Negasonic Teenage Warhead (song)

"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" was the first song recorded by Monster Magnet after the release of their previous album Superjudge because a five-minute version of it had to appear in the 1994 movie S.F.W.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/monster-magnet-mn0000495455/biography|title=Monster Magnet|publisher=AllMusic|last=Rivadavia, Eduardo|access-date= June 10, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.monstermagnet.net/media.htm|title= Media section|website=Monster Magnet|access-date= June 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511010704/http://www.monstermagnet.net/media.htm |archive-date = May 11, 2008}} The version of the song which appeared on the album was recorded at The Magic Shop in New York City.Monster Magnet. Dopes to Infinity. A&M Records. Album credits. It was released in its album, Dopes to Infinity, and as a single, the first one of the album,{{cite web |url=http://www.monstermagnet.net/dopestoinfinity.htm|title=Dopes to Infinity|website=Monster Magnet|access-date= June 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522124823/http://www.monstermagnet.net/dopestoinfinity.htm |archive-date = May 22, 2008}} (with a version of 4:23 minutes) in 1995.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/negasonic-teenage-warhead-mt0004204081|title=Monster Magnet - "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"|website=AllMusic|access-date= March 30, 2008}} The song would become the band's first hit single, garnering play on modern rock radio and MTV. The 1999 Japanese reissue of Dopes to Infinity includes a live version of the song.

The track was later included on the two Monster Magnet's greatest hits albums: Greatest Hits{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/monster-magnets-greatest-hits-mw0000459225|title=Monster Magnet - Greatest Hits|publisher=AllMusic|last=Prato, Greg|access-date= March 29, 2008}} and 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Monster Magnet. It was also featured in a CD which includes an interview of Dave Wyndorf by Sean Yseult. S.F.W.'s soundtrack album also has the song. The compilation album Unstoppable 90's: Alternative also featured the song.

According to Dave Wyndorf, the writer,{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dopes-to-infinity-mw0000123206|title=Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity|publisher=AllMusic|last=Raggett, Ned|access-date= March 29, 2008}} he chose such a curious title for the song because it deals with those rock stars who, from his point of view, always seem to be negative (hence the word "negasonic" in the title) and apparently hate being what they are; more specifically, grunge musicians. He wanted to show with the song that he doesn't like artists whose lyrics always deal with depression, unhappiness, and such things. However, he doesn't see the song as a manifesto.{{ cite web|url=http://toazted.com/playinterview/1641/Audio-interview-with-Monster-Magnet-Part-1.html|title=Audio interview with Monster Magnet (Part 1)|website=Toazted|access-date=June 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022070315/http://toazted.com/playinterview/1641/Audio-interview-with-Monster-Magnet-Part-1.html|archive-date=October 22, 2007}}

The video of the song, which featured the work of director Gore Verbinski and film editor Craig Wood{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyokRzdDQ9A|title=Monster Magnet - Negasonic Teenage Warhead|website=YouTube|publisher=Universal Music Group|access-date= October 26, 2008}} shows all members of Monster Magnet performing ordinary activities on asteroids while they are being watched by an enormous woman. As the clip goes on, the members of the band begin trashing the things on their asteroids, whose stability begins to wane. Then, Dave Wyndorf is shown moving his hands around the Earth. At the end all members are seen riding a car through space.

It was featured on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head and was included on the first volume of the three-DVD sets called Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection.{{cite web |url=http://www.brighteyes.de/baseportal/DvDs/kritikendetail&Id==254|title=Review: Beavis and Butthead - The Mike Judge Collection - Volume 1 (DVD)|website=Bright Eyes Germany|last=Klaner, Tom|access-date= March 29, 2008}} The single for "I Talk to Planets" features it as well.

The song had several releases as a single. A live version of the song was also released as a B-side for "Dead Christmas".

Released during the era of grunge, when Monster Magnet's retro-rock style was highly unfashionable, the song didn't attract enough attention of radio stations so it was only a moderate hit. It charted in the United States.

The X-Men character who shares a name with this song was named after this song.{{cite web |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/424771-newcomer-brianna-hildebrand-joins-deadpool-as-negasonic-teenage-warhead#/slide/1|title=Newcomer Brianna Hildebrand Joins Deadpool as Negasonic Teenage Warhead |website=ComingSoon.net|last=Perry|first=Spencer|date=March 30, 2015|access-date= July 27, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/ryan-reynolds-reveals-negasonic-teenage-warhead-in-deadpool/|title=Ryan Reynolds Reveals Negasonic Teenage Warhead in 'Deadpool' |website=FirstShowing.net|last=Anderson|first=Ethan|date=April 12, 2015|access-date= July 27, 2015}} Her creator, Grant Morrison, has admitted being indebted to Monster Magnet.{{cite web|url=http://www.popthought.com/display_column.asp?DAID=861 |title=A Chat about Craft with Grant Morrison |website=Pop Thought |last=Ness, Alex |access-date=March 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526010752/http://www.popthought.com/display_column.asp?DAID=861 |archive-date=May 26, 2008 }}

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• {{YouTube|aKj5cJ9_KSg|Video}} posted by Vevo
• [http://www.zodiaclung.com/media/ Media section of Monster Magnet's website], where the S.F.W. version of the song can be downloaded for free.

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