{"product_id":"skid-row-slave-to-the-grind","title":"Skid Row - Slave To The Grind","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eOne of the boldest and most consequential moves in the history of hard rock. When Skid Row's 1989 self-titled debut sold over five million copies in the United States on the strength of \"18 and Life,\" \"I Remember You,\" and \"Youth Gone Wild,\" the safe play would have been to deliver more of the same. Instead, Sebastian Bach, Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo, Scotti Hill, and Rob Affuso did something nobody expected. They got heavier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eReleased on June 11, 1991 on Atlantic Records and produced by Michael Wagener, \u003cem\u003eSlave To The Grind\u003c\/em\u003e made history the moment it arrived, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 to become the first heavy metal album to top the charts in the Nielsen SoundScan era, selling 134,000 copies in its opening week. In a year when many of their peers were softening their sound to chase the next hit, Skid Row torpedoed any lingering association with glam metal's glossier tendencies and delivered something that forged a streetwise alliance between punk rock's anti-authoritarianism and the arena-sized squall of the heaviest hard rock the era had to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe title track, notably, is the original demo recording. The band re-recorded the song but could never make it sound as heavy and powerful as the version captured in a single live take in the rehearsal room, so the demo is what you hear. \"Monkey Business\" announced the album with blistering force. \"Quicksand Jesus\" showcased Bach's cavernous vocal range in ballad form. \"Get the Fuck Out,\" \"Riot Act,\" and \"Livin' on a Chain Gang\" hit with the ferocity of a band determined to prove they were something far more serious than the scene that had given them their start. The album was supported by tours that now read like a who's who of the era, opening for Guns N' Roses on the Use Your Illusion tour before headlining with Pantera and Soundgarden in support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCover art painted by Sebastian Bach's father, David Bierk, depicting a medieval scene populated with modern technology and inspired by Caravaggio's Burial of St. Lucy, with John F. Kennedy visible in the crowd. One of the defining hard rock albums of the early 1990s, now spread across two LPs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47345854840994,"sku":null,"price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/MTctNjg0Ny5qcGVn.jpg?v=1781671455","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/products\/skid-row-slave-to-the-grind","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}