Raging Slab - Black Belt In Boogie 1995

Led by singer and guitarist Greg Strzempka, Raging Slab is known for its highly unique Southern-rock boogie sound, with influences from punk and metal. Part of the group's impact comes from slide guitarist Elyse Steinman, who serves as a rhythmic anchor and sometimes adds texture -- unusual functions for a slide player. The band also includes third guitarist Mark Middleton, Alec Morton, and Bob Pantella. While the band's style and innovative arrangements give them their appeal, they have been plagued somewhat by subpar material as typified by albums including 1987'sAssmaster, 1993's Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert and 1996's Sing Monkey Sing. AMG.

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Raging Slab - Sing Monkey Sing 1996

Sing Monkey Sing, the fourth album from alternative Southern rockers Raging Slab, is a bizarre experience to say the least. A haphazardly assembled collection of half-baked, atonal Southern-tinged grinds, the album is simply a huge question mark -- especially following the masterful accomplishment that was 1993's Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert. Honestly, tracks like "Econoliner," "Lay Down," and "Gravity" are so bad that one can only conclude that the Slab was just delivering a premeditated dud in order to fulfill its contractual obligations to Rick Rubin's American Recordings. "Should'a Known," the grungy first track on this shambolic mess, finds vocalist Greg Strzempka in the midst of a bad Iggy Popimpression, mumbling and bumbling his way across a song that never comes together. And even a somewhat melodic ballad like "Better" still sounds lazy and incomplete, no thanks to Strzempka's out of tune whining. Avoid at all costs. AMG.listen here