Antler Dance Explained

Antler Dance
Type:studio
Artist:Boiled in Lead
Cover:Boiled_in_Lead_-_Antler_Dance.jpg
Released:1994
Genre:Celtic rock/Celtic punk, folk punk, gypsy punk
Length:58:20
Label:Omnium Records
Prev Title:Orb
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Songs from The Gypsy
Next Year:1995

Antler Dance is the fourth album by Minneapolis Celtic rock band Boiled in Lead. It was the band's first recording with vocalist/guitarist Adam Stemple, who replaced Todd Menton after his departure in 1992. Founding bassist Drew Miller has called this personnel change the most significant shift in the band's history.[1] Fiddler Josef Kessler also replaced the departed David Stenshoel. Stemple's addition to the band led to a heavier, more heavy metal-influenced sound, as well as a strengthening of the band's ties to the science fiction and fantasy community. Two songs on Antler Dance were co-written by fantasy novelist and Stemple's Cats Laughing bandmate Steven Brust, and "Robin's Complaint" was written by Stemple's mother, novelist Jane Yolen. The album also includes covers of Boney M.'s "Rasputin" and Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper", originally from his album Nebraska.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirman. Paula E.. Boiled In Lead. Inside World Music. 4 June 2015. 24 July 1998.