The money that was invested in Doin' The Nasty was never paid back, and that's just how the industry used to work. 'There's absolutely no money in doing this re-release. Going back to what Walsh said at the start: the digital release of Doin' The Nasty is about availability to the fans and nothing more. But the big record, Doin' The Nasty, and the companion EP, Smooth And Deadly, they were on EMI back from the days when half a million dollars was invested into a band and never got paid back (laughs).' Tom Mathers reached out to me and asked if I had any Slik Toxik material available for release. 'We had gotten those masters many years ago and I was able to secure a release through Perris Records for Moxy when I got involved with them. 'Irrelevant was different because that wasn't on EMI,' Walsh explains. Oddly enough, Doin' The Nasty getting the digital treatment comes years after Slik Toxik's less loved second album, Irrelevant, hit the internet through legal distribution. Universal had absorbed the EMI catalogue, and believe it or not they didn't know Doin' The Nasty wasn't out in the digital world.' I've also spoken with people over the years who were previously involved with EMI, and it didn't really get me anywhere until I reached out to some people who put me in touch with Universal. First and foremost, it's something I've been thinking about for a long time and obviously talked about here and there with various members of the band over the years. 'It was about making the album available digitally and that was it. 'This was never about this being a big Slik Toxik re-release will all kinds of bells and whistles or a box set,' says Walsh. Unfortunately, thanks to an unexplainable promotional hiccup the official re-release came and went without much notice, but BraveWords got on board to solve that problem. This year marks the album's 30th Anniversary, which has been surprisingly unavailable in the digital world until now.Ĭelebrating the landmark occasion, vocalist Nick Walsh - who now fronts Famous Underground - succeeded in finally getting Doin' The Nasty re-issued via streaming platforms for the fans in November 2021. Thus, Slik Toxik became Canada's best kept 'secret', hitting hard with their 1991 debut EP, Smooth And Deadly, and following up with the Juno Award-winning full-length record, Doin' The Nasty a year later. Given the chance, they could have / would have given any of their Los Angeles-based hair metal peers a run for their money, but alas, breaking big in the US was next to impossible as a Canadian band at a time when rock labels were snapping up everything at home that had hooks and looks. If you're Canadian or happened to be kicking around the Great White North for any length of time during the early '90s, chances are you were aware of Toronto-based rockers Slik Toxik making the rounds.

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