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Fugazi-Red Medicine "This CD is $8, postpaid." This quote can be found at the bot- boys from D.C. haven't lost the Fugazi ferocity, but it is a bit differ- tom of every one ofFugazi's last five releases, including their latest, ent. Red Medicine. Not much has changed for these messiahs of the in die The vocal tracks seem to be split about evenly between ex-Minor world. All their concerts are still five dollars, and they are still with Threat singer, Ian Mackaye, and Guy Picciotto. Mackaye sings on Dischord Records. Where most bands have managed to catapult "Back to Base," which is probably the most up-to-speed song on the themselves into the big money-making arena, Fugazi manages to album. He opens with ~ distinctive borderline yell, "Autonomy is a do just fine looking out from below. world of difference/ they're creeping around but they know they Red Medicine is undoubtedly Fugazi's most experimental al- can't-come in." bum to-date. But what about old Fugazi? I thought the same thing, The album is filled with a lot of moments with great musical but thinking about it, I realized that being diverse and reinventive value and then some. Highlights include, "Birthday Pony," the in- is a very good thing. Would you want to play the same· kind of.stuff strumental "Combination Lock" and the energetic "Downed City." over and over again? In the album opener, "Do you like me?" the Their tempo has slowed and their concentration on playing good intro sounds like someone is dropping his guitar, setting anticipa- music has intensified. So, as you can see, if the well-respecteq quar­ tion for what is to come. Suddenly, the song begins and amazingly tet ha s ascended any bit from their last one, we are dealing with a out comes this clean guitar sound. Now don't get me wrong. The nice piece of work. By JOSH LETCHWORTH Red Hot Chili Peppers~One Hot Minute A lot of things have managed to change in four years-we have · from where they left off on B/,ood Sugar. rich £nvi.r ·anew president, Tyson's out of prison, grunge is dead and the Red The majority of the songs on One Hot Minute exhibit melodic Now,:you o Hot Chili Peppers have finally decided to make their way out of styles that have for so long been a part of their songwriting formula. IL believeit"Or not, - hibernation. The new alpum is paradoxically entitled One Hot The groove-happy Peppers demonstrate an ability to handle depar­ p "a l.q:ge part of the C Minute, encouraging you to believe it really didn't take nearly half tures from the funk on tracks such as "My Friends," a bittersweet 1!).ay-not have guessed, isn't a decade to record. However, forgiveness is granted. The Holly­ Flea-Kiedis collaboration that explores some of the gentle melodicism -a.p_ec;:k o( a lot to do irL the Oldest City at wood kids have successfully unveiled a work of art that expands that made "Under the Bridge" so affecting. The acoustic song dis­ in.ight- X~u ca:n either go to a bar and beyond the extensive parameters of its predecessors. plays sincere lyrics which Keidis whispers "I love all of you/ Hurt by watch people hit on each other, o:r you Mature isn't a word that turns up often in analyses of the Pep­ the cold/ So hard and lonely too/ When you don 't know yourself." <:.m wa~ "Dateline." The only places you pers' gaga punk funk, but One Hot Minute, the long-awaited follov. Even Flea, a veteran to the band's creation back in the early '80s, ~a:n go to see bands are usuayy stifled by up to its 1991 breakthrough, B/,ood Sugar Sex Majik, will definitely gets the solo opportunity to express his feelings on the track "Pea." noise complaints and paranoia over what surprise those listeners who've formerly· pegged the band as car­ However, tracks like "Deep Kick," "Coffee Shop" and "One Big Mob" "the kids" are doing; as if they were pre­ toon characters. With ex:Janes Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro demonstrate nothing slow and sweet but rather classic, bug-eyed Pep­ paring to plot the destruction of civiliza- filling the shoes of RHCP's former guitarist John Frusciante, the per funk. tion as we knowie , t band has evolved into a new four-heaoed monster raging with di­ One Hot Minute has been stuck in my CD player since I got it, What I propose is an exciting alterna­ versity. The first track, "Warped," is a fine example of their ability and I"ve yet to come across a dull spot. It contains 13 tracks which tive to "The X Files." Let's get a .cJub in to steer clear ofjangly cliches without losing touch with the musi­ all run close to five minutes a song. This gives RHCP plenty of time St-A cal roots from which they grew. Keiedis's vocals are hammered with to present the cohesiveness of their many diverse rhythms. Navarro Shock!! Horrors!! Not a clubf< Well, effects, expelling eerie verses that are quite hard to make out. has added _th e missing element to the Chili Pepper spice with his why not? It would be nice to have a place "Warped" is much harder than anything ever released by the Pep­ amazing capabilities of guitar-playing which completes the band's _where people could go and enjoy liverock ' pers but obtains its moments of peace periodically tl1roughout the mold of solidarity.Just don 't wear this one out too fast; it's gotta last ·and roll music without the confinements song. "Aeroplane," the second track on the album, displays smooth­ another four years! By JOSH LETCHWORTH of noise reduction. While a few places flowing guitar sounds combined with Flea's effervescent bass style. such as the Milltop, Tony G's and the The effects on the vocals have worn off, and the Peppers ascend Mor_e Music Reviews on page 12 Holiday Inn have ( and not always unsuc­ cessfully) alt-rock bands, there is always the imminent threat of a noise complaint. 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