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STREET END DEAD 992

© Demons haunted

Nihhael Barnetf, JUI Rights Reserved.

1

sometimes he

didn't.

He never noticed. "Cursed insects. I hate them,"

fingers don't

and

while snuffing flies, lighted on the spoiled meat

over and so

Once

i<illed

made him

it

cry.

in the refrigerator.

Summer

Elizabeth, tragically involved, smothering

They met

"Dead End

in the

He continued She waited

to

District."

kill.

window

at the

sill.

Avoiding capture, creeping to the place he lived

with her. And there on the floor as he

looked at his hand, he

he shouldn't have

him

asleep she wondered about the grave.

that time rain

turn him

woman: had

him cry

his pain too

in sheets.

fell

Clouds

She was

in.

woman;

a bad

mean woman without mercy.

a

raised her. He'd seen her

a sick

Louis

through bad

times. He'd been there but she didn't care.

she

let his

pursuers

And

in.

at the

by the brook,

sip water;

opened

It

A bomb

it

long after her

was addressed exploded.

mind? She'd wanted

arrival,

to Louis.

Was

to read it

it

Now

a

She

djrt

it

down my

drips

I

stop

chin.

beat as one with the lady in the

long to dance with her again. Death

I

shades music from ears that don't hear and

lost

come and

on my

cat claws I

my

the years drift past like

skin.

her in June

when

moon was

the

fijll;

down

in

her

the night was cool and blue.

I

it

was

where the grass grows

woke her then put

tall.

1

carried her

nothing but shredded paper. She added it to the

her to sleep. The rustling wind blows through

fire.

the trees, settling on

and

his clothes

sat

naked in

He

at the

of

brace.

fi^ont

my face as

I

turn and look

empty sky and remember her dead em-

From the ground she speaks, her voice is as the web where the spider plays. And I

think of her and the way she lay and her hair fire

This

afi-aid

he'd notice her.

Sometimes, as he looked out the window, as a reed, wearing black

— and she enjoyed watch-

he would masturbate ing. Later,

when he

slept,

she would clean up

and dreaming of

his mess, licking her fingers

is

where

I

the river, for this place looked out

he remembered. He

felt

"People are insects.

on one. And

he'd lost paradise.

watched the world. He grew

Why

He

do they breathe?"

in front of the

window and

watched and wrote. He wasn't a very good forgot to put in

she'd once been.

nails,

commas

prose burst forth for days at a time.

looked in the mirror and was pleased.

She walked to the window and stood

he made the words rhyme. He considered

try-

ing to get his work published, but he didn't

He saw her. "How do they get in here?" He swatted her with

electricity got cut off in the

She backed away

summer.

LOCAL/METRO/BAND

in haste.

"Get out,

he said with a vengeance which made her

fly!"

do\m and

break

won't find her. She's peaceful in her grave. In the evening

fall.

He It

window and watched

Then he went back

wrote:

"I

watched a

to work.

fly fall

thinking

it

looked a

lot like

my

I

can't help

lost love

—

He

still

sits

in his

He didn't know he wooden chair. His

her

set.

Autumn —whisper winds; day. Night

falls,

singing,

I'm alone in the

my mind

weaves

its

tune. I

won't

let

her go.

That would be immoral. Years

word

for

whore.

They found

my

ber

dance

roll by,

death.

I

It

It

hall tunes.

was

there.

here. I'm not

is

I

sing at night

was "Beth."

I

know

the

learned

its

I

aft-aid.

me in the grove.

remember her name.

The End

Elizabeth Szoro."

had.

lay in the dirt, kiss, feel

fall.

to the street.

smashed on the pavement below.

I

And she's there and she's not and the sun

doesn't

"Flies don't cry," Louis thought, but briefly,

as he pushed her out the

her

sheets.

melody. Night

cry.

Louis died of hunger.

know how.

in ft-ont of

on the

morning I walk to town, face masked from the seekers. They search and dig but they

the desk where he wrote his prose.

— but

Sometimes

red

In the

smile.

She was falling in love with Louis. He didn't know she was there. She dyed her hair, painted

his swatter.

cold.

He watched them on the street every day studying. He found a pencil and yellow pad. He pushed an oak desk

whom

her

belong."

in

dug the

grave of my misty eyed, leather clad love.

erator that day.

One morning not

I've

but was

Days rolled into nights. He looked out onto

The

walk to the grove where

thin

He sat on the couch where they'd made love ago. He decided to stay where her memory lay. He considered himself lucky. "Why

— he

I

He had a massive penis. She wanted to touch it,

— not so long

writer

A cloudy morning, air-worms squirming the haze.

the window. She enjoyed looking at his body.

—

face painted with grease; he looked

I?

by Louis

he bashed her. With a

window.

shouldn't

DANCE OF THE DEAD WIVES

tears won't

letter arrived.

floor.

He went on the lam He'd loved her. Was she dead?

silver chalice

He mourned. He returned, thin

up

—

on the hardwood

My heart once

removed

golden fork he stabbed.

cotton —

fell

had

Louis realized he was no longer cold.

But Louis was hip to her game.

his anger faded.

It

is his.

become an obsession with her, the grave, and she didn't want to go there. Had she been there before? She wasn't sure. She cleaned the refrig-

Into their house they came.

With a

every night

in

lit

when he

the fireplace.

her mind. She had no choice but to

in

And

she

fire

inside

to endure.

Round

she watched and she read by the

A tear

Elizabeth Szoro saw

formed

but he wouldn't be deceived. So he wrote and

And something

—

what's

they get in?"

lost a single tear.

cried.

died.

much

"How do

turned to winter. Cold the apart-

ment grew. Louis never knew. Then one day a knock on the door. He didn't hear her come in. She sat on the floor beside him and looked out the window. He thought he heard her breathe,

sought solitude.

in grief,

move anymore. His stories are He lost his love twice and more I found this poem lying face-up

Louis, hopscotching

through his mind. Sometimes he

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FLORIDA RAISED SESSION GUITARIST STRIKES OUT ON HIS How

long has

it

been since you've been in

Tampa?

bands together from the session was doing. I kind of learned to become the the bass, the guitars, the whole band by myself drums, and, as we all know, I'm a killer singer! to try to put

work

Not since the

late 70's,

You were born

when we moved

to

LA

Tampa, right? I was bom in New York. I grew up here. I moved to St. Pete when I was three, then to south Tampa when I was four.

I

in

Singers are weird, just not really stable; a lot of

them

get really scared of

get close to

ences

Yeah, back to the start of

that

it all!

of our readers have been involved in the

lot

Tampa music scene

for several years. I think

they would like to hear a

little

anecdote on what

was like when you were part of the music scene in Tampa Bay. How was it?

original

it

There were a

lot of places to

jam, a lot of places to

was real open. Everybody had fun. It was a good music scene. A lot of those places were down on Dale Mabry. There were a lot of cool gigs and everybody knew everybody, so if you showed at

someone's

you usually got to

gig,

much. The club owners weren't really into it. They were afraid that the audience wouldn't know when to stop dancing if the band stopped.

Pretty

to

what

went

to

LA

the

first

thing

I

He

My manager

called a

guy

in Lakeland.

manager asked he was, his dad said he

us his

record.

Was

and

was join

would ask me to join bands to replace people who had left or been fired. From there I went to doing session work. Then I started

a band, or people

he

a

Tampa Bay

res-

ident that was just in L.A. or

sounds

and doing an

was he

instrumen-

there?

homeboy

project?

That would be fun.

You

told

me

earlier that

you were used to

putting together every piece of the ensemble yourself. Is this truly a band effort or do you still

do a

lot

of the instruments on the album?

There's a lot of tracks that are just me, but as the project developed

What songs on (TVT Records),

it

became a band

this first solo

thing.

album, Triality

you do yourself? "The Rosa Queen," "Gapistoni," "The Knife" and a few others. I do everything, except for singing. did

me about "The Rosa Queen." That has something to do with Stevie Ray ... The day after he died I had a concept to do a song and it just fell into place on that day. I wanted to mix a very envisioning groove with some kind of weird vocals, which I did. Tell

living

Are you planning on getting out and hitting the road? Definitely,

1

miss

it.

Have you put together Yeah, the band

is

a lineup?

pictured on the

album

cover.

I

He was from

Are you going to start your dates off here?

my demo, that's how I

Lakeland

I

had just moved

approached

out there.

happen?

Have you ever

Maybe

When

did

did

getting you, Steve Morse and a Florida

a'

approaching it with a lot of

number came

over the next day and sang and he's on the

taking a gui>

and

in

and he

did —

I

was

LA.! So he gave

'Nobody approached a solo record like

where

his father

just

I

and

said, "Let's call

The guy's father answered the phone and said that he was sorry, but his son was not home. When my Florida!"

has

tal.

What prompted you to venture out on your own? I grew up doing what I call garage band concerts. There were always bands. There was no solo thing. You always had other people to play with. I

they

LA

tried a couple of other singers out in

wasn't happy.

Fi-

nally,

it

haven't been out to any clubs yet

When

When

come about?

just

sions.

tar

scene in town then?

I

it.

I

did that

went back to doing ses-

play.

there really support for the original music

Compare the local music scene today was back then.

making

they really get down. After

with I

vocalist

Was

it

How

said

play. It

up

making

a few experi-

Are you thinking of moving bacit here?

A

—

Any chance of Greg AUman on

Yes, Lakeland.

OWN

it,

and then

I

got signed. After I got signed lyricist

I

had a chance to jam with Steve

got a

Morse?

and a

No, but

singer.

You

and

would

So, maybe by the end of

pre-

earlier. It all

summer something

Do you have any intentions of moving back to Tampa Bay area and maybe worting with of the local bands?

Definitely.

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ask me a good question and I'll answer it!'* Jason Bieler yanked on my arm, leading me backstage at Saigon Kick's triumphant homecoming, backdropped by the Atlantic Ocean during a RECENT holiday WEEKEND. THIS WAS SAIGON'S FIRST PERFORMANCE SINCE THE RECORDING OF The Lizard and from the look in Jason's eyes, it was obvious no exorcist COULD REMOVE THE BAND'S MANIACAL INTENSITY* J^MELIGION, POLITICS, ANYTHING..." **Only true journalists survive with

on,

,

more than the look in his eyes. "Welcome home. Matt" I embraced. "Good to see you made it back from Sweden intact. When we spoke last you were just heading out to Stockholm and hinting about some of the songs. After listening to

must admit I was taken aback. Having met Jason often, I had never known him to be so outgoing. My impression of him was that of I

an introverted the one

we

artist,

see

own

creating his

around

us. Before

I

not quite residing in

reality, yet

could

come back with

a question.

The Lizard, you were definitely not blowing steam." "Like Jason was saying, we wanted a vibe of another

Jason bad jumped up on the concrete plateau that separated the backstage from the aowd. Waving at some fans that had recognized him from across the beach, Jason continued, starting the interview without me. "Tlie kids are numbers, they are a demographic, they are a

continued.

to be a musician^ I'm not here to be a guitar player, I

I

don't give a fuck

don't give a fuck about demographics. I'm here to

break out. I know people, man, these people are lost, they want to feel a part of something. They want a vision, they want to believe. Leaning over the fence, Jason yelled to the crowd climaxing his statement.

Damn

"Hey, I'm proud of each and every one of you!

want

it!

And

I

go

place,"

room

to

Matt

calm

We

me about 'God Of 42nd Street'". "That's one of my favorites. So many

just

it

gets, the

darker

it is. I

think

we

find Matt,"

suggested. "Let's see what he haSjto say

I

heavier

it is,

the darker

it is,

me

"To

way.

of "Chanel."

everything." Jason explains. "I like writing lyrics in a weird

it's

some guy wants

If

summertime bounce

to the lilting

not only a band for the senses, but a band for the mind.

is

Yea,

I

back and analyze what I'm writing about

to sit

read into

man.'

it,

1

don't care

if it's

true or

not

Sex.

you think it means just go out and have a party, then go out and have a good time. God loves ya', man." The interview was suddenly interrupted as Matt and Jason were called back outside to prepare for their performance which was com-

scuba diving,

politics...if

ing up in moments.

secured a position on the stage behind the band.

I

From my vantage could see nothing but a multitude 1

across the beach.

of fans sardined

The thousands there were chanting the reason

for

their unanimity: "Saigon Kick."

The crowd's fervor

bands believe that the harder

capture something with this song

that a lot of bands are failing to capture. Instead of going with the

to say that!"

"Let's

putting crazy people in a pink

"42nd Street"

Saigon Kick

he'll say.

went over to Stockholm. The vibe of the city in the winter is dead, so, it was a very dead, dark town. Everybody in the town had a very weird vibe and that's what 1 wanted to capture." "How about the songs?" I directed the question at Matt, afraid Jason would lead the interview to another never-dull tangent "Tell

product of the fucking government, they don't break out! I'm not here

about producing,

"It's like

them down.

of

we wrote a mellow song with

the darkest

immediately, a

intensified as Saigon

mosh

Kick hit the stage. Almost

proportions developed, limbs, music,

pit of epic

and blood intertwined with the energy of the moment The band had arrived, and like a freight train, it was plowing over everything in it's path.

about the new album." to talk about that for?" Jason snapped.

At one point Matt overloaded from the audiences frenetic feedback,

Uh-oh. Rule #1, never interrupt the guitarist and songwriter for Saigon Kick when he is pouring out his soul, no matter how dement-

dove headfirst into the crowd. Obviously unplanned and taken by sur-

ed the frothy brew might

crowd which was

"What the

hell

"When man

do you want

prise, Saigon's

taste.

ame out of the slime, he went for a walk and he found

Cod

love you,

if

you

like us, that's the

about

it's

ment

We bang and we're happy. If you like us,

don't, well, that's great, too.

whole object

want you

I

No one's supposed

"No, Matt

crowd

97%

Stockholm." By this point the

mark and we headed

is

is like

(We

1

but

all

humidity had surpassed the tem-

knew

I

Matt tackled

if

thcwsands of years

on the comer playing guitar or you're bab-

old!

You

get

really small.

one

is

more than

And when you

paying attention to you, you

make I

along for the

trip back.

Jason laughed. "Just of my^lf!

out about myselL.it's just so cod. The

first

time

I

I

found things

walked the

streets

I

was on an acid trip. Some guy was walking here a thousand years ago moping about his girlfriend, or moping because he didn't have any money and then here I am doing the same thing. And you think how time danges and you realize that time doesn't change anything, man. It's amazing, truly amazing." As if he were waiting for Jason to fini^ his thought, Matt Kramer walked into the room. "The chameleon," I call him, since 1 always have to do a double-take to make sure it is really him. Sometimes he

was

totally sober,

and

1

felt like

I

blavds4ntO:.thexrowd,;^soinetiine&.hestandsQ^:Of:iy^

unimportant

I

just

the

to

me.

I

feel

that

if

not about

It's

knew a very melodic type

of

pressure on their sophomore efforts," first

I

album, but The Lizard takes

of us.

"I

We

think you're ever going to get a bad

don't

all

go

in

completely opposite directions but as

a

new

record, we'll always

when its time to get back and come out with a great record."

looked at

my

recorder; the tape is

was running

low, but

On The Way" being

song to break the band to mainstream America,

I

I

had

who were haunting, completely haunting because the melody hides

lyrics. It's

the song really

is."

Jason interrupted, jumping Street

and no one

else

is.

up

aggressively,

"Fm

the

God of 42nd

I'm mentally whatever you want to be. I'm

&

wondered

mind and any limitations that anybody else thinks. I do want to do; not many people can say that You make the music you want to make. You break the rules you want to break. As long as you are you 1 respect you, even if being you is hating me," "So, if you're the God of 42nd Street, who is Uie Lizard?" I snapped

actually happening

back.

to

looked at him, waiting for a response. After a few

came.

"The Lizard Joob in

Saigon Kick vin

is

you, the Lizard

is

me.

We

all

are The Lizard," Jason

almost expected to hear Matt chanting Goo, Goo Ga the background. I

mkid.

is

one of the few bands that write songs with the

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lyrics

being fan|

roll roots.

truly free of

prophesied.

if

new

"What hapi^ pens if 2 years from now we walk into a supermarket and we start hearing Saigon Kick muzak? Is that going to offend you or compliment you?" Matt paused, not quite prepared for the question. Jason and I not avwire of the band's solid rock

whatever

I

to ask

heralded as the

labeled a "ballad band" concerned Saigon Kick, especially to

how sinister

Remembering Jason's apparent hex from outside, I asked him if he ran into any old ghosts in Sweden, some of who may have tagged

lot of

one more question. With "Love

makes you feel small and insignificant and no great art,

feel

long as everybody drops their egos

out in the middle of the

come up with some

one or bvo. about lead-

I

opera singer and

Matt continued,

album out

it

because you have no inhibitions."

feel

Saigon Kick to a new plateau."

Europe you

a thousand years! It

feel really

just

"How do you

you want to hear the words you read them. was background than most rock and roll singers.

if

"Most bands have a

night and you go out for a walk and see cannonballs stuck in walls that have been there

confident that the

to say people will be interested.

commented. "You debut with a great

silently attacked by the forces of

bummed

felt

music."

Americana. "You can't go out into the States without running into anything that's more than a hundred years old In Europe everything is

ones.

I

— not

in a different

My mother was an

think you're nuts but they leave you alone. They

he was being personally, yet

new

this question. "Risk is

you have something brought up

as

the lyrics to the songs

asked.

hearing the words,

in. In

The stage may be the aquarium, but thi

have the hardest time trying to keep Matt in

of them, including the

lyrics?"

inside for a breather, not to mention a

might not have any money, but you have art." "I appreciate the European culture," Jason continued, defending

I

ing one of the few bands that you can hear, understand and

Do something with yourself!" album then. Tell me about

respect you as an artist to do what you believe

fish.

was watching Saigon Kick on stage

entire audience

Europe because it's really conducive to art" Jason's tone had changed. I had touched upon a subject, not only of immediate interest, but of deep personal feelings to Jason. "You go into the

may

to

when

laugh at Jason's ridiculous analogy.)

all

While

"I love

bling, the people

a

the ocean, and

diversion.

streets reading poetry or

down with me one more lime

asked, "Were you concerned

the aquarium."

"Well, let's not talk about the perature

I

Matl dove into 40,000 people during the set?"

,

don't know.

our discussion. "Jason,"

finish

I don't want you to go, 'What a decent band you have, gee, what a kind bunch of fellows you are.' I don't want that shit Just gel out of my face! I want you to say 'You guys suck so bad that I went iii and punched my mom in the mouth after seeing you!' I want you to say, 1 love you guys so much that 1 went and got a tattoo of your face on my back.' 1 don't want any in betweens. I want to see people fight for what they want Criminals attacking poor people for what they want! I respect that! Get up and do something, piss somebody off.

1

his clothes off to the

the vigor which enveloped the band

all

before the show, Jason and Matt sat

to

love me.

make somebody happy,

all

was now pure energy.

it

Afterwards, depleted of

me or I want ytxi to

to hate

the process of tearing

in

njshing beat of "Body Bags". The show had gone beyond entertain-

himself a wife, then he stuck himself back in the slime and he was happy. That's what

crew rushed into the throngs to pull him out of the

"I'd

have to take

it

nwments

his reply

as a compliment although the thought

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came out June 9th

It

in the

do you see your musical expression in reference to your spiritual beliefs? It's quite basically known. I'm a Satanist. I mean, don't try to hide

think there

cally

a certain sect of listeners that lyri-

is

How do you

Well, basically desensitizing people.

Do you

commissioned to desensitize people?

feel

a contributing factor.

It's

How

do you

about other musicians with a

feel

completely opposing spiritual view?

We've just recently put something in our rider that says something like this: "No Christian to be

bands or Christian acts Deicide."

We

on the same

bill

as

don't want any Christian bands

sharing the same

as us.

bill

But how do you

about them? In other

feel

words, personally?

what they want, you know.

Let 'em do

only ask

I

Do you

believe in life after death?

I

...

And where

for

it.

it

The torment that I do anything about The tor-

pleasurable type of torment.

now,

live in

ment after

What

can't

I

this life

partake

I'll

the torment

is

—

only acknowledge his existence and

I

own hate. My praise and my who was wrongly judged

now

I

Do you

hate Christians?

I

when

I

like to

my way to show up at my shows

don't go out of

they

put this hate upon this world, which

Do you

give slack to the people that ask for

only

it.

prophecy, somebody asking for

and lusL

that they can live a

Existence, existence, basically, existence, a very

tormented existence that

on myself and ever. It's just

1

have.

brought

I

have no regrets about

I

something

something you have

it

Lord takes

it,

he

world and

this

Very

is

what Satan

I

it

whatso-

live with. It's like

which

is

a pleasurable tor-

ment.

much. You

going to be plea-

sunble? like a

God

knows

...

fearing Christian, they like to base

what Cod says

Why would

I

I

sage.

do you

feel

about people

who

don't under-

Everybody's got their right to voice their opinion. If

me

they don't want

them,

I

voicing

my

opinion about

suggest they don't voice their opinion

will rule,

then

he

If I

will

If I get there and he says, "Oh, well ...," that's my problem. 1 don't ask anybody to sympathize with me and I really don't give a fuck what anybody thinks about me.

me,

I

is

I

Bible

in the

really don't.

[

don't give a fuck

I

body to follow

who comes

in

His

name,

preaching His name but not being real and using His

money and

His

you're getting is

beyond

wrong

that.

My

is

live

What!

my

hate

hate

it,

or

my

to

my mind my

know what

1

is '

hate them because of their morals and their moral sense of I

Their

body.

everyday,

You want

the bottom line

our

confusion:

Do you who has

...

goes.

I

I

whole.

I've

Why do you

they get

me

little

riled.

hate Christianity?

the power of

my

feet, there's

Do you

it.

for

it.

my

I

is

would consider no

Christian that holds any kind of mythological

greater than myself

power or mes-

anyone.

I

I

like a I

wouldn't have

care about the kids that you're influenc-

ing?

Come

what do you want? Do

on,

fuck out of every Christian

I

I

come

gotta beat the in

contact with

Do you want me to bury you up to your neck and then show you who's in control? You want to see how much evil 1 actually have in to prove myself?

my

soul?

I

am

capable of expressing myself in a

violent manner.

So what. You know how to let your flesh go crazy. Big deal. So what? That's not a sign of something powerful. me, to your false prophet.

You'll never hear

come out

walk

in this

me

repent

You'll never

hear the words

my mouth

because he did

of

not die for me. Your

never hear

you'll

God

me. Everywhere me. Everywhere I walk

fears

world he fears

I

me.

I'm not avoiding you, I'm asking you to have lunch with me, and you're running away from me. WTiy don't you do this? When I get back to the States me and you will have a little confrontation

— my

pay you back

st>'le. I'll

'Til

then,

May your God

I

in full for this little

bid you a sickening

rot.

to violence.

There's no coward in this son. I'm going to slam the

God

right out of you.

I

would knock you so

hard on your ass that your God would run right out of your soul.

You know where the real power is, Glen? None of what you say affects me because love is more powerful than hate, and no matter what you say

They

to

me

I still

have an overpowering love for you

because you're created in the image of Cod.

aggravation, they

You stand

clear from me; you stay away, because you step on my toes any further than this, then I will deal with you in my own special little way, and I'm sure you don't want that. I'm not going to be responsible for what happens to you.

But once you've stepped on

no avoiding

was with a Christian,

— — had

That's a coward's approach. You have to resort

God?

things to aggravate me,

then once they've aroused tend to try to avoid

They ask

Do you

farewell.

never met one. There

what

coming from something]

It's

lit-

talked to you.

fear a true Christian

sianic powers. I'm not fearing

do stupid

this

interview.

revenge.

right? — and you would respect that?

why

known

his people avoid

guess they could say the same things to you,

like to

you would have been straight myself from the beginning

if

like

I

But as far as religion hate Christianity as a

life 1 feel

I

something that

by,

life

surrounds

Christianity and everything

Are you willing to admit that

That's

and

person

is it

something that completely

for

that has to do with Jehovah.

on

something that

always in

is

is

ideologies

really believe

believe in,

will be judged.

agrees.

don't ask any-

something that you enjoy? It's something that I honestly

deceiving people

God

my

rewards that you receive with that torment. Let me tell you something. Hopefully you'll print

of Christ

Do you

name

living off the people in

name

I

my

life.

1

about me. I

I

about anybody.

value.

stand or agree with your musical expression?

a promise.

It's like

about false prophets. He agrees

spiritual leader.

How

a selfish lord, the

king of hatred toward everybody else, why would he give you a throne? Because I'm bringing his mes-

I

like

to

and that he

the rewards of torment, there's a lot of special

this

with you, and He says anyone

ALL

I

you're

Exactly.

I

on where they're going on what they have lived all their lives. I'm gonna base my opinion on what I have lived all my life and on what I know, and what have been told by my their opinions

article that in hell

life

...

what you're saying

Well,

(laughing)

That's a spiritual thing that a person

an

said in

|

it's

got

going to rule on a throne.

says that

now

is real,

I'm rewarded every day. Every day of

why he

believe him.

and that

is

think that the Devil

tle

|

for

What source confirms

about, that

is

kicked out of heaven because he loves himself so

Glen, what you're preaching to right

—

truly rewards his followers?

I

that way.

me

see the judgement occurring?

if Christ returns here, we have it our way the only way we'll have any hope of saving this world we live in is to destroy him and have him

Do you

much so. I'm told all the time by the closest my life that only care about myself

likes I

come a day.

knife.

it all

to sustain in order to achieve

the ultimate torment,

my

embrace

judgement

self-

quite a hypocrisy watching

It's

because if their Lord should ever come back to this world he would definitely spit on 'em. As to

you know,

believe in a

removed from this world. We don't need any type "Doomsday" sent by your God. As far as that goes, we the Satanists will keep growing year by year, year by year ... and let's just hope when your prophecy does return that it isn't me, or somebody like me. sitting there holding the

a selfish lifestyle. It's the ...

in

exalted.

That

Confrontations provoke me. Ignorance by the religious community provokes me. Somebody

money and donations so

is

and exaltation

people in

What provokes you?

false

glorification

you

of

really believe that? Satanists will con-

flrm that Satanism

in.

it?

a type of

is

Sunday morning with signs and leaflets, they'd all have us arrested! But when they come to our shows and they raise a big stink the only people that end up going to jail are the kids that are

far as

believe there will

If

world and God doesn't. For God

punishment, but in the long run it's only the lambs of God that will be punished. The present days are our festive occasion.

I

Do you on Earth?

lives

How do you

and that is the hate that stands there for the judgement handed down by Jehovah. That's why this

to say to

finish these questions, because this is

our

for

and they're chanting and preaching their crap to kids that are there to have a good time, that's garbage, man. Now, if we showed up at church on

pissed off because these people are there!

me

Let

only one thing that stands between that,

Satan rules

would have

I

person.

have the answer for the readers?

is

...

There's nothing that

I

There

I'm never going to deny the fact that

speaking

really talk

tion of creation.

trying to piss off the Christians.

O.K., about false prophets

you would look forward to

to Satan

is

down with you sometime and

Well, I'd like to sit

for the readers.

I'm preaching nothing to you.

that is so terrible that

loyalty

my

Wrongly judged? Why? To answer that question would answer the ques-

after this life will be a

torment

feel like

I

I'll

my days. This world just makes me yearn

rest of

so miserable,

live in is

believe in torment,

I

where I'm going that

believe that

torment for the

live in I

after death.

is life

though.

down, break out her

fall

him

these people live off of the faith,

do you see the destiny of your soul?

There

forehead, go to the

be an eighty-five year

there'll

hate Christians.

of greed

the same.

freshen

it, 1

you an instigator?

are

harass 'em, but

think you affect them?

my

in

it

aggravate Christians.

affect.

I

So

Why do you

your listeners?

think about

rosary beads and start praying.

I'm purposely

it.

see your music as a strong influence on

Do you I

burn

cross,

old lady wanting to

How

I

up my

supermarket where

States.

I

if

it.

think that the consensus of this genera-

way? Do you think that you're many people your age? There is so much restriction and so much, uh, what's the word to explain this? I think it's censorship in a way. I mean, kids are so excluded from everyday life. Our generation is growing up with the idea that nobody has the right to tell anybody what to do, and we're leaving a generation where elders have dictated what we do. I think that it's time we started making the decisions and let them people dry out Our country is so screwed up as it is now, man, and I think they've made decisions long enough for us. We tion feels that

voicing a feeling of

That's your whole

—

are so closed-minded as a country,

it's

sickening.

there

is a

Would you be willing

Satanic entity that

motivates you?

is

'

speaking through you

m |

your music? self

it

the devil him-

speaking through your|

music? The spiritual

He

Is

Devil,

I

would

mm

No way. Who do you want

exists.

I

Just shut the fuck up. In

because I

You're never respon-

I

in

fact,

I

would suggest you little magazine

your stupid

have very smart Satanic lawyers

were you

I

would

...

so

conversation never happened.

Yes, I

I

am

a Christian. But,

I'm doing this

interview

impartially, I don't judge you.

don't like you because you are

I

I

a Christian.

Well, Glen,

it's

if

just consider that this little

Christian?

I

Lord

to

confront with me? Are you a I

lifestyle.

what you do, are you?

not print anything

I

say.

your Christian don't believe in

exists, just as

to be

proven wrong?

Of course.

Who

sible for

been a pleasure talking to you.

Hasn't been no pleasure for me.

matter, have dealt with hypocrisy from their leaders, their parents ... When someone

me

about the new album. Roger Martinez: We've released the fourth album, entitled Released Upon The Earth. Tell

take Christ and what

What

many

society and

art.

was the

realize is that Christianity

1

arts for cen-

many

find

introduced into our world as

things being

we

art, yet

are

viewpoint,

made

did your style of

music come about? For us, music was created by Cod. We're those styles of what we're doing. at us or

the religions,

who

here

1

...

but

it's

really not

God's

kids are looking at

Many people

Do you

it's

it

is real,

The

Devil

How

is real.

He was

do you feel it's more powerful? Because we're the winners! It's like seeing two armies go to battle and both armies have some pretty gnarly equipment and armament ... the

but just as

it

seemed

as

in

me.

shoes

first

spreading

something

is

music world and the peo-

in the it.

my

My music

everything that

I

do.

when

I

go out

... I

Just as

see

it

about Him!

and do you

as part of

My music

my service me around is

a part

is

buy a pair of

to

to Cod.

to

tell

I

will

people

the expression of what

is and my message Him. I want to do for the readers of Thrust Magazine: If you look on the back of our record there is an offer for one hour long tapes produced by the band with different positive messages that we sell for $3.00. 1 will send one tape to everyone who reads Thrust Magazine for free.

relationship with Christ

what others can something special

find in

to

created as Lucifer and

to realize his power, just

if

is in

think there

I

use those shoes to get

remem.ber that God was more powerful because he was able to cast him out of Heaven. Satan has the ability to give what is viewed as rewards,

Why

says in the

do you see your music in respect to your

It is

the

come up

with.

It

spiritual self?

of

he

When you want

plans.

how important music of God.

ple just don't see

God

powerful than anything a Satanic band could

fell.

own

they were not a part of God's plan.

heavy going on

think that he truly rewards his followers?

more

Word

the

and blaming God.

think the Devil

if

That's just

fault. It

Now

to fulfill his

it

destroyed

air?"

the decision to go against God's will.

play

Bible that the musicians will be one of the

asked,

blowing

is

uses

to

When

to these kids.

dren and instead they betrayed them.

a hard-

judge us musically without

even hearing our message. Spiritually,

all

true and

is

as real.

We want

told these parents to love and cherish their chil-

core/grindcore/thrash band, the combination of

would look

is

them

the fault of the parents and grandparents that

is

how

here

ple they love

truly the real art makers.

From your

what He

for

scam?"

They are doing the same. God has been misrepresented to the whole world. They wonder why God has done this or that to them or to the peo-

volved themselves from society in such a large

now

for

was investigating

"Who

have disin-

turies. In recent history, Christians

degree that they

God

present

Christians have failed to

He has

say, "Oh, what's this

as musi-

when we

fill

music. The devil is said to be in control of music or that he is the creator of music, but God was the creator of music. The devil just

deception of their past, and they tend to not

They

We

turn out to be a death.

cians have a great mission to

approaches them with another form of leadership, they can only remember the lies and

We've also been touring all throughout the United States and Canada. Different doors are being opened in many places. Explain the history of your

gifts will

Jim Jones were giving

the people a gift in the grape Kool-Aid, these

—

who wins? Like the scripture says: "Let us who puts on the armor, but let us boast who takes it off." And that's exactly what we are! For the ones who are not going to win to claim to be the most powerful is absurd. It's something that we see very

Choose wh'jh one you want there are a lot of choices, but I will send a copy of one of these to the readers for free. You can find the list on the back of our records. It says $3.00, but mention that you read this interview in Thrust and we'll send it out for free.

clearly.

Do you

Why do bands

listeners?

reality

is,

not boast

with opposing spiritual ideologies

Definitely.

think they're more powerful? believe that they truly think they are

1

The deception is so strong. into battle thinking they are superior and then they get wiped out. I think it is a

It's like

the

more powerful. army that goes

on them.

kind of funny: we're accused of being blind, but the we're the ones with our eyes wide

open. We're the ones

who

we're coming from

out of concern.

see clearly. Really,

when

they attack the very thing that

them

out,

guys

like the

time

if

trying to help

—

in Slayer,

trying to befriend

I

minds because

they were

my

my

they are

sit

I

brothers in Adam, therefore, kind of like

It's

am

I

my little my little

con-

really insane

is

...

call

your band

because we ask people to come

"show me"

them. As

hypocrisy

far as

understand. part that

I

my

accepted Christ

that point

serve

my

attitude;

we want

faith!

will die trying to

my

me and my

on going

I

never said that

to be a perfect I

man;

1

I

was from just try to

can. Just because I'm a

mean that I'm not going mad and take a guy's head off.

Christian doesn't

Do you

show

to

one day

think they are looking for a perfect man,

rather than a perfect

Cod?

All their lives, these kids,

and everyone

else, for that

defend I

right to perform

beliefs.

I

is

out there eveiywhere, even

in

the Christian

think people should stop judging what they

God's taste and realize that there are

all

feel is

kinds of glorifi-

cation of God.

Do you

take a personal responsibility for the

message

of your music?

much so. Although I don't say 1 am perfect, try to convey the true message of God. What 1 do or how I interpret His message may not be how God wants to be heard, yet I strive to do His will. 1 will be an example to those who listen to or are affected by our music, so what I say or do will be my responsibility as to what repercus-

tiDliCII

I

sions

come

of

it.

comments?

Any

last

Yes.

We want

past in their eyes, either.

Lord the best way

get really

to

concerned, they just don't

is

My professing Christianity is no claim on 1 am a perfect man. Taking Christ as my

Savior does not erase

When

I

Very

do you address the people who

to us with the

my

who perform

—

Ignorance

brother.

hypocrites?

That

about other musicians your views?

do you feel about people who disagree with your Christians and non-Christians alike? form of music

doing.

How

k

the world might be saved."

don't agree with them, but

How

brother, someone were trying to deceive you better know I'm going to be all over that situation. ... The same thing with these guys: they are my brothers, and hopefully they will come to respect what I am If

to

in direct opposition to

according to

said in other interviews,

I

feel

Him

hope they would defend

condemn them. It blows down and talk to them just as

brother. As

cerned about them.

me

in this

their right to perform according to their beliefs, as

put them down or

to

do you

music

get a chance to talk to these guys they think I'm

I

going their

How

unfortunate

It's is

them, but that through

where

them Deicide or whomever; every

is

allowing

Him

accomplish with your music? Bottom line: To get people to accept Jesus Christ and come to know Him as their Lord and Savior. Like John 3:17, which I sign with my autograph at times, "God did not send His son into this worid to condemn

the limited viewpoint.

someone who

is

What do you wish

in

is

God

way, I'm very lucky.

term signicifance of it. They only see the immediate perspective,

is

It

to serve

They don't understand the long

It's

get mail from over twenty-three countries and all express the influence our music has makes a huge impact on people. I'm excited that

history.

ultimate reality

We

in the world,

deception that unfolds

time and time again

see your music as a strong influence on your

the people out there to

know we

are avail-

any way. We just want to reach out and let them know they have nothing to fear in God and we want to do all we can to help them come to know Him. You can call our 1-800 line, (800-548-5222); it's a toll free call. Someone will be there twenty-four hours a able to help

day.

them

We just want

in

everyone to know that God loves them!

I

1

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WARREN

ACES WILD

BRANDON, FL by Im onn le«li St Warren have been together

DAVIl

just a little over three years, with

Lauderdale based Aces Wild, after a brief

together since birth! Along with Brij and Brad, there is Jeff Alan McDonald on bass and J.J. Stevens on drums. The band has enjoyed a constant loyal and extremely rabid following in the Tampa Bay area since it's inception, especially with the younger crowd and the

tion.

No

doubt, a

the support

lot of

and enthusiasm

looks, clean lifestyle

is

due to

Warren's

St.

performing.

in

Warren have just completed a tour of the Southern states for Mother's Finest and headlining several dates at such clubs as Hammerjack's in Baltimore and The Bayou in Washington, D.C. "We just got off tour with Mother's Finest and basically what we did was just tour the Southeast. Georgia, one date in Florida in Panama City at Spinnakers, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C. then Baltimore, Maryland." I asked how it was St.

opening

touring with Mother's Finest, considering the drastic differences in

same genre

the two bands. "Actually, they kind of are in the

music. Our new record pretty heav^.

It

is

went over

pretty heavy,

really well.

1

kind of funk, but

it's

of it's

mean, the people have really it. They came there

never seen us before, but they totally got into to rock

and see Mother's

Finest.

much

never was really

I

into them,

knew

but the people -;- ^^

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:

how he has chosen

is

to

moment

of considera-

summarize the impact

band's music on society. "In the Eyes of the World"

is

the

song written by the band, and may soon become the

the

own unique style Todd Remington and Scotty

started a project that soon developed into

music. The acquisition of bassist gave the band the

finality to

most musical projects. Aces Wild did not set out most unique sound in the new 90's realm of music. They have taken the most prominent elements of rock & roll those musical trends that have lasted throughout the decades, and ,

it

new

to endure. Their

high energy approach has taken the sound to new levels and added

an explosive combination of powerful fretwork, dynamic vocals, and a wide range of musical influences and lyrics that will engulf even the toughest of crowds.

The

live

performance

to experience this act, as

is

the best

medium

in

frontman Scotty K. has mastered

worse

then

others they

were

each performance. One strategy been exercising "It's

is

in particular that the

band has

the spacing with which the shows are booked.

much more important

for us to be writing

recording them consistently than

it is

new songs and

to be constantly playing out,"

our way of giving

back to the fans. By

explains Dwayne. "This

didn't

songs that we have already writen, and neither do our fans."

really

is

it

continuing to write new material, we never get bored with the Aces Wild

is

currently in the process of completing the construc-

The intended purpose

very hard, but then some nights

studio will include pre-production for future recording projects.

We

Other plans for the band include continuing to write new material,

we

sold

out!

tion of a 16 track recording studio.

perform

most of the shows were sold out and packed." To get a better perspective on the band I asked Brij to give me a brief update on the goings on in the St. Warren camp and how he viewed the progress the band has made towards their goal of becoming icons in the world of rock. "We've lived in Tampa our entire lives. In the three years since St. Warren was formed, we'd been playing out, little shows here, little shows there. We were

Florida tour and possibly branch out into other regions.

young, we'd just gotten out of high school for a we formed St. Warren. That's when we really never really tried to get hooked

iocal showcases,

for the

and begin laying down groundwork

played Virginia Beach with Jefferson Starship, and on the whole

couple of years, then

blood; and his

name

kick, wails

for a

"At this point, we're holding off on doing any serious touring

we have a project to support it. It doesn't pay to go out unless you have memorabilia to leave the people with," illustrated Clay. The product in question will most likely be the release of their first album. The band has been writing a slew of new material that they describe as "heading in a straight forward direction." Over the last few years the band has matured and developed a focus with until

music that is evident with every song. "OuF song writing ability and the process of how we go about

and intensity from guitars and vocals similar

Zion Knight began in 1989 when lead guitarist Rick Grey-Lewis had an inclination to form a rock unit that had emotion without the normal redundancy of most metal acts. Rick then contacted

Dave Mikeals, who had just come out of a major touring act that had been signed on A&M Records and had opened a successful recording studio in Orlando developed what

is

Fate smiled lovingly on the

Mikeals and Kempa.

Two

think in the last year we've proved play, we'll pack. girls

band.

If

So

at first, like

I

considered a

ages follow...

',

and

face

growing weary of their providing drum backup for Private Property when he learned of the Zion Knight project. Tommy contacted his friend Greg Trombo (bassist), and the two of them reviewed the first demo of Zion Knight, entitled "Twilight's Last Gleaming." Without hesitation, the two decided to lend their talents to Zion Knight and the complete lineup of mid-Florida's most electric metal act was intact. "The whole motivation of Zion Knight is to promote unity and the faith it takes to achieve unity not only in the music industry, but in life itself. For example, if everyone in the Florida music scene could learn to support one another, rather than tearing each other down in the name of promoting one's particular interests, the Florida music scene could make the current Seattle splash look like small beans ... if only we could all work together. The concept is to

—

unify, to

make

the rest of the world say, 'Hey, there's really

serious stuff going

down

see our area lead the pack in the music industry;

everyone know that

we

are in support of

they are doing, not just our

bands adopt says

this

Tommy Are.

same

own It

we want

original bands

to let

and what

We would like to see all the our benefit as well as theirs,"

scene.

attitude, for

Well said.

,

some

Zion Knight wants to

seems as

if

these guys have the rigtit

in for a

dramatic sound, a

lot

along the lines

Whitesnake meets Megadeath or something like that. It's really hard to compare bands or classify them. Every band tries for their own uniqueness; whether it's achieved or not depends on the crowd

and you play music you

how well the band goes over. Just as every person has own uniqueness, think ever\' band has its own personality. like to see Zion Knight come across with the image of just try-

response, or their

we've tried to prove that theory wrong. We've consistantly written

I'd

good songs and put on great shows. We did well at Livestock and played the Fourth of July last year and again this year with 98 Rock. Things are moving along pretty good. We've got a lot of record company interest and things are moving along pretty well with our

new manager: things are really starting to happen," Brij relates to me over the smacking of Starburst candies being fed to him by my

in the Florida area!'

of

I

band. Through the years

little girls

creation of Grey-Lewis,

of Oriando's best

and motivation to spur their talents on to greater heights. Tommy goes on to explain the sound of Zion Knight: "I would

them wrong. Any Tampa club we said, we were known as a little

you have a good looking

will always be

all

band

little girls

new musical

rhythm musicians were then current endeavors. Tommy Are was

have to say that we are

you're just a

— The Difference Studios. Dave and

Kempa as a support guitarist and the three now the blues-based metal band Zion Knight.

Rick recruited Scott

guys with long hair, we were always able to get an like, 'Oh,

to those of

Dennis DeLong of Styx fame. They offer up heavy and hard tunes, yet still have a sound that is basic enough to draw a mass appeal.

ideas

were

The Word Of God." Listeners are

a "big" sound: roaring basslines, heavy drums, layer after layer of

up with any managers, we never did cover songs, we always did headlining stuff. From the start, since we were younger looking ing. People

called

is

wrapped up in their personal faith would normally force upon them. Zion Knight has no intention of pushing their own faith on the public. What they are adamant about pushing is their own style of rock & roll, which carries a message much deeper than some organized form of brain washing. Zion Knight has what I qII

Aces Wild has developed a reliable fanbase that eagerly fiocks to

using us for a filler date. They

push the show

I

that those

to create the

will allow

Book Of Revelations: Verses 11-13. "And saw heaven open and, behold, a white horse: and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in Bible, 19th chapter of the

K.

begin etching their trademark sound

added to them the things that

of Oriando's Zion Knight begins in a thunder-

quick to assume that they are about to be lectured about the things

into stone. Unlike

which

The debut album

ous, melodramatic reading from the King James version of the

of

its

were

moters

We

title to

upcoming first album release. And oh, how the world will look upon it. Aces Wild began in 1987 when founding members guitarist Dwayne Hart, keyboardist Clay Herron, and drummer Mike Parisi band's

somewhat charming personality. Even through the thick cloud of smoke eminating from the demonic smoke machine (it was possessed on this particular occasion!), it was easy for the crowd to become involved in the band's display.of energy and musicianship.

... you know. the pro-

started getting into the scene.

of a

the art of captivating an audience with his enthusiasm, and even a

where were

basically pretty

of the

title

that thcy

wcre pret\s,^ ty heavy; they were wild live. Some nights

a\

That

FL

by lee ann leach

the eyes of the world," blurts out Scotty K., vocalist of the

"It's in

Ft.

good

ORLANDO,

by korat

the exception, of course, of brothers Brij and Brad, who've been

female gender.

ZION KNIGHT

FL

I

ing to spread

harmony and unity

in

mankind

as well as the faith

The band has been on the circuit once before with a different .As word has gotten out that Zion Knight will be returning to the circuit, I've come across many who remember what Zion Knight was before the addition of new members. Zion Knight may not be a new name in the mid-Florida area, but it seems as if they lineup.

writing songs has definitely progressed," interprets Clay. "The lyrics

enough

anyone to read and understand. We are message with our songs," adds

eight year old.

are intelligent

The greatest point made to me by Brij was that the Tampa Bay area has one of the most thriving and opportunistic rock scenes in the nation, and he wanted everyone to be made aware of the privileges we all have simply by living in this area. "In every town and city we went through we were amazed at how much more we have going for us in the Tampa Bay area. There are no forms of press in order for the original acts to publicize in, there are no clubs that

just trying to get across a basic

will return

Dwayne.

very deserving and enthusiastic troupe of musicians.

"We're really not trying to target any one specific audience with our music," says Scott, "We're just saying what we have to say and

For more information, contact Zion Knight at 35350 Cross Fmitland Park, FL 34731.

and the radio stations wouldn't even consider playing a song from a local band over the air! I didn't real-

want unsigned, ize

original bands,

how much we have

bands, and

here to

tell

1

here in

Tampa

that gives support to

don't think the othrer bands realize

everyone that there

is

no place

like

it

either,

Tampa

all

the

but I'm

Bay. This

St.

their

Warren have come a long way in the past three years, and for young age have made some very intelligent decisions and

taken most of the right roads in order to

no reason why these guys endeavors, especially

will

when

it

make

it

to the top.

I

see

not be successful in their musical

comes

to

enthusiasm and the ever

popular schmooze factors involved in getting there.

For more information, contact Brandon,

we hope

that

FL 33509-2966.

St.

Warren at P.O. Box 2966,

whoever

common

band's most

for

is

listening will be able to relate to

reaction from

first

time listeners

is

it."

The

usually

one of amazement. Compliments such as, "I wish 1 had seen the band sooner," or "You guys are so much better than I expected," have become the norm and are even becoming a regular occurance. Aces Wild made

UNSIGNED

I!:

looks as

CD

featured the band's song entitled "Straight which subsequently began receiving airplay on Don't forget to call and request it!

if

Aces Wild truly has begun to place

the eyes of the world. actually

radio debut shortly following the release of

Heart,"

WSHE (103.5). It

its

"The Dotted Line, " a compilation of South Florida's

best talent. The

Through My

place really rocks!"

it

will take to get there as a society."

It'll

itself in front

of

only be a matter of time before those eyes

open and take notice, 'So take the opportunity to see them.

They are a window to the future of rock & roll For more information, contact Aces Wild at 14450 Davie, FL 33325

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lBl8^]hii^yiBfllMi8#^t!^^@BBB81liB their first recording effort

BAD INTENTIONS

HAU, and that they will be out

studio on June 6th, this time laying

their

and about as soon as Anton's damaged

tracks at Full Sail Studios in Oriando.

song could eventually end up on

knee allows.

Big

BLAIR

bass are also in pre-production for

are in need of

TYGER TYGER

adrummer to replace "retiree"TOMMY

U

KTM

Vocalist

ROUX

has de-

parted Cast Of Nasties after "completing performing obligations," and has

moody and

revived the dark,

CINEMA U.

lOOtt

Kp states

that, "...the focus

that will please rock

on music

and

roll, alternative

Though an EP

and

industrial fans."

making, a 3-

in the

is

song preview has made

some

guitarist

FlYNN, and drummer ROSS

MYERS. is

gothic

Completing the Cinema

69 troupe are bassist

TONY

way

its

into

OF FORTUNE)

are "getting the

out of Dodge," to quote fronlman

hell

MARC T06IE. A recent visit to the Big Apple

NY

(that's

you non-geo-

City to

graphical types) resulted in

prompting the relocation. The

fore

Bay by

TALLY and

titled

seem that they share

It would

Spinal Tap's misfortune when

comes

trol

willing to risk

it call

GANG

have been terrorizing smaller

venues

in preparation for several out

town showcases, most recently

of

May

AMULET

Rock-it

seems they had the luck of the bad luck (or should

I

have a

new

Al-

I

and

Irish

it

—

say bad people)

see

"Beyond

Belief,"

and threw

4th.

It's

good

a

it

car stolen from the

parking

Rock-It Club. .Along

lot of the

with the loss of transportation, she

Club on

to finally see

manger had her

also

out!

had quite a lew

shirts that

tapes, flyers

and T-

belonged to the band stolen

Changes

pop up

starting to

&

in rock

all

camps The

over.

are

first

comesfromTHESNOW. BassistDOUC

UFPS

is

are

of

mer.

ED FORACKER,

formerly

CIRCUS OF FOOLS. Also, The Snow

who

has moved to Missouri to

RON TRAVIRS

return to school.

now mixing

for the band.

is

The Snow

another 10-song recording

will release

that will be a half and half combination

and

live

material. Five of the

from

taken

songs were

a

live

performance on Febmary 9th, and the other

five will feature all

who have

vocalists

the different

graced the stage in

the last few years with the band,

current

including

vocalist

and

PAUL WILKINSON, FRED GEORGE and BRIAN JEFFRIES. DAVID SKNCER, longtime drummer for The Snow has bid adieu to his bandmates, guitarists

in pursuit of

another adventure not

revealed at presstime.

auditioning drummers. call (813)

The Snow If

is

interested

397-2040. Congratulations

recently of the group

attack.

A

Killian's

and was put together with the

LOST

called

AHGEL.

BACKSUT ROMAHCE drummer HICKY L is

HASTY

forming a new band

now a full-time member of SCROOGE. Bruce is not only hanis

months, yet plans are already under-

and graphic show that Orlando has

world-renowned

everseen.lfyou see tourists with Mick)'

is

ist

in need

ofa bassist Call 813-7914342

FOXXXHEAD are to get the much

deserved respect from their male peers,

GIRL LONDON, an up and coming

all

their

female band hi\t completed

demo

featuring rocking tracks

it

quits.

new

original

Bay

some

his

knee by dislocating the kneeap

really extensive

capillaries,

unplanned hiatus

down

Bush

will be entering

rounds at many IoqI venues.. The

KEVIN SKRATCH,

ENLOW,

BARNEY lACK BUCK.

guitar;

drums; and

to

than

its

share in supporting the local

music scene. On a happier note, the long awaited opening of The Treehouse is

finally

here and featured a

killer

service..'\lsocatch the Cenitorturers

Bart)ara's

that the

Bush

area, but

no

official

word has

in

made

the semi-finals.

15

bands

girl

all

film

September. Also back in town

who

traveled

FOXXXHEAD was one of them. TODD GRUBBS is finishing up his

cisco

feature length CD, as yet untitled, but

to a

it

to

3

set 3.

be available everywhere

Todd

is

also

working on an

Show

video has been

line-up in June and July.

IMAGE,

I

DONT KNOW, TYGER TYGER, QUIT, THE GOODS, AMBOOGAIARD and many more. For information on the bands playing,

listen to

label-less

WSHE or call

in

and a con

ex-BRATZ drum-

Crim-

to

form a

new band by the name of NAVARONL All

members of Navarone are excellent

musicians and are

still

looking for the

can contact Paris

797-0309

at

in

Clearwater.

demo was recorded at Morrisound with ex-AUTODRIVE members and includes "None So Beautiful," "Into

the tunes

the Night,"

and "What You Really

Want."

Virgin Islands which after the assault

DT

of the

now

boys are

considering

changing the name of the place

to the

the tropics, Deloris Telescope recorded

indefinite stay in

KEN KELLER on

a

new

tape. Describing the

Midnite hinted that his

new project

new

tunes,

including "The Poppy Field" and "Win-

dows" have

classic roots

with a pro-

a

new

12 song cassette which will soon

called Ting.

As usual, Tampa people, we are always willing to report your band news, but

JAVIER, Tampa's most famous

we

gotta hsar about

it first!

Keep us up on what's going on and we won't

gressive approach.

Downtown Records

be available on

fail ya'!

Until next time...iiappy

trails to you...

Spanish rocker, went to the Olympics

Late Post: Look for party rockers

sort of. Actually, his hit single,

D J. Bums (no relation to the infamous through Florida. They're calling

be released in

has had a major overhaul, subtracting

Javier also

be glad to

know

name

of

Alternative-based

drummer

Ian Hartsok

Proefrok and adding

(bass).

They

will be

wish them a

bassist

Jim

new members

Joe Dixon (drums) and

at the Button South

hotspot Memorial Day with a

and

Tom

on May 16th.

We

is

putting the finishing

SQUADRON

Studio.

opened

who were

SAIGON

for

lucky enough

rate performance!

THE NAME

is

right along in their career.

completed a full-length

moving

They

CD

A lour of Florida

is

planned to promote the CD.

VANDAL pertormed a mind-blow-

ing showcase for several .A&R people

is

due

to be

re-

NO

FRAUD,

Florida's definitive

hard-core band, are doing a video for

and

ENGUSH ROSE

all

completing

MCA

THE MAV-

recording artists

ERICKS celebrated

their

recently with a party at Desperadoes.

major

nner Records, celebrated their release

summer. May

16th.

Look

lor their

single to be released

upcoming

around the middle

of June.

DETOUR,

HRRA

re-

PLANE

this

it

the

kicks off in

Room

The lineup

Wn demo

FLOWERS

of 4

in

will be

busy

showbiz personalities.

out!

Summer is

scheduled

just completed a

new songs and

that night included

and Load. .Awards were handed out by local

release.

.Av\-ards

Button South.

Raped Ape, Ainbeesalard, Mealleckcr

it

for Virgin Records,

for

at the

Jtalcvokirt Creation, CYnix,

Check

September

at the Purple

The Reunion

annual Slammie

first

was June 25th

many

album

for

and Washington Square.

The

studio in Pennsylvania finishing their

is

Look

Records.

month with shows

currently in the

YOUNG TURK

for a

Gled Sound Studio was busv cently with

on June 25th.

party at the Button

SKYLER debuted at The Treehouse

EP on Debut

album release

MALEVOLENT CREATION, who

kick off about mid-

it

and be sure to pick up the band's new

Grotto, The Button,

have completed an album for Roadru-

cities to

and

other dates elsewhere in the magazine

Meanv\'hile.

summer.

"Safe Sex '92" tour

their trek

Tallahassee on Sept. 25th.

they are planning a tour of Florida's

leased in late

just

to be re-

The album

making

Spain during the big 500th Columbus

demos.

lot of luck.

M.O.R.L

hopes to be headlining in

Justice) to be

anniversary celebration in October.

Potts

returning to the

just

returned from several weeks in the

town

songwriter

...

touches on their album at Gled Sound

.

Wes's

deal.

Spread Wide Open Islands. While in

while he works with local producer/

right lead vocalist. Interested parties

demo

Tampa Bay area this weekend

as nothing like his old direction,

John Jones are no longer

They have joined forces

him

that they signed

DJ

454-4504.

leased .August 31st.

a manager), showed

DB

concert that rocked the island.

FORGH

liar

demo

bassist

much

so

developmental

DELORIS TELESCOPE has

mer Tommy Gunn and ex-MAXIMUM

ex's!

and impressed Hit and Run

Mgmt

ing Barcelona, during the Olympics.

band has a new drummer, a

at

lead gui-

in the

artist as

Wes

from Quebec to San Fran-

"Vanished" was aired in Spain, includ-

Gainesville transplant by the

The club has

DHOUR, JAILBREAR, FACTORY BUCK, featured SPLIT

now

WES DEARTH,

tour with IRS artists, Marillion.

from across the country entered and

for

is

has recently completed a national

BIG MAN,

will

will

Gentry,

tarist Paris

it

aikdMondoArl which New York film festival

new

debut at the

headed by lead vocalist Scott Arbogast,

early October. Early followers of

first

doors recently. The club did more

lic

to record a 6 or

American Music

7 song debut that

guitar;

Not

at all, Barttara's

Area band have been making the

JOHN MALLORY,

to

causing an

for the band.

Works on August 15th

vocals;

damage

did

and rupturirig

time.

a

At the

ANTON

SCIBER jumped from a monitor and

on

slow the band

BLUE MOVIE,

style.

band's last show, vocalist

98 Rock and request

called

bad the band's namesake

bordering on alternative

To further support

tough enough to make

It's

Ex-BAD INTENTIONS

very posi-

the same!) with their rock

do

can't

KATS KILL and The Mike

lot of

to find a parking space experienced a

its

thank Gen and the band for their pub-

CHECK,

will

announcing an

tive talk (too

Rock-it Club along with Bella Donna,

Tampa Bay Rocks. MISSTAKEN have

as the)'

from LalloPolooza, you can

in fear

Many of those were

causing problems.

BARBARA'S BUSH! These

Bay area

Recently, the Foxxx's played at the

call

the

Mouse hats screaming madly run

in a

up

KICK. Those

the Beach closed

be

will

received over 3700 entries for this

this business without thieving assholes

local

a sad day for South Florida

YAMAHA SOUND

pleasure of

Penrods on Miami Beach was the

It vvas

which

a 5-song tape

as well.

may we have the introducing to the Tampa

The Treehouse

when Summers on

make

elections at hand,

guys are stirring up a

band,comprisingofALVILlANUAVA,

for further info.

month

in a

son Glory (who incidentally have a

Hiture plans were available at press

also involved as

to enter the

force behind the

as well as an expanded venue itinerary.

Pachelli Group.

most intense

Cen promises will be

a new

Female rockers

Orlando's

show which

a completely uncensored

been with Scrooge for only two

MIDNITE, the voice and driving

continue on.

finally starting

named wonder

importantly, the

Lallapollooza festival in Oriando with

put on hold for the time being.

remaining for

the one

New York. More

from

Cenitorturers will be opening the

is

chores on several songs. Bruce has

cal

SEAN,

player,

raised. Phil also stated that after a

drummer and

sample

also ventur-

popular Todd's

No details on each individual member's

SUBUMiHAL CRIMINAL guitarKEITH WARD, but the band is still

new

ing into

instructional guitar video, but his

ager Phil Ventimiglian over $1600 was

band members would search

for a

territory by tackling vo-

dling guitar chores, he

in the Fall.

stick

ex

BAHON

banded and founder BRUCE

Look

Former fire

has dis

the continuation of his EP,

THE

their tune "Misfortune" for airplay

is

140 Clemson Road, Venice, FL 34293.

Or just send a 29t stamp

Who was visiting Tampa recently butGENoftheGENITORTURERS.Cen shared that the band has a new bass

ATOMIK COCKTAIL

Florida bands

CHALK, ST. WARREN, ASAP and UROK. According to Bella Donna man-

reprieve, the

a measly

sending your well concealed cash to

been given whether any Tampa or

help of SECRET SERVICE. Other bands

much needed

is

formed unit

from the

expenses was held at

ftjneral

WALK

subscription

issue.

year's competition.

go

benefit to raise funds to

towards

the band,

MiLIS, the former

Hayes, but decided to

A year

scrap the deal and go with an already

The

BELLA DONNA,

that performed were

all

S2 for 6 issues and can be obtained by

July 18th, of an apparent heart

marriage, as well!

NIKM

Wade

guitarist

GANG

ex-ROXX

Interestingly, only

on

are in order to Dave on his recent

HABIT vocalist,

was previously working on a

Jeff

future project with

available to the general public.

"TellMe"and"AWOL."

We are sad to report the very tragic

by

a must-have for

bands.

"Think Twice,"

and untimely death of drummer BOBBY 'BABS' BABILONIS. most

is

recently lost their sound engineer, Bill

of studio

will feature tracks

is

underground or non-main-

indie,

fol-

having his very empty

filled

Clark,

CD

ThenewFLORIDACONTACTUST now out and

is

at

The new

release.

COLLISION.

stream original Florida musicians and

DONNIE BENNEn studio

departing the long-together

troupe and spot

low up to their debut

Gainesvillian's are

from So. Cal's pop/punk RHYTHM

vinyl

ol

Morrissound Studios recording a

roll

be inter-

will

clear 7 inch

which has just released a

MISERY LOVES COMPANY has added Jeff Maye as their new drum-

to

posted of their progress.

what

it

local

POLE RECORDS,

listening to these days!

way

MANOR

BEDLAM

Tone Un-

like

bass player,

formerly

STORMBRINGER

boys in the band promise to keep us

Seems

the

is

song, "Paradise Lost" The

indie label, STIFF

are getting prepared to take

esting to see

has brought some bad news their way

With the upcoming presidential

PADIALLE,

VIERRA TIERRA opening.

on Se[v

I

ever

on May 16th

single tape at the release party

to miss this one!

release party at the Rock- It

cases are pending.

MAX

at the

I've

as well. Tyger Tyger's merchandise

third EP,

Fort Myers at Serena's. Local show-

shows

though the Tyger guys sold out every

SILENT SCREAM has releasedtheir

in

live

seen! Tyger Tyger held its record re-

them!

6YKY BANG

don't doubt it Tyger Tyger

with

swear they get better every time

813-882-5679.

rollers

the Bay area by storm;

night with a major label rep "to talk."

You won't want

drummers

always happens. .Any

the label interest that Tyger Tyger has

has one of the best

SBK

TONE UNKNOWN, who

called

known

I

at the State

Theatre with a band from Gainesville

rage up north.

lease party in Clearwater

MCQUEEN STREn

live at

the band's various shows in the area.

four musicians tooling off into the

tember 3rd, once again

5-

its first

show

played a

There's been a lot of whispering about

spawned.

new legion of fans and sent the

Records'

and something beyond anyone's con-

self

show

debut. The band's July 26th

Colorblind will be opening for

hire a drumette

drummers. They

to

it

storm with their

virtual

a whole

to play the circuit except for one teensy

Tampa

have taken

The Rock-it garnered these upstarts

at

vocalist

LAiNE SINCLAIR are geared and ready

numerous

potentially beneficial contacts, there-

sassy

BASTIAN and LINDSAY BALLAS along with bassist

Raunch and

WHinASHAIintformeriy SOL-

and the

COLORBUND

"Daddy's Money." Guitarists KITTY

problem.

Musical differences are cited

as to the reasons behind the split up.

like "Dirty Valentine"

clutches.

DIER

GUNN.

^1a«:f«ie

t>»<-

released

song EP, which was recorded

Man

new

here and the heat

South Florida. Peace.

is

on

'

"

RAY. Rumors through

pulling 1

ing

Baxter and Mark, long time morn-

show

Merrit Island) and

on Orlando's WDIZ,

fixtures

were recently replaced. Tampa Bay's

Most obnoxious morning and Ron,

hosts,

Ron

gap

via a

the studio's

Locals EIETN

facilities.

also imported

some

working on their

latest

been

be

filling the

simulcast from 95YNF.

MASSACRI effort for

Earache Records. The 4-song

EP

Inhuman Condition

titled

(from Gainesville) have traveled to use

COLUMN, lABV BLUES, BRAND NEW LANGUAGE, RICH WALKER, INSIDE OUT, and RUSS FRAZIER have also

will

talent while

MR. AHITUDE

features

in to record.

Ex-DAMAGE

on the Massacre

in to sing

on June

released

rest of Florida, as well? Last issue

ville

seemed that everybody was dio; this issue they're

some damn

work on

ex-DOfB

was flown

The EP was

Tyger

BROWN and drummer SKEETER have

The band have been tracking

version.

the hell are you Jacksonville and the

REIN

joined forces with

guitarist

DAVE GAGE to form DISCO BISCUITS. at Full

summer release. Bassist Mike

Sail for a

in the stu-

fine products

from some

"We were

played three gigs

in Casselberry.

Trucks

was recently featured mRolling Stones

Hot 1992 was

The young

issue.

released a 6-song cas-

The band

Studios

Gigantic

at

Melbourne Guitarist

are continuing to

EP

for a future

in

release.

It

JACK ENDINO

posa, produced by

(whose

past

credits

again, this time the

from

vanced, smoother Rein Sanction.

entitled Gravity's

Endino's kept the essence of the band

feature

will

in local stores soon. After thir-

week,

Mart

down

stripped

show

stage

all-original set-list character-

S500 cash, a $500 Music

gift certificate,

long-time

and look for

SUMMERFEST

participated

...

similar contest,

a

'91, at the Stab'on.

In other club news, Orlando's hot-

live

and "Falling Trees

test alternative

dance club, the Edge,

has been making a habit of bringing

of Humanity."

in

Extreme metal band AZRAEL are

top quality national talent They be-

putting the finishing touches on a 7-

gan with the BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE/

song

PUBUC IMAGE

was recorded

last

year at Signature

The band had

studios.

to hold

due to chang-

off finishing the project

ing band

Slave

release. Television

local

members and empty bank

accounts. With the band lineup solidified,

they have just finished mixing the

project According to guitarist

KOELBIE, "They

ROBIT

just installed

monitors at Signature Sound

monitors made

in the mix."

ALTEREGO, KID CANTINA, * STONES, KNIGHTHOOD, STEADFAST and VESICANT have also STICKS

been tracking

at Signature

will

in Or-

were blown away

Out and about, BLACK JACK

FVRJMID

have been seen. They

on to the

me Slow

show

played possibly their best is

more

and crowds as

attention,

them

open

to

Shades

at

SECOND

for

DRUM AND WIRE THC

you want I

goes

it

to get into

Thaist

work with, send me

doesn't have to be perfect, but

It

with over 700 bands on

these days.

file

mags.

to gel into the

with your dates,

I

have

re-

you

If

may not

me

mention

will

I

call

be able to

column. Fax your IoqI

in this

news, press releases to

me

641-7030 and you

see resulls-l

will

promise. Hope to see

at (904)

on the

ya'

astral.

are in the

and look

local charts

for

more

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m.

Both tapes have been doing well on the

by A%att

action

soon.

may

Tallahassee

known

be

for its

each have a good melodic base of clas-

the sports you can on Sundays,

If

sec-

sic

heavy metal tunes. They'll be head-

lining the beaches area,

RPM's the 2nd

week of August Tapes will be available at the

show. Look for more dates from

ond song the crowd of classic rockers

Retribution by keeping your eyes on

Thrust.

arms. Lead vocalist Tony

is

also top-notch. Alter ingesting

you get over

gest

to

Grand

over.

all

I

pumping

local talent

MIS-

from

hailing

Crawfordville, Florida, just a few min-

live,

If

you can't see

look for their cas-

programmed

And

sug-

AND THE BLUE MONDAY GUYS. THUNDER ROAD is band

programmed during

locally

is

the day and nationally satellite.

SISSIPPI JAMES

blues

which

night via

Finale's for

consists of local talent featuring

Gress'cl

all

Monday Night Blues Jam. The jam

the

a

me

if

EU

such as

PD

radios everywhere!

formed

the station

willing to air them. Mr.

is

Z-Rock

said

in-

the local talent meets the

criteria for their niche in the

he

is

into

Horn

Jeff

at

market

Horn also

be bringing national

will

acts to Tallahassee

and

bands will

local

TRASH PALACE

be the opening acts.

isabandZ-Rockisconsidering. They've recently

come out

of the studio with ."

sette in

your

jam

entire

and

is

favorite retail store.

blues at

its

The

ever."

died

Boomers, a club near the UCF cam-

alternative

in

OF and industrial band BONEDANCE have both played there. you want your Orlando musical

THE

accident.

"Whiskey Momin'

SHURLOCKE recently opened for MCQUEEN STRER here

national act

Three other bands

in Tallahassee.

recently

emerge

to

in the smoke-filled,

SNAHERPOSTS, MUSTARD SEEDS, BUZZFISH, BOB ANTONY OF THE CASUAL T'S, AND JENNIFER

SWITCH GEAR, SNIDELY WHIPLASH, and FOOL'S FOLLY. Switch Gears

KERMEEN

frontman Tony Young

Stephen

band

car

a

their single,

very finest

A benefit was held to honor the two members of JODY GRIND who

pus, has been showcasing loal alter-

If

fi-

in late .August.

turned to Docksides.

well.

a great place, since the

Heavy blues

like this. If

order

little

chaos around here, so

to the

them

bands have been drawing more and

from nearly any vantage point

native talent.

somebody's got to bring a

town

"grabbed

electric vibe of the night

don't like rules either, but

1

get out to do them, but

Thunder Road

fellow

rules;

nally got the singer that they needed.

Atlanta's

is

we go again with the

this issue, here

OUTCAST have been playing Westside. for

your name

if

a tape and bio/photo are the best ways

utes out of Tallahassee.

FOLLOW FOR NOW. A

change cant

bit of

FAITH NATION and PRESIDENT RAY

correspondent told

Sound.

A good

all.

over town, most notably THE SENSES,

sent

Well Jacksonville,

not mentioned here or elsewhere in

a tape.

has been

it

MO-

knees and played

it's

or any other rags

get the airplay that

Look

FAWl

UNT SKYE from Atlanta have brought

may

hurt at

have a

LEE'A

looking for a bass player.

still

take off and, yes, possibly local music

missing.

FROG

these days. Alter playing the beaches

was up

in

look for Rock 105 to really

fans

open

to

and by the

for Blue Oyster Cult,

it is,

and

for. If it is,

slot.

you were there, you know what 1 mean. Tyger Tyger returned again

selling their tapes all over

might be the dude

just

been praying

top-ranked sports, but the music scene

unnecessary.

is

hope

it

reliable

RETRIBUTION and LUCIAN BLACQUE are similar in style, and

ange Park with Jacksonville metal band

RETRIBUTION on the opening To say that the club owner and

1

all

from

it

and then Jacksonville was rocked

an ab-

blew the doors off

Docksides, opening act

are

TONE

length release.

full

area 8 weeks straight in a row, the

two of Florida's best unsigned band

Shades

sources that

we've

HELPING

ITY and MAD AXE are breaking records

and

new program

news: There will be a director and I've got

audience up on stage with the band

filling in for

at

has had every-

KARLJAM. Local rockers SLOW

opened the show

for

WFYV ROCK IDS FM

Shows have been happening

upper-level allows a view of the stage

...

Mariposa

Recently, Jacksonville played host

at the

all

look-

The metal team of CRONIC REAL-

a

be available August 14th in stores.

show

channels, and hell, they are

damn fine songs anyway. Me? I'm

More

and a good Florida

also a possibility.

their live

shakedown

In radio news, the

Wise invited a young lady from the

and

Look

.No

real. .Also,

European tour is in the planning stages

to

Florida

UNKNOWN

fine tape available, too.

Seattle rising

most recently featured stars

show and

The Edge

...

Television Slave to be out soon

UMmD

new

you wouldn't believe what a difference

re-

ing forvvard to anything that these

BIRDHOUSE. Tyger Tyger debuted

who

the bands

and Faith

September. Time to get

is

and be

in this rag,

impressed.

time, but this

guys put out

namely TYGER TYGER and ZOMBIE

to

will feature

same

Guns

YRS

Darkly Wise was recorded on 16 tracks

all

in

that

and $2000 worth

of audio and video recording at

Multimedia studios. Congratulations

Sound

Roses, Metallica

'.N'

winning set The prize

band's first release TTie Witching Hour.

favorites "Arrival"

leases out at the

wait too long to buy tickets for

Out of Control. The EP

titled

consists of

August and

an unsigned act to have two

EP

32856-8884.

cassette has a tentative release of early

for

Lollapalooza has sold out, so don't

ized the band's

The

will

new songs. The band's management says it isagainst thegrain all

The band has been recording a 4-song

and an

studios in Melbourne.

Rainbow, and

be

band writes songs the way most people

band at P.O. Box 568884 Orlando, FL

A&D

will

flip

tour

are mixing the follow-up to the

be

new CD

onstage at the Orlando Lollapalooza

BANDS. A

Orlando techno-metallers MIND^

more

will

be recording

will

August 23rd. Rumors abound

for Rein Sanction,

at several

In

Rein Sanction news, the band

this Tallahassee

ing time at Full Sail and the Station.

area music retailers or contact the

at

but polished them out to make

band as "Orlando's noise-

up the tape

The Zombirds

three

per Kats Kill won the SMINGFEST "M BAHLE OF THE

parties can pick

more songs from

outfit

ad-

we were treated

the Club5recenlly,and

worked with Endino over a two week

Mariposa worth checking out

be out

view elsewhere

re-

other stupid rumors that get out Good

ZOMBIE BIRDHOUSE packed out to

more

in the past

get the ball rollin'.

I'll

Mirror Image in Gainesville. The band

teen weeks of three bands competing

head female vocal whirl." Interested

at

a

me.

find

include

Soundgarden and Mudhoney) over

is

down

have also been spend-

their

Raw. Check out the

out to a top forty format or any of those

intact,

KATS KILL

THE SENSES with

are

release.

you want another Tyger Tyger show,

Zappa on over 20 albums

different

CLUB STACEnSH.

all

new

their second release, Mari-

The band made thei r debut at the grand opening of

Mark has worked with Frank

release.

month

length

full

awe-

to be

some, soon to be praised mightily by

the Milk Bar.

MICHAU DONALDSON de-

scribes the

En

is

a stripped

is

record their

to

MARK

wrapping up their soon

hard earned dollars? Best choice this

Jacksonville to

piece with a hard-edged jazzy sound.

TICK TICK

Alternative rockers

TOCK have just record

'92.

the "Hot Prodigy" for

listed as

sette.

guitarist

Damage.

fans as they will be entering the

com-

also

pleted their full length release. Symphony of Saeams. HEWACKJT are

be aware that the station hasn't sold

This band's sound

Junkyard

closer to Jackson-

studio with Gainesville's

PINSKZ

when

it

one abuzz. By now most of you should

period and the results are a

DEREK TRUCKS

little

believe

I'll

Grammy award recipient. So if

something different so we got together.

do

be a

together.

it

JOE

board,

BENNETT. Weapon have

and

midst of an 8-week European tour.

just ready to

will

console

is

the

SANaiON have completed

Brown

at the

it

out and so are

26th. The group are currently in the

said,

sides by this ultra

all

talented Bay Area band. Also, Tyger

MIKE

bassist

under and from

WEAK>N'S madman

across

And where should you put your

out, there's revolution in the air-

of our great North Florida bands.

VINOM'S "War Master." Former Venom mainman CHRONOS

a cover of

AC has shorted how

Ttie heat is on, the

studio with

Ray has

see it

K^. yWariryi

Slie

my way

cleaned up his act quit drinking and

JaGksQr)Vi1k Pt Saint Lucie), K>WERHOUSE (from

are filtering

reliable sources that

all

performed.

Fox,

guitarist

asked

I

The

of

town are

ear piercing bars around

backed by

is

band members just as amazing as him-

and

Shatterposts, about his band's sound

self.

and direction. "We're putting out an

appreciate the crowd. Snidely Whip-

aggressive,

power pop sound," Stephen

The guys

lash has

are outgoing

really

been doing quite a few shows

has been

laundry aired to a statewide audience,

said.

Let your imagination run wild

the past couple of weeks in the beer

busyisFullSail.WHISKEyRAINffrom

send it to this columnist care oiThrust.

with that forawhile. Jennifer Kermeen

garden at Bullwinkle's. Fool's Folly

performs her music

style.

has

plea-

that can take

Another

local studio that

The Unknowns signing

Tampa act GLASS ALLEY.

to Epic,

according to inside sources are true,

Scheduled

RIGHTWICKED,

TATTOOED LOVE CHILD has released a 5 song, locally

self titled tape,

featuring the

famous "Bus Stop". The TLC

has been playing host

to

some of

KlfCHO MAESTRO waved goodbye to bassist Luke Babeau, who reloated to his

honK

in

Milwaukee to

hailing

have been

from Tampa, who

LEGION has

vacated bass position.

summer and

Blast

Showcase was held

BANG GANG who

V/KI

proved very

energetic and entertaining. Also

Child,

Maestro they are auditioning for the

rocked Serena's on three

July 29th with headliners

the

Psycho

THE

have also ranked quite a loyal following.

MCASSO

for

two

just in

neck of the woods have

separate occasions this

join ranks with a group called

TRIGGER. As

update:

bill

on

were Ft Myers Tattoed Love

who

are going to be playing at

The Button South in Hallandale August 28-29. Opening the

official

word has not been

announced.

SAVAGE

OKRA

will

be enter-

taining Naples at Casper's

on August

20-22, with dates also at Mojo's.

Atlanta will be getting

first

show was another

hometown

soon.

JUDECCA, Cape

show has been keeping them

Coral's only death

ME

have been playing

where

special guests sitting in

industry showcase being held at the

were house deejay International Ballroom on August visiting rockers

LENNY ROCK and

Gypsy Bang Gang.

at presstime.

ence, which

is

why

pres-

they have a gig

up almost every weekend. Three

ing up a following are

DEAD MAN RUU

who

are work-

CANAL STREET,

and

SKUU TRAIN

"Parking Lot," by Canal Street, catchy; could

it

be their

first hit?

is

Dead

Ft Myers! Namely

music scene

in

place Glled

SALAD DAYS

at a

and some

of the best area bands are featured

HYKD MTROL and a new

there, including

THRILUR,

FISH

band called

are

THE UUMMINGS. Thursday

The rumor about band nights at Salad Days.

night are

Skull Train are aggressive

a raw power.

If

and possess

your thing

is

cutting

edge and progressive hardcore, hop a ride

on the

just returned tour.

lease

from

is

ROCK station on

honored the air

to

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SMOKESnCK UGHTNING: SOME NEWS AND VIEWS ABOUT SOME BIDES CHARLES BROWN, BLUESMAN VS. CHARUE BROWN, CARTOON The constant confusion between what is real is a Qrtoon is beginning to give me the blues. This life and this country keep getting more bizarre, and hardly anyone seems to notice,

My friend also thinks Huey Lewis was Baby Huey when he was a kid. He may be right about that, but Charles Brown did the original version of "Please Come Home for Christmas," later made

or care.

popular by the Eagles.

and what

I

thought this phenomenon had reached

zenith

when

became the try for

fastest selling

awhile

recording in this coun-

Forget about that,

last year.

I

was

Forget about Dan Quayle, too. That should be a pleasure. So what

Brown

is real.

Danny boy thinks Murphy believes in the Tooth

if

Dan

and George Bush. Quayle also believes the he thinks the same bullet single-bullet theory Don't

we

and R.F.K.

-

so

Danny

gets confused.

all.

We

spend more time watching television than watching real people. It stands to reason we'd get the two confused.

Actually,

TV

TV seems more

drains the

life

real

than

life.

right out of you.

Observe the face of someone watching television.

The

facial

muscles droop, the jaw goes slack and a

blank stare permeates the room. face of a dead person (or

nation).

The

facial

Now

look at the

you can use your imagi-

expressions are the same!

Come Home

'Tou mean Charles he said, "the little round faced guy who has a dog named Snoopy". I guess my friend figured if the Simpsons had a hit, Charlie Brown could have a for Christmas."

Brown, don't you?"

hit. too!

1

replied. "No,"

it

is

and ultimately disarming

in its sadness. In

about

is

to get the best

More

to teach,

R&B

hits

but he caught the

followed such as

Blues Bug at an

"In the Evening

He

When The Sun

early age.

Down."

played classical

Goes

piano as a child

"Homesick

and as soon as he was old enough, he be-

In

make full

place

time. In

the word "drifting" was Charlie's

big beat.

In

who

told

Baby." Christmas has been very good to Charles

Brown. His Christmas records became holiday

teller

would take him across the country. That night Charles was approached by two record executives after a gig at a joint called Talk of The Town. They had loved his song called "Driftin' tract that

hits,

keeping his career

His classic blues have been covered by

from

of artists over the years,

Wayne Newton.

Elvis did

"I

Want

Man to

types

"Hard Times" on his

Sam Cooke re-worked Brown's go Home" and changed it to "Bring It

On Home To The

all

Elvis Costello to

"Find Yourself Another

Fool," Eric Clapton sang disc.

Me."

Eagles, of course, did "Please

For Christmas" and another

Come Home

Elvis. Elvis Presley

sang "Merry Christmas Baby."

To my knowledge Charlie Brown

(the cartooni

BrOwn

is

one of the

last

blues pioneers

still

with

us.

Forget Dan Quayle.

Remember

Charies Brown.

Marvelous Marvin can be heard mid-days on MIX96 FM and AM 1040 in Tampa. He has all of Dan Quayle's records and thanks Rose Miglino for

alive.

In the early '80s Charles got off the road

tune.

who loves blues piano should check out Charles Brown. Last month at the Xew Orleans Jazz and Blues Fest, none other than Fats Domino stared in awe at Charles' unique style which may be now at its peak. Charles

came honking sax and a He made a living on the

24 hours he would sign a con-

1945 Charles saw a fortune that within

mellow was

road and in 1955 he sang "Merry Christmas

ticket to the big time.

him

his

falling out of favor. In its

meet, but drifted into play

ence.

.Anyone

rolling blues style

e

bluesman until an album he recorded in 1986 on a small California label was re-released in 1989 by Chicago's Great Blues Alligator. Next thing you know Charles is opening up for Bonnie Raitt and being discovered by a whole new auditen

man)

Times," but by this

time

Ray

Cooke. Charies seemed a forgot-

Long Davs" and 1952 he hit again with "Hard

he

college

Sam

belt.

has never recorded a Charles Brown (the blues-

In

hear the piano

Charies and

under his

folks like Little Richard,

Blues," "Seven "Black Night."

gan to sneak into Blues Clubs to

He influenced

Journey

of me."

R&B singles

with nine Top 10

"Trouble

Blues," he sings, "Trouble,

Chemistry and

ing music version of "Please

as intensely bleak as

trouble and misery

man).

was true that

is

relaxing,

Charies has a B.S

he used

of the top

gave us "Trouble Blues."

strange).

in

become one

a melancholy laid-back style of

blues that

nickname, no matter how

played to

if it

own in 1949 and He possesses

seems, must have

The current cartoon confusion that has me flummoxed is the mixing up of Charlie Brown (cartoon character) and Charles Brown (blues

Someone recently asked me Charlie Brown did the original

Brown was

Black Bing Crosby," (every blues it

to

1945 and 1946. The fortune teller was right. Charles was a member of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers when

so popular then that he was called "The

still

Fairy

killed J.F.K.

started recording in the mid-forties.

man,

wrong. Dead wrong.

went

R&B songs in

he had his early success. He struck out on his

Charles did his version in 1961, but actually

it

the Simpsons' Sing the Blues disc

Blues." That song selling

her help with

this article.

and

taught a blues course in junior high. He was probably one of very few junior high teachers

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a while.

So

watching Henry

capable of biting off your head and shitting

which

this country.

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one word could

exorcising his demons. Henry looks like he

things interesting for

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If

The Rollins band it would be INTENSE. Henry and Company hit the stage and jumped right into "Low Self Opinion" off the new LP The End Of The Silence, and for the next 2 hours we

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worse, he picks Tipper Gore's husband for a running

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move on show BAD RELIGION blowout

sidetracked. Let's

little

the music aspect of this column: The best the year so far

the Ritz.

I

was the

missed the

band on the

first

punk rock songs that

great

growing on you. The punked out version of Blondie's "One Way Or Another" is just icing on the cake. Ifs on white vinyl, so all you collector scum take note. The other release is a one sided picture disc featurjust don't stop

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new Percolater

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I

wasn't that impressed

with the new LP, these guys rock out

and played

full tilt for

through such Grain,"

up with "Generator"

on

as "Suffer," "Against

ass

all

Bad LP,

goddamned day

The

my fave BR

"You Are (The Government)" and

my

new

the next hour, blasting

BR wonders

song "Do What You Want," with the sit

live.

off the

classic lyrics "I

a misanthropic

anthropoid with nothing to say, what you must do all

you can, break

all

the rules and go to hell with

Superman and die like a champion. Hey I don't know if the billions will survive, but I'll believe in God when 1+1 make 5." Pretty intense stuff; it helps, when listening to BR, to have a dictionary handy. By the time the set

was over

it

was

like

Minutes. As a side note,

I

wrote some shitty stuff

about Dave awhile back, and while

still

I

think that

95% of the music on 120 minutes is major label garbage, Dave is a big MLUNC X)KE fan, so he can't be all bad. Back to BR: the next song of the encore was the strong anti-war anthem "Fertile Crescent" The show was closed with the Terry Randall

tribute,

"Operation Rescue." The very next night

HENRY

ROLLINS made

his

first

area since the days of

appearance

BLACK FLAG.

in the

This

Tampa

show took

—

titled

sug-

1

—

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the

of

has celebrated their 100th release with

a tribute to the

DEAD KENNEDYS. The CD

VIRUS 100.

It

simply

is

has a shitload of cool bands

doing their fave D.K. covers.

Some

of the

more

memorable are FIAPALM DEATH doing "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," STEa POLE BATHTUB'S playing it close to the original on "Chemical Warfare," and LES THUGS cover of the classic "Moon Over Marin." DRESDEN 4S are a raging hardcore band from Southern California. They have a cool tape out entitled

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Belsen in the

For the encore they played "Atomic Garden," which I actually saw a video of on Dave Kendall's 120 Ritz.

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Religion opened

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since

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a

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they were about people

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by a Southern California

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final

thing and I'm gone: Quite a few of the

way

write about have no

make

to

their

available to the public via the usual outlets,

music

i.e.

mall

record stores or even indie shops; so, after weighing the bad against the bad,

Records

is

I've

decided that

Stiff

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GIANT MAN ORLANDO, FL

SATAN'S DOG JACKSONVILLE FL

by matt kelemaN It's

Saturday night and I'm driving to Orlando

to see Giant

Giant

by lesKe

Man

Man perform an

...

acoustic set.

acoustic set...hmm.

...

really can't

I

see a quiet, introspective set from Central Florida's

most raucous garage

think of Giant

Man

ban-*.

When

I

think of raw guitars layered

I

An

with sweet harmony.

means hear-

acoustic set

Can you tell me about Satan's Dog? Darren Aremntrout (bass): Satan's Dog is three guys that wanna play grunge metal with kind of a punk edge. We listen to all different kinds of stuff; Pete's into punk, I'm into your basic old Kiss

that stuff; Serge

is

...

a total Slayer/Sepultura freak.

a weird mix, but works out well.

It's

Giant

Man

Heesch

guitarist Klaus

said of the

experience, "I like playing acoustic better. to start over, I'd probably

want

to do

it

If

I

had

acoustical-

The other night was the first time I could tell Ken (Chiodini, drums) was matching harmonies

ly.

perfectly.

Because

I

put an emphasis on songwrit-

The lyrics are very important to the music." The band's nucleus was formed by rockabilly enthusiast Heesch and bassist Scott Sugiuchi. Six months of drummerless jamming left the two ing.

itching to start a

new

band, the

first for guitarist

Heesch.

much

get as

Darren:

I

played in a band called Wicked Lezlie,

which was in.

just an offshoot of another

We went

Destroyer.

amp up

so he could

feedback as possible," recalls

"We put out an ad and we got our first drummer," continues Heesch. "I was amazed, because there was finally someone after six

Sugiuchi.

months to keep rhythm." The completion of the original line-up meant a name was in order. They chose the name from a Marvel Comics superhero. Giant Man. The band

band

was

I

out to LA because there

was nothing new here but it flopped. We were getting played on the radio with a local show, "The Closet Tapes," and that was all right. We

we

weren't ready to go out to LA, but

we hooked up

way. The singer

went on

did

any-

it

We

had a show booked

lung up with blood

slid

under a truck, broke

one of his eyes,

his arm, got glass in

that

...

was

filled his

much

pretty

the

So you came to Cowford Comers (Jacksonville). I'd had enough. I ran sound for bands like Weapon and Leather Nunn. I dropped off, got

we

started dropping hints

band from Kick

Sheila."

Ken Chiodini was playing drums at the time and thought that the change of instruments would be less inhibiting. "I thought Giant Man had the best spirit in town," he recalled. "They were totally raw and innocent.. Awful great feedback guitar. I joined them on guitar and did some vocals.

Then the drummer left Giant Man and the was to play drums again, which was

my personal

At

first

we were having an

with three guitarists.

It

was a cool

What motivated you

history, but then again, there are a few

saw bands

I

Chronic Reality doing well.

like

had a small bass

rig at

home and

I

I

had about

songs.

five

couldn't find one, so as a three-piece,

whatever band was featured on the

One musician seemed

We

we

sing.

So

worship him just because he could play bass.

1

liked that.

wanted

I

own

with his

turf,

to see

him

own

in his

began my

I

And how do you Steve

Chronic Reality

for

...

Jim:

now

getting

my

my way

it's

settled

between it.

Darren,

is it

You can say interest in it's

bullshit,

really all about. I've definitely

it,

come a long way, there's more there's more media coverage, but I'd like it

good target market.

If

to be. Jacksonville

people like

it

is

a

here, they're

know was

The spirit that drives Giant Man is evident in the power and unabandoned fun of "Bad Time." Had 1 not been present at the acoustic show I would never have caught the underlying message. The melancholy side of Giant Man is reflected in "A Song For Gene," a tribute to the late Gene Clark, an original member of the Byrds. The tune shows that the vocal interpretations of Giant

our friends, but we're getting more and more faces telling us we're good.

it's

just us

to anything.

We

haven't been

As far as sound,

making up whatever comes

to us.

We're just looking to expand, maybe get a faster

little

and heavier. More technical, but keep

grungier and nastier. We're here to get

it

in the pit

...have a good time.

How

about a picture for the folks at

band had

that the

"meet and greet" with

at the

really

empty

been with the band reloated the

I

for lost

that they decided on the

Currently the Kodak Corporation

is

working on

a

titanium encased lens that will capture our ugliness.

We

The recession has

chairs.

hard on the music scene and people

go out and see bands every night

they could a few years ago."

The band has a their

own

lot of

It

was

airplay.

bush

tell me about "She hates the Rag'7 We wrote it when I was on the rag was - 1

and these guys said it sounded like a Dio tune! So we changed the music, cause I had them playing bar chords. I had been thinking about it for six months, how I wanted to write a song about this because Alice Cooper, since he's a dude, has no idea of what it's like to be on the rag. I was sitting there, doubled over in pain, and I was like, Steve, we should writing the music to

material recorded at

sketching

dubbed The Batcave.

available for public purchase, but

One song which

It it

it's

classic

I

are the bastard sons of

Homer

G.

entitled "Over

is

heard the band perform

and simply

and

sticks out like a rose-

goldenrod

in a field of

it

fell

ROCKS!

And

it

in

"Jeteye has sort of

new direction and we've written a bunch new songs. We are not gimmick, but a unique band known mostly for originality in our taken a

is

live

performance," says Brown.

ready to take hold of

Tampa Bay once

more. The band consists of bassist Donnie Brown,

Mark Rogers, vocalist Larro Mirro, drummer Mike Good, and guitarist Chip Wedge. When asked Brown about Jeteye's future he I

seemed uneasy about revealing the band's but he did want everyone to

know

sat

our mailing to

it

list

tops 500.

Our 1

one day

at a

fans are loyal and

think we'll be adding

I

set.

have seen Jeteye only once, and for I

plan to to see more.

If

rockers want to get their hands on music,

1

suggest they be

in

Florida's

some hot

attendance.

For more information on show dates and band

Lindsay.

news, call the Jeteye Rockline at (813) 863-0041,

For more information, contact Satan 's Dog at 7445 103rd Street, Jacksonville, FL 32205

or write to the

band

Hudson, Florida, 34669

at

you

that everything swells up,

and you gotta pee a

just really sucks. All those It's

Well, he started

says, "Describe

like."

shit, you're a bitch

words are

woman's perception

just a

feel like

and

lot,

it

in the song.

of reality.

How

difficult is

it

to play all originals?

Are

crowds receptive to you most of the time?

We

some covers now, 'cause we some covers at some peoto appease them, but we bastardize them.

Steve

P.:

play

obviously have to aim ple,

Wendy: Like "Jesus Christ Superstar."

We

do

dif-

ferent covers.

Steve

P.:

ognize

We

it

play

different but at least they rec-

it

and the audience

some kind

Do you

will

of dignity in doing

it

be happy. There's

our own way.

10412-Hazel Avenue,

101 Damnations has found

feel

its

sound? Steve fied

R.: It still

with

Steve

soon!" far

and he

out,

emotions are

and we

says okay.

what your Then he sat down with a pad there and I told him everything; what

it

plans,

this: "Jeteye is

back. We're better, and we're taking

time, one step at a time.

He

it

in love. It's hooky,

of hot

Jeteye

more tempting.

the

Can you Wendy:

be given to local radio stations for possible

will

all

write the song.

new

studio, lovingly

may not be

Jim:

that got us.

-

met Mark Rogers. Mark

I

guitar, although he's

only one

THRUSti

of

was "She

It

asked us not to

Thus

are greatly influenced by the Byrds.

some

they asked us not to play

P.: First,

Do

record and tighten up.

didn't

guitarist

That's our fans: other musicians. Really, they're

it

dispute.

Hates The Rag," which we probably weren't gonna play anyway. It's just the fact that they

I

Other musicians.

shows," claimed Scott.

compare

cut short in

decided to take a "hiatus" to re-coup, write,

writing and in our

new

"Battle of

the songs that were on our tape.

much gonna like it anywhere. People bitch and moan that there's no new music here, no this or that, but when there's a show, who shows up? pretty

able to

should be a reggae band.

the middle, and their

Steve

Clearwater...

it's

grunge band, but

The Bands." Your set was was a payment you have any comments?

Over Again."

getting better in Jacksonville?

not where

We

it's like,

through the

to be a

Recently your band was involved in a situation at

do part-time

experience at

first

want

don't

Jacksonville University during their recent

like

so I've been

We

P.:

we can be grungey. We don't want to be a metal band, but we Qn get metallic. We can do jazz.

can't afford to isn't it?

Punk or

describe yourselves?

...

n 0.

in playing to

work

born in August. We'll be a

all

alternative?

been

I

were

band: Jeteye.

Brown explained

an interesting one.

We

R.:

and

search for clubs where Jeteye was billed

where. What

done some screwing up.

As long as Giant Man retains the innocence and purity in their songs, Oriando audiences will continue to benefit. Meanwhile, they will continue playing and having a good time. Giant Man will keep doing what it takes to grofw as a band. As Klaus sees it this means two things: "Day jobs and a lot of practice." Keep growing, Giant Man..

Steve

year old soon.

a decent

hibernation period because, "There was no sense

definitely

101

did

He was good, at his feet

fall

Jeteye.

and to see what

Man

eye.

to

almost two years. That's how

I'm starting to see

few

my

caught

and didn't expect everyone

on

band experience,

When

handbasket!

in a

...

Damnations form?

understood

I

Rogers turned out to be Jeteye's newest addition

bands. I'm

first

Thrust:

Most importantly, he had the confidence and style onstage that

nationals Trixter,

Pete, this is your first

those

all

with us.

why. His name was Donnie Brown.

far,

worked out well.

it's

hell

up more than

play,

just decided to

I'd

around and seen how things are

got completely out of control those

him

looked for a singer and

decided

millions, taking

young, innocent children to

that night.

still

I

Make those

Steve R.:

the anti-

is

actual ones, we'd go

jam with

to

bill

to get called

others, and after seeing

—

shows with Jon D. Boone of the Farfisa!

noticed was that a lot

I

were called up

While backstage

tech

We

one thing

of local musicians

weeks Pete and

start playing again. In a couple of

It's

were wild. Jon was the

out there kickin'. Almost every time

out, the

we were the

If

taste.

to see bands that have long since

awful time

first

strict-

to start again?

wall of sound,

They needed something that no one else a Farfisa. had. They needed something cheesy "Jon Curtis had just moved here and we knew he played keyboards," remembered Sagiuchi. "We thought it would be cool if we could replace the guitar sound witn keyboaras. Ihen Klaus told me that Jon had a Farfisa organ." The addition of the keyboardist brought a new

based

still

went

Absolutely not Robert Tilton

straight to the top.

write

I

that are I

Band?

a Satanic

P.:

power

of

I

we had problems ..." But Giant Man was still missing one element that would set them apart from the other local

dimension to the band. "Our

went

Steve

Christ.

heard about Pete (who had his

I

but when

talent.

I

it's

years

Are you

comes

become

logical thing

a blessing, because

it

I

the itch again,

to join the

reviews or stories on local bands,

on

society

came almost two

wet behind the ears when

stilt

This was about a year ago, and

own band room) just playing drums by himself. came over, started jamming with him, and Rob from Mad Axe brought Serge over. Then Satan's Dog was execrated from the bowels of hell.

Ken (drummer)

roll

knowing who's who and what kind

to

futile

"Our singer quit and we were happy as a threepiece," said Heesch. "Then we started looking for to

&

and persuasion these people have. When

beginning of the end for Wicked Lezlie.

then began a series of lineup changes.

another guitarist and

area

marini

r.

at

the Troubadour to open for Riot, and he went out

on his motorcycle and

ago. I'm

with, Frank Starr,

with the Four Horsemen. Frank's

to be

Tampa Bay

lesKe

into the rock

first initiation

of the

other experience in

Jacksonville music.

always in the hospital.

taught Klaus to turn his

"I

lot of

My

ly

ing a side of the band I've yet to hear.

Dwnren, you've had a

JACKSONVILLE, FL

FL

by lee ann leach

nrarini

DAMNATIONS

101

JETEYE

HUDSON,

P.:

it

at

We

needs to go way up. I'm not

satis-

all.

do have some bizarre

stuff,

I

have to

admit. Even for me, and I'm a bizarre guy. just putting the right things together:

want

to rush

awhile, and

it

or force

when

it

out,

we

we

just let

It's

don't it

lay

that cold sweat of inspiration

hits...

For more information, write 101 Damnations FL 32207 or

at 4321 Turner Avenue, Jacksonville, call (904)

448-0212

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is

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This

is

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is

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and its entitled Live Cuts and "Shotgun Love Affair," "The Govemment," "Bomb," "Bagof Troubled Times" and "Joe Brilliant." It was all recorded at The Ahepa Center July 27, 1991 to a screaming and is waiting to also be released on house on the

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My

musical content is also getting to the point where it has some weight to it. We all come from different angles and with respect.

slightly different musical veins, but

come

when wc

together everybody wants respect.

Jeff Vitolo: Being the hard-working band that

wc are offstage, everybody 's.scrambling

doingolhcr things to make ends meet, which in return can lead to some tension among band members. Thai just has to get ironed out. see this band as: a) eaming a lot of respect from our peers as well as our audience; b)gettingjustined airplay on stations like 95 YNF; and c)doingeverything on our own so everything we've achieved is bccauseof us. We've got certain friends who help us and they know who they are. Without them a lot of the rewards which we have had would not be possible. If we iron out problems andstay together, we'll goa longway. Nothing to keep their lives together,

I

is

going

to stop us but ourselves.

we all work together for the same

istry is right;

thing

—

period!

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stage

the

love the

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perseverance in this band. There is a certain mystery about us, and nobody really knows us. We arc .sort of the dark horse; there is no arrogance in this band. I like our reputation in the community. Onstage we can play in front of a Stranger band crowd and get them off, or

crowd and have

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the

same

effect.

We're very

diversified, a cross-

over.

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the type of

band

that

if

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a

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Chad Robinson:

Personally,

I

think we're

music

five totally different people but the

brings us together. together

is

we stay momentum that the

The

fact that

because ol'lhc

band is building up. We don't have a lot of equipment, we don't have a lot of backing, so everything we've done has been on our own. The ball is starting to roll and we can feel it. To the audience we are visually and musically hard hitting. We're a punch in the face. Even on the lighter songs we're still heavy. came from a different background and wasn't sure was what ihc band wanted. But that everything worked out and we 're progressing I

I

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rapidly.

Ronnie Miller: Onstage we

arc a ma.ssive

band; and we're maximum entertainment. We always give 101%. If one person leaves bored wc liavc failed as a band. When I'm onstage the energy is so extreme sometimes feel like I'm going to explode. We're live guys with a serious chemical reaction. Loving the audience is a big part of our shows. Offstage I'm very private, but when we're in ihc clubs think we all are very rock

&

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Together only a short time, Barrelhouse have been able to achieve a great deal. They've record-

demo

ed a small

(primarily for promotional pur-

poses and not as a public release), they've played

Jacksonville University's Battle of the Bands, where they had the chance to appear before the

Smithereens. Not only that but the band has effective management, and has already cornered the interest of a few record labels. "We'd been

tar;

-

Jason Mabry,

Scott Pritchard, gui-

bass;

and Stan

for a living has

sharpened

The sound is jazz oriented, with modern rock base and grunge guitar. The guitar is at the forefront and the keyboards are Guitarist Scott Pritchard's playing continues

improve and he fuels I

it

primarily with emo-

received, the guitar

was

restrained. Today, at their rehearsal area, I'm

some new songs.

In just a

For one thing, Scott has discovered distortion as another means of expressing emotion.

Tom

with Scott. "Since

has also been collaborating

I've joined,"

he

little

over a year. Playing out more

than any other group in town, they have accumu-

Traci Foxx

Johnny DeRose on drums, and new bass playSmokin' Joe (who replaces Mike Maxx, former-

ly

of Lillian Axe). Gunslinger

states, "Scott

we

THRUST: What

has Jeff Taylor been up to for

the last year?

JEFF TAYLOR:

says,

...

circuit." All fine

"We

didn't

mind

band with sound, band has

in the

and

style

band The Love Junkies. 1 got together with my friends and

was jamming them with while

play-

They

and it and dandy, but now TLC are anx-

looking for

Roxx Gang.

demo

is

what we

Led Zeppelin.

classic stuff like

inside to

fell

—

realized

I

slid right in.

We

my

surrounded myself

I've

My drummer, Tony

musicians.

we throw

We had a project togethRoxx Gang where 1 was singing.

The guitar player

everything together."

Tony DaMoure from

is

Nashville. He's an outrageous player, very stylis-

Pat Bayard cites his original inspiration for

with no choreographed moves or pre-arranged set lists. As lead vocalist Kurt Stanaitis explains, "We go with the mood of the audience; wherever the flow

try to stick

TLC

our own group." Jason responds, "We've never played a cover tune {as a band). We're writing really weird songs, but they turn out sound-

inside

going, we'll play a song to

is

foremost, and that

when

Bradentbn area

for years.

fit it."

music fans

stress that they are

The bass player is Jonathan Bell who reigns from Orlando. He's played in the Sarasotatic.

and

first

they are not playing they

can be found at a club, partying and dancing and

Should people expect this project to sound like anything you've done before? When I was in that other band, it was restricted

whatever, with the performing band. They strongly believe in supporting their musical peers, because if you don't you "basically cut your

to writing songs for the singer.

Barrelhouse keep plenty of emotion in their songwriting. "We're trying to base our music now

own

because the

mostly on our feelings," says Jason.

whether there are 5 or 500 people in the audience, they put on a vigorous performance. "A lot

ing real cool at the

same time."

As a generation that will find hope

its

best

resource as America moves into the 21st century.

Scott responds, "We're not real satisfied. set a goal,

we

we go

gotta go past

past it

and then

it,

again.

it's

a real restless

It's

feel-

picking up guitar as Mark Farner of Grand

I

— influence — and

saw Mark Farner

Railroad. "I

was my

that

first

for

when

1

first

I

just got

started picking

up

riffs

by ear. Then

I

Randy Rhoads and

my

better myself.

I

other bands. try to

I

try to be

formulate

myself and

my own

style."

The newer material the band has been working on shows the

results of a

more

polished, integrat-

ed band. Available only on rough tracks at this point, Fran describes the rather

Without a doubt, that

fires

the creative process in this band will only

restless feeling that

an intense experience," says Thomas. "Whenever 1 see a good band live, it makes me want to go out and play. I've done a lot of other things, been in a lot of other bands. Too many times I'd say this is a good thing, but now I'm pulling these riffs out that I had for years, that no

recorded but

we

is

musically better than the older

feel that

is

one else could play with." They all feel good about what they're doing. "We just have to keep our infrastructure intact," says Scott. "You see a dream, and to get the long-

term dream gains. We're

you

fulfilled, all

friends,

we

sacrifice short-term all

hype each other up

and help each other out" Jason agrees, "When we get through with a show, we discuss it, who messed up, what needs to be done. You keep a fire going constantly, so you get back out there and

pump

it

out harder so

In their

themselves

it

gets better."

own words. Barrelhouse describe simply, "Five guys who are just writ-

ing the music that thev want to listen to."

For more information, write Barrelhouse at 645Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32211.

unusual record-

ing process that took place. "The newer stuff

produce better and better songs. "Just playing out

we

stuff,

those recordings didn't really do

We feel We went

we

didn't really do

the songs justice.

like

our best work.

into a friend's house,

recorded in a bedroom, a bathroom,

house.

It

really wasn't a

all

feel for

to. ...

over the

comfortable situation,

and the songs didn't come out 100% wanted them

like

we

But hopefully, people get a

what we are doing."

Gunslinger have inked a deal with Jaguar Records, a European-based label with distribution

through Polygram. The

label will be re-mixing

and re-mastering the older material, and a European tour in the fall is more than a remote possibility. As a young, hard rock band, Gunslinger show no signs of burning out too quickly or reaching a dead end in their songwriting.

It

in the

shouldn't be too long before Gunslinger

explode into the world.

For more information, write Gunslinger at 4508 Alexander Drive, Metarie, LA 70003

mood

like actors

of the audience

that

is

like to stay with-

or else we'd

...

more...

tric gear.

stage, these

guys wear what they would wear to go shopping or on a date. Their songs reflect their down-toearth dispositions as well.

TLC riff

write their songs atypically. "We'll get a

going, go with

it,

and

finish

Mark Chang. "We've learned

it,"

that

known each other

We

can write

band

I

I

was

didn't expect

play acoustic

now

my

elec-

in

has

it

to

of

all

sound

like this.

a better sound.

It's

think a lot of people are surprised to And out

didn't

my

know

if

I

How

was

me

friends talked

did that

really

come about?

going to go for

into

it.

I

it

but

was very happy

playing electric guitar and being a lead player.

It's

hard to find great players to back you up, though,

and and

hard to find a great singer.

it's

it's

really

worked out

I

went

for

it

well.

says guitarist

if

we

go and backtrack, we'll lose the mood." These five musicians play very well other; they've

last

Now we

say this and be nice? Things

that you're singing.

contrived; from

On

I

definitely a different sound.

I

the tunes to the "stage" clothes.

can

You can still see my style from some of the Roxx Gang stuff that I wrote such as "Red Rose." It's

I

is

How

more melodic now.

are

feel

or something," adds Mike.

Actors they are not. Nothing

biggest

don't listen to a lot of other players

I

lot of

We

of bands say, 'Look out now.'

started pick-

Michael Schenker. Those two are

now, or a

me.

the British Steele album was

started getting into a lot of

influences.

Funk

some reason

it

listened to a lot of Zeppelin, then

ing up Judas Priest;

ing."

throat."

Another redeeming quality of TLC

We

like,"God,

vvith excellent

Caruso, has been

best friend for years.

er even before

we put

of us,

about your boys.

Somehow

what we draw from,

come out

me

Tell

Scorpions

these different influences

all

I

it

that type of stuff.

...

Pat's a different perspective. He's into

have

When

tape.

was

1

would be fun to sing on their how good the materithought

al

together to write songs

a

going well with

explains vocalist Foxx. "Jerry listens to a lot of old

and most of the

still

Gang. were

and singer things weren't

move for\vard. A TLC show is energized and spontaneous.

different influences."

Soundgarden, Warrior Soul

was

I

the

in

works to improve one's kept us out on the local

it

fury.

Black Sabbath; the newer stuff he likes

Tampa

new

ious to

full potential.

Jeff

Taylor is the lead singer of the

writing took a different direction and ripened

into a

all

this project could

sojourn to the

relatively easy

Mike Mangione

musicianship

The songs on the

but didn't develop into the band's

been a

ing the cover material;

Explode In Your Face, were good,

first release.

The

tarist

ready to take step

is

success.

how

balk at the idea of playing cover tunes, but gui-

tar,

number two towards

Love Junkies, explained

surpass any of those things that he's done before.

top of the local scene, the band nevertheless worked hard to fine-tune their craft. Many bands

on vocals, Jerry Allnet on rhythm gui-

er

it's

now a surnew band The

Jeff Taylor,

prisingly talented vocalist with his

more than ready

are

Though

packages in

local

In his first interview since his departure from

Roxx Gang over a year ago,

to start showcasing and with the mediocre original music scene in their hometown, they are gearing up to play other cities and venues.

TLC

the area. Featuring Pat Bayard on guitar, Fran

and I have done a lot of co-writing. Now it's becoming a band project. We're riding on this wave of music, of emotion. We try not to listen to other people and play their style;

one of the best selling

still is,

short time, the guitar playing has gotten better.

Bass player

known

winners. They've been

final

"Everybody

to their melodies.

invited to listen to

even the

Ball, key-

their focus as a band.

demo

clubs for a

entrants,

their original material,

Ellis, vocals;

the

more than any other

different states,

5-song cassette. Explode In Your Face, was, and

what they love best

On

Magazine's readers poll for Best Unsigned Band in the land; they received votes from over twelve

such talents as Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Ted Nugent and Rip Magazine. Their debut release, a

Thomas Kennly,

tion.

have reached just within the proverbial body hair of success. They've placed 4th in House Band's

drummer

board, share a healthy enthusiasm and love of music. The possibility that they could actually do

to

itself as

months ago we made a songs, and we sent it off to

band members

used to add rhythm

Myers hasn't quite yet made a name for a prominent music city in Florida, but with a band like Tattooed Love Child emerging, it should be on the musical map in no time. TLC have been together and playing the area Ft.

Orleans' Gunslinger

lated a considerable following. Predominately a

This eventually led to the band performing a small showcase for SBK reps in Sarasota, and has given Barrelhouse a measure of confidence about their goals. All the

New

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people."

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to

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to

I

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have to give tons of thanks to Car! Canedy. He's making everything happen for us. He

the key to

had worked with Roxx Gang and recorded the first record Love 'Em and Leave Em. We've been friends ever since. He's got such a talented ear.

unexpected novelty in the attitude-abundant music biz. Mike Hallman comments: "We believe in having a good time, being ourselves, and being

We

dedicated not just to the band but to each other."

when

Up to this point you've been very low key about The Love Junkies.

Mike H. was experiencing personal problems.

We're trying to play our cards right, building up

That dedication was put to a Instead of giving

him

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him

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whole thing is, everyone around us is going to have a good time. Clubs keep asking us to play but we're holding back until the timing's right.

friends," says Steve. "Yes,

and that

drove up to Pennsylvania and recorded six songs and kept four of "em. Everybody played their asses off and it comes out on the tape.

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bands

ailing

a

would have picked up on their AOR soureL They do a as sultry remake of the Montrose classic "Rock Candy," wells as

some groost-edged stuff of their own, thou^ the

obligatory "power ballad/love, song" "Jennifer."

accounted for in

is

kind its

Koehn

Al

Drag."

were these plowboys,

If 1

I'd

be calling

Aiways Rghtiog

(Jo« Rodriguez)

What

dwn

word,

d fresh air. The song

a breath

> are

titles

Day

to earth subjects-like "Blue Jeans," "Flats"

wise as this effort was a considerable challenge lor

tant influence in her style, but don't look for any cater-

Joe has only begun to develop his guitar talents; as a

wauling here. Rather, the Crowsdells present the listener with a honey gold dip of naked licks disguised as sunny

songwriter, he's able to transpose abstract ideas into his

jrftemoons. "Gioppy" rocks as hard as anything you'll

and victory has been achieved. As a guitar

instrument quite wll. Most notable

which

"CetOutta Dodge"

is

no

rips all to hell. Joe's at his best here, total power,

mph freeway guitar. k\tr)< fine effort and one

control, 135

of

player,

best unsigned talents in Florida, by

my picks for

Leslie

ATOMIC JERBULZ

garnering a huge commercial success, their sound

unique for

no

gressions,

No

drumming, 1

no Mtv

absolutely

doubt

wild chord pro-

no screaming

brilliant lyrics,

forget radio airplay.

if

no

vocals,

and

potential

even snooty college radio

this release. There's a co-

programmers would touch

dependent diatribe in "Love Song," and the

self titled

"Atomic Jerbulz" only causes this reviewer to scream on the floor in helpless panic, by Leslie R. Marini

Hollywood,

"Doobie

like

MusaL

ballpark with the is

While the band

"Die

and the melancholy

is

in the

same Of

grind tale of a certain appalling

The animal

"You and Me"

attraction of

"Prettiest

primary motivation: women.

If

Ones"

detail the band's

you'd

like to

this product of the currently ailing

best cut

surefire raiio top- 10 tune. I'm

Canadian

lads.

LA

gold,

amount

at religion; radio's sure to pick this up.

"Sore Finger," an instrumental, shows the band's

solid

musicianship. "She Describes Infinity" will appeal to the

and the EP ends with an upbeat, ^visted

Company's "Feel Like

version of

Bad

band has

religion, politics

and

Making Love." This

How Qn you go

sex.

DREAM

aTKICK REHAB Da Yawn! Oh,

sorry, but this

on up tempo tunes

is

Love"

interpret

Tape

Top 40 production sounding somewhat along the lineJirf Tears For Fears. Catchy rhythms, plenty of harmony and well done songwriting.

get

A Language"

like

is

it.

dreamy and

seductive.

You

standard blues instruments

"Little TitJ Soldiers" is

by

far the

many bands

most of a

progressive alternative genre trying so hard to find an-

tions,

by

now. The Clock House do

Leslie R.

are for.

it

is

Leslie R.

creative,

what

tools

For You"

that wicked bass line

behind

it?

you

used to hear

to the floor with a solid

is

bassist

Spazz Sferiazza that

of Electric Flame. Overall,

it's

rock with that big sound that

is

the trademark sound

tension generated, power fills

up rooms with

gyrating bodies. The band has done well in

wildly

its

own

definition of a sound, particularly in the song "Trial By Fire," the strongest cut

on

aTPlOWBOYS

a well-written collection of soft alternative

me wrong,

their bio,

it

before,

this full length release. in writing,

and

it all

prize with -Joe Brilliant

these

No

comes

F.O.C (Funk Outto Control) PORK! Miami, FL F.O.C. is one of the better ads to come from

on some

The Limbomaniacs, but without

tracks are

In

the

"1

Don't

"Club M-TV," "Carnation

The Bathroom," and an odd

futuristic tune with a

massive mix entitled "You Can't Stop The Thunder." Very impressive stuff here, by Lee

FRIENDS OF

I

I've

I

Tmpo, FL

it

& Fiction. Joining in

(guitar), Travis

McNal*

and Cindy Wilson (vo-

you need a good

cry,

recorded

live,

cute in the

opening cut "I'm Not Gay-1 Just Hate

Girls,"

80's/late F.O.C. continue to steal heavily from the early

killer

out

starts

It

like

a ballad,

emotional melodies, \-andal

have discovered their own songwriting style and it will only ripen and mature into a finer-edged sound as the taiii goes on.

by Leslie R. Mariru

VIOLENT SKYE

fonfcy JVi*rt«f

^

GA

jazz leanings dripping with soul. Lea4

Valenzuela sounds as

his voice has

if

voqHsI Jorge

^om the heart, ignited by emotion, and he retains a fluid

the songs are good, basic, boot-

HKlodic quality even throughout the more funkier/dance oriented tune, "Dance." The first song, "Bring Him Back,"

is

not too

common

for

unsigned

acts,

is

the

well written, with viable polidtfd songs in a

is

steady groove.

melodies cut through crisp and dean, by Bladjie

rial,

and

siveness

rial

oriented tune, and the rest t)f Funicy

more rock

Whether

•

been pumped up

recorded in the

One

The concentration

unity.

As a band

on hanruHiy,

is

crfie-

mature stage of mate-

in a

Violent Skye should do well with gettir^ their mate-

R Marini

heard ty the public, by Leslie

>

NIGEL

WEBBED

Tampa, FL

New

artists are

obvious talent that they jump the gun and enter the studio before pert'ecting something that could be phe-

nomenal. So

Simon and of peace,

it

goes with Nigel. Four

Gart'unkel-ish tunes with

lo^ and

just havin' a

wry

excellent

the late '60's spirit

groo\y day

but they're prematurely put

potential,

ha^

down on

a lot of

track

and

sent out to be reviewed. Most prominent of the four

Come

"Wlien Will

guitars and

&

a Day?"

is

which features jinking acous-

harmonious voqIs. The Ihree other songs. To

Desperation," "Resist," and "Flower Child, Call

Tampa, FL

Webbed Feet have a pop quality with a heavy influence on an alternative-edged li^l jazz sound. ing aspert

it

is

this

"Vicious," with

its funk)',

The

groove

dream

—a

Ihesfc gu\-s

lot like Florida itself

if

added some

could really get into

1

onh' they would just

let

brass or gave their

dmmmer

break out and stomp,

my Tampa

it

loose!

could be the act

based soul

I've

by Lee

to!

Maybe

if

they

a chance to

been longing

.-Ira?

Leach

Tampa. FL all

over your body.

hook — God, what metaphysical experience

Follow

is

FL

the stuff that sends chills

End" is the strongest song. "Golden Boy" Shane Myers wails as good as EKis could ever have hoped to and

it?

CD

WIMMIN ON THE EDGE

"Bitter

that

endectf-

lacks the nastiness to

THE SENSE'S Raw Gainesville.

most

"Thou^ls Of Life' has a definite tropical feel, make it a totally Jamaican

laden beat.

but

Its

driving bassiines of T.J. Clowacki.

is tiie

best cut off of this

to give

are equally good tunes, by Lee .^nit Leach

This

FEET ytrown/JTieS/ue

so excited about exposing their very

inspired

with the hard rockin' soul of "When She

This

is

a 2 song sampler featuring "Rich Bov's"

"the Mother." "Rich Boys" tic/electric slide

is

and ^

a soothing yet Qtchy acous-

number whose

topic

the cassette jacket: ""Rich Boys'

is

best described

surrounding the events of an alleged rape and the recent

Tampa. Our anger over

this particular story has

tnal in

accepts violence toward

women. We welcome a day

wait until croonin', drinkin' or just breaking strings. Just

safe^ and respect for

women!" Very

profile

they start breaking chartsi by Leslie ...

R Mariru

rock and

the power

is

a arefree romp of

on a fast lane highway. The only weak cut on which lacks is "Rock And Roll Outlaw," a tune

it

needs to really make

y^

it fly. Still,

this

is

a

good

all

styles

wimmin'

done?"

our

I

(rf

our culture, which

I

is

an

really like that these

take a stand with their music. "Can Is

of

cool, interesting

abound. "The Mother"

environmental gnpe son^ though

another planet?

roll

this release

been fueled by the general attitude

and refreshing

Yovr Doubter

on

based on our anger

is

The Sleeps" and you'll be toe-tapping and head banging. high a maintain longevity to and Sense's have the talent be in whatever it is they undertake, whether it

Dancing With Your Daughter

and the drag of being

very elegant

is

but pidcs up into some

but apparently their public demanded it Personally, I like the these guys beUer live; the energy is captured, and

CARLOHA

Touting the virtues of celibacy

quite talented and have

Progrwsive sounding band, with straight forward

Miami, FL

FL

"Picture Of Two"

IN

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