PAGE22 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS April 20, 1999 Saccharine A Somewhat Lucid Account Frontmen: of Quadmania '98 from NARRATNE, page 19 rassing the rubbernecks with drunken ques­ The Story tions, we eventually found out that a 23 year­ The concert was a general disappointment. old woman resident of Hillside had pulled The sound was bad and the crowd was just out onto the loop and was promptly ,flf This not into it. Leave it to Donny to save the day. broadsided by a Baltimore County Police Some skinny kid was passing around a flyer officer who was flying to a call at around 70 for a show featuring All-Mighty Senators, to 80 MPH. The girl was pretty bad off (she Spring's Toots and the Maytals and various other later died at the hospital), and the cop was bands. Donny received one and immediately not in great shape either. I let one of my col­ flew into a small rage. He was pissed that leagues, who was already on the scene, Headliner several bands had received top billing over handle the story (I hate to write news), and I Toots. With his sense of respect for the eld­ went back up to join Owen and Donny at ELAINE R. ELGAMIL Courtesy Rolling Stone erly violated, he trudged off to find and bitch my apartment. Retriever We ekly Editorial Staff Sweet Quadmaniacs: Sugar Ray will take the main out the person handing out the flyers. Owen stage as Quadmania '99's main draw. and I took bets on whether or not the brave 12:00 a.m. Sugar Ray began to reach the music scene While Sugar Ray does not ascribe to one crusader would come back in one piece. All that carnage made me thirsty, so Owen in 1995 with the release of their first album, genre of music, they have dabbled mainly in Donny eventually came back muttering that, and I broke in his new tequila bottle by tak­ Lemonade and Brownies. Although all five pop rock. They have also released two more "the prick told me to start my own promo­ ing a few shots. Having always been a strictly members of the band grew up with a variety albums since their debut - double platinum tion company if I didn't like it." white liquor drinker, I discovered that I like of musical tastes and held down different album Floored and the latest 14:59. The Soul Coughing continued to gasp for soul, tequila, a lot. Kim called and announced that jobs, they joined together and named their single "Fly," put Sugar Ray on the charts­ so our company decided to get some food she had had enough alcohol at a Pi Kap party band after their one common interest - box­ the song held the number one position on and go on a tequila run for Owen. I was pretty to "bury 10 of our wussy asses." She an­ ing. the Billboard "Hot 100 Airplay" chart for six inebriated by this time, so I don't remember nounced that she was going to bed. I hung Originally from California, Sugar Ray's consecutive weeks. anything about the grocery or the liquor store. up the phone, shrugged, and followed my members, vocalist Mark McGrath, bassist "No one makes more fun of this band than I know that we eventually ended up at friends down to the dorms to party. Murphy Karges, DJ Craig Bullock, guitarist ourselves," singer McGrath said of the Owen's off-campus apartment. Donny im­ The party actually turned out to be about Rodney Sheppard and drummer Stan Frazier record's title, "so we thought that we'd beat mediately fell deeply in love with Owen and 15 people crammed into a dorm room. The spent two years touring the U.S. They pro­ everybody to the punch. Everybody's put us Brett's beer tap refrigerator. We all partook air was thick with the fog of cigarette smoke moted their first CD by headlining shows as on that one-hit-wonder cruiseship, so we just of a Killian's Red draft and proceeded to try and sizzling with the electricity of sexual ten­ well as performing with Korn, Cypress Hill, said, 'Fuck it, it was a great run with "Fly," to teach their African Grey parrot how to sing sion. We all had a good time drinking Ice­ Snot, The Urge, Deftones and the Sex Pis­ let's name the record 14:59.1fthe album fails "Kyle;s Mom Is A Bitch." The bird simply house (Guinness for a lucky few) and flirt­ tols. miserably, it's genius, and if it succeeds, it's looked into our drunken eyes with a look of ing with the few women there. Things got One Sugar Ray site claims that they found still genius." half wonder and half pity. much more interesting as a bottle of lotion an ad with "the words 'Lemonade and Thanks to their latest singles "Every Morn­ Our group eventually decided to return to was passed around. Brownies' ... and they thought that it best ing and "Falls Apart," perhaps the band has campus to attend our friend's much-hyped An account of the rest of the night is not suited their style of music. Instead of having more than one minute of fame left. dorm party. As we crossed Hilltop Circle on fit for print, but from what I can still remem­ just milk and brownies, they mix it up and "We just wanted everybody to know we Walker, we saw that the clockwise lane had ber, I had a great time. I do remember wak­ have lemonade, meaning that they have weren't taking ourselves too seriously, and been blocked off with flares and that a cop ing up the next morning in my bed with a many styles of music and they don't 'con­ we were well aware it could all be over to­ was directing traffic through the intersection. strange woman and realizing that I still had form' to just one type of music." morrow," notes Karges. Upon further inquiry, we found out that there most of my clothes on. had been an accident. Brett and I rushed to Comforted by that fact, I closed my eyes the scene on foot to see if we could collect again and thought, "This is one for the True Grit meets MTV as some material for a Retriever story. By ha- books.'' Quadmania Hosts the Campus Invasion Tour from QUADMANIA, page 19 got fairly liquored up before I looked at my bigger than when we had George Clinton." watch and SEB members are allowed the With the new circumstances, Hobbs en- privileged con­ courages stu­ tact with dents to attend Quadmania 's but to avoid in­ stars. viting too many Despite a few non-students as trifling, gopher­ the event is Ii;;i-d·~;ii;iiii;vi;it;ti~~.. ~r~ii;~ 1 like duties to ac­ geared mainly ...... -...... _...... -...... commodate the towards the 1) Friend and family visiting you in your residence hall or · bands in their UMBC com­ apartment during Quadmania, please remind then to bring a undisclosed, but munity. On the valid picture ID. All off·campus guest visiting in the very secure hos­ same note, residence hall must be signed in and hosted by a residential pitality area on parking is ex­ student. 2) Residential students are responsible for their guests • campus, Hobbs pected to be­ behavior. is the only stu­ come a predica­ 3) Fire regulations prohibit more than 14 people in a residence dent with any ment. Students hall room or more than 20 people in an apartment at any significant inter- are asked to one time. action. avoid driving, if With the possible, or to university's in­ A Likely Picture? President Freeman Hrabowski take their cars volvement in the Ill intends to be one of the expected 15,000 home for the Plappjoc a BBQ durin& Quadmania? MTV Campus attending Quadmania. weekend. Con- Fire regulation permit lighted grills, struction of the Invasion tour, only if they are I 0 yards from a the renowned headliners, or perhaps with the stages and booths will begin on the evening building. Lighted grills are not growing popularity of Quad mania itself, this before Quadmania. permitted on balconies or breezeways. year's event is expected to surpass them all. Therefore, any cars parked in Lot Eight Hobbs suspects, "this year's crowd will be will be towed.