Artist description SLACK ARE THE SELF PROCLAIMED SAVIORS OF THE COLLECTIVE SOULBANK OF THE X GENERATION....THE REVERENDS OF SLACK WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO DEPROGRAM THIS GENERATION FROM IT'S "SLEEP-CONSUME-OBEY" MEDIA INDUCED COMA....THE SOUND IS HEAVY, DIRTY, SPACEY,SCIENCE FICTIONESQUE POWER ROCK, SOMETIMES DISTURBING......BUT ALWAYS ENLIGHTENING.....YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED

Music Style INDUSTRIAL PSYCHO-DELIC HYPNO-CORE

Musical Influences BLACK SABBATH, KYUSS, DEFTONES, MINISTRY, ZOMBIE

Similar Artists WHITE ZOMBIE, TOOL, BLACK SABBATH, FUNKADELIC, KYUSS

Artist History SLACK WAS FORMED AMONGST THE COLD, NOVEMBER WINDS OF 1996. LARRY MARTINS (FORMER BASSIST FOR AGNOSTIC FRONT) AND GEORGE CARMEN (FORMER VOCALIST FOR JERSEY DOGS) GOT TOGETHER WITH PETE SWAN (KEYBOARDS AND INSANITY) AND FORMED SLACK....AN INDUSTRIAL SIDE PROJECT BRANCHING FROM THEIR MAIN PROJECTS AT THE TIME....LARRY BOUGHT GUITAR GEAR IN ORDER TO DO BOTH GUITAR AND BASS TRACKS, LIKED THE GUITAR BETTER, AND THE SEARCH FOR A DRUMMER AND BASSIST BEGAN....GEORGE PLAYED THE DRUMS ON AN ELECTRONIC KIT....THEN IN COMES JOHN SWAYNE (FORMER DRUMMER FROM P-FUNK ALLSTARS) AND MIKE BAILEY (G.I.T. GUITAR INSTRUCTOR) MIKE PICKED UP THE BASS...AND THE BAND AS A COLLECTIVE COMBINED THEIR SUPER-POWERS AND FORGED A BLOOD OATH TO OPEN THE MINDS OF EVERY LOST LITTLE LAMB.....PETER SWAN COULDN'T HANDLE THE INTENSITY OF THE MISSION...AND EXPLODED....LEAVING THE KEYS TO THE REV. CARMEN (as if he didn't have ENOUGH to do...)

Group Members GEORGE CARMEN - VOCALS, KEYS, PROGRAMMING, ENLIGHTENMENT, CAPRICORN.....LARRY MARTINS - GUITARS, INSANITY, VIRGO.....JOHN SWAYNE - DRUMS, SECURITY, LOVE, TAURUS.....MIKE BAILEY - BASS, CHARISMA, CHICK MAGNET, ARIES

Instruments SOVTEK guitar cabs, HARTKE bass cabs, SONOR drums, IBANEZ basses, PRS guitars, ZILDJAIN cymbals, BOSS pedals, SHURE mics, AKAI proaudio

Albums 1st CD entitled "NE PLUS ULTRA"....2nd CD entitled "ALIENATE"

Press Reviews CHARTED #35 ON FMQB RADIO STATISTICS.......Great write up in METAL EDGE MAGAZINE (JAN, 1998).......Landed the cover of THE EAST COAST ROCKER (JUNE 30 - JULY 7TH 1999).......MANY OTHER NEWSPAPERS AND WEBZINES.....(ALL OF THE ACTUAL ARTICLES AND PRESS IS UP ON OURSITE...GO CHECK IT OUT....http://home.earthlink.net/~gcarmen

Additional Info YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED......RAISE YOUR KIDS..OR WE WILL....

Location New Brunswick, NJ - USA

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