''Get Some'' is the debut studio album by American
heavy metal band
Snot. Released in 1997, it is the only album that features the band's original vocalist,
Lynn Strait, who was killed in a car accident in December 1998 when a truck struck his car, killing him and his
boxer Dobbs, who appears on the album cover.
Release and reception
The album was released on May 27, 1997, exactly two years after the May 27, 1995 formation of Snot.
Guitarist
Sonny Mayo
Sonny Mayo (born July 16, 1971) is an American guitarist.
Career
Mayo began playing in a thrash metal band called Silence in the late 1980s. Silence (John Mayes, Benjamin Gaither, Louie Denslow, Jason Robinson and Sonny), regularly sold out ...
later recalled that Dobbs (featured on the cover) also had a litter of puppies the day the album came out.
[Mayo, Sonny (2016) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-54-sonny-mayo-snot-sevendust/id1041754937?i=1000371529958]
Australian publication ''Tone Deaf'' reflected in 2015 that, "when Snot released their debut album ''Get Some'' in 1997 it was heralded as one of the most melodic, groove laden offerings of
henu metal scene. Full on massive punk riffs and killer heavy funk grooves, the album found immediate critical favor and won the band a legion of dedicated Snot Heads, in the process helping to fuel the founding fire of a new musical movement that was to sweep the globe."
In 2022, ''
Revolver'' featured ''Get Some'' on a list of "Top 5 One-Album Wonders", and labelled the music as a mix of "
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, f ...
-esque
funk-rock with sprinting hardcore thrashers and rambunctious
Bizkit-ian
rap-metal."
Track listing
#"Snot" – 3:23
#"Stoopid" – 3:53
#"Joy Ride" – 2:26
#"The Box" – 3:25
#"Snooze Button" – 4:17
#"313" – 2:25
#"Get Some" – 4:56
#"Deadfall" – 2:19
#"I Jus' Lie" – 3:34
#"Get Some O' Deez" – 0:58
#"Unplugged" – 4:11
#"Tecato" – 4:30
#"Mr. Brett" (feat.
Theo Kogan
Theo Kogan (born December 23, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. She is best known as the vocalist of the all-girl punk band Lunachicks. She also sang in the dance/ electronic band Theo & the Skyscrapers. She also ha ...
) – 2:13
#"Get Some Keez" – 2:46
#"My Balls" – 2:58
Personnel
*Mike Doling – guitar
*John Fahnestock – bass
*
Jamie Miller – drums
*
Lynn Strait – vocals
*
Sonny Mayo
Sonny Mayo (born July 16, 1971) is an American guitarist.
Career
Mayo began playing in a thrash metal band called Silence in the late 1980s. Silence (John Mayes, Benjamin Gaither, Louie Denslow, Jason Robinson and Sonny), regularly sold out ...
– guitar
*
T-Ray – producer
*
Dave Fortman
Dave Fortman (born July 11, 1967) is an American record producer and musician. He is the guitarist for rock band Ugly Kid Joe, and has worked with bands such as Superjoint Ritual, Snot, Atomship, Eyehategod, Mudvayne, Otep, Slipknot (on the ...
– guitar on "Deadfall"
*Glenn Nelson – banjo on "Deadfall"
References
1997 debut albums
Funk metal albums
Geffen Records albums
Snot (band) albums
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