Slave to the Grind

by Skid Row

Overview

Skid Row get harder and heavier on their sophomore effort, matching Sebastian Bach's gritty, streetwise rants to lean, driving riffs that manage to back up all the attitudinal posturing. Largely missing are the bits of pop-metal fluff that filled out Skid Row; in their place are tales from the dark side about drugs, corruption, and the like, with Bach affecting a tough, threatening persona most of the time. The furious noise kicked up behind Bach is usually more threatening than his overwrought vocal delivery, but Slave to the Grind is powerful enough that it doesn't really matter. "Monkey Business," "Get the Fuck Out," and the thrashy title track crush most anything on the debut, and power ballads like "Quicksand Jesus" and "Wasted Time" are far less generic than their Skid Row counterparts. Many observers were surprised when Slave to the Grind became the first heavy metal album to debut at number one on the Billboard charts, but it really was one of the best -- and heaviest -- examples of mainstream hard rock/heavy metal in the genre's MTV heyday. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	09/08/2023
Label:	BMG Rights Management
UPC:	4050538671032

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Skid Row   Primary Artist
Rob Affuso   Drums,Stick,Cymbals,Percussion
Sebastian Bach   Lead Vocals
Scott Hill   Guitar
Rachel Bolan   Bass,Guitar,Strings,Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Scotti Hill   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Dave "The Snake" Sabo   Vocals (Background),Marimba,Guitar

Technical Credits

Michael Wagener   Engineer,Mixing,Producer
Rob Affuso   Composer
Sebastian Bach   Composer
George Marino   Mastering
Snake   Composer,Lyricist
Scott Hill   Composer,Amplifiers,Equipment Technician
Rachel Bolan   Composer,Lyricist
Craig Doubet   Assistant Engineer
Scotti Hill   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Lyricist,Composer
Bob Defrin   Art Direction
Riley J. Connell   Assistant Engineer
Dave "The Snake" Sabo   Equipment Technician,Processing,Producer,Lyricist,Composer