First time hearing Slaughter, Mad about you

For this we chose Mad about you by the band Slaughter. Song choice was again, very tough because do you start with his early days in Vinny Vincent Invasion or go right to his solo band project? We chose the later and went with a song that wasn’t necessarily a big radio hit like Fly To the Angels, but a just a fun video that I thought would be a great introduction for Alexis. Slaughter was a fun band to see live and it’s Mark had one of the best vocal ranges in the late 80s and early 90s.
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[@mikenastasi8927]

Enjoy your reactions. How do you two know each other?

[@jeffrey7524]

It's hard for the younger generation to understand the hair and fashion and the excess of the 80s into the early 90s...it was the greatest time to be alive and young!!

[@LEO1WOLF]

Yeah, the 80's & 90's WILL NEVER DIE in our household!

[@bojangles713]

WORD! 👍🤘

[@pwocki9015]

The 80's just plain rocked i am so glad i grew up then the kids today have no idea

[@lorettasearcy1471]

Blas Elias looked good in those shorts. Bunch of hot 🔥 sexy guys.

[@gabrielmauller8137]

R.I.P Tim Kelly. Lead guitar player. Fun to listen too.

[@MetalMcfly]

We can all thank the bass player Dana Strum for Randy Rhoads. Without him, there would've been no Ozzy audition and we never would've had the Blizzard or Diary albums. Dana is a legend!

[@jeffmaltby6185]

Heard it was like pulling teeth for that to happen also.

[@klevesmith]

From 1985 to 1995, I took my son to rock concerts, in a 11 year span we have 171 ticket stubs. We started when he was 10, and an aspiring guitarist. Mostly metal, hairbands, and classic rock. Your showing Alexis these brings back many fond memories.

[@minnesotaclay]

Desperately from that album is so good! Saw them in 91’ 👍

[@randysatterfield7966]

Yes, I'm so glad that somebody mentioned this song because it's one of the best songs on the album, and Mark's voice is incredible on this song, as it always is, and it's higher pitched than in any of their other songs.

[@Markuscarcass]

So, I'm 44 now. I was a member of the Slaughter fan club when i was about 11yrs old. All these years I've been a drummer and a guitarist. I've had manny guitar heros I've lost over the years. I think Tim was the very first.

[@geekwithsocialskills]

Mad about you is such an underrated song by Slaughter. \m/

[@geekwithsocialskills]

P.S. is was a sad day when Tim Kelly passed away back in February 1998. Gone way too soon. Such an amazing guitar player.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

I agree, just always loved this song. and it was a tragic day when Tim passed. Blando who took over was from Orlando and played all the clubs here. I remember seeing him with a band Cool World open for Dokken at Jani Lanes sunset strip downtown.

[@kwanwallacephotography5145]

@@flickeringboxofficial Please REACT TO J COLE window Pain

[@barndude5562]

So was Burning Bridges!

[@brendaormiston5514]

I just found you guys! So funny. I'm 60 and love sharing the fabulous music from the 80's and 90's. And, I would wear that hat! Damn tootin'.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Awesome! Hope you subscribed. We take recommendations Brenda 😀

[@mattrink2112]

I've got a soft spot for Slaughter. "Up All Night" was the party song, "Fly to the Angels" was a great popular ballad, but lesser known songs like "Spend My Life", "Days Gone By", "Streets of Broken Hearts", "Real Love", "Eye to Eye", and others make for a deserving legacy in the era.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Up All Night was an anthem back then :) I loved his work with Vinny. Have a few from All Systems Go on the list

[@sandysmith9869]

I had my Slaughter cassette tape, a fast car, and a condo. Life was great in the 1980s.♥️

[@jessejamessimons483]

Hello my good friends.... I'm incredibly impressed that you showed a video of Slaughter with Tim Kelly on guitar‼️ We love and remember you 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼‼️🔥💯🔥🎼🎶🎸🥁🎤☺️

[@andydorman2119]

Slaughter REMAINS one of my FAVORITE bands!

[@kacwyo]

Same here! One of my top 3 for hair bands. 💜

[@duanewright1412]

Happy Saturday, Slaughter was a GREAT band. I got to see them live a couple of times in Cincinnati. Love those days....A full-time job and NO responsibilities....lived for the party. Seemed like a good band came to town every week. CHEERS 🍻

[@markmurray2235]

You should listen to "Desperately" It is easily the best song that Slaughter ever did 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@dianelindquist9796]

Love Slaughter! Just saw them a couple months ago, still sound great!

[@AndrewsVegan]

You must've been to a different Slaughter show than I was. Marks voice is all but gone and he's packing like 60 extra pounds and the band sounded not great. It was sad to see.

[@carriemichelle322]

I'm 49 & I hair bands will always ROCK and be forever in my heart with rad memories!!!Such a great era for music. Long live the 80's! Hope you check out Winger..Headed for a Heartbreak/Miles Away. Skid Row Wasted Time

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Right there with ya Carrie. We have Winger on the list for sure and Wasted Time is next on the list for SR.

[@user-tr5ze3bs2d]

I've seen Mark Slaughter numerous times and every show was always amazing. I seen him at Rocklahoma in Pryor Creek Oklahoma summer of 2022 up close with Quiet Riot also. Thanks for sharing all the memories of our favorite bands. Keep it up.

[@johnsmith2046]

I too am 49 (fifty later this year) and this song was probably my favorite off the album. That first Slaughter album is good all the way through. Cheers from northeast Ohio.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

Slaughter formed in 1985 in Las Vegas. Their first album stick it to ya was released in 1990.

[@franticrage73]

Sweet! New to the channel. Pleasantly surprised to finally see the actual video and a reaction to it. Awesome.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Welcome aboard FR. I like the fact that someone remastered it to, it was such a fun vid.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Yeah, thid was a great band and still are. Just great. Vety cool reaction..❤

[@Vinylrebel72]

Mark Slaughter and the Bass player Dana Strum, this was their band, they both played with the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Mark Slaughter also does voice overs for cartoons.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

You are correct VR. I say solo project just to distinguish between his time in VVI and Slaughter not as a literal definition. I see how I say things sometimes can be misunderstood.

[@calseeor]

LOVE Slaughter! What makes your reactions so different from others I watch, is that you were there, just like I was, when all of this amazingness was going on (we are about the same age), and you have so many great stories that tie into the bands due to the jobs you've had. I'm always extra excited when I see one of your new videos come out. As for the long hair, mine has been long since I was about 17, and quite often, was down to my butt as well. It's still long (I just got it cut so its a little longer than middle of my back) but it is thinning now. :(

[@kyndred2008]

52 ,lived the 80s and 90s to the fullest ,great times

[@jamespepe3847]

Slaughter, definitely a great group!! The boys from Vegas!!!

[@gandalf679]

I met Mark a few years ago, at, of all places, Memphis TN. and he was there to help support Randy from Alabama who is a huge supporter of St. Jude, there in Memphis, as a radio jock, we were there for a seminar for putting on a "Country Cares for St. Jude Children" radio-athon, we had 5 stations in our cluster at the time, so anyway, the last night at this event, we were sitting at this dinner, just before it started, I kept looking at this empty table, save for one "long" haired guy sitting there, I kept looking at him, cause I was sure I knew who he was...I was not a country jock, but I was PD for the cluster, I finally walked over and said, "You're Mark Slaughter, aren't you?" he was like Yeah, surprised you knew who I was, I told him I wasn't a country jock, and that I actually did mornings on the classic rock station, so he and I chatted for a bit, before he went up on stage with Randy and belted out a few tunes....Enjoy your channel, Rock ON!!

[@barndude5562]

I loved the conversation about the long hair! I am 55 and still have long hair! It is going gray, but is still half way down my back! Keep rocking!!

[@MiguelLopez-is9te]

🤘😎🤘 I first seen Mark & Dana when they were Vinnie Vincent's Invasion. Some called Slaughter Metal, some called them hard rock and/or glam rock. Whatever they were... they were great. This is such a good jam.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

100% agree Miguel

[@elizabethshaw1051]

Fantastic!!!! I'd forgotten how much I loved this song!

[@Gavrev]

It took me the longest time to twig that it was this lad singing on Vinnie Vincent's ALL SYSTEMS GO.

[@katestafford8837]

Make sure to let Alexis hear some Steelheart or Queensryche to see some of the others with the big and high ranges. I love her reaction to Slaughter. I have to be honest, I never thought of this group as Mark Slaughter's solo group. Always thought it was a band that was using his name for a great sounding name.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

We have more on SH and QR coming very soon. I call Slaughter his solo project to distinguish between his time in Vinnie Vincent Invasion. I don't really mean it in the literal sense but just an easy way to identify his projects. A few people have pointed that out. Sorry for not clarifying.

[@hardrock6012]

I grow up with this music and I missed these days. So good memories, great bands, innocent teenage years... Hi, from Greece

[@dionvillanueva8822]

Do fly to angels next👍 Keep up the great reactions 😊

[@digger1825]

Stands for rock all the time

[@morg55306]

I was stationed in Southern CA from '86-90, the height of hair metal. It was a dream come true. They held a charity softball event at USC for the TJ Martell Foundation. I've got some great pics, but just off the top of my head, some attendees were Vince Neil, Bobby Blotzer (Ratt), the late Ray Gillen, Doc Maghee (manager) and Mark Slaughter. Slaughter hadn't broken into the big time Up All Night success yet, so he was still a hungry up and comer. But he was just the nicest, most down to earth dude.

[@charleswilliams6236]

Slaughter is one of my favorite Rock band

[@anotherrudeawkening2k610]

Forgot this lil gem! Thanks guys!

[@Schrimpieman]

Slaughrer gets the adrenaline pumping !!! Mad About You: Masterpiece ! "M-m-m-m-m-m-mad about you !!! "

[@flickeringboxofficial]

That is why I picked it, just upbeat and under-rated song

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Great reaction.. Mark Slaughter has some pipes for sure.. and what a fun great bunch of musicians.. You should do the live version where it's simo cast on TV.. They do two songs, and one is of course Fly to the angels about his girlfriend that died while he was on tour and he wrote it about her, but on this live version he really sings big time and hits some epic notes very high! Just look for the simocast I think it's called.. It was from a radio and tv promo back in the early 90's.. Like 91 or 92 or something.. Very cool guys and thanks so much! Tim

[@christophercrowder872]

Blas is such a fantastic and underrated drummer.

[@trentonslack7219]

Great song choice! I keep gaining more and more respect for Birch’s music taste! 🤘🏽

[@trentonslack7219]

and Burnin’ Bridges is a fantastic slaughter song

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Thank you Trenton, just added BB to the list. One thing about me, flattery will get you everywhere!

[@wrystryder2156]

Love your trips down memory lane

[@traviscrockett3640]

1990. Crazy. This video is. 33 freakin years old!

[@davidnunn6608]

This band was my favorite band during High School when I was in my hair band phase. lol

[@doblerjoshua]

i was beginning to think I was the only one who loves SLAUGHTER! Oh btw we all got sucked in, I remember RUNNING home from school just to put on MTV and watch these, every single video was an EVENT

[@MoonlitBrenya]

OMG, I freakin' LOVE Slaughter, they were my boys back in the day (I wish), this band was my favorite for a long time, and I was in love with Blas.

[@scotluttrull708]

I saw Slaughter on their opening tour they were incredible one of the best live bands I've ever seen Stick it to you tour like 89 90

[@rickclay]

Digging your channel guys.......both perspectives are awesome!!!!!

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Awesome, thank you!

[@metrobilly1798]

Loved these guys!! Loved the reaction!!!

[@metrobilly1798]

PS Fly to The Angels!!!

[@johnlaverty5957]

I literally just saw them, last month mark still has it

[@harveyhelka9186]

slaughters run came at the of the rock era just before the seattle sound. had they come out ten years before. they could of easily been one of rocks biggest bands. introduce her to up all night sleep all day or fly to the angels.

[@cassidymd72]

I met the drummer and bass player back during that time at our local radio station and they were so humble and nice. Nowhere close to the image that industry packaged bands like them to be.

[@chakroc]

Dating myself, but when I would ride the bus in high school, I had my walkman, my cassette tapes...and Slaughter was one of the tapes that I had in my rotation(with Quiet Riot, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Pretty Boy Floyd, and many more). I remember I wore this tape out listening to 'Desperately', 'Gave Me Your Heart', and 'Burning Bridges'. Those were the days!

[@vh1984ful]

The Band that saved the 80's.

[@wallywest2360]

I bought that album because of the cover, lol. But it really surprised me. The whole thing was solid. Unique sound, all the songs were good, one of the better hair metal bands from that time.

[@ajruther67]

Mark Slaughter and tom Keifer of Cinderella had great high voices!

[@blakejohnson996]

I wish this was the look and fashion now! 1000s times better than what it is!

[@timothydingman587]

I met the guitar player Tim Kelly during this album tour when they opened for kiss

[@chadpurcell7277]

love it thank you

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Thank you

[@eliowolf5818]

Siete fantastici la vecchia guardia assieme alla nuova generazione che poi sei molto carina ragazza un abbraccio dall'italia stay hangry🤘🤘🤘❤🇮🇹

[@tonysilva7458]

Thank you for another great song from a great band!!

[@forourtroopssake7373]

❤️❤️SLAUGHTER❤️❤️

[@joselyndc2206]

Slaughter- my babies ❤❤

[@mvenuti1980]

Aquanet, eyeliner, looong hair. It was fun.

[@eviljeep]

The day i finish high school, i remember having my walkman ready at a Slaughter song call Do Ya Know.. like i was a cool kid 😅. I planned that moment 🤟 Tx for the react from Québec Canada 🇲🇶🇨🇦

[@stevehamilton8824]

Excellent song by a highly under appreciated band. Blas Elias (drummer) is a phenom as a drummer. The man drives the beat on these songs so hard. But the band was talented throughout.

[@rob-pm7gb]

The drummer Blas, looks exactly the same as he does in this video. He hasn't aged a day.

[@ReligionOfSacrifice]

This girl is great with the lines about what to notice of all bands. I was thinking the singer looked like the male version of her, but now I want to see the Cinderella one as maybe that one will be even closer to the male version of her. Like my cousin who looked like the singer to Cinderella.

[@nojabjonny]

Was funny in the 80s/90s watching MTV and music videos in general where their in the desert or ontop of a mountain with choppers for cameras etc and they werent plugged in but music still filled the speakers.. ahh technology.

[@caroljones8326]

I just found y'alls channel. I think it's awesome to introduce her to all of this great music from the 80s and early 90s❤. You need to do a video reaction to Skid Row and let her experience Sebastian Bach's range!!!!!! 🤟😎😎🤟

[@nashfarrell9883]

Greetings from chile southamerica 👍🏻 …great song ( slaughter )

[@APWPaint]

There was a time when you had to be a badass on your chosen instrument to get anywhere!

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@flickeringboxofficial]

You bet

[@LEO1WOLF]

I miss mine. It was about 4" from the crack of my ass. But thanks to a diagnosis of cancer last May (and all that I've been through since), I finally cut the "rags" that were left off. So now, until I can grow it back out - - I slick it back with a small spit curl in front and a duck tail in back. Yeah, 50's style Baby!😎😉😜

[@christophercrowder872]

You should show her "Spend My Life" as well. Great up tempo love song.

[@derviscountvonouropreto4308]

You guys hit the spot again. 🎯🎯🎯 Very recently I was finally able to put my hands on the live EP, on CD format, that they've released in 1990, "Stick It Live", given the great success of the band's debut. Today, without subsequent pressings, it is a rarity among collectors. I remember as it was yesterday, being highly impacted by the promo for "Up All Night" thoroughly watched via a VHS tape, that a cousin recorded for me with hours and hours of Dial MTV in 1990. Great video production, energetic performance, catchy chorus and a musical quality that stood out from other bands of that very style that were fiercely fist fighting for the mainstream of that time. That was the twilight of Hair Bands era. Album cover by Hugh Syme, so therefore the band's songwriting had to be really good to justify this type of investment by the label. Unfortunately, in my opinion, that inspiration that put them on top with their debut quickly faded and they never managed to put out another bright and vibrant album like "Stick it To Ya". By the way, "Slaughter" was actually a band that used Mark's last name as their "marquee". He indeed had a solo career, later on as Mark Slaughter and like this he released two albums, "Reflections in a Rear View Mirror" (1995) and "Halfway There" (2017).

[@gears101]

Mark Slaughter's best work to me was with Vinnie Vincent. But I did have all his albums back in the day though

[@JackRazz1]

I love your song selection (being a fellow 80's dude). Great stuff.

[@Ladykiller69]

Nice vid reaction guys!! Keep it up…..All the best…J

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Thank you! Will do!

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

I never thought Slaughter as a "solo" project...

[@jamescale7979]

LOL.... 57 years young here and still have my long hair

[@tgzmrhat]

You need to listen to him when he was the frontman for Vinnie Vincent's Invasion

[@doublewhopper8494]

Yes eye liner , black nail polish , long hair , ripped jeans, rock shirts , and boots or Converse and leathers lmfao . I got stuck still like that lol

[@fabiorobertonascimento8370]

this band is really cool, the song i liked the most by them was reach for the sky, it's really good

[@flickeringboxofficial]

I love that song because it really moved to a more dark tone and started to take on a little Judas Priest feel. We will defiantly be doing that one for sure Fabio

[@fabiorobertonascimento8370]

@@flickeringboxofficial do you agree with your comment and if you do this reaction it will be very cool thanks

[@boysrback5690]

Cinderella Nobodys Fool live Moscow 1989 intro epic

[@fredlandry6170]

Slaughter was a great band I loved the album Stick It To Ya I had a t shirt with the album cover on it and it said Stick It To Ya on the back.

[@vestel777]

The Woman in the video played Brenda Walsh on the 90’s Smash Hit Fox Series Beverly Hills 90210 actress Shannon Doherty.

[@jamiedoughty6703]

I'm 41 and have long hair. Not a mullet. Straight up long hair. I'm a rocker, I'll trim it, but I'll never cut it off!

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Nobody likes a quitter Jamie ... keep the dream alive!

[@nategarduno9468]

FYI I also met Bobby Rock from Nitro/Nelson from the same store at another Peavy Drum endorsement tour.

[@MrDlt123]

I was a drummer and had hair down to my arse when I was 17 in 1984. Made the mistake of going to military basic training like that. The DIs called me 'Rockstar' and gave me so much crap - even after I had my head shaved. 😅

[@swcoder]

Oh, she likes guitar solos, you've got to react to the new Extreme - Rise vid. The guitar god Nuno kills it.

[@image3320]

work all night Sleep all day or my favorite Fly to the angels next ...

[@brianhart1764]

Definitely react to "Up All Night" "Spend My Life" and "Fly To The Angels" 🤘

[@tinakeith5822]

Love Slaughter!!

[@randalladams7692]

Teaching her right love some glam metal band kicks ass good one love the fashion

[@flickeringboxofficial]

Fashion was too much fun Randall

[@randalladams7692]

@@flickeringboxofficial I lived them wish we could go back born in 72

[@goofball3236]

oh how i miss the 80s lol and omg Alexis is sooo gorgeous lol i was 19 in 1986

[@10joJoe]

For more modern rock with great voice, y’all should react to Wolves by Big Wreck

[@1fastcolt]

you should introduce her to Motley Crue's wild side with the spinning drums..

[@flickeringboxofficial]

My wife just said the same thing. On the list my friend!

[@Bossman_71]

The funny thing is back in those days this music was never referred to as hair music or glam rock. It was just plain hard rock or heavy metal and bands like Metallica and Megadeth were considered death metal or speed metal. The terms glam rock or hairbands didn’t catch on until the late 90s and into the 2000s.