Sleazegrinder

Came from the sky like a 747. Classic Rock’s least-reputable byline-grabber since 2003. Several decades deep into the music industry. Got fired from an early incarnation of Anal C**t after one show. 30 years later, got fired from the New York Times after one week. Likes rock and hates everything else. Still believes in Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, against all better judgment.

Articles by: Sleazegrinder

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Grunting, sweating, greasy downer rock from the dawn of the 70s? Step right this way

By Sleazegrinder published 20 May 22

Another deep-dive into the proto-metal past via a 14th creditable collection in the Brown Acid series

Church Of The Cosmic Skull - There Is No Time

Church Of The Cosmic Skull: your new favourite classic rock hippie sex cult

By Sleazegrinder published 13 May 22

Finally, a cult worth joining: Church Of The Cosmic Skull and their life-affirming fourth album There Is No Time

Tokyo Blade's Fury is a pulverising and satisfying return to form

By Sleazegrinder published 22 January 22

Forty years on and it’s still the Night of the Blade

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Death Angel don't deliver the hits on The Bastard Tracks

By Sleazegrinder published 26 November 21

Nothing but deep cuts on Death Angel's brain-rattling live-in-the-studio collection The Bastard Tracks

10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually that great

By Fraser Lewry, Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jon Hotten, Sleazegrinder, Stephen Hill, Rob Hughes, Dave Ling, Alec Chillingworth published 15 October 21

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great

Ministry's fifteenth album Moral Hygiene provides a few surprise twists

By Sleazegrinder published 1 October 21

Ministry's Al Jourgensen, industrial metal’s favourite deviant, is back with the Trump-inspired Moral Hygiene

Power Trio by Danko Jones: a relentless surge of high-energy, rock’n’roll savagery

By Sleazegrinder published 27 August 21

Power Trio features more rippers from Danko Jones, Canada’s greatest living rock’n’roll band

10 proto-metal albums you should definitely own

By Sleazegrinder published 19 August 21

A handy guide to 10 of the ugliest, gnarliest, most influential proto-metal albums of all time

Velvet Insane: Rock 'N' Roll Glitter Suit

Velvet Insane's Rock 'N' Roll Glitter Suit is a massive attack of stack-heel strutting

By Sleazegrinder published 16 July 21

Out now: Swedish glam-rockers Velvet Insane return with even more sequins on Rock 'N' Roll Glitter Suit

Electric Boys fail to provide the expected good times on Ups!de Down

By Sleazegrinder published 30 April 21

Ups!de Down is a metal carpet ride from Electric Boys, sure, just not a funky one

Revolution: The story of the lost pioneers of heavy metal

By Sleazegrinder published 1 April 21

Beyond Black Sabbath and Judas Priest: The extraordinary story of heavy metal's originators – Iron Butterfly, Leaf Hound, Bloodrock, JPT Scare Band, Bang and more

Detroit Rock City: the 10 best bands from America's rock'n'roll capital

By Sleazegrinder published 16 March 21

The 10 best bands (and more) from Detroit, a city with the purest of rock'n'roll coursing through its veins

Every Alice Cooper album, ranked from worst to best

By Sleazegrinder published 9 March 21

Updated Alice Cooper invented everything cool in rock’n’roll, so it's appropriate that we examine the wild, weird, and often blood-soaked world of his albums, splayed out from worst to best