InObscuria Podcast

Ep. 152: Grave Mistake: RAGING SLAB Shoulda Been Huge!!!

Episode Summary

This week we celebrate our 20th installment of an ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. We bring you an in-depth exploration of an awesome boogie metal / southern rock n’ punk band from the grimy & gritty NYC Lower East Side of the 1980s: RAGING SLAB! This band featured equal parts Skynyrd and Metallica complete with a kick-ass bottleneck slide lead guitar. Touring with a cross-section of bands like Chili Peppers, Ramones, Molly Hatchet, GnR, and Warrant while boasting a southern rock stomp pre-dating The Black Crowes; we think this band Shoulda Been Huge!!!

Episode Notes

This week we celebrate our 20th installment of an ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. We bring you an in-depth exploration of an awesome boogie metal / southern rock n’ punk band from the grimy & gritty NYC Lower East Side of the 1980s: RAGING SLAB! This band featured equal parts Skynyrd and Metallica complete with a kick-ass bottleneck slide lead guitar. Touring with a cross-section of bands like Chili Peppers, Ramones, Molly Hatchet, GnR, and Warrant while boasting a southern rock stomp pre-dating The Black Crowes; we think this band Shoulda Been Huge!!! 

This episode is rooted in our Should Have Been category. This is a band that we featured on the show earlier this year during our exploration of Genres From The Netherworld (Ep. 137). Robert enjoyed them so much, he asked that they be revisited at some point. Unfortunately, their amazing brand of boogie metal was never recognized to the degree that it deserved; partly due to a series of unfortunate incidences and pure bad luck. 

Songs this week include:

  1. Raging Slab – “Mr. Lucky” from Assmaster (1987)
  2. Raging Slab – “Get Off My Jollies” from True Death (1988)
  3. Raging Slab – “Bent For Silver” from Raging Slab (1989)
  4. Raging Slab – “Lord Have Mercy” from Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert (1993)
  5. Raging Slab - “C’mon N’ On” from Sing Monkey Sing (1996)
  6. Raging Slab – “Sir Lord Ford…” from The Dealer (2001)
  7. Raging Slab – “Ruby” from (Pronounced Eat-Shit) (2002)
  8. Raging Slab – “Bury Me Deep” from (Pronounced Eat-Shit) (2002)

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