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In ihis pasi year (if Twin Peaks, wilh borhood we were in- only moderate ladies'U lx- yours, right'.'" Mo and the beat-up guy was removed us visions and premonitions, it was amounts of graffiti anil garbage— later we were facing two ugly fat from our cell for a little chat. Later he ironic that I had my own premonition and how its respectable inhabitants greasy jailers who wouldn't have was taken to another cell, no doubt in a Chicago hotel room in August paid alot of money not lobe harassed looked out of place robbing graves. after being told thai if he'd forget the while Witching an episode of May- by hoods like ourselves. Then they | They had us empty OU1 pockets, pull little matter of being assaulted by an berry RFD. It featured Otis the Drunk went through the speech about how our shoelaces and lx-lls, and have a officer, they wouldn't make him spend being shuffled off to do his dry-out narcotics possession is a felony and seat in a nice empty cell. The jaildoor anymore lime in a cell with three time at Aunt Bea's rather than the we could be looking at some serious slammed shut and we exchanged can causing a disturbance types. town lock-up which was full of problems. As they rambled on, the you-believe-lhis-bullshit looks. Alexi All was quiet now, sort of. Alexi moonshiners. Very ominous. Four three of us sat there like kids listening wanted to start ranting and raving, tried to conduct some form of pseu- hours later, I found myself enjoying to their parents give them one of but shortly after moving in we wen- do /en meditation lo kill time. Chuck the incarceration that Otis never got, those "when I was your age" speeches. given a cellmate. attempted sleeping on the concrete courtesy of the Chicago PD and the But the little 'round the block rule I'd | Our first guest of the evening floor and I sulked and looked at my Cook County Illinois Penal Service. expected ended up becoming a quick was an inebriated black guy whose watch. The drunk slept on the other There I was with my two amigos tour of the city culminating with us first utterance, after checking out the side of the cell between bouts of "Hey Chuck the art dude from Toronto and pulling up in front of Barney Miller accommodations and sprawling on man. You got oneol them cigarettes?" Alexi the thealre dude from New Land, otherwise known as the old | the other of the cell's two benches, We then recciveil our third York, cruising along in search of the precinct house. was "I'm tired of talkin' to you muth roomie of the evening, a young guy Windy City's watering holes. A cer­ Hawaiian shirt, having finished erfuckers!" He rolled over as if to who was neither beat-up nor drunk, tain illicit substance, whose users have the lecture, asked us "How much sleep, lay there motionless lor a few instead he wa.s just BAD. His first included the rich, the poor, and the money you got? Anya you guys got Seconds and then got up, He asked me action upon arrival wa.s lo call out to Vice-PTesidcnt, was produced. We more'n fifty bucks?" We looked at for a cigarette, banged the bars a bit, the othcrcells to see if he knew anyone. began to imbibe. A car rolled up each other and the notion struck me and asked again. This was to go on all He proceeded to chat long distance carrying two white guys dressed so that yes, Virginia, this is how big city night, like a broken record from hell. with a colleague who had been incar­ straight-looking as to make them in­ cops operate. For fifty bucks each "Hey man, ya gotta cigarette? No? cerated for a parole violation. Tiring visible; suddenly they were out and they'll offer to take care of all the That's okay, I think I gol one (bang­ of eavesdropping, the drunk told the on us. The substance was quickly paperwork and let us go. Wrong again. ing on the bars). Hey! You gotta let new guy to shui up. The new guy tossed and our evening with Chica­ Hawaiian shirt went on to explain me outta here! These other muiher- flashed his colours. "Don't fuck with go's finest began. that if we had more than fifty bucks fuckers can stay, but I gotta get out! I mc, man! I'm a fuckin' gangsta, man! Cop Number One, sporting the we'd be required to post bail, so we got important business to attend. I I fuck you up!" Surprisingly, the drunk mandatory 'stache and a cheapo Ha­ should hide any money wc had. At gotta eat! I'm ready to post bail! Could apologized and asked for a cigarette. waiian shirt, yelled "You guys are this point our attitudes began to you please let me out? Hey man, can He was rebuffed. The gangsta point­ smokin' somethin'!" "Nah, not us. change. We realized these guys were I borrow a cigarette?" All this inter­ ed at us. "Where they at?" "I don't Must be some other guys. We're just serious about ONE JOINT! We | spersed with people in other cells know man. That's ihey thing over walkin'," said Alexi in his best stuffed our cash down our crotches yelling for our roomie to shut up. there. This our thing here!" Brooklynese. "You guys think I'm and they led us into the station. About thirty minutes later we As if on some strange cue, the stupid?" said Hawaiian shirt. He and When you're led into a police heard commotion outside the jail and drunk came over and asked me for the his partner, a guy looking even dqrk- station in handcuffs, and you start the grave robbers reappeared with a 80th time for a cigarette. He tried the ier with an "I'm bad" unshaven face mingling with large shitkicker-rcd- black guy who wa.s bleeding and ob­ gangsta again to sec if perhaps he was comboed with a leisure shirt, poly- neck-cops and lowlife street trash, viously upset over the prospect of holding out. The gangsta exploded. pants and runners, had us do the it's hard not to hit the panic button. incarceration. They wrestled with him "Look! I already told you! I don't spread-em against their car and the But the three of us avoided the urge to in front of our cell, and then we had have a mutherfuckin' cigarette! They bad-ass talk began. yell "Look, what're you doing? You our second guest of the evening. The don't have a mutherfuckin'cigarette! "You guys holdin' anything? If I don't have any evidence, so you don't notion that someone's pugilistic skills Now get outta my face, or I'll fuck search ya will I find anything?" Ha­ have us for possession and you got no were about to be tested crossed all you up!" The drunk dutifully passed waiian shirt asked. We answered no case, so let us go!" because there'sno three of our minds. However our new out and the gangsta reciprocated by in unison. Poly-pants, wielding a percentage in arguing with cops, es­ friend opted out of violence and in­ going through the drunk's pockets flashlight cum nightstick, said he'd pecially in a foreign land. Instead we stead conducted the ranting and rav­ and taking his cash. As they say, seen where we'd tossed "it" and sat quietly as Hawaiian shirt and Poly - ing that Alexi had missed out on. snooze ya lose. proceeded to look in the wrong di­ pants filled out their arrest report and "White-ass pussy mutherfucker Finally, three and a half hours rection. Hawaiian shirt produced two made quasi-racist comments about smashed me inna face!" the bleeding after we first got tossed in the can, sets of bracelets and cuffed the three how easy it was dealing with us a.s guy said as he bounced off the cell after I was sure we'd either been of us together. Poly-pants returned opposedtotheirusualclientelle.Then walls. "Pussy white mutherfuckin' forgotten, or they'd found out Alexi without the evidence. No evidence no they explained the deal we were go­ cop smashed me! Hey, you guys Ar­ was an illegal alien, or worst of all, arrest, right? Wrong! Into the back ing to get. abs? Where ya from?" "Canada," said some clerical error had us being seat we went and off for a little ride. "We'll charge ya with causin' a Chuck. "I heard about you muther- shipped to the State Pen in Joliet, we At this point I thought, OK, disturbance and set the bail at fifty fuckers." "Hey, shut up," yelled the were freed. After lacing and belting they 're gonna play good-cop/bad-cop bucks, but ya don't gotta pay it," said drunk. "Tryna sleep!""You shut up!" ourselves we returned to the scene of with us: "What d'ya think, should we Hawaiian shirt. "An' we'll set the said the beat-up guy. Then the drunk the crime. There, lying on the ground run 'em in? I don't know. Maybe we trial date for September 26th, but ya was up, the two interfaced briefly, as plain and obvious as two white should." Tell us about how stupid don't gotta appear. An' we'll just then performed a conciliatory Afri­ cops in K-Mart clothes, was a healthy- drugs are and then let us go. I turned check ya for priors an' you'll be out can-American handshake. Shortly sized roach. We smoked it. Fuck you, out to be partially right; they pro­ inna hour. Still time to get to the bar. after that, one of the grave robbers grave robbers. Fuck you, Hawaiian ceeded to tell us what a nice neigh­ The other guys'll be drunk, the showed up with a police lieutenant shirt. FUCK YOU, AMERICA! by Jerome Broadway JANUARY 1991 9 ally makes up for the business as R: You heard it tonight I): lat pect. Iheihing is, ihe kids that put on P; We're trying "> release R: I weni on lour with him for six ): Yeihl Yet the) do! all ages shows have good hearts. less than I year apart, which we've weeks He's a good guy, but he's gol ihe) iio Iliey're net some slimy bar owner done so far Someday we'll proba­ his nuxxls just like everyone else. ': Wc don'l gel I crowd like Nirva- that's out lo screw you. Ihey wanl bly settle in, but wc have like, fifty- And my lasting impression of him la or Mudhoney or my oi those you to pl«y iheir cits, so they pay five songs, ,UHI only about thins you're a good guy! lands, hul we're buitdin you enough tiial you'll wanl to come I'.pl.O back I): Plus all the compilation! lhat Dickless. ir ma longli R: We'd rather do thai lhan make R: lalcnlless. $3(X) in a bar where you have to go, P: Wc'regoinglodoa Rave Records P: I disagree! Itiey'vegotten belter. you prefer ail like "Look, we had lour people on split single with Victim's Family My word is "guts" for them. X-linm-ly. Il's i fun the guest list, and you're going lo charge us forthisorlhai." You have- Lei's play word association Sir Mix-a-l.ot. ; the business side ol all-ayes to nickel and dime every thing P: Nol much I): Ihe only rap wc really listen lo is ueslionahlc? R: Queen Ann Icc-T. : Yeah, you sometimes can get Vou just recorded material for a D: Magnolia: that's a pan of P: I listen to NWA. :rcwcd. Bin we sell so much more new album which is due oul this R: I listen to fuckin' "We got lo icrchandiscatall ages shows il usu- spring. Are you happy with il? lad. pray.pray just makeit today." Amen!

"We Are The Eggplant. lurijh COFFIN BREAK SJ__? Collin Break lie I ihrcc-piece from get now in a place like San Fran­ Seattle who play a raw mixture of cisco compared to your first tour? hank OR pink and . They have P: Wc actually draw really good in several singles, an HP and an album, San Francisconow. When weplayed Rupture, on Seattle's C/Z Records by ourselves the first lime, we prob­ and a recent Sub Pop 7": "Lies" b/w ably played lo like 50people, and the "Pray " After a blistering set at the last time we played for about 600 Cruel lilcphant lhat had even the people. mosl jaded and destitute members of D: We didn't wait till we sold a lol of the early punk scene dancing, we vinyl to lour. We actually loured on conicrcd the band for interrogation. a single that nobody had really heard On guitar and vocals is Peter, on bass of. Il was rough. Spend $3 a day, and vocals is Rob, on drums is Dave. make like $75 a night. Now it's easier. We' ve golmore records.more You're the most polite band we've touring. We know ourselves better. ever seen! You apologize to peo­ ple. You thank people for holding On the posters you're billed as up your microphone stand... "Sub Pop/C/Z Recording Art­ EGGPLANT: LEONARD P: Wc hate pretentious asshole mu- ists," but almost all of your records are on C/Z. A Few Words with the Band by Mindy Abramowitz R: It doesn't pay to piss people off. R: We put a single out on Sub Pop. Eggplant is a band I happened upon one fateful day while browsing through the CiTR listening room. Their second and most recent album, D: We don'tliketo bum bridges...It's Al firsl we approached them. We Sad Astrology, revealed itself to be fresh and interesting On that self-same day, I discovered to my delight that Eggplant was on tour from just nol worth it, you know? We are wanted to put r first single , and would be playing at the Town Pump I eagerly agreed to interview them. It was thus that I ventured out to Gastown on a cold jusl good-natured wilh them, and and drizzly Tuesday eve to meet singer/guitarist Jeff Beals, singer/guitarist Jon Melkerson and bassist John Kelly. young boys. ******************** they said "Yeah, great." Wc went outand got Pet Sounds We're not Have you thought about doing Do your mothers The thing is, the kids that ahead and gave What did you guys do today? that's not what they say. still like you? them the artwork Jeff: I went to ' Muse­ even into the Beach Boys videos? D: Yes. our put on all ages shows and Ihey bailed um and got a couple pins Yeah, isn't it "We are the egg- Jeff: Well, yeah When we getback mothers all sup­ have good hearts. They on it, and then Jon: We went to a game room and men?" Well, do you surf? from our tour Our manager has port us. want you to play their they would have then we went to Nelson's—the bar Jon: Now maybe it's too late to Jeff: Yeah, we all do that. Maybe been setting it up. We talked to a underneath—and we saw a strip change our name, cause we just that's where it came from. guy who goes to UCLA film school P: Well, not to­ city, so they pay you nothing to do tally. My mom's with us. They show Then we took a nap signed a ten record contract and John: "Sad Astrology" sounds like and he's really interested in work­ not too thrilled on enough that you'll want would distribute Jeff: Then you did laundry. we have to keep the same name. "The Hop" the way you guys do ing on it. He thinks along the same the "Just Say No to come back. us, but they Jon: Yeah, we did our laundry Jeff: Yup Ten records and fifteen your vocals during the quiet part lines as the thing I did before, even to Religion." She wouldn't have us today. years It's kind of cool... without seeing it. actually loaned us ******************** on the label. And in: I w tt of this band! some money to do then, all of a Big day in Vancouver. I thought "Sad Astrology" IS a cool song. How about your gigs; what kind I like the story behind it [a girl of crowds do you play to? T-shirts "as long a sudden they go "We'll give you you would've gone to Science It's a good name. Do you like the World; your album cover made vegetable at least? who promises her boyfriend that Jeff: It's re,illy mixed. You've got that 'Just Say No t money lo do a single." So we went it seem like you're really into Jeff: Well, I tried it, but... "she would lovehim 'til the stars the really arty looking folks and then on it!!" "Okay fine. We'll do it." Why not? rocket science. Jon: It's failed the test every time. fell from the sky"]. there are the regular college kids, We gave them the artwork and the Jon: We probably did the typical Jeff: It's kind of like those songs I You guys tour constantly, obvi­ songs. It's not like a normal Sub Pop thing, but it was within walking How didd you guys get togeth­ used to hear on the Oldies station; Jon: When we played in Seattle ously to get exposure. Is that part band which is like "We're going lo distance... er? [there's one in which] this girl was we played to these three Dead­ of your philosophy? give you the artwork and we're go­ Jon: In highschool. We just played crying about how she would love heads. Itwas hilarious. They asked R: I've got a good quote from Phil, ing to tell you what to play." So we Where does your name come on and oft, and eventually just got this guy till the rivers ran dry and us to go n ishroom picking with in Slam Suzanne. He said "Well, did one single and that's it. from? more and more serious, until the time stopped and until the stars fell them. Back at home it's pretty di­ didn't everyone tour? That's what I P: We also put out the single hoping Jeff: We kind of wanted a name next thing we know, we're playing from the sky. So I was thinking verse, too We're not like a big thought." You know, it's like, that's that some people might pick it up that wouldn't pin us down, so that shows in our area. Then we decid­ what a burn it would be if the stars attitude bar- We're not like a Sub what wc expected. It kind of went that normally wouldn't pick up a we could play all kinds of music, ed to put a tape out and it got did fall from the sky. I made a little Pop band A lot of people can like along wilh playing gigs at home, Coffin Break record, 'cause you 'cause we get bored sometimes. picked up and from then on it just Super 8 video. The whole thing us; a lot of variety. My mom can like men you want to tour. It's a natural know Sub Pop is so fuckin' cool and So one day we were all listening to happened. happens like a big nightmare. Af­ it and some ntense biker can like it progression, and that's whal you all that. that Beatles song The one that ter the song ends, the guy meets too. want lo do. And people go "why do D: The depressing thing is lhal Sub goes "I am the walrus Uh, they I heard some Beach Boys influ­ up with the girl again and she says, John: Yea when we played with you tour so much" and il's like, you Pop is bigger lhan any band on the go "Coo coo ca joo, w< ences on Sad Astrology. "Oh. I still love you!" and he goes, there were "You do?!" She says "I'll love you tou r in the spring, you tou r in the fall. label. They're doing somelhing right, eggplant..." And we wer Jeff: That's what people have been some people who hadn't gone out until time stops!" The last thing you Doesn't everybody do thai? but something wrong too. eggplant, thafs a cool n saying! We never thought that, but in years an 'hey liked us a lot. And see is he looks at his watch and Jon: But then you w the producer on this, about a week they were around thirty-five. They taps it. What kind of a draw would you Do people in Seattle generally like museum today and you found after we got into the project, went bought a tape and everything. 10 DISCORDER Ifyou didn't even try to see SnufTand Samiam you suck. These two great bands put on one ofthe best shows I've seen in years, even better than Verbal Assault in Seattle, or F\igazi—so there! We managed to catch Snuff guitarist/vocalist Andy and Snuff drummer SnufTbefore thcirCruel Elephant show awhile back. Unfortunately, we wore out Samiam, except their guitarist James, whilst eating natehos before the interview.

Wayne Horvitz is one of the most accomplished jazz keyboard players around today, collaborating extensively and pursuing a solo career, running his own band and producing. He plays keyboards in John Zorn's jazz-meets- hardcore-meets-movie music project, Naked City, which includes Bill Frisell on guitar, and was recently in town to do a duo show with Frisell as part of the Time Flies improvised music festival Appearing rather shy and unassuming at first, even embarrassed to be on stage in Ironl ol people, he was soon abusing his Grand Piano, cSNUFF throwing his whole weight on the keyboard, leaning into the back to pluck at the bass strings and placing paper and weights on the strings to modify the sound. His use of electronics was equally adventurous, Irom screaming by Flex Your Eric and Ruling Ray fuzz-box synth lo growing and decaying sample loops and distant echoes Discorder talked to Wayne Horvitz over the phone from his home in Seattle. What's it like travelling in a the time. They enjoyed them­ van with 9 other guys? selves didn't they! Big packs You'veplayed in Vancouver as a duo with Bill Frisell: was this a one-off or part of an ongoing tour? S: It's good as long as you've What about the poll tax? of people getting chased by It [was] nol part of a tour, it [was] an individual engagement We do these gigs from time to time, at least a brought your slippers. A: It's rubbish. police and chasing police, couple of times a year. S: Bailiffs arc supposed to be running around central Lon- Snuff is still a three-piece? coming around my hou: l for don. A lot of It was Just loot­ Are these shows mostly improvisation or do you have a strict plan? S: Yeah, un­ ing. The first time we did it was sort ot by accident We played in bands together, we did this Walt Disney thing less me broth­ SNUFF > CROWD : KAS MASTER tor Hal Wilmer [Stay Awake various artists covering Disney tunes], and then someone asked us to do a er shows up. In Do the police gig, so we put together some material. Once we did a gig in Italy and they wanted film music specifically. ringland he in London But the last couple of times, it has been a few tunes ot Bill's, a tew tunes of mine, we always do a lew shows up with carry guns? pieces that are complete improvisation. So it's a mix. his trombone They only and just plays gel gui if So it's like taking time off from regular engagements. along. thing Yeah, it really is. It's sort of like the icing on the cake It's one ol the easiest and most pleasurable ot with a gun is So that's your brother that What is it that attracts you about Bill Frisell's guitar playing? does that on So there's no It's sort ot subconscious at this point We're really good friends, we ve played together for so long I guess the "Fllbbid- real problems initially, when I first heard him, it was his unique choice of notes People always talk about his sound and I dydibbidy with people like his sound, but that's not the point. His phrases are unique and very melodic dob" 12"? getting killed S: Yeah... by guns? There's been a lot said about Bill Frisell's use of electronics. Where do you stand with regard to using " It's rare. electronics in your music? Ix>ts of knives. I've gone trom being an innovator to being hopelessly outdated in about two and a half years. I got a DX7 A: In pubs it's when it was new on the market and I've kinda stuck with it. I'm not interested in anything else really I use a always glass sampler a little bit. But I like having one keyboards that I know how to program. Even the new DX7 I don't fights...I'm like so much, because you can't manipulate the sounds while you're playing Most electronic keyboards are definitely more sel up for doing work in the studio or lor use on stage with al! the sounds predetermined. seared of a gun J: We're going than of a glass. So obviously you prefer the immediacy of playing live rather than studio work? to record an­ Yeah. I also don't like having a bunch of keyboards to play. other album in December i my stereo. They haven't I've heard stories of how it's New Red Archives, who' turned up yet and they're six so easy to get a handgun in On a project like Naked City you've got so many different keyboard sounds and styles in very short done our other records. weeks late already. the States. spaces of time. How do you do all that? S: We were in a supermarket Technically, set-up wise, I don't use that many keyboards. There's a little bit of over-dubbing on the records, Are they cool to work with? How big were the poll tax and saw them for sale... but all of it we can reproduce live. I use two DX7's, a sampler—mostly for samples of hard-core bands that J: Yeah, its Nicky Garrett from riots? Did the media blow it J: Wc saw this place In Virgin Zorn made me do—and also acoustic piano which is a large part of the band, as it is in the duo with Bill UK Subs. He's an honest guy, out of proportion? ia when we were tou ring. There- works really hard at keeping S: I wasn't there, I was in the was a big sign on a barn that The Naked City music is so complicated, is It still fun to play live? the label going. Totally a great Basque country of Spain at said *MILK AND AMMO.* Yeah, it is fun, 'cause it's kinda this peculiar, complicated madness. It's the first time in my lile I've had to do what a traditional rock keyboard player does: fill in all ol the holes And that's a challenge for me, I'd never done much ot that I might literally have live or six different sounds that I'm using on each tune, and so between tunes it's complete madness to change all my settings and get a new set-up It's particularly strange in John's band because the whole song might only last twenty seconds It's enjoyable, we never do David Hawkes brings you the same set each night: often we do a new tune each night, that we learn at sound check, so it keeps your mind occupied THE PIXIES EXCLUSIVE! What were your early influences? Musically, they were rock influences 'cause that was what my elder brothers were into: bands, the Stones, the Beatles, Hendrix, that sort of thing. A little later I got interested in electric Miles, Omette, Cecil Taylor, The Art Ensemble of Chicago.

What sort of training have you had? I had two years mandatory piano lessons when I was young, then I quit. When I decided I wanted to play a musical instrument, I was infatuated with hard-core blues. When I made up my mind that I wanted to play, I wanted to play like Otis Span Which is a big joke, I'll never be able to play like Otis Span. Later in college, I did study some jazz, but pretty minimally.

What's happening with your band, "The President," at the moment? It's been on the back burner fa a while. I've been doing so much production and stuff, but I've got another record in the works. I'm looking to find some new players, 'cause the problem with the old group was that almost all of them were leaders in their own right, so it was pretty hard to get them all together. I've laid a lot ot tracks down already and after Christmas I'll try to go back and wrap that up.

You l- e lots of projects going on simultaneously, it seems: what is the most important direction for you musically? I have jeen producing a number of things and that's been new for me. I produced Bill's last two records, the last couple of records of my own and I'm about to produce a record lor The Hieroglyphics, and a big band project called the New York Composers Orchestra, that I play on and write some of the music tor as well As much as I enjoy that, it's not my primary priority It's still performing my own music and composing. And, to tell you the truth, the constant search to learn to play the piano. ^te Lutwyche JANUARY 1991 11 proached this record was together and he called up the erything like that, you can't very much like the way wc next day when we were in the even go near him without him used to approach our older studio doing Cyberaktif and wanting you to join the club STEEL recording, not so much our he wants to come out, so we and stick a need le i n your arm recent last four albums, but went to pick him up. We had or do something and we just the three albums before that. a song, actually i t's a song on said "Aw fuck, forget that!" POLE There was more of .1 sponl.i the 12", the Meltdown ver­ He's going to be dead within neons met hod of wri ting and sion, we had that up and it's a year if he doesn't stop his recording. For the other al just sort of a fun thing, we lifestyle. I le's got ,1 revolting BATH TUB bums what there's beer is a weren't taking it too far. We thing happening right now m lotol preproduction clone on reworked that song for the the sense that the people in the song writing and so jn album and the album version Chicago really, really ]ust hate .ictii.ility I think..over I pen him now because certain peo by felicity is completely different and it od of time there's been more has him doing the vocals and pie that have been involved and more time spent things piano stuff on it; it's radically in circles of his have died ot and I think what we wire different from that song on overdoses and stuff. Now dunbar and losing was a little bit of the the 12". they've got this big sign out­ spontaneity involved and the side ofthe gigs when we pull whole tun of working with Were you happy with Ra­ up: "Alienate Jourgensen: torn mil tie captured sounds and stuff bies! Puppy needs to get rid of this and working with them im­ Like I say to everybody, Ra­ guy" and all this stuff. mediately as far as coming bies was like a home away off the radio ariwavev It's from home: it was a party, it Is Ogre still involved wilh just part of the proctl this was a holiday, it was a day the ? tinx- trying to define what it off. it was everything to do 1 le had a falling ou t with those is th.it we wanted to do in the with still being around as guys, it's about time, really; future and what it si wedidn't yourself but only not doing he's hopefully concentrating want to repeat. So 1 mean it what you regularly do... As a more on this. 1 le's his own was I step to .111 era, back whole album it's something character, he's the ki nd of guy wards, where wc were doing that represents that whole youcan'tsay anything to I le s things 1 little differently time period where we were there for right now and we're largely just about to fall apart putting along and everything I really enjoyed Cybcraklif and wc did fall apart and our looks promising. Our album (collaboration wilh Bill association with (Ministry's) is selling at the rate of 5,000 a Lccb). Ai Jourgensen was, at the week right now. Too Dark That was such a low budget time, fun but God I'm glad Park has once again sur­ recording and it's too bad we that's over with. passed the last album. We're couldn't have done more; in up near 75,000 copies sold reality all that recording is I've heard he's kind of over­ already. eight-track stuff. It's without bearing and takes things any heavy-duty budget or So you'll be making albums effects or anything; it's total­ It's not so much that. He tries for a while? ly at home style recording. to create turmoil within. He Well, as long as we can con­ recently re­ Discorder from Dallas, TX. likes to watch rats go crazy in tinue to sell morealbums than leased their seventh album a cage, so to speak... I le'U the last one, to us it's good. Too Dark Park. Currently on I really like Too Dark Park. throw in adjectives and see But of course, we realize our­ a North American tour with It's really different from what happens and he's really selves that we're not trying to Tankhog that wound up at your other stuff; a lot spars­ good at that. He's also a nice getn the Commodore December er. Why is that? guy and every thing but... he's thing like that. It ju: 22, cEVIN kEY called the ol' ? a P~ throughout the yeai so heavily into drugs and ev­ pens it's working 01

Windwalker have their shit diverse musical tastes like S: Also, one of the only labels? Husker Du, Sonic Youth together. Although they've The Gun Club, Rites of good places to play, The P: We got a letter trom way: small labels and if it only been gigging for three Spring, The Cult, Soul Cruel Elephant, might MCA who read about us in works maybe try to go onto months now, their set ia Asylum, Black Sabbath, close down. Seattle's Backlash; they a big label. What do you call a band lhat Lives the Bo Diddley philosophy constantly changing and Fugazi, Short Dogs Grow, want photos and demos. A: I wouldn't mind either "You should eat all you can whenever you can," gorging itself or Jr Gone Wild and many expanding, incorporating What's the groupie scene but it comes down to what Marsha Brady, tulips, Ennio Monicone, Frank Grow, butterflies others. Their music re­ we want to focus on: like? Would you hesitate to re- circuses, Black Sabbath, and various other noises, substances, flects mood and emotion S: Underage. lease stuff on a small catchy songs or more cre­ instruments, collaborators and locations, only 10 loudly puke i while maintain­ ative, weirder all up again over iheir Listeners? ing a sense of WINDWALKER : WINDWALKErc type stuff. P: Right now we're just trying Steel The 2nd [album. Lurch] doesn't have a theme al all to focus on it all, [The clip of a girl talking aboul slashing her throat] wa bring diversity from a suicide teenage selfhclp lape; I gol il from the to the music, library. Cause Christina's obviously aboul suicide. but getting in­ volved in a pOle We have a full jaz_ band lhat plays in smaller clubs... crappy deal We don't really have a name, we've only called it the steel puts incredible pole bath tub quartet because there's another saxophon pressure on the player lhal plays... We're going 10 [record], I'm working o like what happened with my clarinet; I gotta get belter. the Adversity t>at h The Tumour Circus thing is the three of us, Charlie from King Snake Roost and Jello Biafra and we jusl basically were a band for a week and recorded twelve songs.... There's gonna be a collectors' [single) bul [it's] ihe greatest collectors' idea I've ever heard: it's a defective record. Il's gonna be a picture disc of an x-ray ol a two headed baby and all the discs are gonna have holes drilled through ihc grooves.... It's lolally col lectors'bul whal good isil? You can lislenlo the first half and then il goes "chunk" and ruins your needle! Totally arbitrary....

tllD One thing we're really enjoyed about Canada was the weatherman.. His whole mouth was full of novacaine. He'd just come from the dentist! He still went on!We couldn't believe we were here on this day.

12 DISCORDER Censorship a/k/a The C-Word mg^^^^sm^m^^m^ p*" HI Lkit m iiliiil mi J mm m i \i Hi n ml «m -#w — ill H II i (i mi > i m*m |k/hich the word "censorship" has popped up all too frcqucn| ^ff-fff^SWrt- **^ ^he and Ice-T situations. Such caa^s have sparkcl •¥*w 'i .IIII I" i ! M "I i in mmm

• I ••Mi • li mn m*em>m+m—*+*e+mmni in un ii^ ml itten by Tom Milne siblq^pects ofthe issue. Instead, talked to Wo people™ho arc part of a group jel the most immediate effects of censorship in our society: the underground -^ artist, or more specifically in this case, the underground musician. *Pmmj* You're probably aware of a recent Canadian contribution to the censorship sweepstakes: •a. Ir. __1_ the /Fringe Records obscenity case. About two years ago in Ncpean, Why did youl a benefit gig ganda? That's certainly how for Ben H« i of Fringe your average citizen who Ontario, the young teenage < nunicipal police officer brought home a copy of Records? doesn't know where a band Dayglos' record. Daddy w y offended by the record's content. Being a cop, he had We also did like the Dayglos is coming access to resources which s of justice rolling a little quicker than Jello when he hi ~~"" o view them. your average citizen could. He si I record to^js buddies at the station and, thanks to and it's really My response to lhat is don'l throw the baby out wilh ihc their backing, was able to push > a local complaint into the courts, bathwater. There's a lol of Any defence of the group rested ision and the Constitution so the case ul ihere and there's a lot eventually made it to the Ontario I Fere a jury decided lhat the government had trying to reguh •person's ireiiUom qj^xpression. Apparently, the Crown larly vulnerable lo people icty and you jusl cannot is preparing an appeal so it's quite Possible the case isn't over^to. And even if it is dead, this oimpose their ay. If you try judgen doing is jusl case has already had some noticeable effects. I talked to Murray /^^>n from the Dayglos think of a case wlfl.h has been_ itting y! " (before the court case was actually decided) to get his opinion on the whole situation, and Rob won by a government i DaygW spccifil Wright of NoMeansNo, who was involved in the recent benefit gig for Fringe records. censorship, especially :ord theyW works of art, but such cas their recording sludia^ I1U11LLL U I Oil? cost tons of money and Be 444 Hoffman has spent in total a fyers had mosl 85 thousand dollar lhal they could That's very close I ilcd for producing ••••Hw*s******M**e******^ point and it certainly would be obscene material. Instead, they for any olher suggested that theJ)ayglos take a company i the lyrics frorafftr songs and Do you think this is a case of Dayglos were convicted? censorship? For example, if somecon- guilty, the verdij ncone in the a group of concerned indi­ What's already started lo hap­ I think one of the things thai : old guy looks al a punk guilty, but nexfcnc he gels ; of the gov- viduals trying to do what is pen is lhat they've started bust­ the prosecution had going for wilh orange hair walking down record and il haMome obscene] and gel ihem lo say morally right, or are their ing people. The prosecution has it is that it happened to be the ihe street he's horrified, because :lher they thought lhat 'U be goals more far-r a lot of confidence right Dayglo Abortions that got jmething alien and strange, iculcd or not. Is that what they realize that the defence busted first. If it was Leonard 'if he knew the kid, watched officcr^^p started it can't really afford to defend Cohen, it would be muc grow up, he'd know it's lotivated bt itself that well irder for them lo make a ing other than a form of take their work to a lawyer andasking Do you think we can get away ilh this?" - Do you think this lecially since many artists ecu lion ticipate in the role of mentators un society, an excuse to censor ideas which often includes criticiz­ from some ofthe more fringe ing the government. elements of society: If yotu^JB^fcdomof cxprcs- Of ci :edom of •J government to ^oingi that the govemmBf is evil and it's pressing do' poor folks. There' tolerant ai people out there look at the Daygli this little slime

lhat's what |f~ pie are ifl just noble, Isn't that similar to moral, gooamannered, en- someone on the lef t migI lightenedJ^J're scumballs as and the less thatj Nazi propaganda and liule animals. And flowed lo heaj plain that it shouldn't be al­ the Dayglos less quahj lowed? huge and valid point^ ihe less I think thei song^Wiit dog- can become. That's why you themselves. I try wTn^lelters, farts and Oh J^T my shit get people flocking to organi- but I gel more response and get ilinks. PeopJ^Biitdoes slink something bothered me or of­ like Ihe Klan, just be- published more down in die fended me I could go a lot :hey don't understand. It Slates. I've even heard from the When the farther. all has to do with education Civil Liberties organization in good ihey make a that turns die lights on and gets the Slates, bul never from ihe ^bout everyone being just What would happen if the rid of the fear. one in Canada. imal and don't [seriously.

JANUARY 1991 13 Mr. Fitzroy (Bunny Diamond) want to kind of change up your more different sound systems That's where people go to hear Interestingly, the sound sys­ him. If you like, try to change Simpson is a truly genuine per­ music, and kind of waler playing music in thesame hall, current music, whatever the tem featuring Bunny Wailer the type of lyrics that he try to son. He took time oul of a busy itdownlike for commercial pur­ competing for the most origi­ style may be. singing for them, "Silver- put over... like, some people schedule lo meet with Discord­ poses... But if ihe Diamonds nal and well mixed selection of Yes, Bunny Waller sings dance hawk," boasts having paid him sing protest music, some peo­ er and share his thoughts and should sign up with a company music | and the precedents they hall music, but I think s the largest amount ever for ple sing lovers music and of opinions about the music that again, I don'l ihink they Ci any dub plate, demonstrating you lake someone who sings the Mighty Diamonds have had change the Diamonds musiJ ; face rtf re) his popularity and the respect protest music and put them on such a positive influence on. because they tried il once, and heard the D| he brings... lovers music, that is not really Respect due every time. we go through rough times a ub plate sped Yes, that is very good for the what is inside of him. an album called Ice and Fire, yet^^B'ou on any di usic, and for all artists. In fact, The Mighty Diamonds, being got bad reviews and such, but i you lverhawk approach us, Gemi­ That seems to be the key fea­ an institution in the industry, wc go back in the studio and we musical phenomenon to peo­ Right, that's not "Dance Hall" ni approach us, and in ihe com­ ture in any article or review must have seen a lot of styles have to suck STRAIGHT to Ja­ ple? music, that's DJ music. ing year, you are going to hear a written about the Mighty Di­ come and go in reggae. What maican style; wc don't have to Well, I tell you what happening, lot from the Mighty Diamonds; amonds; sweet harmonies changes have you seen in the change much. most of these sounds right Just one aspect of dub plate, dance hall, studio w backed by militant lyrics. music; has it developed mort ney' ve^^Papproi but I "do you approach a song into the 'dance-hall' style or Do >ou find record I artist^^Hcall it specials,' f them ^^Bue gfling len you are writing? has it stayed with the 'ro#s' • have their own Ideas iihout I your^^B(system)mighthave people Well it varies, sometimes you style? sound reggae should h. wc just the DJ's^^Hore popu- ng with Messenjah I have the music first and some­ Well actually what happedfcd, ™^r than^^Bing to .song sp*9*Htafor yi ih.ii is here bday nd that are a few band times you have to make a rid- over ihc past four or five yearsT authority oTjamai gone tomorrow business. By the you see rising, or have al ;tch your melody etc., the DJ thing ('dance hall' style) Yes... one time we were on with Like specially for "Stone Love" middle of next year, I don't think promise? someone will kind of take over, since Bob a big company but ihc contract or specially for "Gemini," us­ that you are going to sec a lot of Well, to tell the truth, I like Mes­ say "Write a song about this or Marley dead, you know, it's fell through from 1980, right, ing their name in the song and people around, like now how senjah still you know, they are a lhat" but I say "Just write a most people think that Bob ever since, we never get signed changing the lyrics a little bit. you see some DJ arc hotter lhan nice band, and also I have the song." For me personally, I love Marley Ls the only one who was with a next company, but it is Right, a dub plate for your spe­ nuff oiheT DJ's, but mosl DJ opportunity to see a band called to write street lyrics. I love to write music about the struggle. travelling with reggae, but there our strong faith and influence cific sound. A lot of sound (sys­ can't last longer than nine Lamb's Bread. There are a cou­ is a lot more people. When Bob from Jah thai keep us going on tems) have been approaching the months., ha ha... ple of good bands around, but.. Mu: y Di

Marley die, reggae music kind the road. We are very popular, a Diamonds, as a matter of fact we Unfortunately that does seem you see... the problem is that of drop, right, but I think it is lot of people know us, so, we did one the other day for a sound to be too often the case, except some bands really sound good break- coming back now. You know, just keep the faith and keep roll­ (system), and a lot of sound man for the truly talented big names live, but the trick in this business Definitely the power behind more and more company get­ ing without the backing of a big keep coming lo us yet we don't like Ninja and Shabba. is to make ihe record. To make ting back into it you see, like company, and I hope that one of really have enough time to do a It's all part of the culture. the hit record that can reach out the music... Virgin record company was in it these days a company will see lot of this work. But I think it is to people: that is really the trick. Yes the struggle of the ghetto, )nds and nMthem back iforreggae.j ihenora struggle of thej album, becausi^kin really sts in thej t*specials,^B^ou seel rpeople^ ly music y< I them p iblem with ^^H suchl rk. I don'l you mentioj|^Hunnyl when ;oing bacj^^rd time| establisnVHyou hal classic sfore youcQ| hayg, joritxi ally picked up on reggae, at that has caused a lot of these some people what they call of them around a bit, and add­ say into what your album writing or is* it balanced be­ least to the extent that they did problems, but we are still here "Dance Hall" music, 'cause ing them to a new, computer sounds like? tween... in the late '70s before Mar- waiting and working... when ihe Diamonds were mak- based rhythm or primarily Well sometime when you sing Well it balanced between, ley's death? M_*'r3fe7musl|y»h _fthS OhCttd bWjTW W_7i Mo^fft^c-rthey™* «r* Judgey write, I write, Tabby Well, you see what really hap­ SHll playing greafWusill. *-ofr|s, rt%as daJt Ml *T*nW.. CS^_33naveJI hKrJK^eKVeclyoa_h<_^^ write, sometimes wecombine... pens, without these record com­ Yeah, and we've been travelling ha ha... so tell me really what is dub plates with Bunny Wailer as tion, but sometime itdon't work. and what been going on now is panies behind the musicians, just even more places in these times "Dance Hall" music? ...Ken of yet, but Bunny Wailer is a You see what really happen, like that I have been doing a lot of artists by themselves, you can't right now. People know the Di­ Booth make dance hall music, very special type of person, he a producer from Trinidad tell me producing... for the Diamonds really go nowhere. And without amonds all over the world, we 're John Holt make dance hall mu­ likes to do his own original type once, he say that if he is produc­ and one or two other people, a radio station, for somehow or breaking new ground even sic... Bob Marley make dance of stuff, and by appearing in the ing an artist, he has to let the without a company right? But some reason I feel that some though we don't have a compa­ hall music.. You're an artist and sound system business Bunny is artist come out from his inner- whenever I find a good song people behind the music, at some ny, so we just keep working you it's your time, you come on the setting them straight, going in man; let the artist put out what that I produce, that is a strong of thecommercial stations, some know? scene, and you reign, but there is there for a purpose, and giving inside him. Ifyou try to twist and one, I'm going to just keep it in people hold it back for years always a next artist that come on them a proper taste of how mu­ turn the artist too much you find my bag, it's what I'm striving now. Like, if you don't be care­ A lot of people are unfamiliar the scene behind you. Every­ sic is supposed to be heard, none that you get his music starting to for. That is the direction the ful, some of these companies with sound clashes [two or body sings dance hall music... these slack lyrics and all that. water down, that is not really Diamonds are working for. 14 DISCORDER Take a handful of platinum-selling acts, a gaggle of their zealous fans, and cross them w Vancouver City Hall. What do you get? HARD ROCK AND TRUANCY by the Man Sherbet Cinder blocks blanked by a credibility and no selling power, Motley Crue first brought ihe coat of latex beige. Bland and just a famous past. Bruce Fair- kids out in numbers, and the first unidentifiable as any back alley bairn put them to work, that is, fan toting a spraypaint can. The walls nearby. between visits to Alcoholics plain back wall of Little Moun­ Lying between Fairview's Anonymous. Their presence at tain studios subsequently sport­ condo-encrusted slopes and Little Mountain was so noncha­ ed the words, painted in black, downmarket Mount Pleasant are lant they rehearsed on ihe grassy MOTLEY CRUE ROCKS. warehouses, rows of them. A boulevard out front on sunny It became customary; the plethora of nondescript compa­ days. Eventually their album. fans needed to get the names of nies exist here: printers, com­ Permanent Vacation, was re­ their own favorite acts on the puter wholesalers, couriers. Only leased and Aerosmith were on wall. GUNS'N'ROSES!!!, the strong aroma provided by a the comeback trail. SKID ROW, AC/DC, POISON, I: MIKE KLASSEN coffee company stands out, for it Two multi-platinum suc­ SLAYER.METALLICA.Italso is something unique on streets cesses proved to the recording became a message board for di­ ed a logger? rest of the wall was treated to the trary to official policy whichsays full of sameness. industry they were on to some­ alogue between those fans who Little Mountain was no girls' can commentary. The wall do not censor, the city ordered A few brave residents are thing here. Little Mountain might have just missed each oth­ longer the "Betty Ford Centre." was ugly, sure. Even without the the studio topain t over the whole left heTe, but they 're besieged by Sound, in the backwater known er. SUE WUZ HERE, POISON Thanks to Dave, it had turned graffiti it was ugly. But the two small businesses all around. as Vancouver, became THE hot SUCKS, and the grateful into a summer camp, "Meatballs girls saw to it that it was profane. Afterwards, the studio Mostly this neighborhood is de­ studio. Soon Whitesnake re­ THANKS & IV" if you'd like. He kept a very Another unidentified play­ posted a little protest sign direct­ scended upon by day, by em­ corded their biggest seller here. BRUCE FAJRBAIRN - YER high profile, riding his mountain er got involved at this point. ing complaints about the new ployees who dutifully carry on Motley Crue did their stint, then GREAT. bike around downtown, or be­ Someone painted a bathing suit paint job to the Mayor's office. the productionof widgets. How­ The Cult recorded iheir hit Quite by accident, the plain tween the studio and his real on Lady Roth one night with a But complaints are of little use ever, within one building is the mainstream LP, Sonic Temple. back side of a building became a hotel, Le Meridien. And after all brush and there was no saving now. It's unlikely Roth will deadened, half-lit ambience of a A virtual Who's Who of Rock landmark. This collection of this exposure to our fair town her. If our archaeologist discov­ buck-up for a new mural, or that recording studio. Here they've passed through Vancouver to scrawls represented the spirit of Dave concluded, "You know, ered the wall in that state, the the wall will ever regain its old produced the greatest air- record AND to relax. the suburban rock fan. They were the best thing about Vancouver findings would suggest this was splendor. At best, we can hope the social equivalent of cave ain't the beaches, or the moun­ a society in chaos. when they're done restoring the drawings left by early man. tains, no. It's thestrippers, man!" At last, City Hall respond­ Sistine Chapel, they might try Someday, 3000 years hence, Perhaps he's right; lord knows ed to complaints about the wall. their hand at Little Mountain. when Vancouver city is forgot­ Dave has visited more places First they notified Little Moun Sadly, our archaeologist ten and Little Mountain record­ than most of us. tain Sound that they required a will conclude that we were a ings are relegated to As a tribute to Vancouver's permit for their back-alley boring lot. Left are cinder blocks playlists, an enterprising ar­ pronounced best asset. Roth beauty. Little Mountain applied blanked by a coat of latex beige. chaeologist might have un­ hired the Mad Artist team lo for the permit which would Bland and unidentifiable, with earthed these writings and sur­ airbrush a G-strung gal on Little have cost them S134.00. But fi­ only the memories of what lies mised we were a culture of Mountain's back wall. And-lhe nally the gloves came off. Con­ underneath. rockers. cheek!-DAVID LEE ROTH But two cooks stepped in spelled across her bare, swollen LITTLE MOUNTAIN SOUND : MIKE KLASSEN and spoiled the broth: Vancouver chest! City Hall and David Lee Roth. At once the back alley be­ The swaggering ex-Van hind Little Mountain Sound was Halen front man is no stranger to no longer a place of pri vate wor­ punching anthems of the last Little Mountain inadvert­ the power of rock'n'roll myth. ship for rockers. Onlookers decade. This is Little Mountain ently became the Betty Ford Dave could spend night after came, and so did the press. No Sound. Centre of recording studios. A night recounting Van Halen hy­ doubt the hard-core loiterers In 1986, a group of generic lot of these acts had been on a perbole. And while he was in were incensed. She was a nice- strutters visited Little Mountain, long binge beforehand. But now Vancouver that's what he did. lookin' babe, yeah, but the wall drawn by the talents of in-house Motley Crue boasted that they He 'd have a table reserved at the had been desecrated. producer Bruce Fairbaim. The drank orange juice during strip Cecil strip club for him and his The hardest of the hard­ act was called Bon Jovi and they club visits. Steve Tyler visited cronies, he'd start to talk and core hangers-on were two uni­ recorded Slippery When Wet. the Naam to fuel up on vegetar­ everyone would listen. If com­ dentified girls, described by The LP's title was a tribute to ian dishes. It was a nice mar­ mon fans gol too close, burly workers next door as being no Vancouver strip clubs and the riage: these guys came up to men stepped in and ordered them older than 16, and dressed like latest on-stage shower craze. Vancouver to get healthy and away. This is what Dave meant tarts. In good weather they 'd stay Slippery sold over 8 million record, and we got rock star- by getting back to his roots: go to up most of the night outside Lit­ copies; it was the number one sighting reports daily. Did you a public place and pay thugs to tle Mountain. A picnic table sits besl seller of 1987. Hundreds of see Modey Crue jump on stage keep the public back. across the alley where employ­ Bon Jovi-types sprang up from with those guys at the Colise­ Dave's slay in Vancouver ees of a micro fiche company dine lhal success and a boy can hard­ um? No, but did you see Bon was classic hype. First he told and take coffee breaks in sum­ ly hold a guitar now without Jovi jump on stage at 86 Street? everyone he was slaying at the mer. Most mornings the staff having the complementary And so on. seamy Nelson Hotel to make the went out there though, the table streaked hair and pout. Bon Jovi and Aerosmith singer and the band feel rougher. was covered in new felt pen doo­ The year Bon Jov i was kill­ eventually came back to record Close at hand cat fights between dles, styrofoam coffee cups, and ing them, five more men occu­ new albums but it wasn't so whores kept him and the boys burger wrappers, compliments pied the studios. When they ar­ sleepy around the studio any­ awake nights, you see. Once, of the girls. rived, haggard and beat, no one more. The fans began arriving says Dave, he chain-sawed ahole This pair pushed the bounds thought much of them either. on Little Mountain's doorstep: in the wall of a Nelson suite to of decency when they started These guys were the Dennis autograph-seekers, groupies, and make it larger. Where did he get writing on the wall. Roth's strip­ Hoppers of rock. They had little kids with nothing better to do. the chainsaw? Had he befriend- per got the worst of it, and the JANUARY 1991 15 called himself Joey Shithead and who had line-up: Shithead, Dave Gregg (sporting a a punk show (one of Vancouver's first) by Hare Krisna haircut), on his band. The Skulls, to announce [and] drums, and Dimwit on bass. The show meeting the very same Joey at Japanese kicked off with the newly re-christened Hall afew weeks later he was unconscious. " Ronnie" and the band burned [Or] putting D.O.A. on the bill of the first through their set in the usual high intensity Georgia Straight battle of the bands at the manner. About half an hour into the show Body Shop on Hornby-this was 1978, they started a song but Dimwit screwed up remember, and having a punk band in a the intro and Chuck startsd yelling at him. Saturday, top 40 club was a willful act of subversion- This brotherly spat continued until Dimwit December 1,1990: the end of an error. It land having] to announce that fifteen-year threw his bass down and walked off stage. was to be D.O.A. s last show ever, and old Chuck Biscuits had been named best Joe picked up the bass and they did even the signs taped to the door proclaim­ drummer and then run for cover when another tune, but something bothered ing a second "last" show ever could not D.O.A. fans were told the group had lost to Chuck and he left. Various people appeared totally ruin the moment we all knew would a sunny California-styled group named on stage to finish the set, but things went come sooner or later. After several incar­ Scarecrow. This... reminds me of the de­ quickly downhill. The evening finished with nations, six albums and innumerable oth­ but of The Potatoes. This was February, a rasta drummer and a reggae version of er records, the hardest working men in 1980. The Potatoes were Ron and Gren- some D.O.A. song. As a live band, I think mac jackets had finally packed it in. It was ville (both future members of Bruno they were one of the best; they encom­ a show where you expected to see faces Gerussi's Medallion), Dave Saul, and my­ passed what a rock band should be and you hadn't seen for years; some people self (singing and playing drums). Ken Lester i didn t take things too seriously. They were say that happened. Not to me. In the same had asked us to play three nights with the £ the best band in town and now there isn't vein, you sort of expected there would be band at the Buddha, and as February had 2 one. - Ian Noble, Perryscope Productions a little good-natured spitting, and that been named B.C. Potato Month, the idea maybe Joe would even take a piss off the of playing our first gig with D.O.A. seemed I went to see them playing with Wasted stage for old-times' sake, but body fluids serendipitous. The agreed upon fee was Lives in March, 1979 atthe Ukrainian hall aren't what they once were, and in a way, seven cases of beer. For the first night, I there in Burnaby, you know; we borrowed neither was the whole scene that night. had Don Bettsgive me a skinhead haircut. my friend's dad's car, and we went out There were some especially troublesome It might have been Don's idea of a joke, there to our first punk gig. There we were, moments, notably when Joe announced but it endeared me to Chuck Biscuits, at standing there in a corner at the back of " For those of you at your first Commodore least until he heard our band. "Power-pop" the room, wearing our Point Grey team show, we don't throw beer cans at the he complained, 'I hate pop." Dave, how­ jackets, looking sheepishly at the crowd, band." At least someone had the pres­ ever, who'd made the unfortunate choice and Joey Shithead came on stage and ence of mind to immediately square him in of dressing like a member of the Knack yelled "You came here for this!!" and the chest with one. Incidents like this and (white shirt, skinny tie, vest) was having a unclogged his nose all over the crowd. But the money-grubbing second last show not little more trouble adjusting to the teem­ when they played they were brilliant, tight, withstanding, D.O.A. was fucking great ing, gobbing, shorthaired, tatooed misfits and out of sight. And the crowd went wild... that night, and must be remembered for slamming into one another in front of the when they finally left the stage, everybody being one of the best bands Vancouver stage and never recovered from one punk was chanting "D.O.A D.O.A. D.O.A.," and has ever seen. With that in mind, Discord­ grabbing his harmonica for a quick blow they wanted more, but then Joey came on, er called several people who we thought, before handing it back. Toits credit, D.O.A. and said that someone had beat up the for one reason or another, might have rallied to support us, and even Chuck told cleaning lady, and everybody had to leave something to say about the whole thirteen- us the Potatoes were a much better band because the cops were there and all. and year affair, and asked them for a story. by the end of our trial by ordeal. We only when we left, sure enough, there were the Here is D.O.A. as seen through the eyes of ever received six cases of beer, though. - police and this beat-up cleaning lady. - Greg those who in some way were there, makin' Tom Harrison, Province Rock Columnist Garlick, Discorder Writer the D.O.A. scene. Wanna know what D.O.A. stands for? The When I was a little kid, I went with my Mom If anybody asks my most memorable rem­ Who. No, that lead guy, what's his name, to a Wendy's burger place on Cambie and iniscence about touring with D.O.A. it would he's a nice guy. and I have to give them I had a single-double-cheese-everything have to be the time an unnamed-band credit for one-upmanship... No Fun could but before I could eat my burger, I had to member gave us all those little, crawly, never [have a final followed mere go to the washroom. Just as I was walking creepy things. - Dimwit (4 Horsemen and days later by another final concert]. - David in to the urinal, an unpolitically correct ex D.O.A. drummer) M (Yeah, that David M) local rocker emerged, much to my surprise and fear. Wow, I said to myself, that's Mr. It was Jello Biafra who asked me to book My first D.O.A. gig was at a noon-hour Joey Shithead of the legenday punk rock D.O.A. at the Mabuhay Gardens [in San concert at West Van High School in 1980. combo D.O.A. Later, at the table, still Francisco]. A little before D.O.A.'s sound- I attended nearby Sentinel, but went down trembling as I slurped up my Frosty, I said check on the day of the gig, their dirty, to West Van to see this show. I think it cost "Mom, I just saw Joey Shithead coming sweating, smiling roadie, Zippy, came in just 50* to get in. The classic D.O.A. line out of the bathroom." "I know," she said, carrying a bundle of equipment. He was up of Shithead / Rampage / Biscuits had "I saw him doing up his fly on his way up followed shortly by the rest of the guys, just splintered, and this show featured Joe the stairs." Who'd have thought that years each carrying different pieces of their own with Dave Gregg on guitar, Simon Wild on later on my show, Joey would bring up equipment; they had hitchhiked to San bass, and Andy Grafitti on drums. I recall washrooms again, this time by saying Francisco to play their first real road en­ the audience being divided on D.O.A.'s "Aaargh and like a Serviette-what do you gagement in the States. This 'nothing can artistic merit. There was a growing number do, you wipe your ass with it? Arr harr stop us' attitude totally knocked me out. I of people who were into punk rock, and harr." - the Human Serviette, became a fan before hearing D.O.A. play a they were all at the front getting into it. In CITRDJ note. The next show, Joey was banned the bleachers, however, were the majority from the club for having a couple of quarts of the audience who were either dumb­ I guess when I think of them, I just think of of Canadian brew backstage (a major neg­ founded and silent or-toudly vocal about how much better they got. When they first ative with the alcohol control folks). Find­ their feelings that D.O.A. was not 'real came to Seattle in 1978, to a club called ing himself in the alley behind the theatre, men's' rock. These were the guys with The Bird, they weren't very good. They Joey kicked over a few trash cans and was cords from Bootlegger and feathered hair promptly apprehended by two of the city's who were into exciting new bands like were just a primitive punk band: very wild, finest. The cops, though, somehow iden Boston. Classic rock now caters to them punk rock; I don't think I would have tified with the angry Joey Shithead, and exclusively. Anyway, D.O.A. dedicated "I thought that much about them if I hadn't made him sweep up the alley rather than Hate You" to them. They were on a mission. kept seeing them through the years, and hauling him off. Later, one of the cops There have been many great shows, but they turned into one of the most powerful joined Jello in persuading us to let him the best D.O.A. gig would have to be their bands ever. It's really sad that they're inspired performance as an opening act back in to perform. During the next per­ breaking up. They were really one of the formance, Joey "whipped it out" and, in a for David Lee Roth at The Coliseum in greatest bands. - Kim Warnlck, The Fast- graceful arch, sprayed the audience, re­ 1988. Poison ran out of hairspray and sulting in everyone demanding free drinks. couldn't make the show, so D.O.A. filled In 1978,1 went out to D.O.A.'s shambling - Dirk Di rksen, "The Marlon Perkins" of SF in. It was a similar situation to the one house way the hell and gone out in Burna­ above; D.O.A. was playing to the uncon­ by, and interviewed them for Vancouver verted but rose to the cha I lenge adm irably. Magazine. There was a beer strike on so I Perhaps the funniest, if not worst D.O.A. brought a bottle of Vodka out there, and Yeah, I do have a few stories to tell about gig occured in 1982 in a warehouse on me and Shithead sat around and talked, D.O.A. There was the introductory phone Hastings across from Woodward's. The call to the Georgia Straight from a guy who and finished the bottle of vodka. We'd 16 DISCORDER heard that some bar out there had some and all these people were there, Jello and I said "AC/DC! As loud as you can play American beer of some sort, so we went Biafra, Ian Tiles, and so forth, so we had it!" So every moming I woke up to Hell's out there. It took a long time; we were this entourage of about 25 people from Bells. Joey was always really thoughtful... drunk as newts on this bus and I kept the West Coast, and we invaded the New it was a lot of fun living with him. - Gary falling on to other people, which was quite York scene. While we were there, Joe Failure, Plaza Resident Since 1982 an embarassment for Shithead, who's asked me if I would manage D.O.A., and I quite a big dude, and can drink a lot and said "I don't know much about managing I remember when Joe pissed off the stage not show it. Finally we went in to this bar, a band" and he said "Well, we don't know at their third gig, and of course the last where we spent tons of money, and then much about being a band." I met them person in Vancouver to ever do that, or Joe got into this snit because he was trying when I was at in anything like that, would have been about to steal this woman's money-she was an Chicago, it was the first one in North four years before, and that was was Iggy old wino-and I wouldn't let him steal it, so America, and D.O.A. was supposed to Pop, but even he didn't go to the extremes we went out to the street, and he said " You have a fairly prominent spot, but the old he was known for. At the first D.O.A. show think you're fuckin' better than me, don't leftists who were putting it on were fairly this one guy went into the bathroom and you?", and I said "No, I think you can't freaked out by them, especially by the slashed up his face with a razor. It was steal that woman's money." I got really song "Nazi Training Camp" and made really goreville. Hmm... I wonder if Joe pissed off, and I said "Fuck-I don't care. D.O.A. play at noon, instead of like 8 p.m., knows where I live in case he wants to I'll take you on here," so I got my bag off when they were supposed to play. Anyway, come around and punch my face in... "The my shoulder, and I took my watch off, and my ride met up with this girl, and wanted Greatest Band With No Integrity" There's a I said "Let's fuckin' do it!" and he just some privacy, so I asked the D.O.A. guys good thing for the band... That's the one fuckin' grabbed me by the throat, and whether I could get a ride on to New York, place they always failed, all through their heaved me over this hedge. So there I was, and so that's how I first met them. They career. Like this thing where they played and we realized the absurdity of it, and kept raving about an article I wrote in the last show and then they do another went back into the bar. - Les Wiseman, Public Enemy about Rock Against , show... after the huge buildup to this one West Coast Correspondent, TV Guide where I had used D.O.A. as a bad example; night, and not having a second thought Magazine you know. used to invite about doing this second show. That's the the audience to suck his cock and all ttrat, sort of thing they've been doing all along. and they kept saying if they could get the I was thinking about the time when D.O.A. In some ways that'sgood; they never think guy who wrote that, they'd break his neck and Quintessence records were having about other peoples' perception s of them... and so forth, and of course it was me. problems with each other, and one day I I like that idea, but over the years, they've When they found out, they just about hit came to work and the front windows were done things to make them look the oppo­ the roof. I thought that was a really good totally plastered with D.O.A. posters. I site to what they are. They never thought time then. - Ken Lester, Ex-Manager of thought it was hilarious, but I didn't think about things outs ide of themselves. I think D.O.A. it was so funny when it turned out I was the this is one thing that screwed them up a one who had to clean it off... it took me two bit. Like Grant (McDonagh) and I have a lot hours. D.O.A. were always like that; they It was actuially pretty funny when we met of tapes of their old shows... I don't know had causes, but were sometimes a little Ken Lester, he asked us if he could get a if they know about them, but they never narrow-minded and never realized it af­ ride from Chicago to New York, and we had that "Grateful Dead" attitude [of al­ fected other people. I don't know if I said " No problem." We got to somewhere lowing anyone to tape their shows], which should say this in print, but it seemed out there in Ohio, and we were pretty I think is what it was really all about, but D.O.A. were always the first to raise ticket broke, so we said "Ken, now ya gotta buy they never seemed to think so. But they prices. From three to four dollars, then four food, 'cause we got no money an' we got were always up front about who and what to five dollars... it seems ridiculous now, no food." He said "Okay, well, I'll go get a they were; a lot of bands sort of shy off the but it was a big deal back then. Anyway, I seven piece Colonel Sanders' bucket o' political thing because they look for sales remember at their first or second gig at chicken", and we said "No, Ken, it's gotta rather than trying to say something, but Japanese Hall when Shithead took a piss be a 21 piece." D.O.A. always stuck to it. Which was great. off the stage and semicircled the audience "OK, uhhh twelve piece." And then we - Don Betts, Black Swan Records - the audience formed a semicircle, but the started pummeling him, and then he came grossest thing was seeing this guy just back with a 21 piece, because he knew he The one thing that stands out when I think standing there just falling on the floor and was going to get left in the middle of Ohio back to D.O.A. happened at a New Year's slipping, and I was thinking "This is fucking if he didn't come back with the goods. - Eve gig at Stalag 13 (now a parking lot next sick." In fact the first time I met Shithead Shlthead's version as recorded In 1988. to the Vancouver Playhouse offices on was at Japanese Hall. We were sitting at West 8th) that featured D.O.A. as the this bench table, and eventually I said They were bold and refreshing, and ascerbic headlining act. Back at the bar (actually a "Uhh... I know you... you're Shithead! What in a way. Thei- songs were real comments garbage can filled with Hi-Tests and ice) I'd are you guys doing, are you forming a new on the times, Vancouver's big answer to had just enough to drink that by the time band?" and he said "Yeah we're getting a the Sex Pistols... I was thrilled when they the band rolled on stage I was more than new band and we're gonna be called The did my song Takin' Care of Business, and ready. Up at the front, dust and spit were Marchin' Morons," which was the original they asked me to be in the video with flying as D.O.A. peeled through their set, name for D.O.A., but they never played as them, and it kind of gave me new per­ and I was right along for the ride. As they the Marchin' Morons. Then there was the spective on myself seeing my songs done launched into FUCK YOU, my beer-addled time I played in The Stimulants with John in a more aggressive style for a different brain suddenly decided it would be best for Doe. I d never played drums, but I got a call audience. Whenever I'd go on stage with me to jump up on stage. Stage diving on the night of the show, and they needed D.O.A. it was incredible to see the crowd wasn't the rage back then, especially with a drummer. By 8 p.m. I was playing drums. reaction; I'd only seen that on TV... it was a stage only six inches high, so the next We were on the bill with D.O.A., The Stiffs, kind of neat. Maybe we can do like these best thing was to grab Wimpy's mic and and Victorian Pork and we were fucking TV shows that go off the air cause they join in on the chorus. What better way to awful. After we played, Shithead came up don't have good ratings, and all the fans usher in the new year than with a defiant to me, and - remember this was only write in and the show comes back on... " Fuck You!" (not that that even occurred to D.O.A. s second gig - and said "Well. maybe we could have a movement to bring me at the time)? Well, I got one defiant kinda rough there, but ya got the spirit, if back D.O.A. Maybe have D.O.A. day every "Fuck You" in before I felt the sole of you just keep goin', eh." I just thought it year at the Commodore. I'm sad to see Wimpy's boot kicking me flat and hard in was very nice of the guy, I mean... we knew them go -1 like the guys very much. - Randy the small of the back, sending me flying to we sucked, but he was always very sup­ BTO the floor, face first, to bite a mouthful of portive of musicians around him. Victorian old-car dirt and empty beer cans. I got up, Pork were headlining that night, and they dusted myself off, and waited for someone Oh, you mean like when Joey pissed over were THE band at the time; people liked to say something (or laugh at me), but no- the van... or the time he pissed into the them and didn't really like D.O.A. that one did. No- body gave a shit and the mail slot at the bank, that was fun. Or like much, and after they'd played, half the hall show kept going. Cool. how D.O.A. wouldn't let me take off with was yelling "Victorian PorW Victorian PorW", That's just the way their van so I could go sleep on Stonehenge. and the other half was "D.O.A.! D.O.A.!" things w Back in 1982, Joey used to live in the room This was a really bigchange in Vancouver's - BUI Baker next to mine at The Plaza, and I used to music thing, because that turned out to be have to listen to him and his future wife, Victorian Pork's last stand. They pretty Laura, "get it on" every moming...EVERY much broke up after that and D.O.A. be­ morning. And Joey, even though things got came the punk band that they were that pretty outrageous around here from time night and held the ball from then on. - Grant to time, he was a bit shy about the noise, McDonagh, Owner of Zulu Records and so one moming he stuck his head through the door and goes "Hey! Taylor! I remember we were all out in New York, What kinda music do you like to listen to?" JANUARY 1991 17 New Mexico along the Interstate Contrasting iheir Liberal London lif­ called the Powwow Highway is en­ estyle is Ran (Indian movie sur the cruel elephant!the bijoux tertaining and somewhat culturally Shashi Kapoor),Sammy's father who insightful. The characterizations are returns lo England after taking part a welcome departure from the in fascist political atrocities. Also "group" or "sidekick" native slereo- cast is Roland Gift of Fine Young FUCK Cannibals who is laid by Rosie. Again movies, but the film's controlling written by Hanif Kureishi and di­ forces appear lo be main! y white and rected by Stephen Frcars. FUCKING DIG IT American. Adapted from the novel Noteables Irom Aug 2nd on to preistlme and It I didn't mention your lav* by David Seals and directed by Virgin Machine (1988) don'SAVEt comt whininS YOUg to me. RThonk FUCKINi to all ot you whoG com tSOU to the crueLl Jonathan Wacks, producer of Repo Dorolhe (Ina Blum), a West German elephant ond to thoie ol you that haven't been, my opinion of the iplneleu Man. Notably, Farmer won the Best woman, goes to San Francisco in manei with which you atioclate (and maybe belong) Ii clear. To the i * Actor at the 1989 American Indian happy new year t here's to a happy heolthy mutic icene In Vancouver H search of her mother and to research Film Festival. ic love i rstheui derground lesbian scene. Quirky and M.II to nol ihowlng up - COFFIN Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) gnlty with dynamic scenes of wom­ BREAK rtt band to throw up In the parking lot - UK DIRT... Moil demonic » itlng band - GOD BULLIES... tand that wreaked the moil havoc - Daniel (Peter Finch) is a gay, Jewish en-only nights at a stripbar and di­ DAYGLO AIO&TIONS... land thai drew Ihe moil people Inlo a head drill doctor involved in a love triangle verse lesbian characters embracing bounce ofl fhe wall piycholreniy - SNUFF... Cooleit band nobody thowtd tor - TAI... First band - SPUNK with THE BOMBSHELLS Band with the ttupidett with Bob (Murray Head), a bisexual non-mainstream lifestyles. Also a name - LADY JUGS 0 PLENTY... Wont band that never thowed up - CIRCLE OF artist and his heterosexual female funny and interesting contrast be­ III HEALTH... leit quote Irom our Sound God RON ALLEN: 'You know what I lover Alex, a career counsellor tween her unsatisfying relationships like about punk rock?... Nothing.'... Sand that lays luck the moil olten - MARY... Band to play here the moil olten - MARY... Loudeit bond to play (Glenda Jackson). This film has been with men in a somber West Germany (they ihatlered 2 w_li on the Drat floor) - TT RACER... land that Ron Allen praised for making homosexuality and her "coming out" in the Slates. It hotel Ihe moil - OCTATRACKTER... Sand with Ihe moil feedback - STEEL BATH TUB... Production company wtth the loweit ihow attendance (3 ihowt) incidental to the slory and the lives has been lauded for its unconven­ t moil Illegible (pail 10 leet) pollen - PAISLEY... Sand with the cooleit ofthe characters rather lhan pushing tional approach and for not depicting imoking locked - URGE OVERKILL... Band members-«4ti the way cooleit BY ANNE JEW it to the forefront or just hinting at it "nice" lesbians. Filmed in black and moloicyclei - PAUL ol TT RACER (BMW), YODA ol DOSE PUMP (BMW.), KERR ol THE WONGS (BMW.)... Band leait likely to play anywhere but probably in the background. Great perfor­ while and in German wilh English win here - NG" . Band that put up the moil poiteri in their bedroomi - PEE WEE MANSON tor TANKHOG... Band with the highest comedy type banter - MR Representation of minority groups as the two investigate his disappear­ mances, especially by Finch and subtitles. Directed by Monika Treut. T. EXPERIENCE... Band that played with Ihe least notice - SONS OF FREEDOM.. ance. Also Chinese political intrica­ Jackson. Directed by John Band least likely to play here but might anyway - NOMEANSNO... Least alone accurate. In the white, male cies and the question of "what is Schlesinger. Desert Hearts (\9»5) prefentio-relentioui i rock gods - SKIN YARD... Band with the coolest glow-in the dark T shirts - I IUFFER... Band moil fearful of media stereotypes - 17... Band dominated world of film, stereotypes Chinese?" are wound into the pic*. Based on Jane Rule's novel Desert I guitar IOIOI • OCTATRACKTER... Moil misunderstood - SUPER- Band with the only naked singer - GORILLA GORILLA (with BIF abound from the Asian seductress/ PelerWang.diredorofAGreatWall, My Beautiful laundrette (1985) ofthe Heart, il chronicles a divorced NAKED)... Band most likely to get signed to SubPop • LUNG... Band you don't druglord/houseboy to ihe black is cast as a Samurai Night Fever A reallygrea t film focusing on Omar university professor's (HelenShav- want to fuck with - THE WONGS... Largest veteran punk rock line-up - ART BERGMANN, BRIAN GOBLE a JOHN CARD as CHRIS HOUSTON'S EVIL TWANG hooker/pimp/maid to the gay hair- cook. Filmed in black and white for (Gordon Wamecke), a young gay er) romantic involvement with a les­ with our own RON ALLEN at God of Sound... Best 3 piece all-girl bl dresser/killer/pedophile and the list $22000. Directed by Wayne Wang. Pakisuni-Brii in London and his bian casino dealer (Patricia Char- SCRAWL... Band with the mosl e«-members (42) - THE UNREST... Band me experiences wilh colonialism, capi­ bonneau) in Reno in lhel950s. Al­ with the highest unpaid bar tab - STEVE HAMM ot TANKHOG... Peisor goes on and on and on. More recent gave the biggest helping hand to The Cruel Elephant t whom liberal coverage of minority issues Dim Sum: a Little Bit of Heart talism, race relations and homosex­ lhough it is regarded as one of the all forever indebted to - LAURIE MERCER (I love ya ba are usually smothered in sentimen- (1985) uality. His best friend and lover is first films to portray positive lesbian lalism and continue lo be patroniz­ This is a more straightforward story white, lower class Johnny (Daniel roles, it has been criticised for fol­ lands that moy come In the new year: TAD, UNION CARBIDE INC., COP SHOOT COP, ing and condescending. So here is a of a daughter and mother (Laureen Day Lewis) whom he employs at his lowing Ihe conventional Hollywood . NIRVANA, JR. GONE WILD, NOMEANSNO, MARY'S DANISH, HELMET, LOVE random list of movies lhat at least Chew and Kim Chew-real life laudromat, creating an interesting narrative and internalizing homo­ BATTERY, BUFFALO TOM Some of thete shows may be under very short notice. attempt to portray real lifestyles if daughter and mother, respectively) role-reversal. It also satirizes the phobia. Also cast is Audra Lindley, 1 176 GRANVILLE STREET they don't already succeed. For the relationship and their cullural differ­ "Raj" nostalgia of films like Passage Mrs. Roper of Three's Company. most part they are accessible movies ences. Set again in San Francisco, it to India and Gandhi. Quick, witty, Directed by Donna Deiich who also which can be rented from your local is funny and poignant and again wry dialogue written by Hanif Kure­ directed the television adaptation of video store. 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JANUARY 1991 19 Ihe the comforting half heard mur­ had numerous singles, including a ai limes reminding one of Bob's "Turned Inside Out" and "Oul murs of the parents, the regular heal track on C/Z Records' Teriyaki Your L'ncle or more remotely the B- There "Oh baby, this is a wonderful ol ihe windshield wipers, ihc pallet Asthma Volume 4. This album 52's without ever sounding like ei­ piece of work. Rollins better olay of the ram, your belly happily full of highlights God's Acre's brand of ther. The one track lhal, ironically here before I die. Mikey good food and you feel warm, safe power chord guitar grunge, with enough, did start to irritate, was the and content. Ihis is the music of the pleasingly heavy bass and drums cover of Hendnx' "Foxey Lady," VARIOUS ARTISTS Cocteau Twins. Heaven or Las Ve­ Admittedly, this is nothing very new, which managed to include a couple Towering Dub Inferno gas is the seventh installment of the lots of '70s guitar effects and the of Zeppelin riffs. This band isn't a ROIR ten year musical Odyssey of the like However, God's Acre are real­ substitute for Hendnx, but if you're ROIR is a cassette-only label out of Cocteau's, and offers ihe further re ly good at whal they do. Solos aren 't looking for another album lo enjoy, New York, specializing to a degree fincmenlof their ether like sound. It totally out of control and the vocals give this one a spin. B. Arschome in reggae and dub. Towering Dub is music that exists in your semi­ are good 'n' raspy. Compansons lo Inferno is a "best of*' kind of sam­ consciousness, music lhal eludes Sub Pop bands are kind of inevita­ NOISE UNIT pler, if you're inlo dub style reggae your grasp like the dying memory of ble, but I can say wilh some confi­ Frequency Response this sel is worth checking oul. Side a dream or like the expenence of dence that God's Acre put the ma­ Antler-Subway One starts with Lee Scratch Perry's having a word on the lip of your jority of the Northwest scene to Noise Unit is a collaboration be­ reworking of "Satans Dub"; a 1988 tongue, you can sense its meaning shame. Apparently the band is used tween Eroni Line Assembly's Bill collaboration wilh producer Bull- and structure but you can't articulate lo these compansons, as the accom­ Ueb and Rhys Fulber and Klmik's wackie. A light groove from Scratch. it. Ilea venorljas Vegas is very good. panying press release explains how Mark Verhaegen and combines the Then it's history lime wilh the first Especially outstanding are the hazy God created the world on the firsl best of both bands. Noise Unit fuse of two rare iracks from the early " Coloured Eunk," the plain day, ihcn the guitar, then long hair I'LA's aggression and Klinik's min­ Sherwood/Dub Syndicate session "lol/epohtik" and the captivating and bell bottoms, then Seattle, then imalism with very satisfying results. "One Way System." The dub con­ "Iceblink Luck." Incredibly seduc­ . Good n' noisy grungc- There's some interesting noise ex­ tinues with Scicnust, Ras Michael, tive Peter Sickert periments such as "Forgotten and Prince Eari doing a cul by Japa­ Realms" and "Paranoid Mars" or the nese percussionist Pecker (named afler the bird, nol his dick) as 21st DANIELLE DAX KID SENSATION heavily rhylhmic"Agitale"and"Fecl Century Dub. "The Beggars Suite Pi Blast the Human Flower Rollin' With Number One the Anguish": a must for fans. I, U, & III," features some pretty WEA / Sire Nastymix June silky vocals and tasty inslrumentals. BLECH So Clean," a song aboi a drug ad- Danielle's gone mushy and soft. I Ier Nastymix can do no wrong these Opening Side Two are Ger­ Ich Wollte Meine Schuhe Zer- diet. A Spanish influence flavours clevermusic has been watered down days. All their releases are very well ROLLINS BAND man rockers Puis Der Zen working schneiden the iracks "Spanisches Begracbniss" Ihe once intriguing sound has given produced, and RoUin' With Winn­ Turned On under the wing of Ace Dub Wiser Heute and"I_i Vida.""DerZertreltcneMan way to clumsy quasi-hardrock nffs er On* is no exception: this is once Touch n'Go/1/4 Stick The Mad Professor at Checkpoint Imagine taking a 1930's Berlin cab­ Blues" pays hommagc to Weill and and unappeallingly smallzy smooth package. The only negauve Admittedly, I love Rollins. This is a Charlie. The Professor reappears aret act and updating il for the 90's. Brecht. Ihe disc is rounded off by thumping. True that her clever lyrics thing is that this Kid Sensation effort biased review if ever there was one. again later with punk legends Ruts Imagine lhat this cabaret act fea­ the decadent carnival atmosphere of still peek through every now and sounds almost loo much like Sir Mix- However, lhat said, this is still an D.C. in a remix of "Pleasures ofthe tured ihc lound ol llolger C/.ukay, Pypl Garda. All in all a thoroughly then, but the heavy handed composi­ A-Lol's Seminar (another greal amazing album. Turned On is a Dance." Not quite as Klaus Nomi, I enjoyable recording; one tions do iheir best to di­ Nastymix release, by the double album recorded powerful as the original Moon, the Kronos Qui of this year's most inter­ lute their impact, a great fay). Bul live in Vienna in the fall on Rhythm Collision tct .UUIJ liberal spimklii esting and offbeat releas­ pily. The two mosl toler­ standable because of 1989. Highlighted is the Volume 1, bul then again, of big hand and |.i// rcl es. Peter Sickert able tracks "Bayou" and Lot played a role sheer intensity of thai dude the original is pretty hard gees. Then you won "Daisy," interestingly duction and perfc . Yeah, he's to find these days. I'm slill almost be able lo COST COCTEAU TWINS enough, are produced by here. The Kid has a greal nasty, he's depressing, waiting for Volume II. ml ol the Heaven or Las Vegas Dax; the remaining cuts, "pissed off" voice and he's heavy. Whal do you German ba I Blech PolyGram/4AD produced by Stephen some of these beats rip it expect? He's a dude! The ) Of I! (German for tin). Rupert IJz Eraser's otherworldly Street, are on a whole up. Rating: 9 Gold Rope Rollins Band is unques­ Japan's Mute Beat, whose Volz and company oiler vocals and Robin Guthrie quite annoying. Perhaps Chains out of 10. Bye. tionably one of the mosl Skataliie- influenced the listener a refreshing and Simon Raymondc's I'm just in a rotten mood, Greg Elsie talented musical monsters horns add a pleasant lease. change of musical pace. velvety fluid expanses of with Christmas, the rain in the arena of sweaty, tat­ Black Uhuru, Niney The Ihe music evokes ihc sound create a slate of al- and all lhat, but Dax's MARY'S DANISH tooed, gnnding crunch. Observer, Sanchez, The feeling and texture of newest is definitely a lost Experience Il's hard to classify what Dub Syndicate, and the statc of being simUar lo opportunity and well be­ A&M / Chameleon Rollins does. It's notquite RoirTape embarrassment edge, images ol ihe film lhat of being a five year low her usual standard. Despite being packaged to hardcore. At some points Roots Radics add lo 60 Cabaret and even ihc old dozing in the back of Peter Sickert look like Jimi Hendrix' it's funky (Andrew "Ten minuiesofdub.Ofallthe King's Singers' excellent the parents' car as they Expenence, no one is go­ Ton Bass" is GOD), at sessions Roots Radics others il's a strain of tribute to the Comedic drive home on the late GODS ACRE ing to dispose of their have played, why "Joy To twisted metallic blues. It's Harmonists of pre-war night rain slicked streets Ten Gospel Greats Hendrix collection in The World" is here is be­ super loud, way heavy, and, as Hen­ Berlin, come lo mind. The music after a large family dinner. There Wax Trax favour of this band. Given a fair yond me. Nonetheless, Towering ry would say, HARD! Definite ranges from the somber rendition of you are lying in the womb like God's Acre are a three-piece from shake, this album is quite listenable Dub Inferno is well worth ihe price standouts on this puppy include the lleinnch Heine's poem "Die Ein- warmth of the gently rocking car, the Chicago. Ten Gospel Greats is their and even enjoyable. Mary's Danish of admission Norman Van Ras- wrenching "Down and Away," 0 the "She's hiss ofthe tires on the wet black top, first full-length LP, though they've has a polished garage band flavour

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Many questions enler one's head when making lhat trek stateside. Eor instance: "Why does ihe Scottish to "Trailin' On": "The bright sky threw i the e pseudo-African chant­ Lodge in Bellingham never have any vacancies?" or wind. I've landed on the road again. I'm ing in it. (looking around Seattle as tourists so often do when in leaving...Trailin' on." D: I heard the word 'pamplemouse' in "Feline" which Seattle) "Why do all these cars have their windows RICK POLTARUK CP: Must have been a Liulest Hobo themesong reject. reminds me of a good story. Once I had a really bad smashed in?" Yet another could be "Why are we When Spring Comes D: Or a commercial for some high fibre cereal. So sore throat as I often do at this time of year and since bringing along all ihese cassettes to listen to?" So I sez Festival/New World overall we can say When Spring Comes is a mix of milk builds up excess mucus, I was looking around the "Shaddap and keep pushing, the show starts in less D: Sounds like ihc 'Raised on baseball, Canadians' R&B with some country elements. Get this boy a house for some juice and the only thing we had was this lhan an hour!" baseball' dude. 48oz tin of Libby's Grapefruit Juice. So I drink it CP: R&B, Yale Hotel fare. I can see him on the down. Keep in mind lhat I hate grapefruit juice from SLAVEK HANZLIK Variety Club Telethon. PAULINE ESTER cans. So anyway, I finish the can and suspicious, I Spring in the Old Country D: Yeah, he kicks the Mclloyds' collective ass. He's Le Monde Est Fou open it up to find the tin had rust splotches on the Festival/MUSA from Vancouver, huh? Polygram/Polydor inside. I swore I would never again purchase Libby's Driver: Expecting Croatian war chants, no it's Slavek CP: Well his label has a Vancouver address, bul in the CP: Big band, jazzy-influenced. products. Anyway, Ester could probably get away Hanzlik and his band of merry fiddlers. liner notes he thanks the folks up in the NWT. D: Not really in a poppy vein, but more pop lhan jazz. wilh an album like this but aside from CJVB, Vancou­ Co-Pilot: Sounds like a Friendly Giant jam. Maybe il's D: Did you hear lhal? Rewind it. ("I said I'm walkin' Sophisticated French pop which should do well in ver radio isn't thai keen on attracting a specific French Baby. You know what I'm doing? I'm putting on my France but not here. They've got different standards/ market for its advertisers at the expense of possibly D: All strings. There's a banjo in there along with lhat brand new Nikcs. I'm walking all over your face. I'm concepts of pop music over there. It's not Canadian alienating other groups of listeners. country fiddlin'. The third track ("Bill Cheatham") is walking all over the house, then I'm walkin' out the content so there really is no reason for Canadian CP: Side two is the same as side one. the intro for Hillybilly Jim on WWF. front door, you won't see me no more".) So he's a stations to be playing this. D: Well lhat's good because we can listen to this tape twice in the lime it takes to listen to the other tapes we CP: Perfect for CKVU's 'Pioneer Moments' where wifebeater who's looking for a sponsorship from CP: French movie music, but not for radio. brought only once. they are making maple syrup or building a lodge. Nike, like "Rick knows R&B...just do it." Now we get D: Yeah, bul lhat's what every anglophone says about

20 DISCORDER Pandora has to say when your scor­ Demo Director Dale SawyerV pion -bitten -mustard-gas -frosted sub- 120 pound corpse arrives back at Edwards Airforce Base in a five- TOP 50 CASSETTES' foot purolator envelope. Stick with the Nard and pass on the Tug. With Seaweed's new 7" on K, AND DEMOS 1990 don't be cxpectin' any major changes from their past 7"ers. That is, it's (in absolutely random order)' cool as cool as cool can be. The vocals on "Dccrtrap" don'l sound FYF - Banned from the Railway Club quile as tortured here as on "Just A The Rock-way Revue • *l Could Love I Smirk" or on their combo-45 You*/ *Oo I Move You?* "Three's Company" with Super- Pur-Ins • 3-song demo chunk and Geek. They're somehow The Surrealsts - iFish! much clearer. Near the end sudden­ The Jazzmanian Devils - Happy Hour I ly bang! it seems like a completely Wallmen - Nemllaw: You are the Wallmen! different song. Along with "Carou­ sel" two more songs to shake yer

The Mint 100-The Mint 100 hair lo. Plus it comes in a nice 'n' Show Business Giants • The Benevolent! simpleblack sturdy cardboard sleeve. Hom The Mr. T. F'xperience is re ;;;*r1ary • Amgod.Mary, and "Gallows Pole* I knowned for being lame on record Roots Roundup - Get Rooted! compared to their live sound but "So Jojoka • Jojoka I-ong Suckcr"/"Zero" (1 .ookout) is a Bent - Death Tnp 1990 great piece of pop punk that totally BY ADAM & TARA SLOAN The Hoover Effect - The Eighteenth rocks. Even so, I'd ralher see them Wonder of the World live any day. Conversely, I gotta say Neighbours - Live in 79 Wowcee, iwo vinyl things from the confused with Vancouver's Bent Coffin Break arc better on vinyl than I lello! Tnis is the first installment of oul Ihe sleeve! The Devil Made Me Planet of Solders • Underground and | in a very short time! Their (both of whom have virtually ihe in person. The band Sub Pop once a monthly rap column concentrating Do It (Tommy Boy) is packed with Planet of Spiders wild'n'fun LP came oul aboul iwo same logo, mind you il's yel to be scorned now has a single oul on the on local and Canadian happenings. bass and smooth raps like a mix of ; Terror-T & The Beat Assassinator - The I months ago, but the Fastbacks' lunc determined who was first) - have mighty label. "Iics'T'Pray" features We'll also sum up new releases, but LLCoolJ and Rakim Life and Times "I>ose" on the Steve Priest Fan Club had their 7" "Actual Footage" b/w heavy guitars Seattle style wilh slight instead of emphasizing ones which I finally gol my hands on a Bruce A and The Secular Atavists - Both! split single they share wilh co-Seat- "Black and Dreams" out for some punk overtones and some definite sell in the tonnes, we'll look al those copy of Ice Cube's debut solo CD, 3-song demos tie-lypes Gas Huffer is surprisingly time now. I saw it first in a record bin pop sensibilities. If you like this, which are taking rap in a fresh, re­ AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted ie Perfume Tree • "Dreaming in Winter"! disappointing. Its sound makes il in Seattle thinking it to be the Shin­ check out iheir album out on C/Z sponsible, new direction. So no (Ruthless/Priority), and he's defi­ Hlroshl Yano - Wind's Picture seem like you're sitting in a long dig '90 finalists from up here, but records which is even better. mention of the likes of Vanilla Ice, nitely slammin' without N.W.A. Drums Along the Gardiner • Boronto | hallway and one room at one end has nope this Bent is something very Blecarrgghhh. Unholy Swill's OK? If rap is to survive it must be With his "mc against ihc world" The Last Wild Sons - The Last Wild Sons| Kurt, Kim and Nate playing, and different. Strange lhat it's their Ca­ "Tapewonn" (Noiseville) is ugly, used to educate, or al least not fall allilude, it's obvious Ice Cube isn't Pork Queen • From the Cain Toad another room way down at the very nadian counterparts whoare the ones ugly music. Kind of like Rancid Hell into ihe trend of all style, no sub going to get ganked again like he Sessions far other end of the hall has Kim comingacrossasratherSUB-grungy Spawn without the "pop" overtones. stance, big production dance tunes was by N.W.A.'s business manager Watch CNId ren • 9-song demo singing. Somethingisn'tquitcright, wallofguilar-POPish. Here you get Distorted growling vocals and nasty with meaningless lyrics. Ifyou arc a Jerry Heller. 'Hie 16..*) iracks were illy Faryna • Return of the Repassed and unfortunately it's lacking in the bleak, distressing lyrics (which are guggling music that unfortunately local rap act, send your stuff in lo us produced by the l\iblic Hncmy pro­ «#•*! - Bnght Red Paint energy that we've grown lo expect scrawled out for your reading plea­ gels less interesting with repeated care of Discorder and if you have duction crew and Ice Cube's Lcnch b - 8-song demo \ from them. On theoiher side is "King sure) and a sort of disjointed mix of plays. Nice corpse on the cover anything good Mob. It is ultra rttlrlees - Mood Swing of Hubcaps" and it's yet another jazz-funk-melal. Il's been done bet­ though. i Brisson • 6-song demo fast, rocking single song from Gas ter elsewhere, bul this is okay I guess. I picked up the No Control At Guzanos - Hermanos Guanos Huffer. They've been on so many Mad Mad Nomad, lasl heard the Country Club Live compilation Snakesqiirt • Songs for Casualties |i (well, three or four) compilation 7"s. on CiTR with their lunc "Ecstasy," (Nemesis) almost solely for the Bad Natural Elements • Winter Moon When oh when will we ever see a big now have a fashionably coloured Religion tracks which turned out to - The Smalls chunk of vinyl from these guys? (while) vinyl single out and about on be much the same as the album Medda-Physkal - Medda Physical | One thing tho' is thai with these Green Monkey Records called versions. Carry Nation and Visual :?The Nlghtstalkers - Cloud Nine in Outer I evenly spread out, consistently tasty "Keeper ofthe Cage" b/w "Double- Discrimination both put in some Space hors d'oeuvres. Gas Huffer follow­ Edged Dreamer." Real slick and passable but generic thrash. Instead Laughing Hands-EE ers are sure lo be kept drooling for polished stuff this is, in fact, they remind me of some old Cal skate- their next release. The Polka Dogs - The Pol ka Dogs | could stand to back off a little pro­ core band, not exactly a style dear lo Ironing Pants Definitely - IPD Two new, ralher interesting duction-wise. Overall.sortofWalk- my heart. But overall this little record is very well recorded and mixed, Eden's End - 6-song demo releases from that Cruddy Record aboutsian but a bit heavier and CiTR playlist giving it a great live sound. I've Tony Baloney's Dance Ensemble • 5- | Dealership, one by the Young Fresh funkier. is As Kosher heard Nemesis records have a whole song demo Fellows entitled "Motorbroke" b/w Gotta say one thing about The As They Wan­ hot slew of live 7"s, well worth liHIgh Speed Sacrifice • Chain Saw Guitar| "Equator Blues" and the other Smugglers first-ever solo vinyl en­ na Be (Hot) by checking out. Bacteria - Identification "Dancin' iniheMoonlight"b/w"Do deavour "Up and Down" b/w "Seat­ the 2 Live Honest John - 8-track Madness You Care Theme" by the Gun tle Bound," it sure looks good. Al­ The word "noise" comes up Jews, a takeoff The Long Named West Coast Band - | Sharp'ncrs (who actually sound most too good. 7" fanatics will naturally when talking about the on the 2 Live "The Palm Tree Song* suspiciously like the aforementioned gobble this one up for thai cover Cows but their latest songs on Am­ Crew with Vox Popul - On Beyond Zebra | Fellows, hmm...). May I please ask alone. The second release off the phetamine Reptile are memorable lo messages, and MC J and Cool G copied bca and very lame produc- The Picasso Set - "Bitter Lemon*/ one question? Have the Fellows Nardwuar label comes complete wilh boot. "Slap Back" is a total noise released So Listen (Capitol), their fBetrayed (by Rita Hayworth)7*Toytown*| gonecompletelyloopyorwhal? Firsl a mini booklet wilh mini band and masterpiece complete wilh a catchy, clichcddanceablerapalbum.lt seems I-'inally, here's our list of the The Hollowheads • 3 song demo "Divorce #9" b/w "Halloween 347" fan club info. "Up and Down" has distorted bass riff, gorling guitar and thai the only way to gel signed in ten besl albums of 1990. Furnaceface • Let It Down and now this. Oh to hear Mr. Mc- been around for quite a while now, cool droning vocals. "One O'Clock Canada is lo come up wilh sale, 1. X Clan: To the East, lilackwards Za Za and The Angels - Rare First Caughey's voice once more, unal so I've not much lo say aboul il High" is more upbeat but still noisy danceable rap, further proven by the (MCA/lsland/4lh & B'way) Recordings tered. More weird vocals, more weird except il features ihe voice and tam­ as hell. The Cows will be around Dream Warriors' singles "Wash 2. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Windwalker - 3 song demo sounds! Very odd! The oddest by bourine of Young Fresh Scott Mc- long after bands of similar ilk pass Your Face In My Sink" and "My Planet (CBS/Def Jam) Bias Ply-Hate far here is "Do You Care Theme" Caughey and Posie Jonathan Auer Definition..." (MCA/Island/4lh & 3. Boogie Down Productions: which consists of... well, I'd belter respectively. A fairly bouncy romp­ I suspect Youth Gone Mad's Edutainment (BMG/Jivc) Not to say there weren't many other fine! not ruin the surprise. Only for ing fun tune with lots of harmonica. "Life, Sweet Life'7"Oki-Dogs" Two interesting albums have 4. The Jungle Brothers: Done By the tapes to keep me busy throughout the year, i hardcore YFF fans or for those of As for the flipside, "Seattle Bound" (Posh Boy) is one of those limited reached my ears in the past month. Forces of Nature (WEA/Elemal) Local bands also put out some extremely'! you who've gone completely loopy is prefaced by an interlude between edition re-releases lhat you can't The first is Intelligent Hoodlum 5. The Afros: Kickin' Afrolistics fine CDs and vinyl last year; 8ob's Your| too. Kim of the Pandoras and Nardwuar mailorder from the label and good (A&M) by the 18 year old rapper (CBS/Def Jam) Uncle's Tale of 2 Legs album and Tank! And there's yet another Young —brief and kinda pointless but it's luck finding it in the stores. This is Tragedy. This guy has something to 6. Ice Cube. AmeriKKKa's Most hog's new CD spring to mind immediately. 1 Fresh 45, ihis one on Pravda Records. more interesting lhan ihe tune itself really hot early punk wilh lots of say, apparently having had a hard Wanted (Ruthless/Priority) And after seeing Wings ol Desire for the if Of all these recent YFF lunes "Two which drags a bit and is basically just energy and groovy male/female vo­ childhood, but most of the tracks 7. Paris: The Devil Made Me Do It second time recently, I decided to check | guitars, bass and drums" comes more idolization of the F.mcrald City. cals. "Life, Sweet Life" strangely lack real conviction. Still, not bad (Tommy Boy) out Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' new! Hey guys, can't wait 'til you're closest to that ol' familiar Fellows' enough sounds like a lunc for an 18 year old. Marley Marl 8. Ice-T: Freedom of Speech, Just album The Good Son and I have to concur;! twenty-one, eh?! Ever heard of US sound, but if you prefer the with a tough driving intesity and produced, so you get something Watch What You Say! (WEA/ with Pete Lutwyche in that it's a gorgeous, | draft policies? Hell, if that means hard'n'heftier Fellows check out satisfyingly sarcastic lyrics. If other smoother than I personally like and Rhyme Syndicate) moving work-easily my top record for the! five Canadian lives will be spared "Someone I care aboul" which fea­ Posh Boy re-releases are anything lots of little piano samples, a Marley 9. A Tribe Called Quest: People's year. Thanks to all the bands and artists | yes, please go to Seattle, stay for tures ex-Fellow Chuck Carroll with near this good it might be worth trademark. The secondalbum ismorc Instinctive Travels... (BMG/Jive) who sent me demos in 1990, and let's | more lhan 48 hours and don't bring some nifty organ bits. killing someone in order to obtain important. It's by ihe new act Paris 10. Urban Dance Squad: Mental nope fer even more in 91. Jj your passport. Let's see what Kim Seattle's Bent - not to be ihem. and it kicks a lot of knowledge; check Floss For the Globe (BMG/Arisu) JANUARY 1991 21 |£_>HiNdi£ 14 MONDAYS, 27 BANDS LATER SHINDIG'90 WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO THANK A FEW FOLKS: THE BANDS.

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CiTRioi.9rM Roky Erickson Tribute Album 10. Ihe Cramps - Slay Sick Tunisha Scott and Gillie Baldwii 6. Cunsharp'ncrs "I•"" 7. Boogie Down Production- 1990 Kurt "Sometimes you have to break 8. The Flaming Groovies- the rules" Bloch of The Fastbacks Grealesl Grooves and The Young Fresh Fellows 9. Love - "Re-released Remixed" LPs (In no particular order) THE 10. Deee-Lite - World Clique Utge Overkill - Amencruiser 11. Dan - My best fnend and a greal gi The Digits - Hornet Pinala Ihe ITuid - Glue Mr. T Experience - GIRLS | Captain Morgan of Making Things with Light 1. The Squirrels - What Gives? Ihc Posies - Dear 23 2. They Might Be Gianis Flood I Tat Duo Jets -Flat Duo Jets NEXT 3. - Dear 23 Jawbreaker - Unfun 4. Dcvo - Smooth Noodle Maps The Sharing Patrol - The Sharing Patrol 5 Jonathan Richman Ihm White Rope Sack Full of Silver Jonathan Goes Country DOOR 6. The Raiders - 7"i (ditto) The Legend of Paul Revere Pop Defect - Without 7. The Fastbacks - I Top Very, Very Powerful Motor Nirvana - Sliver Greetings from Seattle! Welcome lo 1991 and the beginning of a beautiful friendship. This 8. - Brick by Brick Dope, Guns, <& Fucking in the Streets monlh we're bringing you some of the Northwest's finest musicians lop len lists of 1990. 9. The Blue Hearts - The Blue Hearts Volumes Hope you enjoy it and look for us in future issues. Peace on Earth good will to everyone, our brothers, our sisters and the family gun. KIMWARNICK-KE I STBINGFELIOW : TUNISHA SCOIT

Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Very, Very Powerful Motor Fellows 2. The Squirrels - What Gives? 1. Neil Young - Ragged Glory 3. The Fastbacks - "Gunk Fred" 45 2. The Fastbacks - 4. Nirvana - Silver 45 Very, Very Powerful Motor 5. Redd Kross - 3. The Posies -Dear23 Third Eye ('cause they're cute!) 4. Nick Lowe - Party of One 6. The Fastbacks - WPM Joey Kline of Audioasis on KCMU 5. Untamed Youth - 7. Dharma Bums - Bliss 1. Sieve Bade - The Hard Way More Real Gone Gassers 8. The Fastbacks - Furry, Furry 2. The Posies - Dear 23 6. Girl Trouble - Thrillsphere 9. Grand Funk - Live album 3. Neil Young - Ragged (Jlory 7. 10. The Gunsharp'ners - "P* 45 4. The Desert Rose Band - Pages of Life 8. Original Sins - Self-destruct 5. The Squirrels -What Gives? 9. Mono Men - Slop Dragging Me Down Jeremy Wilson of The Dharma Bums 6. The Dharma Bums - Bliss 10. The Dharma Bums - Bliss 1. Neil Young - Ragged Glory 7. The Fastbacks - 2. Nirvana - Silver Very, Very Powerful Motor of The Posies 3. Thin White Rope - Sack Full of Silver 8. Redd Kross - Third Eye (list du lpee un cdee un sengle) 4. The Chills - Submarine Bells 9. - Otis 1. The Fastbacks - 5. Various Artists - 10. Ringo and his All Star Band

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1859 COMMERCIAL, VANCOUVER, BC, V5N 4A6 TEL: 254-4232 MAIL ORDER SERVICE AVAILABLE il was rocking anyway Aversion retro geeks with big-face clown hair r around barnng opened up, quile impressively actu­ ,in«l Sid Vicious lapping upthecus ally, Ihrashed a bit and were gone lard oozing out of these idiots' no) standing up" Dan­ GMI was really cool, almost cs Ihmk's nol dead, just really bkxxiy zig, The Accused stealing the show from DOA. TTicy pathetic. •.(Hiked so hard it played a lol of their older tunes plus After all ihis, DOA was al­ was worth driving some I hadn't heard before. I hap most ami-climatic. TTic band io nowheresvillc pened to be near ihc slam pit during lionally wind-milled their way just to sec Ihem. their sel, standing behind some real through the old stuff, luckily avoid­ Bruno ly tall guy who kept mc from being ing most ofthe p-p from the last knockedovcr. It seemed pretlyharsh two albums. The whole mise en in there: stage-diving galore. 1 saw- scene, however, alienated the crowd one guy go down and get totally from the band. They'd become a trampled by ten anarchic feet before bunch of old guys covenng DOA being pulled up again. Later I saw songs, adeptly but without the raw him standing at the bar in :i daze, power of yesteryear. I'd kind ot ex probably braindead. peeled to get leary-eyed at this final By the iune DOA came on. gig but for mc the band wasn't even the place was pretty packed, al there, jusl a giant hole filled with though I don't think it was actually multiple images of my dad playing a "sold out" as was claimed. Just an guitar and figuring out how much do another show I bet; he made tonight, including t shin maybe they just don't really want to sales. Bruno give it up. The band was tight as I'd ever seen, playing all-time favorites SARCASTIC MANNEQUINS as well as some parody covers like The Town Pump "King of the Road" and "Singin' In Wednesday 5 December DEREUCTS/GAS HUFFER was pretty standard grunge punk rock the Rain " Al one point, while How 'bout dem Mannequins!! TTic The Cruel Elephant (man). Sucking on beer cans. Falling wielding a live chainsaw, it seemed last time I saw them, all their hair ihc 14-song, hour- Saturday 1 December over. Fingering one and all. Sneer. likely Joey Shithead was going lo was blonde and all their tits were long concert. With It was gonna be ihe perfect rock and Sneer. Sneer. "Fuck you." "Fuck get slammed over by an ovcr-cnlhu - laped. There was some doubt con­ no stage bet roll evening: Gas Huffer and The you." "Fuck you." Ho hum. Was it siastic fan and drop the buzzing cerning costumes ihis lime, howev­ the band and the |Ji Derelicts at the Cruel Elephant, then all a joke? If so, sorry, I didn't get it. machine onlo the heads of the f rcn er, I was not disappointed. Alter crowd, il was nice u a healthy sprint down the street lo The rather youthful be-hooded- zied crowd. Punk rock! taking a swig of stoul and having a to see that nothing DOA'sfinal show! Heck, what could sweatshined crowd seemed to love But by the third encore I just good look, there was Beez in a lan, was badly bumped or knocked over possibly be belter? What could il. For me though, it was just real had to laugh: it all got to be a bit brown, being double double breast­ in spite of ihc thrashing going on. Primus was already swinging possibly go wrong? To start things disappointing so we hastily departed much. Il probably won't be long ed suit. His "Avengers" outfit al­ TTic band was in good spirits wilh when I arrived. They were pretty off, we missed the beginning of Gas for the Commodore where the high­ until a DOA Reunion Tour starts most made me spew everywhere. "Joe bass guy" wearing a Christmas funky, surprisingly, because their Huffer, whose set came complete light of the evening turned out to be making the rounds but whal the fuck, The Mannequins were back and the cracker crown, "Kevin guitar guy" album isn't really. Just goes lo show with their hil single "Firebug." some plastered dude enquiring loud­ they were great and I enjoyed the laughs were there. I didn't get the pul ling a lol of good facials and "Joe you how a Memorex replica can Gallopingguilars. Growling crunchy ly and repeatedly, "Have you lost show. Sad to see DOA lost from the "wine & cheese" tune, but the new drummer guy" doing a lol of smiling affect a band. I have been deceived. vocals. Noihingnew or exciting,you yourluggage?!"Itwas too cryptic. It Vancouver scene...at least for now. songs really rocked. Wilh the Man­ & head banging. The Chi-man was Ihc Pixies, as aforementioned, say? Come on. Standard Seattle fare? was too late. If only Gas Huffer had Angie Finley nequins pulling more power and as usual full of moves. You just can't just blew mc away. The crowd, hoi Nosireebob. These guys are differ­ played on... Kris Lawrence heaviness into their songs, you just gel a better front man than that. He and cattle-like, swayed rhythmical­ ent. These guys are hot, plus they've The first time I saw DOA Idrank too can't lose. Beez was sporting his hot jumps, he's in your face, and has a ly lo their sometimes fast, some­ got true fashion sense. They got style. DOA/GBH/Av much southern comfort, puked, and new bass from Toronto, Brad was cool voice to boot. To top it off, at the times slow, sometimes... ethereal Their bassist wore the most stunning Commodore Ballroom stage-dived inlo a concrete floor. pounding on a bare minimum kit and beginning of "Mold Collection," he lunage. I really enjoyed this band red longjohns. In other words, these Saturday 1 December Since then I've given up the booze ol' Shy was just plain happemn'. got himself passed around the front except for one aspect: the Barbie in guys were everything The Derelicts So it was DOA's last gig, eh? and slowly given upon DOA. With The bonus as always wa.s having half of the crowd for a while. Pig bondage hanging from the drumsel weren't. What The Derelicts were Conga Master Dave as guest star for Yeah. ..till their next show. Oh well, each successive album, the band Master gelling old? No fuckin' way! Interior decorators from hell the first few lunes. There should lost spiriland power, their Despite a pce-wee sound system, the sel up the stage for Jane's Addiction have been a lol more people, but at sound was great. The raw feeling JANE'S ADDICTION : LYDIA SC music nose-diving into a Christmas lights and various items least the babes were a-dancin' and a- gross parody of Canadian was a really nice change. TTic Fle- of voodoo idolatry were strung and groovin'. I couldn't help but do my bands whose images phant on New Years is going lo be placed all over. It looked pretty neat, own thing eilher wilh songs lhal adorned the black concert great! Kevin McCandless actually. But the band was not as good. Middle of ihe week lame-os of the '70s. Oul of a re­ supcr-energclic as I had expected. can go to hell. An hour and a bit tarded loyalty I kept go­ JANE'S ADDICTION, PIXIES, The floor was one thrashing mass. show is not nearly enough for this ing to shows and lying PRIMUS The smell of blood, sweat, and prob­ kind of original, jump up and down about how much I liked PNE Forum ably tears was overwhelming even if talent. Kevin McCandless their new stuff. So, like a Monday 10 December the band wasn't. After spending ap jaded trooper, 1 forked I went to see Jane's Addiction but proximately ten minutes trying to over 10 bone s.andheaded THE ACCUSED the Pixies stole my heart. Their get oul ofthe slam pit, I was back so for the Commodore on The Underground, Bellingham trance-like stares hypnotized the hell far lhat I couldn't see them much December 1. The crowd Saturday 8 December oul of mc as they played with an anymore anyway. was as expected: fal- Bellingham's scene can be summed intensity that is not to be taken light-- All in all, the gig was a major assed, disco-glam secre­ up in one hyphenated word: in­ ly. Don't get me wrong, the other happening bul Jane's Addiction taries, pony-tailed, mus- breeding. As we descended the stairs could have tried a little harder. An- tached, cowboy-booted into the rec-room like, all-ages Un­ ing, bul wt ..thePixi > were awe gie Finley butlboys, and ihe snivel­ derground we were bowled over to SARCASTIC LEONARD WHISTLER ling remnants of Vancou- find we'd discovered the missing link, and that was just the opening •T'm on Welfare" punk band. As the crowd head-banged io scene. Basically the same some generic speed metal crap hi gh - crowd DOA has been at­ lighted only by occasional SOB -type tracting for the last three lyrics from the bassist. Definitely no years. rocket scientists in attendance. The Aversion played Accused, however, are one of the some crappy fast tuneless few bands who walk the speed melal stuff. GBH, on the other fence on the side of good. Their set hand, were far worse than was looser than I've ever seen ihem, crappy: they were truly more like a practice session, bul they pathetic examples of a still played all the good stuff like raging mohawk hardon "Takemy Time,""Fuckin' 4 Bucks," gone limp and soggy. and mucho new stuff from their lat­ Their pathetic ineptitude est, "Grinning like an Undertaker." at emulating the wanking Intense crunchin' tightness! A high­ Def Leppard melal they light was "Straight Razor," a brand dream of playing was only new tune taken from a forthcoming further highlighted by the EP. Fronted by the always spastic obligatory complement of Blaine Accused, the shortest growl-

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Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... continuesat the Vancouver Playhouse Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the 20 SUNDAY John McLachlan at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.. Katarina Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Wart? a compilation exhibit continues at the Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre ..Michael Speier exhibit Vancouver Art Gallery... continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 8 TUESDAY Charleson Charges with T.K. Rlpperat the Town Pump CiTR World 21 MONDAY CiTR Classics Night at the Pit Pub... Vancouver International Card Beat Night at the Pit Pub... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna Show at Robson Square Conference Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the continuesat the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Ho­ Vancouver Art Gallery... 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Wednesdays at the Pit Pub Steven Ley at the Vancouver fast Cultural Cenlre ..Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit 10 THURSDAY Evil Twang at the Town Pump.. Hank Williams • The Show He continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... CITR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... 24 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays af the Pit Pub... Gary Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... East Cultural Centre... Michael Speierexhibitcontinues at A Walk is...Hosanna continues 1 TUESDAY CiTR World Beat Night at the Pit Pub. Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at Whal Does She Wanl? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery . at the Vancouver Playhouse... AMS Art Gallery... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver Marian Pennar 11 FRIDAY Alice in Chains at the Town Pump... AC/DC at the Pacific Coliseum... 25 FRIDAY The Toasters at the Town Pump The Pursuit of Happiness at the Bancro It exhibitat the Vancouver Art Gallery,,. Whal OoesSheWant?acompilation exhibit Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Breakers...Gary Fjellgaard continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centie.. Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Jay Clayton and James 2 WEDNESDAY CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub Ted Polkinghorne exhibit Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Knapp Collective at the Glass Slipper... Michael Speierexhibitcontinues at A Walk is.. continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancrolt exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse The Royal Canadian Air Farce at the AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son at Presentation House Hosanna at the Van­ What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Massey Theatre... couver Playhouse... First Night Art Walk continues in North Vancouver,.. Marian Penner 12 SATURDAY TT Racerat the Town Pump... AC/DC at the Pacific Coliseum... Qirty 26 SATURDAY She Stole My Beer at the Town Pump... The Pursuit of Happiness Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a com­ Dozen Brass Band at the WISE Club Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave at the Breakers... Gary Fjellgaard continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... pilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Jay Clayton and James Knapp Collective continues at the Glass Slipper.. Michael Speier exhibit 3 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub Nutcracker Cincinnati Ballet the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues a! the Vancouver Playhouse... at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The Show He Never Gave at the Van­ Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit couver East Cultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit continues at the Vancouver East continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery.. What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit 27 SUNDAY Oh Yeah at the Town Pump... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at Cultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speler exhibit at A Walk is. ..Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery.. the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Ralph Towner and Denny Goodhew at the Van­ at AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son continues at Presentation Mouse... Hosanna 13 SUNDAY Soul Survivors at the Town Pump... Katarina Thorsen exhibit con­ couver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... First Night Art Walk continues in North Van­ tinues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre...Michael Speier exhibitcontinues at A Walk 28 MONDAY Ferron at the Breakers CiTR Classics Night at the Pit Pub... Van­ couver... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What is... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit couver Secondary Schools present Theatre Feslival at the Vancouver East Cultural Cen­ Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit tre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael 4 FRIDAY Bad Religion and Coffin Break at the Town Pump... Nutcracker Cincinnati continues at the Vancouver Art Gallery... Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Ballet continues at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The Show He Never 14 MONDAY Locos at the Town Pump... CiTR Classics Nighl at the Pit Pub... Piano 29TUESDAY CITR World BoatNightat the Pit Pub... Vancouver Secondary Schools Gave continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne exhibit con­ Power IV at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at piesent Theatre Feslival at the Vancouver East Cullural Centre. ..Katarina Thorsen exhibit tinues at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speier exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A A Walk is... Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery... Tom, The Piper's Son con­ Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Walk is... tinues at Presentation House.. .Hosanna con tinuesatthe Vancouver Playhouse. . FirstNight Art Walk continues in North Vancouver.Marian Penner Bancroft exhibit continues at the 15 TUESDAY Boogiemen, Grames Brothers, Medusa's Raft, R.M.Iat the Town 30 WEDNESDAY She atthe Town Pump.. CiTR Hot Wednesdaysat the Pit Pub .. Vancouver Art Gallery... What Does She Want? a compilation exhibit continues at the Pump... CiTR World Beat Nighl at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver Secondary Schools present Theatre Festival at the Vancouver East Cultural Vancouver Art Gallery... Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Ho­ Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre... sanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... Discover Dance presents Margie Gillis at the Vancouver Playhouse... Michael Speier 5 SATURDAY Green House and The Catherine Wheel at the Town Pump... Nut­ exhibit continues at A Walk is... cracker Cincinnati Balletcontinues at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre... Hank Williams - The 16 WEDNESDAY Kelly Brock wilh Y-Knot at the Town Pump... CiTR Hot Wednesdays at the Pit Pub... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Show He Never Gave continues at the Vancouver EastCultural Centre... Ted Polkinghorne 31 THURSDAY Thomas Trio and the Red Albino at the Town Pump... CiTR Cool Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... Hosanna continues at exhibit continues at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery... Michael Speier exhibit Thursdays at the Pit Pub... Vancouver Secondary Schools present Thealre Festival at the the Vancouver Playhouse... continues at A Walk is...Sylvia Grace Borda exhibit at AMS Art Gallery.. Tom. The Piper's Vancouver East Cultural Centre... Katarina Thorsen exhibit continues at the Vancouver Son continues at Presentation House... Hosanna continues at the Vancouver Playhouse... 17 THURSDAY CiTR Cool Thursdays at the Pit Pub.. Katarina Thorsen exhibit East Cultural Centre... Michael Speier exhibit continues at A Walk is... STUDENTS - WELCOME TO ___PftRfl9ISfk

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I.Jack 9:00PM Movies remixed for radio Reggae with George Barrett and music of B C folk' artists, in the Box Ultimate Cheeseburgers Taping this program is strictly pro- THE SUNDAY NEWS MAG 5:00 5:30PM hasted by Barb Waldern (The A&W Mozza Burgers of the Coverage and analysis ot UBC AVANT PIG 7.00-9:00PM Avant- 90s) 2. The Cruel Elephant-one FOR THE RECORD 6:30-6;4SPM Ex News plus news and sports, dafy garde thuggery with Pete look of the od promoting this place cerpts from Dave Emory's Rodo editorial commentary entertain­ Lutwyche First Tuesday each tens it all a brand new Vancouver Free America Series ment reviews and reports on events HOMEBASS 9:00PM-12:30AM Dope here at UBC WOLF ATTHE DOOR 9:00PM-12:00AM lams and fresh beats for a groovy HEARSAY 5:30-6:00PM O'R's literary The latest in dance music and in­ capital of Beautiful British Colum­ evenmg with DJ Noah on the arts program needs YOU to submit teresting drama every second bia 3. Wha/WoveFanzme#19and wheels of steel your works for on an performance week With Lupus Yonderboy Psychotronic Video Magazine #7 NICOLAI CEAUCESCU S EMPTY CHRISTMASSTOCKING 12:30AM- ELECTRONIC SMOKE SIGNALS/DE­ ___r:J40M4.1»7:V_*--___i that constantry. year after year. 4:00AM Smell the Walkman 1990 COMPOSITIONS 6:00-8:OOPM MY HEADS THROBBING 8:15- never fail to disappoint unsuspect- Top 10: ULIANA: artist/release/rea­ From the global cultures of resis­ 10:00AM In an ideal universe, there jf Wave (S6 [ son: l.MODE/Vto/ofofLP/reminds tance hosted by Horaco de la win be recordings from the UBC 17 Erie i. ON me of Euro-vocation 199 2. any Cueva. alternating Sundays wrrh School of Muse on the first show of N6J1H9 Canada) deals with all tt PANKOW/remmds me of Euro-va­ De-C om positions the month. Otherwise, the usual underground musical "rock cation 1990 3. MADONNA/"Ju»tify RADIO FREE AMERICA 10:00PM- shit Hosted by Paul Funk schlock" an eager student of 20th My Love'/sexy sexy sexy 4. 12:00AM Jom host Dave Emory UVE FROM VENUS 10:00-11:00AM Century popcultureneedstoknow BLOODSTAR/Sroodsfar LP/we and colleague Nip Tuck for some Tinkty women's music with Jane TiHy On fhe other hand. Psychotronic worked the band. we moved some extroodinary political research SWINGIN' SINGLES 11:00AM- Video (S5 ppd from 151 First Av­ units 5. NITZER EBB/Showffm* LP/ guaranteed to make you think 12:00PM Do you like singles? I do. enue. DeptPV. New York. NY 10003). favorite interview this year 6. twee Bring your tape deck and tool Jan me Felicity Dunbar and which also contains some record CARNIVAL OF FOOLS/*love Will two C-90s Originally broadcast on smell the rubber each week! ond book reviews, is required read­ Tear Us Apart"/some wopacelli KFJC (Los Altos. California) HANFORD NUCLEAR PIZZA PIE 6:00- Posies Dear 23) 3. Bought my last ing for any "human been" into band redoes thrs Bob Seger classic 7:00PM Vacancies atthe ScotLod LP(TheWaterwa»Cs 1st LP. S4 new) trashy, bizarre, farout. ongst-filled. Better than Young's. Giro's, and ___B_lnC]; I-J:V-0_____B or Scoish LogeH Keep on decking Curtis', but not 's 7. VOL­ 4. Had my taxes done by an ac­ Almost got to interview Henry Roll­ teenage, primo. mondo movies 4. THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:ISAM them AK-to-OR halls with hunks o UME SICK/"Sex Bomb'/Downing countant 5. Discovered my milk ins. 8. My apartment finally got an Uoo's Lair Arcade on Granville From the famous siren to the not- won't stay in the fridge 6. Beat my intercom system 9. Saw Bessie guaranteed to penet rate yer mind. so-famous BBC Radio News Reel. JIGGLE 7:00-9O0PM I0BEST 1.Sock- ridiculously tall (6'6". 2351b) room­ skuU, soul and belly 5. Seeing a zombie twin sister ». PUBLIC BATH/ wake up with the CiTR Morning eve 45- 2. Dickless 45' 3. Dickless mate over the heod with his own night 10. Saw Die Hard II even trailer for Terminal City Ricochet m ALCHEMY CATALOGUE/Garlic Show News, sports, weather and live 4. Dickless our buddies 5. beer can 7. Discovered while though I haven't seen Die Hardyet the Capitol 6 before the plo-yuppie Boys, Subvert Blaze, Om oide Hato- scenic view reports, features. en- (Cruel Elephant waitress) Ariana: people will pay youtowrrte.it won't smash hit Pretty Woman 6. Fur­ ba and Playmate/Japanese-core the only reason to go out 6. We replace the milk in the fridge that nace Foe* and Me Mom and Mor- Gongs a-plenty We worked the finally realize you just can't hate vanished that week 8. Learned gentaler 7. Local Vinyl and CD bands, we moved some units 9. releases yeah. Vancouver still has enough 7. Some guy asking us if that ifyou phone "411* and ask for Live bands from 10. THE SHAMEN/-Pro>Gen7same as we want to smoke a "doobie" at information in ony city in the world, 3rd Big Sun #7 10. GEORGE MtCHAEL/'Moth- James and Peter offer a savoury fhe Monsters of in they' II put you through for free (and 10th Phmeas Gage although Seattle won the 1990 h er's PrideVHeal th* Poin'/great blend of the familiar and exotic in Finland 8. The re-emergence of you thought call waiting wascool) 17th Bombshells o' wax chucking contest by at k one-two punch A lot like" Bad Boys an excitingly luscious blend of au­ the "Rubenesque" figure. 9. Joey 9. Saw Nick "The Jesus of Cool' 24th BC 12-2(notcountmgexchange) V Running Wild" ond "Rock You Uke ral delights! Tune in and enjoy each Lowe play in person (Bumbershoot. Jeremiah gets naked Doogie SOUNDOFREAUTY 11:00PM -1:00AM get em next ye-um-ah-or a Hurricane." He really is a sensi­ weekly brown plate special Main Stage. Seattle) 10. Saw Ju­ Howser gets laid. 10. Jesus Christ Experimental Radio, with Vision! tive, caring guy THE AFTERNOON REPORT 1:00- das Priest in the Pocific Coliseum Our Lord. Contributions welcome Practitio­ the Vancouver VinylandCDSquod 1:15PM News, sports and weather on Halloween (Rob Halford to ner Anthony Roberts were Th* Nervous Felas), ChRtara, \***mi\ |i] :l»__Y&i_H- MEKANIKAL OBJEKT NOIZE 1:15- crowd "Thank yo MEGABLAST! 1:00-4:00AM 'tiffin Tom Northcott, Dirt, Inner Anger, THE SATURDAY EDGE »:00AM-12:00PM 3:00PM JUNE: Best Techno Re­ Guy four people c weights II make ya bigga. but lift Paleface. Infinite Regression, EQ, leases (in no particular order): I. "Rob. you're fucki STEVE EDGE sTop Five Things of 1990: soundscopes, grungy old prog- me and you H be a dead-ass nigga' Tankhog, and Bob's Your Uncle, in Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park 1. Manchester United winning the rock albums. Twin Peaks and Bushwick Bil. Geto Boys. (Nettwerk) 2. Frontline Assembly - cup 2. Thatcher being stabbed in Burroughs With Chris Brayshaw Caustic Grip (Third Mind) 3. Nitzer shysters sue the back by Tories. 3. Tregor en Fete NOW YOU HAS JAZZ 10:00AM- l_:lli7:VM! Ebb - Showtime (Capitol/Enigma) Puppy, 54-40, DOA, Phaedra, The in Brittany. 4. English Folk Fests in good in any direction 2. My cat 4. Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers * 1:00PM Jazz with Tommy Paley. SCRAMBLED EGGS 8:I5-I0:30AM A Waterwalk, Moev, NUMB etc August 5. Great response to the Sarah, died. She fell out of my 5th Queers (Cargo/Waxtrax). 5. Con­ special feature af noon virtual potpourri of sounds from the Rogue Folk Club's Concert Series solidated - Myth ot Hock (Nettwerk) FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:OOPM I window I now have a smooth to fhe crunchy Music to Subhumans who. without having POWERCHORD I2:I5-3:00PM it [d ,, 6. Lead Into Gold - Age ol Reason -HARO— help you get your toost down played a note in years, tied long Vancouver'sonry true metal show, (Cargo/WaxTrax) 7. Various Artists —ER1C- —CORE- windows. 3. Having never s MOVING IMAGES 10:30-11:00AM departed Sub Pop label losers Cat locol demo tapes, imports and • Another Wofld(Antler-Subway) 8. ARTS CAFE 5:30-6:00PM Be in Smiths and wishing l did, I am now Join host Ken Maclntyreas he takes Butt by having a record clocking in other rarities Gerald Rattlehead Cyberaktif - Temper 12* (Cargo/ about Art. theatre, film and any trying to see them all only sepa­ you on a tour through the silver ot S40 US (according to one Emer­ ana Metal Ron do the damage WaxTrax) 9. My Life With the Thrill other cultural event happening in rately: two years ago I saw Mike ald City merchant) ». L. Fletcher IN EFFECT 3:00-5O0PM The Hip Hop Kill Kurt - Contessions ol a Knte Vancouver With Antje! Joyce and Andy Rourke with Prouty's Secret Teem since 1973hos Beat brought to you by DJ's (Cargo/WaxTrax) 10. Nose Unit - TOP OF THE BOPS 6:00-7.00PM Mu­ Sinead O'Connor, this year I saw soundtracks. revealed, among of herrhmgs. how Somethin' Smooth. BZ Jam and Frequency Response (Antler-Sub­ sical c hef Marc Coulevin boils up a Jonny Morr with The The. Onry one THE INTERNATIONAL VENUS FLYTRAP Chazzy B. and Rhythm Sniper J. way). tasty pot of gumbo stew more to go 4. Got married And NETWORK 11:00AM-1:00PM Greg s successful governmental coup THE YAP GAP 5:30-6:00PM Hear fig­ OUT FOR KICKS 7:0O-9flOPM PAT got a CD player for a wedding gonna play lotso' hip hop py. roppy spearheaded by the CIA 9.'1990s ures in the Arts world talk about BOXER SHORT BOYZ 7:00-9:00PM CARROLL'S 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT present 5. My friend Clodogh stuff ana he's gonna say lots o Motorsports International Garage Wear boxer shorts and walk with their works, other people's works THINGS OF 1990: 1. Switched to an moved to London and then came dumb things Tune in. brothers and in Seo-Town-Mervins. Mudhoney. confidence Jerome Broadway and anything else that occurs to environmentally friendly laundry back. Len didn't move to Toronto Nirvana and Dwarves-1960s Span­ and Garnet Timothy Harry alter­ them Hosted by Antje Rauwerda soap. 2. Bought my first CD (The od got m I filed tc IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN 1:15- nate weeks ish Castle in Tacoma-Wailers. RADIO FREE PARKING 10:00PM- 1:00AM A radio show with a life- THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- 12:00AM Vancouver s longest running prime force all its own. Mixes come from time jazz program. Hosted by the seemingly nowhere much like the ever-suaveGavinWalker Features radio signals you pick up. An aural parking lot for the muses. No ex­ 7th Aura. Miles Davis most impor­ pectations. No disappointments. tant album of the past decade. THE ELECTRIC ENEMA 1:00-4:00AM Fans put off by Davis' post-70s re­ No heavy disco beats allowed. cordings ought ot lend an ear to this one Down Beat s Album of the The crack CiTRSports Team covers the UBC Thunderbirds in ice hockey and basketball varsity action Play-by-play -••-{•mfJal-l-l? ROCKERS SHOW action pre-empts regular CiTR Stay the late Charlie Rouse It was tuned for CWUAA playoff schedules corded while tenor saxophonist MEDIA CONTROL ICE HOCKEY Rouse was thelonious Monk NOISE ONE/ Friday January 18th at 7:30pm vs hand man but away "rom Monk. NARDWUAR/ University of Rouse and a hand-picked group NOISE TWO Saturday February 2nd at 7:30pm that includes trumpet great Blue vs Unrversityof Lethbridge Mitchell and Walter Bishop Jr at JliUI-HtiiH-iHH -IM-liMdl-llMI-l, 'rH.UI'H:!:):!;. l.1l?LVJrl:]Jv'»1:*i THE YAP GAP KERENTAFFEHRZ Friday February 8th at 7:30pm vs the piano * SPORTS DIGEST ' ELECTRONIC University of Saskatchewan 21st The Sound at Jan was the FACING THE MUSIC Friday February 22nd at 7:30pm vs. name of the most famous TV pro­ SMOKE../DE­ COMPOSITIONS University of duction of this music Four days BASKETBALL before the actual shooting all the participants gathered in Columbia Saturday January 12th at 8:00pm UVE FROM Records studios and played. Billie vs. University of Lethbridge THUNDERBIRD Saturday January 26th at 8:00pm Holiday, Count Basie. Mai Waldron. ONE STEP RADIO HELL vs. University of Alberta Coleman Hawkins, et al. A master- BEYOND/RADIO Saturday February 9that 8:00pm vs. FREE AMERICA University of Calgary 28th Dynasty & Jackie McLean's B.C. High School Basketbo* Final latest album The great alto saxo­ Saturday March 16th, Km* to be phonist playing as wel or better OPEN COUNTRY NICOLAI IN THE CRIP announced. than hedid in the'50sand 60s. 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Nu//(Nevermore/Ski) Breeders Pod(PolyGram/4AD) | Harry Coltello "When Sailors Are In Town" 7" (Heute/ZOO I Insted W*)afWeBe//eve(Epitaph) Various Artists Like a Girl, I Wanl You lo Keep Coming (Giorno) Jesus Was a Capricorn 7" EP (Chikara I Various Artists Another World (Antler-Subway) :rokidsinS.F "Magic ol the Hall" 12" (Heute j Coffin Break Rupture(C/Z) _& Respect Love & Respect 7" EP (Penultimate I AgonyColumn God, Guns 4 Guts (Big Chief) Urban Dance Squad Menial Floss for /he G/obe (BMG/Arista) I Captain 9's& the k 'n' Roll Paper Route" 7" (Heart Punch I Exit Condition Day* of W//d$k/e* (Meantime) Consolidated Myth ot Rock (Nettwerk) I E.U "IConfess"12"(A&M/Virgin SunRa Purple Nighl (ASM) Muslimgauze /n#/faj(o(Extreme) I DreamAcademy "Love" 12" (WEA/Reprise I Sofa Head VVTtaf a Pred/camen/(Meantime) 808State PO(WEA/ZTT) I Dr. Lateness "Rivers of Passion" 12" (Future Intern I Blowzabella Vanilla (Festival/Green Linnet) Various Artists Ob/e/r/4(Ladd-Frith) I Cathy Gilliat Need" 12" (Pete Dovies/8 Productions I Youssou N'Dour Se/(A&M/Virgin) Save This House (WEA/Stony Plain) I TheNextSchool "Profits ol Unity" 12" (Chrysalis I Don Cherry Multlkull(A&M) Boogie Down Productions Edulalnmenl (BMG/Jive) I The Kings of Oblivion ... "Gotta Love Me" 7" (Dionysus I 2 Live Jews As Kosher as They Wanna Be (Hot Productions) Jello Biafra & NoMeansNo ,., Last Scream of... () I Borderline Unseen 7"£P(Conversion I AC/DC 77»e/?azor'« Edge (WEA/Atco) The Fall fjrfrico/e(PolyGram/Cog Sinister) I BadtownBoys "BorrowedTime" 7" (Dionysus I Slapt (Touch & Go/Southern) LlwybrUaethog Be?(Concrete/Pinpoint pW I neTI-1 n F:Td7]-i I r«_T*7^ iliTfl *«Yi . I *_kf • _• Various Artists - Compilation Hard To Believe (CID Various Artists Terminal City Ricochet (Alternative Tentacles) The PicassoSet... "Betrayed by R»a Hayworth" (from three-track demo I Rollins Band Turned On (Touch & Go/1/4 Stick) Jungle Brothers Done By Ihe Force of Nature ONEA/Bterna) Za Za & the Angels "Dr. Nightmare" (from Rare First Recordings I Crime and theCity Solution Paradise Discotheque (WEA/Elektra) Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas (PolyGram/4AD) Bruce A & the Secular Atavists "I Know What I've Done" (fromdemo I Morrissey Bona Dray (WEA/Reprise) Tackhead Friendly As a Hand Grenade (MCA/TVT) Jonestown Punch "My Tribe" (from Swank on This I MackaB BuppteCuffure(Ras/Arilia) Uzume Taiko Ch/ra*/>/(Festival/Aural Tradition) Mescaline Ritual "Elvis Wade" (from Money Grubber) I Lard Last Temptation of Reid(Attemafive Tentacles) Bad Brains The Youth Are Getting Restless (Caroline) Mary "Gallow's Pole" (from three-track demo I Darling Buds Crawdaddy (CBS) Clock DVA Burled Dreams (Cargo/Wax Trax) The Azure "Jetslreams" (from Jetstreams I Soul Asylum AndfheHor*el?odeon(A&M/Twin\Tone) Bobs Your Uncle Tale ot Two Legs (Dr. Dream) WiggyJ "Ode to Dante" (from Ode lo Dante I Mr. T Experience Ma/t/ngr/»/ng*vWrht/gh/(Lookout!) Various Artists This Is the New Beatl (PolyGram) Mother Sun "Into the Body" (from Sanctuaries I IntelligentHoodlum Intelligent Hood/um(A&M) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E New Funky Nation (MCA/lsbnd/4th & B way) Peewee Manson "Rug Doctor" (from demo I Hindu Love Gods Hindu Love Gods (WEA/Giant) Caterwaul Porfenf Hue (MCA/IRS) Blasphemy "NotaLoveSong"(fromone-trackdemo I Eggplant Sad Astrology (Dr. Dream) Moev Head/Down (Nettwerk) CaptainCrunch "You Don't Exist In Transit" (from demo I Skinner Box The Pfayhou*e (Toxic Shock) Gwar Scumdogs ofthe Universe (WEA/Metal Blade) Me. Mom & Morgenthaler "Heloulse" (from demo I Various Artists-Compilation Ou/ofMa/or* (V.I.S.A.) Frightwig Ph one Sexy (Bone) EJ Brule "Freedom of Speech" (from Freedom ot Speech I Lush Gala (PolyGrom/4AD) Dead Milkmen MetaphysicalGroffif/f/(Capitol/Enigma) Atchison "Passing Messages" (from demo I Various Artists - Compilation Red, Hot t Blue (MCA/Chrysalis) The Squirrels What Gives? (Popllama) Show Business Giants "Lovesick" (from The Benevolent Horn I Various Artists - Compilation.... Where the Pyramid Meets... (WEA/Sire) The Residents rhe King and I (Capitol/Enigma) "HltchhlcklngloOregon"(from8annedaf//)e/?o//wayC/ub I Accused Grinning Like an Undertaker (Cargo/Nastymix) Slayer Seasons In the Abyss (WEA/Geffen/Def American) Little Big Man "She's Dead" (from demo I Hawkwind TheXenon Complex (Enigma) Nitzer Ebb Showtime (WEA/Geffen) Uneven Steps "Choices" (from demo I The Barracudas Complete EMI Recordlngs(CapiJo\) Shirim Klezmer Orchestra OfAngeteandHoraeradfc/KNorrheastern) Edible Pumpkins ,.., "Desert Wind" (from Pumpkin Rock I Kofi B/ac/r...w#hSugar(Ras/Arilia) Fastbacks Very, Very Powerful Motor (PopWama) Excited First Daughter "Open Pores" (from four-track demo I Tangerine Dream Melrose (Private) Strawberry Zots Cars, Flowers, Telephones (BMG) Watch Children "Nothing' Happening..." (from nine-track demo I Various Artists - Soundtrack Marked lor Death (MCA/Island) Lee "Scratch" Perry From the Secret Laboratory (MCA/Island) Falling Spikes "Take"(fromone-trackdemo I Gabor. G. Kristof /.eCr/du'e__rd(Crannmed Discs) Bloodstar B/ood*/ar(Red Decibel/Desert Engine) Helen Gone "Walkout to Ihe Edge" (from four-track demo I Inner City Fire (A&M/Virgin) XCIan To the East, Blackwards (MCA/4th & B'way) FromBeyond "Numbskull"(fromfwo-trackdemo I Tony Bird Sorry Africa (Festival/Subtropical) Art Bergmann Sexua//?ou/e//e(MC A/Duke Stree ) GreenLight "Purely Ear-rational"'(from The Green Light) I Daddy Hate Box Sugar Plow (New Rage) D.O.A Murder(Alternative Tentacles) NewBeatles "Centre otthe Universe" (from Fanclub Tape il) I Bacteria "Your Tomorrow" (from Identification I Cat Rapes Dog God, Guns A Gasoline (Cargo/KK) Foetus Inc Sink (Cargo/Wax Trax) Sound Butchers "Passing Glory" (from TheHills Are Alive I Malhavoc rhe(?etease(Epidemic) John Oswald Plunderphonlc (Fun Music) Vasectemoids "Men"(from Born In a Can I Sacrifice Soldiers ot Mlsforfune(f ringe) Stranglers JO(CBS/Epic) TheFault "People In Boxes" (from seven-track demo I Mustang Lightning Texas Voodoo Surf (Rumble Cat) Chills .. Submarine Bells (WEA/Slash) Rockaway Revue "Do I Move You?" (from two-track demo I Velvet Monkeys Trie Rake -Original Score (Rough Trade) Tankhog House ot8eaufy(Zul_) The Waltons "In the Meantime" (from Demo Sandwich I The Fluid Glue (Sub Pop) GirlTrouble Stomp and Shout and Work lion Out! (Dionysus) Cherry Hoggs... "Ain't Got the Keys to Your., ."(from nine-track demo I A Tribe Called Quest Peoples Instinctive Travels and... (BMG/Jive) KronosQuartet B/acfcAnge/*(WEA/Elektra) CrashDummies "Exercislngthe Demons" (from Greatest Hits Demo I BelCanto Birds ot Passage (Nettwerk) LLCoolJ Mama Said Knock You Out (CBS/Def Jam) Marangolo Quartetfo ... "La Dlstruzlone dl Roma" (from Orlzzontale I Slayer Seasons /n fhe Abyss (Geffen/Def American) TheSundays Reading, Writing, Ar/fhme//c(WEA/RouchTrade) Fat Americans "Yourself" (from Food, Folks and Fun I Muddy Waters Can't Gel NoGrlndln' (MCA/Chess) Nine Inch Nails PreftyHafeMach/ne(MCA/TVT) ling Pants Definitely "Off Pants" (from IPD j Doughboys ,.., Happy Accidents (Restless) Al Trailblazer(Ctuz) VeryNervousSystem&Rokeby..."Summerstorm"(fromMuslcworks46 I IceCube AmeriKKKa's Mosl Wan/ed(Ruthless/Priority) Shinehead rhe/?ea//?oc/t(WEA/Elektra) The Picasso Set "BitterLemon' (from three-track demo I Big Daddy Kane 7ds/e of Choc oto/e(WEA/Reprise) Atilla theStockbroker.. Tues Jury 4/h-*7)e/?/vo//(Festival/Aural Tradition) Rattled Roosters "'57 Cadillac" (from GetWtld!) I Kinghorse Klnghorse (Caroline) Excel The Joke s on You (A&M/Caroline) "Mister Inbetween" (from five-track demo I Hell Toupee Hell Toupee (Hot Head) Helter Stupid (SST) Dead Head Cool "Waiting" (from three-track demo I Paris The Devil Made Me Do //(Tommy Boy) Robyn Hitchcock £ye(Twin\Tone) 12 Midnite "Suicide Ride" (from five-track demo I Various Artists - Compilation Cajun Volume One (CBS) HDV Sex, Drugs + Violence (CBS/lsba) Head Spring "Ill State of Mind" (from eight-track demo I Coup De Grace Coup DeGrace(Red Decibel) Sonic Youth... Goo(WEA/DGC) Pork Queen "Beaconsend" (from From the Cain Toad Sessions I Willie Dixon The Big Three Trio (CBS) Vasilisk Acgua(MusicaMaximaMagnetica) Group49 "House ol Pancakes" (from threo-song demo I God's Acre Ten Gospel Greats (Cargo/Wax Trax) Barmy Army.. . The English Disease (On-U) Trembling Mimsies "Dangerous Dan" (from Alive and Alone I Mussolini Headkck Blood on /heflag(A&M/Virgin/Caroline/PIAS) PaulSchutze Deus Ex Machina: The Soundtrack (Extreme) Small Man Syndrome "The Way People..." (from three-track demo I Afros y/c/ffn'AfrofeffcstCBS/RAL/JML) Revolting Cocks Beers, Steers* Queers (Cargo/Wax Trax) Picture Paintings "So It Seems" (from demo I

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The Rogue Folk Club Friday January 11th 8:30pm Thursday January 24th 8:30pm NYETZ (Farewell Party) England's Ul Thrash Melodeon Wizard Vancouver's "ethno-fusion" pioneers bow out in a fine style KEITH HANCOCK Tickets $10 ($8 members) Seattle's Stunning Guitarist I Singer SAM WEIS Saturday January 12th 8:30pm Tickets $10 ($8 members) New Orleans' Hottest Jazz I Blues Combo! DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND Monthly Magazine, Weekly Open Stage, Tickets $16 ($14 members) Monthly Country Dances, Monthly Irish Ceilist Members' Discounts on concerts and T-shirts The W.I.S.E. Hall (1882 Adanac Street) Tickets at Black Swan, Highlife & Track Records Information and Reservations 736-3022

The Acoustic Connection presents the 3rd Annual WINTER ROOTS Music Festival Jenny Allen Kathy Kallick Kwintet (aka 2 Front Teeth) Anzanga Marimba Eileen McGann Babayaga String Quartet John McLachlan Boiled In Lead (tbc) The Robert Minden Ensemble Bill Bourne & Alan MacLeod Jim Page & Zero Tolerance Allen Dobb & Dumela Wyckham Porteous Band Colleen Eccleston Qiu Xia David Essig Jimmy Roy's 5 Star Hillbillies Bill Gallaher & Jake Galbraith Sandy Scofield James Gordon Uzume Taiko "The Hat Band" Valdy Friday FEBRUARY 8th to Sunday FEBRUARY 10th Van. East Cultural Centre and W.I.S.E. Hall For More Information Call 732-1305