Death By Salt: A Slug Magazine Compilation [Box set]

Death By Salt (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00020HDOO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973,840 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Death by Salt is SLUG Magazine's 7th bastard child compilation showcasing 59 underground acts from the City of Salt. Apathetic to any precedent or standard set before it, this 3-disc box set, complete with a full-color 64-page booklet of band photos and profiles, and an artfully crafted, letter-pressed and screenprinted box, is intended to kick a nice-sized dent in the ignorance of those tragically unaware of the talent hidden behind the Zion Curtain. Come discover what living in the most socially oppressive and politically suffocating state in the nation does for that state's counterculture. Salt Lake musicians don't make music for scenester points, marketing plots, fame or fortune. They do it in order to create an alternate world, lurking just underneath the city’s surface—a world in which they can actually belong. Why does Utah have so much kick-ass music? Isolation from surrounding states has also helped in spawning Utah's introverted, original creativity. Our! being constantly stigmatized and neglected by the national music scene makes for healthy perspective and outright mistrust of the music industry. Many of us grew up in LDS families, where learning and playing music was often akin to breathing. One final theory is that Utah has the biggest open-pit copper mine in the world, and one of the very few inland lakes of salt on the globe. Salt and copper make batteries, kids. We have so much damn energy that our instruments bleed with punishment.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Please come to Miami, January 17, 2007

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This review is from: Death By Salt: A Slug Magazine Compilation (Audio CD)

What a vibrant and exciting music scene must exist in Salt Lake City! This three CD compilation touches on many different genres and it is all very powerful. Any of these groups would blow away the musical cesspool which drowns Miami. Even the couple examples of rap towers over anything that this city can offer. Why Salt Lake City has not received its due recognition is beyond me? For a ridiculously low price Slug Magazine is offering a box set that truly flaunts the scintillating prowess of Salt Lake City's rock community.