''Slippery When Ill'' is the second album by the

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punk rock band

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, released jointly in 1989 by

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and

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. It was their first album to include

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on vocals, who would remain the band's singer for the rest of their career. The album was something of a departure from the punk rock formula of their previous releases, fusing a

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and

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style with their humorous brand of punk. The result was a sound the band called "cow punk" which somewhat mocked the resurgence in popularity of country music in their native Huntington Beach. Two exceptions were the songs "Shi'ite Punk" and "(Illa Zilla) Lady Killa," which relied heavily on scratch boxes. The latter song was a re-recording of the song "Ladykiller" from the band's previous album ''

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'' with slightly altered lyrics. Robbie Allen is credited in the album's liner notes as having performed all of the

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tracks on the album, but by the time of its release original member

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had moved from

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into the

position. Escalante had played drums on the album, but when he switched to bass Doug Mackinnon joined the band as their new drummer. The photo in the album's liner notes indicates Escalante as the band's bass player and MacKinnon as their drummer. The exact date of release for this album is unknown, with some sources indicating it was released in late 1988.
Hectors Pages Most of the album's songs were re-issued in 1999 by

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on the album ''

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''. The song "Shi'ite Punk" was re-issued in 2000 on the anniversary re-release of their 1990 album ''

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'', also on Kung Fu Records.

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals *

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, backing vocals *Robbie Allen -

, backing vocals, second

on "In America" *

, backing vocals, drum machine on "(Illa Zilla) Lady Killa" *Pinky Dee - DJ

Album information

*Record label:

*Recorded at The Music Grinder in

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1987-1988 *Produced by

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*Front cover photo by Alan Newberg *Insert photo by Jose Pombo *Background photography and layout by John Scarpatti *Additional design and assembly by Rudy Tuesday

References

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