Early Shack:
Colin Burns: Screaming
Ellen M: Tub Drumming
Deb Scott: Guitar & Bass
Dana Ong: Bass & Guitar
George: Trashcan lid & bouncing assholes off the stage
Mid-Shack:
Minus Deb & George, enter...
Andy Strachan: Guitar
John Queenan: Bass
Dana Ong: attempted Lead Guitar
Colin Burns: Industrial Strength Vocals
Ellen M: Muscle Drumming
Late-Shack:
Minus Andy & Ellen, add...
Daryl Shepard: Guitar
Dana Ong: more attempted leads and rhythm Guitar
Barry Hite: Drums
Colin Burns: Exalted Satan
Influences
Death & Destruction ( not a band, the real thing), whiskey, ice-coffee, fights on Thayer street, Black Flag, Metallica, Wargasm, The Germs, Negative Approach, Van diving, skateboarders, bike messangers, Thin Lizzy
Sounds Like
The inside of a terydactyls' larynx beign ripped out.
To Hear more MP3s...go to Colin's site Viva Gritona Choose Music then Slaughter Shack then Music.
SS Laughter Hack was formed in 1986 as the failure of a couple art-school geeks to play nice. Their inability to refrain from throwing axes at the wall, blasting Black Flag and Husker Du & smoking unfiltered butts led to getting "voted out" of their adjacent studios by the more pastoral, contemplative artiste. Such activities seemed to lend themselves better to starting a band or ending up in adult-juvi, hence the alchemy and painful inception of early Slaughter Shack. The two maladroits then had to enlist (i.e. drug & kidnap) band members to fulfill their vengeful fantasy. The first incarnation of The Shack was three chicks (Ellen M: drums, Deb Scott: guitar and bass & Dana Ong: bass &guitar) and two dudes (Colin Burns: screaming & George: hitting things). Their instruments were suit cases for drums, trash can lids with pick-up mics (that could take your eardrums out a block away), a mistuned mustang bass, a slide guitar and a screaming banshee boy that weighed 25 pounds wet and contorted himself while summoning the anger of Satan from his vocal chords. Naturally while opening for indie rock acts like The Pixies they found that like in the art school days they werent quite fitting in. (Maybe the dead fish Deb wore between her legs with the meat bikini may have been a little too harsh). SO off they went again to find their own. With the alliance of bands like The Five, Hullabaloo & Black Cat Bone they were able to torture Boston with their dreaded exorcism. During that time Metallica grew to be a favorite with The Shack. Their flannel shirts, bell bottoms, juvenile acne and triumphant music gave unpretentious inspiration to Dana & Colin. Unfortunately it also caused the great divide between those who clung to the more TOUCH & GO record label aesthetic ( and rightly so, considering the state of horrid new music) and the more Metal-Up-Your-Indie-Rock-Ass mentality. Some Shacksters folded and within the next two years they would acquire X-DYS guitar player Andy Strachan, X-Maelstrom bassist John Queenan and the big papa of sound, Barry Hite on drums. The transformation was finalized and they were playing with the likes of White Zombie, SEKA, and Stompbox. With the help of much of the Boston recording studios they were able to capture a fist full of songs that made it to various compilations and a full demo tape. In 1992 the black plague (winning the WBCN Rumble in 1990) fully infected the Shack and brought on their sweet demise.
THE END.
PS. We did have the great fortune of WARGASM covering our song GREVIOUS ANGEL on their live cd: FIREBALL. No greater honor, for real!!!
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Brand new MELIAH RAGE featuring a guest appearance by Metal Church frontman Ronny Munroe on the song "Last Rites" available now at metrocityrecords.com
WARATTAH VA RENTRER EN STUDIO LE 3 AOUT, POUR 13 TITRES ET ENVIRON 1 HEURE DE MUSIQUE DE GROS METAL GROOVY!!
LE TITRE DE L'ALBUM SERA "HATRED & STRENGTH"!
EN PLUS, NOUS SOMMES EN PREPARATION DU PROCHAIN ET 2e CLIP VIDEO QUI SE NOMMERA "REVENGE"! LE TOURNAGE SE DEROULERA EN OCTOBRE! CA FAISAIT LONGTEMPS QU'ON ATTENDAIT CA... SI IL Y EN A QUE CA INTERESSE, ON A MIS UNE SOUSCRIPTION POUR L'ALBUM A VENIR EN LIGNE EN HAUT DE NOTRE MYSPACE! A tres bientot, j'espere
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WARATTAH WILL RECORD ITS DEBUT ALBUM DURING AUGUST FOR 13 TITLES AND SOMETHING ABOUT FOR 1 HOUR OF GROOVY METAL!!
tHE TITLE OF THE ALBUM WILL BE " HATRED & STRENGTH".
MOREOVER, WE ARE IN PREPARATION OF OUR NEXT AND SECOND CLIP VIDEO CALLED "REVENGE", AFTER HAVING SHOOTED "FITS OF RAGE"! IT WILL BE SHOOT IN OCTOBER!
FOR THOSE WHO COULD BE INTERESTED, WE PUT A SUBSCRIPTION ONLINE FOR THE FUTUR ALBUM AT THE TOP OF OUR MYSPACE! THANK FOR ALL WHAT YOU ARE AND REPRESENT FOR US!!!! HOPE TO MEET YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!
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For you die hard thrash fans: I give you... WARGASM!
Boston's thrash metal legends WARGASM are getting together for a one-off show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first album "Why Play Around?" on Saturday, Sept 13th, 2008 at the Middle East club in Cambridge Ma. The band will be playing and recording all the songs from "Why Play Around?" in it's entirety for a future release called "Why Play ALIVE!"
As with 2004's WARGASM reunion, this show will sell out and is certain to be a historical event in metal... Make sure you are there!!
