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1 . . Page 2 :January 1993 SLUG NSC, Mouthbreather, or Doghouse (all of them are great local bands). But, the DBs are a lot of fun, they ', play great classic rock and roll, and the benefit will help the environment Dear Dickheads, will neverwork that way. ~ver$hing work of UWA. Besides, if their gui- Two quick points beforethetidal we ask government to do whether it tars are a little out of tune they migM, wave of hate mail rolls in: is to defend us or give us health care even sound a bit like Jesus Liiqd. I PUBLISHER .I ONE: The Change may not rate just makes it bigger and gives it more ==-& on the Cap'n Crunch Punk-OMeter, per. Y'all may not have noticed 08ly Macfarik,ne JR Ruppel but they are a good band with tal- this but our government is fucking Cong(~vati0nDMa EDITOR ented players and cool songs and huge and it really fucking sucks. Jo Yaffe these guys put in a kt of wk You How many non-violent people do Dear E&ms4 ~idcheads, don7 have to be fourth on the bill you know who have been.in jail or The &it WQkAlternative PHOTO EDITOR every other month at some Tuesday prison. It's all government andit's all . hard core scene ne .Robert DeBerry night skannkk show to be "valid" in related. Socialization is what makes amaze us. We're writ1 the local "scene." Just don't get health care so outrageously expen- & L& WRllTERS the Triggerman e own By carried away and put The Obvious sive. Iwant everyoneto haveaccess show on the 12th of December. It Scott Vice, Clark Stacey on the cover. to quality healthcare that is why appearsto us that the "musicfansnd Matt Taylor, John Zeile TWO: SLUG (articles and governmentshouldstaythefuckout our localsceneare rnoreconcernec Chopper graphics) gets to be a better read all of it. If we want to be able to take care with Wing cool and releasing tw CONTRlBUTlNa the time. Here's hoping it's around of ourselves we have to destroy the tostemne than listeniqg (to and ap WRITERS for another four years. system we have now (not make it predatinggoodmwic. Wpepedb Christ0 Wrecko One last thing: Amphouse bigger)andthat'snotjusthealthcare direct this comment to the tal Mother makes of apologies but the whole fucking thing so we scrawny, cap-wearing&ifocal Bringard Lara for beingsodamngrungy. Staytuned can work together without our piece motherfuckeithat think&fih's%cQ~ F-DUDE for their full night of grungified T.V. of shit govemment interfering every We were fortunate enough to gazf Ryan Wayment theme songs ("Bassmastersnis,like, godamn second to tell us.what to do. upon his presence at ttmi &ow
. . Godhead). Liketryingto runapunkclub.. Iknow mentioned show. How many of yo1 Special Thanks To: Sincerely this is more emotion and rhetoric actually think that knocking some Kris Johnson, Margie Alban, Frost (Ampmom) than facts but Ifeel emotion is more body unconscious from 'behind" fa Dan Keough appropriate in this forum. Just con- another reason than the "ego fod Dear Didtheads, sider that a national health care det" it provides is an edge thing t( SLUO 1s: A monthly ublication . Just gettin' around to respond- program isn't theonlywaytochange do, or maybe it is seeing how oft% and b put together by t& efforts of ing tothe Nov. issue articleon health the shitty situation we are in now. It its been happening lately. What dii, ple. It is published by the ZZJZad\ month. People inter- care. Afriend I love recently needed may makeourproblemworse.Think that kid do to you.? It was pmba ested in conhibutin to the publica- mediiattention. Nowsheis$1,000 about it yourself. Do you really want . his first show and this is tion must send sd to the post of- in debt. Meanwhile the government moregovernmentorshouldwetryto introduce him tothe hardcorescen~ fice box by the 25th of each month. wants another $1,000, or so, that solve the problem without an out- by knocking him out! Maybe ya The opinions in this publication are those of the writers and are not she managed to keep them from side government? You may think should put your over-active hor necady those of the people who stealing via taxation earlier in life I'm idealistic but thinking we can mones to use cruiiing State Strw put this together. when times were better, Fuck na- continue along the same path and and playing with yoursek Thes tional health care, government will truly maintain istheidealism the pigs' activilies would probtibly be mor Sony NO Subscriptions abuse its power. National healthcare want us to believe. Kill pigs. productive than pushing smalls I I means we will be dependent on the Love and peace, people down when their backs ar government for our healthcare. And, Billy Blizzard turned. Wedo not intendtocutdaw because they are pigs and always P.S. Fuck Bill Clinton and I hope all the straightedgers in Salt Lakc will be, they will abuse that power there's a hell so Mrs. "Warning La- just the ones who pull this kind ( and fuck us with it. That is what bel" Tipper' Gore and her ilk can stupid shit. Start the pit ...Not theshl P.O. i 1 happened to my friend because scorch in it. As a final note from us: We'r SALT LA1 TY, UTAH govemment is already doing too sorry we're not as cool as you, we'l 84110.1061 much. It is just an excuse to tax us Dear SLUG, sorry we don't dress like you or a more and blackmail us with the. The Disgusting Brothers (DBs) as tough. Maybe some day we'll. (801 ) 468.6294 benefi. We shouldn't make our- are doing their 8th Annu4 Wilder- into your scene, but until tbs!.l selves reliant on the govemment. nass Benefit concert and dance for gue& we will be outcasts. If anyoh We should make it useless and the the Utah Wilderness Association has any problems with this lenc destroy it so we can take care of (UWA). This event will be held Sat- pleasecontactUSqueege,"'Grudge ourselves. urday, January 30, 8:OOpm at the orTheBlusterOf Hatecrew, at P.1 The most important point is this: Greek Church Hall, 279 South 300 Box 1406 Layton, Utah 8404 when government institutes some- West. Refreshments (beer etc.) will There a bii more prepared to de thing like national healthcare, that be sold. Tickets are $7 at the door with this problem in your way thi means they are.going to regulate and $6 in advance and are available the rest of us are. and control the entire market. They at Wasatch Touring and Smokey's Sincere1 will decide who gets it, when and Records. Scoff B &om Raali, kff fro how. I know liberal people think we Yeah, I know, the Disgusting Miskreanf Sgueege, Grudge, can have service on big brother and Brothers ain't exactly "alternative" The Bluster Of Hate CM still control it, but, it has never and like Athlete's Butt, Commonplace, SLUG
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of pa& and style from many of the The Colour Theory other bands in Salt Lake, making I ALTERNATWE MUSIC 11 IRmIGitass Shadow the Colour Theory a unique addi. tion to the Underground. Get yours I RECORDS = TAPES CDs 11 AlDA Ir# Raw48 - now! Taylor. It's taken the Colour Theory a couple of yea& or so to put Steel Glass Shadow out on CD but SALT FLAT they've finally realizedtheir dream and it was well worth the wait and COMPILATION theobvious effort ontheir part. The soundquality alone makes this CD Various Artists worth purchasingbutthere are also salt mt Rscordr nine great tunes which give the Finally from the Salt Lake mu listener afeel forthe band and their sicscene (word I don't like to use musical direction and influence. comes a comprehensive look a The CD isatmospheric, layered what is going in Salt Lake. I hate t( with ethereal noises and disem- use any word to describe a class o bodied voices, but very straight- music but this compilation bes ahead in overall style. Overthe top describeswhat is happening in thr of Ziggy Orchard's throbbing bass "hard-core" scene. The Big Moun 1 857 East 900 South, SLC, Upstairs 355-1770 1 and Van Christensen's steady lain LP that came out last yea drumming and rhythmscome Paul gave us a glimpse of what wa Drury's driving guitars and deep, happening in the more punk side rllVN VC rich vocals. Images of Andrew Both, very good and very crucial Eldridge or Wayne Hussy come to When I asked Fred why h~ TEE-! mind when hearing Drury sing; not was willing to put-out so,mud in imitation but strictly in the emo- money for a compilation, he toll tional response evoked by his me that he was going to use th~ voice. Harmony's also add depth money for a motorcycle but opt@ to the musicaswell asthe samples to release this CD. Between Sa and backwards versions of an- Flat, R.U. Dead Music and Flatlin~ thems by Mozart. Colour Theory Records Salt Lake is now producin has also taken advantage of the some great music. This dedicaticu use of technological advances and is long awaited and will eventual1 effectsto augment their sound and help a lot of Salt Lake bands gf enhance the feel of Steel Glass noticed. Shadow. My favorite thing aboutthisCI A clash of genres-- most no- has to be the three cuts by Dc tably gothic rock, dream pop and composers. The two cuts by Ba basic rock 'n' roll- Steel Glass Yodelers were also a nice bonu Shadow is a moody album without because their latest Semapho~ seeming pretentiousor contrived. I release Windows, is almost in find myself returning again and possible to find. I had never heal again to the second track on the River Bed Jed before the releas disc, Circles. It has a dream-like came out so this was my intr~ quality, dark and droning, full of duction. Let me tell you, Chad cz shadows and negative spaces sing like a mother fucker. which hold untold revelations. One of the more interestir Clocking in at just over eight min- things on the CD was the two cu utes it may seem self-indulgent to by Lumberjack. The music drags some but this song, as well as all bit but the production on them the songs on the CD, really hold great. I couldn't follow the rest your attention. You can hear new the music butthe whole Cd isgre things each time you listen to the and everybody should own it. AI CD. by the way, if you missed the C If you haven't had a chance to release party at DV8 you missed hear the Colour Theory yet or are legendary show. Support the I unfamiliarwith the band, this CD is cals and get out and buy one. No the perfect chance to get to know their music. It'sarefreshing change Less Nessmi I SLUG January 1993 Ph,, ,
RIVER LSD TV Anticipation is high as an manding and precise. echoing guitar starts out. A Lance Everfill (Guitarist) dark Morrison/.Cornell-in- is "mom" to the baqd in blues taunts you, as the sly scheduling shows and prac- bass chords hint to its arrival. tices, but when playing, the after a brief silence-boom! "renegade" in his breathtali- Philosophy is in high gear for ing riffs on the Gibson. the first song of the set at Jimmy James Velour WVW Iwl JBI UkAl BYANKY's RlMO BY ROBERT DEBERR1 Spanky's the 26th of Decem- (Bassist) keeps the frenzy (available now) anyone can asked about the band's ob. ber. going with the definite "Fuck gel a taste of this upcoming jective, Chad states: "I'd re. Power. Loud, no ear- You!" sounds that keeps the Salt Lake Phenomena. Even ally like to be able to affec' drums bleeding, but the soul crowd in touch. though nothing is better than people mentally to impress quakes. You're hearing River Chad Herd (guitaristlvo- a live show, especially when their attitudes to music anc Bed Jed. This four man band cat) is surely the main focal ad-libbing is just a part of its power and energy. Peopls creates a meditational orgy point with the presence of a River Bed Jed's "natural cre- really underestimate the of sound and energy that king, He'll stroke your senses ation," it's definitely a plus. force; like Pied Piper leading captures the audience in- in his bluesey-grunge vocals We hope to hear more and the mice out of town nlothe~ stantly. that sugar the sounds for the new things from this band, a fucker" Devin Affleck (Drummer) RBJ experience. . . definite change from most of can hold a.conversatiqn like In the recently released Salt Lake's usual. When Trish Dee-list he carries his ;drums-de- Salt Flat compilation CD
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I Sasba Konletzko of KMFDM talks with SLUG .UG: The new alkm's called Monev, ~~wIhelifelikewedoandthen'atbOme WI isa pov~cative,one-word Ille... - giving n for bosy Mdng money? &a: Wd, it's not that new. That's why the altum is caled kmytoo. LuG:Howlongagoddywrecordit? of COW-KMFDM isn't. Beha: About a year. A year and a month SLUG: Antimoney? aybe. Sssha; Oh Isnot antimoney, it's just, LUC:Andwhendditcomewt? money is everylhing as it -, but 2s ssha: ItcameoutinFebtuaryprobably. note~ng.Ywlolow,moneyGlnYbuy ate Fehaty, * tdarCi7. Something h.Theysaiditpre~I~yearsag0. rethat SLUG:Youlrebeenpetiykrsyonthedde LUG: And this is Ihe he lime you'w too,doiiExoessiveForce.AndIn~tica WedtosLpportir? you've been doing Some remixes too. gsha: Yeah. Sssha:Yeah,Exasshe Force,w~'rehav- .".l"...urr r. rrr p.. uw. LUG: So have you been dngon iqanewelkmprd>ablyinkbnmyl ".". mnew things then? March ries,theyjustpidc~esth~theygetfrom are starting to nn rampant ;ssha: Yeah, we haw WFDM tkh! SLUG:You&thatwinTBuu(ofThrilKill and ~ntlybends Ike Nine Sasha: Well. I hamn't been over b Ger-1 dy to be mleased. kwaly, it's been W)? Inch Ms, KMFDM, thristry and sleased and available as an import al- Sasha: No, Buzzwas justin- forhi bands ant just represented in he &y, ltsholklhaveaU.S. releas8...abut one thing. Excessive Fmk more, who- btsowdreIhepeoplethatIheymBctfirst h&r on the d'nalGerman p& I Xrishnas. ever Ilike towprkwithatthe tine ljustwork I~thaPswhy.Andtheyj~StCalllpand fid. But, it doesn't seem like agooddevel. LUG: Is that a .with. And this they go, 'here's sixben grand, do twu oprnent at all. Imean, Ihe Germwere dl lenglh? Sme Isgoingto mixes," and Im Eke, "Wel, maybe." totally into this reunification frenzy arbl No, SLUG:Ywusesomeptlyheevyguhs I iesha: Isa be Uz Torres was totally obvious hat certain p;oblemsi dngle. from Chicago. in the KMFDM stuff, whether samW or would deriw fmn the reunification. h-dl LUG: Isgoing She'sahwse li.YwhavethatoneSlayerriffin~. came worse acdly. It came wo singer. She's mWell, Ilikegulars. Ileahaysbeen every respect There's reallvSmoU6 ... intoguitarsevenhough1don'tpbygUitar. aboutthertxmification Sasha: Yeah. i&w ... es- Ijust#ceYlewholeghridea.A@arisa thattheEastGermans jke Isay bout pedaUy in Ihe pWyvident~inaway,anditjust ently they can't hande l-kpdcHwse sou-& way way betler ban a hmma- need to be mgdatd. Words as a scene. She's dine or something like that hasnotmredthem :uopeaninpoh actually more SLUG: Or just &&JM keyboards? anywai.Theyjustcan't putwvrifh~hem hd kr lhe U.S. bwwn in Great Saeha:Yeah,lhabkeLboerdsInewruse setves. mth/ ma. f rs going to be keyba~I~really. khrally, when you get a SLu~:'lrs&t to be quite &oddw b j Max Trax!KMFDM reason even LUG:Justtab though she's twMebget HoNinthe1 States? from Chicago. It's a real mbad IYs real There was some mshctuing at hardinoneway,andthenhervaiceisreally Max Trax! They impoved their manufac- ~ous~,reall~&d.AndIsrealy~edno-y wand dsbbubn system so, actually, in a wav h.So. Ithink Cs an interestina he ccxssquence will probab?, be that projed'~salotiffintoworkonthat& ~veninSdtlakeCityitwillbeatundantin 'causeifsso... wayowthebp. lrsjustabt hestores of fun. And llre beendoingmixesforW SLUG: That's good br you. Zombie. Megadeth, Flotsam & Jetsam, WYeah,I hope so. Idon'tcam really. Bladcbird... that's it so far. CMFDM doesn't really matter in terms of SLUG: You dd some sbrff with Sister edsales. We're not one of those so- Machine Gm? aled"sdingwacts. We'le notkddng Saha: Yeah, Iproduced that albun. or deals and we're not really bying b get SLUG: How dd you get involved wilh all onsofmy-advanceshommajormm- those Metal bands? xmies. Wre ptly confident with Wat Sash: Well, basically there's a need for w'redoiiandthewayweWBredO'iit.We theMetalmarketbepndintothe~- BW one huncted percent conM of ev- tive market 'cause, A: W music has wything.WedodthavetodothingsIhatwe become a patt of the mainstream and, B: the up n me aftemon by spo& and ahle bnt want b do. And we can afford to do the Metal scene Is subject to the whole mmkath, and the song was S@t ki mmpetiwand then changii wibm Hqsthatpeople maybewouldnotlikeus cmsowridea hdusbialrnusicbecomes tually, there'sa btof sMl happening inthe anddoiilibamerparadesand odo If we were pattof Ihemusicbusiness recentpastweeksthatispre~alarmingI ing the sodalist oath: and having afire x mu& ixlus$y. more~more~,~-~ysthink I mean, things are getling way out of roastingmusagesintheevening;and~ SLUG: IYs r&a b haw conird overwhat Metal bands even admit that they use mthere.lrspettyhekwxls. gobsleepinthebamksofthepd pudo... samplers and that khd of stuff. 1 guess the SLUG: We're heating more and more on camp or something. And all of i WW:W~II, Ihat'salllhatc~unts. I A & R people at the Metal Pecord ccinpa- thenewsabouttheNec-Natzifachsthat sudden...They weren't bad in a way. W 7XU"
,.I magreat We, I'm sue,krt they stata~buthydon'th~,WeaUhavr,therightbsayvhatwewant istheword. theydon'thavethemcney.~iion, andto haveouopinkns."Yeah,right But SLuG:~amyw'basedoutof~ much.Andatlofasudden,they especiallyimtheCommunistcovlbieaisso then,goandsay'fudContheradoor~. M ..there'~no~hfOr bi& so olamhdmm '3-, that irsnotthatrmsasayiirsd>sduleiyneces- Sasha: Yeah, most of the lime. or d bi@ Western lube. There's Wsrealyhardtopta@ponyouMe,~ sarytobeabbtosay Wonthe radii, SLUG:Howdoesthatwolkcutbryw? b do. mrejust hangin' in the in ecw~wnbterms. And it daesl't matsr. l Msnotit usjustthe prindple. Ewrybody SaskUspmUygood.I'mdoingmywork wThe-y&am- rneerlthemMisorJywillingtobegood, says'fudCsowhynotsayitinpr#ic? andhavinganice time. pi there's no need for n anymore. And, tolerqint, and constnrcb;ve, when the SLUG:Therels &I that Puitane~gohg SLUG: When was the last 6me you were huaily, they just find scinelhi to do, sbnach's acbally. ~AmericaIhough. home in Gemmy? mdtharsbasHng foreigners. hrstheir SLUG: Defimtdy. !Sasha: Yes, kdUs lime b redefine some Saeha. Abwt six months ago. Just for a pOn lhat's their &bsliZJle. Mually, the sasha: SO thars why we see a bt of \mlueayw~Christienityhasbtany,week. hangovernment is thinking about devastalion in hse coulbies. I mean, provedtofail,wt&oew. But Fudamem SLUG:LastlimeweBlkedywsaidIhat smaller places like Ranania and N@a, tdismkonlheliS3.Andwhykulat?'Ceuse Americanbands~moreaccepted[n youdonYgetbknowabtdwbIsgoitlg peOplealt3afrakl.Ndhiclgwwksbetter GermanylhanGmanbands.Hasthat onIhere.~ntlyi~sawarmsomany than catdr'ng people with few. Espeddly chanE)ed at aH? in a state of ~~. It is very handy to Sasha: No, Idon'tlhirkso.Germanstend b
cynical about it ad point it & here ad peopledon'ttendtothinklikethat there.Butrmcar8inlynottheonebgoon stagebmakepeoplemore~redormo~dng orin$riors. Sometimes iYsa Ctlle #t re bo much hb haw things. Ev- a stage andgo, "oh, fudtcansorship,"and aware of how badevemna is It hasto do law,of course. That plastic kmmhre sMf. I'm just wondering, you know. Icome wilhvhatwam,o~tlam,wri~ngallthe doesn't dydo it I don't kmw. I mean, I I'm sure with the fa1 of Commu- from Germany and yw can say, clew ~The~contmhcomeoutofchcostobehere. Ilkeithere. rmnotsaying isgoingtokdtben4rba msune,&vvhatewr,hwryouwant my head mostly. I'w come to the pont all is good here and al iswierd somewhere Somelmes I feel ldnd of v.ierd when I'm where Icansaythat Idon'tdyseebx else. I'mMlyawarethepadthemsbrrt fadngallthissMftharsgdrgonhere.You know, certain book. that you can't buy or live with the consequences. certain albuns that you &'t !wy, c&n itp~w-allhtime,andpoint0rrt;vhatis SLUG: So will you mainin Chicago? keadanymore.*Theyhadshitlykead,tut hingsthatyoucan'tsayontheradio.And bad. IYsgoodtopreservehbwisgood Sasha:AsitboksnowIwill. I'mernpk IIhey had W.Now they don't have it. then again, Oprah Wnfrey, this modng, andeveniflsrealyahd-emwtsady qite a few Americans so Ithink I'm gelljng !They d,MhIy, open a store or somechicksaid,Wl,we'mallAmericans. smalfire-ywjlsthawbnwrishLN~ ewylhii worked cut with Ihe I.R.S. and rage 8 Januory l Y Y'J SLUG 1I cotecbts~tion.prints of all the cow, full ukrq like a I.N.S. and I've becoh a regularkpyer SLUG:There'sadefinabidentificatbnM here. If IwldhavebgobadttoGetmany the ahwrk Yw know immedatdy it's I wouldn't realty bwhatto do, but here KMFDM. I can be pdwtive. Like I say, I can dve Sasha: Yeah, that comes in real handy 1 other people wok I empby right now think~ehavea~ofarbrvorksinstock fifteen Americans. That's pretty good. already for the next releases. You know, SLUG: Is that with KMFDM Enterprises? ]usthcasetheguyO.D.'smaybeorsome Sasha:Yeah. Hng. Make sue LWEI have some and in a SLUG: Hodsthe business doing bryou? paror so 111 be able to make it myself. Sasha:Wei,withthemaiIadwsMf,Idon't SLUG: you an artist? have anylt-ing b do with that. @I,with the No, but I can hande a pendl, I record company and the plbliding the guess. Or just take a computer and as- whde management orgarblion- that's =mMe ham all. @ng really dl. I mean, the mad order, SLUG: So do p~do other things besides what I hear is it costs money to main& it. music? H doesn't make money at all. But that was Sasha: Not really. I read dot. I sleep dot neverthepointto. ltwasatleasttogetsome Musk; is pretty much ewylhing. information out 'cause we're not tbuing as SLUG: Youhobby and yow vocalion? ohas, say, Nine hch Nals. We're not Sasha: Yeah, like I say, I do run a small available arolnd the clock realy. But with m&ng business for all OW sMf, aH au Hsmail* senrice we are. People can projeds,EnEscHswpMh~, send lettersoraskquestions. They getthe Sister Machine Gun, Coil...Just like a wry litk bodwrresfora minimlm Mp&m mallselectionof bandsthat I've kncwnfor that's, like, two bucks a year or so. There's a long time or worked with, or really like or all kinds of fumy, infor- - mahstuff,andthemer- dmdse. I mean, that's not even walh rnentiPn- ing really. SLUG: Is it all sluff bat you~puttoge~or~ you just overseeing it? Sasha:No,ljustapprove itorldon't lgettoreadthe tmd-~mandiflthinkirs not quie calecl then I make the changes. I'm not really an ofke type person. IhateW Iliishdosandcables and Rashing LED'S and duff l~kethat. SLUG:Soitgvesyouthe freedomtodowhatyou wantthen? Sasha: Yeah. SLUG: Do you have any owproje&, so.Then again, this puts me inthe situation phmed? of being an office person and, ike Isay, I Sasha: Yeah, actually. Excessive don? Eke that much. I don1 I'm Force... lm going to concentrate on that. going to expand on that too rnud-~. Plus, KMFDM isgoing bbkakeaknow. SLUG: How do Yw write? We've been pretty w~tivein the last .%ha: Lyrics ~~JJ~IYcome fmt~ yearsandwejustneeda I& titof time for books. It's not Eke Isit down and* one everyone adjust b owhngs and song in a row. I make notes sometimes maybeina yearor so startrecordnganew when I'm on L binor som-. Ah.So, in the mean dme, I'm going to SLUG: And # it in as the needari~~~? concentrate on Excesvve Force a little *ha: Yeah, Geflirdl all my notes more and %at M.. the KMFDM guitar andw*trvecom~iledommonths phyer, and I, we're going b start another orweeksorhysorso. It~~~ttygood. projedjustbrthefin.I&n't-bw Abtofb~@t~bmoutbbeldndof what it's going to be. He's an ambiguous conbinuous and de~h@~gHithwt really guitar phyer and I'm an ambiguous Metal being conscience of it fan sowe mightjustdothefasbst ~ardest SLUG: Is theme Ifat band n the workl, or sornelhing Ike that I dui% pW-fw? don1 hw.Just really fast Sasha: Well, emis recurrent a& SLUG: So, who does you arb&? ally. It's more of a of eqxindng Sasha: That's a friend of mhe horn En- hnanvlh'~ else re*. come gland. mhd. Mom and momoffen certaine@- SLUG: It's inaedble work ences give another aqle or another per- Sahsa:Y&,it'sprettyneat.AchUy,wewere spective m certain thi~ byingtoget WaxTrax!toreleaseafdderas sort of a Christmas thing. A fciderwith nice Afan~B&7he~Queen ;LUG lonuory 1993 Page $
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The less initiated might dismiss longer a male-dominatedprofession. the Sundance Film Festival as sim- Anyone looking for residue from ply a place where "the mainstream David Lynch has a few films to tend runs through it", but I'm here to de- to. The most significant being Box- clare that there are a few under- ing Helena, a 'no other color but" ground typical fashion unconscious black comedy, directed by his' SLUG reader mlght find worth wad- daughter Jennifer. It'll be interesting ing through before settling into cin- to see what's sprung forth from ematic hibernation for the winter. David's loins. In addition, Dave's Just peering through the film guide, Agent Cooper (alias Kyle one happily finds several photos al- MacLachlan goes from accusing to luding to those twin sure-fire com- accused in a reworking of Franz modities: sex and violence. Who can Kafka's The Trial (Don't worry. resist the blood-drenched, meat Soderbergh had nothing to do with cleaver-wielding maniac of Dead1 this one.):' Meanwhile, Public Ac- Alive, ,(This certainly isn't Joe cess is described as having a Tone Albertson's supermarket.) Or the reminiscent" of Blue Velvet, bui it can't miss aim of our Man BitesDog' could just be a bastard child with no hero, who gives new meaningto the real claim to the throne. tired-old phrase 'Deadhead". .Arid And If you've, ever wondered seriously, which vislial makes you whether bave kaked Lunch" wanttosea AutqmnMooR mhrg:the Cronenberg could act, then Iudg- passlvq@'~fi@hi~gon page 42 or meht day has arrived because bat- that FIgkeel enibrarce on page '63 tina 6th inthe Shorts Prwram Ill line- For the John ~inckle~'6 you, I'd up'is Blue, featuring ~aieDave as a recommend Hard-Boiled and Man porno addict (No word as to whether Bites Dog. Both have received con- this was type-casting.). It might de .ISALT LAKE'S OLDEST ESTABLISHED SHOP 1 siderable press so there is a chance worth sitting through the 61 minuts they might even deserve it. Hard- just to see how much of a ham Dave Boiled's director John Woo makes really is. Sam Peckinpah look like a pacifist, If money is a concern, and you and anyone who's witnessed his want to witness how to make movies previous film, The Killer, will know withoutit, the two primesuspects are they're definitely in for an artery- Robert Rodriguez's El Nriachi spurting good time. When festival (Made for $7,000) and Jon (one-man programming director Geoff Gilmore band: 'director/writer/cinematogra- saysit 'elevatesthe interplay of blood pherleditor") Jost's Frameup. So and bullets to a ballet", he isn't just instead of buying that Geo, why not playing chopsticks. As a side note, become an independent filmmaker? Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a I should be quite a festival. Thanks, Serial Killer definitely gets my vote Bob. for prom queen. Mass murder is no -4.E.
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: Published by ~lfredA. Knopf, New York. . - '-'Iwant it," he said, but how strained his voice was, how dd-r'k,how without that bright lyric nofe: '7 want it mre than you cd'know, Do it now, please. Dan'tprolong.my agony. Come to me. W"&t can I do to invite YOUP To assure you? Oh. I've had longer th& you know to brood on this decision. Remember how long I've kGvn your secrets, all of you" Ann R& Tire Talk Of TIte Body Thief. v ., . . -. 5...... ,Yampire folklare has ahcient Co~ildl 'be that immortality is or,wjns, the lifeforce of blood lead- : .h'key word to unlocking this ing to tales of thosewho maintain ' puzzle? Death has always' held a th+$ immortaliiy by feasting on the certain amount of slima, even in blood of others. Rpi:$'mented in our "modern" sociev. Death is still the Old Testamegg: God admon- ,ataboo subject not to be broached
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bligation or pressureto our souls. Dracula as a monster, a thief of human companionship, but is pre- If the vampire fascinates our own time and a devil, fallen from God's sented with a unique way of minds, why is that? If thecreatures grace. The war between the mind achieving this; offered a chance of the night disgust and frighten us, and the passions is personified in for salvation through true death. what doe$hat mean? Reaction is these two men, just as the struggle Rice poses some fascinating and ~ganing:" takes place within the individual. revealing, questions about being eCoppola's Dracula is incred- This is the beauty of Coppola's immortal: What would the vampire rue to Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and also its success. do if given the choice of regaining especially in the mood and the Ann Rice's influence was felt his flesh and blood body? Are im- passion elicited on the screen. even bythecastofthe Draculafilm. mortal creatures diss Based. on the Fifteenth century In preparing for his role as the their existences? prince, Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the fabled Count, Gary Oldman re- Both Lestat and D impaler, Coppola's Count is much searched his part by reading Rice's their immortality and the question nore real than most movie lnfe~ewWith The Vampire, the of their relevance in the world of ~Iracula'sor vampires in general. first in the series of the Vampire mortals. Both are given to choose The Count (Gary Oldman) is still in Chronicles. Says Oldman: "Vam- the life of a blood drinker or natural touch with his "human" passions pires are fascinating. They are death. Both make opposite I ad emotions. Moving into the selfish, destructive creatures who choices. One is comfortable with .lineteenthcentury, Count Dracula haH despise what they'redoing yet his "condition"and the other is not. 1 Is motivated by love to seekout the can't amid doing it." This pretty And so we come back to the I fair Mina (Wynona Ryder) and in- much sums up the character of question of immortality. Perhapsin I volve her in his immortality. He across time, for a woman; the love Lestat throughout The Tale Of The some back recessof our minds we j seduces her, but with agentleness d humans for life eternal; and the Body Thief. He makes choices and long for the freedom that the , , and sincerity not usually associ- love of the darker side of nature. doesn't give ad'amn about thecon- vampire has and for the chance to , ated with the demon vampire. The Count is aseducerof men and sequences. He lives only for the live forever, free of death. It ; Dracula also captures the women alike, as he appeals to moment, no matter what the dan- definately is enticing and maybe essence of the vampire mystique. man's baser instincts, to the heart ger to himself or others. This is the that's why we lpve vampires. They Full of dark shadows and deep, and soul. Perfectly opposed, por- excitement of The Tale of.TheBody will always be with us, taunting us rich colors which add to the mys- traying man's rational side, is Van Thief-- the unp'redictability of with their promises, a reminderthat tery and the sensuality of the Helsing (Anthony Hopkins). He is Lestat. death is lurking around some dark (jampire. Dracula is, essentially, a not taken in by the count or by the In much the same way as corner, just waiting. we story, A is the love of a man, promise of immortality, but sees Dracula, the Vampire Lestat seeks LIVE @ THE BL.. FRIDAY .ATuRDAY /r 60 % ,<. -t., CLOSED Gm =1KOUrnCv5 ERMRvd i EAST Hder
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ample.Thefunbeginswith Maytin's "Montgomery Watt" in "Halloween." cqusins have been "run out" of Morrtgomery's pal Cicero Buck is their hometown of Boneville, thanks hiding under atable, terrified of the to greedy entrepreneur Fone's spirit of Halloween until Montgom- schemes and become lost and e* pops along. Soon enough, the separated after crossing a desert two are dressed upas gang mem- and rugged mountain terrai bers and then acting the part (with Smiley, the most innocent an# Cheeze Wizl!!). Before you know charming of the three, soon en- iw...... &mmmo- far all Wtua badom THE CHEESE it, the two reckless animals have counter a hawildered array of accidentally given Santa a hot creatures, from 'possums fo in- HEADS fo ot... sects to large, sinister rat crea- Martin, who has been best tures to the "mythical" red dragon Written and known for his "20 Nude Dancers before stumbling across beaute- 'drawn by Nick I 20" strip in a comics publication, ous young Thorn and her grand- really has a chance to "break out" mother, Gran'ma Ben. Relying
and showcase his amusing work. upon ' Thorn and Gran'ma Ben's He has a delightful and fluid style generosity, Smiley soon finds him- that mesheswellwith his engaging self with faint hopes of returnjng to Fans of surreal yarn-spinning. Boneville. comic books should take But... the highlights of TANTA- Issue 6, the latest, featuring ,note: Tagedy Strikes LIZING STORIES is Jim Smiley traveling to Barrelhaven and 'Press has a comic for Woodring's "Frank." Previously reunling with the noxious Fone you; THE CHEESE seen only in short appearances in and misguided Phoney. But, there's HEADS. the late, lamented JIM, Frank is a dark undercurrent: prior to jour- THE CHEESE probably onthe vergeof becoming neying to Barrelhaven, Gran'ma HEADS is the worj< of a cult sensation. Ben's residence is destroyed by NickCraineand features In an 8 page excursion, Frank an attack from the rat creatures' (astoundingly enough) (evidently an animal of soma kind) master, who seeks Fone's soul... three guys with big receives an invitation to "a party in All this is masterfully depicted~ btpcks of cheese where honor of the Dead at the House of upon the printed page, thanks to their hair should be. Mystery." Afterthat, the eventsthat Smith's virtuosity. Smith blends , These bewildered (and transpire are indescribable. humor, a fantasy setting, intrigue, Woodring abandons dialogue en- bewildering) " cheese " and fascinating characterization beadswarson "the run" following pearance by John MacLeod's tirely, choosing to depict the mood into a delightful whole. Smith3 the accidental "death" of one "offi- DISHMAN character ... and tone with a few sound effects rendering has been compare cer Jerry." The Cheese Heads ac- The above review may turn off and a cartoony, impressive man- that of POGO creator Wal Ks , tually had nothingtodowith Officer more mainstream comics readers, ner of delineation. The abpeal to and it's a valid and flattering com- Jerry's mysterious disappearance but that's fine. The more gxperi- this is impossible to convey in a parison. His lines are very clean and are attempting to find a cure mental and interesting comics review. Frank is best savored per- and precise and the figures are for their affliction. seem to be beyond the mainstream, sonally. fluid and expressive, backed by ' As THE CHEESE HEADS #5 anyway, But, those looking for Rounding out the issue is part detailed scenery. The diminutive, opens, OHicer Jerry's widow in'lhe something different and enjoyable one .of Jim Woodring's "Age of cartoony Bones seemlessly fit in middleof fuckin'nowhere"with"the should seek out THE .C;HEESE Reason," featuring two with the more realistic humans !o :most unhelpful, most boring man HEADS. (B&W, $2 mTschievious youths, Chip and create a distinctive world. jalive,"thepolice arestarting a man- Monk. But all that would be attractive ;hunt for the Cheese Heads, and All in all, TANTALIZING STO- trappings without Smith's $hose same Cheese Heads are at TAlYTAL RIES is a rare treat. You owe it to talespinning. Smith reveals the real , 'Stinky's Laundrette (a combina- yourself to find a copy. (B&W, goings-on a tittle at a time, all the aion beatnik hangout and laundry). STORIES $2.50) while drawing the reader in. While : Sound Bizarre? It is:but lworks Written Idrawn by Mark the situation occasionally seem :in a weird, ethereal way. Craine's grim, punctuationwith humor never :art iswonderfullydepictive and has Martin and Jim Woodring allows the tone to sink to gloom. :grown since early issues. The Tmlr PubIkUIu The dialogue is natural and evoca- .drawings suit the story and move it Written and Drawn by tive, and exposition is entirely es- :a long, while the baffling narrative How to describe Mark Martin chewed (why sink to extensive !progresses. All this is hard to de- and Jim Woodring's TANTALIZ- Jeff Smith captioning when a facial expres- :scribe and is better experienced ING STORIES? How about (sim- Crrtror Balks r. sion can carry the mood?). ifirst hand. Craine's tale has been ply put) the best new comic bookof "." There's a lot more to BONE compared tothat of YUMMY FUR'S 1992? Welp,the ideathatcomicscan't than just this, but that should be left Chester Brown, and while both Seriously, all ranting and rav- be fun and be good anymore has for the inquisitive to seek out. The !work with bizarre subject matter, ing is entirely suited to this comic pretty much been swept ?way by bottom line is that BONE is one of they areothetwisedissimilar.While book. Woodring and Martin were Cartoon Books' BONE. those all-to-rare comic books that
.Brown ventures into some fairly evidently weaned on the "Our ' ThesolecreationofJeff Smith, make graphic storytelling worth .disgusting realms, Craine focuses GangLittle Rascals" and Salvidor BONE revolves around the misad- interest. (B&W, $2.95) 'on more heady material. An added Dali, judging by their material. ventures of three cousins (FONE ;bonus- to issue #5 is a guest ap- Take the debut issue, for ex- BONE, PHONEY BONE, and -Scott vice I SLUG Ionuary 1993 PageJ3
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Salt Hat CD % 4 Yd Release Party Q eany swans or sonic rourn, only prel- Decder 15 DV8 rs tier, more emotion laden. Starting off - the set with Does This Hurt?and then This show was definitely a lot of D~W818t Club DV8 launching straight into SometimeSoon fun. Itwasby far oneof the best sltows - Ihad seen even though I had se& all Deal has to be one d the few, She Saidfrom last years-Boo Up! EP, (im the bands a million times. say, five real women in rock 'n' roll. A the band played hard andwith insatiable Lumberjack, one of the coolest womanwho retains herfeminineidentity energy. Some of the other highlights of - bands insaltlake, heatedupthecrowd without wking pop music and having the set were longer versions of Sky- I have to admit really like Jeremy's ,a glitzy 'image' thought up in some scraperand LazyDay. The The Booeys I voice. oflice suite in LA. She can handle a were joined on a couple of songs by a guitar betterthan mokt'men (as well as female trumpet player who was met The Next band, Stoneface, ro&ed. even got the chance to hear ohof being a pro on the bass) and write and with cat-calls and wolf whistles. Not I their .best songs, 12th of Novelrlber perform catchy, yet meaty songs that very PC Salt Lake! The horn playing , Great job guys. . simultaneously stroke and pinoh your added depth to their live show as it r. nervous system. does to their latest Creation.CBS re- But the one word that best de- lease Everything's Alright s or ever, but scribes the Breeders shdw at .DVB4is the band failed to play the lovely balhd fun! The Breeders made ewryone feel Spaniad, which opens the album with comfortable and came acrossasbeing acoustic guitar and trumpet. Disap- incredibly relaxedandatease on stage. pointing, but that didn't detract from a They probably enjoyed themselves great performance. timbers. more than a lot of the audience mem- What can I say about Throwing D.O.A., definitely one of punk bers did; but isn't that what playing in a Muses? Muses were definitely the rock's heavy weight- contenders, rock tjand is-all about? Forget all strong pointof the show, plafingjustas stopped m town to make fun of the that rockstar bullshit. The Breeders tightly as a three piece as any time I've Mormons and say that Salt Lake's havestrippedthatallaway. They sound seen them with four members. They Golden Eagles sucked. They also just as rough and raunchy on their didn't act or sound like a band thars stopped long enough to rock the roof of records as they do live. Just plain old undergone loads of personal turmoil in the Bar & Grill. They played dd stuff guitars and scratchy Kim and Kelly the past year. New bassist Bernard and some new stuff, however, they Deal vocals over Josephine Wigg's Georges fits in well with Kristin Hersh never got aroundtoplaying my favorite bass lines and Mike Hunt's powerful and David Narcizo, not missing a beat 'Africans Security.' drumming. as they tore through songs that spanned The prize for being the most punk The relaxed atmosphere allowed the 4AD career of the Muses, from rock was the fucldace that stale my the band to play some new songs, with Hate My Way all the way up to Pearl. coat. Kim Deal telling the crowd to submit Firepileand Furious. M~lseaoven threw --C~OPP any lyrics to the t-shirt concessioner as in their cover of Hendrix's Manic she sang nonsense and enjoyed the Depressions b-side from a recent thrill of playing far a friendly crowd. single. While Hersh seems even more Down By law There was a lot of interplay between subdued and introverted than past band members, passing significant shows, it was the music that stood out looks to each other and draping guitars and took control. Whether playing fast, My Jesus Bird Bath!!! Deconfpos- in spiderwebbing. The bandalso talked incrediblyfast, or slow, Throwing Muses ers are really amazing. I have niver with theaudience, makingconversation clearedupany doubtas towhy theyare lumberjack seen a band as well dressed as Mese between songs. one of the most interesting and inno- December 12 - guyswere hatnight. They easily topped An incredibly personable bandwith vative bands to grace the shores of the night by playing several new songs. a terrific live sound, the Breeders rock these United States in ages. Oh, I touch myself, Tarrenceh so cute. The Bad Yodelers played &me like nobody's business! If you missed Sugar?Well, Bob Mould's losta bit I have really been impressed by them live, you'll just have to take my of weight since the last time he Was in old stuff and some new stuff, but @ally the amount of people who are fiplly no favorites. word fw it, Salt Lake, eh? coming to shows at Stamzzu, but the M. Dead Joe. I think the evening was success- bands still need more support. You ful, I hope the CD does as well as the cats missed a killer show this time. show does. around. -Ch+per 8ugar Lumberjack ... was one cool opener. They are great and the line-up Ihro- Muses Cherry Pondn Daddles consists of four boys you have seen around a long time. They have fused Athletes Butt together to form a great band. - Triggerman impressed me more 'NovWer 20th December 1 - Bar 8 bill ' the last time they were in town two Punk fuckin' rock That totally de- summers ago but they still were pretty U ol U Ballroom . scribes this evening. cool. Was this the loudest show you've Imagine if you will, Harry Connick Boys and girls, I was at Dawn By by ever been to in your life? Painfully so. Jr., sped up a thousand times, mix in a Law and you weren't. Dave Smalley, Apparently Mr. Mouldwanted the show dose of hardcore and you have Cheny (formerly of All and Dag Nasty), father to beso incredibly loud. What's that old Poppin Daddies. They have all .the of punk rock, alwaysrubbs matheright Robert. saying? Ifyou can'tplay good. .. makings of a ska band but they sound way. This was deVinitely the feel good The Boo Radleys playedan all-out like dinner music. Complete with or- concert of the year. There was no pit, sonic assault on the audience, much to gan, a three piece horn section, fast no trouble makers and a smile on the surprise of those in attendance. guitar and these boys brewed up a everyone's face. DeBerry There was a wall of guitar noise akin to stew of punk rock that shivered m' -chopw