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The Cheater Slicks originated in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1988, when brothers
Tom and
David Shannon -- both guitar players -- recruited drummer Dana Hatch and bassist Merle Allin (brother of
G.G. Allin) to play in an original, bluesy garage rock band. After
Allin,
the Slicks tried out Alpo (formerly of
the Real Kids) on bass before scrapping the bassist idea completely and settling on a three-piece lineup.
In 1990,
the Cheater Slicks opened for
Jon Spencer's band,
Boss Hog. The show made a fan out of
Spencer and started a working friendship between the eclectic indie rocker and
the Slicks.
Spencer produced the band's fourth album,
Don't Like You, in 1995. In the Red Records released
Don't Like You a year later, launching
the Slicks on a tour with
Spencer's like-sounding band,
the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
The Cheater Slicks' loud, trashy brand of rock & roll also hooked them up on tours with bands like
Mudhoney, who ended up covering some of their songs. By 1997,
the Cheater Slicks relocated to Columbus, Ohio, and they released their first double-album, called
Forgive Thee, on In the Red. Two years later, they released their sixth full-length, entitled
Refried Dreams. The band continued to record and perform through the next two decades -- a period that included the albums
Yer Last Record (2003), Walk into the Sea (2007), Bats in the Dead Trees (2009), and Our Food Is Chaos: The Allen Paulino Session (2011). ~ Jennifer Maerz