{"id":24621,"date":"2024-04-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24621"},"modified":"2024-04-21T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T22:00:36","slug":"the-tony-slug-experience-self-titled-suburban-records-wap-shoo-wap-alternative-tentacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24621","title":{"rendered":"The Tony Slug Experience \u2013 \u2018Self Titled\u2019 (Suburban Records\/Wap Shoo Wap\/Alternative Tentacles)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Posthumously released records tend to be hit or miss affairs, especially when they are put out by a major label looking to cash in on some unfortunate musicians untimely passing. Thankfully with \u2018The Tony Slug Experience\u2019 what we have is a record very much in the \u201chit\u201d camp, not only because it features a dozen new tracks assembled by Slug himself but also because he\u2019s dragged in a plethora of his showbiz mates to help hammer home his message and blow me if it isn\u2019t one of the best things the man has ever been a part of too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t some fleeting comment you should take lightly either, especially when you consider that during his time on planet Earth, Slug had been a part of such bands as The Nitwitz, B.G.K, Loveslug and (the band with whom I first encountered his mighty bass thump) The Hyrdomatics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having started out in punk rock all the way back in 1978 delivering fast and furious missives with the first two of those bands Slug immediately got to share European stages playing on bills with bands like the Dead Kennedys, whilst a decade on and long before grunge was a household term, as part of Loveslug, he got to work in the US with the likes of Jack Endino helping forge a hybrid punk\/garage rock sound and quite probably turning a few plaid shirt wearers\u2019 heads in the process. Then at the tail end of the 90s Slug got to record with both Scott Morgan and Nicke Andersson in The Hydromatics, starting with the awesome \u2018Parts Unknown\u2019 record before more recently picking up with both The Spades and Cheetah Chrome and The Knobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for this potted history lesson is to fully understand the true spirit of what The Tony Slug Experience is all about. Recorded across a 2-year period during various sessions in both Europe and the US. The biggest chunk being recorded in Tony\u2019s hometown Amsterdam with producer\/musician Steven van der Werff, this album assembles 30 of Slug\u2019s other musician friends, including Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Jennifer Finch (L7), Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters), Jerry A. (Poison Idea) and Happy Tom (Turbonegro), to produce one of the most exciting swan song records of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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