Slack - Bigger Than Breakfast

From the original Blue Yonder Sounds press release, 11/10/1987:

Los Angeles-based independent record label Blue Yonder Sounds will release Bigger than Breakfast, the debut album by Slack, a white funk quartet from Portland, Oregon.

Bigger than Breakfast conjures an 11-song spell pulled from rap, fusion, punk, psychedelia, jazz, and croquet. Put an Oregon moontan on a skateboard, give it a dance beat and a groove so scorchin' it can dehydrate a fern bar, and you've drafted Slack. From the comedic temporary amnesia of "Brain Toast" to the tater-tot frustration of "Out to Lunch" to the gentle contemplation of "Spiders," Slack's varied stand-up attack not only shoots to your soul, it alters your DNA.

Bigger than Breakfast is the first LP produced by trombonist Bruce Fowler, a veteran of Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa recording and performing units.

Liner Notes

Slack are:

Yorck Franken - drums, vocals
Sam Hagerman - tenor sax, vocals
Stephen Lew - bass, vocals
Kermit F. Rosen - guitar, piano, vocals

Also playing on some songs:

Bruce Fowler - trombone
John Fumo - trumpet

Indefatigable manager: Matt Karlsen

Album released November, 1987

All songs written and arranged by Slack

Produced by Bruce Fowler
Executive Dude: J. Randal Johnson
Recorded by Stephen Sharp at Juniper Studios, Burbank, CA
Mixed by Ken Anteriasian at Pacifique, North Hollywood
Album jacket design and typesetting by Ellipsis...
Creative Consultant: Suzy Beal