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comina in mayP8 TFL, TREE PEOPLE, SLaM SUZANNE, ALL, UFT INSANE WARLOCK PINCHERS, MORE MONDAY, APRIL 29 I DEAR DICKHEADS k My fellow Americans, though:~eopledo jump around and just as innowtiwe, do your thing let and CLIJG ~~t of a to NW slam like they're at a punk show. otherf do theirs, you sounded almost as ENTEIWAINMENT man for hispoeitivereviewof SWIM Unfortunately in Utah, people seem kd as L.L. "Cwl Guy" Smith. If you. GUIIBE ANIB HERSCHELSWIMsdebutecassette. to think that if the music is fast, you are that serious, I imagine we will see I'mnotamemberofthebancljustan have to slam, but we're doing our you and your clan at The Specks on IMVIEW avid ska fan, and it's nice to know best to teach the kids to skank cor- Sahcr+nightgiwingskrmkin'Jessom. that someone at SLUG is open- &Y. minded enoueh" to consider ska a One more thing. 1 don't think De -1 -1 that a bydhas to have hair down to legitimate music type for yourmaga- Editor /Publisher zine. 1don't think that there'samore their asses, wearing all-black in that underground scene in Utah, unless '3ortured artist" look, and doing a J.R. Ruppel you want to get into things unnatu- pathetic cover of 'Too hunk To Sales & Production ral. Fuck" to be a good party band. Do Ska has always had a following You? Natalie Kaminski in Utah, and still does. If you need "Let that be a lesson to you." proof, consider ' how fast BAD SKA BOB AND OUR THANX T000000: MANNERS and SPECIAL BEAT ps. My apologies for my rather JonBray, Jon Shnmui, BrdCo1l1~. sold-out when they played at the lengthy pontiftcation. wwdy Goawls,Bmd Bu&er, Rick Ruppd, Dm Kmugh, Zephyr in November. And when p.p.s. I didn't know that GENERAL Matt Taylor, Matl Mm.oa. Scott DONKEY SHOW played at Center PUBLIC WSP a ska band. I guess that Bdqud, Kevin Kldt aur*s Johnmn, Stage in December of '89, I don't means that FINE YOUNG CANNI- Bw Wud. Tarry Schnlrta. L.n Bdn@ud think I had ever seen so many suits BALS and COLOURFIELD are ska Copperfield hbll.hin&Hoffine Pdn* and pork-pies at a Utah show, even bands too, huh? and mot of dl to the people who ulvcp during the 004 era (yes, I was around tile Uld 8UppOd Our eff0Lthnx @dll when 004 was doin' the ska almost Ed Ndrc: Ya know, Ska Bob, maybe you The opinions and views every weekend at the Old Women's ought to spend a little less mcrgy being ' expressed in this rag are Gym in Provo). Why is it that Provo xlf tighw~about Ymbrand of ever that means) is not dying. As),.; "underground music." Sha music is ';'" those of the writers and are has always had a better ska scene 1 than Salt Lake. &Ut. u-dupnkmkmd b.'COtlhJed "sit not necessarily those of the . . people who put this shit And as far as ska being out-of- date, wd, anytime some boneheads together. throws that one at you, it's a good sign that ska is making another gle O A11 Material 1991 rious return. That's what they saidin SLUG is printed by tbe Mtb of the late 60's when the skinheads each month and ts free to Ule (that's skinheads, not Nazi bone- public. The^w&~ material Is heads, there is a difference) picked it provided by YOU. Your opinions up and revived it in England. !5ka are vital!! Flea& feel free to send started in Jamaica around 1959, in what you have-Letters, Articles, case you didn't know that, and I'm Art work, Reviews, Poetry, Pho- willing to warn that L.L. Smith in tos, Concert and Event Informa- Park City didn't. ?hey also said that tion tous by the2Othofeach month to..... ska was dead in the late 7Ws, just before the 2-Tone bands exploded onto the British music scene, and 3ickheads @ have since left a legacy of great musicians in modern bands. P.O. Box 1061 It happened agaln a couple of yeais ago wh& everjmnb was my- Salt Lake City, ing, "ska is dead, it's over, and it's out-of-date." Well, Smith, I could Utah 84110-1 061 give you a list a mile long of ska bands that have released albums in ADVERTISING INFORMATION the past two years. And this year there are even more corning out I'll tell you what, why don't youstay up 1484-9266 late some Monday night, or get up 1 early Tuesday morning, and tune your radio to that terribly-behind- thetimes-because-they-don't-play- the Cure station, KRCL, 91 FM,from 330&0(krm (I feel a shameless plug comingon) andlisten toashowcalled "One Step Beyond" All we play is SLUG R6ck Steady,Ska, and Blue Beat. You might besurprised.Andwhoknows, I'lI1~SONAIS AN11 you may even learn something. There is a scene here. You'll have CIASSIFIIID ADS to look for it, it's not for the trendy UP TO 20 WORDS masses. lt'salittlemoreundergro~d FOR ONLY $2.00 than that. NOTHING SEXIST OR RACIST (under round? .....SLUG? .....Salt SEND TO P.O. BOX Lake dat?.... hmmm ... ) SEE PME 14 You were right about one thing - DEAR DICKHEADS CONTINUED wen appraate the new concert since long as their are altmrath-mwbb Ever a concert was held in Friendly Utah Dickheads, order, but I thought going to alter- ers in this town, UIcn will alwiiys k Provo High, the Provo scene is I have not come to praiselnosh- native shows was partly to release someplacl to go. Alknratioc music has worsening day by day. Every I THEN VISIT CRANDALL AUDIO & REPTllE RECORDS IN PROVO GREAT SELECTION OF MODERN, PUNK METAL, INDUSTRIAL UNDERGROUND & ALTERNATIVEMUSIC NEW & USED CDS IMPORTS TRAD-HNS WELCOME FOR CIEEDI~' SPECIAL ORDERS AT NO EXTRA CWT PAGE 5 RECORD REVIEWS THROmGmS and the single *counting hdc- I The Real Ramona wards." "Say Goodbye" is an exten- Sirel4AD tion of a short piece from , I I "Hunkpapa," ". . .a kart song that Even if there weren't two malea became a low song." Verses have I in the Throwing Muses they would been added, gut & biggest change nwer be the typical "girl group", is the heavy nature of the song. It's more concerncernedabout their make changed from an acoustical inter- up andhair than their actual music. lude to an all aut musical assault Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donnelly, "Say Goodbye/kick her Iegs/kidc the songwriters in the band (al- her down." But the most highly I though one song on the new album chargedsongis "Hookin her Head." iscredited to THROWING MUSES), Just by the title the song grab your I band. ~ndthe femalebint of view into an all out &&-jam, ~oufeelas comes out in their writing as well. if the hook has changed heads and is I From the opening licks or "~ount- now a hook in y;;ur own head. inn Backwards" to the final dreamv There's somethim eauallv charm- no'tesofthesleepy-eyed%o~tep,;' ing and disturbin; t6 he& Kristin the album is filled with clever mitar sing "He's a fuW drag/but if you licks that range from raunAy to dogt then you watch -him go'' or revelinn. . "mymouth isfullof demons/Iswear To ;eally appreciate what the to god," from the song "Ellen West." MUSESdalistentothe4econdhack. On the softer side are "Him "Him Dan*." Recorded live, the Dancing," "Red Shoes," "Dylan," only micmpi@n$ that was set .up "Not Too Soon," "Honeychain" and was for Kristin's ds.The instru- 'Two Steu." "Honevchain" is verv ments are d&"ghrl fhe sound is appe&ng with its sid+ sweet hk- crispon the recording; a good reflect monies and buzzingrmitars. It hasa tion of the MUSS live soft, sing-song fear0 it, like chil- or break and become their own signing teahiring Jim Beattie of PRI- Shifting to and fro from harder dren skipping rope to a rhyme. highly individualized style. MAL SCREAM, and in late April, tunes to softer, "The Real Ramona" 'Ihe complexity and abtract (&t let's face it, they're "Blood," the long awaited double has a balance of great songs that are nature of THROWING MUSES is ugly!) album from THIS MORTAL COIL. both unconventionally catchy and what gives them the edge and dis- Out nextmonth on4AD-u~~ clever. Some of the harder songs are tinguishesthemfromanyother band those fingers-"Time" by the Matt. "Golden Thing," "Ellen West," around. They have found a way to WOLFGANG PRESS, "Chlorine "Hookin her Head" "SavGoodbve" twist musical genres untif-they turn Dream" by ESPIREA X, a recent continued on newt page -:I P&~Y,ANDABM.. I AnaPYOV TO RIIOBVBI M!PED ME OH! I -.-. I - I i CD~S~~PBF~~~MCOIIDS~TS~~SWBATS~&ATS ! STICKERS 6 CONDOM t BUI'NNS DEMON JEWELRY AND MORE! I I I We also have guitar & bass strings at a bitehenl prke 1074 East 2100 South LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~~~~~~~ 467-7071 RECORD REVIEWS THE DARLING BUDS them later on one disc. Hence the new album released only 4 months later. Morrissey is famous for lineup changes, and this album is no differ- Ihia new Darling Buds is the hard- ent. Mark C. Nevin, the new guitar- est, most ambiti&sound todate by ist and collaborator (at least for this the band. They released Erotic hvs album), is a Vini Reilly Mend and for their new single, ItMakes No protegee (Vini is fronbnm for hr Difference,''. plus 3 new songs re- rutti Column and was the guitaris corded especially forn this release. on "Viva Hate"). Reaching into tl This is the best DARLING BUDS nowdefunct Madness lineup, Mo Yet- rissey pulls out Bedders Mark The D.B.s have been called a "pop" Bedford) as the album's bass player. band. If this is true, pop is taking a Too bad he gets no limelight-mo change for the better. They have a every song has only a2or 3 note b& new rhythm section which is dis- line. Finally, Andrew Paresi stays tinctly more powerful than on ear- on as drummer. 1ierreleases.They manage to bedirty As for the album, we find Mor- but sexy and sleek at the same time. rissey metamorphosed from mod- Sleek I say. ern music guru to cocktail lounge The guitar work on this is exoep crooner. Gone are the catchy guit, tionally hard and grungy for the pop hooks. Ih'ey are replaced I, Buds. It truly can drive youat times, heavy keyboards and orchestration. ktoften will give you flashes of The tempo has changed as well- THE JESUS AND THE MARY the majority of the songs on the a CHAIN.This harder soundis due to bum are lethargic and plodding. the fact that Harley (guitar) finally "Our Frank", the first sing1 got his wish and was able to use his starts off the album. The song 1 am lifier this time around lackluster except for the salsa9tyl fgive a muple of thumbs up for piano playing that embellishes il this combination of stylish pop and "Sing Your Life" is a catchy, boppl psychedelic feedback. If only they tune (albeit formulaic) where Mc would have released the other 3 rissey calls for people everywhere Lu song on their album, Wunderkinds. approach the mike and sing from But iPn vou want to hear them, they the heart. Other solid songs include will 8006 be available on an imps- "Found Found Fbund", a typical only cassette release through Co- Morrissey anthem of despair which lumbia Records. could haveeasilyhave foundits way Rick -pel onto "Strangeways Here We Corr (the farewell Smiths album), a. "End of the Family Line", wha MORRISSEY Morrissey boasts of his celibacy anu Kill Uncle how it will wreck the family tree (with. incredible stvle, he adds). What? Another Morrlssey al- ~utthese are ihe good, upbea bum? so soon? songs-the songs with energy. The Yes, some will jump for py, fact remains that most of the album others will tum their heads and amsists of slow, smokfilled roc wretch. Modssey'slatesteffort "Kill ballads. These songs & showo Uncle" w& released earlier this Morrissey's ever-improving voi month. It takes everyone by sur- but musically they are shallow prise until you remember that last uninteresting. fall's release, "&ma Drag", was This album is no "Viva Hate merely a compilation of singles and Its new direction will perhaps a1 B-sides. "Kill Uncle" is the first ac- peal to Smiths/Momssey dixipl tualstudio album since 1988's "Viva but will make few new fans. If Hate" (what the hell is with these musical trendsfoundon 'WUnc tweword titles? Viva Hate? Bona continue, we may soon find c Drag? Kill Uncle? Try Again!!). Mancunian narcissist opening w Morrissey must have felt a tad guilty Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormer for suckering everyone into buying for the Sinatra tour (if he's lucky). the singles (7 total) only to compile -John B. lone PAGE 7 RECORD REVIEWS ------Overlooking the accessible and ROBERT JOHNSON readily commaaspecta of this Thc Cornpkte Recordings disgusting rel-, I would probe Columbia bly say that I'd deal with a serious case of the sklds before I wiped my Robert lohnson's influence as a ass with this rewrd. Besides, I guitaxiat in-progressive rock drcles couldn't distinguish which wasahit. is absolutelv astoundinn. This com- I could tell you which would sound pilation of heblues atarist's en- better. tire mded work consisb of 41 My advice is to skip over the tracks which document his short Milk Beast Fodder and search out , career. These have obviously served some of the earlier 7 &d 12-inch as the basis of many bands careers. releases, which stand as this band's Consideringthat the recordings finest accomplishments. date hmn 1936 to 1937, they are of charlee Johnson fine quality. The very idea that they have endured since a time when technology was underdeveloped is a miracle within i,tself. The time pe riod from which this dates was one where such recordings were "race records - another casual attempt at trying to capitalize on the blues," according to the biography which accompanies the double set pack- age. In addition, many of America's finest blues artists came from this period, induding Sonny Boy Wil- liamson 11, Howlin' Wolf, and Elmore James. However, none have enpyed the notoriety that Johnson has, much which comes from his JELLO BIAFRA murder in July of 1938. 'Wie For Oil, Sucker/' - 7' 'The Complete Recordings" is and essential for anyone interested in the birthright of modern American JELLO BIAFRA and music. The accomplishments made NOMEANSNO by this incredible guitarist/vocal- The Sky Is 'Falling ist/songwriter set the standard for his many emulatom to come. This (And I want my-money) preservationof this legend will serve as evidence of the inspiration for Finally, in the same year we get many musicians, past and present. both a Jello Biafra spoken word and Charlee Johnson musical recording! The first is the definitive word on the whole Persian Gulf mess - in- dudingadisplayablepter for those with enough courageto display their anti-war sen tirnents. Biafra has- SISTERS been more caustic and funny - wit- ness his "an $SOO,W Batplane and it doesn't even work," which I've OF quoted to death for friends. On the second side is Biafra's MERCY chilling "Pledge of Allegiance," Arst heard in Ministry's "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up," the live home video. Awesome. Biafra's other release, a team-up with Canadian punk's Nomeansno, .was spawned from recording ses SISTERS OF MERCY sions for the "Terminal City Rim- Vision nting cher soundtrack. Elektra Though at first the album is a bit underwhelming, it does have a cer- Coming from the "You how tain rakish charm - e~pedally~fie you're in trouble when..." depart- sardonic "Jesus was a Terrorist. ment, the latest release from the By the second side, the band SierlsofMercy is a pretty dispirited seems to have found Biafra's perfect effort. Well over two years since the complement, including eerie guitars last release from Andrew Eldrich that would make former DK's (and whomever youdesire to fill the axeman East Bay Ray envious(espe blanks with). this week's line-UD cially on "Chew"). Chilling. Note: boasts form& Sigue sigue sPutnikj Don't miss Nomeansno when they Generation X-er Tonv lames no less. play The Pompadour on April 5. All Musically, it's poe~-call~thicdisco the cool young punks will be there which will have KJQdeejays and its - will you? avid listeners rabid with delight. Chris Robin PAGE 9 I CONTINUED tZP was dropped by WAX TRAX! Erst official release is LEG ENDARY PINK DOTS' "Maria %ension" which came out a few weeks ago. The sound is remlnis- cent of "Any Day Nod. CARO- 'I LINE has also started distributing ANTLER/SUBWAY and many of #p' pf3 its subsidiaries from Ewope. A SPLIT SECOND was the first band to be released, but now the label has . - gone full-forcein getting ANTLER/ *. a SUBWAY records out. Also on the L label are BORISMIKULIK his other POMPAM)UIR projet veMm + SOLINI HEADKICK (Luk Van IN])Usrl~~L AckerofREVCoandDANCEABLE UNI)&IRGIkOUM) WEIRDSHIT), KLINlK (Mark Ver- haegen of NOISE UNIT), and a ton Top 20 4#!43-g> of Gew Beat and Hard Beat bands < $ .. :I:, such as LORDS OF ACID# and 1. SfCINNYPupPY 2 ,e ' .-#. '. EROTIC DISSIDENTS. b :* it.::, . . "Tormentor" .,+- MIKULIK's album is a must and g-' s' . .. .#. contains the sexually explidt and 2. THRnL KILL WLT~,C ,a&;:. pulsating Industrial song "Diana". . "ADaisy Chain for Satan"- .LORDS OF ACID have a rrecond 3. -DM hgle called "Hey Ho," after "Hi Ho" from Snow Whiteand theseven "Godlike" Dwarves. But the LORDS idea of a 4. NINE INCH NAILS "ho" andasnow White's are verv "Get Down Make Love" different. The song has all the ap 5. REVOLTING COCKS peal of "I Sit on Add" but seems "h, even further into the groove. . . Steers, and Queers" GRUESOME TWOSOME finally 6. FRONT 242 have a follow-up to "~allucinati& "Tra~edvfor You" Generation" ;all& "Burnt-Out 7, S&- puppy Celebrity". . .ACID HOUSE night startsat the Pompadour nextmonth. ."Morpheus Laughing" ~t will be a psychedelic blend of 8. MINISTRY HOUSE, RAVE, HARD BEAT and "Sn- - What". .. - - - NEW BEAT, WSDISCO~~~ g. MEAT BEAT -1- JACKMUSICand TECHNOdlay- ered with lots of ACID and bright FESTo "Ps~che-out" lights. You won't want tomiss it!. . 10. FRONT LINE ASSEM- . %ext month: #'Beers, Steers, and BLY- - - "Re&"- .- - .- . Queers" revisited in the Louisiana 11. =L ,I(II;L KULT "Dayow.. .. - .. - -DJ Evil "Days of Swineand Roses" 12. COIL "Windowpane" 13. CHRISTIAN DEATH Malus Amor" 14. BORIS MIKULIK I"Diana" 15. FRONT LINE ASSEM- BLY "Virus" 16. MEAT BEAT MANI- FESTO "Gdc?" r 17.LARD "Forkboy" 18. CYBERAKTIF "Temper" 19. KMFDM Piggybank" A3. WOLFGANG PRESS r.-' -DJ Evil PAGE 10 C'O'V E R B A N D world mu& charts to =lease signed to Windham Hill he says ,-al solo albums grid put on he Can commit all his time to his d- clinics forhardened crimi- real love, funny cars and build- nals and Wvy drug us- ers. After the relea& of their single this summer, he also 'ans to be acting anddirectingbothon stage I and on the Silver Screen. - He can also be seen clear- ing halls in another band called TAMMY'S ACCI- DENT. Paul MaggotHead, bassist and creative direc- Since the birth of Maggot Heads in 1990 they have been offend- . tor of theband doesn't lii ing audiences as far and wide as Tremonton, Toole, and Roy. Their musicthat muchand some unique stage antics and presence isboth entertaining and enticing. day really wants to by his However, to the weak at herut and easily offended, they are easily own bass but can't afford offeisive. one because of his school- 1 Lead by singer/gui- He is to ;, Maggot bdsUve In Japn tarist John MagpHead, come either a plumber or . , . . he commands both the a gynecologi~only time ' , stage and the audience will ~1.~i~ other band S~LL ing his own monster mudder. with his humorouslv LIFE can also be seen playing Maggot Head's have played lewd jokesbetweensonb this month, check it out. with Scatterbrain, Warlock and heavier tha. heaw GeomeMaggotHead,guitar- Laughing and I - -- ~ ., vocals, laughs come easy ist and public relations manager, Ma"ikenLaughandwiube~er- fromthec&wds.Thefikt is onlyin the band to suppo*his fomingthis with Harum I time I saw them ~lavwith amazing- drup- habit he has been at the pom~do~.~he~ Werkschutz, I & a bit carry~ngaroundonhis~ac~cs~ncemay not be around to much surprised with what he he was eleven. He someday longer, Success is knocking at had to say, but not the hopes to actually learn to play their door ...and you know what least bit surprised when the guitar with more than two that means... hard drugs and de- the crowd slowly filtered fingers so he can land a pression. See them April 13th outside^ wait &thenext position in HARLOT, - with Drool. Bring a raincoat. Maggot Heads Uve in Oeanany band. However, now, his favorite local b are band.. When his r: people are catching on to whgt they up to and not only sit through Ness Lessman their whole set-but bring"friends. If you aren't offended by their other band, obnoxious antics, they are Very entertaining. FLAMING Their set consists of mostly covers of artists such as Prince, The ANUS gets Stooges,Ted Nugent,TheVentures, Don Hoe, and Even Black Ivory. Howeyer, if you didn't listen closely to the lyrics, you would never k~wtheywere covers. They do have a few originals, but they re- serythem for special occasions. These willbe featured this summer on a 7" record that should sell like hotcakes. Let's meet the Band. John Maggothead: Says his sole influence in playing mck 'n' roll is in hopes of one day being able to "take" three fabulous babes at the same time. On the chance that his career in music doesn't soar, he is studying on the side in hopes of landing a pb as manager of Classic Roller Skating Rink. He canalsobe seen in thelocalband ALCOHOL DEATH, which will be performing this month. Being the leader of the band, he has taken it upon himself to be thedriving forceinclear ing halls. His specialty is putting things into his underwear (which is all he wears on stage). He has blessed audiences with dog food, jello, and if you are lucky you may even see chili and other fini food items. If you are really lucky you may be their when he throws con- doms and tampons into the audience, both functional and fun. Ringo, drummer and manager of the band, lives for mck & roll. He hopes after Maggot Heads have successfully dominated the. m PAGE 11 pmmmmmmmmmmm=mm fl lllSTbRE REARMCE THAT DM PAGE 12 MORMON UPD.ATE Jehovah, I will send this Sodom Just Say and Gommorah music industry E..;i'-,- back to the Beast that created it. It just isn't right to have our -' One pickled herring was wan. No To Sin young Sitsbeing bombarded Twenty eight black sheep by eyil day in and day out. Let's made a herd, while the i Hello once again brothers and do it for the kids. three others shed thelr skins sisters. Uncle Ezra here and still I fully realize that one just In the shadow of a romance, 1 Research assistants number 1 fighting the good fight. I can't can't go into Congress and make seven stopped In for a late hold in what I have to say for one a law banning rock n' roll, al- night waltz, only to catch I moreminute. Ifyouhavm't paid though one should under cir- old one eye lost In the hush me any heed yet, do it now. I am cumstances such as these. So of a vdubule slumber. going to makerockn' rolla thing where do we start? I'll tell you A glance of silver famlly of the past. where. We start with the par- reflection: search for truth. Everyone loves Mama's hat stlll a-qulver with The good Lord should have ents. God put parents on this Frank Sinatra. Who wouldn't? dada Incognito. turned Elvis into a pillar of salt earth to control their children. Take your soft-minded child to Then exit past vouyerlstic . while things were still under con- We must put control in a harsher the Sinatra show that is coming necrophile, to closlng door trot This world of sin has gone category. If stern words and soon.The kid needs somegood, twlce times now. 'I belleve in dreams of next from swinging hips to all nude emotional punishment don't do old-fashioned patriarchal cultur- ' sex performances. All one has to the trick, get the belt. I haven't ing. It is a gift that won't soonbe nmel' calls Dollle head biw do is turn on MTV &d watch met an adolescent yet who can't ball borne. forgotten You should also take 'Mind your toes or I'll be fixing Prince pornos or evencatch fel- be persuaded to do what is ide- your Trento see the Monnon squamers for anus night anc latio master Madonna in full ally and spiritually sound witha Tabernacle Choir. They will be day.' Comes repllng from bondage attire. Look .dd Uncle good thrashing. This is the same begging you to take them every naught a sneep. 'I wasn't Ezra right in the eye and tell him child who will thank you for it week. I know my 9 lovely chil-; born of fellcity hairs.' this isn't immoral. . once those crazy pubescent dren do. You should see their Hamsters chase 'round back u If I hear one more smart- hormones are no longer there neck as lfplagerlsrn of little eyes light up. classics qualifies one as mouthed musician punk tell me controlling hi or her bliss. Until Next Month, academically sound. about freedom of sp"hrI1llsplit Something else I have learned gJ&&&& lust Say No To Sin So please, try not to braak it. his lip. With a little hdp from in all my years of open-minded Uncle Ezra Mark C. Jackmq RATHER THAN E~ECTR 7 II- HARUM SCARUM & Drool v MAGGOT HEADS "Live, The Way You Hate Them" April 13th at the I AVAILABLE NOW ON WORMER BROS. LOW QUALITY TAPES THE POMPADOUR 11 I PAGE 13 VIDEO REVIEW SKINNY PUPPY "Ain't It Dead Yet" MINISTRY "'In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up" With the upcoming CD release of "Ain't It Dead Yet" it might be timely ereview the video that spawned that CD. Not a video to be watched in the dark by yourself, the disturbing qualities of s,mPUPPY'S music is brought tolifeon stage, for the audience to experience first- hand. SKINNY PUPPY's live uer- formance is enjoyable for 'the hardcore PUPPY fan as well as being a good introduction to the noviie PUPPY person. If you are not familiar with thier live act it might take you by surprise. Full of blood and terror, this journey into aesthetic terrorism; an assault on your senses and definition of what is real. Life is full of frightening thinp which fill thedark comers of SKINNY PUPPY's albums and performing. The show begins with Ogre behind a screen playing out a demented puppet- blood spattering the smeen, emerging Along these same lines is MINIS lookinglikeacarcrashvictim. Ogre TRY'S "In Case You Didn't Feel Like continues to cover himself with Showing Up," a video for those too more blood, Are and ash and pa- afraid to see the band live. Capturing pers throughout theshow. Helighb the best elements of their 'The Mind candles, lights himself, sings to a Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Tour," decapitated head, dons rubber the video boasts a star-3tudded cast gloves, pulls out his intestines and from the alternative music &ne and wraps them around his neck, is features Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, violently shot by catatonic third Chris Connelly and Bill Reiflin (of party and torments a dismembered RevCo fame), Martin Atkina (Killing body covered in carrots on a make- Joke), Ogre, Mike Scacia (from Rigor shift wooden cross-a television Mortis) as well as other friends of where the head used to be. Jourgensens's from the Chicago SKINNY PUPPY's music has music scene. Also, Jello Biafra ap always had a visual elanent and pears in a spedal spoken word sege- they encapsulate that within their ment where he offers his "Flag live performance, mixing and hor- Pledge." ror, sound and samples layered The raw energy of MINISTRY is over subtle and graphic violence. captured on video, but the audience But screw art. . .Let's kill! If you is fairly mellow. A bunch of sissies picked up issue 35 of ALTERNA- when compared to the Salt Lake TIVE PRESS you have some idea of crowd, skipping in front of the fence how SKINNY PUPPY's live show and making fools of themselves. has evolved; splicing film footage There's little fence climbing, no flip of deaths, and real-live horrors to ping-off of Jourgensen and his mates fit specific songs. Writing music and very little excitement projected from sound captured in daily esca- from the band-watchers. The band is pades. Cevin Key and Dwayne the focal point and exudes energy Goettel provide the soundtrack for from the stage in both their music this frightening vision. With se- and action. This is best captured as quence~,eeryie, gothic-feelingkey- Atkins and Reillin drum up a storm boards, wretching guitar and at the behning of "Breathe." Two pounding drums, ?he other two drummers, bass, keys and God only PUPPY'S handsin the backmound, knows how manv mitars and vocals. I literally adding sparks mienergy fill your aural se;& and hammer on as they build textures of noise and your head until you are ready to ei- rythms for Ogre's distorted and ther break or pin in the fun. effected vocals. Sound builds on All in all, this is a great vision of I sound asimages come to life before MINISTRY "ln Case You Didn't Feel our eyes. LikeshowingUp." But next time, get SKINNY PUPPY's video fills off your butt and see them live. theeyes and ears and grabs at your throat as you watch it. It is an expe- . rience worth watching. MOVIE REVIEW 'ASIHIGH Wfi!iGY TATTOOS WOH P3RP SMPO9 IPS!%P STEMMETHODS PRIVACY BRllllANl COlORS COVERUPS CUSTOM 8 TRADITIONAL COSMETIC BODY PIERCING GOD AS CASH CASH TRADE TDD CAPABlLlTliS 110s SO. state street I OLDESW MSWABLISHED SHOP 1 The Doors Directed by Oliver Stone Starring Val ~ilkeras Jim Morrison 'Ihe success or failure of Oliver Stone's latest epic, a more than 12@ minute biography of 609 rock icons the Doors, may go a long way toward demonstrating how much Americans dyloved the 609. Already in its fourth week of release, "The Doors" has fallen signifi- cantly (busines9wise) from its opening weekend, in lieu of such inexpli- cable "mega-hits"as The Hard Way" and "Sleeping With Julia Roberts," er "The Enemy!' That's unfortunate, because if there's anything that might give American viewers insight into the 60s drug and rock cultures, it's "I'he Doors." However, the movie's seeming failure may show, that Uke skepticism and ignobce directed toward this year's peace protests - which echoed Vietnam War sentiments - this country would prefer to gloss over the harsh realities of the Ws, as well as those of the 9Ws. Though it probably could have been called "Morrison," the picture , revolves around the enigmatic performer's life - including recollections of ' Morrison's relatively youthful college and early band experiences, from a short exposition of Morrison's and Ray Manzarek's (well-played by cult I( :RECORDS events in Morrison's psych&dy influend Used CD's & Tapes BUY-SELL-TRADE COMING !N MAY 107 NORTH MAIN STREET BOUNTIFUUL 292-3759 NEW RELEASES ALWAYS ON SALE BEST IMPORT SELECTION LL YOUR MQDE~/THRASH/INDUSTRIAL dU I HEADQUARTERS . 1I AGE 1 CONCERT REVIEW. OUT OF AUTUMN I RITUAL I LIVING ROOM MARCH 23 63 the POMPADOUR CLUB The POMPADOUR is kginfamous for its dectic I I OUT OF AUTUMN, fonnaly DOOU CHIME. f-1y 1 RAIN, has a new lineup, replacing acoustic guitarist Many of the songs are the same though, but the male voice giws them a dif- farent feel. Guitar blendsarelush, as~c0~candtwoelectricaIe layered over bass and drums. At times, the band seems divorced from the audience, rarely look- ing forward and often playing with their backs turned. ,Whether this ts' a rcdc 'n' roll stance or sheer nervousness, the band al- ienates itself from it's listeners, creating a wdover which they =.:,--WIW WIUMN hurl their music. &- Their set went smoothly except for the breaking of a guitar and the subsequent exit from the stage by guitarist and, eventually, other band RITUAL plays their two-man pop/indusbial/electronic music with precision and dedsiveneas, adding live playingby both Jones and Anderson over the sequenced portions of their music Techno bands take a lot of fladc from many self-proclaimedcritics stat- ing techno performances are merely "recorded." But they miss the creative and technical process of computer generated CT m ING ROOM, fronted by Md,is levampire" aptlyy THE LWROW The band has the my feeling of a gathering in your own home. 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Bu$ouro~d01 pezealpep sl MeiAeU Ieyo&s!uJQ -woe AIUO-seuq~'was-w SUJBIUI~UI suol)e(rl $801 sueqraw jo spuesnaqt pspe~pun~ $ifia~isu~aqt pallea uoltezturI3~oue eJarlon 'elwo) ueky eql p@leaUO~PZ~W~BIO ue BJ~UM Dqepl l~OddnS~nd sn enldeseald rtlm 'esem elso3 0311 saae~dYI aJ.AeLIl PUV Byel uepAeu eyn weld ul 6~tAne~.Aaql CONCPRT IDAHO SYNDROM MARCH Sth 8 BAR 'N' GRILL that secret, and they share it Gth the audience at the Bar 'n' Gdl. While their overall sound more Seattleinfluencedthananythhg(ac- cording to Bass F'layer/Lerd Singer J.R., "Somewhere in between NIR- VANA and NOMEANSNO, that's haven.), DINOSAUR BONES paid tribute of a Eew ppsthroplgh l DAHO SYNDROME qtyIized covea, full of feigned and - real parody, as wellas playing their and playing that makes them sod "Deskucti~n"wa@mflOWingWith forceful original tunes such as so good live. This show wss DiNO- grinding, grating, scratch the chalk- "Amsrican WhIteTrash" and "Hate SAUR BONES at their best. board guitar sounds and was easily Fuck" OR stage the mood was re . laxed between songs as Rick Rup pel borrowed m IDAHO SYN- DROME guitar when he broke a DINOSAUR BONES string of his own or when J.R. "We're the Omnondp." So mused, "We fuW that last song showwith DINOSAURBONES. The Lesd singer Ryley Fogg's vo- begins DWOSAUR BONES as they up. Of youwo would haven ever launch into their Sub-PopIsh wl- known if I hadn't have told you." don of "Crazy Hones." The hour long set was tight When musical iduences andtheDINOSAURBONESrodced converge, ranging hmAustralia's the Bar 'n' Grill herd, Band men- SWINGERS to Heavy Metal's AER- berr of a three piece outfit have to OSMITH; from the OSMONDS to work hard to fill the gp normally the VILLAGE PEOPLE, who knows left to additional players and DI- what the outcome will be. Only the NOSAUR BONES did just that. It's DINOSAUR BONES hold the key to the straight-forward songwriting tambourine and singing backup. I-I-- I 45 WEST 300 SOUTH, SALT LAKE CITY 364-3647 I 1 1 LATE NIGHT THURSDAY-FRIDAY SATURDAY IN APRIL I I APRIL 4-6 APRIL 11-13 APRIL 16-20 APRIL 25-27 I IITU, ..l...I-",", PIT SH~PBOYS .u.Cw*u IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE HEAVY METAL THE ---... I.. -,-,. ". m.T %luxII>n &I c-.. L CD\ n.YC .I MI Ymn* MOVIE I JJSLAM-ANG1 I I I ALSO '"'r V"'"U'UL" . I," . .""r"IIIII~"I .I." . V..". PLAYING Theatre - Special.Limited Engagement! I APRIL26 April 19th through May 9th MAY 2 iILm cow1 CALL FOR TOWER THEATRE 876 East 900 South, Salt Lake City 328-0477 SHOWCIMES Daily; 5:15. 7:15, 9:15 FrilSat Late Night; 11:15 364-3647 KILLEP I SaVSun Matinees; 1:15, 3:15 PAGE 18 ,LS--7-#a INTERVIEW i--LI TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY First a brief history: Records, David Geffen's new label, The origin of Sonic Youth dates in the fall of 1989. The result - &. back to 1981 when Thurston Moore, The bandclaims that thestepup ALIEN Kim Gordon, Lee Ranald0,and then- to the big leagues has had little or no GAMMA RAYS drummer-now-actor Richard Edson effect on them. Said Moore, 'There's first got together. 1982 saw the de- more monev in the mix. but we still but of the band's self-produced don't sound like Foreigner." album, Sonic Youth, followed by Confusion Is Sex a year later with a And now: new drummer, Bob Bert. Bad Moon Despite a Risinp: hit the streets in 1985 closely sponse from mainstreah concert followed by 1986's E.V.O.L. - at this goers (and reviewers - The Salt I.& point drummer Stwe Shelley joined Tribune called them "...a dreary in- 3 am the band' Then came a non-album clusion," and the Deseret News felt single called "Into the Groove(y)," Sonic Youth and Social Distortion in 1987, .and Davdream Na- would do better to combine their -tion during ;988 - the latter a break- acts and "...call itself Sonic Distor- through, double album for the band tion, a namemuch more fitting to the 60 EAST 800 SOUTH a 533.0340 with the single "Teenage Riot" hit- sound") during their recent Salt Lake ting 111 on the alternative charts. In stop as part of Neil Young's tour, DONT MISS.. . addition, SY was voted Top 10 Best Sonic Youth put on a short but sweet SCREAMING TREES aprilll Overseas Artist in Japan,named bat set. Rock Band by NME, and unoffiaally Sonic Youth then went on to GRAND RE-OPENING with... released 'he Whitev Album in '88 Albuquerque for their next date with under the pseudonym Ciccone NeilYoung. Unfortunately,Neil was HAVANA 3 AM Youth. In 1989, British TV produced forced to cancel the show, due to the documentary "Put Blood In The throat problems, and the band found & FLAT DUO JETS april23 Music" andthe band became one of itself with some extra time on its POP WILL EAT ITSELF the first underground bands to tour hands before heading to Phoenix. the U.S.S.R. Finally, the big boys SLUG. managed to catch up with and LIMBOMANIACS apriZ26 came calling and SY decided it was Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley COMING NEXI' MONTH.. . time to push ahead. Looking back, during this unexpectedvacation and 1 saidMoore, "Either we became more here is what he had to say: JOHN BAYLEY may 3-4 professional or sidestep what was happening. For us the seemed too SLUG: Will Sonic Youth be headlin- FIREHOSE may 13 static," he said. ing its own U.S. tour after the Neil Once SY was promised creative Young dates? I THE BLASTERS may 18 control, the band signed to DGC SHELLEY: Well, we'vealready done CONTINUED AND our own tour - this [the Neil Young SLUG: Is it hard to recreate thx tour] goesintoCanadainApri1.Then sound live? (SY uses 13 different wego on to Hawaiiand Japan on our guitars on stage). own. We play Phoenix tomorrow SHELLEY: Well wedon't goout live BROADWAY night and then there's 15 dates or so to recreate those sounds. It's been left 'till the end in mid-April. recorded now let's play live is how we think. DELI SLUG: How did SY hook up with @.&$&3&-& Neil Young in the first place? Was it SLUG: So what kind of studio did through your involvement with The you use to record Goo? " P Bridge album [ an album of Neil SHELLEY: &track. ,172-178 WEST Young songs as done by various SLUG: Do any of you ever produce artists]? other bands? 300 SOUTH : .-*s ,-'-'3-*; F<3.qF7,kT SHELLEY: He is aware of the song SHELLEY: Ils usually just a case of *>B %** .,;;?$. .--. on The Bridge [SY chose to cover having some friends who ask us to * 'Xb.- $&ji%*& Neil's "Computer Age"], but maybe help out, but there's nothing right 322-3 138 he was just interested in seeing us. now that 1 howof. SLUG: How has response been to SLUG: Among all of your songs, is SY so far on the tour? their a band favorite when you play ESPRESSO CAPPUCCINO SHELLEY: Overall its been pretty live? SPECIALTY COFFEES & TEAS good. We expected a good number SHELLEY: Everyone has their own of people who wouldn't be there to Sonic Youth favdrite. But mine is FINE PASTRIES LIGHT B~EAKFASTS see us, and that in mind, its been 'Teenage Riot!' DELICIOUS SANDWICHES pretty good. SLUG. What was behind the "Dirty SLUG: Before the Neil Young tour Boot," a love story video? FROZEN YOGURT AVAILABLE did you know of Social Distortion? SHELLEY: Thurston wrote the i SHELLEY: I've known about them screen play on that one ... from the punk rock days and that SLUG: Do you work with the same . . . .,,;. movie they did, . video director each time? , . . .,. SHELLEY: We've worked with a ,- . .: .-~~J~~~~~,~~~.,~ SLUG: Youdedicated "Dirty Boots" ;>. . th: ...... 5. - HOURS - to them in concert here, do you like bunch of different directors. In fad, them? a video ampof all the songs on Goo Monday to Thursday: 8 am - lam SHELLEY:No, notreally,if youmust is coming out in a month or so using Fridays: 8 am - 2 am know. (hechuckledunderhisbreath) a bunch of different directors. SLUG: During the show you played SLUG: What's next for SY? Saturday: 10 am - 2 am Karen Carpenter songs betweeneach SHELLEY: Well, in May we start of your songs. What was all that writing for a new album. about? SLUG: What's the ultimate goal for SHELLEY: We've always played SY? music in between songs and she's SHELLEY: We don't really plan just one of them. ahead. Just kindof takeit asitcomes. SLUG: What kind of music is inspir- ing you these days? And so Sonic Youth fades into SHELLEY: AU different kinds of the land of the rising sun. One note musicinspiresme. From NeilYoung here - when SLUG contacted Sonic to the Laughing Hyenas. Right now, Youth's management about setting I'm listening to Julie London and up an interview, label rep., Zach Frank Sinatra, but that's for this Phillips, said that the band dropped week. off of theNeilYoung tourforacouple SLUG: The band's been together of dates when ticket sales were slug- now for about 10 years, has it started gishandNeilhadaskedif they would to become old in anyway? perform for half the pay. Suppos- SHELLEY: It hasn't become old, it's edly, said Phillips, after two missed just changed in such ways that you shows, Neil asked the band to repin don't notice them as they go by. the tour at the agreed upon price We've become more experienced and all was right again in Rockdom. and we know what we want. Perhaps that was why local radio SLUG: Does the bandstillget along? stations didn't originally announce SHELLEY: We get along fine. (he that the band was on the Huntsman said matter-of-factly). Center lineup. hra Bringard. CONGRATULATIONS... Lara Bringard, Bad Yodelers, Swim Herschel Swim and others for winning in the Private Eye Readers Poll 1991 All Winners Invited To Zephyr April 21st! CONCERT REVIEW Sonic Youth with Neil Young and Social Distortion March 20, Hunstman Center at 7-90 pm After paying 21 bucks to see the There were many highlights to the long awaited Salt Lake stop for Sonic show including Steve Shelley's Youth, Neil Young wasn't half bad. maraca-snarecombination on "Dirty With the houselightsstill halfon Book" and my Goo favorite, "Disap and as the stage crew left, the New parer." York legends, Sonic Youth, entered The climax of the show was the abruptly. last song that Thurston Moore an- As Thurston Moore introduces nounced as "Expressway" from the the band, Kim Gordon turns to her E.V.O.L. LP. This 10 minute condu- amp and turns on a Karen Carpenter sion was impressive as well as ex- recording - played through what pressive. Busily engaged in a five sounded like a mono G.E. casette re minute ending to the song, the band corder. went into noise anarchy - throwing With all the distortion, feedback standing on and hitting their gut- and guitar antics you'd expect from tars, disassembling a mic stand and SonicYouth, they delivereda highly turning various knobs on amps. intense, seven to eight song set not After finding Thurston's guitar forgetting to show their innovative thrown next to him, Ranaldo incor- attitudes to thousandsof Neil Young porated it by scraping and beating fans. the two guitars together. Thurston Moore had the dance The show ended with Thurston moves of a psychehippie and acro- making computer sounds alone on batic guitar handling finer than stage when the house lights were anyone I've ever seen live. Kim's turned on. voice in songs such as "Kool Thing" Theonly drawback would be the came aassvery raw and harsh and situation. The band had little audi- it reminded me of early Sonic Youth. ence response and this wasexpected. This was an addition to theintensity But, I, and maybe 500 other Sonic of the show, as was the imaginative Youth fans, spreadsparsely thr0ugk.c guitar playing complete with out the Hunstman Center full of Neil Ranaldo placing a screwdriver un- Young fans, gave a positive response der his guitar strings to give a trade to what was aground breakingevent mark Sonic Youth effect. for SLC's alternative listeners as well Between each song there was an as an eye-openingact for Neil Young array of sounds, guitar changes fans. turned art, what with Moore's tam- Scott Whittaker pering with the quarter-inch plug. ,,,BUT IS IT COOL? There's always room for Jello Punk rock may bea dying art - courage in fighting lawsuits from just lookat what'shappened tosome overzealous, bouffant-encrusted former greats. However, former morons, as well as his determina- Dead Kennedy's frontman Jello tion to speak out against it. Biafra (nee, Eric Boucher) has sur- Also, one has to applaud Biafra vived the death of America's truest for attacking both right-wing and punk band intact. left-wing factions. With his speaking tours, Biafra To me, Biafra is an American may be America's funniest come hero, a punk rock frontman who is dian. For example, his "No More actually intelligent enough to speak Cocoons" double-LP features hilari- up for the courage of his convic- ous (and sometimes chilling) tirades tions. j~+T~OIEHAT