10 Things You Didn't Know About Sgt Slaughter

4. He Was Almost In A Heavy Metal Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCAw3xs7U7w In 1985, never one to dismiss a chance for self-promotion or turning his image into some marketable commodity, Slaughter and some musical pals of his recorded an LP, produced through an independent record label they called Cobra Records, naturally. The album includes such classics as The Camel Clutch, Love Your Country (loving ripped off of 'Love Somebody' by Rick Springfield), Missing in Action and The Camel Clutch (Dance Mix). "You love everybody in this land so much/ but if somebody puts down America they better beware .... OF THE COBRA CLUTCH" Doesn't he have a beautiful singing voice? No he doesn't. And the release of ROCKS AMERICA wasn't even the weirdest part of the story. While marketing the CD, Sarge went down to New York City to meet with a big record producer from RCA Records who, as Slaughter tells it, wanted to insert the wrestler into a existing lineup of a heavy metal band. That band was Autograph, famous for their song "Turn Up The Radio". These guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8CcTYsMHYU Ummm... It would have been interesting. You can't argue with that. But calmer heads prevailed and despite assurances from the producer that opposites would attract, Sarge politely declined the offer.
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