Get ready to be “Up All Night” when Slaughter brings “The Wild Life” to the Lakes Jam stage on rock night next week.
Slaughter will take the stage at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 24, on the Bud Light Main Stage at Brainerd International Raceway, north of Brainerd off Highway 371.
Slaughter has been playing rock music for more than two decades, starting in 1990. The band’s first hit single was "Up All Night" and their second chart-topper was "Fly To The Angels."
In 1991, Slaughter filmed what became a platinum home video titled "From the Beginning" depicting the band’s rather different and humorous lifestyle, the band’s bio stated. During their first tour, the band released "Stick It Live" a five song extended play collection which entered the billboard charts and went gold as quickly as it was released.
Slaughter was contacted by Orion pictures and Record Producer Jimmy Lovine to write and record what would become the theme song for "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey." In 1992, the band went on to record "The Wild Life,” it's second record after a consistent schedule of touring behind the multi platinum debut, "Stick It To Ya." During this time the band was awarded the prestigious American Music Award. “The Wild Life" CD entered the billboard charts the first week of release in the Top 10 at No. 8 and became certified platinum.
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The band released “Fear No Evil” in 1994 and a year later embarked on a tour that would take them around the world. The group released "Rain On," a five song import extended play featuring Slaughter's first cover song, Elton John's "Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting." When the band returned from the tour they made plans to record "Revolution,” their fourth full length CD.
In 1998, the band released its sixth record "Eternal Live," which was the band’s first full-length live release. It was recorded live on stage in Mexico in front of more than 20,000 fans, and one in their hometown, Las Vegas, "Eternal Live" captures the excitement of a Slaughter performance and showcased 12 songs off their earlier albums. This album also serves as a tribute to original Slaughter guitarist Tim Kelly who was killed in a car accident.
The band continued touring on their self named "Rock Never Stops." Five songs on their albums were No. 1 MTV videos. Like any group who has known the thrill of selling millions of records around the world, filling large arenas and having their faces plastered on magazine covers, the members of Slaughter have felt the pressures of maintaining that success, the bio stated.
"Seven years ago, it's all we could think about," Slaughter member Dana Strum stated in the bio, "but then losing Tim and seeing music come and go over the past few years has taught us a lot about the music business and has allowed us to re-evaluate what we're doing."
In 1999, Slaughter had completed their seventh CD entitled "Back to Reality." That marked the first joint writing effort involving all four band members and the most challenging recording schedule to date. During this time the band also filmed for VH-1 "Where Are They Now."
Slaughter continued to tour over the years and released a DVD that features live performance footage and band camera footage shot over the years. Slaughter filmed many of it’s live performance shows for a DVD release in 2008, and performed in front of 38,000 people. Slaughter’s music was played more in 2007 on the radio and the internet than in the three previous years combined.
“Slaughter has shown that with perseverance and sheer talent, a band can survive and win over the support of fans, regardless of what others may say about the quality of their music. What's most important is that their music is still here and the vast majority of critics who panned them in the past are not, and that's as good as gold,” their bio stated.
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