Raging Slab - Raging Slab (1989) [Reissue 2000]
FLAC+CUE+LOG or MP3 CBR 320 | 46:43 min | 345 or 106 MB
Genre: Hard Rock / Blues-Rock / Boogie-Rock / Southern Rock
Originally formed in 1985 when guitarists Greg Strzempka and Elyse Steinman met in New York City. Raging Slab was born from the pair's love of Lynyrd Skynyrd and good-time southern boogie. Heavier than ZZ Top or Lynyrd Skynyrd, but not too much. This is remastered reissue of the Southern-rock/heavy metal act's 1989 album and major label debut with the two bonus tracks.
Raging Slab's first major-label album is pretty interesting in retrospect, in that it's both of its time and very clearly a harbinger of the future – which of course is all the more bemusing in that the band was so clearly inspired by the past more than anything else. The quintet's obsession with '70s rock trudge and stomp – perfectly evident with song titles like "Shiny Mama", "Get off My Jollies", and "San Loco" – pretty soon would get full validation in the grunge explosion and even the nü-metal fallout later. The clipped blasts of feedback on the verses of lead single "Don't Dog Me" aren't that far removed from what Ross Robinson would oversee in later years, while some of the massed harmonies at points – "Geronimo" is a great example – easily foreshadow Alice in Chains' take on it. But Daniel Rey's production here is different from the arid punch of the end of the millennium, and his ghost-of-Rick Rubin take on things feels both sprawling and a bit straitjacketed, like it just wanted to go completely nuts but still felt like the way to go was classic rock radio instead of alternative stations. All this aside, though, it's a fun album nonetheless, no particular revelation but a loud enough grind and shake that's actually a bit easygoing in ways – songs like "Joy Ride" and "Bent for Silver" wouldn't sound out of place over the PA while waiting for a Foghat show. Elyse Steinman's work on bottleneck guitar combined with the rest of the feedback is a nice touch – it's not quite Lynyrd Skynyrd's triple-guitar attack, but it's not entirely meant to be, and songs like "Geronimo" easily benefit from it. Meanwhile, Greg Strzempka's singing has the swagger down if not quite a unique, memorable approach, though it works surprisingly well on the quieter, downright tender songs like "Love Comes Loose" very well indeed.Tracklist:~ Ned Raggett, all media guide
01. Don't Dog Me
02. Joy Ride
03. Sorry's All I Got
04. Waiting For The Potion
05. Get Off My Jollies
06. Shiny Mama
07. Geronimo
08. Bent For Silver
09. Love Comes Loose
10. Dig A Hole
11. San Loco
12. Workin' For "R" (Live) [Bonus track]
13. Don't Dog Me (Live) [Bonus track]
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 29. May 2009, 17:23
Raging Slab / Raging Slab (Remastered)
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. May 2009, 17:23
Raging Slab / Raging Slab (Remastered)
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TOC of the extracted CD
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12 | 37:46.45 | 4:40.00 | 169995 | 190994
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Produced by Daniel Rey
Recorded at The Record Plant, NYC. Engineered by Jim Ball and Joe Henehan
Mixed at The Hit Factory, NYC. by Gary Lions. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound.
Re-packaged – Originally shared by Shy Beast
• Gregory Strzempka - vocals, guitar
• Elyse Steinman - guitar
• Mark Middleton - lead guitar
• Alec Morton - electric bass
• Bob Pantella - drums
Original Release Date: 1989
Re-Release Date: 2000
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Axe Killer Records
Catalog #: 306238-2