''It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

Slash's Snakepit Slash's Snakepit was an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1994. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band with equal contributions b ...

, released in February 1995. The album was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 70 on the American ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and selling over a million copies worldwide.Slash; Bozza, Anthony (2007). Slash. HarperCollins. p. 381. . The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good to Be Alive" were released as singles and promo videos were made for each track. The album was recorded as

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 as a merger of local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl R ...

, Slash's main group at the time, were struggling to come to agreement on musical style on their next album. Slash's Guns N' Roses bandmates

Matt Sorum Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. ...

Dizzy Reed Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed (born June 18, 1963) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 1990. Aside from lead singer Axl Rose, Reed is ...

Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for having a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your ...

as well as associate

Teddy Andreadis Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis (born circa 1962) is an American keyboardist, harmonica player and vocalist, who has worked with many popular musicians, including Carole King, Guns N' Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the B ...

all contributed to the album. Sorum stated that it "could have been a Guns N' Roses album, but ead singer Axl osedidn't think it was good enough".

Track listing

Personnel

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and

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, backing vocals, production *

Eric Dover Eric Dover (born January 19, 1967) is an American guitarist and singer, most notably with Jellyfish, Slash's Snakepit, Imperial Drag, and Alice Cooper. Biography Dover began playing guitar when he was 11 years old. He started playing around ...

– lead vocals *

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, backing vocals *

Mike Inez Michael Allen Inez (born May 14, 1966) is an American rock musician and bassist. Since 1993, Inez has been the bassist of the American rock band Alice in Chains. He is also recognized for his work with Ozzy Osbourne from 1989 to 1993. Inez also ...

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, backing vocals *

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;Additional musicians *

– keyboards, backing vocals *

– harmonica *

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– percussion ;Production personnel *

Mike Clink Mike Clink is an American record producer. He began his career as an engineer at Record Plant Studios, recording such bands as Whitesnake, Triumph, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, UFO (including ''Strangers in the Night''), Jefferson ...

– production, engineering * Steve Thompson – mixing *

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– mixing *

Jerry Finn Jermone Gregory Finn (March 31, 1969 – August 21, 2008), sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, Alka ...

– engineering *John Radzin – engineering *Rick Raponi – engineering *Robbes Steiglitz – engineering *Shawn Berman – engineering *Jay Ryan – additional engineering *Noel Golden – additional engineering *George Marino – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

Other sources * * * {{Authority control 1995 debut albums Slash's Snakepit albums Albums produced by Mike Clink Geffen Records albums