Slag

The Minnesota Music Note - Ep 38 - From Small-Town Minnesota to the Metal Stage: The Story of Slag

4mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• A journalist once called Slag's sound party-style thrash.
• Ike came up with the band name, and Slag was his first band.
• The band is on its third drummer and third guitarist.
• Slag first covered songs by Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Nirvana, then dropped covers to play shorter sets of originals.
• One song, Cuban Missile Dino Crisis, mixes the Cuban Missile Crisis with the video game Dino Crisis.
• Slag recorded its first EP with Adam Tucker at Signature Tone Recording in South Minneapolis, then recorded more songs at 1459 Studios.
• The band plays often at the Keller Bar in St. Cloud.
• Members drive about two hours or more to most gigs, since St. Cloud is the closest city with shows.
• Roth was frontman of a thrash band in Winona for about six years before joining Slag.
• Eric also plays in Bare Knuckle Brawl and is part of the Twin Cities Thrash (TCT) effort to build a local thrash scene.