Slaughter and the Dogs

We used to write letters to bands when they put a contact address on their singles (ie "add them as friends"?) , if you were lucky you got one back with maybe a sticker or a badge or something. These guys sent me back an awesome big=cool 2" badge, and a photo, they told me I was a member of their fanclub and to expect lots of cool stuff,  I never heard from 'em again but I like to think Im still a member of the fanclub.
Unfortunately the photo had their names on it and I could never really feel as strongly about them after I learned the drummer called himself "the mad moppet", the importance of a bit of mystique guys......
Okay I broke the rules, this is from a  record not a tape but, this is my blog , I make the rules ok.  Yeh Im the boss! I really tried to rip the whole LP but it is so FUCKING BAD, that I couldnt do it.
Im afraid now to play the singles that made me love these guys, what if its just those rosey glasses again? what if they were a crappy scouse rock band with no redeeming qualities? (as this record would emphatically demonstrate) .

Do they play "Cranked up really high"? no.
Do they play "Dame to Blame" ? no.
Do they play "Bitch" ? no
they play "Sister" freaking "Ray"......

its only redeeming quality is the "rapport" built with an obviously hostile crowd, that ends with the classic "my guitar is strong" retort.

 "Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone "
Slaughter and the Dogs

s:bahn

  AND NOW WITH LONG LOST FOOTAGE OF THE INFAMOUS DOGHOUSE SHOW

 

S:Bahn Live at the Doghouse , Hobart

So, Im at the Punters Club lurching away to One Inch Punch when I get a tap on the shoulder and some guy asks me "are you a singer", well what do you say? Kristian wants to start a band , he used to be in "Providence" (means nothing to me) , he says "cool" a lot but seems ok.
So we put an add up in polyester records "bass/drums needed for high impact noise band, must like unsane, sonic youth, big black"  that sort of thing. We get a call from Rob , hes from ballarat and doesnt say much but he seems ok. We try out a couple of drummers before we get this guy with dreads, Denis,  whos in "wigshop" ('never heard of em)  , he used to be in "Root beer" ('never heard of em), he says "right" a lot, but seems ok.
I borrow my mate Neil from Ricaines' Fender combo and we head down to midian, Im scared we might be standing around playing a riff for 30 mins (called "jamming" apparently) so I bring a couple of ideas I have..but no problems - KABOOM - these guys can play!
Thats how a band comes together and - one time in a hundred- it works.

And here for the first time since 1995 the first demo in all in its emo-angsty-guitar-shredding-splendour:


http://www.divshare.com/download/16117496-f95
"just  cant turn this damn thing off!!"


81 shows each with a numbered flyer from Denis...heres No.1:

And 4,5 and 6


And here near to the end , playing lake of fur, live at the punters club, 1998

There wasnt a huge crowd at this show, but one of the  cameras was on a tripod and of course the ever courteous melbourne gig going public all stood behind it.....