"Some
people might see them as a boring old fart company but at the same time
just look at some of the bands that started with Decca - Lizzy, Stones,
Bowie - they've had a lot of bands that via Decca have really developed.
That's what we want to do. "They also concentrate on one
bad." Zip
Bates Sounds Interview. 24.9.77
Bad move in hindsight as like Cock Sparrer and Adam And The Ants,
Slaughter got nowhere. Decca made some classic mistakes. When picture covers were all the
rage in punk they released all three singles without one whereas issues abroad
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Up Really High / The Bitch (Rabid 1977)
"Exciting and
invigorating, that's how I see the track. It was put down in one take. We
didn't know musically what we were doing, but it was fired with passion
and aggression." Mick Rossi Mojo 2001
"This is the
second excellent 45 to emerge from Manchester...The vocals on this
single are incredible. 'My God you're a bitch!'. Fast loud, mean and
f***ing good. This is better than their contribution to the Roxy
album..." Septic
Ears fanzine June 1977 |
Click to hear
audio clip of 'Cranked Up Really High'
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Where Have
All The Boot Boys Gone? / You're a Bore
(1977 Decca)
Worthy successor
to 'Cranked'.
Hyperspeed playing and riffing with some of the strangest lyrics
I've heard in a cautionary tale of skinheads, gangs and violence
as related
by Wayne. |
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To Blame / Johnny T (1977 Decca)
Great track.
Punky, glammy, superb hooky chorus with a tinge of sixties
harmonies and a guitar solo with a wah wah. Of course it sank without a
trace. May be too much for the punks and not enough for the
rockers. B side, Johnny
T, horrendous
in a bad rock'n'roll attempt and allegedly about a certain hero Mr
Johnny Thunders. |
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Quick Joey Small /
Come On Back ( 1978 Decca)
Aggressive
uptempo version of this old chestnut and featuring their hero and
producer Mick Ronson. You know Slaughter could easily have been Sweet or
Mud. 3 singles in six months and not a sniff of success. Because of this
the band said enough is enough and split just before releasing their
album.
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Do It Dog Style (1978
Decca)
Perhaps more than
ever their glam influences of Mott The Hoople, Bowie and Bolan all show
through with a healthy dollop of punk on their debut album.
Collects
the Decca singles above with other prime cuts
as Victim Of The Vampire,
Boston Babies and I'm Mad
and covers of the New York Dolls' Mystery
Girls and
VU's Waiting
For My Man.
Essential
classic. |
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Alright / Edgar Allen Poe / Twist And Turn /UFO (TJM 1979)
Supposedly
early demos but if so the playing and quality seems a little high to
believe. Its Alright sounds mighty similar in sound and style to
Hawkwind's Kerb Crawler!
Not bad though pick is the more heavy metallish Edgar
Allen Poe |
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Ready Now / Runaway
(1979 DJM).
Following the
damp squib that was the Studio Sweethearts the Dogs came roaring back
with this call to stomp your feet and shout at the moon. Great single
complete with a studio version of Runaway
last heard of on the Roxy Album. Crap cover for the single though. Unfortunately
another damp squib and Wayne was off again and the Dogs as we knew them
were no more. Amazingly Slaughter signed to the Manchester equivalent of
Decca - DJM (check out the fortunes of labelmates Satans Rats,
Skrewdiver & Rikki & The Last Days On Earth) |
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Slaughter Rabid Dogs ( Rabid Records 1978)
In 1978 Rabid
issued a live LP from The Elizabeth Room July 1977. Click on image
below to view larger image of Sounds Review 4.11.78
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