Past Shows In Detroit, Life In Tennessee, Possible New Music/Biopic And More With Mark Slaughter from Slaughter

Slaughter comes to Smugglers Run in Wyandotte, Michigan this coming Saturday, but first, Mark Slaughter talked to me. It's been a while since Mark's been on Talkin' Rock, so it was great to get him on to talk about everything they have going on.

He told me about the band, along with Dana Strum and Jeff "Blando" they're bringing drummer, Jordon Cannata. He's the young gun in he band as Mark explained. "What a great player! Young kid, he was born....on the day that our first record was put out." He talked about the many times Slaughter has played the Detroit area, including his first time through the Motor City with the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. "We did two nights with Alice Cooper, this is in 1986, where we opened up and played Hell Night and Halloween, opening for Alice Cooper." Those shows were at the legendary Cobo Hall.

He mentioned some possible new music coming down the pike. "It doesn't take us long to write the songs, it's just about getting us in the same room." We talked about drummer Blas Elias "Blas is and always will be a big part of the band." We talked about a possible upcoming bio-pic and what he's discovered that will be a part of that.

He talks about his life in Tennessee and why he's there. He told a crazy story about a trip to Lima, Peru earlier this year. That story is nuts! Oh, and bodyguards ripping seats out of rental cars...yeah, you read that right.

See you guys at the show this Saturday! Watch the interview below.

-Meltdown-

https://smugglerswyandotte.com/live-entertainment

What a night at the Machine Shop in Flint! It was like a part of thrash history reforming right in front of your eyes. David Ellefson and Jeff Young are touring under the name Kings of Thrash - The Mega Years, playing the entire Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good, along with So Far, So Good....So What. Last night was night was a special one as drummer, Chuck Behler joined the guys on stage to crank out a couple songs, "In My Darkest Hour" and the Sex Pistols cover "Anarchy In The U.K."

A HUGE Thank You to Jeff Mintline for the use of some awesome photos he took of the show last night. And also Thank You to Machine Shop owner, Kevin Zink, and his staff for a great night!