LABEL: BMG
RELEASE DATE:12/05/2025
VARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP
Skid Row went way heavier on their sophomore LP. While not entirely absent of the power-ballading feel of their self-titled debuts big hit, 18 and Life, the New Jersey hard rockers basically broached upon speed metal with Slave to the Grinds title track, a hard-hammering, working class anthem with a lot of bite. The middle-fingers-up Monkey Business stomped and sneered, too, while the rest of the album found vocalist Sebastian Bach poking at spiky themes like drug addiction and politics. For fans of glam-gone-gritty, Slave to the Grind has been repressed and spread out onto two slabs of wax, and it comes housed in a striking gatefold sleeve.
