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TABLE OF CONTENTS IBKWSf NON-STOP MUSIC COVERAGE FOR THE SOUTHEAST NWOBHM

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The Musician This It

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part 2 of a continuing series

A Musician

on "How To Make

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Most people thought Divinyls had gone the way of countrymen Men At Work and Rick Springfield pop anomalies whost; careers soared quickly, and broke down just as quickly in the eariy '80s. But they didn't go away. They've Divinyls were troopers fellow

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been plugging at the edge of the rock scene for years now, trying to recapture their momentum, trying to snag that big break.

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Show. They infomied me that the music scene witnessed was not just because of the 3OO0

Austin, TejQS for the 5th Annual South by

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Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference. The

industry professionals and musicians

largest showcase of unsigned bands in the U.S.,

descended upon the town

SXSW featured over 500 bands and artists over four norv-stop nights.

don't

From

it

bigger in Texas.

is

I

know who "they" are, but they must have

musical community in such an overwhelming

strip

Friday night, Austin's main music strip

(6th Street)

had to be barricaded off from traffic

to protect the

music

lovers.

Over 10,000 people

were on ttie strip supporting live, original music Ov«er 10,000 people

partid responsibly v^Wle

the police on horseback kicked back and

made

sure there were no problems. Of course, as

was

told

many

from

local residents, there are

seldom any problems. Fans of rock, blues, reggae, dance

I

and jazz

all

The vibe was infecand overwhelmingly omniscient Austin has the muse. peacefully yet powerfully.

tious

It

didn't matter if your band was

showcasing

SXSW or not It didn't even matter if you had a band. Old men, young girls and everyone for

in between had picked tars,

up

their acoustic gui-

mini-amps, washboards and whatever else

could spread the muse. Every comer had these street

comer troubadours.

Hell, people

were

the stiip quickly

to capacity.

fills

dty coundl and other dty officials did not also enibrace the scene, it would have no space to exist Actually, Austin

is

pretty

smart

If

10,000

music fans spend $20 apiece on the 6th Street almost 1/4 million dollars

stiip,

into their local economy.

doesn't surprise

It

is

funneleJ

And thaf s each ni^t

me

that Texas hosts the

most progressive musical community

in the

guess

only

do with

me

elementary.

If

have

all this

and Georgia?" Ifs the musical communities of in Florida

mean bone boogie which had everybody walking by smiling and waving. Atone point over fifteen people were standing on the comer, beating

Sam

their bones.

the Flower

Man conducted

most primal of rhythm sections as his feet perched on upside-down 5 gallon buckets the

would

much

all

be

much

stronger than

we

(which

we

are cur-

rentiy.

Look

one more time. 28 dubs are in the meh-opolitan area. Most of tiiese are

do not allow bands about it

Is tiiere

to

80%

80%

of tiiese

dubs

do cover material. Think original

music every day

had

Original music

attached to his feet At one

point noticing Sam's "Uncle

felt

the

same

Sam" hat and the

vibe twenty-five years ago.

I'm from Los Angeles and Tve experienced

what many brag is the best music scene in the worid; and you know what we were all wrong.

The music scene in Austin has more energy aiS

more importantly, none of the pretentiousness known to come with the big music meccas.

I

spoke to representatives from the Texas

Chamber

of

Commerce

at the

SXSW

Trade

more tiwugh. You must be vocal in

of

tiie

likely,

the

week

is

in the

given

lip service

dubs and

tiien

one night of it's

such a

limited genre that there's no possible way for to succeed. In otiier

music is a

dub

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

dub owners tiiat you when tiiey support music They may not pay attention at Tell

original first

your

when

but

the cash register starts ringing

and stops ringing on cover nights, the message will ring loud and dear. for original nights

know

Let your dty leaders

If

that tiiey

must

curfews, noise ordi-

Michael Bamett

it

situations, original

Michael Bamett

Adam

heard.

More bands

surging

tiie

original

will

will

Shegstad

No matter inaease

top of

catalytic

in

Lisa Johnson

at tiie top of

what direction you

tiie hill

right

push needed

force.

Ricky Miller

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fijrtiier

Maria Moraca, Karen Krisci, Karen, Robbyn Owen and Dawn Smithson

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tiie

hilL

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We are

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all

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nurture a thriving

musical community in each town and dty in tiieSoutiieast

The next Stevie Ray Vaughan or Janis Joplin

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It won't happen if muse. They can't tap

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music coming up with

tunes as powerful as anything you've ever

ttie

PUBUSHER

only support ttiem

will

at Austin

energy in the air, I wondered if Haight-Ashbury

Romper Stompers

There's

your support

Everybody

located in a 4 block sh'etch.

ASST.

Janice Nicholas

into tiiemselves for

as

Chip Mignacca

tiie

clubs in your

area every single night

young musicians and bands

Southeast supported music

week where you live? I doubt it Most on any given ni^t you'll find 80% cover music and 20% original music I know it's true in Tampa and Oriando and Fve been told ifs h^ in Miami and Atianta.

—

all ttie

Atianta, Miami, Orlando, Tampa andevery other

Sam

a

fill

DIRECTOR OF RELATIONS

there will neve r be tiie fertile soil that a musical

courtesy of

we stormed up

could

of original music are allowed to be enforced,

as the people in Austin

offered

It

community can grow ia The attihjde will change, the scene will chaiige and tiie economy will grow. And as original sori^ are supported more and more,

our neighbor.

only has a population of 585,000 people)

who

music Imagine just on any given night supporting

people out

(pos-

is

"Enough about Texas. What does to

it's

Christopher R. Phillips

who love to 25% of those

this point you're pr5)ably thinking,

sibly in the world)

At

I

community

PUBUSHER/EXECUTIVE EDITOR

be upwards of 50,000 people

nances, zoning restiictions and condemnation

the best musical

25%

the Flower Man,

may

allow a scene to grow.

in the soul of Texas so

is

fitting that

MFMRER PURUCATION

any dub

Music

yet

us a maJce-shift percussion emsemble of cattle

If

natioa Stevie Ray Vaughan found the muse in Austia ZZ Top spoke of the power of La Grange.

The oddest

bones. For thirty minutes,

going to book a cover band.

is

music scene.

zoning commissioners,

tiie

had was

he

owner in ti>e Soutiieast tiwught he could make more money by booking original acts, he'd do it in a heartbeat As a music &n, this is where your part comes ia In your metropolitan area, there

support

If the-police,

THEBAMNETWORK

owner tiiinks out to listen to Van Halen covers tiian origiiials, the club

see live

meti'opolis in

I

music (whetfier make money. If he will get more people

on Friday and Saturday nights.

But an entertainment age crowd wtJlild have nowhere to go if the dty itself did not lend

even sitting cross legged in the middle of the blocked off street playing, singing and dancing.

most fun experience

Tht

police have a year-long job blocking off the

alternative,

intermingid

Its large

from Austin club owners, but even in the

summer,

On

entertainment

college population certainly triggers smiles

been hanging out in Austin when they said it I have never seen a metropolis embrace its iashioa

SXSW. Far from

for

every perspective, Austin progres-

sively supports its

They say everything

who had

priority is not to support

original or cover times) but to

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ostpeople thought Divinyls hadgone the way offellow

countrymen Men At Work and Rick Springfield— pop anomalies whose careers soared quickly, and broke

down Just as

quickly in the early '80s.

were troopers

— they

But Divinyls

go away. They've been

didn't

plugging at the edge of the rock scene /or years now, I

trying to recapture their

momentum,

trying to

snag

that big break.

ChristinaAntphlettandMarkMcEnteelbrmedDivinyls over a decade ago. They started out on

Ae fast track; within a year of

with some other guys, and then some of them

changed

I

guess some of them

their own ways for different reasons, or maybe from the disappointment that we hadn't done better. Then on Temperamental we used some different people. We then used different people on this record. So it's been basically Mark and I together through tiie whole period. It's always been a band kind of approach in the studio. Basically Mark writes the music and I write the lyrics. Sometimes we

went just

cross over

—

know, Mark

I

is

just have things in

my head, you

the technical one."

seems that the two had some good stuff in

It

getting together they put out Monkey Grip in Australia.

A Life

Desperate and What

arid tiien

were the same, and then

They became

thei r heads when they set out to KCordDivinyls,

the fourth Aussie band (says Amphlett) to be signed directiy to an

as well as a great backing band (which includes

renowned keyboardist Benmont Tench, bass-

Americanbbel(Chrysalis}.Widianewlineup,tiieyreleasedDesperate in 1983, their international debut. They found success in the college charts

and began touring

incessantly.

Randy Jackson and drummer Charlie One would also expect a hit song when songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom ist

Drayton).

pop chart toppers The Bangles, Cyndi Lauper and countless others) show up. But a single that rather obviKelly (who've penned light

for

ously addresses female masturbation? This

not their nomial

hirfl

is

Amphlett has worked

with Steinberg'Kelly before (they wrote "Like

A Cat"

for Lauper's last LP),

though never

for

a Divinyls album. The two writers also handed

Amphlett the most achingly beautiful ballad close off the

album

— "I'm On Your

to

Side."

"They came into the studio when we were recording and played

it

on acoustic

They actually wrote it for me to sing.

guitar.

like that

I

song."

She says that "Touch" was written restaurant, but hedges at

Three albums andeightyears later, Amphlett

its

"We were sitting, writing in a restaurant, and these two girls were listening and I sup-

been giving the big push to Divinyls.

we were just being silly; I don't know. we weren't. But it's one of those songs that

pose

and McEntee only now seem to have climbed

Leaving behind the players thejihad worked

on the career success ladder.

With their self-titled debut on Virgin (their fifth LP), the group is at last enjoying crossover

with in the past, as well as producer Mike

No,

Chapman, who'd worked on their previous two LPs, resulted in the band iinding new influences and a cleaner sound as they headed into the shjdio last year. The result has already yielded a number one single in Australia, and the band has just wrapped up a video for "Love School," which will follow "Touch" as a single

can be understood on different

the next rung

chart success with the risque lead single

Touch wagon

Myself,"

"I

and fans are hopping on the

to praise this

"new band."

"We're not a new band," laughs Amphlett in

New York

her

hotel room. "But people think

the Divinyls are a

new band now!"

there.

Afleradecadeofbeingdisregarded,achange

was

definitely in store for the Divinyls.

Chrysalis's decision to drop the

group may

have been a blessing in disguise.

"We got dropped from Chrysalis in 1988 and Mark and I decided to go to Paris in '89 and just have some fun and see what we were going to do," Amphlett says. "Then we started writing and we sent the songs back to our American management and they really liked them; they sent them to Virgin who thought they were really keen.

seemed

to

We

really liked Virgin

—

they

understand us."

Amphlett blames rity

on her fomier

pay

much

attention to

which she says didn't them. They certainly

don't have that problem with Virgin,

what track

which has

will

"This record

it's still

in the air as to

be the next U.S. is

tion department,"

single.

better for us in the produc-

Amphlett admits.

"I

think

on Temperamental, things sound a bit buried.

I think this one's really sparse and simple and organic.

We

recorded

it

live

(though we've

always done that) and the sounds are really good, the playing

is

great, the keyboards are

very natural and soulful. Everything has place,

nothing interferes.

It's

its

just a very or-

. . .

think that

it's

up

song

if

levels.

And

I

to the listener's interpretation of

you're a nun, you know, you're

going to interpret

it

in

one way, and

if

stripper you're going to interpret

you're a

it

in an-

other."

Did they hope the titillating nahire of it would work to their benefit as did the scandal around Madonna's "Justify My Love"?

"It

was a

bit of

an attention grabber," she

admits.

Certainly, the video, tiiough erotic, doesn't

approach the shock value of "I

"Justify."

don't think there's a lot that's risque in

the video

know,

I

— some people think

suppose there's a

it is,

there's a contortionist looking legs,

touching herself and

but you

bit a flesh in

it

and

through her upside

shiff,

down

ganic record."

While Divinyls have through

much of the band's obscu-

label

Amphlett says

in a

"meaning."

much

really

been a duo

of their history, Amphlett

quick to point out that recording

is

is

always a

band project with McEntee writing most of the music, and Amphlett penning lyrics.

The

first

record

we

did,

Mwikey

Crip, was

No matter how you

interpret

oozes from 'Touch," and lust

it,

is

sexuality

acttially a

dominate theme on Divinyls. Songs like "Lay Your Body Down," and "Love School" drip sensuality. Even the cover shot features Amnhlett wearing nothini2 but a fishnet dress.

But playing the sex symbol isn't what is all about And she doesn't seem

Amphlett

overly concerned that the band doesn't yet

have the stature of fellow Aussies INXS. ^Ve've had a

had

fun, so

lot

of support and toured and

hasn't been hell," she quips,

it

last word. Tou just keep on beause you enjoy doing it It's not as we haven't had fua We've traveled heaps. I

drawing out the doing if

it

mean,

we wanted to be an we have beea"

along

all

band

tional

...

interna-

Amphlett says she just hopes the new record does well enough to enable them to tour the

world agaia

There's no point in touring if nobody wanb never been one to want to

to hear you. I've

perform

more

10 people

for

—

get really shy.

I

The

people, the better!"

When Divinyls first broke onto the tional scene,

Now,

it

as they rise again,

it

looks as

if

& roll

rock

danger of extinctioa But Amphlett

iteelf is in

unconcerned. She says

more

interna-

was during the demise of punk.

it

is

only makes her group

necessary.

It's either heavy metal or rap out there,'

she a

sa>'s. "It's

kind of good because

what we do. We've always had

makes us

it

more unique. We've always

little

just done

lots of melody in

&

our music, we've always been a rock band.

my

suppose

I

punky

because

it

was confronting, but

you know, you just got

to

do what you do. You

little

. . .

ON TOUR

roll

performance was always a

can't just check over the trends, or else you lose

who

>x3u are."

NOW!

With their roots in Australia, their record

company

in America,

and the

the re-

site for

cording of Divinyls in France (hence the short instrumental "Cafe Interlude"), the band does

seem

have developed a certain rocking cos-

to

mopolitan

flair.

And when

it

comes

to music,

England and America provide them with their heroes. Some of the guitar work on the new album even hearkens to (who else) The Beatles.

Tou can'thelpitsometimes to be influenced

by The

Beatles,

I

suppose, but

I

don't think

main iniluence of ours. Growing up in Australia, you hear from English rock & roll and American rock & roll. And as we've traveled, like \^'hen we first started, if we'd do a cover, it would be an Australian band like The Easy Beats or The Loved Ones. But as we've that's a great

We

music'

listens to other "TJo,

I

pop

stars.

don't listen to pop music at

all.

In feet

music We're more of a rock & roll band with some pop. I listen to blues and rock hate pop

and country music, but

I

don't listen to pop,

pop, pop."

If

thrashers and

core fans

the music

on

Divinyls

is

any indication

ot

the power of listening to the old masters,

maybe we should send Expose a crate

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Poisonous nffs, and powerful songs equals

BIOHAZARD... harxi-

alike...

The

nneanest street style record since

Basically, this is

an

explosive album with

no compromises

Cro-Mags..."

Rob Clymo.

But what about pop? Surely a pop rock band

I

should please

METAL FORCES

King and John Lee Hooker and that and your Jeff Becks. I also listen

to classical

with their debut, and

influ-

our

players like B.B. stuff like

htt

listen to a lot of old blues guitar

traveled we've kind of broadened

ences.

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the kit acoustically, ma>^)e with

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tile

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much as we have covered all the basics

of studio preparation, the time has

come

begin the actual task of recording. There

to

is

of these thirigs

before, but

something Tirst

to

includes, but

is

actually a few

workinjg

we have addressed

on

of yourself

is

be avoided at all costs. So ... foremost Be professional This not limited

Show up on time. (On time.)

to,

the foUowing:

time in this business

minutes

early, so as to

Show up

is

if

if s a

have brand new,

double headed

kit).

Let

engineer do his work. Help but don't be a

What you hear whDe he

have

little

to

do with the

is

working may

up a

little

more

sober.

is

begin

Show up

communication between engineer and player needs to be very high. One of the critical things to be mutually understood (Afferent parts

each.

main

m thin

is

a song

tiie

number

and the

of

role of

Spend the most time worrying over the parts of the song, unless you have an

unlimited budget

(like

a rich girlfriend or par-

ents).

Get your gear to sound the way you

prepard.

While the engineer

tov^ard H-hat all

for

is

getting sounds to-

What he

keep your mouths shut

youll do

you ^^anted

is

in the first place,

necessary preparations.

producer reigns over

You

play your

to get the

but

slow the process dow-u Hell ask

your opinion w,+)en he has completed

cian. That's

is

directiy

Remember

this area as

all

the

that the

well

instrument You're a musi-

your job. The engineer

is

supposed

sounds recorded to the tape as the

producer directs him

- tiiat's

his job. Let

them

work. Constant interruptions waste everyone's

result

final

Guitarist rigs generally set

samples, have them ready ahead of time.

your

quickly than the drums, and the degree of

making an imbedle

^

you'll

pest.

a

thing called studio etiquette.

Some

against the

never before tuned heads on your drums (both top and bottom

^^-hat I

Work

Let

Rebuttal to follow...

See

2.

that item 1

like

it

time and money.

Ever seen Spinal Tap? Ever notice opinion of someone

who

isn't in

how

the

the band

is

generally a source of irritation to everyone

except the band

member who brought

tiiem?

Keep anyone you don't need out of tfie studio.

Frierids, significant others, crew people, everyixxly H-ants to

come

along. Ifs cool to

hang out in the studio. They may mean well but they're probably entirely useless. They have no real

purpose other tiwi to interrupt the cre-

ative flow.

"fiie

engineer is going to need to work with your kit

record are there forever. Generajly, ifs a lot

Most of your pals are used to hearing aixi seeing

there

first;

a large

drummer kit takes

will

need to get

time to set up.

wut

GRAND

his job. (Notice

how

this

phrase gets

re-

peated?)

Don't ask

how things work or w+iat tiiey do

Don't ask things

Most musicians are used

to playing live.

like

who

really

is

individual's concentration

slows things

getting the hotel

off.

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kiea. Don't eat all the food or drink eve rytfiing

whfle everyone else

busy.

is

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seems

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you're trashed

may not be such a hot idea in the morning.

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applies here too. Get v^-asted y.+)en

you're finished

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the producer pay for it

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is

work upon

which your career depends. \Ar^t counts is the final product not n-hether it makes you kÂťk cod or not or if your part is up firont in the mix or not If it sells 200 bQlfon copies, you obviously did

it

right and everyone will tiiink

you're godlike anyway.

The studio wired up. You

your normal

is

a weird place.

listen in

fifty

You

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sCTeaming potential

get

all

headphones instead of cabinets.

It is difficult

to play to a plate of glass instead of a

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partners.

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You need

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ego and/or a detract you,

and then work with the engineer in getting that that any effects you sound to [2ft. Be

Generally the

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currently doing a press run through Europe that

is

including an apearance on their version of MTV, numerous 'zine interviews and an enviable

show

in

of the best

COLOUR

LIVING for

an

unknown musical hotbeds

hit the Special Events

their visit here, Living Colour tore

it

Center in in March.

up, plain

full

Dweller Award vioM have to go out to Ravi Jakhotia,

drummer

own CRIMSON GLORY, who was seen flying in and

for Tampa's

onto various parts of the crowd. The real close to

band stands

BLEEDING HEARTS are

signing a development deal with a major label. This as Florida's

Local thrash upstarts

most

likely act for a possible signing.

ROADKILL may have secured an on-the-

road excursion with Roadrunner's EXHORDER that would take

them through

Texas,

Oklahoma and Kansas. Either way,

station raises

^i^SMi^

valid credit

and a break. The rumors continue

the possible demise of the Bay's

to circulate about

ROXX GANG.

Despite claims

from the band's management to the contrary, word has if

the group hasn't already

split, it is definitely

JUULIET vocalist Kenny McGee can officially be

that

now as

the former vocalist of that Florida band. Julliet were with

Enigma during

it's

last

months. McGee

with longtime local contenders

is

presently rehearsing

HEARTLESS who

specifically

go of their founding vocalist Jimi Robinette in time for McGee's arrival. About the transition, McGee had this to say: "It let

was time for me to move oa They were looking to make a change and so was I." The band is rehearsing non-stop for a hometown show here in April and will be heading out west soon aftef. One of the most impressive shows to hit this town recentiy was

SAIGON KICK on the show? Honestly

ifs

brought his unique brand of weirdness to

a live broadcast before the show. During the radio

improvised a song on the spot and dedicated

There's Nothin' Going staple of his live act, but

On it

MASSACRE

slated for release in May.

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The 10 tracks

band, featuring Rick Rozz on

18th of April at the Rock-It. Describe the

one of those you'd-have-to-bc-theres. The

now returned in a big way. The band will follow the a European tour starting in the second

week

play locally before the tour, so expect

an album

release

of June.

another positive improvement Live music making a good

with

They

comeback at the Milk Bar. This month Ed and Larry brou^t us CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, 24-7 SPYZ, SECOND STEP, MATERIAL ISSUE, BOOK OF LOVE, and look for DEAD MILKMEN sometime in April. Also appearing on the

will

release party

have recentiy relocated to Or-

lando and tiirew a demo release party on March 25. AZREAL, who

altemativesceneisPYLON.MOJONIXON.THEJODYGRIND, and look for FIREHOSE and DAVID LOWERYall at Einsteia

They Live" opened the show. AGONY COLUMN and DEICIDE will play the Beacham Theater on April 13th. The Beacham will also host PIGFACE (featuring members of REVOLTING COCKS and KILLING JOKE) and SVLare shooting a video for

STRANGER is selling out in Tallahassee with local faves TRASH PALACE on the opening slot REDRUM PRODUCTIONS

VERnSH on tiie 20th and KREATOR May 4th. Look for a ska party

on

April 16th featuring the

ALTER EGO

is

recording this

are getting ready to celebrate their

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LIVING

COLOUR at the Florida Theater in Jacksonville with Kings X. The current tour is sponsored by GREENTCACE and Florida leads the way in donations. A good sign for the future —

Kam Lee on vocals, has reformed its original lineup.

Andrews and Terry Butier had been the rhythm section for DEATH on the Leprosj and Spiritual Healing albums, but have

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UIKSMimE/IIORniFLA.

have com-

were recorded at MORRISOUND STUDIO, produced in part by

sooa

will

the afternoon

Mojo

In Orlando" probably won't be a

COLIN RICHARDSON. The

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is

to the listeners.

it

was damn funny.

Earache/Combat death metallists

work on an album

set,

enough cash they

programming.

and

Rumor has it that if tiie

money will be well spent I wish I could personally thank NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE for playing an awesome show at the Orlando Arena. If you weren't there you really missed out

Bill

it

forthcoming. tagged

tiieir

Club Spacefish recently, and graced the airwaves of WUCF with

pleted this

young, aggressive unit has made some impact here that deserves

their Michael

organizing a concert at the Beach Club.

MOJO NIXON

works,

be hosting a fund drive on April 19th tiirough the 28th. The

station will feature local bands playing in the studio

and simple. Out

on throughout The Most Active Pit

work on

finished

Tampa

majority of Vwid and Time's Up. The chaos was heavy in the

with a pit going

in the country.

During

of the gate with Type," Vernon Reid and Co. wailed through the

fh)nt,

tiie

BEGGARWEEDS, who have Stipe produced album. WUCF

the latter playing shows with the

will

show with KING'S X

easily sold-out

October. SLOWandBRAILLE CLOSET have tours in

shmooze fest at a DAVID LEE ROTH this band is from Florida, one

Amsterdam. Remember,

year anniver-

first

CHILD'S PLAY, NUISANCE, SHllNT SCREAM,

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expect to have a

the social event of the year. Back in Jacksonville,

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can't

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from

gets the video treatment

is still

whiz

ENTER-

drew a nice turnout

going strong.

at

PRODIGY

made the move to Orlando and attracted the interest of more than a few record labels. They'll be returning to Jacksonville in April for an all ages show at Cedar Hills Amiory with have

Rick Richards (GA SATELLITES) will be behind'the boards in TRICLOPS STUDIO. On a more reverent note, the band recently paid a visit to Greenwood, Mississippi, to

his

— longtime

friend of Johnson's

is

Blues."

— sang

"Cross-

new series

label recognition

such as

currently held by Chicago's ALLIGATOR and

SHEKINAH. EDDIE SELPH has left the REGULATORS and reformed CIRCUS wth VERNON BAHL - \\«'ll

Orlean's

be looking for a return gig soon, and you can

LEGENDARY BLUES BAND, Disciple of the Blues by

TAUA

and

Regulators at the beaches

catch your copy of

-

and you can catch

still

catch the

me wherever you

THRUST - Welcome home

to the troops.

that

which

is

BLACK TOP.

Releases include U.B.

Rhodes,L€/!sSu;fl772pi4u;/M7e by

New

JUDGE by the

dA

Sonny

Smokehouse, and Coo(//?ocA7>2'

Daddy by Big Joe Maher. DA DA ID has been putting the finishing touclKS on a video set for "Happy Song from Mark," work was done at BLUJE with producer BRIAN KING. REVERSING

"Boxes" and "Against the Fence."

WALL STUDIOS

HOUR

All

has also been at Blue Wall, finishing up a

m

new

single

including "Plasticland," b/w "Mr. Krakowski's Blue Period."

LOVE, hav e band

recentiy signed local favorites

features

Tom

Branch (guitar/backing

low) Callas (vocals), (bass).

They

will

INSANE JANE. The

Tim Campion

vocals), Chris (yel-

(drums), and Dave Roth

head into the studio

to

work on

on material

the band has been working

albums. These

MONKEES,

for several tribute

will include "Pleasant Valley

Thirteen" by

poem by Ernest Noyles

BIG STAR, and

Sunday" by THE "Ear," which is a

Brookings. All tracks were laid

down at

FURIES STUDIO by ace producer ED BURDELL. THE TOMBSTONES, having just signed with Relativity, have decided to r^record their entire

2bum.

This time out though.

.|.i:IM!H:l|.mT

DD S

SHANGHI MUTT, and SWEATIN' BULLETS. CITT LIMITS is joining the ranks of the rock

& rollers again, this time with the Wednesday and

rededication of the Metro as the Metro Rock.

Thursday nights are now being dedicated few of the bands lined up for April

are:

to original music, a

WAU

II

WALL, VIO-

LENT PLAYGROUND, MADD MARGRITT, RAZOR RED, UNCLE FESTER, STILLETTO, LITTLE SISTER and ELYSIUM. The Cat Club in

TWO

idea here

to be

is

South

answer to the

Florida's

New York. The PLUS FIVE in

Davie and the

PLUS

West Palm Beach are entering the final stages of the FLORIDA ROCK WARS '91. The semi-finals will continue the in

first two Mondays in April and the finals that will determine which band will represent tiie respective club they are playing in will be held April 15th. The winners will then go on to

country band the pressing of their

MAVERICKS

are about to run the third

self-titled, self-released

CD. In addition to

distribution, the Mav's just got distribution in

local

Germany and

Holland, as well as reviews in Billboard Hits, and England's

BUTTON SOUTH was the place to be on March 15th, as our very

live April 19th at the CACTUS CANTINA THE BUTTON SOUTH and DRUM DESIGN are hosting GUITAR WARS "Si at the Button South April 29th. 25

own SAIGON KICK blew back into town to play in front of 1800 of their closest friends. Thumbs up for the growth factor within

of judges

. .

The road did them some good. The big surprise of the evening was theappearanceofSKIDROWonstage with SAIGON this band.

KICK

for

"Highway

what could be described to Hell." Hopefully

now

pleted recording tracks for their

RIVER STUDIOS settle do\\'n to a dull

120

^

FLA.

And now a few words from the South end of things.

If you're into chaos and mayhem, in a fun sort of way, The

in

as a crazed version of

that tiie Skids have

upcoming album

at

Melody Maker. See them

finalists will

each have 3 minutes

made up of pro

and guitar paraphernalia, and the Practicing Musician,

roar again. Gary Stryder of Stryder Records

their stuff to a panel

The grand prize an $1800.00 custom George Lynch model ESP guitar autographed by his royal Lynchness after his recent performance. Inaddition to the Axe will be assorted amplifiers, strings,

comwill

show

is

NEW

Ft Lauderdale, things around here

to

players, teachers, etc.

will

who

be accepted after April

lastly

Thafs

1st.

churning, way south end of the

a "Spotiight" in Guitar for

also lending

is

all

support Entries

from the burning,

state.

Gim Gong

Oldsmar,

,

beginning of the

compete against each other in the statewide finals. Our very own

HUMySOUTH

additional

A Green Little Pill, their cassette release recorded at JOHN KEANE'S STUDIO in Athens. It appears that SWELL, formeriy named HOMEMADE SISTER, will be forced to change their name agaia A San Francisco unit had the moniker first On a more positive note, material to be added to last year's

at the

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HAKMONYASA WAY OF LIFE

BY MARVELOUS MARVIN BOONE

There

a wave approaching, and if s been

is

coming

for quite awhile.

explain

its

revival,

No one can

or where

it

exactly

began.

Some

African and Latin American beats mixed with American music heard in the 1960's over radio stations

New

such as those in

Orieans."

suggest that it is primarily curiosity, or perhaps

However, recent bands have further ex-

some-

pounded, or deviated the definition of Reggae.

a fed Others believe people are craving

thing "different" Whatever the reason, the fact is

—

obvious

it is

What

here.

referring to. Well in just

Reggae this

is

column

sincere hope

this

am

it I

one word; REGGAE!

the foundation

— Reggae

is

and aspiration of

Vibrations.

It is

our

\MR^gae Vibrations may serve

to introduce for

some

of you, and ftirther

inform for others, the happenings in the arena of Reggae. In

upcoming

articles

my staff and I

wil I share wi th you the array of tal ent of regional

Reggae bands such as Tampa Bay's UPRISING,

X)HUKAMES and RAPPORT BLAZE and, Orlando's EMPHIS and CARRIBEAN EXPLOSION. Continue

to read this

column

to

share inteniews fi'om these and other various

Reggae bands.

renowned

We

artists

will also

and

let

interview world

you know the

latest

THE

Case in point. Arista recording artists

SAMPLES who

gave an massive performance

The Samples took

recentiy in St. Petersburg.

time from their hectic schedule of promoting their

new album The Samples

topic of Reggae. As Charies ist/guitarist for the

to discuss the

Hambleton, vocal-

group explained, the group's

but for us

it

was a matter of

combining our background with Reggae."

The intensity of Reggae is continuing to rise

new

haps even "folk" have often a Reggae flavor in

"What

is

many

Reggae?"

In a recent interview with Elektra recording

STEEL PULSE, LEAD VOCALIST DAVID HIND defines Reggae as "lyrical music sensation

with militant messages, [regarding]

and

social issues that are

sufferer ...The

political

expres^ by

the

after all the millions

fronts,

both nationally and interna-

For example,

artists

&

who were once

roll,"

"R&B," or

per-

of their recordings. Singers such as re-

STING and LIONEL RICHIE have found much success and astrong following

cording

artist

where the O'Jays are again: thirteen seller.

The O'Jays have never given

up.

me

about where the O'Jays have been, and where

I

said, this is just

Eddie is a seasoned pro witii an eye to the You can t help but feel his endmsiasm Oiat the O'Jaus have more hits in them.

it

with the hard think, that

I

I

and compassion that you need

heart,

think

has a way of getting the knovs^edge,

it

to be a

true peribrmer.

And

like you say, you're still around!

Yeah (laughing), and thafs the whole

key, to

be in the mainstream.

still

be around

It's

been about ten years since you dki the

aixl

still

song "Used To Be Bfy GirL" People just kive that record.

That was our

last

major record. Everything on

record since then, between 1979 and 1987, was a real dry spell for the O'Jays.

That's

when William Powell died of cancer.

'77, and then we went through a

around

around these days, Michael Bolton, Simply Red, and Rick Astiey

Then Gamblin' Huff

Witii all the fake soul

(sings like a tiie

worid

is

transitioa

We got Sammy Strain in

the group.

started having a transi-

problem because they were the guys

tional

bird— looks like a nerd}, maybe

producing the monster

ready for the real thing.

and "Love Train." They started having prob-

hits like "Backstabber"

and consequently, when the

lems,

up

for us,

has a way of forging a true entertainer.

Yes,

pens start to dry up, the

an introductioa Please

editions of fhruST to be kept

M

it

knocks, hitting and missing, was,

future.

moment when

continue to read Reggae Vibrations in the

upcoming

.

they are going.

with their "new" sound.

As

.

of records, thafs

the gospel intense lead singer, talked to

spiritual,

No, at least N*^at

the O'Jays,

schoobnates in Canton, Ohio started out

And

marquees

theaters,

meteoric deal where you had nothing left

that

how

almost

defined solely as "rock

asking,

Imagine plugging away for thirteen years without a oig hit That's

combine a sound of Reggae with Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

"For many," Hambleton continued, "Reggae is able to

uptown

Phis you were rising nice and sk>w, not like a

that hng, even with early success.

Hambleton, the group

connoisseurs out there, articles of interest re-

Some of you may be

Most groups don 't even stay together

record.

Even (^ter original member William Powell died of cancer in 1977, the group keeps on harmonizing and soul stirrin' after all these years.

Eddie Levert, co-founder of the O'Jays, and

garding restaurants and recipes to excite your

one step at a time.

GirL" The group had been together for had a hit

here.

still

over a decade before they even

exactly

tionally.

this

My

years since their last million

to

and much more!

theaters,

The Samples have uniquely combined a mbc of folk and rock 'n roll with a backdrop of methodical reggae rhythm. According to

Georgia area. Not only that, but for you food

But for now lef s take

''Bcckstabbers,'"'Love Train, " "For The Love

OfMoney," "I Love Music," and "Used To Be

Mariey.

happenings in nightclubs in the Florida and

palate will be included

liver a

primary influence was Reggae legend Bob

is

good stage show, which is why we are We went to the school of power

The O'Jays had their first big hit in 1972 and went on to record five gold records,

to

It

date with all the latest happenings with Reggae.

It

tempo of Reggae came from

a

have a

they can't get off the mark.

happened to Motown. was time for the O'Jays

ontheircareer

writers'

artists also

...

hand

to get a better

soin 1987 we started writing

more and doing more production of our Then in 1990, ^ong comes Ron Fair of

little

stuff.

Records, who was a blessing in disguise, and he brou^t with him a song by Bob Dylan called "Emotionally Yours" and a song called

TMI

"Something For Nothing." With

his inspira-

and belief in the group, we've been able to come up with a record that I think will compete tion

THRUST: You

started out back in the 50's.

with "Used To Be

Right, Eddie? Singing doo-wop music?

EDDIE LEVERT: Yes, the original

around

comer

We were

comer.

one of

groups, ya know, standin'

lovin' the Drifters,

James Brown, and we were in

listening to that kind of music while

We

Canton, Ohk).

listened to

WHOL and

played a variety of music. Thafs where

they

we

got

most of our background, standin' on street comers listening to that kind of stuff and watching

I^k

Clark's concert tours

be

everybody thought The Triumphs were called The Tramps. So we changed it with Sid Nathan at

King Records.

in Cincinnati,

Right! Right!

were ever

— which was the on — the

first label

big label.

we He

Tri-

umph. We thought that sucked too, but we wanted to be in tlT« record biz and as long as we were on the records, call us anything!

You've been putting out records and making

singles

16 April 1991/Thrusl

...

30

years, 5 millk)n selling

unbelievable.

And you were around

for

10 years before big success?

We

did the 'chillin'

"

circuits for at least

hang in

come

your

there,

You know what

arouixi agaia

you're about

I

loved

it! I

that?

thought

it

could be that this

to express

is

late I

great! In the

movie

and

all

directwn.

your time ajain. for,

a

chance

when everyone

is

willing

pray

artists

never too old and if s never too

you have

think everything

to

do

is

moving

is

stay true. in ttie right

No matter what happens,

Eddie, you

have lived a dream.

I

couldn't put

was

like

16.

it

any

We

better!

it

didn't

"Backstabbers."

become

started

when

I

and a few others, a

dream

Then the dream came

more out of this ever dreamed

I

We

had chart records "Lonely

Drifter," "Lipstick Tracks,"

become

helped us to de-

themselves

to listea You're

but 10 to

was

"New Jack City," Troop and Levert and my son's group do a version of "For The Love Of Money."

It makes me feel like it was all worthwhile, even if 1 don't have the 20 - 30 millioa

got

It

able to

have to keep your head on right and

15 years, and that helped us in the later years to better performers.

If you're

will eventually

Could be! Thafs what

first

officially

for over

time

It

Ohk)?

thought Mascots was a better name than

music

success to now.

last

Absolutely.

&iak about

ShouU

dogs or something ...

We started off being called The Triumphs and

Down

your

Have yoD ever heard 6k BuOetboys do the s<ng "For the Love <rf Money"? What do you

...

Man, don't bring that up.

down

Giri."

coming.

And you guys were caied The Mascots So, you didn't like The Mascots?

My

you compare the time span fifom when you started to the time when you had >'our first big success, it's equK-alent to the time span from If

life

and

until true.

this business

I

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Muddy ever had. "Got My Mojo Working" in its

Sonnys played the Blues harp

worth the price of the admissioa

like nobod>''s

Sonny put the Blues

BB.KiSGiUve at the Regal (MCA)— This become the King of He has another live disc, "livt at Cook (x)unty Jail," which is just as good Get both discs by B.B. and you've got B.B. live in

driving sound. This disc features in the early

fifties,

Sonny Boy

II

his first recordings. Great

stuff.

X)HN LEE HOOKER: (DCC

SOME NEWS AND SOME VIEWS ABOUT SOME BLUES Now

that the

war

is

over and everybody

waving flags and laughing

Was

the blues?

more

it

even a

Yes,

it's

safe to

here's a

war?

seemed

have in your collectioa

real

It

Winds of War or

The Persian Gulf War came complete

handy dandy guide to some blues

Complete Re-

77je

— This

is

where the

In this war, T.V. reporters, not soldiers, were

here, too. All forty-one songs this seminal

War because he

couldn't type, and of

course, because he's dead.

network had

its

own

title

in the Gulf,"

television

and graphics

war as if it were a T.V. movie;

"War

Each

for the

"T^ Desert War,"

Towelheads

in Turmoil,"

andsooa Mini-War or Mini-Series War. and television sucks agaia The bills keep coming and the jobs keep going. The car still breaks down and the e\'er>'day littles of life are still with us. The war may

called the

Whatever

it

was, if s over,

be over but the fi^t goes on, just like the Blues.

In fact the story of the struggle of

life

IS the

taste.

The Blues have no color, shape, smell, or Luckily, we can hear the Blues; how else

could

we

Blues.

find

them?

Soon people like

will

down their flags down Christmas decora-

and the post-holiday blues

will settle

ia

my

music room.) Use

your box any way you want to (sounds

bluesman of

all

time.

He must be

heard to be believed, and even then you might not quite believe iL

TAMPA RED: The Guitar Wizard (RCA) -

TR grew up in Tampa and many classic blues songs such as, "It Hurts Me Too' and "Sweet Little Angel" (a big hit for B.B. King in the fifties). Tampa Red and

As his name intones, wrote

his partner,

w+iat

was

Big Maceo, set the blueprint for

later called

Chicago Blues.

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: King Biscuit

— There

Sonny Boy Williamsons! The first one, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, was not the nicest of gu\'s. In feet,

(Arhollie Discs)

John Lee and these recordings

is

are two

he was beat and kicked to death after a gig

the disc that helped B.B.

the Blues.

your home

Who

Travis.

can claim that?

else

BUDDY GUY: / Was Walking Through the

in

—

(Chess) Buddy Guy recorded this 25 years ago and seldom has he sounded more impassioned than this. The dramatici "The First Time I Met The Blues" will knock'

Woods

disc

you out of your seat even This

the fight goes on, jtist like the Blues. In fact, the story of the

two hours and you don't have to and Randy

for

feed him. B.B. has recorded with U-2

is

if

you are standing.'

hair raising stuff!

OTIS SPA.NN:

Spann

"Otis

— This

(Candid-French Import)

is is

the Blues"

simply the

great Otis Spann, formeriy with MuckJy Waters,

struggle of

life

IS the Blues.

The Blues have no

color,

on

piano,

ments

shape, smell, or taste. Luck-

we can hear the Blues or how else could we find them? ily,

and Robert

at all!

This

The

first

time

my cat

heard Howlin' Wolf, she

series of discs

sampling of Blues

more Highly recommended Rush, and scads

All

(Chess)

Trouble

— Mr. Muddy Waters

is

in his

this collection of original singles. stuff has

Muddy

No More

Spann, Willie Dixon, and some of the best Blues

finest

— This

is

John Lee Hooker, T-

Mama Thomtoa live

and

Otis

in the studio.

it

on record

still ftin

however. Put a can

and watch your

RPM. over. Have some

cat

go nuts,

The war

is

Blues, won't

you?

Marvelous Manm Boone often reminds us that the blues did not start with the Smurfs.

Between medication, he can be heard mid-day

on Mix 96 in Tampa,

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a

especially at 78

been out of print for years. This is great

Waters, featuring Little Walter, Otis

to find

Tumtables are

prime in

Some of this

its

of this stuff is easy to find on compact disc

of cat food on

MUDDY WATERS:

other instru-

Dixoa Big Joe Williams,

Lightnin' Hopkins, Big

loud, but with

the lights on.

it is!

Willie

and pretty hard

all

No

Blues piano at

spanning 1962-1972, and what a

and neither has anyone who has heard the Wolf. Listen to the Wolf since,

is

Various Artists (Optimism, Inc)

hid under the sofa for an hour! She has never

been the same

Lockwood (stepson of

AMERICAN FX)LK BLUES FESTIVAL:

Bone Walker,

mVUlS'ViOlI: Change My Way (Hess) —The scariest baddest blues singerof all time.

Jr.

Robert Johnson) on guitar.

like the

title to an old Blues song), but the music stands on its owa Robert Johnson is the most intense,

Time

be taking

they would take

tions

Bluesman recorded are here on a two compact comes in a nifty box (that I use to

disc set, that

riveting

Instead of the Big War, the Gulf War will be

Blues started and you should start

prop open a window in

you

to

modem

the Gulf

in the

on the excitement Bonnie Raitt may have made him a star, but he made Bonnie want to sing. There would be no ZZ Top if it weren't for the boogies on this disc let

with music and stars, like Peter Amett of CNN. the Stan. John Wayne could not have starred in

The Detroit Years

— The boogie was bom

The war may be over but

ROBERT JOHNSON: cordings (Columbia)

Discs)

early fifties from

have the blues once again and

to have

like a mini-series, like

Roots.

is

is it still o.k.

is

harp in the front of the band for a raw, hard

business, but the second

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Well, buckos,

it

looks like the war

over and

is

as the illustrious leader of the free worid put

it

"we kicked some ass." Well, I'd better not rag on

Bush too much, because, after all, he does has 95% approval rating, which is kind of funny since most of the people I know don't approve of him. But I guess in the "New Worid Order," a

REM

Kacy Ross

Ovf of Time (Warner)

1961 (Downtown)

Where You Live)" and "Pop Song '89," if s not surprising that REM wouldn't want to veer

The long awaited solo album from Tampa Bay's own Kacy Ross of Deloris Telescope feme is finally out and is appropriately tided Kacy Ross 1961. Man does it delve into the types and

away from the mainstream. Their

styles of all the

commercial success of

After the

album, Green, and songs

like

their last

"Stand (In the

Place

Out of Time

latest effort,

successfully appeases their desire.

of us

good sounding stuff that those around that year will certainly re-

bom

member. The

release spotiights the intense

tener to stop and think, as opposed to simply

"Mother of

Lions" to the quaint but hu-

moving on to the next mindless verse as com-

morous "Sandy Doesn't Care" to the spontaneously funky rhythm of "Tempo 34." Produced

Michael Stipe's

monly found

insightftil lyrics

cause the

music of the

in the

lis-

day. Stipe's

vocals, paired with guitarist Peter Buck's catchy

and

riffs

Bill

drumming have an addict-

Berry's

ing effect, punctuated by Mike Mills' bass gui-

all

,

you to

is

over and over to

and back-up vocals by Kate Pierson of the BOut of Time should prove to be a favorite among old and new REM fens alike. Maria

that addicts

52's.

discovernewsoundsthatyoumighthave missed

Moraca

lyrical

Firehouse Firehouse (Epic)

North Carolina's Firehouse were originally

named White Heat until a Canadian band with rights to the name forced them to change iL Before the band changed its name, their demo was produced by Vinnie Vincent/SlaughDana Strum. This connection prob-

tape

ter bassist

ably didn't hurt their efforts to acquire a re-

Strangely enough, the bands' sound falls somewhere in between Bon Jovi and Slaughter. The musicianship of Firehouse can't be faulted but in the songwriting fall

department they

short Songs

like "Lover's Lane" an the power ballad "Love of a Lifetime" are

obligatory filled

with cliche.

On

the other hand, "All She

Wrote" and "Shake and Tumble" are enjoyable

hook laden rockers. This album shows a potential

Firehouse to grow into a serious arena

for

rock band.

If

you enjoy the "hard-pop" sound, on Firehouse. Steve Turner

take a chance

Napoleon Napoleon (Gefffen) I,

I

Between Canadian bred Steve Napoleon's signing with Geffen and the release of this

something

record,

That kind of thing pissed It

off.

like is

two years have elapsed

enough

Steve Napoleon

may

is

to

make anyone

very pissed.

take your ears a few spins to get

adjusted to this record because of Napoleon's vocals.

While

tiie

listen

music

itself is

very clean, well

produced rock, Steve Napoleon's vocals are

you take the

red,

blinders off fora few minutes

. .

.

that

much

the

time around. At the same time the

first

content

is

sure to give you a few laughs.

ChipMignacca

great The Doc's batting 2 for 2 witii me. Strong

what was really

vocals

(RCA)

woric File

... right Kuwait's gonna have western style government If you think for one minute that Crown Prince Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah is going to let the people elect their own government

with strong pop

your living in la-la-land". This guy's a

Flipside,

real

piece of work; as soon as Iraq invaded, he

now

hauled ass south and

men

he's hiring hit

D^p Purple have always maintained theirstahis as forefethers of the heavy metal

vocalist Joe

movement new

lineup and

Lynn Turner, they being us

their

latest effort off,

the

ing form Deep Purple, but

it

doesn't take long

to realize that they have not lost their touch.

Hot tracks include "Fire in tiie Basement" "Wicked Ways," and "Too Much is Not Enough," also not lacking in a couple of trademark

Deep

Purple anthems that display Jon Lord's elaborate string

and keyboard arrangements are

"Love Conquers

All"

and "Fortuneteller."

Deep Purple have always exuded this atmosphere of lament, power and glory that identify

them

as one of tiie premiere mebl bands of all

time.

And now with

makes

still,

a blistering

comeback

for cer-

SUBS KilHrig well

and as I was thumbing through a saw an ad for a new Subs CD entitled Time. So I immediately sent away for it;

lately I

didn't disappoint For those not familiar

it

London and have been around for over a decade in one form or another. Vocalist Chariie Harper

burning

definitely

What about cheap

ask? Well, since

the

all

you probably Kuwait are

— who has

to be in his

be getting any

always been

tiie

oil wells in

how oil

don't see

I

oil,

will

mid-

frontinaa

assembled

friends along the way.

of them. Ifs available from

for one, sleep better at

I,

now our

and

friends

—

allies.

Now

time for a reality

if s

"i/A

— has

forties

On

this

CD

he has

of the original lineup. While

we stopped that crazy bastard Saddam Hussein," would more than likely be your next comment Yes, we did stop him and the good ole US made a lot of interesting

is more mellow than the band's punk records it has its moments and

Killmg Time earlier

proves that the Subs can rock out with the best

and here's the best first

part:

New Red Archives

when you

place your

order they send you a free sampler album

him, unless he can find some third worid

Kraut" the way cool "Samian" and "Reagan Youth" among others.

him asylum. Then who You can bet your sweet ass

So what are you waiting for? Write for acatalog: 6520 Selman Avenue, Suite 1305, Hollywood

check

evenhially Hussein's people will

will

be in charge?

kill

that

our new friends

in Syria

and Iran will have

a major say in that, and who's to say that the

that feahjres "Ulh'aman,

CA

90028.

CRASS

— the

incredible English

anarchist band of the late 70's and eariy 80*5

new ruler of Iraq won't be a bigger asshole than

have not reformed but they have released their

seems

back catalog on CD. So, Crass are my pick of the

Saddam. that

I

don't know, buckos, but

maybe

if

it

we had a real energy policy in this

— say an energy

policy that wasn't tied

environment and maybe an energy source

month. They didn't do things half-assed they were committed to the cause of making the

and

to fossil fuels that pollute tiic

planet a better place to

are non-reusable

a testament to that Crass

like the

...

sun or the wind? Consider the amount

of money spent on Operation Desert Storm and just think

if

that

amount would have been

spent on something constructive like an energy policy that

would make us

fossil fuels.

But you know that

less

dependent on

will

pen in this country as long as Bush

made

He's

a lot of

never hap-

is

money from

in charge.

oil.

So

just

resign yourself to the feet that every time our oil interests

abroad are threatened,

it's

two, three, four, off you go to Bush's

At

this point

Martinez as the

I

was gonna

talk

new Drug Czar

oil

hup, war.

about Bob

(ha),

but space

ni get on to music. Most of the bands I write about aren't on major labels; the majority of bands on major labels really don't do a lot is

tain.

CA

UK

Nobel Prize

homeland. He's

material.

their current line-up, this

their resurgence into the metal realm

stronger

$3.50 postage

with the band here's a quick intro: they're from

country

album sounds a bit more commercial than most of us are used to hearFirst

sensibilities. Ifs

from P.O. Box 7000-117, Altaloma, 91701. 1 hadn't heard any news about the paid

to waste the Kuwaitis that stayed to defend

shithole that will grant

Through a multitude of breakups and regroupings and numerous personnel changes,

and a great production make this thing it under extremely well done punk

accomplished? The liberation of Kuwait? Yeah

night knowing that Syria and Iran are

Deep Purple Slaves and Niasters

KY 41022. RHYTHM COLLISION Southem Califomia and have a single out on Dr, Strange Records. This 2-song gem is Horence,

are from

white and blue

cheaper. "Well,

Now back witii the original

cording contract

if

surely the kind of tape

tar

****

anyway. But

their

and recorded by Kacy and Steve Repetti at the Time Machine in Clearwater, and released on

Downtown Records

mean

people like us don't really

on Holiday" and ifs done in the style of early GBH and Discharge. The flip has 2-songs and it really kicks. Loud and fest is the order of the day. I bet these guys would be very intense live; ifs on Sound Pollution Records: P.O. Box 6072,

tight so

for

me. Although, there are some exceptions;

SOCIAL DISTORTION, JESUS & MARY CHAIN AND THE MINISTRY come readily to mind So, lefs see whafs going on in Iridie up from Cruz Records comes a new single feahjring BIG DRILL CAR and

live

their

music

is

were not overly talented but the conviction and the sincerity of

more than makes up for tiiat Go to and pick up CMst The Album on CD. Ifs a good starting point it

their music

your

local Indie record store

might get you

to view thSngs

from a

(Afferent

Remember, there is more going the world than what the three networte

perspective.

on

in

you. THE JESUS LIZARD have a new album out entitled Go At, which don't have. But tell

I

do have the 7* single "Mouth Breather" and if ifs any indication of the album it's a buy or die.

I

Jesus Lizardare festbecomingoneof my favorite

bands.

When BIG BUCK and RAPEMAN went

by the wayside, someone had to step in die void just fine.

arxl

and the Jesus Lizard have done As the singer of THE

said "Noise

is

helluva lot

DAMNED once

for heroes, leave the

zeros." Lefs venture into

more

fill

this

music

fanane land

for

ifs a

interesting than Sports Il-

lustrated or Newsweek.

CHAIRS MISSING is

out of Connecticut The

land. First

an excellent

disturbingly tortured. Most songs revolve

T split

two issues I received were well done and featured

around

CHEMICALPEOPLE.eachdoingacoversong.

tales of love lost longing,

and sadness.

Not wholly original topics, HI admit, but the way he expresses the sentiment in such a desperate way,

is

truly unique.

"Perfect Absolution" and "Go To Pieces" are two of the strongest tracks with both having hit single possibilities, but to be the tonnenteid

"My Backyard." Few bands

these days play rock passion.

I,

my favonte would have

&

roll

with any degree of

Napoleon isone of them.7/m Filiault

20 April 1991/Thrust

Big

Drill

Car accelerate through Cheap Tricks'

'zine

interviews with

BABES

IN

last

TOYLAND,

GALAXIE 500 and BUFFALO TOM.

lots of

"Surrender" with reckless abandon while

record reviews that don't pull any punches,

Chemical People tackle

"Getaway" with

some

cool editorial and a

CP

diary.

Send two bucks

an untamed

fury. It's

Kiss's

hard to believe that

SONIC YOUTH

to Chairs

tour

Missing World

has only three members. All in all, a fine release

Headquarters, P.O. Box375, Fairfield CT 06430-

COWBOY

You won't be disappointed Till next month ni leave you with this —you have your own mind, use it Don't let other people form your opinions for yoa PEACE.

and

it

comes on yellow

KIIIERS

em

are a 5-piece band from the south-

part of Wales, UK,

song

7*

vinyl.

out The A-side

and they have a cool is

entitled

3-

"KKK Wives

0375.

STR^rE^I^—R^F^&I EDITED BY DJ JUSTICE

REPORTED BY THE MASSES Since lot of

month's column Tve received a

last

feedback from musicians in the area

thought

was a

I

vs-ho

harsh towards them. Last

bit

time around I gave a fair amount of criticism to those acts who, in

my

professionalism that

it

big time.

I

I'd

opinion, lacked the

hav* to say that I

wrote 100%, but a

critique with

some

make

takes to

still

it

to the

are forced to deal with.

only be

I

to take a closer look at effects those at

it

would

pay a great band $800 for

is

thou^,

stated,

if a

that

band

capable of drawing a crowd, they will ulti-

mately get paid what they're worth. We'd like to believe that the

cream of the music scene

rises

to the top and onto the stages of our local clubs.

How about the fans that are supposedly out there supporting these acts that are working

the severely

is

few of the club owners that Tve

spoken with have

scene

One aspect of our scene that is continuously

towa This

Why

marketability.

chaos and

controversy, the musicians themselves.

biased politics in

the value of those acts that have established

A

this

being spoken of in dark comers

the other side, the

ultimately be reducing

nothing.'

thought

all

may

my

concerning the

how our music

the center of

On

highly coveted spots. bajxis doing this

when a so-so act is willing to do it for

these hard working individuals

fair to

are

otherv^-ise get these

the night

conditions of the music scene here and what

you

them

groups that might not

stand by w+iat

you countered

lot of

valid points

can be viewed as a good thing for those aspiring

in\\)lves

everyone

their butts of!?

you

Some

of you people are great

If

band, you go to the shows, you buy

like a

the tapes, you get into the music and you

tell

from bandmembers, radio people, the clubs,

your friends about your favorite band. For

producers, the record stores, and even maga-

those types of fens, the music scene

no way

zine editors. In this business there's

around it, kind of like 'Gilligan's Island' renins.

"Who

movers and shakers that

are these

control the music scene?

Do you have

to

know

because of your existence. Sounds great,

off

huh?

wake up and smell the fog juice don't know what club you've been

Well,

buddy.

I

going to

lately

but

see a lot to be desired.

I

I

cofDbine efforts in the kaJst to help the

mask scene. The truth is, the people that

we're hurting through our petty indifferences are the ones that have provided us with these positions of power. " DJ Justice

my

town

right people in

everyone out to get me?"

my

that a lot of

present is

to get a fair

Th^ are

all

shake?

Is

questions

musician friends regulariy

me with. UsuaDy, I say that that no one

out to get them and to keep on with their

struggling project After they leave

I

prayer knowing what they have to

live

say a

little

with

in

One major

aspect of our beloved scene

Everybody loves radio.

is

If

radio likes your

band your song can be played

for the ears of

tens of thousarxis of record

know

buying club going

300 attendants and a

Conference,

I

voiced

my opinion on how bands

could attain higher

coming through or

make your presence loTowa them

see

live

where

it

this business. If

someone doesn't write about

your band, play your song or give you that spot

on

that

bill,

at

don't get pissed off and cop an

Trust me,

attitixle.

the end of the

remembered

The

is

it

kxai radio

for the exposure, others claim fa-

If you like

counts.

of their set theyTl surely appreciate it

bum

instead of trying to

get out there in these people's faces

and make them take

notice. If what

siderably. This basic

national acts

concept

hob knobbing

potential to a local

filters

down from

for their satellite's

band willing

to

buy

their

"^

favorite jockashot of tequi la. Ifsali part of

that out for themselves

and give you the

spect

you

Now tiiat I

littie

experienced

last

story about an inddent

year in town.

forget the response that

individuals

I

when I dared

Anniversary Party

and

a day job

plays

the local scene or

it

go away. Go

will

dubs, see these bands and

tiiem

let

last

they have your support and appredatioa

OK, now back

is

getting a song

on the

listen to the

how some otiier band radio, how some other

is getting an opening slot at some national show or how some other band is getting covered in one of the mags. You know what I say?

So what? Sure there's an extensive degree of favoritism and political piracy going on here,

band

after we're gone.

are operating a business.

wanting to play these clubs that are at an

all-time, the opportunities available are

erally limited to the

chosen few. Due to

fierce competition, a lot of the

out are doing so for for the exposure.

genti>e

bands playing

combine efforts in tiie least to help the music scene. The trutii is, the people that can't

will

never

are the ones that have provided us with these positions of power.

got from a few select to attend the PLn^ers

December

at the

Rock-

In ins tiie

dosing

Wild Kingdora Quite honestiy,

you going

I

was surprised

I'd like to

say that for

all

of the

and outs of tiiis business, I honestiy love music itself and the people that share that

wTong

love with

me.

If you don't love

it

and you're

not willing to deal with the ever>day hassles, ifs very possible that

you could be in the what are

profession. Really though,

to do, sell shoes or dig ditches?

to find the place packed, espedally since the

No, you're going to keep on doing what you

event was held only two days after Christinas.

do

Bill

I

Templeton's

(/%05'publisher) handandsaid, "Nice party."

make

ajxl

the best of this crazy business

because, chances are, you probably love as

much

as

I

it

do. Right?

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amount

of acts that

my card to w+w can't find the time to

littie

or no pay, primarily

I've

given

On one

side of the coin, this

call

or drop something in the mail.

RECORDS

•

TAPES

•

CD's

Hundreds of Used CD's

for.

completely imderstandable, but believe the

I

talk to

do), they

come to their shows (I try), covered in one of the mags

P.A.

STUWO

be here long

a word that most of us

up

TRACK RECORDING

of this

all

it politics

will

WADE HAYES

2^X5!?^ 16

to the bands themseKes. Ifs

viewpoints, the bottom line

acts

all

industry "profes-

from the area are so uptight that we

sionals"

ni admit I had an interest in what kind of a draw the event would get [THRUST had thrown a successful party tfiere two months before), but I also want«l to see Manitoba's

that

you or

With plenty of

I

Club,

to tiie

know

favoritism have been around a lot longer than

to stay out of the red.

Many of us

done dapping. Remember, support

after you're

And then we have the night dub scene in Tampa Bay. From some of the more capitalistic

customer, they're usually doing their

seemingly

music

moaning and groaning? Face

damndest

loosen up a

And

but what do you accomplish with

satisfy the

this

we're hurting through our petty indifferences

deserve.

here's a

all

is

little.

the way,

that maybe we could

senseless babble

that

that the bands getting airplay deserve it

de^ite their love

re-

across here in the midst of

By

I'm trying to get

in

big picture.' In the long run we'd like to believe

is, these club owners More often than not of the artform and desire to

is

will eventually figure

W^t

night put your hand back in your pocket

continual complaints of

the chances of your success will multiply con-

you have

worth something people

enjoyed the party.

a shirt or tape off of

almost become a part of my job to

you and plays your songs,

you

is,

a band,

them know

of your pockets and dap. Let

accusations and accolades vary, but the bottom radio likes

a bad

last forever. All

often

point

right to be there as an>t)ody else.

I

and go And when you're

a role. Obviously the motivations behind these

is, if

be

you're alive or haven't dosed off in the middle

voritism and even (dare we say) payolaas playing

line

to

is

to

vwuldn't hurt to take your hands out

someone who vwrics

of the acts applaud

way make

easiest

in this business

impression because they

can do

you nowhere but

will get

it

line.

there and the band plays, after tiie/ve finished

at

many

an

persis-

wonder if he even the guy was cool to me as an individual, and aside from the obvious politics in the air between our two organizations, I respect the man for what he does. I've got to tell you though, I couldn't beUeve how many morons came up to me and said, "Hey man, w+iat are you doing here?" like I was some kind of an idiot I was there because I wanted to be tiiere and I had as much of a I

get off of the couch one of these nights

listeners. Right* Possibly.

being heard. While

just

through

visibility

tence with patience. Attitixle counts for a lot in

He said. Thanks." knew who I was. The

general state of apathy but you people need to

oflocally supportive

With the onslaught programming (98's Tampa Bay Rocks' and 95's "Radio Clash"!, bands and their fans have been honing in to see what is

and

the saturation of local

if it's

national acts

maybe

the big cruel worid of lool politics.

radio.

don't

part those

peers at the Southeastern Music

even went up and shook tiie

most

for the

Recently, in front of over

It

''Many of U5 iiKlu5try "^professknals" from the area are 50 Uptight that we cu^^

and

bands that you see getting covered.

panel of

fer better

is

do, though,

tiie

Some

of

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by John Urban

eiin

Uncoverinq the Hard Facts IN Tampa Bay

©1990

copyright

John Urban All rights

I

want

thank the bands, 98 Rock and

to

everyone who attended

my Last Word Anniver-

sary party at the Rock-It Club for

big siKxess. plil

off

it

reserved.1

was relying on a

I

and they

crowd was already

making

it

a

in full effect

When

people to

lot of

came throu^ A good

all

ex-AUTODRIVE frontman Jimmy Murdock; they will be pursuing a more commerdal directioa Julliet has recruited

by the time ST.

WARREN started the party at ten o'clock,

and

I

published the

original Last

ago,

I

called

final

Word Fanane

issue of

dedicated an entire page to

whom

SAPIA,

I

my

and a half a new band

a year

had discovered. This

for

CRY WOLF,

and found them

to be unlike

any other act in town. Musically, the their compositions

Ganen

lodic

influences

He

style.

is

and those

studies jazz at USF,

seem

style of

very intricate and me-

to be the base of his playing

also uses

some unique

percussive

t»±nique$ which I har^ never seen nor heard

what makes me believe they mi^t be the next Bay area band to get signed. This guy has tiie makings of a major act fronbnan. He's got the image, confidence, as well as an amazing vocal range. Their

Tomorrows

demo, consisting of the songs Me Down,'

Light," 'Don't Let

and 'Evermore,"

•Rise Again,"

displays botJi

more

they delivered a consistently professional show.

his musical abilities as a vocalist

CAST OF NASTIES were

importantly, his vast use of emotions. This

proved once and for good. ttiem

all

form and

in rare

them out Keep

They even invited me to play bass with on an obnoxious version of the Sex

may go

Chambers sang lead. The BELLE VUE BOYZ dosed the show, and licked, sticked and sent the crowd on their way. All three of ttiese acts

minute cancelation by the

GANG

...

so

they have to

we

will

offer.

will

I've

had

that,

I

at the Rock-It

first listen,

so

it

including

acts,

(Bleeding Hearts' "Loaded Gun," which

is

on

on 98 Rock, was recorded tiiere.) One of the main reasons for this is due to the godly rotation

had more

reputation of engineer

time and

DOUG JOHNSTWI. As

Caspian guitarist Wes Garren explains it, 'Doug

have to come up with another excuse to

throw another party

that their approach

heads on

HEARTLESS, l^'CLE SAUY and THE BLEEDING HEARTS have made the switch.

GYPSY BANG

in a long

mind

most talked about

Bay's

takes to

have to wait and see what

Other than

fun that night than

in

fot of

now recording at A.MER1CAN MUSIC WORKS STUDIOS. As a matter of fact, several of the

make it; you can expect to hear a lot more from them. The only bummer of the show was the last

over a

might take a few times to realize the full effect CASPIAN is one of manv bands that are

Pistols"NoFeelings'whi]evampbassistBeck)e

it

is

one band you don't want to miss, so check

that they are back for

were chosen because they have what

ar>d

...

Qii sooa

band

gets the

sound

to

like

themseK>es and

By now everyone has heard the big news that Kenny McGee has left JUlilET to join HEARTLESS. This is of special interest to me,

captures their identity on tape as opposed to

since Kenny was one of the first people I met when I moved from Qeveland to Florida nine or ten years ago. At that time, Kenny was a

and Doug Johnston has previously worked wi^ London StixHos in Tampa. I immediately

guitar player in a circuit

band

called

Caspian

NO

is

one of many bands that are now recording at American

THANX After that, he formed another club act

Music WorI<s Studios. As a matter of fact

named GANGSTER, with SAVATAGE

bassist

Johnny Middleton and the

ROXX

about

GANG

late,

guitarist Eric Carrol.

original

Both McGee and

Middleton later joined an already established touring act calld

LEFTY, where Kenny

acts,

several of the Bay's

most talked

including Heartless, Uncle Sally and The Bleeding Hearts

have made the switch. (Bleeding Hearts' "Loaded Gun," which rotation on 98 Rock, was recorded there.)

is

on

One of the main reasons for this

later

became the lead vocalist He transformed that unit nto one of the most popular bands of that era. This led to his role in Julliet, which seemed to be a promising band but was held back by the

is

due to the godly reputation of engineer Doug Johnston.

been a veteran of the I

local

scene for as long as

have, and hopefully his

Heartless will award

new

Kenny show

told

—

position in

him the recognition he

deserves. Don't expect to see the

playing the

Kenny has

nar Heartless

dubs around town very

me

often.

that they will play only one

April 27th at the Rock-It Club

LA

— and

group was to feature vocalist Scott Sapia

SABER

singer of

and

(ex-

MISSION CONTROL)

and members of an impressive instrumental

band named

SIDE SEVEN

that had been

blowing people away

at scattered

showcases

around towu I wanted

to

be the

journalist

to write about potential,

made

it

them because

I

first

could see their

but unfortunately that band never

out of the rehearsal

thought After eight months

...or so

hall

in the

I

planning

whose playing playing has a

I

find to be

didn't

they were Christian lyrics.

Now

I

if

Kenny wrote that would haw second album ... had he the band. And according to Kenny,

Wes Garren,

Jim

record songs

consisting of guitarist

been on

and drummer Don Young. I think w.\t got something here. I saw the band open

stayed in

Julliet's

Cloversettle

bassist

should

is

me

because

able to

I

tell

their songs didn't have

understand that even without

words, the message

still

comes

across.

Cloversettle's bass pla\ing is equally impres-

that plav-s fluent leads

will

If your

feeling that

know how anyone would be

the band, and the entire Side Seven line-up

debut album, but

also said that

cold, Garren's

previous instiumental band was a Christian

group. This seemed strange to

perform and

Julliefs

He

else.

Some

other bands that record at

KRUNCH, ARAZMO.GARDY-LOOandPSTCHOTRIBE.

hard to explaia At one time he told me that his

sive,

to

wry

warm, optimistic

the new version of that project, known as CASPIAN, has emerged. Sapia is still fronting

move

The shjdio was

Wimp around five years ago,

became impressed with his work after hearing his production on Saber's Motion's N' Time CD. I felt this to be of national album quality, and Johnston's work since then has established my feith in his ear and ability to work with bands on an equal level without dominating their sessions and making them do things they don't want ... or make tiiem sound like someone

before. But, unlike a lot of technical players

they don't plan to play any material from

then they will

a stock sound."

A.M.W. include CAST OF NASTIES.

i

downfall of their record company.

them

giving

opened by Charles

and he

that solid

is

one of the few bassists rve heard

groow

on bass without losing

that separates great bass

players from bass^s'annabe guitar players.

But

the band's union with wcalist Scott Sapia

act

is

call

considering recording a demo, you

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He has formed

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But

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