Toronto’s Slash Puppet are back in the speakers, with a new “best of” CD called Studs & Gems, featuring classics and unreleased material! To pre-order your copy, contact MIF Entertainment ASAP, as this is a limited edition. Studs & Gems includes favourites like “When the Whip Comes Down”, “Slow Down” and the amazing ballad “Eyes of a Child”, one of the most intensely emotional ballads you’ll ever hear. Studs & Gems also includes the unreleased “Stranger Danger”, a live track previously unheard elsewhere. Finding original copies of their first two releases can be an expensive prospect, so Studs & Gems makes it easy to get some of these unsung classic songs.
For the occasion I’ve dug up this VHS tape of Teresa Roncon of the Power 30 talking to Mif, Dave and Franklin of Slash Puppet. It was summer of ’93 and the band were going the independent route. Teresa questions them on the pros and cons, and their musical influences. Wisdom is offered and bands are praised. Brief, but terrific interview with the band!
Studs & Gems track listing:
When the Whip Comes Down
Rippin’ On a Wishbone
Eyes of a Child
Evil Woman
Hard on Love
Stop Tellin’ Me Lies
Hitch a Ride (On a Train)
Slow Down
Squeeze It In
Overload
Stranger Danger (Live)
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These guys got lots of coverage back in MEAT. Skid Row I recall seeing them wear their shirts in interviews at the time.
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Yeah that sounds about right. And yes, MEAT and Drew Masters are the reason I ever heard them. I saw an up and coming new band selling their demo in a magazine and I thought “I better get in on this, it will be a collector’s item.” And it is.
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Never heard of them. Must have been a Canadian only band.
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You definitely know the lead singer from this scene! He is a successful actor today. See if you can spot him.
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Wow!! That is cool! Funny, stupid movie.
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Indeed! I love it.
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Wow
A band called Slash Puppet. You gotta love the names that bands started coming out with.
Anyway I’ll give em a spin on YT.
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Give em a shot. At the time they were compared to Faster Pussycat meets Motorhead.
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Oh I will.
Regardless of the derivative band names I still love everything about the era I grew up with.
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I have stood right there! Under the truck coming through the wall! Lol.
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