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There are at least three artists named Slaughter on last.fm:
1. A glam rock band from the United States popular in the 1980’s
2. A thrash/death metal band from Canada
3. A heavy metal band from France

1) Slaughter first formed in Las Vegas, NV. at the height of glam metal’s dominance over MTV and rock radio. Achieving popularity at the tail end of the movement, Slaughter’s day in the spotlight proved to be bright but fickle and brief. They have, however, continued to record and tour.

The band formed in 1988 with Mark Slaughter on vocals, Dana Strum as bassist, Tim Kelly on guitars and Blas Elias on drums. Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum had previously played together in Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Their debut album Stick It To Ya saw 3 songs hit the Billboard Hot 100: “Fly To the Angels (#19)”, “Up All Night (#27)”, and “Spend My Life (#39)”.

Unlike many of the bands from the era who were suddenly phased out in the wake of the alternative movement, Slaughter remained intact and continued to produce new records. In 1992, the released their second album, titled The Wild Life. It had the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Real Love (#69)” and was certified platinum.

The band planned to dedicate themselves to their next album. However, in 1993 guitarist Tim Kelly was arrested for charges of drug trafficking, while bassist Dana Strum had a motorcycle accident that injured his playing hand. This delayed the recording of the album, but they kept working on it while Kelly was meeting with attorneys and Strum was rehabilitating. They finished the recording on February 1994 when Strum was completely rehabilitated.
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  • fartss

    Only Canadian Slaughter is real [19].

    16 May 9:41pm Reply

  • fartss

    Wow, I'm kinda surprised to see so much support for the American Slaughter on here. I thought everyone just perceived them as the weak, half assed pomp-rock twats that they so clearly are.

    16 May 9:41pm Reply

  • RockWinsFOAD

    Being friends with Dave Hewson (from the Canadian one, of course!) on faecespoop makes me cooler than all of you

    3 May 8:03pm Reply

  • fernandafdias

    That's embarrassing. Both Slaughter are true/real, because both existed. And when I look at your funny "battle" I think only fake here is your brain. [3]

    3 May 3:09pm Reply

  • nilzzzberghman

    : /

    30 Apr 1:03pm Reply

  • TheDarkSide73

    I heard one song from Slaughter 2 from lastfm..They're not that bad but i still prefer Slaughter 1

    18 Apr 5:38am Reply

  • liquidvizions

    The real Slaughter is the band you see when you listen to Slaughter. F them other hacks from Canada. Get a life.

    12 Apr 3:14am Reply

  • V_E_Anthrax

    Only Canadian Slaughter is real [18].

    10 Apr 4:37pm Reply

  • j-yeags

    STRAPPADO.

    7 Apr 10:43pm Reply

  • Plague94

    I like how there are so many 80s tags. They were a fucking 90's band their first album came out in 1990.

    3 Apr 4:59am Reply

  • Isaaaaaak

    strappado is super cool!

    24 Mar 4:55pm Reply

  • stoffeman97

    Canadian Slaughter ain't fast enought... so fuck them!

    23 Mar 11:31pm Reply

  • tumulosabertos

    live recordings sound like punk, they say it's punk on a sample, their logo have a mohawk, this is like a lost common ancestor

    16 Mar 10:02pm Reply

  • Rippingheadache

    Only Canadian Slaughter is real [17].

    14 Mar 5:31pm Reply

  • jvfukk

    Hair Metal Poison all the way!

    11 Mar 1:10pm Reply

  • metalinvader34

    Only Canadian Slaughter is real [16]]

    5 Mar 1:10am Reply

  • Tormentor666666

    you guys can like the glam Slaughter, there's no problem, but dudes, this is the first, they came out first, they were created first, shut the fuck up, listen to your glam Slaughter and stop bitching in the internet, go get a bunch of dirty clothes for wash!!

    11 Feb 8:27pm Reply

  • joaotsantos

    The Canadian Rock League (CRL) is a competition constituted by 2 leagues, the First division and the Second Division. You can vote in your favourite CANADIAN artists/bands and put them in the top! If you love challenges and competition please join us: Canadian Rock League Every week have a new voting! Have fun

    2 Feb 4:52pm Reply

  • Runoflife

    Not gay, but regular 'cock rock'. Canadian Slaughter at least had their own sound.

    1 Feb 2:27pm Reply

  • Archonis

    Death to false Slaughter! Gaaaayyy!

    24 Jan 12:59am Reply
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