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You'll Love Them Forever When Don't forget to send your comments, suggestions, contributions, Their Scene Hils Your Town and/or any questions you have to: CHRISZYCH LORICHIN 3 American Tour Dales 1992 6088 WINDEMERE WAY 3815 LOS FELIZ BLVD. 4 You're So Pretty RIVERSIDE, CA 92506 LOS ANGELES, CA 90027 5 Finsbury Park Special thanks and appreciation goes out to: Tim (for buying us tea and 6 Going Down On Southern hot chocolate and for spending quality time with us for the interview, thanks ever so much!) Jim, Larry, Mark, Saul, David, Manine (thank California you for everything), Ben, Linda Griegers, Susan Deneau, Rudge and Kauff, Joleen (for walking Tun to the pier), Kris in NY(for answering 9 Say Sornelhing (the exclusive interview) our phone calls and being cool), Tom Cornett, and everyone at 25 Blackpool Polygram. Thanks to: Gary Matos (for being our Canadian colleague), Andy 26 Riviera Theal.re. Chicago Gillespie, Laura Keyser, Mario & Oscar, Russ & Dave, Sandy & Cindi, Mark, Jennifer & Megan, everyone at the PRINTWORKS and CHAIN 28 AcousLieally James MAIL, and anyone we've forgotten to mention. 30 An Evening Al Lhe Timprov We couldn't have done this without any of you. Thanks! 33 The Roxy cover an: original painting by Larry (thanks! "lord brian") Our House, 1992, Acrylic on canvas board, 8" X 10" (also thanks to Mark for your 3fl Send Some Chain Mail ' abstract' painting which will be featuned on the next issue) Ql993 A SOUND INVESTMENT; Chin, Turner, Zych Ltd. No pan may be "'produced without wriuen pennission. Proof that James "YOU'LL LOVE THEM FOREVER WHEN play different THEIR SCENE HITS YOUR TOWN" gig, which was a festival the band set James have been quite busy put together to celebrate their suc since their 'Seven' tour in the cess. There were a number of con Spring of '92. First, there were cessions around, including a tent festivals in Europe, including where one could get a daisy paint Glastonbury, where they new in at ed on their cheek. Two bands were the last moment to replace supposed to open for them: Public Morrissey. Ironically, they opened Image Limited and Galliano . their set with a cover of 'we Hate Galliano 's set was canceled due to It When Our Friends Become wind damage to the stage. (The Successful. ' whole concert was almost called There was also the Alton Towers off.)PiL weren 't warmly welcomed by the James fans, but the notori James' changing sound with every ously obnoxious band didn't -.rm album. In the title song, Tim re to care. When the sun went down, recorded the vocal track and scaled American Tour James played an exciting two hour it down because he thought the set topped off by a fireworks dis vocals were too boastful. Then play. they added a pleasant acoustic gui They also played at the Leysin tar ending. Tim said that while 1992 Festival, Switzerland (July 10), Le 'William Burroughs' was just fool These were the dates for James' last tour with the Soup Dragons. They Fort Nieulay, Calais (July 12), ing around , ' Goalies Ball' and switched back and forth from Neil Young* to the Soup Dragons. Hope Tamaas Festival, France(July 18), ' Still Alive' sort of hinted at you caught them on one of these dates. and the Feile Festival, Ireland. James' future. However, due to a That summer was rather sad as grueling tour schedule, they staned venue. city. state Andy Diagram bid his farewel l. to work on their new material in ~ October27 Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ He gave the band a year's notice January of 1'!'13 . October 28 Zebras, Allentown, PA of his departure, saying he wanted Their new album will be out in October 30 Laker Hall, Oswego, NY to pursue his own music career, September/October '93 and they October 31 Channel Club, Boston, MA The rest of the band threw a party have plans to tour America around November I Ria, New York, NY for him, and they played their last the same time. They have been November2 Mont. College, Momclair, NY gig with Andy in Paris. added to Peter Gabriel 's WOMAD November4 Hammeriacks, Baltimore, MD Also during the summer of ' 92, festival , and will tour with the November 6 The Edge, Ft. Lauderdale, FL James went to a rehearsal studio Catherine Wheel after that. (so we November 7 (afternoon) Emery Riddle Uni, Daytona, FL and came up with loads of new hear) So, catch them while y ou November? Expo Stadium, Cocoa, FL material. · Seven' was a break can . The first U. K. si ng le, November 8 El Pasaje, Ybor City, FL through for James' writing and " Sometimes," is due o ut August November 11 Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX playing as a band. Considering 31. The album, ·: ·' ' r , is due November 12 The Backroom, Austin, TX how long it took them to record it, out St·pt ember 20 in th e U. K. a nd November 14 Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, Wl* it was obviously :. 11u~J... for them, October 8 in the U.S. "Raid" will November 15 Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI* but there's nothing stopping them be the first U.S . single, there is no November 18 Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL * now. The material on th.\1 album is release date, yet. You ' lllove them November 19 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL • entirely different from previous forever when their scene hits your November20 Civic Center, San Francisco, CA records and · s an example of town! November 21 surprise gig?, in Fresno, CA The Palace, Los Angeles, CA "We were happier with this as an LP than anything we've done. November23 The Strand, Redondo Beach, CA As an LP, like some of the records might have better songs, but November24 Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan you can listen to th is all the way through. Where some of the other December I ones are a bit more, it's not a whole, it's a collection of good December 2 Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan Club Citta songs, but this is a sense of that you can put the whole thing on." December 3 , Kawasaki, Japan -Tim December 5 Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan December 6 Club Quattro, Osaka , Japan You Are So Pretty Finsbury Park by: '\1yra llanlr,· James' new album, 'Laid' is due out October 8 in America. It is a com it was a rainy morning in sion of Sit Down, then delighted plete departure from James' sound. Even though this has been a trademark of Manchester. I had a 4 hour us with some new songs off lames, to change with every album, the gap between 'Seven' and 'So Pretty' is jou rney on the coach down to their new album out soon, and just as big as the gap between 'Seven' and 'Stutter.' James' new sound is very Lo ndon Finsbury Park, an open a new single "Sometimes". We moody and stripped down. Although we thought we saw the future with songs air event where James were heard some old favorites as like ' Maria's Party' and ' Going Down in America,' these songs have com playing with Neil Young , Booker well , Gold Mother, Sound, pletely vanished from this album . (they might be released as b-sides) Only the T, and Pearl Jam . By 2:30 Maria's Party, and a final rendi first song, 'Out to Get You ' has any familiarity, as it gave me flashbacks of when we arrived , the sun was tion of Stutter, plus some excel- their last tour. I couldn't have guessed the rest of the album (a lengthy thineen sh ining. lent dancing from Tim . tracks) were James if it wasn't for Tim 's distinguished voice. With very little exception, this very basic, yet extremely beautiful album doesn 't carry any pop I picked my way among the I wish I wasn't surrounded by elements. The second track, 'SOihetimes' (the first UK single due out late bodies to find a viewing spot. Pearl Jam fans! August) definitely stans off wiu) a pop sound , but Tim 's monologue-like We had missed 4 Non Blondes Neil Young was a real star vocals transcend it into something' better. The closing track, 'Skin Diving,' has because the coach was late. backed by Booker T, they a dance-pop feel, as it becomes the most haunting song on the album with Next on were Teenage Fan rocked away for 2 and a half Tim's extremely high falsenos and the band's instrumentation. Many of the Clu b, a band from Glasgow hours and left everybody on a songs build up gradually which is in the tradi tion of ·Walki ng the Ghost,' who got everyone to their feet. high.