In the late '80s, Big Dipper released four records on the very hip Homestead label, which won them critical acclaim and a decent-sized fan base in the US and Europe. When their Homestead contract expired, the band looked for a new label that could get them to the mythical 'next level'. Big Dipper signed to Epic. The band came home with a record they thought would be well-received. From an business/existential standpoint, "Slam" was a disaster. Was Big Dipper to blame for falling down the corporate mineshaft, or was the reaction to the record just predictable hipster backlash against anything associated with a major label? Or was it something in between? The whole band weight in on this special episode. Hear Big Dipper's Porky Prime Cuts on "Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology": https://www.mergerecords.com/supercluster-the-big-dipper-anthology