quick jaunt we take some time off to finish the next record.

MOS GENERATOR ~ West Coast Tour / Recording – Oct/Nov 2015.
10/23 PORT ORCHARD, WA The Rendezvous Tavern
10/24 PORT ANGELES, WA Coo Coos Nest
10/25 SEATTLE, WA The Sunset Tavern
10/29 GRANT’S PASS, OR G Street Bar & Grill
10/30 ARCATA. CA The Alibi
10/31 SAN JOSE, CA The Rock Shop
11/01 POMONA, CA The Glass House
11/02 LAS VEGAS, NV The Dive Bar
11/03 SAN DIEGO, CA Brick by Brick
11/05 PORTLAND, OR Dante’s
11/06 BELLINGHAM, WA The Shakedown
11/07 SEATTLE, WA El Corazon
12/03 PORT ANGELES, WA Coog’s

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Mos Generator, Live in Copenhagen 2015