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| The Monkee's Uncle | ||||
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| Released | November 1, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 41:47 | |||
| Label | AntAcidAudio [1] | |||
| Producer | Toshi Kasai | |||
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
The Monkee's Uncle is an album by Altamont. [3] [4] It was released in 2005 through AntAcidAudio. [5]
AllMusic wrote: "Highlights include the barnstorming album opener, 'Frank Bank,' the surprisingly up-tempo ditty 'El Stupido,' and the riff monster 'The Bloodening.'" [2] SF Weekly wrote that the album "represents a merrily uneasy alliance betwixt headbanging and finesse." [4] LA Weekly called the album "a binary black hole swallowing up pop and hard rock and spitting them out into other dimensions as noise and gentle terror." [6]
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