Out of the woodwork: SLAB!
Just days after discovering the recent resurfacing of a member of long-lost Way of the West, I've found another blast from the past: Slab! Slab's few records, released in the second half of the 80s, are an exhilarating mix of pounding, near-industrial rhythms, fuzzed-out-bass funk, scraping guitars, tape loops, weird lyrics, and, on the early records, a horn section. I have never met another Slab fan that I didn't introduce to Slab, and in fourteen years of web-surfing I still had never found one. Until a couple days ago, when I found this post on the Unfit for Print blog. At last, here was another human enlightened to the cacophonous joys of Slab! Not only that, the post engendered a long comment thread that was joined by actual Slab members! After so many years of silence, I've finally learned "whatever happened to Slab." Of course that means more records added to my wantlist, but isn't that what life is all about, seeking what you want, then when you find it, seeking something else? In celebration of this discovery, here's a Slab! track, selected by being the first one I could find the cover art for:
Hear more Slab! on Muxtape!
Comments
saw your post on unfit to print, see if i can drag a few of the posters over to this one
like your blog, very interested to hear about mark stewart, i saw the pop group when i was very young, they had two bass players it was in an old church in bristol and they blew me away... the sound got you in the back of your knees... one of the best and damned funkiest gigs i've ever seen... shame they never made records like they were live... (somewhat like Slab..heh heh)
theres a lot of interest in slab agian and as you probably read we didnt really split up more sort of dissolved into a mire of poverty and pissed offness...
i see you also like Sylvain... Tim from Sweet Billy Pilgrim who also contributes on the other blog and wrote the Sunday Times article last week works with his brother and has remixed him...
tim has also started a myspace site on slab
www.myspace.com/ukslab
regards
stephen dray
BV