Skid Row's Slave To The Grind, release this day 11th June in 1991, making history when it became the first heavy metal album during the SoundScan era to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200.

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The album cover was painted by Sebastian's Bach father David Bierk. Inspired by Caravaggio's Burial of St. Lucy from 1608, and despite its medieval setting, it features a cell phone , TV, and John F. Kennedy in the crowd. There is also somebody swigging a bottle that looks like a whisky. Consistent with the album cover, Slave to the Grind is an album that explores various themes of control and the ongoing struggle waged against authoritarian rule.

"When my father passed away, in 2002, on his deathbed, I held him. "Dad. We had a Number One Album!!!". In his opiate-induced haze he burst into tears and held me close. These words made a dying man laugh with joy. We smiled through the tears. It was one of the pinnacles of my life, and my father's life. He knew that his art would live on, forever, on the cover of that record." - Sebastian Bach (18 and Life on Skid Row).

 

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