This one is from Guerin Myall’s collection and it is pure gold. Look at Joe Raposo absolutely rip the funky bass jams! Chris Rest’s awesome mop of curls!! Guerin’s fisheye front row perspective is pretty cool as well. Bomer was a really good “rock and roll” vocalist too.

If you need a refresher on Slang (from Wikipedia): “Bomer formed a new band called Slang after the dissolution of RKL. Slang eventually included his old RKL bandmates with the notable exception of Jason Sears. Their sound was much different than the previous incarnation, dropping the fast hardcore style for a distinct rock/funk fusion.[29] Slang had Bomer on lead vocals[16] while newcomer Dave Raun played drums, Joe Raposo played bass, with Chris Rest and Joel Monte Mahan on guitars. Though Fat Mike had stated during an interview in Maximumrocknroll that he was going to put out a Slang record on his then new record label Fat Wreck Chords,[30] Slang ended up signing with Epitaph Records[31] in 1992 and an album was recorded soon after. At some point during this time Ward replaced Mahan. Just prior to its release in 1993, it was decided by Bomer and Epitaph owner/operator Brett Gurewitz it would be released as an RKL album under the title Reactivate”

It doesn’t seem that the band looks back on this era too kindly, but I like it.

Recorded by: Guerin Myall
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation

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