"We just had two new songs (and decided) let's make this horrible, end of the world record," Reed said. Though he said he's still intrigued by the topic, films like "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" are no longer in high rotation. The trio has been playing a handful of local shows, including tonight at the Manette Saloon, to support its new album, "The Late Great Planet Earth." The record is a concept album that explores Reed's adolescent fascination with all things nuclear: the bombs, testing, Hiroshima. We wear our influences on our sleeves." Their nod to '70s rock has drawn its fair share of stoner rock references, notably a recent review in The Stranger, calling the band's music "smarter than your average stoner rock." The reviewer also said "Mos Generator are doing their damndest to finally shift the local music scene's attention from all that is cute to all that is killer." Reed chuckled at the label, especially, he said, because the band doesn't get high any more. "We want to write music that we would actually listen to. "If you listen to any era of music, they're paying tribute big time," Reed said at Jimmy D's in Gorst. Neither musician is embarrassed to admit that their music owes a great deal to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and, like Reed's T-Shirt says, Iron Maiden. The band's sound is pleasantly '80s, and deeply rooted in the hard rock of the '70s. Reed and Johnson handle guitar/vocals and drumming duties, respectively, for Port Orchard's Mos Generator. He orders a pair of Heinekens alongside his burger on a recent Friday, barely after noon. Shawn Johnson looks tired and isn't interested in breakfast for lunch. GORST Tony Reed sports long hair, an Iron Maiden T-shirt and orders oatmeal for lunch.
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