Editing Monster Magnet (section)

==Musical style and influences==
[[file:Monster Magnet en 2017.jpg|thumb|Monster Magnet performing in 2017|left]]
Monster Magnet is noted for having a "heavy and spacy sound."<ref name=Rivadavia>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/monster-magnet-powertrip/ |title=Monster Magnet Albums Ranked Worst to Best |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |date=June 13, 2018  |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> They have been described as a "[[space rock|space-metal]] outfit [that] helped codify the [[stoner rock|stoner-rock]] template with their landmark efforts in the early 1990s."<ref name=Pehling>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/cbs-sf-talks-to-monster-magnets-dave-wyndorf/ |title=CBS SF Talks To Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf |last=Pehling |first=Dave |date=October 9, 2018 |publisher=CBS SF |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> The album ''Superjudge'', according to ''Metal Injection'', "helped forge a sound that crafted a band ''and'' a genre."<ref name="MetalInjection">{{cite web |last= |first= |date= January 31, 2019|title=TBT: Superjudge is Monster Magnet's Psychedelic-Kissed Retro Metal |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/tbt-superjudge-is-monster-magnets-psychedelic-kissed-retro-metal/amp |access-date=2022-06-15 |website= |publisher=Metal Injection}}</ref> Their sound has been described as "heady [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]."<ref name="treble">{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://www.treblezine.com/34799-10-best-stoner-rock-albums/|last1=Terich|last2=Blyweiss|first1=Jeff|first2=Adam |publisher=Treblezine|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=May 21, 2017}}</ref> Monster Magnet is also regarded as [[space rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1441915/monster-magnet-tap-buckcherry-for-god-says-no-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203032850/https://www.mtv.com/news/1441915/monster-magnet-tap-buckcherry-for-god-says-no-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |title=Monster Magnet Tap Buckcherry for God Says No Tour |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=March 20, 2001 |publisher=MTV |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> [[hard rock]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/monster-magnet-mn0000495455/biography | title=Monster Magnet Biography, Songs, & Albums | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> [[psychedelic rock]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/monster-magnet-poobah-cover-mr-destroyer-a-better-dystopia-covers-album/|website=[[Loudwire]]|last=DiVita|first=Joe|date=March 23, 2021|access-date=March 21, 2025|title=Monster Magnet Debut First Track on New Obscure Psychedelic Covers Album ‘A Better Dystopia’}}</ref> [[garage rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/rock/see-you-in-hell-monster-magnets-power-trip-at-25/|title=See You In Hell: Monster Magnet’s Power Trip at 25|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=March 21, 2025|website=Rock and Roll Globe|first=Ted|last=Miller}}</ref> and as part of the first wave of [[alternative metal]].<ref name=AM>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=alternative-metal-ma0000012328|pure_url=yes}}|title=Alternative Metal|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2023-02-25 |quote=The first wave of alternative metal bands fused heavy metal with [...] psychedelia (Soundgarden, Monster Magnet) }}</ref> Their style is heavily influenced by 1970s space rock bands such as [[Hawkwind]]<ref name=UCR>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/monster-magnet-powertrip/ |title=When Monster Magnet Took Us on a 'Powertrip' |last=Swanson |first=Dave |date=June 16, 2018  |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> and [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]].<ref name=AM/>

In addition to recording covers such as Black Sabbath's "[[Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)|Into the Void]]" (''[[Master of Reality]]'', 1971) and Hawkwind's "Brainstorm" (''[[Doremi Fasol Latido]]'', 1972), Wyndorf sometimes incorporated elements of space rock staples into his own songs. For instance, the ''[[Dopes to Infinity]]'' title track borrows some of its lyrics from "Lord of Light" (''ibid.''), and ''[[Superjudge]]'''s "Twin Earth" is a reinterpretation of Captain Beyond's "Mesmerization Eclipse" (''[[Captain Beyond (album)|Captain Beyond]]'', 1972). The main guitar riff to the track ''[[Dopes to Infinity]]'' is lifted from The [[Sir Lord Baltimore]] song "Woman Tamer" (''[[Sir Lord Baltimore (album)|Sir Lord Baltimore]]'', 1971). The band has cited the British band [[Depeche Mode]] as an influence on its music. They covered Depeche Mode's "Black Celebration" for ''[[For the Masses]]'', a 1998 Depeche Mode tribute album.

Wyndorf is a fan of 1960s comic books, particularly those by [[Jack Kirby]]. He mentions Kirby in the song "Melt" from ''[[God Says No]]''. He mentions [[Marvel Comics]] characters [[MODOK]] (on "Baby Götterdämmerung" from ''[[Powertrip]]'') and [[Ego the Living Planet]] (on "Ego, The Living Planet" from ''[[Dopes to Infinity]]''). "Mindless Ones" from the album ''[[Last Patrol]]'' mentions the race of the same name, [[Dormammu]], [[Vishanti]] and [[Ancient One|The Ancient One]] from Marvel's [[Doctor Strange]] mythos. "All Shook Out" from ''[[God Says No]]'' mentions "children of the atom," a reference to the [[X-Men]]. Marvel's [[Fantastic Four]] are mentioned in the song "The Titan Who Cried Like a Baby" on ''[[Mastermind (Monster Magnet album)|Mastermind]]''.