Thursday, April 2, 2009

Slaughterhouse Rd. - two singles

If you're a Milwaukeean, you know what a sadness the loss of Atomic Records has been. But this loss came with a silver lining: the purging of the archives. Week by week, records appeared, seemingly from nowhere (or, at least, the basement) and suddenly for sale. Personally, I spent probably about $400 during Atomic's last few months, and I fully intend to display the spoils here.
Rescued from the local 7" bin were two records by a band called Salamander Rd. I'd never heard of them, but saw that their lineup featured Dan Hobson from Killdozer and Spud from Appliances-SFB (along with some dude named Roger Ewalt, who played bass and sang). Picked up both of 'em, and they're pretty good. Largely what you'd expect from a Killdozer/A-SFB hybrid.
The first 7" came out on Bovine Records, out of Madison. They'd go on to put out a bunch of cool stuff, including a Floor single, a Turbonegro single, and the very first Agoraphobic Nosebleed record! It was recorded at Smart Studios by some asshole named Butch Vig (erm, and a guy called Doug Olson, who's probably an okay fella.)

Slaughterhouse Rd. - Salamander - 1990 Bovine Records
1. Salamander
2. the Best Thing
3. the Lord Loves a Workin' Man


Their second single, "Viroqua," was self-released. Viroqua's an okay town.

Slaughterhouse Rd. - Viroqua - 1990
1. Viroqua
2. Between the Reigns
(images blatantly stolen from this site, cos I don't have a scanner)
They put out a third single in '92, but it wasn't at Atomic. If anybody has it, I'd love to hear it!
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 7, 2010 at 5:04 PM

    I was in this band, and for the life of me, I can't remember the contents of the third single. The cover has a photo of a parrot on it.

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  2. ttMay 24, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    here's the sleeve of third 7"
    http://www.t-dt-b.org/id/840.html
    I'm running the t-dt-b.org website.

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  3. stogrefJune 17, 2012 at 4:58 AM

    Would it be possible for you to re-upload these two please? Would love to hear what they sound like, being a fan of both Appliances-SFB and Killdozer. Thanx 4 caring & sharing!

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  4. joshdJune 21, 2012 at 10:44 PM

    I'll try to get to it soon.

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  5. UnknownAugust 30, 2012 at 6:31 AM

    http://www.discogs.com/Slaughterhouse-Rd-Spuds-Party/release/1320356

    the 3rd single

    i have them all :)

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  6. Ian GortFebruary 28, 2018 at 2:44 PM

    Doug Olson was my neighbor for 5 years. He is a better than ok fella.

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