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Concert Calendar Fri. Oct. 21, 6 p.m. LA Fashion Awards -Premiere Event Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles Fri. Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Eagles Arrowhead Pond Anaheim Fri. Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Gwen Stefani Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Fri. Oct. 21, 9 p.m. Kottonmouth Kings Key Club Los Angeles Fri. Oct. 21 to 23, 9 p.m. The Black Crowes Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 22 to 23, 7:30 p.m. Foo Fighters and Weezer Long Beach Arena - Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach Sat. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Alien Ant Farm Key Club Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Home Grown Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana Sun. Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Sheryl Crow Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Mon. Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Sublime Tribute – MusiCares Benefit Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles
Marjorie Fair talks about music, tours I would like to think that we’re totally young and hip.” With unruly hair and sad eyes, Marjorie Fair has been called Slamka is exactly what listeners a lot of things: The Beatles of the would picture him to look like. new millennium, a love-sick bal“Forget about young and hip,” lad band, even the “masters of said guitarist and lead singer Evan emotional four-minute thunder- Slamka, “I’d rather be headlining storms” by one critic. However, its tours.” members, when asked to describe There’s also Mike DeLisa, the their own sound, chose to quote drummer and self-proclaimed a “possible Amish guy” they met mother of the group. at a coffee shop while on tour in So who’s Marjorie? Iowa two weeks ago. “It comes from a very famous “He read our lyrics aloud and poem. It’s also a magical rose then said our music sounded like from Dungeons and Dragons that a canary going through a xylo- gives you 10-plus to life,” Lusphone, going through a rainbow,” combe said. said keyboardist Dain Luscombe, It seems that the band has inwho tends to act deed received as the unofficial a plus to life spokesperson with the album for the group. Self Help SerHe read our lyrics “That’s totally enade released aloud and then said how to describe in July, already our music soundour band.” getting critical The band, acclaim. ed like a canary sitting around a The standgoing through a cramped dressout track on xylophone, going ing room at the the album is House of Blues the catchy through a rainbow. in Anaheim, “ Wa v e s , ” said the sound which Slamka Dain Luscombe has been comwrote for a Marjorie Fair keyboardist pared to the friend who was Beatles and the depressed. Flaming Lips. “It’s about “Old people the static in always say Pink Floyd,” said bass- our minds,” he said. ist Scott Lord, who, with his baby The guys list everybody from face, tends to take on the role of Miles Davis to Neil Young to Sunyounger brother in the band. “But ny Day Real Estate as inspiring By ASHLEY MAJESKI Daily Titan Staff
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Marjorie Fair’s lead guitarist and vocalist, Evan Slamka, tunes his guitar at the band’s House of Blues show in Anaheim. their sound. But not the Beatles. “You’re not supposed to say the Beatles cause then people pigeonhole you,” Slamka said. Despite the melancholy sound that many of the album’s songs have, DeLisa insisted that it’s not meant to make people feel sad. “Most people wouldn’t think it’s a good party CD, but it is,” DeLisa said. “It’s good for hanging out with your friends and having a beer.” The band is signed with Capitol Records and has been touring since May. They did stop to play on the show Last Call with Carson Daly in August. For many, being on a nationally broadcast late-night
talk show might be the best part about putting out a record, but not for this band. The best part for the guys, who are fans of Lord of the Rings was Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo in the trilogy, playaed DJ at the band’s CD release party. They are also big fans of touring, which is good because they are rarely home. Luscombe refers to the band as “road warriors.” The future for the band will include finishing up the tour in November. There’s really no plan after that. “We probably just want to keep touring,” DeLisa said. For now, it seems that all the pieces have fallen right into place for the band called Marjorie Fair.
