Missing in Action...

I apologize for the lack of updates through this week thus far. I have been sort of focusing elsewhere as of late on job prospects and the eventual quitting of my current job. On top of that, yesterday was my birthday. So yeah, I haven't really been able post on here like I would of liked to for much of this week.

Today however, I thought I would continue with the Barbaro post from a week or so ago and talk about Andrew Schneider's previous project in Slughog. The band, which featured the odd combination of two bass players and one guitarist, released a 7 inch EP and two albums titled Grit! in 1996 and Ungodly Amounts of Meat in 1998. The result in both is some very nasty and down right filthy portions of noise. You could file this under music that will undoubtedly make you uncomfortable in just listening to it. The comparisons to such bands as Unsane or Tad are fairly spot on, but the combination of the duel vocal attack presented by Schneider and fellow member/bassist Brian Wright puts the band in it's own niche. The vocals are as spontaneous and frenetic as the music which in the end plays right into very jagged approach Slughog sets forth on. You'll have to look past the highly awful artwork and some of the more gimmicky song titles, but if you can you'll be happily(?) greeted by some highly grotesque music. Which, now that I think about it, maybe the horrible artwork for the albums isn't to entirely out of place for these guys. Regardless, check out Slughog and then Barbaro in the posts below if you already haven't. Two fairly different bands whom both were great in their respective rights.

Slughog - Hanker [MP3] (Grit!)
Slughog - Organ Grinder [MP3] (Grit!)
Slughog - A Man Called Ass [MP3] (Ungodly Amounts of Meat)
Slughog - Left [MP3] (Ungodly Amounts of Meat)


Go here to buy both Grit! and Ungodly Amounts of Meat!