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between Twerdocleb and Atomic 61, tainer but not a prophet, he is not P.S. LONG LiVE KIDS IN THE the readers of Abattoir; giving in to but what can you do? there to idolize or to believe blindly, HALL, The ony REAL T.V. show the almighty power of fret speech. mm 2)No, not all headlining bands like any public figure he is to be worth watching. In regards to your humble opin­ start at 11)0 AM. because if you 11 questioned. ion, I am comfortable with printing remember back to the good ol' days My parents trust what their fa­ Kinda makes you glad you live in the "Abattoir" and don't try to tell me whan the Cruel Elephant was down vourite political party tells them and city, doesn't it? And I happen to like that this is the first time you've read on Granville St. the headlining band don't question or examine the rea­ borscht! recreations of sexual fantasies be­ usually got on before 12:00 but only soning behind its rhetoric and as a cause if you said you didn't mastur­ because their liquor licence limited result they believe only in a mean­ TISK, T1SK, TISK bate you'd be lying also. them to serve drinks until that time. ingless story which to them reads Now that the new Elephant has an like the truth; evangelical Christians Dear Airhead, extended licence that permits the believe only in their interpretation of If you could explain one thing sale of more drinks longer, they (I the bible, an unsubstantiated story in to me, just one thing, I will be quiet a guess) have the ability to start the itself, and unfortunately still others and just complain to my friends rath­ bands later so that us beer-swilling believe in what Jello speaks without er than bringing this up in print again. Wo 6138 SUB Blvd. patrons will havi an incentive to saying "prove it" I sure don't have Why did you, Discorder Magazine ff*3* sr stay longer. Unfortunately, for sub- the answers because I choose to re­ and its editors, give a monthly, prom­ Vancouver, B.C. ^ urbian dudes like yourself, this for­ main ignorant of all that goes on inent, full page column to M. Jules mula doesn't always work. Maybe outside my small world but I do Killam? Does someone there o kv6T 2A5 XS, next lime, get a buddy to drive (or know that truth is non-existent and him money? Has Discorder, in fact I even your dad, I know it sounds the only thing you can be sure of is become a magazine for a disaffected corny but whatever works hey?). that the person claiming to know the stream of conscious writers whohave | 3) Even if the Cruel Elephant to recreate their sexual fantasies ir doesn't love you I think they still print? appreciate youattending their shows. I want to properly express my anger and revulsion over this col­ AIRHEAD dear airhead, umn and the danger that it poses. But RE: dales letter (January issue) I can't I am just too worked up about BITCH, BITCH, BITCH Airhead, dear dale, it and have been ever since this rac­ Re: Steel Pole Bathtub concert Dear Airhead/Coral Short i noticed you're from trailAH- ist, mysoginist bullshit appeared in Jello Biafra, mouthpiece of the Guys, at Cruel Elephant: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- what was once a progressive maga­ "alternative" community, dissemi­ HA!1!!I here's some advice, GET I found il very interesting that Unable to see Steel Pole Bath­ zine. If I had a subscription, I would nator of counter-culture propaganda OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, Nona Van Rassel attended a con­ tub last year because of my age, I cancel it If I were an advertiser, I at $3500 (US) an engagement, speaks i'm stuck in that crater you probably cert by a band that—from the re­ was looking forward to seeing them would move to AF (well, maybe against all that is wrong in the straight pass on your way home. Grand Forks: view— sounded very much like a this[last] month. Having to take not). If I were a writer, I would stop world and all that is right in his famous for sunshine and borscht concert I attended Nov. 26. The Skytrain there (Cruel Elephant), I writing for you. If I were a reader, I world. And what is his world. Coral? (yukky russian soup). I can relate to songs had the same names, the band realized I wouldn't see SPBTs en­ would learn to live without you. If Scavenged magazine clippings from your plea for help, we, the inhabit­ members had the same names and tire performance but I thought I'd at you can defend it and feel comfort­ left of center publications, notes ants of the interior desperatley need the review was very much like my least see a good half hour of it. Any­ able with what you are putting forth, cribbed from mainstream informa­ salvation. The only local radio pro­ impressions of the gig I attended way, I had to leave the club as SPBT then you have every right to do so. In tion sources, wake up, Jello is the gramming is CKGF's tradio (tradeee- which was even at the same venue. were about to start to catch the last my humble opinion, (thanks, Judith) Skytrain home. A couple of ques- junior wannabe of the very world o) or "The Local Seniors Russian One difference. He attended a there are enough magazines with [ he rails against Choir Wails For Twelve Hours gig by a band called The Buzzcocks this kind of sick journalism (sic OUie North gets twenty five Straight". while I attended a Buzzcocks' gig. 1) What the fuck was on stage already. It's too bad Discorder has | grand to rail against commies and One day my friend asked for The Sun, The Province and between the two opening groups, a chosen this path. left wingers at universities and Re­ the Nine Inch Nails tape in Radio even the Georgia Straight I can shitty Hellcows tribute band? It was Sincerely, publican conventions while Jello gets Shack and the guy told her to check forgive for getting the name wrong fucking dumb and it wasted a good Lane Dunlop three and a half grand to rail against the hardware store, i'm dead serious. as it is a common error, but Dis- 45 minutes causing a late start for the real band Steel Pole Bathtub. Ollie. Jello regurgitates his selection All you Vancouverite freaks be misogynist (mis-oj-in-ist) n. a per­ of stories from the media and you thankful that you have a scene (ver­ Buzzcocks. The name of the 2) Do all headlining bands at son who hates women. accept them as truth. Listen to him sus a cutural wasteland) to whine band is Buzzcocks! theCruel Elephant startat 1:00 A.M.? It's unfortunate that you chose and spot the differences between him about Does Mr. Van Rassel by any 3) The Cruel Elephant doesn't to use a word that carries so much and the other orators of our society. i'm not here to take care of my chance also listen to a band called love me. angstful weight because the way I Just because his version differs from mom though (shes only 42) i'm vis­ The Talking Heads or, for that mat­ Anyhow, I guess I'll be watch­ read Jules' piece was not in a hateful what the most empowered and vocal iting my dad. this morning i poured ter, read a mag called The Discard­ ing the Tub's "UFO On Hell's Drag- light but one of a man who enjoys tell us doesn't make his reasoning myself some cereal and a large ed strip" video for another year thanks right. At best Jello is a gifted story­ winged insect leaped from my bowl, Yours not wishing to sound to whoever was responsible for Obviously, what some people teller with a bad set of vocal chords mmm—i love this (dace. So.Dale, like too muchlike an elitist pig, but SPBT's early Sunday morning per­ find amusing others will find sick. but you write praise of him as if he next time you're in Grand Forks not really giving a fuck if I do any- formance. Mr. Killam not only does his best to Sincerely, was the messiah of the underground check out Kim's Komer and ask the cover both of these grounds but is community. skids to direct you to Winnafred Jeremy Hainsworth Jigaboo John hypocritical, most often, in his ram- Reality doesn't lie in what you house and they'll say,"You mean Prince Rupert, B.C. blings which is part of the beauty of I Well, Brother Jigaboo, let me try to are told or what you read, truth lies in that tacky skater bitch?" Ill give you the "Abattoir." If you're willing to \ what you know and experience and a free tour of my pit. Say, did you drive down for "the" answer your questions for you: sacrifice reading Discorder you're every once in a while what you guess show, or did you take "the" ferry? 1) I loo was left scratchin my not only fooling yourself but doing I noggin' after whatever happened at The man is a speaker, an enter­ FRED exactly what Mr. Killam wants from

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SORRY, SORRY, SORRY Big apologies go out this month (like this is a big surprise, when don't we fuck up?) to Steve Wells who penned the superb article on Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.

FEBRUARY Q that you mistook Alex Varty for italize on all the hype, so as not to game 7 of the '86 NHL Stanley Cup In particular, I would encour­ Dennis Bates and the Ludwigi for feel excluded I guess, and display his Finals ? Names say a lot don't they ? age submissions from The Picasso Evil Twang? firm grip on the english language That's why I think it would be inyour Set and Planet of Spiders. I believe that it is also true that and his extensive vocabulary. Some best interest, Mr. Steve Smith, to If you 'd like to submit a demo you—Yes You!—play in a local examples: "dimwit", "acid", and leave the Scooter you're referring to please send a cassette with your band called DOGFACE or some­ even "knobs". Well, his piece proved out of this. The ex-Hard Rock Miner name, address, and telephone num­ thing like that If this is the case, is it to be very informative and yet hypo­ in which you refer to is not the same ber to the address below. For a) and not possible that you are using the critical as it said, "the Ludwigs person as me and had you have done b) all submissions must be of relese local press as a means to improve the haven't had such a good laugh at your homework, Rule 1 in your "two quality. Please send all submissions position of your band by 'slagging' Discorder'J expense since their last simplest rules of Journalism", you by air mail. Sony, no tapes can be the local competition? review." That being the case why would have found out that I am but a returned. Please send all submis­ In future I hope the copy edi­ did Eric Pyle (Ludwigs' vocalist) humble editor)freelance writer for a sions by February 29, 1992. tors txDiscorder are quicker on their phone up the CiTR offices on Christ­ nationally distributed music maga­ Thanks foryourhelpDucord- feet and 'edit-out' your copy in its mas Eve and proceed to have a hairy zine. To me this is fun. entirety or at least keep you away kanipshin (sic) regarding my arti­ As far as copy editors at Dis­ Sincerely, from great bands like DSK, SNFU cle? Doesn't sound like laughter to corder editing-out my copy in its Wes C.Smith and the Ludwigs. entirety...won't happen. We haven't 2-4-8 Fulriage, Apt. 5C Fuck Off, CUKE/ Ritalin and a heavy had this much fun since the last Lud­ Kopo Fukiage Bldg. Steve Smith dose on the definition of sarcasm wigs' review. Chikusa-Ku, Nagoya City (Ludwigs Manager) (Dictionary is spelled d-i-c-t-i-o-n- Next time you get the urge to Aichi 464, JAPAN a-r-y). read and reply follow these four sim- Well, well, well, what goes around Andy Warhol said that every­ You're welcome comes around, or so they say, and one will have their fifteen minutes of 1) Remove head from ass; 2) Place tongue in cheek; Dear friends, SCOOTER WITH ONE S 3) Check your facts; I'm writing you this letter to let you know about the Girl Trouble Scooter, QSflftP OUMHY+^O^Q 4) Get the other side of the fan club (The Trouble Club) I'm The fact that you so brazenly starting with. assert your right to pontificate on the Don't waste my time. All my "Shit another fan club." state of the alternative music scene Yeah, but this is a serious one, and the various qualities of the mu­ Scooter nothing to do with all those pre­ sicians within that scene is no ex­ tentious guys idolizing their ass­ cuse for spreading fal se and slander­ HELP, HELP, HELP hole "heroes". My main purpose ous information. The statement (re­ is to offer information and let the ferring to Dennis Bates), "...maybe Dear Discorder, world know about one of the great­ even from that blowhard at the I'd appreciate it if you could est bands of the Northwest Infor­ Georgia Straight who sings for that print this letter in your February is­ mation and fun to all the boys and shitty local band. The Ludwigs, and sue of Discorder. girls who want to join to this expe- tries to tell us all that Chi croons for I'm an ex-Vancouver record them when it's really himself, Mr. (er.. .demo) producer (Silent Gather­ I think you already know this Dennis Bates..." ing, The Rainwalkers, The Fault, cool band but I enclose some info To the point: Dennis Bates is Pedestrian Sacrifice, etc.) who not and has never been a member of moved to Japan last may in search Obviously all my effort Vancouver's Ludwigs, (The same is of fame and fortune. Somewhere would be in vain if you don't print true of Chi Pig as was falsely staled, along the way I stumbled upon a this in your mag. so, please do me not long ago, in another article about low budget independent film in the greatest favour and try to write SNFU in the Georgia Straight.) I which I'm currently working on the some lines about all this in your know; I am the Ludwigs manager. OrJCE. EVE0r/ FiFlY-FouR ygA£S A soundtrack. next issue. Thanx. This continuous confusion of Although I am working on this People who want to become names is only further evidence of the 5'MGLE PLATYPUS £>/£S or A bguG with some Japanese Bands, I'd like members can write to me at: generally low journalistic standards OVERDOSE,. frV/MKr ASouT IT. to use some Vancouver Bands on the PO Box 18107 in the local press. There is however soundtrack as well. 28080 a considerable difference between I'm looking for music that fits Madrid, SPAIN. the error made by the Georgia I'm print proof to that over the last fame, well Wig Wig from Nile Moves into one of the following categories: Immediatly they will start re­ Straight and th c error in your article: 7-8 weeks I'm proud to say. If some your time is up. As for the Ludwigs a) alternative pop-basical­ ceiving info about the band almost Their's was an error your's was an of you are wondering what all the they're milking this for all that it's ly I need some good pop songs everymonth, including photos, intentional statement attached to a hub-bub is about it all started with worth And if you'll note that isn't to feature in the movie (e.g. The posters...All these things cost mon­ slanderous hypothesis. Dennis Bates, a so-called freelance much because the publications in Dylans, Venus Beads, Robyn ey so I will do some T-shirts, badg­ If you had bothered to apply writer, stating in his SNFU piece mention are all free. Hitchcock, Billy Bragg, etc.). es and casettes in a near future and the two simplest rules of journalism that Chi Pig (SNFU vocalist) was So the plot thickens and the b) dark acoustic pop-no ex­ try to sell them cheaply. you would have avoided making an the lead crooner for local band—I plot sweetens upon arrival of the fax amples come to mind-but I need Your mag will be receiving all error which casts a long shadow of use the term loosely—the Ludwigs. I fromLudwigs' manager Steve Smith. something depressingly dark. doubt upon the veracity of your writ­ know, as does the rest of the SNFU Wasn't that the name of the loser c) Angelo Badalamonti-style This is all right now. ing, let alone the quality of your listening population, that Chi has from the Edmonton Oilers who theme music (Twin Peaks, Blue Thanks, all the best, NO musical ties with the Ludwigs at opinions: scored on his own goalie during Velvet). Una! Smiley 1) Check your facts! (This is all. When I talked with Mr. Chi Pig particularly important in cases where on this matter he voiced that he was you intend to slander someone.) quite upset by this allusion and want- ' 2) Get the other side of the ed it corrected. That I set out to do story. (Also a good idea when you and that I did [Issue 108, January are slandering someone.) 1992). A phone call to the Straight I' ve learned over the years that PROnSWHtt (N/JUIIT would have revealed that Dennis there is no better route to redemp­ Bates is not and has never been a tion than through sarcasm. People member of the Ludwigs—as a mat­ are weak...spineless...jellyfish, and apparently they breed like rabbits RECORDINGS ter of fact none of us even know him—but that also the error was when red ink is thrown on them. made during copy editing, not by Man, I went fishing for pirahna Fully equipped 8-track studio Dennis Bates at all! I know because and lost my lure to sucker-fish. I called them—their number is 681 - Y'know, those whiskered, slimy, suc­ Live sound room and full MIDI sequencii 2000 and is public information. The tion-cupped, excrement-colored fish first point alone disproves your hy­ thatfod (sic) upon the bottom of lake pothesis that Dennis Bates was lying beds? Musicians and services available and manipulating the Georgia So, to even things up and point Straight for his own personal gain. out Bates' error I turned the tables The only musician I know who works on him all the while excluding his for the Straight and plays in a local integrity as a journalist. A fine piece DEADBEAT STUDIOS band is the guitar player for Chris it was too. NOT! Houston's Evil Twang. Is it at all Then this guy from Nite Moves possible that you are so out to lunch creep! into this and decided to cap- 6E^°irx532 STUDENTS - WELCOME TO 'PflRflOTfek! J^/*WU-Vl CANADA'S LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN RECORD STORES iJA/ttAvWI

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568 Seymour St. Eaton Centre Richmond Centre Surrey Place DOWNTOWN METROTOWN RICHMOND SURREY Well, being one of the number one rookies You have the right to legal counselling. You at CiTR, Nardwuar (who arrogantly thinks can choose not to talk to police. We don't have I am his prodigy) thoughtfully got me free those rightseithe r but at least it's written down tickets to the Hitting Birth show at the Cruel somewhere. Elephant. OK, good deal, but I'm under 19 Kristen: Yeah, because unfortunately we'reprac- and a little timid when it comes to doing tJcaDy under martial law in the Stales. interviews but things worked out great. Daniel: Wen, in the United States we have a Hitting Birth were amazing! Never before version of the Constitution written on a piece of have I seen such an intense and powerful rice and they don 'l have anything hke that up here. band at the Cruel Elephant. Their show Kristen: Hemp? consisted of a lot of rhythm, smoke and one Daniel: No, [aConstitution written] on a piece particular woman screaming and singing of rice! Some Chinese guy wrote the Constitu­ while doing a lot of primitive, ritualistic tion on a piece of rice, I'm serious. movements. And they were soooonice. A What are your influences—favorite bit weird, but nice. bands? Daniel: Anything we've ever seen has influ­ Hitting Birth are: enced us in one way or another. Daniel - bass guitar Keith:...and smelted and touched and tasted Earl - drums and felt and sensed.... Keith - drums, percussion Any bands you like? Kristen - vocals, percussion HB: Tito Puente and Ravi Shankar are gods. Reverend Rob Roy - shopping cart, sam­ 800 years of..Ahmed Muhammed, Lucifer.... pler, tape loops and found instuments Any Bolenise music. We don't limit ourselves at all, we're open to whatever. Anything from Discorder: Do you like Vancou­ Abba to Zappa. ver? What are your future plans? Are you Hitting Birth: We love it. We love Vancou­ putting anything together? Welcome to the madcap world of boring. You can of course also find ver, love it. Daniel: We have a 12" single that's going to be Joel Rydstrom and Magnus I'rans Michael Bolton and Kylie Minogue (amazed by huge enthusiastic re­ released on TK records and other than that we son of Sweden's Cat Rapes Dog, a in our charts. They're so cute they sponse) Better than Portland? have a couple of tapes out. duo whose latest Cargo releases, God, make me want to puke! HB: This place is so seperate. This place is Kristen: We're planning on doing some more Guns & Gasoline and The Banzai Are Roxette big in Sweden as so comfortable. It is our second home other recording within the year. Beats, have them perched on the top they are in Canada or Is this than Portland, yeah. How Is the Portland scene? rope set to lunge Doc Martens first Just another example of our What is the signlfcance of your HB: Thriving, it's thriving. It's humpin' man, into the technopunk ring. poor taste In music? it's serious. There's a lot of burning bands in Roxette's very big in Sweden and Kristen: To me it means that we're coming Portland. It's exploding and the eyes are turn­ Discorder: Could you please almost everywhere else right now, to a point where it's the beginning and we ing from Seattle to Portland because they're give us a bit of Cat Rapes Dog but they only became big here after come up against conflict and we use it to getting tapped. theymade#l on the Billboard charts. rebirth ourselves...to be reborn. I went to Portland once. . Fransson: We formed in 1986 in That just shows how very influenced What's the biggest difference be­ HB:How'dyalikeU? Sweden...in a sawmill, I think it was, Sweden is by North America. tween Canada and the States? Are I was there five minutes and I saw two banging on different stuff we could Nltzer Ebb, 242, D. AJF. obvi­ there a lot? drug deals. (Hitting Birth gives viva­ find. We were influenced by a lot of ously are a big influence on C^ HB: Oh man, um...I know, I know, the cious, loud and positive response.) stuff like early SPK and Test Dept. you, are Cat Rapes Dog a sec­ t • Miranda Rights, yeah. Yeah, there's no Any last comments for the people of Later on it was a lot of gothic mate­ ond generation electro band? The only difference between Max­ Miranda Rights here. Vancouver? NitzerEbb, Front 242 and D.A.F. were rial like the Sisters of Mercy and Red imum Overdrive and God, Guns & (being dumb and ignorant) What's HB: Come on out and see our show every time not a big influence at alL We are much Lorry, Yellow Lorry as well as a lot Gasoline is that on GG&G the songs that? [actually the question was we come. We love Canada. We might have to influenced by punk and bands like of Swedish punk and Belgian music are better arranged and produced asked in about as much ignorance livehere some day..jnove up here. Yep, we'll Cabaret Voltaire and Jesus & Mary like Neon Judgement and Poesie but the style is just about the same. as an A merican 's question regard­ move up here, get a farm and then everyone Chain. Now we like stuff by Shamen, Noire. In the beginning we couldn't Banzai Beats though is quite dif­ ing Canada. P.Ed.] can come and see us there. Send a letter of Dead Can Dance, Ministry and KLF. afford to buy real instruments so we ferent from the other two. It's much HB: You have the right to remain silent. reference to the Queen. rented and built them ourselves. We Could you please name some of dancier, inspired mainly by house and techno, while the other two are more rock and roll based. On Ban­ zai Beats we also introduce our Right now we're rather influenced by the techno-rave stuff and new member Annclie Bertilsson. I things like "Beers, Steers and Queers" by the Revolting Cocks. think her voice is a nice contrast (Joel Rydstrom) against Joel's. A reSwedes in support of King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia? made three cassettes which were not the bands from Sweden that Yes, I think so. They 're pretty harm­ very good, but in 1988 we got a perhaps paved the way for you less really. They give good publicity contract with a Swedish record label. in the field of electronic body and stuff. It's kind of neat with a Front Music Production, and later on music? King and Queen, like a fairy tale. we were licensed to KK Records in We weren't known actually apart And who cares if they've got shit for Belgium. from Car Skid & Crash, but their brains. Besides, they give you some­ Several anti-American kind of music was a bit different thing to die for if you go to and Jhat' s themes arise In God, Guns & from ours. So we were the first a nice thought! GasolineC 'American Dream'' actually, together with a Swedish What environmental prob­ and "Homo B ulldozer") or the band called Sepulchre Incorporat­ lems face Sweden? It seems broader excesses of capital- ed. But they haven't done anything like the government has tak­ Ism—Sex, weapons, religious since their first single. en many steps to improve fanaticism, political Cat Rapes Dog is based in Swe­ matters. power._Are swedes by nature den but do you spend much The forests and the lakes in the south - anti-American? Does Ameri­ time in Europe? em and middle parts of Sweden are can culture play a large role Sweden is part of Europe, actually, but dying. The government isn't doing in the lives of Swedes? since you're from the other side of the much. It's all talk as usual. They're Swedes are by nature pro-American Atlantic Ocean I didn't expect you to just a bunch of hypocrites and bas­ and the American way of life is ad­ know that. We've done a couple of tards anyway. mired by a lot of people here, but tours in Germany and an occasional What effects did the Cher­ they are idiots of course. gig in Holland and Belgium. We're not nobyl disaster have on Swe­ Being relatively isolated from that keen on playing live. Once a month den? Would you care to talk Britain and the continent, does is quite enough forme. about that? a strong scene exist, or are Is there a difference be­ The only fact I know is that for a Swedish charts dominated by tween Maximum Over­ couple years people didn't eat rein­ English bands? drive and God, Guns & deer meat. Yes, the Swedish charts are dominat­ Gasoline and where does ed by English bands but also by a lot the Banzai Beats EP fit by Karen Toddington and of Swedish artists which are mostly into the picture? Lloyd Uliana 8 ufggsmmz IVXIIVTIIV^^VI^IST JUG » Arsri> by jR.E:r>i> ivicjAisriv One guy; maximum twenty minutes AL: What, you mean do I write the place that kind of takes away from D: Have you checked out the Cruel yanked from my mike at the Pursuit on stage, he preludes anyone from music first? the culture where Toronto, well thats' Elephant? of Happiness. Nothing happens that Groovy Religion to Gordon Gano D: No, I just wondered if you went stage - 4 minutes a month and worked all it has so maybe people are a bit AL: The new one? No, from what I would make a good story except (Violent Femmes) with successful through your record collection sub­ my way up to playing on the street more intense about it. heard it's a pretty decent place. maybe the Shadowy Men getting hep hooks into the grassroots pop consciously? D: Worked your way UP to playing D: So do you borrow from a lot of old D: What made you decide to do the beaten up. culture that all three of the aforemen- AL: Like if I was working or doing on the street? stuff? whole Minimalist thing? D: What do you do when your not tioned blasphemers take a stab at. something and a line from a song AL: Well that meant I got to play for AL: Yeah, like 2ffs stuff. AL: Well J didn't get any offers to performing? The Minimalist Jug Band is a guy goes with it you sorta think "Why is longer. I suited at the Beverly tavern D: You borrow lines from 20s songs? play with otherpeople. If I did play in AL: Work in a tortilla chip named Al with a washtub, a broom that stuck in my head?" Some of it's on "Elvis Mondays" After the first AL: Well, the satire and also I do a a band I'd have to have some func­ handle and a big ol string that joins advertising, some of it's pop songs year I could do what I was doing for lot of blues stuff I think me and E J. tion and I can't really sing or play so D: Doyouhavearry crowdpreferences? the two. With a battery powered wind- but I write some of the lines myself. as long as three minutes. (He grew up Brule have a better chance with the that would be no good. AL: I'll do a jazz band or a up bear, and a host of other ever D: I guess the one that goes "I'm a here and moved to the big T.O.) over 30 crowd. D: Have you played any shows where hardcore band or a poetry read­ changing sideshows that add extra lousy lover, I'm a lousy lay" is yours D: Yeah, when I tell people here D: What's happening with "Elvis the audience was particularly unre­ ing -It's actually better if I don't spunk to the blend of classic, obscure eh? Thau a good song, you don't where I'm from they always say Mondays" now? sponsive? know what the audience is going and downright surreal pop runes that Al hear many current performers trum­ they're sorry. AL: I think Chris Houston is suiting AL: Playing at O.C. A. (Onurio Col­ to be like. So I don't sculpt my rips off, strings together and most often peting their impotence. AL: Here it's more of that take it for it up at the Town Pump. Maybe it lege of Art) Most college or art things songs to their likes and dislikes. drasticly changes the meaning of. AL: A lot of the stuff I do is just granted "why would you want to live will work out here where people can go over badly with people grabbing Although I find neurotic people Discorder: I wanted toask you about poking fun at the whole rawk&roll anyplace else" attitude. I wonder if get up on stage without already hav­ at my equipment and my Utile wind tend to like it better than well your songwriting technique. thing and what it's caught in. because it is such an environmental ing a video and blahblahblah. up drumming bear and the power adjusted people. BARE IT'S A NAKED WONDERFUL STRIFE by A.O. Chapman LADIES It was a foul and grey Christmas holiday. Unless Sanu had put of course. And the French —who as soon as the wall came any cocaine in those stockings hung at the chimney with care, down went to check to see how bad the Maginot Line had by Shawn Bouchard all those had hoped for a white Christmas came up losers. rusted and if it could be salvaged and finished after all these Worst even its arould this time of year that all the writers in the years just to be safe. It's 1992. Excuse me, did everyone hear that? That includes Toronto. big-time media circles come up with theiryears best and worst. But its the boredom that the general public had with Has everyone heard the one about the band who wanted to play music Arrogant self-centred lists that only those who subscribe to world strife like the fall of the USSR & that the lack of but couldn't because what they called themselves was offensive? You Esquire or the New Yorker could be interested in. questioning most people had with the "U.S. Pool Tape" in the haven't, well let me tell you then. Don't expect any of that tripe from me. Just try to be Gulf War that seemed to turn so many people's heads to Way back in 1991, New Year's Eve celebrations were held in down­ incisive insightful enough to compile a list of the importance watch smutty congessional testimony and topoke ihci r heads town Toronto—you know that world class city that they are always harping of the year, after spending the last week of 1991 incommuni­ into William Smith's affairs that seemed to have occupied about. Anyways, continuing with the story, a certain band was supposed to cado from friends and family in a cheap room at the Balmoral most peoples attention. And speaking of those annoying play to the happy crowd of twentieth century adults, families, and whomever with twins from Paris, and you '11 have about as much success Yellow ribbons that the yanks used to symbolically show else that could get themselves down to city hall. But no the band wasn't as David Lee Roth's last album. their support for the Gulf War, did the press pick up on the allowed to play. Why, you may ask, was the band pulled from the line-up? Yes, don't worry about any o, those trendy annual high­ dissenters in the U.S., did even The Province, in between the Because of their name. brow lists coming from me. The Christmas holidays in my Smile-of-the-Day and the A&B Sound advertisements stick What name could be so possibly offensive to so many people? What home were no different from those in previous years. The in the story about the Houston couple that disagreed with the moniker could drive enough fear into the hearts of the festivity coordinators elder members of the family arrived at my home on time with Gulf Conflict, and neglected to put a yellow ribbon on their that they would scratch the act from performing? How many lawsuits, and their walkers and their canes like some kind of geriatric front door. They were dragged from their bed in the middle court cases could be filed against the city if this cursed band took to the sUge? caravan, then jabbered like magpies about what prescriptions of the night in their bedclothes & beaten like rentedmule s by How many people would die, outright die, drop dead on the spot if they they were on and what organs they've lost since the previous masked assailants who cursed at them and shaved their heads chanced to overhear the group being announced? How many children would Christmas they was each other, and drooled out questions to for not being patriotic and kicked them, like Peter Beardsley be scarred for life if their innocent ears happened to witness the Barenaked- me about if they still have the "glee clubs" at UBC. Then, after on acid, on the couple's very own front porch. ladics play before a live audience? getting punch drunk on egg-nog they stagger out the door These days I imagine people are more inclined to know Have people gone mad? I am asking this question in earnest. Have slipping and sliding on their own vomit as they stumble what monthly magazine they can find Cindy Crawford in, people really gone that far around the bend that they would consider drunkenly into the night But, each year their numbers get rather than even try to figure out what the BCCI scandal was BANNING a musical troupe from playing because their name suggests fewer and fewer, and eventually they will leave me the best all about. Hey, don't get me wrong, the thought of being in honest open nudity? Are the times that politically correct that ladies who wish Christmas present of all; Solace. the driver's seat in a convertible Buick Centurion with the top to be nakedly bare cannot be discriminated against? Or are the times so Anyway, it has been an interesting year to say the least down, speeding wrecklessly down the UBC highway with politically correct that ladies and naked can't be mentioned in the same The music world was disappointments. Fine bands are never­ one hand on the steering wheel and my other hand on the sentence, not to mention the same decade? What is happening to us? Why are more like Jane's Addiction and The Men They Couldn't radio knob turning up the volume to Primus' "Is it Luck?" we doing this to ourselves? Can anyone answer? Hang. And the Real World looked grim, as the coup in the while Mrs. Crawford removes her tube top throwing it We are living in an age where wars are depicted by television media as Soviet Union made everybody feel like checking in for those carefree to the wind as I hit the accelerator and wave my an exercise in pseudo-realistic G J. maneuvers. People died, schools, hospi­ two day follow-ups as it seemed like the whole seven years of champagne glass at oncoming police can —would be pretty tals, and homes were bombed although we never saw any of that because the Gorbachev must have been a drunken blow-up party and now entertaining. But there's more to life than those enjoyable U.S. Army hired a P.R. consultant to sell the war to TV land. And the it was time for the hangover. In fact, there was so much news moments of beserk sleaziness. Barenakedladies were barred from playing; what makes more sense? to be had from the Berlin wall to the BCCI scandal that its Still, the nightclubs turn-out on the slowest of days is If the public is so sensitive as it apparently is (according to the censors realty no wonder that there are so many of these"1991 —The still better than voter turn-out on the sunniest of election days, who limit our access), then why can a nuclear family of four stomach 3 hours Year in Review" lists, because of all the prospects to choose and the INXS records sell, so what the fuck do we have to of television each night and not wince and cringe at the violence and the idiocy from. The humorists had Pee Wee Herman, the feminists had look forward to as we watch our tvs in the same way we displayed before them? The influence of a select few chose what the audience a whole selection of icons to champion (and strangely lose), observe our fish tanks. I'm not one in business of prediction at Nathan Phillips Square had a RIGHT to see. Of course if you try to find out the patriots had their yellow ribbons, and the East Germans of decline and eventual damnation, they try that every year in who banned the Barenakedladies you will get nowhere. Someone will tell you now had the availability of good denim. Even nationally the the Enquirer and the only people who buy that issue are those that so and so said so, and when you conuct so and so she'll say she never said cog wheels of political action were turning when rumours who thought "Charles in Charge" was funny. what someone said she said. Censorship is a wall. Once in place, once erected abounded that Brian Mulroney himself was looking to play Maybethisyearwasn't even that much of a disappoint­ it's damn hard to tear down. So we can't sit by and let another row of bricks musical chairs with Perez de Quayar for the United Nations ment in Vancouver. The Pogues came to town and the be added. Secretary General position. It warms the heart to know that our enthusiastic crowd at both shows made the crowd at the And let us not forget that it was just the name of the band that got them loyal Prime Minister was thinking of abandoning ship as Anthrax/Public Enemy concert look like a Regent College struck down; their music wasn't questioned, their lyrics weren't linked with Canada was As coming apart at the seams just so he can rest his study group session. Riu Johnson and her cronies were given Satan, just their name was OFFENSIVE-OOOOOH. How awful to think of soft ass in New York as opposed to being held responsible in their walking papers by the voting public so now Riu J. can bare naked ladies running around the stage singing. It only conjures up Ottawa for Canada coming apart like a poorly laced shoe. be left to do Brian Keith/Ernest Borgnine impressions at humourous and imaginative vignettes in my mind. But no we can't have that There were almost as many reports about the Gulf War children's birthday parties. And Nardwuar became one year impression running through the crowd, not on New Year's Eve. Gosh, think as there were about the success of Nirvana's "Nevermind" in older and one decibel louder. (Now he goes to 11). what could happen. the press. But what really stood out in 1991 was the boredom And may be all of this is gibberish from some ranting Thousands of sex-crazed, demented teens and parents might strip naked and general mood of tedium that allowed other people to get UBC student, and nobody bothered to read this. And the on December 31 st and party it up—might I add that the evening was an all ages stomped on like hot grapes. This boredom has been growing. point got lost somewhere. The only thing that seems affaire, i.e. no booze. 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Same And did you notice that de­ garde of fashion future) But the YTHIIIC UNDERGROUN fucking story, same fucking effects, spite being a cjean_magazine, Nite magazine has improvedoverthepast t li,ijamiy«.Mi.aJa same fucking jokes, same fucking Moves happily runs ads for strip five years. It's no longer the hand­ song. The only difference was set­ bars. I don't have a problem there, book forthe urban professional. Now ting. That is not art This is milking but isn't it hypocritical to advertise it caters to young healthy men who the stupid masses with formula film - fucking but avoid the word itself? can still get hard-ons. I wonder if the THE PALADINS making, i.e., Bruce Willis. A man I suspect copyrights were in­ addition of bare-breasted women has who was almost classy on televi­ vented for one-hit wonders. improved the fashion layouts though. sion, now he recycles the same char- Shouldn't a real artist be capable of Regretfully, theatre is dead. every time. Of course. Spike producing something new? When Broadway adores Andrew Lee does the same thing with racial So i was talking about how Lloyd-Weber it's time to order the conflict in every movie. For that art should be unique. Maybe that casket Books too, are a loss. Espe­ matter, Oliver Stone does too. Find a wasn't the right word. It should be cially Canadian ones. I'm tired of single movie he did that wasn' t about innovative. But new ideas don't family gatherings on the farm in the60's.If it's not JFK, then it's come from nowhere (unless you're Manitoba. The same for Margaret Vietnam. muse-inspired, i am, i get other Atwood. That hack from T.O. is as But i'd rather watch Platoon people's rejects). So new ideas Canadian as Toyota or Air France or than Mo' Better Blues. At least Oily must either come from old ideas or Mulroney. And her stories are about VICFARLAND WHITE BAND Stone knows how to show tension & from an absentee of old ideas. But, as interesting as a six year old's. Nor emotion. If you watch the movie but if your ideas are coming from old is Bob Bateman an artist. He is an Five words. Oscar Wilde, in one of them over the phone, then it's man­ don't listen, you'll have a good idea ones, then you're really not creat­ illustrator. He draws awfully accu­ his essays, listed five words the gen­ datory). Now, i know my writing is what's going on. Do that in a Spike ing anything new. That's evolution, rate images of Timber wolves & eral public typically applies to art­ not the most straightforward stuff. I Lee film & you'll understand one not revolution. shit But his works have all the emo­ ists. He then encourages artists to be have no intent of being a real jour­ scene every twenty minutes or so. Therefore, new ideas must tional feel of a tin of Spam. Even exactly those things. The five words nalist (unless i'm offered a job). So Well, that's getting a bit dull. come to you without being tainted food. You used to be able to get are: "immoral," "unintelligible," what i write here is pretentious A Stuff like that makes people think by earlier ones. In other words,throw Chateaubriand or Crown Roast of "exotic," "unhealthy," & "morbid." silly. More importantly, it's not i'm daft & rather cheeky. Which is out the rules & create your own. I'm Lamb or Pheasant under Glass. Now I like it. probably true. But if my editors like not sure whether i'm advocating all you get is a pretty good vegetar­ So tell me, is art meant as an These friends i was talking to what they see, they print it. God anarchy. I might be. ian lasagna. Considering the fine expression of self or for amusement were bothered by my apparently bless them. Shit I can't say that, i'm The general problem i have fucking mess the world being left to of the artist & friends? I write some egotistical reference to female or­ an atheist with anarchy is this: Anarchy means us is in, i wish someone had consid­ poetry, & generally it's self-expres­ gasms. If it seems like i was brag­ That's why i love this mag. having no rules. If we don't need ered leaving decent art & culture. sionism [formy amusement & men­ ging, then i'm sorry & i apologise. There aren't many other places where rules, then we must have peace. But If you hadn't thought of taking tal health] but i like when other peo­ My writing is obviously not what it vou can say anything. And i am a big if we have peace, then we no longer up one of the arts as a career, consid­ ple like it too. This shit i do here is should be. fan office speech. But it's hard to be need rules. So what we end up with er this. As an artist you have an the same. I like to rant & if someone Not being understood is what self-sufficient loo(lhe students of is true anarchy. I don't see how we excuse to wear black, you get to be enjoys it, that's pretty fab. Of course, everyone faces. But i see where oth­ UBC publish me, even if i don't go can start on this cycle. famous, you're expected to have a all the women throwing themselves er people are coming from. I admit, to UBC). Co-Op radio manages be­ Besides. Sometimes i'm not wild & carefree sex life, & if you at me helps. i hate things i don't understand. I like cause of listener donations and CBC sure i want to get rid of all the rules. throw up in the punch bowl at one of Y'know, when i first started to think i'm observant & reasonably radio & TV manage by government For example, i take my hat off in­ the Queen's parties, people will think writing for this "pathetic shit rag with smart. I've got a fair background in funding. Even the latter censors doors. It's one of the things i learned you're a romantic. no significant impact blahblahblah," the classics so when i sec something though. So as not to offend "commu­ to do. It's also one of the things that My personal preference in art i figured: two-bit writer in a rag not i don't get i'm pissed. nity standards" you won't see geni­ makes me better than all those stupid is natural, minimalist style. It can be worth two bits (beats being an un­ The Vancouver Art Gallery is tals waving around on channel 3. blighters at the back of the bus who flowery if the artist himself is flow­ published drunk). Then i met this sad for that. Blobs of paint on empty Everything else is profit- keep their Raiders caps on. ery. But if it's flowery for the sake of giri. We'd chatted before about canvases. What is that shit? It could driven. Coast 800 is for money(if Rules are also kinda useful for flowers, i'll break out the weed-kill­ school 8c. stuff, then one morning, be fucking cowshit If there'samean- they got the new frequency, a DJ comparison. Assuming Jeani Read er. It's like make-up. I know plenty we're sharing breakfast & i'm talk­ ing, it's unclear so they have failed will make enough to support two in the Province follows most if not of women who are far more beauti­ ing to someone who knows things as art. If it's the artist's frame of people comfortably). Contrary to all of the rules of writing, i can easily ful without it, yet they persist in about me my mother probably mind /emotional state, then the artist popular myth, they won't play just define my own writing against hers coating themselves with it Most of doesn't All because of these arti­ in question leads a pathetic exist­ anything. They play what they think by the rules i break. the time, i'd rather they didn 't try to cles. Creepy & in a way almost erot­ ence. I suspect the stuff at Taf s is people will like. Still better than And isn't that the essence of make themselves look better. ic. Of course, it could just be me. like that too. playing off of play lists, but they're innovation? Being different? How I realise though, that drawing not likely to play something peo­ Recognition and support are Let me interrupt I hate brown can you be different if you don't attention is easy & profitable. I tell ple might hate. important. I' m pretty bad about sup­ toast I don' t mean toast from brown know what's normal? Anarchy may you not to look at my name, & if you porting artists. Like i was at the bread, but white bread toasted 'til Print is better for free be a nice idea, but it would make me don't already know it, odds are you'11 Cruel Elephant for the Shindig finals it's brown. Why bum bread? If you more irrelevant than i already am. look. Now assuming the music crit­ & i'm ashamed to admit it but i want that ashy, grimy taste, take up Here's a little fun thing about ics from the Sun & the Province read didn't actually see or hear any of the smoking, (funny, i don't like burnt anarchy. Draw an anarchy "A" in a Discorder, (i'm sure they must but it bands. I was downstairs & you can food, but i do smoke, i must be an circle. Then over top of it, draw a doesn't make them any better) they barely hear the music & i was play­ idiot) peace sign. Erase the cross in the know my name. Bit of an advantage ing pool & i was talking with friends I wish art was more original & centre. You end up with the Star- if i was ever desperate enough to get BLUES WEDNESDAY so i didn't get a chance to. I kind of unique. As soon as someone devel­ fleet emblem from Star Trek. As a job with them. Plus, in this age FEATURING MCFARIAND BAND ops a style that works, everyone something of a writer, (& i only when hubris or chutzpah or pride or feel bad about that A warning: those BIG BASS THURS pool tables are fucking cursed! But copies it & tries to cash in. Take think that in the sort of way one whatever you call it is so common­ HOSTED BY DJ BOY WONDER apparently, the dark beer is totally Nirvana. They've got a sound thinks about masturbation) i place, maybe it's acceptable. Still, phenom. of their own ( which i myself wish i'd seen Paris in the 30's i'd rather see people have dignity. OPEN AT 8PM Sometimes i feel i ought to don't find to interesting). But when all the greats lived there. Before i'm done, let me give SUN, TUES & WEDS apologise to you the reader for my since they went big, i've Nostalgia is not my thing. you a little Zen story. Two monks HALF-PRICE HAPPY HOUR chaotic writing. Ha! fuck you & any­ are crossing a bridge. The first monk 8PM - 9PM F.7M body that looks like you! This ain't asks the second, "What is Zen?" The the Globe & Mail. second monk throws the first in the OPEN AT 6PM river. He stands on the edge & yells, So i'm talking to my dear THURS, FRI & SAT "See the water? 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MC 900FT JESUS: WELCOME TO MY DREAM CONSOLIDATED: FRIENDLY FASCISM also SARAH MCLACHLAN: SOLACE DEAD TIMES EXPLODING DREAM:VARIOUS AVAIAKE 16.98 CD ZULU O Oft fACC RECORDS NOW 7.70 VM33 1 869 West 4th Ave. severed heads: "cuisine" 5 wervedriver is one of the first truly orig­ As far as the labd goes It seems to have a bored with what we were doing. You There's bands that you hear about in inal British bands to reach overseas in a look as well. I'm thinking about the three need to challenge yourself all the time America, and in Canada, like Chapter­ long time. Formed by ex-Shake Appeal or four records that came out this year and push y oursel f onto greater things. And house, Ride- the bigger ones, but do you members, Adam Franklin, Jimmy Har- that I am familiar with tike Slowdive, we weren't really doing that We were just see things as sort of slowing down or pick­ tridge and Adi Vynes, in spring of '89 Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine, going around in circles. ing up? Are there stiB a lot of new sounds they— with drummer Graham Bonnar— and they all havcasimilar look. As a band, out there that are happening now? have released two EPs of supercharged, do you have much input into the album art But at the same time do you see ft neces­ Yeah, there's lots of new bands coming out mindroasting noise rock on the British and graphics and how you present them? sary to have some sort of sense of rock and all the time. Before we left tocom e here I was label Creation: Son of Mustang Ford and Yeah, we do it all ourselves. I mean, so far roll history in order to be successful? To out seeing a couple of bands for the first time. Rave Down. Their driving, atmospheric, we've done it all ourselves like produced all know the Beatles, and to know the Who We sortoflook for new bands. If we like them American-influenced sound attracted the records. And we've been responsible for and to know the Rolling Stones-? we can hdp them out, or at least try to. We A&M Records, finally resulting in the LP all the artwork ourselves. We've got com­ Not necessarily. I suppose truly innovative, took some unsigned bands on the road with Raise, which is being raved about among plete control over everything we da So, if truly new music could only come about by us. The last British tour we did we took this youdon'tlikeoneof the covers on the records the press and fans alike. someone who has never been exposed to the band. Sun Carriage, who were unsigned at I can't blame it on somebody else. Swervedriver is currently on a five whole of rock and roll history, ever. Some the time. They'd never done a 40 date tour week tour of North America which brings guy who has been locked up in a room in the before all over the country. They just didn't them to Vancouver's Town Pump on Feb. middle of nowhere, and has never been ex­ have access to that sort of extensive touring. 6 with Illinois band Foster Cniicircn. Bass­ In reference to the "Creation scene" is posed to any media whatsoever, and wiih ist Adi Vynes was good enough to take there a similar sort of fed or attitude that nothing but a musical instrument, could come started plus if you want to get support from time from his hectic schedule to chat with you see happening with a lot of the bands? up with an original way of approaching mu­ larger artists there's usually preliminaries Discorder's Michael Leduc. At least like the guitar sort of noise bands? sic But we're sort of hke rock archivists, that you have to go through: you have to pay definitely. We treasure our records. so much money and it's difficult for new I guess you still hold a place for MC5 and bands tod o that It was very frustrating when There's sort of a "Creation Scene" as it's per­ those bands dose to heart we were trying to do it and that's why we Oh yeah, definitely. We listened to MC5 on don't trash support bands, that's not what the ceived that doesn't really exist. There seems to be the way up here. spirit of music is all about to me. this image of having a roster of stuff like cute, pale What did you think when you heard that Who are your favorite American bands skinned young boys with fuzzboxes. Rob Tyner died? Based on his musical right now? past or life did you think it was Inevitable? There's a band from Chicago called Some­ I won't lie and say I was really upset and I time Sweet Susan who are very good and a Discorder - I've noticed that a lot of Urn, no not really. I mean I don't think that mourned for hours 'cause I never actually felt band from Los Angeles called Carnival Art, the British bands seem to come over any of those bands sound similar at all. lean like I knew the guy personally. I mean, it they're excellent Superchunk are good too for a date in New York, and maybe a see a huge difference between someone like didn't touch me in that way. It wasjustone date in San Francisco and Toronto, Slowdiveand bands hkeRideandMy Bloody of those great rock 'n roll deaths. It's the only As far as the British Press goes, you guys and that's about it, while you guys Valentine. There is definitely no sort of cor­ way to be truly famous... to die. seem to be getting a lot of std lar press right seem to be doing a whole tour. porate image of Creation at all If there is, it's now. Do you see a backlash happening Adi Vynes - Well, we did something sort of a coincidence. What about the excess of the Stooges which seems to happen a lot with the like that at the end of July. We came over and and the MC5? Do you guys see your­ British press? did about half a dozen dates in all the major Okay, I'm thinking of one word: enigmat­ selves I n that way or is that a thing of the Well, there's some backlash happening to cities, the west coast, east coast and one in ic— y'know what I mean? Not really hav­ past? You can't survive by drinking 'til some other bands that got a lot of press Toronto as well. But this is like the first long ing your face on the cover—? three in the morning and having group­ coverage this year. Like, Chapterhouse is slag thing we're gonna do around the coun­ There is tliat but who really needs/wants to ies backstage— facing a bit of a backlash at the moment The try. look at a picture of alot of people? We never I dunno, we've never had groupies back­ thing about the British music press is that they put ourpicture on our sleeves before but then stage so I wouldn't know. I suppose even­ find bands and they just push 'cm, and push So did you enjoy it last time? we've never seen a picture of ourselves that tually it's gonna kill you early but I don't 'em, and push 'em, and push 'em until Yeah, it was great last time. There was we'veall been happy with, so we'd never do think that anyone does that for very long they're made and then they turn around and hardly any pressure last time 'cause we it anyway. And who wants to look at a anyway. I mean, if you're gonna come cut 'em down again. We sort of built our- didn'thavearecordoutoranything. It was photograph of us when they're listening to back from doing that sort of thing then I'm sdves up from the beginning anyway with­ sort of like, come across, do some shows the record? It's just not important to us, it's sure that they don't do it for very long. out their help. They were never behind us and and just meet all the people that we're not one of our primary concerns. gonna be working with. Yeah.itwasfine... fairly easy. Now, this time, the schedule is Before you were in this Swervedriver a bit more hectic. band you were in this thing called Shake Appeal, which ifl understand correctly is We never put our picture on our sleeves before You had The Son of Mustang Ford, then like a Detroit-Iggy-MC5-wben did that but then we've never seen a picture of ourselves you had Rave Down, then you bad the change and why did it change? that we' ve all been happy with.. .and who wants to Sandblasted EP and then the album, have Let me see, it must have been sometime in I missed anything? '88 or '89.1 can't remember now. It was look at a photograph of us when they're listening Yeah, there's a couple of things in be­ about two and a half years ago perhaps. It to the record? tween. I don't know if you know Imagi­ just became really unfulfilling after awhile. nary Records; it's an English label. They All those fuzzy three chord rock songs were did the Heaven and Hell tribute to the all very well and very enjoyable but there we weren' t one of their fa vori te causes so we Velvet Underground. Well, we had a track were people who did it better than us. We just But as far as American success, haven't fdt anything coming back on us. out on Volume III of the Velvet Under­ wanted to branch out alittle bit more. I don't do you see that as being really We've had a few bad reviews but, y'know, ground tribute, we covered "Jesus." think there was any particularly good British important for a band in Britain everybody does every now and again. We music in the eighties at all. It was a very Wand oris it just sort of interesting and don't really owe them anything. So, you guys are on Creation Records- time. That's why we were getting back to exciting for you? bow do you guys see yourselves fitting people like the Stooges and MC5 and T-Rex, I just remember last year when they were into that sort of "scene"? I mean, you're just basically because we weren't interested Any success is good and you pushing the Happy Mondays and Inspiral probably the heaviest band on that label in contemporary music When we started shouldn't just turn yourself inward. Carpets, and the Manchester bands. And other than Silverflsh. hearing the wave of American guitar bands it That was what happened to Shake now they're pushing My Bloody Valen­ There's sort of a "Creation Scene" as it's was something we could identify with. Appeal. We got very big locally but tine and Moose- bandsllkethaL What do perceived that doesn 't really exist. There we didn't do anything outside the you think is going to be the next sound seems to be this image of having a roster Was there a particular record that changed Oxford city limits. If you're going that they're gonna catch onto? Is there of stuff like cute, pale skinned young your life or your direction? to make music then you've got to something that they don't even know m boys with fuzzboxes.JThey release a Locust Abortion Technician by the But- put yourself out to communicate about? lot of dance music as well and they've thole Surfers... the first Sonic Youth your music and what you've got to I dunno, I've only seen like one week's Michel Leduc got solo acts, y'know? Their roster album... Bad Moon Rising and Evol, I say to people. Then, obviously, issue of the Englishmusic press because is a lot more diverse than you may played them both to death for months you've got to reach as many people I've been over here in America for three think it is. It's just that the noisier and months. But we're still into people as possible. You certainly shouldn't weeks over Christmas and then I was out side of the label tends to be the most like the Clash, who are one of our favor­ limit yourself. You certainly of the country for two weeks before that I successful I suppose, really. Apart ite bands, as well as Captain Beefheart shouldn't think small and we defi­ haven'tseen the press for weeksldon'tknow from Primal Scream, of course. and the Rolling Stones. We just got nitely don't think small. what they're getting behind at the moment FEBRUARY ® Siviile of -Hie month

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Perhaps, there's something eke here supplies of our fossil fuel supplies and realizing that these resources would eventually run out that the Unied Stales govemmcnl, and the other governments of die ova-developed fadustrialist and that they would become look for power fath e modem world as mey diminished, they grew nations aren't telling us? fafact , maybe they're keeping it secret hemp. Hemp is the only reasonable alternative toou r dependency on oil, petroleum, coal and from the beginning of recorded history until the mid 1930s, the term marijuana was natural gas. Hemp is 50 times richer farenewabl e biomass/cellulose potential than any other uncommon or even unheard of in North American society. 1 ric saeriuficalry correct name is industrially used plant. Simply put we could heat our homes and drive our cars with hemp, Cannabis saliva. Cannabis indica, and the common name was 'Tiemp." It is true that marijuana reducing global warmfag and the greenhouse effect has been smoked for approximately 12,000 years as a herb used for altering consciousness, hut 11} Pulp and Paper Unbelievably, until this century, 75%-90% of all the paper in the marijuana or hemp was ako used in virtually every other area of life loo. The following list and world was made from hemp!!! AH the books, bibles, maps, paper money and especially accompanying text gives a clue as to just bow vital industrial hemp production was to society newspapers. One run of the New York Sunday Tines uses 75,000 trees and with approximately less than 60 years ago, a timespan that corresponds with the acceleration of the destruction of 7 runs of the paper every Sunday in New York this staggering figure of over 25,000,000 trees the planet.. used to run the Sunday Times for one year, fa one cky, is to hard to conceive. By the rime you 1.} Shipping: 90% of all ship sails were made from hemp. All rigging,nets , oakum, and finish reading this article on hemp, thousands of aens of vn-gfaumfKT will be destroyed forever flags were made from "-.the stales of the marijuana plant until the century..." fa various areas of the world. This paper that you are reading should be made fromhemp ! 2.) Textiles and Fabrics 80% of all textiles and fabrics for clothes, tents, linens, nigs, fa February of 1938, Popular Mechanics primed tlie last'lioi^twcfdsrxjken on hemp's drapes, etc. were made fromhem p until the 1820 's ki America and until the 20rh century in most behalf for over 40 years". Emitted "The New Billion Dollar Crop," this would be (he first rime of the rest of the world While cultivation of cotton accounts for fifty percent of all chemical that the word billion would be used to describe any industry. The following is an excerpt from pesticide use, hemp has no natural enemies and Axs tK)t rehirecricrnica l pestickles nor the use the original article: of chemical fertilizers/in most cases and depending on soil nutrients ed.] 3.} Rope, Twine, and Cordage: Virtually every cky and town in the world had an American farmers are promised a new cash crop with an annual value of several hundred industry making hemp rope, Russia, however, was the worlds largest producer and best quality million cfollars.allbecauseamachfae has beenfaven ted which solves a problem more than 6,000 manufacturer, shipping 80% of the western worlds hemp from 1740 until 1940. 4.} Art Hemp canvas was the choice of any artist who strived for quality that would displace imports of raw material and manufactured r^uas pr«luced by underpaid coolie and withstand time. Hemp withstands heat mildew, insects and is not damaged by light The peasant labor and it will prov ide thousands of jobs for American workers throughout the land. masterpieces by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Gaugin were primarily painted on hemp canvas. Hemp is the standard fibero f the world It has great tensile strength and durability. It is Had the worics of Beethoven and Mozart been written on hemp paper, they would have ensured used to produce more than 5,000 textile products, rang fag fromrop e tofin e laces, and the woody fine originals today. Unlike today'saci d -based paper which begins deteriorating within 30k "nurds" remaining after the fiber has been removed contain more than seventy-seven per cent cellulose, and can be used toproduc e more than 25,000 products, ranging from dynamite to 5.) Paints and Varnishes For thousands of yean, virtually all good paints and varnishes Cellophane. were made with hemp seed oil and/or linseed oil. 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Sadly, the hemp seed produces no observable high fa destruction then we must speak out to legalize the only means of our survival; Cannabis Hemp. humans or birds; only the most minute traces of tetrahydrocannabinol (T J l.C.) are found in the Help spread the truth that Mr. Hearst and all olhers like him have buried under a landslide of lies, seed As the world searches for alternate protein s

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GU. FEBRUARY © Thousands of Vancouveriles woke were concerned. Did Grotus purport up on Wednesday, January 22nd to have a social conscience? Had feeling spent; suffering from with­ they lost their sense of humour? drawal. As anyone who hasn't been The music contained inside was living under a rock for the last six equally disturbing, granted it was months must know, the previous "heavy," and that's pretty much good evening had seen the culmination of enough forme. But as Bazil put it the A- Grotus-mania. That fateful Tuesday ride, "Edward Abbey," "lacked pace," night (he musical tsunami that is and the B-side, "Cash Cow," sounded Grotus crested at the Cruel Elephant, like "a soundtrack for bedspins." It was capping a phenomenal success story slow and droning but with no discem- the likes of which this city has never ible sense of humour. Still, the band was seen. How has this band managed to called Grows, they still had the umlauts rise above the rest of the musical and they were "heavy," just like the world? What was the driving force Mclvms. So Bazil and I swallowed our behind the Grotus juggernaut? l*or disappomtrnenl and decided that after the answers to these questions and the first single, anythmg would be a little more, allow me and my sidekick disappointing. Baril to indulge in a little exercise in Little did we realize that all over this great continent, thousands of sharp minds had come to the same conclusion: Grotus are rock'n'roll GROTUS deities. Yes, the movement was afoot THE MAKING OF A LEGEND All of these sharp minds only needed a small push, which took the form of When a band reaches the upper strata the Grotus CD, Brown. of rock'n'roll stardom the way Grotus I remember the first time Bazil has, pretenders always appear sud­ and I got to look at the new CD. It denly claiming to have known and was an incredible moment, religious liked the band from its moment of in its intensity. A powerful friend conception. Well, Bazil and I may be with deep connections in the music pretenders, but we've liked Grotus industry handed us the priceless gem from the start and we can prove it. It one cloudless afternoon. As Bazil seems like only yesterday that the fondled the CD, we looked it over shining beacon of musical aptitude with adoring eyes. There was a big embodied by Grotus' debut 7" single fish on the front There were four sets caught our eyes. There was nothing of umlauts all hanging over the con­ to recommend the Grotus men to our sonants of Grotus. There was a song attention except for a shit-load of called "Full Metal Grows." umlauls-a name that sounds like ei­ AswerxutheCDirtothedisk ther a reproductive organ or a meal player we were like kids at Christmas. served toconvicts in the 19th century We were giddy with expectation. -and a back cover featuring four of Once the speakers started emit­ the ugliest men we'd ever had the ting sound we had to wonder just good fortune to lay eyes upon. On what the hell was going on. This closer inspection we discovered that wasn't "heavy." Most of the songs the B -side of this single was a cover, were about eating meat and what a the Grand Funk Railroad anthem heinous thing it is. Samples and dubs "We're an American Band "and that from TV completely overrode the one of the more hirsute uglies was music. It sounded like a recording of apparently flipping the bird to poten - someone flipping around the TV Chris Uren and Mindy Abromowitz rial listeners — a pose later immor­ channels with Codeine playing very talized by the billboard phenomenon softly in the background. There was no live drummer, and you can't be The music contained therein "heavy" without a live drummer. too could aspire to the journalistic humour that Lars has. Ha, think of ing up stuff like that." Bunch of dorks, there was a TV set on stage, also met and superceded the potential (That' s the numbr one rule of "heavi­ glory of Da vid Frost, Larry King and Grows not being able to afford my butt. Grotus is stupid like a fox. blocked by either the guitarist or the suggested by the artful cover. The A- ness.") Bazil and I faced a spiritual Diane Sawyer. something. The next question was an How long do you think it will be bass player. (They could have been side sports a song called "Mother of abyss. No matter how upbeat and Finally the heady day came. I obvious one. Does Grotus watch a before we see that circle G Grotus twins.) The stage could barely con­ Pearl," an ass-kicking,"heavy'' song positive we tried to be, the Grotus screeched like a teenager, then faint­ lot of TV? Lars revealed that they symbol on every T-shirt in town, not tain this band. featuring distorted vocals and some CD sucked. ed. Luckily, Bazil is made of sterner were "Trashy, American, garbage- to mention bald little dolls of Lars The music? Well, when samples over the droning guitar o' Bazil and I were devastated. stuff than I. He conducted the inter­ culwre kinda guys," and that was the with his pinky extended? you' ve become an entity of Gro- death that's all the rage among the We decided to head to our retreat in view with the flair and panachebe fit­ reference point for the band. Bazil I'll tell you folks, don't fall for tesian proportions, the music is college crowd these days. In an age the Catskills to think things out. Af­ ting a man in his station in life. It was wondered if they worried about tak­ the mean face Lars Fox wears on his secondary. But just so you in which wimpy, melodic, jangly pop ter a number of deep, reflective ther­ only later that I discovered that he'd ing themselves too seriously, with 7". He's well spoken, he has a good know, the music kicked. Grotus songs dominate the college charts, apy sessions, we came to the follow­ stolen most of his questions from the their conscientious environmental sense of humour and he's nice to was loud, yes, but more impor­ "Motherof Pearl" would have joined ing conclusion: This CD was a joke Rocket. Bazil asked the big one, the message and all. Lars hoped that people. Lars is a good guy. We could tantly, they were "heavy." The the happy ranks of "heaviness" had it — kind of like Lou Reed's Metal question that could not be left unan­ people would listen to them and get hardly wait to meet him and to see bass player and the guitarist been alone on the single. But it wasn't Machine Music. It was a test to see swered. "What is a Grotus?" Lars the message, but not think that the the band in person the follow­ were almost identically attired alone. It was paired with the most just how loyal Grotus fans were. admitted that it is nothing. Lars relat­ band was a bunch of serious, somber, ing night. in Melvins T-shirts: the influ­ primal, raunchy, bad-ass version of Before Bazil could say "tech- ed that "one of our friends saw some­ anal retentive pricks who are pissed Finally, the time came. The ence was obvious. Thankfully, "We 're an American Band" ever laid no-shit," the popular media got a thing disgusting and said "Oh, Gro­ off at the world. "We laugh about Grotus legion gathered at the Cruel Grotus used some discretion on vinyl. Samples of chainsaws re­ hold of the Grotus movement The ws!" so that's what we named the stuff all the rime." We also talked Elephant to carry on their love affair that the Melvins could use and placed some guitar riffs. Bazil swears big dead fish on the cover was prom­ band." When asked why they used about cover versions. Grotus has big with the band. It was sheer anarchy stayed away from drum solos. he could hear cowbells in there. At inently displayed on CMJ, that coast- all the umlauts, Lars replied that plans for Gary Newman's "In Cars" as people wandered throughout the There was a two-song encore the end, frontman Lars Fox's voice to-coast American publication with originally they considered naming and Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the bar trying to decide which of the and then it ended. Just like that. reverently repeats the words "Come a readership in the low billions. Next, the band 'Umlaut' and representing Machine." Lars felt that they "should many open seats to sit in. Bazil and I fought our way on dudes, let's get it on." the band was featured in the Rocket, it with two dots. But they figured that have screwed up 'We're an Ameri­ It's interesting how some mis­ backstage after the show. I got Naturally, it wasn't long be­ with a big photo that confirmed that no one would get it Lars and Bazil can Band' a lot more." Finally, we conceptions can be dispelled instant­ Lars' autograph, while Bazil fore Grotus let loose with another the "We're an American Band" discussed the 7"'s and the CD. Lars tackled the burning issue of the ex­ ly. Lars wasn't ugly. He was cute. He was smarter and got a sweaty single. However, this one proved puz­ Grotus was the same as the Brown claimed that the singles were more tended finger on the back cover of was bald and decked out in red flan­ guitar pick from John Carson zling rather than sublime. The liner Grotus. Despite the CD, Grotus was representative of the now famous the "Mother of Pearl" single. The nel long-Johns. He was such a smiley and the towel that bassist Adam notes of this record were dead seri­ on a roll. Grotus sound. After hearing the CD shocking truth is that the photo dis­ little guy you couldn't help but love Tanner used to wipe his brow. ous. They focussed on environmen- It was about this time that Bazil we wanted to know how much of played the "Grows hand gesture," him. The rest of the band was ugly. We also talked to Lars a bit. talism and political activism. The and I expressed an interest in inter­ their live show was live and how and that the extended finger is a The bass player and the guitarist Despite his near fatal exhaus­ single was dedicated to one Edward viewing our heroes. Like magic, the much mere sampling. According to pinky, not the bird finger. "When we looked very similar— big, sweaty, tion, he was still a beautiful Abbey, a dead author who, by their deed was done. I can't speak for Lars 95% is live. Bazil also wanted started out," explained Lars, "we lots of hair, goatees and weird pope person. Finally we took pity on account, had deeply moved the Bazil, but I spent many a sleepless to know if Grotus would give us thought up stuff like the Grotus hats. To emphasize their hairy simi­ him and went home. Grotus- Grotus boys through his writing. No­ night working up questions that some payola for playing their stuff handshake, the Grows symbol, the larities they performed a sort of dance mania had reached its zenith. body was flipping the bird on the would uncover the true Grotus to a on the radio. Lars said they couldn't Grotus hand gesture. We're just a in sync throughout the show. In addi­ They'll be back in March when back. No cover versions. Bazil and I breathless world. Our big break. We afford it Hoo boy. What a sense of bunch of dorks who sit around think­ tion to an obscured live drummer. they tour with Mr. Bungle. 16 n?^g$nsi&& What is rock 'n roll in the 90's all about anyway? Pawnshops. Hanging out in gaudy pawnshops near handy recording studios and waiting for cool guitars to go out of style and down in price. Axes abundant; riff pounders, silk weavers and honey bees, all humming and ready to be restored into rightful, buoyant, crooked fingered kid hands. Rock 'nroll is about urgency, aneed built on the immediacy of indulgent desires to cut the rug and explore a new niche. And finally, rock 'n roll is about the scene, not the jaded celebrants, but rather the wide eyed hipsters talking about wiring down their customized sounds, and playing the wrong notes at the right time. You know, the gums with enough acumen to know what sounds good, and leave it alone. One such maverick (although he'd never tell you) is Ned Hayden. That's right .let it soak your bite, Ned Hayden, who single handedly envisioned what's now known as 'hot rock action', and tamed the New York scuz-rock underbelly. 1991 was the year for Ned. Tired of contracting out his acrimonious skills, he built his own manifold of electro-fied rock 'n roll— The Action Swingers— and took a spin on the hub of New York rockola. The first goal was to release something raw, a starting point for their pregnant thoughts. "The album," as its referred to, quickly took root under the limelights of Caroline records' tributary, Primo Scree. Their sound, right from this uncauterized start was that of the greenhouse. Songs, precious as panes of glass, and underneath a breeding ground where everything swelters and stews. The Swingers are a band of extremes and it does them justice to take this metaphor to the limit. The album is seasoned and conducive to cooking large batches of speedy ratatouille; songs like "I 'm dead" aripe zucchini, and "Watch out" or "Fully loaded" all zesty items. And finally there's the quintessential opener "Song" that provides the olive oil base for a smooth and palatable ride home. Earlier this month we managed to pinpoint Ned lounging in the crimson offices of Caroline heaven.

Here are trie riigriligrits Discorder - There has been a lot of hype lately I don't know, anyways, I fired all those indie rock sort of 'Give for Sub Pop" thing. Plus, we don't play It was always rock, you never thought about about New York musk, (including Discorder's losers and hired some young hungry rockers... young benefits. It's not that I'm against the whole benefit idea following in the foot steps of some of the Shim­ Monster Magnetspecial last month,S>"/j's "Class hungry kids who want some action. Their my back but why don't they have a benefit for us? FMU, this big my Disc artists? of '92" lipaervke to east coast music arenas, up band, loose kids into rock. Those other guys were radio station in New York, they're having all kinds of I've known those guys for years, I know Superchunk on Faxx, and Rolling Stone's New into... who knows. benefits and raising cash. And what do they do with all everyone in New York city. They all used to MuskSeminar review). How do you see your self the money? They go out and buy bootleg 7 inches of be REM fans, can't you hear it in their music? fitting into this? How was recording the album? bands like the Unsane or something for like fifty bucks John Hall has been playing that kind of crap Ned - We don'treally fit intoSpin's format, and it's It was recorded in a day (the usual response). WeU, so they can play them on the air. It's a bunch of crap! If for a while now. I guess for the rest of the a blessing, we're not going to change. It's idiotic, actually half a day, the rest of the time we sat around an organization was just fiscally responsible in the first world its witty indie rock but here it wears a people just want records that sound like Soundgar- playing backgammon.... place they wouldn't need to have benefits. That's our little thin. I mean no one wants to be sitting in den before they accept you. How people decide message—Fiscal Responsibility, a spend-as-you-go a bar having that in the background. things is pretty ugly. We don't want to sound like any Kind of like Don Fleming's approach? Democrat type deal. Out of that whole scene the only real other band, we just play, go out do our shows and No way, not at all. Don Fleming man, he plays the genius is Dogbowl. He's an actual living thats it., just trying to write good songs. We're not as songs, records them, then listens to them to write So you're a band with a message? genius, whereas all the other Shimmy losers big as any of those bands, Monster Magnet or them and play live. A little backwards from the rest Oh yeah, we want to be just like Fugazi; they're are pretentious potheads. And Kramer, he's Superchunk. It doesn't make sense to be as big as of the world but it works for him. Me, I'm a working artists. I can only hope to be like them. They 're not ruined more records than he's helped. Half Monster Magnet What's the sense of doing it only man, meat and potatoes type guy. Don has the luxury like some cheap little thing... some cheap little rock his records would be OK if they had some real to wind up like S urgery or all those other great bands. of sitting around the house all day long, everyday of band to pick up girls and drink beer and stuff. guitar parts. I mean how can you love his kind Its a trap: they buy your records, they buy your his lifenot having to work. For that I would have to They're a cause, an ideology, and they don't have t- of attitude? But people elsewhere do. They t-shirts, then they might start to give a shit I'm consider him an underachiever and that's pathetic. shirts. Much like us, we want the kids to get their own should make t-shirts that say "I'm with Kram­ looking to avoid this trap. You wouldn't be able to Don's a Neil Young inspired type guy. He never magic marker and make their own t-shirts, that's the er," like those ones that say... leave your house in the morning for the forest of fans, liked the Germs or Fear, he likes Skynard. He's like message. I don't want to be feeding them pre­ and then what? Is it cool to play coliseums like the my father or something. packaged t-shirts. We want them to think for them­ ..."I'm with Superconductor"? Smashing Pumpkins or Hole?...to become a crack selves! In that way we're like Fugazi, and in the fact Yeah, that's it, they're from Vancouver. They addict and wind up in Spin? So he must really love the Arc Weld disc? that we play all ages shows for five dollars. Oh wait, played with Superchunk. He does, because his hippie friend Thurston talked we'd never play an all ages show for five dollars if Is it a prerequisite to be a crack head to be on the Neil into doing it It's those hippies trying to get our lives depended on it I guess we're nothing like Well, what about bringing the Swingers out on cover of Spin? undercover in the scene. They've been around long the road? Spin's market is junkies who can scrap up enough enough, its our turn; guys like you and I and every­ Yeah, we're going to tour late Febuary or March, dough to buy a copy of their rag. That's their thing. one out there who's itching. I mean when we see So what is your ideology? once it thaws out... head out west, maybe En­ Guys like Jim Greer (Spin writer) can only relate to them on stage are we supposed to get inspired? No Man here it is: you pull into town, you do a sound- gland, except all those places want to coerce free bands via the crack pipe...(inreference to his review chance. However, if it's real free noise wailing you check, kill 3 or 4 hours eating bad food / beer product out of us. It's like selling off your chil­ of Pavement's 10 inch) guys like Jim Greer should want, check out the Impulse re-issue of John Col- drinking (to get lubricated for the show), you play, dren or something. Plus all the bands over there die. Guys who say "this ten inch record will change trane's Interstellar Space disc. That's punk rock to and after when they 're taking your gear off the stage, are so cute. We're not but we don't care. We your ten inch life" should have my ten inch dick you get paid and then the fast exit You split, cash in played with Teenage Fanclub, blew their shit shoved in his ten inch face. away and got paid the big blow. That' s w hat we do Therecord'sonTomHarrlngton*slabel,butdidn't for a living. So, are you guys the most unknown band in you also record a single with Noke ville, and didn't And then do It all again the next day? America, even if you toured with Dinosaur, Mud- you also have a single lined up on the singles dub? Everyday. Everyday of the whole damn year if At last word, Ned Hayden was still doing honey et al.? And don't you think that you have They asked us to do it but we told them to fuck possible. It's great! I love that, that's the way I care this for a living; the interview thing, the live thing, some rather big names In your band- Pete Shore themselves. We were going to do it but then it was like to live my personal life, I made that decision when I and the underground metempsychosis, continu­ (Unsane), Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Bewitched, "Pay up, pay up buds," and they didn't pay up, so they was twelve years old and I saw Kiss I said "Someday, ing to bide his time while promoters haggle over Furniture) and Julia Catfritz (Pussy Galore)? don't get any singles. I mean whatever happened to I want to wear make up and have high platform shoes," tour rights. 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With two bassists it's tastes, so if I tell you what I like you'll describe my disappointment when plained how "the crowd started get­ television' and Jonn saw it and you, this is irrelevant. I asked). Ac­ not surprising that the music has the get completely the wrong impres­ Alex Griffin, bassmforNed's Atom­ ting wild and they pushed the barrier thought it was a good title for a song. cording to Alex, the prolific "big potential to be reeeallly heavy at sion." I'm never quick to comply to ic Dustbin, enlightened me on the under so it collapsed the legs from He already had the lyrics written, and bang" that brought Ned's into exist­ times. (Ned's has two bassists be­ stubbornness so I persisted to ask him true origin of one of the most creative the stage which then folded in the we already had the tune. The beau ence happened in 1989 after, "fourof cause during their formation the band anyhow: "Well, I like Hiisker Dii, uh, band names I've ever heard. I mean, middle." In the event of being swal­ just seem to go together, so the song [us] went to the same college near just couldn't decide who wat better.) Joni Mitchell..." He was right. I did with a name like that you 'd think that lowed alive by the stage, the band isn't really about killing your televi­ Birmingham. Most of [us] were in Apparently the band's sound lends ask a stupid question. Regardless, you there might be some deep meaning unfortunalley had to cancel the show. sion, it's about whatever you want it bands before and [we] all split off itself amazingly well to live perfor­ now know what the bass guitarist for or acronym or something of immense Perhaps that indignity might have to be." In that case, I say kill the about the same time and decided to mances in combination with their Ned's Atomic Dustbin listens to and profundity hidden in the words. Then been overlooked by the band and bloody tube and toss it. It's all a form one band. Then [we] met Dan high energy and "unbridled sUge that his tastes do not, in any way, again, I have a habit of complicating their fans (I have visions of the Ned's bunch o' garbage...er...uh dust? through somebody else." reflect the music he plays and writes. simple things. According to Alex, being consumed by an onslaught of (Well, if a garbage can and a dust bin Ned's wasted no time in re­ Another notable aspect of As forinteresting/embarrassing "We got [the name] from a show in people, but consumed by the stage? I are one and the same it should follow leasing their first single after a series Ned's is the song lyrics written by {JBk iXCuoies that occurred during the 50's, which was called The Goon dunno.) —except that they hadn't that garbage and dust are too.) of Birmingham gigs proved Quit; VOCalisi iontt. Reading through the the interview, I did manage a few. I Show and one of the episodes was yet finished the first song. And you I still found it somewhat ironic "•CCCSsfui. Considering that they CD cover reveals a list of titles that asked Alex if the band members were called 'Ned's Atomic Dustbin.' wanna talk disaster prone? Maybe it that despite making what seems like share the Birmingham limelight with reflect the dismal results of several vegetarians (That was a Nardwuar When we were thinking of names is the name or something that makes a glaring musical statement on the groups such as PWEI and The Won - failed relationships. Sensing this bit­ question - shrug, dontaskme.): "Uh, that was the worst one, so we chose the band so explosive, and I'm not evils of TV., Ned's has scheduled a der Stuff it was only a matter of rime terness. I asked Alex what exactly Jonn is. The rest of us are vicious it" As for the atomic dustbin thing, exclusively referring to their popu­ whole slew [sic] of television ap­ before they nabbed some opening inspires Jonn to write such cynical meat eaten." My response was sort of I've been told that a dustbin is really larity. The day before the Belfast pearances across North America. spots with both bands. In conjunc­ words. He replied that yes, they "are a comment, "like, I guess you all wear just a sophisticated/British way of show they arrived at their hotel only They will (or have already) made tion with the release of the single, cynical, but they're not necessarily leather then?" To which Alex re­ saying garbage can. I guess for North to be turned away because the build­ "Happy," Ned'i Atomic Dustbin about his relationships. Y'know, he appearances on both MTV and Much- plied, "No, I just don't like liver." American followers the name trans­ ing had been bombed moments ear­ embarked on a tour with pop-genre keeps things really general so that Music and will appear on some other Maybe it was my Canadian or Laryn­ lates as Ned's Atomic Garbage Can. lier. As lead vocalist Jonn Penney so band Jesus Jones. people can take what they want from shows that Alex couldn't remember gitis accent. Who knows. Who cares. adeptly observed of their mishaps in at the time I spoke with him. Maybe 'em. As opposed to saying T met this Choosing a name that sticks in Already, rumour hat it that Mental picture:. .fall out settles a recent interview (though not with Letterman, or Arsem'o or SNL or...or girl, and she left me, and I was really the minds of listeners has obviously Ned's Atomic Dustbin hat been in­ across the barren ground zero stag­ me), "The idea is to loll your televi­ The White House for all I know. I sad.' he makes things sound a bit proven to be a bonus. Ned's first vited to join Lollapalooza II sched­ es of a devastated North Ameri­ sion, not the band," referring, of won't see it 'cause I don't watch more interesting." I gotta agree. In album, God Fodder, recently went uled to tour this summer. Alex's re­ ca., fans withdraw into theirtiny shel­ course, to their successful second T.V.I Any how, I digress.... the song "Throwing Things" Jonn gold in the UK and has sold about sponse? "Yeah, rumour has had it. ters equipped with a brand new God vinyl releaseentitle d "Kill YourTele- coinstheterm "verbal constipation." one hundred and eighty thousand Undoubtedly, readers are prob­ I'm saying no more. It is a rumour, FodaeiCD...cherishing their Ned's I love it. I mean how much more copies in North America. Not bad for ably interested in getting to the nitg- but we have been asked and we're all accurate can a description of that concert T-shirt, the blinding colour a relatively unknown band that spon­ But don't bother digging too rit of the Ned's - like W5 or some­ up for it. If it happens, then hopefully non-communicative void that seems whose like will no doubt never be sors their tours through t-shirt sales deeply into the significance of this thing. Let me share my increasing we'll do it, if it doesn't ... then no to haunt so many relationships get? seen again...the nuclear winter of a alone. But hey, when you market a t- rather attention snapping song title wealth of knowledge based on my problem." post-NeaTs Atomic Holocaust tour shirt that says "Did you miss Ned's 'cause you won't find a single deep brief interview and a ton of stuff Vocalist Jonn has been quoted Influences? Don'task. Evident­ will settle in.. .silently they disappear Atomic Dustbin? You Fucked Up" rooted, symbolic, earth-shattering borrowed from recently published as saying that their sound is "Pop- ly, Ned's is one of those bands that into the recording studio shelter to whaddya expect? comment on contemporary social articles about the band. Ned' s Atom­ core" although I must say that the has no admitted musical compatri­ initiate their next musical project then So perhaps modesty is not a decay or the couch-potato syndrome ic Dustbin is: Jonn Penney (vocalist, majority of God Fodder leans rather ots . (Alex had especially never heard they wait...patiently ...until someone lyricist and founding member), Alex huge issue for Ned's, but when you that runs rampant in North American steeply towards the "pop" side of of the 'as of late" hot CiTR pop-stuff pushes the button again. consider that these five virile young culture. Instead (Alex again clarified Griffin (bassist #1), Mat Cheslin things. But then, suddenly, a raspy like the Pooh Sticks orthe Vaselines,

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Of course graphic stuff guys who diss him when he stands at the culture and show appreciation Lots of of the issues mentioned here. "Only The pertaining lo sex is described in 'The Pimp" front end of the Rapid Transit, where all the gasping for air is heard by Almighty, but Strong Survive" tells, h offensive language, where Scarface is breakin' some hooker old people are, etc., but they won't come up altogether it's not bad (On Poetic Groove the fact that indeed only the strong survive Yol Future Rap 1992 is in full effect bovee! this 1991 Polygram, 22 track release. There in (if you know what I'm sayiV), and the when they threaten him and he refuses to and tnierscope Records). on the streets. Gunshots, stompin' sounds, Let's hope for many new promising hip hop is a humourous song thrown on the begin­ various positions, etc that he likes. Com­ move lo the back! He can't stand the and the ever-so-famous Funky Drummer, artists k> enter the scene this chill year. ning of the CD where the Black Sheep pletely distasteful and a waste of a track. attitudes that the lightskm girls possess. He Rapper of the month..."Nobody knows his by James Brown, and piano chords, are used have a dream of being hard(core). The "Gangsta of Love", off ofGrip ittOnThat complains about his friends who are "Sleep- name, they only know his face," he's a for in this hit Slowing down the pace a notch, For those who dig the club scene, you mood is explicit and somewhat violent lyr­ Other Level, may have been explicit and in' On [His] Couch," eatin' his food, and reallamanigga-Scarfacel rhymes talking of the transition of a man on may already he hip to the 2 happenm grooves ics are shouted out, but the crazy-assed rude, but k did have a funky loop and was watdiin' his Mum's television set! Del the streets and in prison are described For that get the crowd jumptV! I'm talkin"bout attitude ts slammm'! One of my favourite definitely less offensive than "The Pimp." shows concern for the kids that get stuck up Yo!!! Just a little message before I sign off aJthough on the street one may appear to be those two brothers who rapidly rhyme along songs is "StrobelifcHoney." Asadbutirue Scarface is for sure a Trigga Happy Nig- for their shoes and boomn' systems, "..Jtil- for this month. For those who diss other tough and rough,th e minute he is arrested lo such instruments as mellow horns and tale is dropped, told from personal experi- ga!, as revealed in all of his his. From hn' the children /like the sneakers are worth cultures and have serious problems towards andsent to the funky guitar nffs, and flow m creative native encenodoubt! It seems that when these two listening to Scarface's lyrics a grim pic­ a million..." Ice Cube's voice appears in the tongue stylcBteck Sheep! The two re­ fellas, on separate occasions, asked a girl to identity of a man and becomes a piece of ture is painted of what this human being has background of several tracks which is cool the dark pool of ignorance, pick up a book leases the public may have heard in the groove at a dancehall, the honey may have meat that evil can pick on and violate. No been subject to.H e claims to be a victim of "Same 01'Thing" is dope. mtfustuneDel and learn anothers culture. Knowledge is nightclubs, on CiTR's two rap shows "h looked Oy in the dark surroundings, but as longer is he the big shot "Ice Man Cometh", society who as a child was not cared for, so disses Vanilla Ice! It is a truley beautiful the key tounderstandin g each other. Only Effect" and "The Real Deal," or on Much soon as the strobelite revealed her true discusses police brutality as it exists in the he grew up not givm' a shit about nobody thing to hear, and (he diss is on that other by asking questions can we find the an­ Music, are "Haver of the Month," and 'The kJentity...Yol They Gotta Gol world of today.Heav y metal guitar plays in neither. The conclusion of tha CD is on the level! To summarize this CD byDel Tha swers to the situations of the past, present, Choice is Yours." I don't really like to compare any rap the background Wordplay is used in the negative up. The last song is tided, "I'm fUNKEe hOMOSAPIENl have to admit and search out positive solutions for the Dead". It starts out Scarface witnessing a A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing s the title of artist with another one burBlack Sheep do tune "War On Drugs"...[which is a war on that it's got the thumbs up in my book. future. Peace!

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Maybe they have a conspiracy with thlt It yet another month ofthebest damn rock this town hat ever Break Even Records, Jason Flower. 2185 teen. I tell ya. « |utt gets better all the time. A lot of kids are Amity Drive, Sidney, B.C V8L1BZ Flow­ discovering the cruel elephant for the first time and guess what? er was formerly of Sbckfarm ( a happening Mickey Chri»t-Af eaner than You They all dig this nutty thing commonly referred to as 'alternative" music, ass kicking politically Incorrect fuck-you-up rock n roll I group) until he lucked (hem all out of the How does a peaceful city like Victoria call It, but that's not all) We do pop, punk, funk, reggae, rock, spawn such aggression? Maybe it's the band and started Mexican Power Authority world, roofs (and even special 70* t disco with cheap bevvies (vicious Abbotsford rumour). If you go to sewage system, I dunno. Lead singer has a and no cover on fuesdaysl), though we do put this aH In a blender Victoria, 1 am told it's not hard to pick up Husker Du-ish voice but the music styles and get a very palatable mix: fun for the whole (amity, IT your Mexican Power Authority band's live act at jump around enough lo avoid moldiness. (amity Is over 19, that Is. Now the unbelievably Intense lineup of the legendary Harpo's. The music is fast Great cassette cover and I'm not saying the best rock bands around, but this list Is In a monthly format and paced and hectic punk rawk;th e songs are anymore or I'll get into those annoying Is subject to change, not to mention that, because we love you, very short, shorter than the Dwarves. Strange Nomeansno comparisons again. we have some really great surprise shows lined up (or the avid nondescript lyrics. Check them out if you get rock (an. We're not telling you about them right now, because Operation Willis-Pkysicalfy Twisted you know, riot* and aft remember all the other ones we've had? Stone Cold Ninja Management c/o Andy and Ifthose were widely advertised... wowimOTCITYIII Speaking Just a little gossip to start this month's Rattled Rooster*- Rocket Raunch Mori, 151 Government Street, Victoria, o( riots column: Jack Feels Rne has not broken up. Fan Crub.2547 Edgar Crescent Vancouver B.C V8V 2K6,381-5385. These guys hail sat (eb I can you say SUB POP? the best pop-punk band In the Rumour has it that they will be playing ,B.C, V6L 2G5. These guys seem to be all the way from Victoria, so expectations world from the BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD w/ serious punk rock from the SUPERSUCKERS; both Seattle, both SUB POP lues (eb 4 with Mystery Machine at the Cruel FJe- 1. UNDER THE VOLCANO: (In heavily into the rockabilly type thing. Prob­ are going to be high. They sound good in cruel 70's disco 250; no cover! free! cheap! wed (eb 5 from phant on February 21 (we think). Speaking Vancouver...some park) Open ably good todrin k beer to. I'm not into this the music segment, although the vocals California THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER w/ SINNER'S SQUAD w/ A of Mystery Machine, they are no longer could use some work. A kind of Nomean­ air.. J-'acepuller, FaJafds and a bunch of oth­ kind of sound so I don't have much to say. POSSIBLE MYSTERY BAND...you know, what would be fun? c producng on Kiltel because the label went er shit I went to the beach for. They played at Smash on New Year's Eve, sno sound, as if they were the only band to couple of wild punk funk killer bands, that you can dance your under, and Nanfwuar is not impressed with the Town Pump on January 8, and the Com influence that whole city, with a twist - face off to all night, so here goes: thurs (eb 6 LESTER'S WAGON w/ their Nettwerk connections. Ob yeah, if 2. SHINDIG: Incitement for all. Win­ modore on February 17, so if you want to Morrissey kind of lyrics. If my opinion RUSTY NAILS now do we have great shows or what? dig this: (rl you didn't see them.Mystcry Machine ner-Mystery Machine, Second-Culer than check these energetic guys out it shouldn't really mattered, I'd say they were pretty (eb 7 SUB POP recording artists AFGHAN WHIGS (yes thee afghan opened for Fishbone! Woweel Spunky, Thinl-Perfume Tree. Discrepan­ be that hard. good. But that's just me. whlgs from clnclnattl) w/ guests; now you say how about some Is Shutdown no longer or is this a cies between second and third place from good of rock In roll. I say well this is the cruel elephant so how Victorian myth? When is Chris Houston Lootbag- Next lSkm Ambulance-/^ about filling your pants to the sweetsounds of el harsho supremo (Evil Twang) gom Naaazal dude. Actually the lyrics are way We got a goody with this trippy sounding on sat (eb 8 DOSE PUMP w/ KISS KISS N' BANG w/ RUMBLE FISH lues (eb 11 cruel 70S disco, no cover, this Is great! the revival thJoe(ne 3. NOMEANSNaAsurpnsegigurH clear and cooL Lootbag draws to heavily on demo, and although the little bonus did us nobody wanted, but too much fun to say no tol wed (eb 12 a when is he gonna start up Elvis Mondays- der the aliasof Three Guys Named Bob at the that skank/dancehall riff but it's not annoy­ no good, I suppose that with the help of it tape release and a very fine misunderstood & heavy band: long time do it yourself form that started as old Cruel £ No, I didn't get in either so I might have liked them. like Ministry or ing so I won't slam them for it. 15km comes MARY w/ RED SUGAR w/ DANCING ON CLASS (don't miss these a haven for garage'n cow punk in Toronto FUCK OFF. with a nifty sing along lyric sheet Favourite Front 242 Hey, if that kind of thing were fine local acts) thurs 13 heavy heavy heavy rock night w/ THE back in'84? song here is "Fuck Peace" (meat rules dude). what I liked, then I dunk I could have PASTIES w/ GREY SKIES w/ GO GUY (rl (eb 14 fall In love on Speaking of the big TO, look for 4. CATCGAME,TENFEETTALL, Favourite lines, however "are you proud of appreciated these guys. What can you do? valentine's day with TWO LEFT FEET (formerly the spin doctors) w/ upccrniigBurich-c-ruclung-Goo&CDon DEPROGRAMMERS, SLUDGE, yourself now, you're what you once hated THE HOLLOWHEADS sat tab 15 an evening of spine-tingling ad­ Fringe, and a split 7" with both Toronto SPARKMARKI-:Rgrunge wizards LUNG w/ back to kil one fine fanzine called Snipe hunt which against rape is fumy enough to keep me a good voice loo. Sort of Sinead O'Connor/ EMG, #303 68 Water Street, Vancouver, again THE SUPERSUCKERS (now everybody that has seen these offers a fine scene report (actually it's comin' back. FacepuUer did some interest­ Natalie Merchant-ish (10, 000 Maniacs). B.C V6B1A4. Pretty, pink cassette cover. guys say they're an unbelleveably good band. so come early! not to be missed!) w/ Portland's CRACKERBASH tuet 25 disco usually just a bunch of snotty bullshit). ing things with power took. Even me bassist Nine people in this band including cello and National Velvet, Pandoras and dance to the disco heat! no cover! save money! wed 261 don't Snipehunt is available at Scratch and the from Piss Queen liked Kreviss. mandolin players, which might explain the Guns'n'Roses after mowin' down a big Cruel E bowl of estrogen. Makes me wish I was a want anybody's hopes getting all high asa kite, so I'm not telling music seemingly fighting the voice some­ you anything but the Initials of this possible show: one G.G A.. you Cory #l,from Sludge asked me lo 6. SUPERCONDUCTOR: Neil Dia- times. The songs deal with gritty true life dig? thurs 27 yesl yesl the return of berkleys amazing SMOKIN' mond tribute at the Cruel ELook for Neil's stuff like seeing condoms on the ground. RHYTHM PRAWNS (all you can eatl) w/ THE LUDWIGS M 28 yeah, proachable column about his unjust tour version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull by If you want to send YOUR demo to CiTR: this Is cool:RUN WESTY RUN sat 29 the legend lives on. now this Is treatment from Superconductor's Shawn. Richard Bach. A record collectors must! Terror of Tinytown 1. Send it to Dale if you want them ON rock: joe ketthley's INSTINCT w/ DOG EAT DOG (formerly dogzflla) However, we were both wasted at the tine This demo gives one harsh deja vu. I swear AIR right away, then Dale will pass'em on w/ guests; this may be a very special guest, tool when he told me the tidbit and I was trying 7. TRUK (before they lost their integ­ I've beard k, but I've never heard this band to us gins. that's all (or (eb, hope no one misses anything; I know > al looks to get an interview with Steel Pole Bathtub. rity), GOGUY, ALIEN AND THE PSY­ before The first song, "A Basket of Pears,'' 2. Send it to us ifyou want your demo so good, but here's something extra lo look forward to: GORILLA All I can say from my own sober experi­ CHO (PUNK RAWK): (Twilight Zone) sounds acoustic and very rhythmic in a reviewed in PRINT right away then we'll GORILLA, JONESTOWN PUNCH, THE HUNGRY CROCODILES, THE ences with both guys is that one is a bit of Groups with true potential. Even if the two strange kind of way. Thesecond song, "Feels give 'em to Dak. GITS, SHLEPROCK, NOFX, THE MR.T EXPERIENCE. BLU CHUNKS, a Jabberpuss and the other is an insuffer­ latter groups lost Shindig, they're winners ti So Right," sorta passed me by. The last song,3 . If you are wanting your demo ON Japan's NIMROD. THE COWS, HAMMERHEAD and lots more, see? able snot and they'll probably be best our eyes. "What's ate Price," is the best sounding AIR and in our column SEND US TWO we do love you! open 9-2 am; tickets are as cheap as possible, as afways...so what the fuck else do you want? that's right, friends by the time you read this incredibly (funkier) song of the three. (one for Dale Sawyer, the guy who carts anything else would Just be greedy! love the cruel elephant, obsolete piece of literature that our editors demos and one for us). 8. TWERDO CLEB ml NARD- because > loves you. seem to think isn't "cpnionated" enuff in WUAR( opening for Sted Pole Bathtub): Mrs. Svenson-JW Leaves Hope that's all clear. If you didn't fulfy hale this homely flashy 2833 Pasqua St, Regioa, Saskatchewan, Oh yeah. We got 24 demos this month haps if we whined more about not getting bunch of windbags for at least three full days 306-584-9209. My apologies to Mrs. Sven- (a record). The editors have been chopping laid, or maybe went off on some tangent after the show then, my friend,yo u are an son fans with the review I gave them when our column apart (...for damn good Open Tues.-Sat., 9pm-2am about thigh tattoos, or made up self- con­ they played with Little Joe way back when reasonEd), so we'D try to putrin' around gratulatory terms like "Quincy Punks," For so ten demos each month that we think are we'd be more respected around here... 9. The Whistler snowboarding gig ing like Fugazi, then again, I don't remem­ most cool in the hope that they will all be 23 W. CORDOVA that we never went to, but people keep on ber too much from that night, if you catch my printed. We love you all We know it's late, but we were talking about: Sptrkmarker, Ten Feet Tall, drift. This demo is good quality music They Redd and Coral out of town for New Years so yer and who knows who else. Supposedly "the sound a bk like Dinosaur Jr. Even though I PS. Thanks to Mr. Anderson of Victoria gettin' it now. reddest gig of the year." don't Ike the term - k's chick music (about for helping us review. Q) clude Afrika Baby Bam 1988, vibrant and exciting years alwayt had a strong female pres­ hottest selling album The Men baataa, Mike G of the Jungle indeed. La si Call exhibits many ence, and here we have Family Who Loved Music ? That's Ri­ Brothers, Jalaluddin Manur of the lower mainland'! better Plot, The Work Party, Bolero Lava, chard. Seemly, just after that Nuriddin of the Last Poets, and/or notorious bands of that Go Four 3, Animal Slaves, No Fun, release, Peterson wrote the A- dancehall reggae rudeboy era. Some made it to vinyl, Lost Durangos, Poisoned, Bob's side to this single, "new Young Shabba Ranks , master P Funk, others as far as tape. As com­ Your Uncle, and the Hip Type, all Fresh Fellows Theme" on July and Bootsy's Reeffer piled here though, these record­ featuring women vocalists and or 7. 1987 (where were you?). The Band(???) with bassman ings, for the most part, are wor­ first two lines of the song are: Bootsy Collins (on guitar!). thy of a place in Canadian mu If you have spent the years "No one likes the Freth Young Other heavyweight names in­ '77-'881isteningtoCiTR, frequent­ Fellows no fans anymore/No clude P-Funker's Gary "Gui­ Disc One kicks ass from ing venues like The Windmill, The one comes to shows at the tar" Slider (???), Gary "Drum­ the start. The Furies, Skulls, Buddha, or City Space, Last Call Sports Bar like they did before." mer on Atomic Dog" Mudbone Dishrags, DOA, Victorian Pork and can satisfy your nostalgic needs. So what does it mean? Tell me. Cooper, Bernie "Keyboards" many other staples of Vancouver's Producer McDonagh calls this a why did the Young Fresh Fel­ Worrell, Michael "Guitar" heyday are featured here. To this "collection of musical snapshots," lows wait four and a half years Hampton, Herbie Hancock, day I thank God that these bands and that it is. Even if you've never to put the song out? Were they Riddim Twins Sly Dunbar and appeared when they did. There heard of these bands. Last Call waiting for the right time? Is Robbie Shakepeare, and the were few live music clubs of inter­ stands the test of time and like all now the right lime? Who out James Brown horn section est. Disco was sucking the big good snap shots, they're good any there has Electric Bird Digest! composed of Fred Wesley, wazoo. Prog-rock was accelerat­ What the hell does "Young Maceo Parker, and Pee Wee El­ ing up its own butt at a dangerous Norm van Rassel Fresh Fellows should have fifth lis. Wow! pace, and Barry MaruTow was more member trumpets and keyboards/ Anyway, The Third Power is popular than the Beatles and was THE YOUNG FRESH More like the Huey Lewis album really held down by Sly and being considered as the next Pope. FELLOWS WITH Tower Power Horns mean? What's Robbie's drum and bass work, There are 28 bands featured here, going on with The Young Fresh RICHARD PETERSON which is smooth and rock steady all relevant contributors to a re­ Fellows? Is it a lark, a joke, a com­ New Young Fresh as always. Everybody else sort awakening music scene. Many edy of errors or is it bitterly serious? Fellows Theme/ of piles on top of this groove, classic cuts are included: "Slave to Flipping to the B-side is an­ Mathisization 7" SMASHING PUMPKINS with a number of people han­ my Dick" by the Subhumans, "Ha­ other Peterson composed number, tiges of that place where "Rhinoc­ (Popllama) Lull dling the vocals. Shabba leads waii" by the Young Canadians, the a tribute to the Velvet Prince, John­ eros" left us. A bass line similar to on "Reality," cuttin' it up on timely "Wailing for the Drugs to (Caroline) It's the Young Fresh Fellows. ny Mathis. "Mathisization" is a Faith No More's "Falling To Piec­ the dancehall reggae tip while Take Hold" by the Secret Vs. and brooding, very groovy anthem that This 4 song EP produced by Billy Yet, the Young Fresh Fellows. es" works this tune into a beauti­ Baby Bam and Mike G rap on "Teenage Barnacle" from the Enig­ works well, making this single an Corgan (guitarist/vocalist), creative Yes, the Young Fresh Fellows fully frantic love song. Like a "Playin' With Fire." Next mas who incidently played a very extremely hot yet confusing Young epicentre and brainchild behind are my favourite band. Yes, wrought iron gate swinging in a comes my favourite tune, "Cos­ spirited set at the CD release party Fresh Fellows commodity. Go get Chicago's Smashing Pumpkins, and they rock. Yes, I dig everything rainbow-riddled sun-shower, mic Slop," an old Funkadelic (too bad the same can't be said for this single. Listen to it Try to Butch Vig, the Grand Poobah of they put out. Yes, this single is " Blue" slows its pace to a hypnotic song which has been updated to the Groovaholics who aren't on explain what it means to me. If indie-rock knob twisting in an oth­ a milestone in their career. The anchor which takes the song out. perfection. This is one awe­ Last Call, but did play two sad sets. you don't understand it, ask 'em in erwise Hal-2000 decade, plays question is my friends, what "Slunk" is the only example some track! The rest of the It's time Dave Gregg considered a person on Friday January 31, and emotional raquctball with you. kind of milestone? Is it a mile­ of a Smashing Pumpkin song tracks flow on with the same change of occupation, or perhaps a Saturday February 1, when they It was no surprise to me when stone of fulfilment and satisfac­ which slightly hints to that mon­ kind of groove. For example, total blood transfusion.) play the Town Pump. Backing I came across this disc bathing in an key -on-the-college-radio-back in­ "The Deception," has a kind of Where Disc One chronicles the re­ tion, or is it a mile-stone of 'em up is the star of the Flamin' aural aura at BeUingham's Cello­ fluence of Dinosaur Jr. A two and modernized hip-hop reggae beat birth of Vancouver's live music frustration and disappointment? Groovies,Roy Loney. Young Fresh phane Square. It's been out for 3/4 minute ditty, which accents on with lots of loose raps with scene. Disc Two shows us why, at This 7" vinyl slab is extremely Fellows, don't go away. awhile in America but has yet to a choir of layered guitars and that choruses sung over top, and times, eleven years later, things well done with a very big bossy Grant Lawrence make it to Canadian import shelves. oh so retro (but how we love it) smooth horns and keyboards were not as they once were. Not BAND sound, featuring the And this is why we have Free Trade; fuzz guitar solo with wah-wah that add ambience to the mix. that Disc Two is a let down, not at Young Fresh Fellows and Seat- er/Pia st/ so I can pay duty on a product pedal doing overtime. Easily the Well, there ya go. The lyrics all. There's Nomeansno, I, TEENAGE FANCLUB Trumpeter Richard Peterson. which should have been available fastest song of the 4 and the epit­ are also worth noting, as most Braineater, Slow, Herald Nix, and Bandw agones que This is not Perterson 's first col­ to us over a month ago. But I di­ ome of how a Smashing Pump­ of them are responsible com­ The Scramblers plus 15 others. (DGC) laboration with the Young Fresh gress. kins' song should sound. "Right ments on a decaying society. Also, any collection with No Fun's Fellows, either. Remember that First it was the Pastels, then the Already my body torques with on, motherfucker," whines Billy Take for instance the Jecryle "Be Like Us" is worth the price of wild brass at the beginning of Vaselines and now Teenage Fan- excitement, and the adrenalin rac­ Corgan as he dumps us in the (????) Brothers addressing the admission. Vancouver music has "TV Dream" from the Fellows' club! Will Scottish POP madness ing from my pineal gland is like a nearest opium den with a head full drug problem, and Jalaluddin slow-moving glacier in compari­ of hallucinogens and almost apol­ explaining the evil American son to my anticipation and emacia­ ogizes to us with the serenity of dollar in "E-Pluribus-Unum" tion for new Pumpkin product. A "Bye June". (money from many). And to conflict in my emotions occurs im­ An acoustic ballad with top it all off, they even cover a mediately, as my joy in finally pur­ heavy emphasis on Corgan's eso­ Bob Marley song, "Mellow chasing "Lull" is brought to combat teric and all-weather voice. "Bye Mood." against the disappointment of its June" s 5 chords that ooze so much Adam Sloan length and price. "Lull" is only 4 emotion they '11 pull the heartstrings songs long and has the beefy price on the coldest motherfucker, and LAST CALL of $9.99(U.S.) attached to it. Fur­ maybe even get you into the sack Zulu 2 CD Set thermore, there isn't a glossy photo with a long time friend with whom Vancouver Independent of D'arcy in the CD sleeve, and this you've shared a plutonic relation­ Music 1978-1988 is known to bring about fits of de­ ship with. Like laying in a ham­ pression in all testosteronized males. mock with the smell of lilacs in the You've gotta appreciate a guy Describing the sleeve is kind of air and watching a butterfly land like Grant McDonagh for hav­ difficult, but it's similar to that sil­ on your toe; pretty. Never has a ing his shit together, and for the icone -in-a -tube stuff that you squirt song emitted this much sincerity time and energy it took to com­ on a tray and then bake in the oven and emotional intensity since Neil pile the 48 cuts by 48 bands on with the final product resembling a Diamond's (orKilldozer's for that this essential 2 Cd set. You've stained glass hodgepodge., .visually matter) "I Am, I Said", "nuff said. also gotta appreciate the fact pleasant Scooter that we now have, for our lis­ Anyways, "Lull" starts out tening pleasure, for the first with "Rhinoceros" which was "sto­ and probably only time, these MATERIAL len from Gish" and is a glittering great and otherwise lost in the The Third Power star through the dense underbrush past tunes available on the CD of sentiment. The massive and bru­ (Axiom/Island) tal imagery of a rhinoceros is in Material is the brainchild of For description sake, the direct contrast to this song even Bill Las well, who I don't know music contained on Last Call is with its aggressive guitarmud-fling too much about, but that your basic punk, hard-core, chorus. The simultaneous voice/ shouldn't matter because it's post-punk pop, with a touch of guitar note verbatim pulls you the music that counts. As far as West Coast twang thrown in for through the song like a Saint Ber­ I can tell. Mr. Laswell is friends good measure. Labels aside, nard with a keg of brandy around its with a lot of cool people in the this is RockVRoll at its best; collar, the hot and sweet taste of music industry, and he gets a timeless, irreverent, raw, spon­ ransom after the frightening chill of few of them together and they taneous and as essential today desertion. write a few tunes and release as it was when first recorded. "Blue" picks up from theves- them. Some of these artists in­ Spanning the years 1978 to 22 TS^gSLJSSrMn listening toBandwagonesque, "that What's Your Game?" "Aza-2000" and "Cracked Up" fades into familiar Reed ternin Clarinettist Robert W. Steven­ sound" is instantly recognizable: If these numbers were released in also provide numerous doses of characterized by a less pretent >us son turns in an excellent per­ the eclectic POP styling of the '63 or '64, they would easily en­ chaotic dirge with which to scare guitar sound and cynical observa­ formance of Reich's "New York aforementioned Pastels and Vase­ ter the Top 40 of Isle faves, no your friends. tions such as, "live' s good but not Counterpoint." His perfor­ lines as well as other UK groups doubt about it! After a couple of Unsane's music is made to shock, fair for all." mance of this piece was the like the Pooh Sticks and Heavenly. your own personal spins I'm sure daze and confuse you. If you can All this plus more! Also in­ highlight of Arraymusic's con­ It's the sound that's spurred many you'll tend to agree with me that stomach the fronlcover (Let's just cluded are: a very creepy and cool cert at Graceland a few years a North American combo as well, the Kravin' "A"s are a fine band say it's of a guy who missed "the song by Julee Cruise, a psyche­ ago. "Merapi," by Jose Evan- lake for instance Beat Happening playing fine music. Intelligent, last train to Clarksville") then you delic Elvis Costello tune, a weird gelista consists of a melodic line or Nirvana. Anyway, Teenage creative songwriting, clean and can stomach the delicious offer­ surrealistic blues bit by T. Bone which is developed by explo­ Fanclub is a deep listen; great mu­ crunching guitars, and an all ings of Unsane. Burnett and a fun, spoken word sion and heterophonic disper­ sic for working on s jigsaw, or around fantastic sound rockets the Bryce Dunn theatrical number by Nick Cave sion throughout the ensemble. I when taking a long drive. It's a Kravin' "A"s Krave On! to the and the Bad Seeds. There are no find the material of "merapi" fine record, get it And thank good­ top of my bops for this month VARIOUS ARTISTS obviously awful songs here and similar to Boulez's "Memoria- ness for Half Japanese, no? Grant Lawrence Until the End of the World even the excerpts from the film's le," and while I don't think this Grant Lawrence New Age score are brief enough is Evangelista's finest music, (soundtrack) to tett only the most intolerable Unsane (Warner) its playful sparkle is always en­ listeners. joyable. Rodney Sharman't THEKRAVTN* "A"s S/T Oh Boy! Can this be true? A whole Don't be put off by the "Dark Glasses" changes the Krave On! (Matador) (Hangman Records) album of despairing songs about lack of upbeat, happy songs. The tone to one more autumnal than Hot on the heels of their "Jungle life and unrequited love? A movie music is beautiful and the lyrics that of its predecessor. All as­ Hangman Records of the UK re­ Music" 7", comes the long await­ soundtrack, no lessl Does this are poetic and intelligent Besides, pects of the composition are leases 39th album! And lo com­ ed debut LP from NYC s Unsane. mean a film about everyone's fa­ if you listen closely enough, you well cared for, resulting in a memorate this milestone of An EP would have already been vourite theme is soon to follow? may discover that Until the End of work which is sometimes cum- achievement in independent rock around for some time, but due lo The answer to these questions is. The World 's message is not nec­ brously slow or extended; I am and roll, the gents at Hangman have distribution problems a change in essarily one of bleak despair. confident, however, that this it released a stellar recording of neat, labels had to be made. You may The soundtrack to Wim Mike Walkey what the composer intends. proper rock and roll. And that, recognize the members Chris Wendeii' Until the End of the "She Who Sleeps With A Small simply, is just what the Kravin' Spencer (guitar, vocals), Pete World is a fantastic mix of known ARRAYMUSIC Blanket" by South African ex­ "A"s are: very neat and very prop­ Shore (Bass) and Charlie Ondras and lesser known artists featuring Chroma patriate Kevin Volans is an ex­ er. No tube-screamed, over-driven (Drums) from other New York an excellent blend of musical troverted solo percussion piece battle-axing here friends, just real combos( the (ultra-cool) Action styles. Consistency and coherence (Are You Serious Music) performed by Beverly Johnston. $1 rock and roll. This band is brand Swingers and Boss Hogg), yet are maintained throughout the CD. Arraymusic is an established Ca­ After approximately twelve new on the scene, and what a debut Unsane takes quite a different ap­ However, most of the songs are nadian new music organization, minutes of dynamic drumming, release! It's a full Lp of great, proach to the East Coast Grunge low-key, slow affairs, and all share consisting of an ensemble of ex­ the concluding marimba solo rflZ-KH^ groovy songs very much in the formula. the same themes of love and love' s cellent performers, a concert sea­ ends this varied recording with never stop? In the true phenome­ style of the Beatles circa 1962- Unsane uses the basic guitar, bass, ability to make our lives at times son in Toronto, and a workshop/ great subtlety. Overall, I think non tutus. Teenage Fanclub ex­ 1963. The vocals are pristinely drums line-up and produces an wonderful or miserable, but al­ competition for young compos­ the ensemble performances are plode from their native land of coarse, hitting every lovely note unearthely hurricane of sound that ways magically unpredictable. ers. This recording is their second somewhat unstable. A few ex­ Scotland onto the world scene with possible, and sounding very much relies mainly on heavily pound­ Highlights include the last Talk­ DC release, and contains the mu­ tra-musical details which I no­ an incredible release on the "ma­ like a young John Lennon. Most of ing drums, screaming guitar riffs ing Heads song (ever?) "Sax and sic of three prominent Canadian ticed and appreciated are the jor" DGC label of LA. Simply the songs feature a great Beatlesque and indecipherable vocal spew- Violins," featuring latin rhythms, composers as well as music by excellent recording quality, and defined, this record is "POP." It's British pop sound where as some ings. Their music is designed to murky, atmospheric music and an Steve Reich and Kevin Volans. the care taken in preparing the hard, it's toft, it's slow and fast, such as "Tripwire" and "Some­ move your bowels and not your ethereal David Bymes. Crime and The first piece, "Little Venice," is front and back covers (printed it's melodic, chaotic and crunchy. times" wander into the dark, brood­ hips - songs like the opener, "Or­ the City's Solution does an eerily by Linda C. Smith (artistic direc­ on recycled paper). The firtt Sometimes it't even got the "big ing world of R'n'B and Medway gan Donor," and "Slag" fit this perfect job of imitating Leonard tor of Arraymusic) and is the best pass at notes on the music is a rock" sound, in a good way. The Soul. No matter what the Kravin' description. Other songs like "Ex­ Cohen on "The Adversary." Mean­ work I have heard of hers. Smith' s series of esoteric observations music it a very symbolic result of "A"s musically dabble in, every terminator," "Vandal-X," (previ­ while, Lou Reed's "What's Good" music is very delicate and vague­ by poet Christopher Dewdney. what has been happening in the tong is great with extreme stand­ ously available on a limited sin­ features a seventies-inspired ly reminiscent of one of her teach­ Paul Steenuisen UK POP tcene for yean. When outs being "Pay Day" and " Baby, gles club 7" only on Sub Pop) rock-god guitar intro that quickly ers, the late Morton Feldman.

OFO'S PSYCHOTRONIC PIX O' THE MONTH Lemme tell you about Slade, boyz'n'girlz. You may have heard of them from your dad in a fit of LETTERS SECTION!!!!!! nostalgia before he wound his way to his men's movement group, or Reform Party meeting, or Youthful JERRY GILL of p t, yet hopelessly boring Bui Kudos to KIRK FURNISS for alerting me to a novelty whatever hellackxis eariy middle age support group aby, writes: tune I forgot to mention last month. The Royal Guardsmen he's chosen to cling to. But let your faithful scribe (a hoser band) came out with "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" in give you the straight skinny. Dear Mofo, the late '60s. Very stupid song in the UK bubblegum craze SladebthebandweaUvrishwecculdbcm.BasicaUyfourworkmgdassycbbos Here't a record that will thrill you to no end: vein. Kirk remembered it from seeing the record printed on from England whose collective IQ's were lower than their shoe sizes, were the "Cybil Does It... to Cole Porter" the back of a box of Alpha-bits, no less (you won't see that ultimate stewpid rock band. Clocking in hits from '71 -74, with the funniest hi- - Cybil Shepherd (1974, Paramount) anymore, puppies, what with the demise of records). powerpre-gliltersilly teen anthems, Slade predated Spinal Tap by a decade. The It comes complete with a gatefold sleeve containing, among Merrie Whitmore, a truly bodacious Theatre major, has songwriting team of Noddy Holder and and Jimmy Lea churned out songs with other things, a sexy pic of Cybil without a bra, and celebrity end­ given me the lowdown on Leif Garrett. Apparrently the great titles like "Look Wot You Don", "Sk weez Me Pleez Me", and others that orsements by Fred Astaire, Cary Grant , Gene Kelly, and Orson series he was on was called Family (kinda like a drama about the illiterate English youth embraced as they trained for future careers as football Welles. Cary says, " I only with Cole could have heard it." Joe Average, which lasted about 15 minutes of the season in Experience the forefather of "Red, Hot and Blue'MThit is 1974). And she maintains that he was a singer before a Tv The buggers ha vehung around for over twenty -five years now, having used one totally shameless record; enjoy. heartthrob. Our researchers are looking into the allega­ their royaltycheck s (from Quiet Riot's abhorrent covers of "Cum On Feel the tions... Noize"and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now") to buy more tartan scarves, learn Jerry Gill All of the lucky people above get a choice of one of the to spelL and score aminorhit with "RunRun Away" in '84. ThefollowingLP't P.S. Please, please, please metion my name in your article. It'll following: Tom Jones - Delilah, Super Bad (comp.), or The are guaranteed to snap you out of your blues, although listening to them too really irnprets the chicks. Partridge Family - Up to Date. Thete LPt will be at CITR much can suck out your brain. Well, Jerry, you have immaculate taste, but to date I cannot find said and can be picked up by the above three people. You also SLADE MUST HAVES: lp. Best bet is to look for the video or soundtrack to a horrid flick by Peter recieve membership in the MOFO ARMY, which may in­ LP's - Slade Alive (Poh/dor) Bogdonavich called At Long Last Love;a musical featuring Cyb, Burt clude an embarrassing sticker and card, if I get my act Slade Alive Two Reynolds, and his pooch Dom Delouise jn a musical with a steaming heap together. That's all that fits, and keep those letters coming!! I SUyed?(britknpo) of Cole Porter 'song stylings' and any album with the following songs: Gudbuy T Jayne INFO UPDATE!!!!!!!! QimOnFeelTheNoize SkweezMePleezMe CozILuvYou and, of course, any title you have to decipher. HlNOInl 3H1 .0 Xld OINOdlOHOASd S.OdO

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24 Hff^oEo^ we waved and Bowie! grinned. BNU led by Jinx Stringer (Flex the show a little bit more enjoyable, American princesses and Rotweil- Budget! I was pleasantly surprised. Your Head fame) ripped through a and showed us all just how many er puppies) to deal with the rela­ Showtime! I have never seen set of songs defining their own brand cells your tiny little brain contained. tives and fight for the shower. the Commodore stage look so of hardcore. Mixing the set up with Anarchy my ass, why don't you all Later, back in Seattle, our first small. My pal and I went our sep­ faster songs like "Big Top" and crawl back under the rock where ordeal was to find the Paramount arate ways and I bopped around "Have Fun," and a few slower songs you came from. again in the rain. Fingers crossed the whole night, catching every like "Not The Same" they left the Jayson X that our ethereal tour guy hadn't angle of the thin whiteduke's pro­ audience feeling more than satis­ forgotten us, we were pleasantly file. Truly, as far as old-guard- fied. BNU are easily one of the better Love on Ice surprised when we received not only rock-legends go, Bowie! is right bands on the local hardcore scene The Paramount/ tickets, but good ones too. up there (my teeny-bop days of with a unique sound. A must see. Love On Ice was on first for air-guitaring along to the Chang- OK Hotel this show which was presented by cll). Since I arrived late at the show Saturday 28 December radio station, "The End." LOI are Tin Machine is a fine en­ I missed Laughing Stock, and there­ It required a few parental suck-ups, from Portland and released a 4 song semble, but let's face it, most were fore Sludge and Procreation were hours of driving and many a timing demo in '89. Their full length al­ there to see the British Guy. Some left to cap off the evening. NOT! fluke, all for Love On Ice-twice. bum on some major label will, iron­ observations of this final show of Sludge and Procreation never made We finally found Ticketmaster ically, be out on February 14th. The the tour: it to the stage, thanks to a few beer on Broadway (after walking by it crowd was impressed with their drinking fans and a complimentary twice) to purchase our 9x90 U tick­ happy yet psycho sounds, and a * Bowie! kicked the mic stand into visit from the Vancouver Police ets. In a lone which emanated "you mosh/dance/jump and flail area de­ the audience. Hard. I blinked. He Dept A few words to you lousy stupid Canadians" the chick at the veloped bew the stage. After Love fucks that blew the whole show for desk told us the concert sold out 20 On Ice, bands such as Sky Cries * The show was loud. Anyone not the rest of us: if you have the uncon­ minutes ago. Great It's only a small Mary, Hammerbox.Gas I luffer and wearing plugs—does anyone not trollable need to swill beer before/at chunk of my life shattered forever. Ocean Blue were to play, but we wear ear protection these days?— shows a more covert approach is Heartbroken, we wandered down to missed them. Once again our probably didn't feel so hot the next def inately required or there won't be 9x90 H central, the Paramount friendly tour manager appeared re­ any all ages gigs in the far or near Maybe if we stare at the building minding us that LOI were playing future. long enough, tickets will jump out again this night al the OK Hotel. Tin Machine * Two cover versions: An outstand­ Pixies/Pere Ubu ing Debaser (Pixies) sung by the Drinking in the hall is a sure­ of it! (And they dare call Canadians Miraculously placed on el guest Commodore The Paramount Theatre darker of the Sale's bros, Tony; and fire way to shut down things. Use stupid). But soft, what light from list (I love cashing in favours) we Tuesday 16 December Seattle, WA. the lamest version of the Velvet's your head, it's an all ages gig. I don't yonder rainy horizon breaks? T' was breezed into the OK. It's sorta like 1991 Friday 20 December 1991 Wailing for the Man imaginable, know where you come from but in Love On lees's tour manager (who a cafe atmosphere with a big room Ick. Bleah. Yuck. Boo. Hiss. The Starting off with the short outburst sung by Bowie! near the end of the this province the LEGAL drinking luckily recognized us) and taking in the back containing a stage etc. Pixies helped save my life some that is "Bus Stop," Tin Machine in­ night. age is 19. Be creative; drink in your pity on our travel weary bones, put The place was dead so we just veg- years back and now I swear they 're vaded the stage at Seattle's Para­ * Scalpers were asking $50 bucks car, maybe at home oryourfriends' us on el guest list. ged at a table whilst Sissy and Pais­ tryin' ta put me back in the grave. mount Theatre. By the fourth song, a as we entered the show. A burden lifted, we found flee­ ley Sin provided the background Well this may be a tad melodramat­ brilliant version of "I Can't Read," * Bowleiplayed acoustic guitarand Also, a special thanks to the ing back to car quite easy (plus we music. It was here that we were ic but around the time of DooJdile the expanded Tin Machine (with the smoked too many cigarettes. two punk rock heroes, the destroyer had to haul ass to get organized finally reunited with the LOI men (my 25th yean both the best and addition of a rhythm guitar player) * The crowd was nicely spread out, of the washroom door and the "let's before the show opened). We mo­ and enabled to introduce our crys­ tals to one another. worst time of my existence, so far) was raging at full throttle. this enabled me, with a charming take on the cops" idiot You all made tored back to Bellevue (land of I fell head-over-heels in love with At this point they seemed too intent smile or two along the way to get this band who were SPEAKING on proving this wasn't just David within 10 feet of the stage. TO ME and helped make the ride Bowie's band, by featuring first the * Fashion notes: Bowie! came out easier. Perhaps you know what I drummer. Hunt Sales, and then in white jeans and patterned shirt, mean, I can't really describe it—or bassist Tony Sales on vocals. These later changed into blue and white not in this short space. needless songs, little more than re­ striped Ziggy-ish tights. Dave put Then comes Bossanova and worked blues, were only saved by on a blond rooster cut wig which now the newie, Trompe le Monde, the flawless musicianship of the unit he wore for the last half of show. fine recordings but something isn't Led by the effects-laden guitar of The rest of the band wore tattoos. right I hear of stardom in Europe. Reeves Gabrels, they displayed an * Songs that worked great: Baby Big Ego's. Huge gigs in arenas. ability to take the songs in any direc­ Universal, You Belong in Rock n Then the band is back in Vancou­ tion they felt like. Had Tin Machine Roll, the line in A Big Hurt where ver for two nights. I go. Please re­ stuck to a simple set-up with Bowie Bowie! shrieks "You're my room read the first five words of this handling all the vocals, they would mate from hell". Songs that went review for my synopsis of the sec­ have come across as more original nowhere:/ Can't Read (featuring ond show. You want more detail? and innovative than they ultimately the refrain "I can't read shit Okay: A super slick light show, did. anymore"),Crac*Ciry and the dull with no room for improvisation. Not until the end of their thirteen blues of Hunt Sales (Stateside, I'm Playing almost all the new lp with song set did Tin Machine regain the Sorry) smary intros like "this is our latest rage of "I Can't Read" with a sub­ * Dave was as genial as could be. single." Saving the best song from lime "Heaven's Here." The encore, He announced this was the TM the new one. Planet of Sound for consisting of a too light "Crack City" "Christmas Pah-tee" and made the encore (oldest fuckin' rock star and another Hunt Sales vocal num­ small talk. He was soft spoken trick in the world). I was not im­ ber, "Sorry," provided an unexpect­ and charming even when bonked pressed, friends. I was saddened. edly quiet end to the evening. right in the forehead (good shot, Openingband.TheNrighbourhoods, asshole!) with a pack of matches; What was missing at this are hardily worth mentioning. We 've he was speaking at the time, ex­ concert was a connection with the all seen and heard enough of unorig - amined the matches and said audience. These guys aren't inal bands with waist length hair that thanks! Classy. speakin' to me anymore. I'm lis­ lose your interest halfway through tening, but only hear the sound of a their first song. After two encores the band was cash register. Christopher Roberts gone. A very surreal evening with the original Chameleon David On the bright side. Pere Ubu was Bowie!, oh right, and Tin Ma- thoughtful, genuine and dare I say, Tin Machine beautifuL They played a slowed The Commodore down version ofHeart of Darkness, Judith the stirring 30 seconds over Tokyo Friday 21 December 1991 The David Bowie!, er Tin Ma­ (more noise please) and an apoca­ Laughing Stock chine, show was pretty fab. I found lyptic version of Final Soloution Brand New Unit out I was going the week of the along with great new stuff. Iplan on show! Yikes, I had 5 days to mem­ Sludge getting their last few recordings orize the Tin Machine playlist. I Procreation (Cloudland, Worlds in Collision) knew not to expect any Bowie! stuff Arcadian Hall and catching up on this wonderful and wanted a firm grounding of Saturday 21 December band I had let go of. Pity. Dave this TM group-ola. There were two things I was looking Thomas and co were splendid and On our way to the Commo­ forward to at this latest installment of his voice is just as much an acquired dore we cut through an alley and Gest Quest Co-Op Presentations: the taste as ever. Final Score: Pere Ubu out of nowhere appeared a big, first being that Ten Feet Tall wasn't 1 Pixies zip. gray, Budget rent-a-van carrying playing and, the second, being the you know who. The van slowed. debut of Brand New Unit. FEBRUARY @ The show at the OK Hotel was ing in the pit, grooving in your own Angelo Moore (vocalist, horns, ing vocals and her giddy, school girl of the best I've seen - anywhere, any space, or screaming out the words to cane). Just to keep people on their stage banter. However, I do think band. The stage was quite small but " Lyin' Ass Bitch," feeling The Bone guard, trombones were periodi­ this band has some potential. You it really didn't matter. Unlike most is a requirement cally tossed into the audience (and can pick up their debut 7" on eMpTy crowds in Vancouver (at any venue) When Fishbone wandered were later found in several pieces) records at your local rekltid store. people were there to hear and see the onto the stage they emitted a confi­ as were members of the group. Chris This wat the second time that I had band, and not check out what the dence unmatched by others but they Dowd (keyboard, vocals,dreads) was seen Zip Gun and WOW it was latest fashion statement is, or pro­ did this despite themselves. Sure, the firstt o take to the air and suit was twice at good! Let's face it these mote themselves. Indeed, a refresh­ they're a band with a message but followed during "Gonna Have A guys kick ass! Their music is ing and extremely non -snotty bunch. that line seperating them from Good Tune" by Angelo. In a frantic jumpin' fast and energetic as Hell! In spite of this being their second preaching it seldom crossed. What change-up Mr. Moore pitched him­ The best song they played wat show of the night, LOI were brim­ are they going to say to a ballroom self into the crowd and then request­ "Together Dumb" which is also on ming with vigour. Songslike"Leave full of white, anglo-saxon, upper ed "take me to the back, y'all Take their new 7" single along with Me Alone," "Country Boy," "Sweet middle-class christians anyways? me to the back." So, he proceeded to "Cool in the Cell" on eMpTy Thing" and "Showdown" (from the The message is lost on a crowd roll from hand to hand held high records. Pick it up - it rocks! Bill A Ted soundtrack) got every­ whose indoctrination to Fishbone above heads to the back of the Com­ Last and least Love Battery one swarming and dancing like was through Coast 800 and videos modore where he climbed to the entered the stage with a wall of music starved maniacs around the produced by Spike Lee who has balcony (a stunt made famous at guitar and an attitude to match, that balloon filled room. Producer Rick about as much black culture as a tub New York's Roxy)and worked the stayed with them for most of the Parashar even got up and played of licorice yogurt And then there's lights for a while. show. It seemed as a result of this, keyboards. Once the lights came up Much Music's authority on black Once Angelo resumed his the set wasn't as cohesive or enjoy­ and I saw how few people were power, Michael Williams, who is position as frontman on stage and able as it should have been. The actually there, die amazement real­ whiter than the crack of David Lee heads weren't swivelling from band is still very talented musically, ly set in. There had been more Roth's untanned butt Now I'm far front to back, the band capped the and hopefully theirnew album "Day energy there from both band and from being anything of an authority evening with a not-too-surprising, Glu" and their 7" released on Sub- audience than I've ever felt at the on the trials and tribulations of the way-too-tight ska-fest which could Pop will convince myself and oth­ OK for awhile, but were eventually blacks but I know cheeze when I see have lasted in to the wee small ers that Love Battery will get the grabbed by the band to go relax at and hear it. Fromage. hours of the morning. But, to the recognition and attention it may the hotel. Anyways, Fishbone gigs get chagrin of us all, Fishbone gigs Leaving a trail of woeful tears better every time I see them and must come to an end only so we Mary Hoslck behind us, we somehow lore our­ every time also proves to be far can look forward to the next selves away from Seattle the next different from the others. But every Ned's Atomic Dustbin night, satisfied with what we'd seen, time I feel more and more like a Encores were served, the Lung but not with what we were returning member of the Fish Family. Not to band left in their Raiders jack­ to. say that I grow a dorsal fin and have Commodore Ballroom ets and we all stampeded Wednesday 22 January Emma the sudden ability to breathe through through the coatcheck, Cincin­ If you've heard Ned's Atomic Dust­ my skin (although I am a Pisces) but nati style, into the brisk, driz­ bin's "Kill Your Television," then Pigment Vehicle I feel as though I've been a part of zly reality of our surroundings. you've basically heard everything OTTG Fishbone's strife, and therefore Scooter mission, from the beginning. No, I they've done—because it all sounds INRI didn't grow up in the ghetto; no, Sybil the same! The show was the most Cruel Elephant boring concert I've ever been I've never been addicted to crack Zip Gun Thursday 2 January nor were any members of my family to...dull, dull, dull! Stage presence OTTG I did not like. The lead singer baseheads; and no, I've never had to Love Battery for the Neddies consisted of thrash­ (who was old) wore a cape and fight the system for the sake of pride Saturday 18 January ing around while tossing their long glasses and a lot of other stage act for my culture. Fishbone lives/sees Apparcntlythe first band.Death Folk hair. Yep, they were a generic Brit­ stuff. I liked INRI at first, then I got this shit daily...the reality of their from Los Angeles, missed their ish pop band with their two bassists bored of them. Pigment Vehicle Greyhound tour bus that was sup­ and driving guitar. ruled. Their set was highly intense. The band realized what they posed to come up to Vancouver to Thee* The drummer stood out in my mind were up against with the crowd at open the night's showcase trio of up by my friend Mark who, in retal­ as being very insane. Insane but the Commodore so they played Seattle based bands. iation for being poked and prodded incredible fast, incisive and talent­ music. The ceremonies were "We're called Sybil and we by a bored reviewer, stuck his gum ed. The music was Victoria-like, kicked off with "Skanking To The don't bite!" Thit was the calling on my arm and then popped it back into his mouth with an evil grin. which is a good thing, not a bad Beat" off the Say Anything card throughout most of Sybil's set Then, in a gesture that was awe­ thing. Also, they seemed very young, soundtrack and the theme for the the band composed of "three chicks night was evident. It didn't take somely fitting, he squished his gum sol'm sure there will be good things and two dicks." The most interest­ long for things to heat up—both onto the side of Ned's Atomic Dust­ to come for and from them. They ing highlight of this band was the made the cover of Monday, a Victo­ temperature and crowd response bin's tour bus. One of life's simple lead singer's enthusiasm which was ria entertainment magazine (like our at an equally high ratio—and this displayed with a mixture of scream­ Georgia Strait). Be sure to check was due mainly to the antics of June Scudeler them out. Oh ya and thanks to Steve from Sidney for carrying the box. Coral

Fishbone Mystery Machine The Commodore Friday 10 January Everytime I finally come off my high of attending a Fishbone gig (3x in the past 6 months now), I feel as though I've just been taken off of a dialysis machine: cleansed, rejuve­ nated, breathing new life and my veins full of new blood. Actually, that kind of sounds like an but different strokes ....Whether that sensation is purely psychologi­ cal or a direct result of the adrenalin saturated live performance that Fish­ bone puts, on has yet to be deter­ mined but, regardless, the effect plays havoc with your inertia and DNA structure. Fishbone don't just play to a crowd and take their audience's at- tentiveness for granted, they leave you no choice but to be a member of the festivities. Whether it's skank- 26 LT£Ra°SETLgB yswm*to**** * q: iwKfL t-iH-

FEBRUARY Q) FEB 92 LONG GR00000V1ES101 FTER 92 SHORT GROOVIES 51 1 Various Last Call: Vancouver Independent Music 1977-19M (Zulu) IMWstry "Jesui Built My Hotrod" CD-5" (Wamer.Sire) 2 Variouj... Another Damned Seattle Comp. (Cargo.Dashboard Hub Girl) 2NoMeansNo "Oh CanodurT/"New Age" T (Aied Recordings) 3Various SST Acoustic (SSD 3Clnt Ruin & Lydta Lunch "Donl Fear the Reaper" CD-5" (Big Cat U.K.) 4NoMeansNo 0+2«l (Alternative tentacles) 4Vartous Sasquatch: The Man, The Myth, The Compilation (Kirbdog) SUncleTupeb Sri Feel Gone. (Cargo•Rcckvile) •Sybil 5-Song 7" EP (eMpTy) 6 Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Dim the lights. Chill the Horn (Cargo) •Best Kissers in the World Best Kissers in the World CD-5" EP (SubPop) 7Smugglers Visit Marineland (Nardwua) 7Various. Lost »Found Records Completion 7" (LostiFound) eVarious A Lump of Coal (BMG.First Warning) •Unearth Pinchpolnt 7" (New Rage) Olbtoto Boyz Opgu (Red Decibel) •Show Business Giants/Squirrels. BbbsVolume2:Splll7"(WayOutD lOSamm Bennett & Chunk Ufe ot Crime (Knitting Factory) lOLourels Bum 7" (Heparin) 11 Various Until he End of the World (Warner) 11M99...... •SebureTllock Eye" 7" (T/K) 12Emily Faryna Some ot Emly (SpiraD 12Mecca Normal ... Orange T (Harriet) 13ActtanSwingers Adk>nSwinaen(Caroline»Primo Scree) 4-SonaTEsng T P (Staple Gun) 3-Song T EP (Harriet) 14Dwarves Thank Heavens for Ltrle Girts (SubPop) 3-Sonj iSNapalm Sunday -Subtle InfideKtyVShe Believes' 7' (SharkSandwich) 15EastAsh Hto(Cargo»C'estLaMort) iSDWorted Pony Work Makes Freedom 12" EP (Bomp) 16Mauve Sideshow Mauve Sideshow (Mauve Sideshow) 17Coil The Snow 12" EP (Cargo.WaxTrax) WlngridChavez May 191992 (Warner. Paisley Park) IBLush. Block Spring CD-5" EP(PoVGram.4AD) 18Ptttbull Pmbun(Cargo.Nemesis) lOTenCommandments "Dark Angel"/" Re volution Man' 7" (Sensible) 19Vehret Crush In the Presence of Greatness (Ringers Lactate) 20 Motor Virus "Trlppln' CorpseTMy Brakis" T (Over and Out) 20 Doubting Thomas The Infidel (Cargo.WaxTrax) 2lGorlta "GoneWein Popper" T (Regal Select.Bag of Hammers) 21GreenDay Kerplunk! (Look Out!) 22Truly Truly CD-5' EP (SubPop) 22Rossy Island ot Ghosts (Virgin.RealWorld) 23 Nicotine Spiral Surfers. "Plastic Sonic PIHYDharma Bum" 7" (Dionysus) 23Grotus Brown (Spirit) 24 Mouse "Caesar SatadTEmmett" 7" (Worrybird Disk) 24Saeeching Weasel My Brain Hurts (Look Out!) 25Undertow/Resolution Spit 7" (Overkil) 25lndbn Bingo Scatolootcol (Cargo.lndep. Project) 26Swingin' Teens "Fire in My HeadVHey Brother" 7* (Perspective) 26 Marble Orchard Savage Sleep (Estrus) 27The Hoods. "You Won tTakeHer"/"Mystery Train" 7"(Dtonysus) 27Delerlum Spirttuol Archives (Dossier) 28Yummy "HappineMls..."r(eMpTy) 28Nuisance Contusion Hiiiaook Out!) 29Nuisance Humboldt County 7" (Kirbdog) 29MeMns 8 Songs (Cargo.C/Z) 30Slster Double Happiness Heart and Mind (Reprise) 31N-Jol Mtaftux(BMG.Decoristruction) 32 Wig Torture Levels Your Karma 4-Song T EP (Mamby Music) 32PeJcon Daughters... Fishbones • Wishbones (dovENTERTAINMENT.SJent) 33Amanda by Nkjht Let It Bob 7" EP (Susstones) FEB92 PJ FAVOURITE ALL SORTS 33Hunger Farm Dogma (Nemesis) 342pgun "10'7"(eMpTy) 34Vartous AMerryJazzmas(BMG.Novus) 35Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Trio Dont Desert Me 7" (Dionysus) 35 My Bloody Valentine Loveless (Wamer.Sire) 363 Car Garage "How Does H FeelTSdy Goodbye" 7" (PROspedlve) 38Cramps Look Mom No Head! (Restless) 37The Gits. Spear* Magic Helmet T (eMpTy) Heimlich Manoeuver'sTop Ten Covers 37 JohnS. Hal a. Kramer Real Men (Shimmy Disc) 38Convicts "This is for the Convicts" 12" (Rap^Lot.Priority) ... "We're an American Band" 38MC 900ft Jesus Welcome to My Dream (Nettwerk) 39HuevosRancheros Rocket to Nowhere 7" (Estrus) 2Marble Orchard.... 39Vartaus Sound Generator Volume Two (Spiral) .. Snowy While T (Four-Letter Words) 40Hlt Journey to the Center of the Bowl (Nettwerk) 41GlrlTrouble/TheA-Bones Spil7"(FtoptarrKj.CruddyRecordDealershlp) .. "Mary TylerMoore Theme" 41 Bolt Thrower The Peel Sessions (Homestead.DEID 42ThkdEye "SunshlneTFace Creeping" r(PROspectlve) 43Leaving Trains. "Rock'n'Roll Murder" 7" EP (SST) "Karma Chameleon" 42Snake Hips Snake Hips (Gimlet) •Black Dakotans... "sack In Black" 44 Nerve Twins. "7 DazeVShe's So Bow" T (Atomic) 43The Bevis Frond New River Head (Reckless) 45 The Fallouts Dont Want the Sun 7" (eMpTy) "Psycho Killer" 44Severed Heads Cuisine (Nettwerk) "Hey Good Looking" 4SAntiseen 'Psycho KHerVHeavy Mud" T (Jettison) 45 The Pogues Essential (Polygram.lstand) 47Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" 12' (Rap-a-Lot.Priority) "Glad All Over" 48Non Easy listening for Iron Youth (Mute) "YuGung" 48lsebers Pain Family T (Trash Can) 47LawnmowerDeth...OohCrikey,rt's.../K Ids In America (RetatMty. Earache) ... "KingSexTeSourOU Men" T (Bowimor) INI.M^MilAMa'L-Hik'i^irlAt-ia'l-M'iH-l-I-gga 48Slap of Reality 3 Lefts Make a Right (Cargo. Headhunted 4BAnne Lederman.... Not a Mark In This World (Festival. Aural Traditions) SOaMINIATURE Plexlwatt (Scheming Intellgentsia) 51Cheap Trick The Greatest Hits (Sony.Epic) 52SWA Volume (SST) FEB 92 SINGLE MAGNETIC PARTYCLOTHK 5: Bryce & Scooter's Top Ten Ways Nirvana's 53Capttal Punishment living on the Edge of a Razor (Ichiban Wrap) 1 EorCancer "PsychoCtause" Appearance on Saturday Night Live Could 54Pegboy Strong Reaction (Touch&Go.l/4 Stick) 2 Mystery Machine "Broken" Have Been More Anti-Corporate 55BuddyGuy&JunbrWels Alone* Acoustic (War ner.Alllaator) 3Vhogrettes "Those Darn Bugs" 56Pentangle Think ot Tomorrow (FestrvaLGreen Linnet) 4Fumoceface "While My Dad Gently Weeps" ibeot the shit out of G.E. Smith and the SNL Band... 57 Living Sacrifice living Sacrifice (Cargo. R.E.X.) 5 Indecisives "Good Intentions" 2 not appear at all WHoryRollers Fabuley(Dischord) 6GoGuy "The Room" 3 have the Jiggle boys skank across the stage in their Dead Surf Kiss t-shirts.... 58 King Apparatus King Apparatus (Raw Energy) ...T-BoneSlug" 4 play the secret song from/vevermindincluding the nine minutes of slence. SODirty Hands Letters for Kings (Black&Nolr.Danceteria) 5 loaded out their equipment eiWil Peart ot the Great Price (Cargo.Thlrd Mind) swear Fugazi t-shlrts 82 Leaving Trains Loser Illusion PL 0 (SST) 10 The Worst "Writing on the War 63Crossfire Choir Dominique (CBGB&OMFUG) 11 Kathleen Yearwood "OKanoda' Bad Brains Spirit Electricity (SST) 12 Perfume Tree "Death In Rrimetlme* 9do an acoustic set a la Simon and GarfunkeL.... 85 Machines of Loving Grace Machines ot Loving Grace (Mammoth) 13 Bombshels. "Starflsh" 10 bow to the audience - made famous by the Beatles.... 68Drive Like Jehu Drive like Jehu (Cargo.Headhunter) 14Sawhorse "long Way Back' AM.l.lf|JU.IJ-IJ!IMI.WJ!HJIIJJi.>A'iJi.l:H.-a».|.l 87The Black Watch Flowering (Doctor Dream) 1S Sinus Envy...... "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" 68Digital Underground Sons ot the P (Attic.TommyBoy) lOPianeteX "The Doors of a New World" 69TestDept Ecstocy Under Dure»(advENTERTAINMENT) "Perfect Fools" 70Gorguts Considered Dead (Cargo«R/C) 71Scatterbrain Scamboogery(Elektra) BZ Jam &PDS for In Effect Top Ten 72Swamp Terrorists Grow-Speed- Injection (BMG.Noise.Machlnery) 73 Margaret Menezes Kindala (Mango* Island) 74EdThigpenTrio Mr. Taste (DistrbutbnFusJon.Justln Time) 22 Jack Feel Fine "Someone Died on TV Again' 75Hulbbalbo Dead Serious (Cargo.Musical Tragedies) 23 Terror T "Gangsta Shit" 78NccturnalEmissbns Cathedral (dovENTERTAINMENT) 24 Sparkmarker "Mirror of Days" 25 Show Business Giants "Let's Get Together" 77Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped (Rap-a-Lot.Priority) 5 Naughty by Nature "Strike a nerve" 26 Just Add Water "Requiem for the 70's" 6MC Breed & the DfC 'Alnf no future in your frontki" 78MonksofDoom Meridian (Cargo.Baited Breath) 27 CartoonSwear "34 Miles High" 7P.E "Shut'em down" 79 Katie Webster No Foolin'(Warner. Alligator) 28 Evaporators "Vampire Blues' eGeto Boys. "My mind's playing tricks on me" SOWhoaml? AddctiveHipHopMusick(Sony.Epic.Ruthles5) 29 Mushroom TraiL "Missed the Bus" 92 Black 2 Strong (MMG) 81 Brian Lee & the Jump Street 5... The Blues is... (Distribution FustonOuslinTime) 30 The Worst "You've Bin Laughing' 82 Raging Stab Slabbage/True Death (Restless) 31 Excited IstDoughter ./HammerSon)•rSong"' 83Helbween The Best, The Rest, The Rare (BMG.Noise) 32Morgenfields...... "Voice in the Air* 84Rockb' Dopsle & the Zydeco Twisters Louisiana Music (Atlantic) .. "Railroad Bridge" i;njj {-.tw r.s.'i.ir.vi mi-guii 85The Tea Party The Tea Party (Eternal)

88Tumor Circus Tumor Circus (Alternative Tentacles) 37 Kiss Khsn Bang "From the Grass to the Trees" 89Solar Enemy Dirty Vs. Universe (Cargo.Thlrd Mind) 38 Sweaters "The Popl Thing" 90Eds Redeeming Qualities More Bad Times (Festival.Flying Fish) 39 Johnny Onslaught "Hotel California" 91 Scarface Scarface is Back (Rap-a-Lot.Prbrity) 40 Indecisives. "Have a Nice Day" 92Reverend Horton Heat Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (Sub Pop) 41 Partly Cloudy "In the Absence of Darkness" 93Gang Green King of Bands (Cargo.Roadracer) 42VoxPopul "Shoebox" 94fce Cube Death Certificate (Priority) 43ZoltyCracker "Grab" 95Neil Young & Crazy Horse Weld (Wamer.Reprise) 95Various Merry Christmas: Sonics Wallers Galaxies (Etiquette) 98Test Dept Proven in Action (Jungle) 46 WhltePicket Frenzy.... "The Great Race to Zero" 9Gerry my boyfriend 97Juluka Ubuhle Bemvelo (Rhythm Safari) 48 Perfume Tree "BelJar" 107-11 chiicheese nachos.... 98Miranda Sex Garden Madra (Warner.Mute) 99Tim Dog F.ck Compton (Sony.Ruff House) 49 Ten Feet Tal "I Used to be Crazy" IJ.l,».l».tJI.UBli.i|J.IJIJJ.IAiU.J.|.l.».M.I.I 00Young Flamencos Los Jovenes Flamencos (Hannbal.RykoDisc) 50 Ptanet of Spiders "Porchlight" 01Gc-Betweens ThePeelSesslons(Homesteod.DEIT) \ Tsfggsrsnma. tribute to one of America's best NO INTERMISSION 530-600PM Ad­ The conventional radio listener should with no knee has good cause to loved presidents. dressing the drama, theatre, Wm not waste thek time here, so many suffer from bugs In his lungs: 17th: 'Hope Meets Foster- with a and arts communities. With Antje crazy things get al thrown together, 7th - Interstellar Terror of Thy Quartet and Quintet led by pia­ Rauwerda. the poets, the tribes, the musical Toon Tree Surgeons. nist-composer and Jazz legend HANFORD NUCLEAR PIZZA PIE 6:00- experimenters. Send me a tape of 14th - Insect mating habits and Elmo Hope and boss tenor saxo­ 7:00PM Alaska? Maybe. BC? Yep. your poetry/spoken word/sound oddities. phonist Frank Foster....Is one of Washington? Yep. Oregon? Yep. collage. 21 tt - Using shoving cream as a Gavin's all-time favourite al­ Calfomla? Uh...maybe. Pacific FLEX YOUR HEAD 3:00-5:OOPM cologne. bums. He'ltel you why tonight. Northwest? Yep. Yep. Yep. —HARD JINX— 28th - Hispanic Ethiopian Jew­ Not to be missed! Rowena? 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ON THE DIAL ing Itstenershlp of 15year old girls, freedom and the concept of sud­ THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM THE SATURDAY MAGAZNE 5:00-5:30PM the Jiggle Boys are flexing their den evolution. Dedicated to solv­ Hosted by Ian Gunn and Antje UBC's weekend news. Al the latest death metal muscles. We laugh. ing al the world's problems. Fea­ Rauwerda. news, sports, weather, a movie re­ weekly brown plate special. SUNDAYS Wei send you a love letter. Do turing UVE FROM THE IN­ THE NOIZ SHOW 2:30-3:30, 4:00- view, feature report and more. News DON AND GOURDS STUPID RADIO y'know what a love letter Is ? It's a with Luc Dfrisdale; Doug Richards ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC 8:00AM- NER STATION the firstWednes- 5:00PM Adam Noizl Sloan nolzez SHOW 11:00 AM-10) PM So they bulet froma gun,fuckert Madonna 12:00PM The newest new music day of every month. An altered asked me "Is this music ?" 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Dancehall, Dub, Roots, THE HEIMLICH MANOEUVRE 3:00- Country music to scrape the wtth Coral. With 'The Voice of Reason," our Hosts Terry Holland and John Lovers-rock, Rock Steady, Ska and 5:00PM 'Dont you kids know any cowshlt off your boots to. Wlthyer weekly look back at the week In Yaremus do Rock and Rol the way beyondI nice songs?" Mhdy's Mom. "I'd host-poke Jeff Gray. THURSDAYS the news, tongues firmly In cheek. Ifs supposed to be done. rather stick my head In a threshing THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE 5:00-5:30PM UVE FROM VENUS 3:00-5:00PM THE MORNING SHOW 7:30-8:15AM THETHUNDERBIRDPREVIEW5:20-5:30PM SOMETHING l.O0-4:00PM Ambivalent machine' Chris' Mom. Tune In and All the day's news, weather and Women- made music and stuff, Hosted by Antje Rauwerda and The Sports Department's preview twat plays whatever she thinks is hear what everyone's talking sports, and a feature. Hosted by hosted by Jane Tiey. Ian Gunn. of what'll be goln down this cool for four or four and a half hours Helen G. 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No time to save Itfor som e cerpts from Dave Emory's Radio CiTR provides free airtime for Karen Toddlngton and Lloyd host Ian Gunn. vides some Insight into the best and future other, there's much less te­ Free America Series. Community Access by groups Ullana. AUTHENTIC AMATEURISM 5: JO- 6:00PM the worst of the newest Canadian dious tasks, so why bother? Quick HOMEBASS 9:0OPM-12:30AM Dope and Individuals wishing to The sports show that seethes with GEETANJALI 9:00- 10:00PM music. and easy, ready to go, take-out jams and fresh beatsfor a groovy share some thoughts with our Insight whte staying at one with Geetanjall Is a new one-hour ra­ AVANT-PIG 9:00PM-12:00AM Alter­ deSvery, why cook at home? You evening wtth DJ Noah on the listeners. If you or your group the sports world. 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