earthquake weather: MASTERS OF REALITY: Ginger Baker vs. Steven Seagal?

Masters of Reality were active in the early 80s to early 90s in Los Angeles. They have subsequently reformed and played ever since, with leader Chris Goss at the core. Goss is probably is better-know for producing, and sometime playing with, Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. But Masters were/are an amazing band their own right, particularly live. Rick Rubin produced their debut and the sound is undeniably a Rubin record, but it only goes to perfectly frame the sound, not dominate it. His signature move. It was one of the earliest released on his then-nascent, Def American Recordings. Rubin worked on a lot of rock records around that time. Starting with The Cult's Electric in 1987, then with Danzig and Slayer with American. Nevermind the Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magick... Drums are huge on the record like those release, His Hip Hop side bringing the low theory to the mix. Its more grunge blues than the slick hair metal of their contemporaries of the era. The band played blues-tinged heavy rock with a dark Texas backbeat. Broody and grooving.

The debut album came out in 1989, no one really bought it, and it disappeared. It popped up again in 1990 with an extra track and different art and promptly vanished again. The cover art of their first album reminds me of the Haunted House ride at Disneyland. It was actually designed by their drummer. Story is in the promo video for the re-issue of their debut LP on Delicious Vinyl.

Then they reappeared in 1992 with Ginger Baker?! for their second album, Sunrise on the Sufferbus, which actually had a Top 10 hit with She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)