Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert

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]

Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 1993
GenreSouthern rock
Length46:59
LabelDef American[1]
ProducerRick Rubin (exec.)
Brendan O'Brien
Raging Slab chronology
Raging Slab
(1989)
Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert
(1993)
Sing Monkey Sing
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Rock Hard9/10[4]

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

Production

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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

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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

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All songs written by Greg Strzempka.

No.TitleLength
1."Anywhere But Here"3:56
2."Weatherman"3:12
3."Pearly"3:36
4."So Help Me"4:13
5."What Have You Done"4:05
6."Take a Hold"5:02
7."Laughin' and Cryin'"3:19
8."Don't Worry About the Bomb"2:33
9."Lynne"4:32
10."Lord Have Mercy"3:52
11."National Dust"3:34
12."Ain't Ugly None"5:05

Personnel

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Band members

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  • 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

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

Credits

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  • 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

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