Youth produced Executive Slacks' 1985 full-length, Nausea, and the group experimented with hip-hop for a club remix of the album's single, "In & Out." After Ganss left, percussionist Bobby Rae joined the band in time for its 1986 LP, Fire Ice, easily Executive Slacks' most accessible recording. The single "Say It Isn't So" became a goth rock hit, their cover of Gary Glitter's "Rock'n'Roll" was well-received, and one of their songs managed to appear on an episode of Miami Vice for a brief moment. The group was on the verge of signing a major-label contract, but Marello decided to leave the band, leaving Young the only remaining original member. Athan Maroulis (previously of Fahrenheit 451) became Executive Slacks' new frontman and they continued playing shows, but the lineup never released any recordings, and they broke up in 1991. Maroulis subsequently fronted several well-known industrial and gothic bands, including Tubalcain, Spahn Ranch, and Black Tape for a Blue Girl, while Marello became a notable visual artist.
Maroulis frequently produces reissues/compilations and writes liner notes for Cleopatra Records, and the label released the CD compilation Repressed in 1994, eventually issuing the group's entire discography as the double-CD The Complete Recordings 1982-1986 in 2015. Additionally, Dark Entries reissued the band's debut EP in 2014. The imprint also released Seams Ruff, an LP of unreleased recordings from the group's earliest incarnation, in 2016. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi
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