SKID ROW Slave To The Grind (1991) CD or LP Vinyl

In 1991 Skid Row threw away the hairspray and made one of the meanest major-label heavy metal records to come out of the glam era, a record that hit harder than most of its peers and influenced a generation of kids who would go on to fill out the alt and grunge scenes whether they admit it or not.

Slave to the Grind was the first album by a heavy metal act to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. That's not a trivia flex, it's context. Sebastian Bach absolutely screaming through tracks like "Monkey Business" and "Slave to the Grind" while Snake and Bolan drove riffs with genuine teeth. This record aged out of its era and into something that just sounds like heavy metal done right.

Available on CD (reissue) or 180g vinyl LP (2023 reissue). Originally released 1991. Artist origin: USA.

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