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MARCH 18, 1978 VOL. 1, NO. 1 Benefiting FREE San Antonio For Your Austin• Houston Entertainment ~ '-On Tour'

JC 35296 The high priest of heavy rock 'n' roll with their inimitable style grace our shores once again. To change or not to change. That is what a band must deal with. A group may develop a success­ ful formula for its music, which leads to personal and/ or commercial contentment. Musicians, upon reach­ ing this point, find their music evolving in a new direction or continuing their successful format. Judas Priest has choosen the security of proven success. Their first two ViolatorsAttacked domestic were well See story on page 10 received in this area. With the release of a new "Stained Class" and • an upcoming March INSIDETHIS • Radio Survey 24 their claim to fame is • Trivia Quiz sound. ISSUE! .-HELLO IT'SUS-

/ Welcome to It's Onlu Rock and , Muhammad Ali, chicken fried steak, Roll. What are you being welcomed cars with dead batteries, Rocky Hor­ to anyway? ror Picture Show and working over­ It's Only Rock and Roll is a time to afford concert tickets and newspaper/magazine of sorts put out vinyl habits. by a few people who know and love Sound comp'iicated, si1ly, insane, music and believe it's time for a unclear? It is all that and more. semi-intelligent, semi-informed rag Best of all it's fun and we' 11 attanpt about music on the local scene. to write about it: show pictures of Because no one is adequately it and make a meager living from it filling the music news and informa­ as long as it stays complicated, tion void in San Antonio, we decided silly, insane, unclear and fun. to try to fill it ourselves. The newspaper business is, by and By our personal credos Rock and large, a losing proposition. It's a Roll is what gets us and a lot of killer--mentally and physically, it's other people through the day and a very expensive hobby and it takes deserves a newspaper at least. a lot of cooperation from writers, Now, what exactly is Rock and readers and advertisers in order to Roll and, by extension, what willyou achieve any kind of success. be seeing in these pages? If It's Only Rock and Roll ceases To us Rock and Roll is, of . course, to by a joy to do we'll walk away the music of everyone from Elvis and do something else--but it will Presley to Elvis Costello, and it's all be Rock and Roll. more. Rock and Roll is a lifestyle that includes Saturday Night Live, (Continued on page 12)

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DAVEMASON Alor'.e Together BlThumb VG/Marble at 73 5-8603 WaitingFor The EndOf The WQrld With ElvisCostello by Ron Young Walking into Austin's Inner Sanc­ narrowing down the best of fifty new tum Records one can see that the El­ Elvis for his next release. vis Costello phenomenon has struck hard and fast. They offer gift cer­ Riviera told us this was the first tificate ' prizes in their E.C. look­ show of Elvis ' new tour and the first alike contest; they're selling Elvis time to play in Texas. sweatsh1rts, gigantic posters of the He finished his first tour before elfin rock figure hang from the walls Christmas, did the 'Saturday Night and large standups of Elvis aim true Live' performance (where many saw at customers waiting to buy tickets him for the first time) and then to his already sold-out performance flew back to for a rest. for this night at Armadillo World Hq. Elvis & Co. had gotten in just a few hours before because they were The Armadillo is jam-packed by snowed in at the New York airport. eight o'clock and the show doesn't They were scheduled to do a radio begin for an hour--unusual for Austin interview at KLBJ but the station where folks are kno~m to saunter in manager said they'd come too late just minutes before the main act and cancelled it . . steps on stage. Many people have come from San Antonio and surround­ Following this news, Riviera lau­ ing parts to see what could be "the nched into a spiel about his reasons next big thing". for his and Elvis' reluctance to have anything to do with the press. After trying to no avail to per­ They even regretted doing the Time suade concert director, Jan Hash to Magazine article. This is when let us backstage to interview Elvis Jake told us not to quote him on after the show we unexpectedly got to anything. talk with Elvis' manager, Jake Rivi­ era. Clover, the San Francisco group who moved to England and backed Elvis Riviera had recently left his on , is not the same partner, Dave Robinson,and their group as . He told . Stiff label, and taken Elvis and us these were all English: Pete Elvis' producer and performer stable­ Thomas-drums; -bass; and mate, , with him. Steve Young-keyboards. A rather keyed-up individual, Riv­ Riviera elaborated on his diss­ iera, like Costello, has little love atisfaction with CBS in not pushing for the press, but he was talking any singles off the LP before launch­ easily. About the lega-li _ty of Stiff ing into a tirade on the joke that releasing any of Elvis' old material, is American radio. he said they couldn't now that he had An intense Elvis Costello took the signed with CBS, although they had rights to a couple 'live' tracks stage, and the first SRO Armadillo crowd in 6 months was on its' feet from a performance film of Elvis in England. for the entire concert. With little ado C~stello opened He said Nick Lowe was going to his show with - produce the next LP as well and that Welcome to the Work­ ing Week, a bit of an analogy of Nick himself had just signed with . Right now they were his present situation. "Now that your picture's in the paper and you ~re perfectly admired and you have every­ thing that you have ever desired, all Wating for the End (Continuedfrompage4) ya' gotta tell me now is why, why, why!!" Welcome to the working week!" Being the new kid in town is a heavy task but it's also just anoth­ er job. A~ter a fast rendition of Red Shoes he did Miracle Man about the almost impossible expectations of a lover. Elvis' band is a tightly knit unit that followed his every move. The keyboardist on VOX organ and took most of the lead work while Elvis played rhythm and concentrated on lyrics and poses. His show was energetic, taken at a non-stop pace with dedicated play­ ing from . The poignant Alison, done with Steve Young on piano, was followed by Elvis' rock'n'roll sermonette on the state of radio, Radio, Radio. Elvis lambasted the medium even th­ ough he "might be biting the hand His Aim Is True that feeds". Elvis finished the set with a fast Costello performed the menacing, paced Mystery Dance which lost the cinematic, "Watching the Detectives, finesse of the arrangement on record with which he pulled the audience in­ but was still well-received and had to his movie. Elvis did about fifty the audience howling with thelaughter percent from his LP and fifty percent of recognition. new material. His personality on­ stage wis not coid and distant as ffe came back for an encore, after switching guitars, and did Girl of presented in other rock papers. the Year and one other. Is was definitely business with It was, indeed, one of the finest no time for pauses between numbers, Rock'n'roll shows ever seen. When but Elvis certainly kept the spirit Elvis sings his songs of repression, and calib~r of his performance high gu1lt and anger--it is heightened to throughout. an even greater degree because of the His performance, at times, was contradiction of his onstage persona. reminiscent of a fire and brimstone Somehow, his looks don't seem to preacher. has the ability Costello go along with what he's trying to say. to pinpoint his anger at people and But, just remember Peter Lorre fr-0m situations and probl~ms with laser­ the movies and you can begin to under­ like accuracy. stRnd that Elvis is just the under­ Many of the so-called punk groups dog having his day. fail to do this and just flail away We're not saying that Elvis Cost­ at problems without naming them. ello is The Next Big Thing, but he The sinister Less than Zero had could be. He expresses himself bett­ him more resigned than angry about er than any lyricist since Lennon the problem of British-Nazi Oswald left the scene. You could never dan­ Mosely on the BBC, and although the ce to Dylan and think about what he slide guitar work on the stalking, Dy­ was saying, and lost it lanesque Waiting for the End of the with their broader concepts. Elvis World was sorely missed it neverthe­ gives the best of both. He's got the less hit home. moniker and he can wear the crown.

," r.~. Radio·Rock & Rol~.t:1 .~ .. by Jim Beal, Jr. · Like religion and politics almost 7:30 a.m. KEDA 1540 AM--Time for everyone has an opinion of San Anton­ some get-down musica with Ricky io radio. Davila-El Wero Polka. Wero Polka What are you listening to? What's is far and away the best Wolfman your favorite radio station? There since the original decided to be­ aren't any good radio stations in come a TV personality. Davila this town. Turn that radio down. plays Tex-Mex music with a veng­ eance and is somewhat of a local You get the · picture ... everyone Chicano music historian to boot. has something to say about the bus­ KEDA is the only local station to inesses that beam into or out of our ·play primarily local talent and homes with the flip of a switch, the show how much talent there is in turn of a knob or the push of a this area. If El Wero Polka button. doesn't get you moving in the While we use radios for entertain­ morning you're dead. ment or information, station person­ 10:00 a.m. KISS 99.5 FM--Weekend nel have to live off their income and fill-in DJ Donny "Moose" and that's why it's a rapidly chang­ Meals has taken over for Wes Bur­ ing medium. · leson without a hitch. Afternoon It's often necessary for a sta­ KISS listeners may not quite rec­ tion to change formats in order to ognize the morning programming. stay alive, but what happens to lis­ Meals puts together a bunch of teners like us when we're without a different kind of rock from Pink radio station that fits our taste? Floyd to Arlo Guthrie and back. Very much music and very few com­ One solution is to become a dial mercials make for enjoyable list­ spinner. ening and rocking--even this Thus follows a survey of San An­ early. tonio radio. NOON KISS/KMAC 99.5 FM or 630 AM--The King of DJs, A DIARY OF ONE MAN'S LISTENING DAY: Mr. Joe Anthony, blasts onto the 6: 30 a. m. KONO· 860 on the AMdial­ scene advertising Mr. Pizza and -time for the city's most profess­ assaulting the senses with his ional DJ duck, GeoPge, and his discoveries. The latest and some­ sidekick, Don CouseP. CouseP has times best of hard rock (Budgie, been on the radio as long as I Triumph, Garfield, etc.) debut can remember and is all-pro at on Anthony's show. Joe Anthony keeping people on schedules ad~ has been on the music scene ar­ vised of the time. George adds ound here from its seminal days. editorial comments and amazing in­ His old Harlem Records featured sight. They play m~stly Neil Dia­ such area bands as The Royal Jes­ mond songs at this time of the ters and . However, his morning. current gig is pushing rockers and pizza. Mr. Anthony should be 7:00 a.m. WOAI 1200 AM--Bob Guth­ the one to break the NEW WAVE to rie and a cast of thousands. WOAI'S S.A. all news and talk format becomes tedious after extensive listening 2:00 p.m. KISS/KMAC--Lou Roney but can't be topped for news and and more of the same with some traffic advisories. Also, George older stuff thrown in. Roney Haber is unmatched for sports info. mixes it up some, but it's hard rock all the way. When it comes RadioRock & Roll (Continued from page 6) ... to straight ahead blastoid music but the quality of music, abs­ programming Roney and Anthony are ence of DJ patter and total non­ unsurpassed. commerciality make that slight shortcoming. 6:00 p.m. KMAC 630 AM--At six the KISS/KMAC simulcast ends, KISS Two outstanding features of KRTU hard rocks into the evening and are the Backbeat Show with David Phil Tucker takes over KMAC. Tuc­ Frost--a rock and roll retro­ ker pioneered a "progressive coun­ spective which airs Tuesdays from try" show here quite a while back. 9:00-10:00 p.m., and Studio 21-­ The Cosmic Cowboy thing has since live concerts from Trinity's hyped itself out, but Tucker keeps Studio 21 ... where else? up a unique blending of musical styles. Reggae, country, singer/ By this time ONE MAN is usually , rock and roll and Tex­ asleep. as music come together from six This short survey is--by no 'til midnight on KMAC. Tucker's means--a complete guide to San An­ show sometimes falls victim to tonio radio, but it should show the wierd talk shows or sportscasts variety, spontaniety, imagination but the music usually prevails. and just plain good listening avail­ EXTRA ADDED BONUS: Bulverde's able to a dedicated dial spinner. own Augie Meyers has a two hour show Monday (8:00-10:00) and Tues­ Radio isn't dead, it's just dis­ day (7:00-9:00) nights when the persed. Head Band touring schedule allows. Augie's show is a must for disc­ riminating music fans--accent on R & Band local talent. MIDNIGHT KRTU 91.7 FM--If you haven't heard by now, Trinity Un­ iversity has one of the best radio stations anywhere. KRTU broad­ casts a relatively weak signal from 7:00 a.m. until the wee hours of the morning, but it's worth a little extra effort to find it and ­ tune in. The station is student operated with the exception of ramrod Don White whom many radio freaks will remember from KEXL's heyday. KRTU plays about 98% , which sometimes tries -the patience of initiates who can't tell one sax riff from another,

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So ... you think you know about mus­ 8. William Burroughs, who introduc­ ic and musicians? Here's the ~hance ed the term 'Heavy Metal' to the for you to prove it and benefit from ,Rock language also issued forth all the time your mother said you the name Steely Dan. From whi­ were wasting with those headphones on. ch of his novels is it from and Just answer the ten simple questions, what is Steely Dan? send your entry to: · · 9. What famous did Boz Trivia, It's Only Rock 'n Roll Scaggs formerly play with? 1043 Basse Road San Antonio, Texas 78212 10. Linda · Ronstadt's first group had Then, pick up a copy of our next iss­ n a hit with Different Drum in the ue to see if you're a winner. mid-sixties. What's the group's name and what Pop star from SA FIRST PRIZE: J Regular Price LPs wrote the ? (and probably a job offer) BONUS QUESTION: We took our name RUNNER UP: 1 Regular Price LP (it's only Rock 'n Roll) from a Rolling Stones song, but who gave them the title suggestion? 1. Name the first British supergroup, ins members, what bands they came from and what they're doing now.

2. Name the first band to be billed as "Psychedelic."

3. What famous American guitarist was discovered by the bassist of a British _group? Name the guitar player, the man who discovered him (bassist) and the bassist's band.

4. A group named The Champs had a one shot hit record (instrumental). Name the song and the group's two members who are now stars.

5. A San Antonio musician who now owns his own record company play­ ed guitar and keyboards in TheSir Douglas Quintet. Name the mus­ ician and the name of the group In NW Center Flea Market he played in before The Quintet. '('S RECOJI() ~0 SUPER <9~- 6. Anthony Scaduto wrote three Rock SPECIAL! -,, figure biographies, one was about Dylan, one was about Jagger. Who was the other about? ALL45rpm Ricky Nelson-Fats Domino­ RECORDS* -The Drlfters­ EL VIS •nd tlN BEATLES J erry Lee Lewis-James Brown-The Belmonts-Herb 7. According to , SURPRISE Alpert-Many more. Hurry! who is the first 'heavy gui­ DISCOUNTS Sat.-Sun. Only! tarist' and what's he doing "THE MORE YOU BUY REG. 10.95-12.95 PHONO. now? THE MORE YOU SAVE" NEEDLESnow ss1s St. Valentine'sDay Massacre

a dozen Express-News employees and a ream of stories, the Ramonesdidn't rate an ounce of ink because they don't throw up on stage or enjoy being pelted with foreign objects. The Ramonescome off less as a happening or sociological phenonemon and more as an All- and Roll Garage Bank with some bent and twisted lyrics. If Punk/NewWaves has or needs any sort of saving grace it comes in the form bf unadultered energy. WhenJohnny Ramonepounds hell out of his Ventura guitar while DeeDee whips on his bass and shout ONETWO THREEFOURat the beginning of each and every song and Joey, looking like a human stork, shouts out the words Tommy rocks loud and steady on drums and you know these NewYork dudes came to play and love it. There's no place for ennui or com­ placency when listening to the . ONETWOTHREEFOUR... GABBA BAGGA HEY. The Ramonesare here to stay. ,

ONETWOTHREEFOUR...... power chording like banshees the Ramonesassault the stage of Randy's Rodeo. Valentine's Day with the Runawaysand the Ramonesseemed to be a very roman­ tic proposition. What better way to celebrate Cupid's delight than with the driving sounds of an all-girl band? Any way would have been better .. The Runawaysare four girls posing as a rock and roll band-their strutting and energy do not make up for weak lyrics and weaker musical abilities. The Ramonesare a different story. From first bar chord to last Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and TommyRamone neither paused nor faltered. They thrashed out NOW! San Antonio's first quality used tecord store. painful db level music and equally pain­ Offering record albums at half the price of new ful lyrics. Any band that can move from ones. We sell, trade, rent and buy record albums. 11 11 11 Teenage Lobotomy" to Surfin' Bird will APPLE V> RECORDS :i: 0 u < er: 0 ease and skill can't be all bad. ::> er: Tuesday-Friday ... 12-9 PM :i: u, Although the Ramonesare touted as Saturday ...... 12-6 PM 11 11 9' BASSE ROAD BASSE ROAC American's premiere Punk band; the 0 •• er: (We service appliances and electronics.) 0 crowd at Randy's fell far short of the ·~w ~ t z packed house the drew. Why? NORTH .,,< Probably an example of hype and sensa­ tionalism at its finest. 1043 BASSE ROAD I SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Where the Sex Pistols attracted about CLIP ANO P~£'::>ENT ~I? .O.Ci FoQ. l 0°/ .. OF'F OIV J>..MV PuRc..MASE::.' - GRAHAMPARKER: Don't AskMe Questions! The interview: October 14, 1977, Austin, Texas. After seeing Parker perform at the Armidillo to a three-quarter filled · house that was on its feet the entire night jumping to the vi­ tal rhythms of Parker and his band, , it was a pleasure to shake the hand of a new Rock and Roll ·hero. Parker was on tour to promote his new LP and opening for . His time had not quite arrived but one could sense that this was the man who'd soon be wearingthat Rock and Roll crown. Sitting on a table in a corner of the dressingroom, wearing his shades, Parker was holding a Pearl Beer in one hand and grinning from ear to ear over his two-encore show.

GRAHAM PARKER IS THE ONLY ACT The whole band was esctatic about WOULD PAY TO SEE what they'd accomplished that night. Parker was sweating profusely, but was still smiling while being offer­ ed some nachos. Between bites, sips and tokes I got to slip in a few questions. He appologized about not getting to talk with us in S.A.; that he'd been tired Ramones/ Runaways and had to leave for a date in Dallas. RNR: On the new LP you seem to be ex­ El Conquistador offers its' spacious facilities to the vast ploring new areas. Are you going for audiences who resid~ between San Antonio and Austin. San Antonie;>'s need for a rock and roll concert hall, a broader concept like Springsteen sized somewhere between Municipal Auditorium and works with? Randy's Rodeo, is represented by El Conquistador of New GP: Well, some of the songs are long­ Braunfels. er, and there are some rhythm chang-· A hardrock audience vocally downgraded the Violators, es on a couple, but no real concept. one of Austin:s more recent new wave rock bands, performance here in New Braunfels recently. The RNR: Your act is just you and the predominantly female group absorbed like a sponge the songs. Do you ever intend to go hostility and used it as fuel for their high energy into theatrics, say, like Kiss or performance. The violators combine sheer energy, new wave Thin Li ·zzy? influences with 60' s Rock & Roll and their feminine charisma to roll the night away. April 7, 8 & 9 at Cuckoo's GP: No, I just like to keep it sim­ Nest the Violators. ple since my music is sort of basic anyway. RNR: Why did you decide to tour with Tin Lizzy? Your music styles are so (Continued on page 11) Graham Parker (trom page 10) kids were cooling off by turning on a fire hydrant. INCREDIBLE! Just different, don't you have trouble that brief image and I had the song. with the audience relating to your type of music? RNR: Who do you listen to; who are some of your faves? GP: Well, it's a pa~kage deal for Mercury Records. And, I believe GP: Jack Bruce. Love the man!! TL has helped us greatly--especially Great! Steely Dan, Little Feat, The when we toured with them in Europe. · Ramones, , Marvin Gaye. But the audiences aren't really gear­ RNR: Do you oonsider Vdn Morrison ed to hear us. They're there to see an influence? TL. , GP:· Oh, definitely.. He's great. RNR: How has the reception been so Met him just recently. Wierd guy. far in Texas? Very intense--a genious, though. GP: Dallas was OK, but Houston was RNR: How do you like his latest al­ terrible--but they were there to see bum? TL. San Antonio was a bad show be­ cause the audience was a bunch of GP: Love it. But the production, I blockheads. Wouldn't even get up think, is too tight. for TL! RNR: On your own new one the pro­ RNR: Well, SA's really a heavy metal duction seems a lot better; the in­ town. Are you better received else­ tensity of the songs comes out more. where in the U.S.? GP: Yeah, the first one was too GP: They like us better in the East, loose, the second too tight and this Midwest and West Coast than in the one's just right. South, especially Texas. That's our RNR: Morrison's very tight when he worst place to play. Except for performs, like Brando intently con­ Austin, of course. We're coming centrating on his lines. He rarely back here on our tour in February. moves, but you're all over the stage We love it here, in fact. This was like an up-and-coming bantamweight. an unscheduled stop for us, but a gig was cancelled in Cincinnatti. GP: Yeah, I like to jump about, not Great audience! just stand still at the mike like he does. At this point Rumour keyboard art­ ist, , comes up to Graham RNR: When you first appeared the to say that they were supposed to press compared you to Springsteen. rehearse three days in Austin .but How did you feel about it? had to leave that night for a show GP: I liked it 'cause I dig the cat. in Washington, D.C. Graham says he Same influences and all that. We we­ wants to stay next time. _ re gonna tour together but he had his RNR: You were pumping gas two years new album to cut. We did a tour of ago in England. Did you ever think England with which you'd get this far? came off very well. But I don't GP: Yeah, never doubted it at all. want to do too much of that sort of thing; music styles are too similar. RNR: Touring the U.S., do you get a Jammed with him in someplace in Ar­ lot of new ideas for songs? izona the other night--Really great show! GP: Oh, yeah. The whole second side of the new LP is sort of a New York RNR: Who do you like of the New thing. Starts off with New York Wave? Shuffle. Then, Watch the Moon Come GP: I like The Ramones, reallylike Down, Thunder & Rain and The Heat of The Sex Pistols ... Uh, can't stand Harlem are all of a piece. I just The Stranglers 'cause I never . liked ' was riding in a cab when I glanced The Doors. ( Stranglers are Doors out the window at this incredible clones, ed.) scene going on ~n a ghetto neigh­ borhood in New York. These black (Continued on page 12) Graham Parker (From page 11) RNR: Do you .plan to do any Rumour A bit of Roy Orbison or the Lights? material on the tour? GP: Just bad habit. (Laughter) .... GP: No, just my own stuff. If you were unfortunate enough to Organist, Bob Andrew~, joins the miss Parker and The Rumour the last talk. time don't miss him on his February tour when he gives the heat treatment RNR: Do you think Graham and The to your area. Rumour will be the featured act the . next time you tour? BA: We certainly hope so. RNR: Do you plan to do any of tbe . songs off t _he new Rumour LP? BA: We might but it's really G's show. We like doing his stuff. There's no ego problems in this band. RNR: One can hear a lot of Rick Danko and The Band in The Rumours own music. BA:· Well, most of that stuff was old material carried over from '75 after broke up and we were still influenced a lot by The Band. But we've got a newer sound of our own now. STICK TO ME GRAHAM PARKER WITH RNR: The ·first time I saw you last EDITOR RON YOUNG year in Austin, when you _ opened for IN AUSTIN. Roy Buchanan, you didn~t have the horns. How do you think it's work­ ing? GP: Oh, great. We'll always have horns when we tour now . RNR: Do you plan to move to the U.S. -HELLO IT'S US- like some-of the richer rockers? (Continued from page 2) GP: No, England's my home for bett­ er or worse. The fun part is where you readers and potential . advertisers come in. RNR: In your Austin concert the We encourage and need feedback. We crowd was yours before you hit the also need that old-fashioned cash stage. The reaction was like the one to keep doing what we're going. If SA gave Thin Lizzy. Yet, your per­ the business and the fun come to­ formance was just as good for the SA gether we,11 all win. show. Was there a difference? It's Only Rock and Roll will en­ GP: We had to work harder in SA but courage and support the music, mu­ the crowd didn't react much. Here sicians, clubs, shops and people of we had 'em on our side and we really this community because it is a good got off onstage. We were challenged one. -_ in SA is why we performed well. But the band did its best show of the We hope you'll help us also. tour tonight. Now it's time to Rock and Roll ..... RNR: One last question, although it may seem silly: . Why do you wear the shades even when you don't perform? RecordReviews (Continued) Two Man Band/ Splinter. Jerry Harrison, on key­ built around the cool, Dark Horse Records. boards, Tina Weymouth, clear vocals of Lol Ma­ bassist and spouse of son and Steve Broughton. With the death of drummer, Chris Frantz, They write beautiful mel­ Badfinger and the fast and David Byrne, vocal; odies and interesting fading careers of Paul ist, guitarist and wri- lyrics wrapped around Simon and Nilsson there ter. ,; tasty guitar riffs. is a dearth of good pop song stylists, with the Byrne has a unique The group has an in­ possible exception of lyric vision and a fey stantly recognizable so­ Leo Sayer. but desperate style of und that combines the that catches best of Hard Rock and Splinter, a two man the ear immediately. Pop. Some of the best vocal group who write cuts are One After Two their own material sh­ TH combines catchy which reminds me a bit ould fill the gap. Disco-Pop hooks, off­ of Nilsson's - One, Mil­ They offer perfect fare the-wall lyrics and a lionaire, and the Steely for the radio. The pu­ special sound that cap­ Danish' ·Runaround. A re crystal-clear vocals tures the head, heart very exciting group in­ of Bob Purvis and Bill and feet all at once. deed. Elliot are closer to A friend of mine in The Everly Brothers than Littlerock, -whose mus­ anything els~ in their ical opines I trust, harmonic style. wrote me saying he was /Down Two The songs have great drinking Ezra Brooks Then Left. CBS. hooks, interestingly­ Gold Label, listening Af'ter the highly suc­ rics and richly textur­ to at 2:30 cessful Silk Degrees, ed production. Appear­ a.m., and dancing all Boz is all dressed up ances by George Harr­ alone while proclaiming but has no place to go. i son (also Exec. Pro­ Rock was alive and liv­ So, after seeing The ducer) on guitar and ing on the new LP~ Beegees' career take Rod Argent on keyboards I bought it and it's off again with Satur­ are added interest. Al­ good anytime of day or day Night Fever he though it's not as out­ nite, with or without decides to cash in his standing as their debut Ezra Brooks. Best cuts: chips and venture fur­ LP a few years back it's Uh, Oh Love Comes to ther into Disco-City, high quality pop never­ Town, Don't worry about only to become 'the theless. Better than the Government and Psy­ white Barry White'. the vacant efforts of cho Killer. Talking America and the ster­ The two tracks having Heads -is perhaps the any life in them are: ility of The Starland most interesting group Vocal Band, et al. Gimme The Goods, which to emerge from the sev­ while sounding like a enties. Talking Heads '??. trite Steely Dannish, Sire Records. has some very goodly­ Cityboy/Young Men rics and nice horn in­ This group has been Gone West. Mercury. terplay; 1993 romps to college and maybe ev­ A very prolific band; with a Georgia likeness en read too many books this is their second LP but gets too cute with but they form a unique some spacey gibberish. rock band with . a lot to in a year. And while These two alone can't say, and they say it it's not a format album save the LP. In fact, well. This is Ivy Lea- like their earlier Dinn­ the best things about gue Rock 'n Roll, not er at the Ritz, it's in­ it are the ice carv­ Punk. finitely more enjoyable. ings .... and they're The group consists Cityboy has a diver­ gonna melt. So long, of ex Modern Lover, sity of musical styles Boz. RecordReviews

down the block whose complex inner feelings · mom made him study when of a man dealing with when the rest of the ne­ the problem. Less Than ighborhood was playing. Zero, the British hit Bette Midler/Broken single, is about Neo­ Blossom. Atlantic. He could be you or Nazi Oswald Mosely hav­ me on this classic piece ing his own TV show on This is Bette's four­ of Rock 'n Roll Vinyl. th LP and her most co­ the BBC and a few other His musical influences things that make "every­ hesive effort yet. Most are fifties and early of the material flows thing seem less than sixties rock. His thin, zero.'' well together and except nasal vocal style leans for the false hard-rock towards Graham Parker. All songs are beaut­ posturing she attempts iful linkups of melody with Red and Empty Red Although more Rock 'n and lyrics that you can , a song best left Roll than , with a dance to and listen to. to the bluesier Ms. Rai­ dash of Nick Lowe with Along with Lennon, Dy­ tt, every song is right­ the old Brinsley Schwar­ lan, Davies, Townshend ly chosen. tz band. This LP is and Newman, Elvis Cos­ deftly produced by Lowe tello emerges as one of The vocal duet with who also produces Parker. Tom Waits on his I Never the most original and Talk to Strangers is Originally released on creative minds in Rock simply great stuff. The , CBS heard 'n Roll. Buy this al- old chestnut, La Vie en Costello and decided to bum and catch the Ratio Rose is a perfectly ren­ see if he could reach a Sweetheart single on the dered slow dance tune, larger audience. Hits Greatest Stiffs import LP. and ·Make Yourself Com­ Listening to Elvis fortable, the old fif­ Costello is like dis­ RICK DANKO•ARTISTA ties song, sets the mood covering Rock 'n Roll All Band members, Clap­ of the LP. I just wish for the first time! "I ton, Ron Wood, Doug Sahm she would have included won't get any older, now and other lesser Rock the song she and Dustin the angels wanna wear my names fill the LP with Hoffman and performed red shoes!", he sings in good solid mature music. together on her Christ­ Red Shoes, and the child­ There's nothing weak ab­ mas special. Best like imagery of never out the album so I'll Bette so far. ·growing up is what Rock just point to some of my is all about. favorite parts: The whole of Java Blues Elvis Costello/My Mystery Dance is a brilliant first experi­ with its 1 ine "Down in Aim Is True. CBS. Bolivia the people are ence with sex metaphor If not the album of that has fifties classic insane. They want as much for coffee as they the year then certain­ written all over it. I'm ly the most exciting Not Angry has Elvis' rom­ do for cocaine"; the debut in an already antic vulnerability com­ Doug Sahm feel of Sip important year for bined with raw rage and The Wine; the beautiful Rock. a bitter guitar riff chorus on Smalltown which displays the neu­ Talk; Ron Wood's and Elvis Costello does­ 's solo e~t look like your av­ rotic urgency that runs through the whole LP. work on What A Town and erage beautiful rock Brainwash, respectively; star. He's an ugly duc­ Closely tied to Angry finally, Once Upon A kling with short; that­ and Alison a bittersweet Time, the LP's closer. ched hair and Buddy Ho­ ballad about the duality It'll hold you 'til the lly glasses; the kid of an old lover and the next Band album. RecordReviews (Continued)

Iggy Pop/Lust For LP, this isn't the Iggy uld even be an AM hit. Life. RCA. his old fans knew. The Passenger, with its lop­ title track is driven ing Doors sound, cap­ Iggy's back from the by Sandy Nelson-like tures passivity and re­ edge with his offering drumming and is the Ig's minds you that Iggy was of the third coming LP, reform song. 1 Some Wierd always the one to re­ and while his new stuff Sin offers his best ly­ place Jim Morrison. is less daring or dan­ rics on the album combi­ The perverse cele­ gerous than anything he ned with Bowie's pulsat­ ever tried to do with bration of Success with ing music, while being its lines, "Success, The Stooges it will prob­ pushed along by the ably bring him the suc­ success, I can't help cess he deserves. tight ensemble work of myself", speak of Sales Bros. - Tonight final wall he can't help Much like Randy New­ has a curious Young Amer­ hitting with Bowie dir­ man's Little Criminals ~ cans feel to it and co- ecting the traffic.

Dirk Hamilton:A Man Out Of His Time

by Ron Young writing down as pat as Van does. Dirk Hamilton is the type of sing­ His first effort for ABC was a er/songwriter who would have been celebration of life and is a delight. popular five years ago--a thinking His latest LP, Alias I ('77) is a man's songwriter. darker work. Now, with the new wave groups At times he sounds like Hofrison, making themselves heard and felt, a yDunger Dylan and Steely Dan's and Dinosaurs like Led Zep thrash­ Donald Fagan. This takes nothing ing about Hamilton is indeed out of from the man, however, as he's still his era. But, like a breeze from got a special sound and could be­ another direction he's quite re­ come a vital songwriter. freshing. The images that come through most Hamilton has a knack for writing often in his songs are bleak pictures strong melodies with ear-catching of life and stories of confused and hooks and challenging lyrics. He alienated people. combines the roots of folk, rock and But, the strongest message that jazz to create exciting new songs emerges is one of hope and belief in a style that can only be compared with . His first LP (re­ in the strength of the human spirit. leased in '76), You Can Sing on the "Nothin' or nQbody can tell you Left or Bark on the Right, was un­ what it is about, justly criticized for drawing too The secret of the bZoomin's in­ much from Morrison's style. side out, · Hamilton doesn't deny the influ­ So hide behind you dogma, curl up Zike a cat, ence and only asks the listener to ·catch the lyrics. Lyrically he is The growlin' of the demons is · underneath your hat." more opaque than Morrison,but music­ ally he's more interesting although 'Grow a Rose', copyright 1976, at this point he doesn't have song- Rabbit Songs (BMI) . . Rantand Rave by Monte Martinez It sure will be nice when our local Turning Point will continue to perform radio stations (local?) start program­ their exciting live shows here. This ing our local area musicians recorded kind of encouragement heightens their music. Talent, which is a form of opportunities to record. self expression, comes from within, What bands are you listening to, literally, from within one's envir­ that we should have an ear tuned in on? onmental influences. Radio stations Drop us a line, turn us on. Kandi is are a major factor in a bands musical such a band that we heard of through styles. The more musicians hear what the music grapevine. A heavy metal other bands in their area are laying power trio soon to be heard. The down the more versatile their sound be­ Mickey Free Band was heard nice and comes. The Krayolas, Balcones Fault, clear recently with appreciation to Augie Meyers, Flaco Jimenez, Buck Board Wind Entertainment for suppling quality Boggie Boys, Pudash are only a few. You equipment on short notice and financial are being deprived of this music and it's understanding. This kind of communica­ not even your choice. tion among listeners, musicians and all With your obvious show of approval, in between will keep our music scene bands such as Heyoka,the Krayo1 as, Ultra, al i ve and we11 .

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