''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,

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, who was killed in a car accident in December 1998 when a truck struck his car, killing him and his

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Dobbs, who appears on the album cover.

Release and reception

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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 "

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with sprinting hardcore thrashers and rambunctious Bizkit-ian

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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.

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) – 2:13 #"Get Some Keez" – 2:46 #"My Balls" – 2:58

Personnel

*Mike Doling – guitar *John Fahnestock – bass * Jamie Miller – drums *

– vocals *

– guitar * T-Ray – producer *

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– guitar on "Deadfall" *Glenn Nelson – banjo on "Deadfall"

References

1997 debut albums Funk metal albums Geffen Records albums Snot (band) albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub