I found out tonight that Bolan and Sabo wrote the songs.
"I Remember You" sounds weirdly proto-Billy Corgan right now.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 May 2021 01:55 (two years ago) link
Wasted Time is my jam. that's what a power ballad should be.
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 May 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
Tear down the rat racial slime...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 6 May 2021 03:01 (two years ago) link
I tried listening to Slave To The Grind (the album) last week, for the first time since it was new. I think I lasted three songs.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
the title track is awesome though, and gets my vote
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 6 May 2021 07:51 (two years ago) link
Always wished prime era High On Fire covered it
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 6 May 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
Monkey
― calstars, Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
Artificial harmonics are cool
― calstars, Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:54 (two years ago) link
"Wasted Time" otoh makes me think a bit of My Chemical Romance.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:12 (two years ago) link
I'll always be a sucker for
Boss screaming in my ear about who I'm supposed to be"Get a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me."I said "Hey man, there's something that you ought to knowI tell you Park Avenue leads to Skid Row!"
― peace, man, Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
That new-ish oral history of pop metal dwells on Slave to the Grind and SR's enthusiasm about their hardest album or something.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
This is the book?: https://www.njarts.net/pop-rock/nothin-but-a-good-time-80s-hard-rock-hair-metal-experts-create-oral-history-of-genre/
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
"They call us problem child" always bothered me a little but yeah, remembering "Youth Gone Wild" was what led to this thread.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:56 (two years ago) link
yep! xpost
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 May 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
When Slave to the Grind came out, Skid Row toured with Pantera as their opener.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 4 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Saw them nearly 30 years ago opening up for GNR at the Starplex in Dallas.
Haaaaaa
― pplains, Friday, 4 June 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
This is "Youth Gone Wild" and it's not really close
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 4 June 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
"I Remember You" sounds weirdly proto-Billy Corgan right now
Even the guitar solo! It got my vote but YGW also a quality pick.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 4 June 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
JCLC otm, there are some other great singles but "Youth Gone Wild" deserves the win.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 June 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
i voted for I Remember You for my teenaged self who played the cassingle on repeat for like a yearmr veg worked some SF shows when Skid Row was opening for GNR & said that Sebastian Back never bathed & that the smell radiated off him in waves & working front of stage security was deeply unpleasant :/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 June 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
*Bach
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 5 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Haha, that's more votes than I expected.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 June 2021 00:32 (two years ago) link
top 3 are solid af
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 June 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
No votes for "18 & Life"!
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 June 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
yeah bummed abt that, i like it a lot
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 June 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
I don't think I ever saw their attempt to stay afloat in the Soundgarden era. It's ... not terrible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7WV7dkIo0
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 June 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
The guitar solo is fucking insane!
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 June 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
I listened to the s/t walking to and from the grocery store yesterday. The singles hold way the eff up. And despite having heard it probably dozens of times since it's release, 'I Remember You' inexplicably got me a little misty-eyed. Just rememberin' yesterday, I guess.
P.S. I immediately went in search of that Nothin' But a Good Time book mentioned upthread (I've been on a bit of a kick lately) only to discover that, uh, there's apparently another book about the subject being released soon under the same exact title. Wut.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 August 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
i have literally cried listening to youth gone wild, OL, so i’m right there you budalways loved monkey business
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 August 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
not a single, but The Threat from Slave to the Grind is a terrific snarling rock song with killer riffs.
would have voted Monkey Business in this poll.
― charlie rex, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link