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Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert

1993 studio album by Raging Slab

Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert is a studio album by American hard rock band Raging Slab, released in 1993.[5][6] It was released digitally in 2009.[7]

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The video for "Anywhere But Here" included a cameo by actor Gary Coleman.[8]

Production

The album was recorded on a Pennsylvania farm, in a studio constructed by the band.[1] It was produced by Brendan O'Brien; the track "Lynne" features strings provided by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.[9]

Raging Slab had recorded three full albums between its 1989 debut and Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert, but due to record label issues did not release any of them.[10]

Reception

In 2005, Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert was ranked number 395 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[11] The Chicago Reader called the album "rife with fragments of the 70s: Lynyrd Skynyrd's southern blues boogie, Blue Oyster Cult's heavy rock hooks, Grand Funk Railroad's braggadocio, ZZ Top's riff-drenched electric blues, Bad Company's pure hard rock."[12] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the absurdly rocking, two-guitars-plus-slide Slab combines about 85 genres into one stinking heap of divine something-or-other."[3] The Washington Post wrote that "the Slab is a retro-boogie band, enlivened by [Greg] Strzempka's skill with melody and arrangement but utterly predictable in style."[13] Spin praised the album's devotion to funk, writing that "the band harks back to an age when heavy rock had more in common with black proto-funk such as the Meters than with the rhythmic regimentation of today's metal."[14]

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Strzempka.

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Personnel

Band members

  • Greg Strzempka - vocals, guitar, slide, banjo, mandolin
  • Elyse Steinman - slide guitar, vocals, lap steel
  • Alec Morton - four stringed electric bass
  • Mark Middleton - lead guitar, slide, vocals
  • Paul Sheehan - drums, cymbals

Additional personnel

  • Danny Frankel - smaller drums
  • John Paul Jones - strings on "Lynne"

Credits

  • Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien
  • Engineered by Nick DiDia
  • Recorded at Big Mo Recording while it was parked at the Slab Farm
  • Executive Producer: Rick Rubin
  • Album Art by Raging Slab
  • Band photos by Allison Dyer
  • Other photos by The Electric Mystress

References

  1. [1]
    Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 742.
  2. [2]
    "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert - Raging Slab | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. [3]
    "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert". EW.com.
  4. [4]
    Klemm, Oliver. "Rock Hard review". issue 74. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Raging Slab | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. [6]
    Phillips, William (2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. Greenwood Press. p. 195.
  7. [7]
    "Legacy Recordings Launches Major Digital Reissue Initiative". www.sony.com.
  8. [8]
    "VIDEO CAMEO OF THE WEEK". EW.com.
  9. [9]
    "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 8, 1993 – via Google Books.
  10. [10]
    "Perfect Sound Forever: Raging Slab interview". www.furious.com.
  11. [11]
    Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 51. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  12. [12]
    Dickinson, Chris. "Return of the monster boogie". Chicago Reader.
  13. [13]
    Jenkins, Mark (July 23, 1993). "MONSTER MURK, STRUM AND TWANG" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  14. [14]
    "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. June 24, 1993 – via Google Books.
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