Last year, I had the good fortune to be invited to a showcase
\nconcert for Slipdisc Records in Chicago. As I was walking in,
\nsomeone at the label was there throwing copies of
\nSlip This On And Rock Hard<\/i>, a compilation album of acts on
\nthe label, into the hands of concert attendees. (They were also
\nhanding out – I swear, I’m not making this up – condoms that had
\nthe same packaging as the cover image. When asked if I wanted a
\nfew, I said, “I’m married. What would I need these for?”)<\/p>\n
Only recently did I re-discover this disc in the hallowed halls
\nof the Pierce Memorial Archives, and decided to do as the title
\nsuggested. If you’re interested in finding out what the
\nindustrial\/alternative scene is like these days, this disc would be
\na great place to start.<\/p>\n
The seven bands featured on this disc cannot easily be shoved
\ninto one particular category. The Clay People are just as much hard
\nrock as they are industrial; the same could be said for Rorschach
\nTest (who happened to be the band that impressed me the most at the
\nshow that night), who check in on this album with “Satan” (a great
\ncut off their
\nUnclean<\/i> disc) and a remix of “Sex” (originally done by
\nBerlin). As for The Clay People, the live rendition of “Car Bomb”
\nis killer; this was another performance that stood out in my mind
\nthat evening.<\/p>\n
But industrial music is more than just heavy electronics and
\nscreaming; many of the other bands featured on
\nSlip This On And Rock Hard<\/i> demonstrate this. 13 Mg.
\nimpresses with “Way Down”, and even though a 12-minute “beat mix”
\nof “Sinister” might scare some people off, the time passes rather
\nquickly. (That being said, I think it still could have been lopped
\ndown a couple of minutes.)<\/p>\n
Other bands waiting to make their acquaintances with you on this
\ndisc are N17 (“Version 1.2,” “Kontrol”), Nihil (“Nowhere To Hide,”
\n“Under Me”), Mary’s Window (“Penny Red,” “Strychnine”) and Final
\nCut (“It Comes Too,” “Shake”).<\/p>\n
But as good as these performances are, I’d be hard-pressed to
\nsay that any of them would have inspired me to go out and purchase
\ntheir corresponding albums. Sure, I loved the two Rorschach Test
\ncuts and Final Cut impresses with “Shake” – but for me, this
\nsampler is just enough to satisfy my tastes. If you’re big into the
\nalternative or industrial world, then this disc might just make you
\nwant to pick up the full albums. (Then again, chances are you would
\nalready have them.)<\/p>\n
\nSlip This On And Rock Hard<\/i> is just enough industrial to keep
\nany listener going for a while – and somehow, I don’t think that
\nwas the intention of the record company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-38903","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38903"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}