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T he L um berjack APPENINGS M ay 2 - K .2 0 0 I Summer O Guide 5si movies & music Photo Courtesy of Touchstone “Pearl Harbor,” opening May 25, is a guaranteed hit. P hoto courtesy of D reamworks Disney releases its “ Evolution,** a sci-fi comedy opens June 8. newest version of mvth Act now, crossword P hoto courtesy of W arner B rothers R ecords supplies are limited R.E.M ., arguably one of the music industry’s driving forces, will release “Reveal** Page 7 P h o t o c o u r t e s y o f D r e a m w o r k s May 15. “Shrek,” a comedic laugh-riot, opens May 18. Page 2 ♦ May 2-8, 2001♦T he L um berjack Summertime is the right time for concerts, overpriced band T-shirts J im Bo dden Warped Tour, which has been moved to the Peoria The Lumber jack Sports Complex this year. Despite a less-than-stellar line-up (compared to last year's Green Dav/Weezer t's summertime and that means it's also time tor package), expect a good time for your money. the big summer concert tours. Unfortunately tor With no "Up In Smoke Tour'' this year, the main Ithose staying in Flagstaff, that means plenty of stream hip-hop situation looks dismal. The best bet is travel to see the good shows. For those returning to on the underground scene anyway, like Kik>I Keith. Phoenix, however, this summer is full of a wide variety N*SYNC also returns to the Valley for the zillionth of concerts. time, leaving a trail of screaming pre-teens in their But, strangely, several big tours have opted not to stop wake. in Phoenix this summer, including the Ozzfest (featuring Here's a rundown of this summer's highlights for Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson), Moby's Area:One concerts in the Valley of the Sun, organized by genre. Tour (featuring Moby and a reformed New Order), and Country Radiohead. 5/12- Brooks and Dunn with Toby Keith, Cletus Maybe it's the heat that's keeping them away? T. Judd. Keith Urban and Montgomery Gentry Classic rock seems to be the scene for this summer, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavillion • with everybody from the still-respectable (Eric Clapton, 7/27- "Girl's Night Out"- Reba McEntire, Martina Brian Wilson) to the not-so-respectable (Journey, Styx) to McBride, Sara Evans, and more America West the downright weird (a Beatles tribute with John Arena Entwistle and Alan Parsons). Metal After last weekend's Country Thunder, there are two 6/15- Napalm Death («’ Boston's more redneck-fests coming to the Valley: Brooks and 6 1 19- Staind (« Web Theatre Dunn for the boys and Reba McEntire for the girls. 7/17-"Extreme Steel Tour''- Pantera, Slayer, The absence of the Ozzfest probably won't matter to Morbid Angel, Static-X and Skrape <a’ America too many metal-heads, as Pantera and Slayer roll West Arena through the Valley, crushing everything in their Classic Rock, Dinosaur Rock paths. 5/22- Jimmy Buffet (»> Blockbuster As usual, the summer highlight for skate-punks is the Desert Sky Pavillion 6/3- Bad Company, Styx, Journey and Billy Squier a Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion 6/15- Rod Stewart <fl America West Arena 6/20- Paul Simon with Brian Wilson Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion Photo courtesy of MCA Records 6/23- Alan Parsons, Ann Wilson, John K-Ci and JoJo are playing in Phoenix May 25. Entwistle and Todd Rundgren in a Beatles Tribute |<( Celebrity Theatre 8/15- Eric Clapton («' America West 5/29- Stavesacre, Living Sacrifice and Arena Project 86 ^ Nile Theatre 8/26- Aerosmith with Fuel Blockbuster R & B/Hip Hop Desert Sky Pavillion 5/25- K-Ci & Jojo iC,i Celebrity Theatre Punk Rock 6/22- Kool Keith <«’ Nile Theatre 5/18- The Ataris, RxBandits, The Pop Eyeliners and Fairview (<* Nile Theatre 6/13- Evan and Jaron Web Theatre 5/20- Anti-Flag, The Unseen and One 6/15- Aaron Carter <« Celebrity Theatre Man Army & Nile Theatre 7/18- N*SYNC <o’ America West Arena 6/4- U.S. Bombs and Union 13 & Boston's Wanky Guitar Gods 6/16 - This Bike is a Pipe Bomb & The 6/26- "G3 Tour"- Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Devil is Electric Modified Petrucci 6/22- "Van's Warped Tour"- Rancid, 311, Smooth "Jazz" Rollins band, Pennywise, The Vandals, 8/9- Dave Koz and Nonman Brown«•' Celebrity Bouncing Souls and more ft Peoria Sports Theatre Complex Pmoto courtesy of Hellcat Records Attack of the Eighties? 7/5- Rev. Horton Heat (« Nita's Hideaway 5/23- L.A. Guns fr* Hard Rock Cafe Rancid is playing at the Vans Warped Tour June 22 in Peoria. Christian 8/6- Starship ^C asino Arizona at Salt River 5/24- Michael Sweet Mason Jar 8/10- Depeche Mode # America West Arena T he L um berjack ♦ M ay 2-8, 2001 ♦P age 3 Music for a summer afternoon Upcoming rock releases include comebacks, new tunes, retrospectives Micah Alpaugh like 'people are bothering me/ 'leave me alone' and tracks off the scrap heap. The Lumberjack - 'give me som e attention/ Life is contradictory. I just Judging by the album's title, it doesn't come without don't know if it's interesting." malice toward the music industrv. It '* almost summertime, and finding new music is R.E.M. ("R eveal," May 22> "After doing th is for 15 years," frontman Johnnv easy. The 13th album by the veteran band finds the group R/e/nik said on the band's official Web site, vou learn From the long-dormant Weezer to the oft-troubled at a curious crossroads, trying to recapture a diminishing what the music business is composed of. I t's unfortunate Stone Temple Pilots, releases abound from virtually all fan base .ind rebound from I W s disappointing X p." that art' seems to be the least important of the four divisions of the r a p pop genre, with new releases also For "Reveal," the band attempts to return to its sim words." on the wav from R.E.M., Blink 1H2 and the Goo Goo pler rock roots. Blink 182 ("Take Off Your Pants and Jacket," June Dolls. "We tried to approach the tracks in a real live man 12) Weezer (Entitled, May 151 ner,' said guitarist Peter Buck in Rolling Stone. This Coming off the success of 1998's "Enema of the State" Four years after "Pinkerton," the band's newest record does have a feel of a kind of warmth that you get and last year's "The Mark, Tom and T ra v is Show," Blink release*, and six years after its' self-titled debut, the boys when you plav together." returns to the studio, this time reported Iv losing some of who brought you "Buddy Holly" return. Goo Goo Dolls ("What I Learned About Ego, the gloss of the smooth-sounding "Enema." Despite the layoff, the creation of new material has Opinion, Art & Commerce 11987-20001," May 29) The band also has made it clear that it wants to escape not U rn a problem tor the group Three years aftejr their hit single "Iris," the Dolls have the boundaries of its expected neo-punk stvle. Singer Rivers Cuomo estimates he has written 350 responded with not a new album, but a retrospective on "In my mind, we've always adhered to the most songs over the hiatus, and the group is looking to their career. important punk ethic, that we do what we want to do," include about 20 of them on the disc, including the Coming a mere six years after their first serious brush said singer/bassist Mark Hoppus in Rolling Stone. "If group 's first single, "Hash Pipe," which was released with fame after 1995's hit album "A Bov Named Coo," we wanted to make a techno record, if we thought that last month. the move backward makes them appear as vet another was who we are, then we'd make a techno record. We're "I'm looking at the list of songs now," said Cuomo in band approaching musical middle age, unsure of their not afraid of anything.” Rolling Stone, 'and there are a few general sentiments. place in the pop world and responding bv pulling old Stone Temple Pilots ("Shangri-La Dee Da," June 19) Attempting to return to the level of dominance achieved on 1994's "Purple" and 19%'s "Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop," the Pilots return with a follow-up to 1999's "No. 4," likely hoping that singer Scott Weiland has put his well- publicized drug problems behind him and is ready to return the band to the head of the musical pack. The album is the group's first ses sion since Weiland's 1999 heroin relapse brought the recording of "No. 4" to a sudden end. Although "Shangri-La" has been downsized from the originally intend ed double album, some of the tracks accompanying the band’s usual adrenaline rock will be a new sound: Latin music. Partially ir> tribute to Brazillian conductor Antonio Carlos lobim, the songs "About a Fool" and "Bipolar Bear'' are reportedly filled with Hispanic flavor. "We've made the record I think we've been wanting to make for a long time," guitarist IX*an De Leo said. Check out British quartet Cold play's new release P hoto courtesy or U ni/G effem "Parachutes." Weezer is back with its third release, an untitled album.