It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
"The whole reason behind the title is it's really wide open, it's five o'clock somewhere, there's something happening going on." (Slash)

Recorded in a month, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere is released on February 1995. The album reached number 70 on the Billboard 200 charts and is sold over 500,000 copies world wide.

Album information

By: Slash's Snakepit

Released: February 14, 1995

Length: 69:40

Label: Geffen

Producer: Mike Clink & Slash

Recorded: Conway Studios / Record Plant / Rumbo Studios

Singles: Beggars And Hangers-On / Good To Be Alive

Associated tour: Ain't It Good To Be Alive Tour

Line-up

Eric Dover: lead vocals
Slash: lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Gilby Clarke: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mike Inez: bass, backing vocals
Matt Sorum: drums
Additional musicians: Dizzy Reed (keyboards & backing vocals) / Teddy Andreadis (harmonica) / Paulinho da Costa (percussion)

Tracklist

Neither Can I (Slash / Dover)
Dime Store Rock (Clarke / Dover / Slash)
Beggars And Hangers-On (Slash / Dover / McKagan)
Good To Be Alive (Slash / Clarke / Dover)
What Do You Want To Be (Slash / Sorum / Dover)
Monkey Chow (Clarke)
Soma City Ward (Slash / Sorum / Dover)
Jizz Da Pit (Slash / Inez)
Lower (Slash / Sorum / Dover)
Take It Away (Slash / Dover / Sorum)
Doin' Fine (Slash / Dover)
Be The Ball (Slash)
I Hate Everybody But You (Slash / Dover)
Back And Forth Again (Slash / Dover)

Music videos

Beggars And...

Good To Be Alive

Recording guitars & amps

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica
Fender Stratocaster 1965 (lead) (What Do You Want To Be / Back And Forth Again)
Travis Bean 1000 (slide) (Beggars And Hangers-On)
Marshall JCM 800 2203 S.I.R. stock #34 modded by Frank Levi (for distorted sounds)

Interviews & articles

Coiled And Ready (Rolling Stone magazine, April 1995)
Welcome To The Snakepit (Metal Edge magazine, April 1995)

Miscellaneous

The first band name was SVO Snakepit (Slash Very Own Snakepit) but Geffen decided to make Slash's name appear on the album and the band got called Slash's Snakepit.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere cover artwork has been released by ConArt, a graphic company owned by Slash's brother.
"Beggars And Hangers-On" is the first song Eric and Slash worked together on.
"Jizz Da Pit" was built around a riff Slash had been messing around with for a long time.
Matt Sorum composed the bass part of "Lower", a song referring to Kurt Cobain and Savannah suicides.
"Be The Ball" was written by Slash upon the request of Data East, a company who sells pinball machines.
During "Doin' Fine", you can hear Mike Inez banging on a TV screen during a party.
The whole album was recorded within twenty days.
The band also worked on three more songs that have neither been released nor been played live.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere sold over 500,000 copies world wide.

Singles

	Beggars And Hangers-On Slash's Snakepit From the album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Released: February 1995 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Beggars And Hangers-On / 2. Good To Be Alive / 3. Dime Store Rock >> Official music video
	Good To Be Alive Slash's Snakepit From the album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Released: June 1995 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Good To Be Alive / 2. Neither Can I (live acoustic) / 3. Back And Forth Again (live acoustic) >> Official music video
	Neither Can I (promo) Slash's Snakepit From the album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Released: 1995 Label: Geffen Tracklist: 1. Neither Can I