▁New ▁Jersey - based ▁punk ▁label ▁Bu y ▁Our ▁Records . ▁The ▁cover ▁art ▁was ▁executed ▁by ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁artists ▁Pat ▁Red ding ▁and ▁P ete ▁Cic con e , ▁and ▁R aging ▁S lab ▁began ▁to ▁tour ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Stein man ▁and ▁Str z emp ka ▁decide ▁to ▁add ▁a ▁third ▁guitar ist , ▁Mark ▁Middle ton , ▁and ▁the ▁group ▁released ▁their ▁second ▁album , ▁True ▁Death ▁( 1 9 8 8 ). ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁several ▁major ▁labels ▁were ▁b idd ing ▁to ▁sign ▁R aging ▁S lab , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁it ▁was ▁R CA ▁Records ▁that ▁attract ed ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁sign ▁a ▁multi - record ▁contract . ▁The ▁group ▁recorded ▁their ▁e pon ym ous ▁third ▁album ▁R aging ▁S lab , ▁produced ▁by ▁Daniel ▁Rey . ▁To ▁help ▁support ▁this ▁album ▁the ▁group ▁also ▁produced ▁a ▁video , ▁and ▁the ▁clip ▁for ▁their ▁song ▁" Don ' t ▁Dog ▁Me " ▁featured ▁the ▁band ▁being ▁drag ged ▁around ▁the ▁M oj ave ▁Des ert ▁by ▁a ▁mon ster ▁tr uck . ▁The ▁video ▁clim bed ▁to ▁No .   2 ▁on ▁the ▁MTV ▁count down . ▁ ▁A ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Gu itar ▁World ▁review ▁of ▁R aging ▁S lab ▁described ▁the ▁groups ▁sound ▁as ▁" L yn yr d ▁Sk yn yr d ▁meets ▁Met all ica ". ▁By ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁group ▁was ▁tour ing ▁extens ively ,