Post by Victor Synn on Jul 26, 2004 19:46:14 GMT -5
Does anyone remember those lame assed blue painted freaks on the old Pentium commercials a few years back? Well, that's The Blue Man Group. I guess these guys pretend to be Smurfs and play instrumental music. So what does Blas Elias, ex-drummer for Slaughter have to do with this? Here it is:
For those that don't know, Blas has since quit Slaughter and is now a Vegas performer with The Blue Man Group, according to a rumor I heard. Bobby Rock is behind the kit for Slaughter currently.
Now, I don't mind if someone wants to spread their artistic wings a bit, but come on...The Blue Man Group? I think Blas finally lost his last brain cell on this one. Why in the hell would anyone with any mental capacity whatsoever leave a famous band to follow a path so far astray from what made them stars? I don't get it. First Jani Lane, now Blas. Granted, I'm not a huge Slaughter fan, but I do enjoy their first two albums very much and think they still could have made good ass-kicking CDs, even with Mark Slaughter on his obvious decline vocally. They could have possibly sculpted the songs to fit Mark's current voice and make a whole new career of it. But that won't happen because it seems as if Slaughter is on their last legs. I was very sad to hear of Tim Kelly's passing some years back of an auto accident. And it seems Slaughter has never really recovered from it musically. Does anyone else here remember how damn good The Wild Life was? I do. It was fucking great. Will they ever release another CD like that? You'd have an easier time peeling the paint off the Cistine Chapel with your fingernails. What I'm saying is that Slaughter has never been the same since Tim's passing and now with Blas taking a permanent vacation from his senses, a Slaughter demise seems more imminent.
So what does your old pal Vic think should happen to save Slaughter? Easy. Get Blas back, write songs in the same vein as The Wild Life, taking into consideration an aging vocalist's pipes, and hope that it sells better than Speak No Evil did (Note: Unlike most people, I thought Speak No Evil was a good album, even though it's obvious that they were trying to go the opposite way of their fame. In my youth, I sold the album, not realizing that it would be out of print now. Live and learn). Otherwise, I can see Slaughter playing clubs we've personally dropped over our short career in this band. Hell, they may open for us! (Ok, that's me being a dreamer again.)
For those that don't know, Blas has since quit Slaughter and is now a Vegas performer with The Blue Man Group, according to a rumor I heard. Bobby Rock is behind the kit for Slaughter currently.
Now, I don't mind if someone wants to spread their artistic wings a bit, but come on...The Blue Man Group? I think Blas finally lost his last brain cell on this one. Why in the hell would anyone with any mental capacity whatsoever leave a famous band to follow a path so far astray from what made them stars? I don't get it. First Jani Lane, now Blas. Granted, I'm not a huge Slaughter fan, but I do enjoy their first two albums very much and think they still could have made good ass-kicking CDs, even with Mark Slaughter on his obvious decline vocally. They could have possibly sculpted the songs to fit Mark's current voice and make a whole new career of it. But that won't happen because it seems as if Slaughter is on their last legs. I was very sad to hear of Tim Kelly's passing some years back of an auto accident. And it seems Slaughter has never really recovered from it musically. Does anyone else here remember how damn good The Wild Life was? I do. It was fucking great. Will they ever release another CD like that? You'd have an easier time peeling the paint off the Cistine Chapel with your fingernails. What I'm saying is that Slaughter has never been the same since Tim's passing and now with Blas taking a permanent vacation from his senses, a Slaughter demise seems more imminent.
So what does your old pal Vic think should happen to save Slaughter? Easy. Get Blas back, write songs in the same vein as The Wild Life, taking into consideration an aging vocalist's pipes, and hope that it sells better than Speak No Evil did (Note: Unlike most people, I thought Speak No Evil was a good album, even though it's obvious that they were trying to go the opposite way of their fame. In my youth, I sold the album, not realizing that it would be out of print now. Live and learn). Otherwise, I can see Slaughter playing clubs we've personally dropped over our short career in this band. Hell, they may open for us! (Ok, that's me being a dreamer again.)
