Slaughter is an American glam metal band from Las Vegas. The band was formed by singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band had the most success in the early 1990’s.The band formed in Las Vegas in 1988, at the height of the glam metal’s reign on MTV. The band didn’t achieve success until the end of the era, around 1990. They were in the spotlight for a brief time before the grunge movement happened.
To finish out the line-up for the band, Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum recruited lead guitarist Tim Kelly and drummer Blas Elias.During May and June of 1989 the band was recording their debut album, Stick It To Ya. It was released in January of 1990 by Chrysalis Records. The album has sold over 2 million copies and was nominated for best metal album of the year in 1991.The album had three hit singles. ‘Fly To The Angels’, a power ballad that peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other two songs were ‘Up All Night’ and ‘Spend My Life’, which peaked at number 27 and 39 respecively.While on tour supporting their debut album, the band released a live EP called, Stick It Live. The EP was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. The album was certified Gold.Then the band was contacted by Orion Pictures to record a song for the upcoming movie, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. They recorded the song ‘Shout It Out’ and the song was accompanied by a music video. The song and video both received heavy airplay on the radio and MTV.After constant touring, the band released their next album, The Wild Life, in April of 1992. The album spawned the hit songs, ‘The Wild Life’, ‘Days Gone By’ and ‘Real Love.’ The album debuted at number 8 on the charts and then soon went Platinum.With the success of the first two albums, the band wanted to tour and get back into the studio to keep the momentum going. Unfortunately that wouldn’t be the case for the band. In 1993, Tim Kelly and the bands tour manager, at the time, were arrested for drug trafficking. During this time, it was not known if Kelly would be able to perform with the band again.Then to add to the problems, Dana Strum was involved in a dirt bike accident. He suffered multiple broken bones, which included a left wrist and two fingers on the hand he plays bass with.
SLAUGHTER STICK IT YO YA (1990)
Track List
1. "Eye to Eye" - 3:57
2. "Burnin' Bridges" - 4:07
3. "Up All Night" 4:16
4. "Spend My Life" - 3:21
5. "Thinking of June" (Instrumental) - 1:05
6. "She Wants More" - 3:55
7. "Fly to the Angels" - 5:05
8. "Mad About You" - 4:05
9. "That's Not Enough" - 3:25
10. "You Are the One" - 3:55
11. "Gave Me Your Heart" - 3:51
12. "Desperately" - 3:34
13. "Loaded Gun" - 4:18
14. "Fly to the Angels" (Acoustic Version) - 3:22
15. "Wingin' It" - 1:11
SLAUGHTER THE WILD LIFE (1992)
Track List
1. "Reach For The Sky" - 5:30
2. "Out For Love" - 3:31
3. "The Wild Life" - 3:24
4. "Days Gone By" - 4:34
5. "Dance For Me Baby" - 3:20
6. "Times They Change" - 7:07
7. "Move To The Music" - 4:37
8. "Real Love" - 3:40
9. "Shake This Place" - 3:36
10. "Streets Of Broken Hearts" - 4:39
11. "Hold On" - 3:55
12. "Do Ya Know" - 6:25
13. "Old Man" - 5:26
14. "Days Gone By" (Acoustic Instrumental Version) - 3:25
SLAUGHTER FEAR NO EVIL (1995)
Track List
1. "Live Like There's No Tomorrow" - 5:45
2. "Get Used To It" - 3:34
3. "Searchin'" - 4:27
4. "It'll Be Alright" - 5:14
5. "Let The Good Times Roll" - 3:31
6. "Breakdown N' Cry" - 6:07
7. "Hard Times" - 5:56
8. "Divine Order" - 1:10
9. "Yesterday's Gone" - 5:12
10. "Prelude" - 1:55
11. "Outta My Head" - 3:51
12. "Unknown Destination" - 5:29
SLAUGHTER BACK TO REALITY (1999)
Track List
1. "Killin' Time" – 3:58
2. "All Fired Up" – 4:32
3. "Take Me Away" – 4:04
4. "Dangerous" – 3:48
5. "Trailer Park Boogie" – 3:15
6. "Love Is Forever" – 6:00
7. "Bad Groove" – 3:32
8. "One My Own" – 5:01
9. "Silence Of Ba" – 2:36
10. "Headin' For A Dream" – 4:56
11. "Nothin' Left To Loose" – 3:42
12. "Shufflin'" - 2:21
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