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-1-1 .111 - I. I ,111 '. I A-- I 1. 1. II rmmr ?- r 1 111 -r .I I.. 1 111 'F1-1:' A .I L -1- . .L ..' dL . .m -1- - . .dhdm-dmm-4&db-mmLd&.. . DEAR DICKHEADS Esteemed readers, perienced thanothers, but at least Hey All you Dickheads, MayIherebysecondthemo- they have enough guts to try There's a serious problem tion, as presented in April's eventhoughpeoplelikethiscriti- we have here with our scene so SLUG, that indeed "there's al- cize their every move. I even listen up. I moved to Oregon ways room for Jello." think it's cool (heaven forbid) about one-and-half-years ago to Writer Chris Robin deserves that there is a larger variety of experience a new city. There's ~~~~ credit for having further exposed people coming to concerts and not much of a local music scene MAY 101) 1 (hereinUtah),JelloBiafrafs years supportinglocalbands.Itrsgood up there. Portland is centered Editor /Publisher of consistent, innovative contri- to see new faces and meet new around out-of-town bands who J.R. Ruppel butions to the consciousness of people. generate the'sbows there. I was alternative music. The "Provo scene" isn't bummed th$ local bands Sales & Production As explained by Robin, going downhill I'm pleased to were given the real chance to Natalie Kaminski Biafra played a leading role' ifi say. I'm fairly certain it's here to show what thefivegot. I thought Photographs this era's fight against cenabr- stay. It will probably have it's Salt Lake was iqhJar that point. Robert DeBerry ship; and wasa true forefather to upsand downs though. It's your Boy was I f@XinWwrong on '. the cause who has yet to receive .attitude which determines how that. 1 come bar&tb find every- see AND OUR THANX T000000: national recognition for his if- you things. If you don't like one in thesestu'pid fuckin'cliques Jon Bmy, Jon Shuw, BdCollins, forts. the bands, or the people attend- that don't m&ai$h!t,bht egoism. Woody Comala, Bnd Barker, Rlck Ruppel, DmKeough, I feel we are each indebted, .ing, and you are going to do All that showshare a bunch of Man Tavlor. Matt Monwn. Scott as supporters of the &lei-- c nothing but put everything fuckheads try@g to be popular. ground scene and the first . which moves down, why bother What the FUCK'is going on amendment, to the mu$$ sp- ' ' Wasting your time by going? people? I renieinhe'~when Al- Coppelcld Publishing. Hoffhe Pdnting and mat of dl lo hepeople who dvar ken words and general activis,m. . why dm't you find something ice's was o~q\&d.ivhen the Use and suppoa oureM~d..~anxa@nIII of Jello Biafra. His work should . to do Which you would like bet- Speedwaywas jpttopqing, and 1 I . , .The opinions and views be an inspiration to us all. . .ter (if there is anything)? We The Word wasgoingstfong. Eve- expressed in Uli. mg rethose My thanks once agaln :to ,' .would probably go on without rybody just hmg,.out and lis- of the writers and are not , 1 Chris Robin for his article., . "ou. I'm not saying don't come, tened to soma 'wt'hardcore necgsarily those of the people I'm saying come with a better bands. 1remeF*henstraight who put this shit together. Sincerely, ' attitude.Concerts should be fun, edge kids, punk$ *skins hung 1.1. Godfrey and they are, no matter how out together. aitd &here wasn't @ All Material 1991 , many "sporto-jocks" are there. this hate for &ch ot%l 1 I The music may change a little, Now all @~\egot'isa bunch SLUG Le prlnted by the flflh of each I " month and la kee to the public. The S.L.U.G., . and the people may change too, of cliques that $g, mudice of written material is provided by YOU. , Iamwritinginresponsetoa ' but it's your attitude which al- each other and tFas)qws they Your opinions are vital!! Please feel free to send what you have-Letters, letter printed in the last issqe lows or disallows you to have a go to. What's t%edea14people? Artlcies, Art work; Reviews, Poetry, which was written by Mary- good time, and determine the Can't you forget haw 'much you Phvk Concert and Event Infonna- Anne. I happen to know Mary- change as a good one or a bad need toimpre&,~dutfiidndsand lion s by the 20th of each month Anneand she can definitely bea one. That's the only thing. just get along?I realize there are lo..". cool and, yes, even a very nice As far as The Keck goes, it's always going to. Ee yglethat person. But if by some chance therefor us.-Who (besides Mary- don't get along yben they meet Dickheads @ this letter is printed, I know there Anne) cares who goes? Who - but can't you; jQst, dhp you) will be a lot of talk. But it doesn't cares if some of the people are pride to enjoy aesh??; +-d really matter. I'm not writing to from BW? Who cares where it's This scene wPfie;B$r be as Salt Lake City, complain,justtobringupapoint. located? At least we got it. At great as it was.Ihate to say this I always thought that con* least there isa place for bands of but it won't. I'd 1iKetosaythanxs Utah 84110-1 061 certswereaplacetogoand listen all types to play. I'm pretty dang fir staying the sameWdi

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LINGERIE %% 2 < ;gt $S; P 2, a?- OPEN . kl'6* , .a 7 DAYS K-UTE TOP 35 THE K-UTE STUDENT RADIO TOP 35 FOR THE WEEK OF 5/1/'91 I POMPADOUR U BAND ALBUM/SONG LABEL

1 Jesus Jones Doubt SBK 2 -tiearl Throbs -- - @d;~iye(l2-) Elektra

3 -Pop Will Eat Itself c- $,s"a ZW (12") RCA 4 -Happy Mondays Pills, Thrills & Belly-Aches Elektra 5 Lemon Heads Favorite Spanish Dishes Atlantic 6 Spacemen 3 Recurring RC A 7. King Tee 'Diss You" (CD-5) Capitol 8 -Material Issue International Pop Overthrow Polygram 9 -Kitchens of Distinction 'Quick as Rinbows" (12') One little Indian 10 Caditlac Tramps "Train to Fame" (12") Dr. Dream 11- Xymox Phoenix . Mercury 12 -Screaming Trees Uncle 4 sthesia CBS 13 ~uzanne~eg&~ - ,%b's x~rl(CD-5) A&M .pc-,,- - ,...,-. C 14 -Sting P Caghs 'a 15 -Trash Can s~natrad , 'Obswrity ~n& (P) bgram ' 16 -The Pretmdlw ;:-, Born for a Purpose' [@smite) IRS 17 -Robert Plant -6 . . Manic Nirvana Es Paranza

18 -Nine loch Nails ' "Sin" (12") TVT r', . 19 -La TOW 3 "People are Still..." (CD-5) Smash 20 -LoIJ~%~T' Loud Sum SBK melvins I 21 -~hakm r 8: INK Impact 22 -The Origin - Set Sails Freen (123 Virgin 23- Enigma MCMXC a.d. Charisma 24 .The Pixies Bossanova Elektra 25 -Mission UK s ' "Grip of Diseasen (CD-5) Mercury 26 -Fish Bone Sunless Saturdaf (12') Columbia 27 -Divinyls 'I Touch Myself (12") Virgin 28 -The Sundays Reading, Writing, and.., GeffenlRough 29 -Trip ~hakes~eare 'Pearle" (12') A&M 30 -Tom Tam Club 'Call of the Wild" (123 Sie 31 la's 'There She Goes' (CD-5) Gol London 32 -They Eat Their Own "Like a Drug" (CD-5) Relativity 33 -Buck Pets Buck Pets . . Virgin 34 -An Emotional Fish Live Bait ,. Atlantic 35 Cave Dogs Joyrides forshut Ins Cap&$ , . . r: CompiI~edby K-UTE Music Director Soren Petersen.

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UsedI =? CDfs & Tapes PALE SAINTS Mrs. Dolphin BUY-SELL-TRADE (4AD) LCXAL TAPES 8 POSTERS Even though the band suggests that "anyonewith18pounds tospare use it to go bargain bin hunting," if you love Pale Saints you must pick up this Japanese compilation. Mrs. .Dolphin includes their two EP's Barging Into The Ptesence Of God and Half Life, plus "ADeeper Sleep For Steven" and the previously unre leased "Colours and Shapes" from 107 NORTH MAIN STREE The Comjorts of Madness sessions. Call me a fanatic, but there's noth- Khrktmas in Kuwait BOUNTIFUL 292-3759 ing better than this in the bargain (RU.MI bins. NEW mLEASES ALWAYS ON SALE Pale Saints have quickly becomg IF'S &ha* *&*M tir%lCI one of my favorite bands. Their use crsthe~er~terr~afM&e&w BEST IMPORT SELECTION of innovative guitar sounds, both Wdb harsh and soft, is always refreshing The lon and unique to themselves, and Kuwait" EP is hdyhete inall it's YOUR JK)DERN/THRASH/INDUSTRIAL wholly unexpected by their listen- blistering glory, a sesshn of mm ers. Wheremany bands opt formore piete brutality that makes Hussein's HE~DQU.ARTERS conventional guitar sounds or solos, waraimes pale in comparison. 8. Pale Saints are always pulling out Consistingof threesongs, thenew ad - surprises. Add to that the wistful Hate is a progression of leaps .f melancholy of Ian Masters delicate bounds. The transition from angry I l vocals and you have the craft for the youth to outraged men perfect 90's pop. Masters singing ing, as the newfod isn't morose or self-indulgentlike so thisnerveshattering band ex'pWe# manv Morrissevs, but more like outrage at society's apathetic atti- MI I I heaGy sighs at &e end of long days. tude. '75 There is longing and wanting and Perhaps theappeal of Hatex9 lies desire, both fulfilledand unfulfilled, in their ability to communicate their in each line he sings. At times his frustrations so thoroughly. Beneath STERILE MEiHODS PRiVACl BRllllANT COLORS voice is strong and at others it drifts the anguish is their unyielding de COVERUPS CUSTOM & TRADlllONAL COSMEN off into nothingness. sire for peace between all peoples, BODY PIERCING GOD AS CASH CASH TRADE From the first throbbingbass lines and their conviction is as strong as of "Sight of You" to the more ambi- that of thegeneration whichinspired TDD CAPABILITIES ent, eerily saeeching "Colour of the the social movements of the 60s and Sky." with its lullaby finish, Pale 70s. Uncle Shame walks among us 110s SO, State Street Saintsprove that they can overcome as the embodiment of our desire to any musical barriers or cliches and coexist with a strong disdain for Salt lake City Utah 84111 make songs laden with feeling and foolish patriotism. His desire is not C86l) 531.8863 rich in emotion. for us to exist for a geographic tem- So get out your 18 pounds ... OLDEST ESTABLISHED SHOP Matt mntroued next pap3

_I*. , PAGE 7 RECORD REVIEWS tory, but for one another. The nobii- by the balls like their predecessors ity of this could be misconstrued as do. alhuism, and yet nothing could be So hey, my condusion is to save closer to the truth. A dose listen to your money for the next Icebum "hmedaf' indeed represent this, show. At least those guys move much as "Your Song" from their around,andeven though theyproba- previous EP did bly hate all this sorta shit, they play Of course not all is in defense of it better than these guys do. humans. "Monsterman" makes charlee Johnson damn good air guitar material, with an inaediblv solid riff and demand- ingmelody hat sticks stronger than any charting single. Musically, Hatex9 has managed it emerge from their sonic blast days without damaging the$ introspective composi- tion style. Admittedly, Hatex9 is limited in appeal, but with the ever increasing musical canvass, it will be hard for them not to endear themselves to the masses. Politically correct, inspi- rational, and above all, a great band onvwyl and in performance. Hatex9 is representative of what individu- LIMBOMANIACS ality should be about. Stinky Grooves Charlee Johnson (In-Effect)

INSIDE OUT I was at a gig where this was Inside Out handed to me. It was pretty much (Revelation) one of those "Gee, if 1 run out of toilet paper" type impressions I get BURN when looking at the In-Effect bullshit. When a record label puts Bum outstuff that says 'Harder than you,' (Revelation) three things go through your mind: 1) The record company hosts daily Face it, the best straight-edge drde jerks; 2) The record compan ys records ever made were by Minor male staff suffers from penis envy; Threat. Anything after that is 3) The bands suck, but their dicks bullshit. I mean, could you really are mighty big. take a guy by the name of Ray Of As in the case of 24-7 Spyz, the Today seriously? Limbomaniacs are the fucking best. Well,almost adecade to the date, In a time where local yokels list The straight-edge is still strong and ut- Red Hot Chili Peppers as their fa terly directionless. Among the di- vorite funk/soul band,it completely rectionlessmadded are the bands on kicks to see whitey get down like Revelation Records, a label where this. The earnest intentions of this the fifteen various bands on their group of fine musiaans are preva- roster are actually the same five of lent in every song on the album. It's six people. like every great record made by Inside Out is a group of Southern GeorgeClin ton, Parliament, and hey, California dudes whose seven-inch even Sly and the Family Stone; hon- is basically a personal "fuck you" to est, straightforward, and downright Ray "Don't WMeKrishna" Cappo. nasty on thedope jam tip. Homey be "No Spiritual Surrendef is the big playin' this motherfucker all night! them&ning throughout here, but Fools who enjoy the Wonder theconviction wherein iskindalame, Bread approach of wanna-be funk- consid-g their guitarist ran off to sters beware: the Limbomaniacswill join Shelter. Joke's on you, guys. lay the stinky grooves so thick your Burn comprises what's left of the nosehairs will ignite on Hrst whiff. NYHC scene into one band. Guys Those hardened to such funk will from Absolution, Bold, and Side By revel in extreme delight. Side have come together to make a Charlee Johnson pretty cool EP that makes absolutely zero sense. I'm not sure if the first song is about abortion or vegetari- anism, (yeah,man, it's that fucked) nor do I care. They have some conviction and don't play that shitty A COPY OF Insted-Soundgarden hybrid thaYs interwoven into almost all the new YOUIt, IAI'EST ' hardcore bands. It doesn't grab you I Colour Theory slacks, dark asses andan immacu Ye ate haircut, fe commanded respec Be Superior! d held the attention of the audi Hello broth- and sisters, and Celestial Kingdom. My place is on ence at Kingsbury Hall. He didn' the upper-East side. have to work too hard though, see thank you for being superior. Idon't Colour Theor may very well ing as how thay had all come tc mean-'superior' k he arrogant &wcomesthepart that keeps be the spookiest land in the Salt worship him in the first place. Hi: I sense, but in the spiritual. Without we saints superior. We must share Lakescene. This threepieceGothic1 resonant voice rang true, rising .qnd I spiritual superioGy, we would be what we have with others. I don't Industrial/ "child of punk" is dark falling with perfect control as he wasted flesh without hope for eter- mean share your physical posses- and enchanting, based entirely on mani dated the crowd. the color black. They are a ni ht nal life. We all know that wasted sions - heavens, no. I mean we must &~th his new band of "Sisters," mare of lace and fog and dazzfng Eldritch has picked up the pace, flesh is for the Catholics and Jews. share a little piece of ow righteous- lights set to a soundtrack of orni- Every so often, 1 feel it neces ness with the gentiles. I'm sure you hardened the edges and turned on nous music. the rock 'n' roll. Andreas Bruhn and sary tore-emplasize what it means feel the same as I that often they Combining elements of The Tim Bricheno, a founding member to be superior. I'm not shy, 1 am don't deserve it. Maybe they don't, Cure and Sisters of Mercy, Colour of A11 About Eve, added all the gui- ' superior, and I don'tsee why a good but that's not for us to decide. It's Theory spins textures of bass and tar flourishes and rock antics- tion of you can't be superior too. likemy buddy, Elder Boyd says, "a tars withear-splittingdrumsand jumping in the air ans'frantically Being superior isn't just a tithe payer is a tithe payer.is a tithe reep, hellish vocals. The result is an squeezing out licks. Tony James, payer." What a cut-up. Who said eerie, bone-crushing, et hy notis- formerly of Genemtion X and %&tie matter of feeling good about your- ing mesh of noise anJmelJ self, it's about the plain and simple the spiritually gigantic don't have a SigueSputnick (didn't recognizehim If you haven't seen &lour without tlurt hair, eh?) steadily fact that you are performing the sense of humor? the or^ yet, you should put them on proper rituals wtiile others are I have written a book to help pumped out bass lines while the your to do ' list. drum machine kept the music in beating their heads repeatedly those less fortunate find spiritual Asfor100Crowns... (A1 haville check. Rounding out the band was against the wall of sin. One must superiority. It's called superiority who?) this band is so mid& of the a new female keyboardist/vodist. perform before one can be spmtu- for Fun or Profit, a beginners guide road that the should have a center While not as stron a presence as ally su-N: '. to spiritual superiority. It basically divider for Xeir logo. Need I say Patricia Monison, 8enew "Sister" One question I, Unde Ezra, lets people know that spiritual su- more? held her own. often hear is, "H6w does someone periority doesn't come from within, Cod Of Creativity. The show wasn't a dissapoint- achieve favor $ the Lord's eyes as but from the hierarchy of authority ment to long time fans. The Sisters youhave?'If thetruth were known, in the aly true church. After all, Sisters of layedsuchearly favoritesasl'First, L and ,wagM Temple of as it quite often is, you can't. That we're not a bunch of rock-throwing April 10, Kingsbury Hall Love" and "Ihis rrosion" as we1 doesn't mean you can't try. There liberal polytheists, are we? as thenewer, harder "Ribbons" anc are different degrees of favor one Until next month, stay superior. Andrew Eldritch has a magnifi- "Vision Thing" can achieve with Jehovah. Mine is cent gothic stage presence; a mod- All in all a merciless show b) just the most superior. There is a Uncle Ezra em da aristocrat, a count ...perhaps the Sisters of Mercy. place for all desirable saints in the ~radIn a white shirt, black M

DQWNTOWN 322-FREE lOCATED IN THE ZEPHYR PRIVATE CLUB301 S. WEST TEMPLE SUOARHOUSE 486-3748 LOCATED AT 2150 SOUTH -SPECIAL------FEATURE- ~ ~ - -- -- 5% Torture garclkn. by OctaveMirabeau , Re Search Books

" Where you are going there is stll more pain, mar torture, non Mood flaving addripping on the earth, + cmtmted and tarn bodies breathing their 1ast.m iron tables."

My introduction to Re Sear& publications was the shocking, yet fascinating Madem PrimitmcS, an ex- DO& on bodv art and manbulation. Since then 1've Derused throueh Franks kd~ndustrh Culture )~an~&ok.Re Search is n~w'~ublishin~no<& long '' sinceout ~f print but with inportant and still timely soda1 implications. Tuftwe Gefalls into this category. What seems on the sw- face to be a novel of henor and depravity becomes a look at the decline of Eastem dMonand true @b,m as the mediocrity of Western "culture" is impxed M' the wmEd at large. * ' in-tGVickoh etyld ot&"'story within a story," an intdk- tualmnversation m mder, "the v&$w-rokk of our sodal institutions," the YhVtKIP;h and "i~~f,ldbn"-% one mm's taleof a ,iourney - " the tortue df a ChLese prison. Where &&ty ind thor bkcsynonymous, where pain and' pleasure are dtedh a nom-sexual union, these kethe bound& of the torture den: The tar;ture mdea is the last domain of a world filled with vib--d un(n~bited~j&g. The garden beats with life which is a com- detechle endosed by death. Full of streams and fountains, rare birds and trees aad fhowe;$, RO-W~W "do not indulge in sentiment. They Wdge tn paMont Mtbki~gbut passion. They make low all the time." As hdghtfotm-andbesty of Chinaisovertaken by European "re- flnments" pmWyteig@@thmughout the world. The sights and smells of MB tortwe garb are never to be experienced again. 'We no longer know what flwversare. FXx4&sareviolent,cruel, terrible andsplendid... like bw!" lave becomes a symW for death. When death is removed from the

"Eden" stre well thou@ committed against hu- den ody enhance these a&, adding a'&;3ngdyet fitting paradox. The beauty of death is reflected in the garden as khe cries of the dying mix with the perfumes of strongly scented flawers, wMe the blood of the dead returns to the earth to nourish new life and sttonger beauty. In a pivotal conversatian between a &gruntailed Chinese execu- tioner and the two Europeans in the story, East meets West in a neutral exchange of understanding and open conversation where both reach a sad understanding. The warldis dying, being sucked of life, turned into a plaae where rnen are aukxnakms+merely functioning, without any real drive or motivation. The torfwes garden are being toned down, fading into obscurity. The ancient art b dyin~replaced by landscapj of grey, a worlg of unabashed cnaelty and denid of new, far water tarturea "Art does not consist in killingmuititudea. &...&bin &wing how to kill, according to the rij?hts of beauty." There is no art in droDBinp;.. ., bombs from Ulods of feet itheair ontodnasses of people who willneverknow the-oftheit demise. This is dishonesty at its mealest. To know the end of one's life, the causeof &e'sdeath,and io expezence that death fully, this is the basis of art. Mirbeau had a vision of the future which, in the Twentieth Century, we can now see as incredibly insightful trnd mate. Men are now re- strained, isolated and locked within themselves. The freedom to experience life to its greatest potential has been eradicated. In ow era, people, for the most part live life devoid of passion, the passion which endoses the torture garden and all the pain and p1;easwe therein contained. In a strange but telling poem, Mirbeau sums up the philosophy of& Torture Gardw; "...I low Erer huse there is something more mysteriarsly attmtiag than huty:ilk owPrtplion. Corracptiorr A which the eternal heat of life resides, In which the etemal rdof mebmorpbs unfolds[" Matt PAGE 10 REVIEW a& to alienate the audience within & first two minutes of their incred- I ible "Love Is a Dog From Hell" tune. It's been awhil6 since I've seen an entire audience stand still and wonder what in the fuck was going on. From hereon out, the band began to anesthetize the audience with its seductive heof rniniaalism until rendering the gentle listener cata- tonic, then pulling the plug instanta- neously. No one seemed quite sure what to make of it. My humble opin- ion was that of another fellow audi- I ence member "Fucking brilliant!" Headliners Napalm Death "7dflesh photo by Robert DeBerry were UD shortlv thereafter. much to the radid deli& of our gudience. central nervous systemfmlure set in, Napalm probably could have just I found myself wipiw stood on stage breathingand every- my shoulders as they gushed from The Grin my foolish mistakeand youhadmis- one probably woukd have gone ab- my ears, When it was dl said and 27,f my. I also managed to muster up the solutely nuts. In this ose, the audi- done, I set about trying to find what April courage to approach a woman I've ence managednotonly thenuts, but little I had to begin with. The Pomp wanted since l'w made my Special the en'tirefuddng trailmix.Napalm's Grindcrusher was intense, Guest Appearanceherein Utah,only psychopathicassault wasabsdutely though not the revelatory exp%mence Always ane fpr cultural eve- to learn she's five years my senior, inaedibIe,andIfoundrnyselflaugh- I was hoplng for. I dd, howmm, nings, I bounced my, happy ch& and in love with someone else. On ing so hard at these guys literally manage to get a pretty niceperspec- on down to the Pompadour with top of this, 1 midthe opening set going apeshit on stage. These guys tlve on what the decimation of an newfound s6briety, intact. 1 could .byNocturnus.At that poinf, thescore are great! Their vocalist was the atonuc warhead would be like. The have used a good *@hafter what two old ti- prepkg to ds$ng Ilnk between Satan and a psychogenic trauma I suffered in was in stup for me. drop kick my ignorantlittie ass,-one really pissed pit bull. The bass gettl For $tatters, one of them Yo- unrequited low, one missing band, sounded like a dinosaur being delers accosted me over a glaring and a cmpletefy sober perspective gorged. Their drummer literallybear error I made concerning the Bad on the issues at hand. the living shit out of his kit, keeping Brains reissue I mentioned last In the middle of this confusion, a steady vibration of absolute may- , Imonth. Add ow Barker barking on Godflesh came on stage and man- hem. As my cranium cracked and

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"DIZZYING THRILLS! " -Peter Traven, ROLLING SmNI

(now YuN-rATA I I I KILLER %"""I r 1 -fmw-tm ,rb111 Fridays: May 10th - Midnight I I Saturdays: May 1 1 th - Midnight I May 18th - 11:15 I May24th - 11:lO I I May 25th - 11:lO May24-June68 May 31th - 11:lO June 1st - 11:lO I I I'L-,----,------JL------J 5:20, 7:15, 9:10 I PAGE-- - 11-- CONCERT REVIEW Reggae at the Pompado BLITZSPEER CARDIFF REEFERS IYSrefreshing to hear a band like BLITiSPEER Swim Herschel S when every other new Thursday, April band out there is playing speed for speed's sake, April 4th saw the advent of reggae music at the Pompadour. Located forgetting what they're at 740 South 300 West in Salt Lake City, the Pompadour is a converted all about "We're a fun chwch that makes for an interesting reggae music venue. Chosen to inau- band-noboringguitar gurate reggae at the Pompadour were the Cardiff Reefers out of !hn Diego, solos!' California, fronted by the popular and wildly energetic Rovo ska band, "We are fans kt," fansof the Ramones, Dead Boys,and, of course, The Swim Hershel Swim. New York Dolls, the late, great Johnny Thunders (RLP.), 'he Heartbreakers. TheCardiff Reefem,six highly-trainedandwidely-talentedmusidans, (Phil CZaIvano is mga very ~ell-wornLAA4.E t-shirt). In fact, these have been entertainingthroughout the Westem Unitedstatesfor about five 8Uyg are New York, low-down, dirty, tatt0-t the ~4thing. Look at the years. Four of the six are graduates of the University of California at San Di- bands from New Ymk: fKnn the hones, to Leeway, -Mags, ego and all of them have an impressive list of musical credentials. Yet for all Law, White kbie, C~~ISof Power. I mean, mwis their experience and education the oldest member is still well under thirty dhitd~a product of their environment- something. Scott Lano, the lead guitar player, is the metal head in the band, whose The Cardiff Reefers have a wide crossover appeal with a reggae sound main innuen- indude Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Carbine that with that emphasizes their American rock background yet permits them to ven- the wge~,Ramone% Heartbreakers and and you've got B1i-n ture into Latin, African and Jamaican musical arenas. Playing almost all "We're happy to be out on the road with KREATOR and appreciate the original tunes, the group gave each member a chance to display their own chance. We're doing the van tour - we're bums/ mydo the tour special interests while captivating the Salt Lake skankers with tight vocal bus? We have to pay fm it." harmonies done in a jumpup danceable beat. With their debut CD Altrmatc "We've been playing together for about four years. Ihethreeof us, Saott Rwts enjoying suaessful regional sales, the Reefers are planning their next hotguitar, Curt neck, basst and I have fit recruited new dmmmer Brian album and Salt Lake fans were treated to the sound of "Dub Round," which into the band. It fit didn't work out with Louie Gas-, the isset to appear on their second release. This is the fifth or sixth time I have on the live EP. going 4good with Brian!' seen this group and I continue being surpMby their upful attitudeboth And, judging from their performance tonight, these guys will be on and off stage. This upfullness shines through when the music starts and, mgout the for a long time to come. me^ played everything from as The Reefers played in a happy and entertwg fashion. The their live EP on Epic Rec01ds plus a few new ones: G00d Or Evil" "Almost group like Salt Lake City and we can hopefully look forward to their rehun Tommowt" and "City of Angels!' '"llIese songs will be on tfre new album, in a few months. out in the fall," says Phil "We finish this tour in New York on May 17th at 'he small number of youth that huned out to enjoy the Cardiff Reefers aws,then go into the studio." was a bit disappointing yet this was the first attempt by the Pohpadour to Curtsa~,"Wellbe~wi~thenewBfib.~kraceandlivetowin~ present reggae. The Pompadour is an allages, alcohol-free environment that Kewin Kirk has a reputation af being willing to risk other than mainstream @om- ances. 1f &a&n f&local and regional bands and hasa fairlylargenumber of reguler?ans. Presently it is the only venue in town that is both open to the AND under21 aowd and willing to host traveling reggae groups. Iheturnout for the Cardiff Reefers consisted mostly of KRCL reggae regulars with a repre- sentation of folks from all along the Wasatch Front. Also present were the Raunch Posse and a sampling of Pompadour regulars, an interesting BROADWAY admixture of some of Salt Lake's most creative performing artists and their hard core fans. If what you arelookingfor is out-of-theordinary entertain- DELI ment then check the Pompadour. If you like to see reggae music accessible to the youth then support this dub that is willing and ready to book more reggae acts. Thank you and nuff respect to both the Cardiff Reefers and to the Pompadour. 172-178 WEST Papa Pilgrim 300 SOUTH Host ofthe popular reggae radio show Nite Roots arery Wedwdaynite at 1030 PM on 90.9 FM, KRCL,your reggae riddim alternatioe in SLC. Where in the world can you ESPRESSO CAPPUCCINO listen to ALL kinds of musk? SPECIALTY COFFEES & TEAS FtNE PASTRIES LIGHT BREAKFASTS DELICIOUS SANDWICHES FROZEN YOGURT AVAILABLE

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Abouttwo years ago I was set. playing in a band that was asked - I didn't hear about..S&m to play at a party in Prove. hFow Herschel Swim until hate mail I had never played at or been to started flowing in from Prow a party ih Provo but I took them about this "om rated, over- up on their offer. Our drummer liked" band. About a month ago wasn't able to make it and we I went and pieked up a copy of used another fellow to fill in for their tape at Grunts an Postures him. Regardless of the facts, we and really liked it. I am not a big weren't prepared to play. $0 ska fa& in fact I don't know that insteadof stressingabout our set much about it, however, 1 liked we went across the street to a the tapeand I could tell that these parking lot and put down a case guys had a lot to offer with their a two of beer while the opening music. When they opened up for bands were playing, When we Cardiff Reefers and I was able to got back to the party Swim Her- see them play live ag*, I was schel somethin'g-or-other was amazed at the incredible sound playing. The ~rowdwas crazy. and the amount of energy they There were at least 150 people displayed when they performed jammed into this one mom that live. couldn't have held more than 50 After taIkinawith theband people. It wound up being a lot I discovered thattiSrreally don't of funtillwegotonstage,cleared consider themselves aaka band. i- the plaa,and played areallousy They really don't consider them- I PAGE 13 MAY FEATURE B

Left to Right: Jon Armstrong, Jeff Hubbard, Sam Reisner, ~lchard~lll~ulst,Rick Anderson - vide some type of security. Al- may 10th with Midas and tkf though, this would ,have to be Bridge, Friday night May 17tk worth giving up proniising jobs atMayfestat6$Opm.Theyplay and careers for. I would hope so, regularly at Center Stage i~ it would be nice to see an alterna- Pmvo and at The Pompadoul tiveband from Salt Lakemakeit to in Salt Lake. Check them out the big time. they can be a great time, and If you haven't seen them bring your dancin' shoes. play, this month is the time to see them play. They will be playing J.R. Ruppe~

:. VHN1)IeASSEIlES %at IIRNmtim Ileadquatten! Credit on Used Mde pSHIRB, BOOKS, 125 1CHITER, PROVO 3131822 w2'WEs1JEWELRY'OSIERSf I PAGE 14 I MISCELLANEOUS I a long-term advertising campaigh EARWAX to ensure the rights of people to Since I mwed here to wonder- horrid thought, eh?) and wise up to becomeaddicted to d arettes." Hey ful !hit Lake, I've seen a lot of pretty theFantasylandbdshit they've been bud, last time 1 chec&ed, smoking twisted logic in legislative and w shoveled since Brigham set up shop wee legal and they DO have the daldrclesalike.NeverhaveIseena here Instead, I11 pxwent myself and right to do so. In terms of advertis I demwacv run like a theccracv'in how I fit Into the scheme of things. ing, I give two &its less if it's for my life, &erefore suggestin th;rt if For starters, I'm a non-smoker. cigarettesorforFruit Lo0ps;if you're I youarenot Man, ou'nk~Neva have, nwer will. This doesn't that susceptible to advertisin& then '1he~hillit5~ods~iUof~inhts mean that I'm going to start preach- you d-e to have lunp the color tour is coming' our way whichrae at you how wrong it is, because of d.Bill also feels that the mo- carding to our dominant rdi w 9it sn't It's a dedsion ou've made tives of PhdlP orris are of "profit, I faction, wlP lead uour *ild&ne which you should &ow through rate greed and the hope to down the sinful th of tobacco =more of our children in the abuse. ever min&e fact that tiie future." Yeah, a ma' r corporation company has spent SOmillion dol- is using the Bill of E@ts to innu- lars for the tour in addition to a ence your kiddos to eagerly run to saoapoo donation to the National the local Seven-Eleven and suck Archtves for use of the actual piece those Goddamn cancer sticks 'tiU tion. Also ignore the fact their fuddn 11 turn blue. Suppos- Ofthat eexhibitis ameans to educate punished. I don't see ou inflicting ed~~,3,000 SL bg~up for the chll~,thusinfonnIngtheseyoung owself on me. dgsmoke is first timeon adaily basisandalmost fra e minds of their unalienable LOT temptiow nor damaging my half choocle Phil's products. Is it rigmat Pmp Morris immediate health concern. The because of advertising and sublimi- intends is to convert our baud hypochondriac who wheezes and nal suggestion that it's cool? I say milk-drinkin scouters into drug whines how their allergIea act u on it's because our hero, Phil, makes a addicted he%ons who will inflict the very sight of a pa& of ~ar1Lpret good smoke. Funny thing is, themselves on innocents who will Reds is the same fuck who gags on oukve a be 19 to get a pack oui be slaughtered by second-hand cue at the si t of a beer bottle, be gere and the procedure for obtain- smoke. lieving the Lesfrom which wiU ing them is nothing short of a blood own. Utah, fuck you. impair his drlving. sample and fifteen forms of identifi- I could always take the old Anyway, this all stems from a cation. In othehtates, it varies from z commiepinko paranoia approach letter by one R. William Mackie, the 16 to 18 years of age. and scream how the pack of LDS Chairman for the Environmental Mackie goes on to how say he blowherds are afraid that their flock Health Committee of Utah's Medi- feels that this entire lot was con- .will realize they arelivinga regimen cal Assodation that showed up in ceived to bring out ge anti-smok- ', ing protesters, thus enforcing the .?z.where the minoritv dictates the ma- the Salt lmkc Tribwu's Public Forum 5): jorlt Hell, peopfe might actually on 4-21-91. His letter states that the hysterical belief that children will it's not allowed? y-i tMX for themselves (one fur*lng BU~of~igtits tour is *tiw~nstepin aaually believe they have a right to

Thursday, May 23 8 pm Pairpark Coliseum also appearins ORE6 TRlPP Tickoh $16.00 in Advarci Ttekob avaikbk at all SoundOW' ksatlonm, all OmyWhak CD (SL, -n, Prove), Stawr, SmokoYs Rod, SaH Pala- N-EWS REVIEWS April appea1,but theydo Lake's spookiest bands. definitely brought perform on a high Of course we can't for- some rad shows, level of energy. get the All show with special , including one of The Stench guests Left he.All always rnfperso-kl favor- and Iceburn did a &ems tb be able to pull off a ites. Nomeansno big local show this great,show.~istime their rpad-

I who brought with month before The ies opened up the show with a themVictimsFam- Stench headedeast racey set led byvocalist Bug. Bug ily. I had heard ontour.Iguess this is the sort of in the shadows guy about Victims was Jeremy and whokeepsAllrunningsmoothly Family but they Jamie's last gig on stage. He hopped up in front wound up being with Iceburn. ofThePlummersandcamealive. even better than I Iceburn will con- Now that is a band I would like had heard. I guess tinueon asa three- to see again. . , the dm-er fm piece with Gentry Dbn't miss Ed &all this I,Nomeansno pro- a -~ca1s.Alsoon month. The hardest rockin' VFS latest NOMEANSNO

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The Paladins years. The set was mostly sowoff the band'slatest album, "Let's Buzz" April 22 on Alligator Records, but also in- The Zephyr Club cluded healthy doses of music from the band's self-titled debut album There's an old saving that savs on Wrestler/Rounder Records, as "hrerythingoldisnewag&:' ~h& well as music from their debut Alli- ever first said thismust have had the gator release, 'Yeara Since Yester- Paladins in mind. This Sari Mege day." basedtrio takesall the honesty of the There's no finer guitarist alive blues, the soulfulness of RQB, and than Dave Gonzalez and he was on the exciting rawness of Rockabllly fireat the Zephyr. Moving from hot, and turns all these ingredients into a Texas Blues ala Stevie Ray Vaughn style of hard driving Rock-n-Roll all to barn-burning Rockabilly, their own. Gonzalez had the aowd cheering The band'sshow at the Zephyr after every solo. Oh, and by the way, Private Club in Salt Lake (the band's his vocals kick ass as well. 'Ihe first show in Utah in almost five rhythm section of Yearsley and years) was a clinic on how great Fahey kept the whole house rockin' Rock-n-Roll should be played. The as Gonzalez put on a guitar clinic Zephyr show also marked the b Like most shows,it tookawhile ginning of the Paladins' new tour to for people to start dandng as ne celebrate their 10th anniversary as a body wanted to risk being the first band, and twelve years since guitar person to take the floor and possibly playerlsinger Dave Gonzdez and look stupid. The Paladins had an bass player Thomas Yearsley first easy remedy for this; music that you began playing together as 17-year- can't help but dance to, and by the old high school seniorsin San Diego, end of the show, the pint was California. Drummer Brian Fahey jumpin'! The Paladins may not be 7dSout the trio in his second that well known in some parts of this year on the drums with the Pala- large world we live in, but they've dins. quietly built a loyal following Whilemost bandsareout trying through their extensive touring and to secure record deals through their three of the best Rock-n-Roll albums groovy haircuts or hip wardrobe, this side of Memphis, 1954. the Paladins are out there with oniy Dave Gonzaiez says that he one mission: preach the gcapel of hopes the band will be back in town great Rock-n-Roll. With no hip MTV some time this summer, so if you video or Top 40 single behind them, like a good time, dancing 'till you the Paladins make their living by drop, and blistering Rock-n-Roll, touring constantly, playing an aver- keep your eyes and ears peeled for age of 200dates a year. This constant the Paladins. To all you cats and touring has turned the Paladins into kittens who made it out to the show one of the tightest, most exating acts at the Zephyr, well, you already around The Zephyr showproved to know what I'm talking about. Like be no exception. the Paladins would say - "Let's go, From the first song to the last, baby! the Paladins showed Utah what Paul & Gay we've been missing for the last five PAGE 18 F~~MISCELANE~~US?fZ!l NOTES FROM THE . - UNDERGROUND

When last we met, the Revolting Cocks natedfrom thespeakersltningthestage.As kk& in the bayou country of louisiana, the smoke cleared, the massive stage set dropping their britches and squealing like came into view a huge metal tower with a pigs for some questionable backwoodsmen. spiralling industrial fan in the middle, It's Beers, Sterrsand Qwmandit'sback with adorned with any number of flashing and a vengeance. The Cock have remixed their spinning lights. T.V. monitors displayed underground hit withsamplesfromthefilm computer graphics and images gen-ted Dclime, you know, the one where the from the bands recent7'yranny For You al- cajuns try and bugger the stranded North- bum. All around the audience spilled the erners. Also on the remix is the anthemic cold Belgian vision of the tedmological shout of "Beers! Steers! and Queers!" The fuhue of which Front 242 had come to single has a rewed up version of the title prophecy. track as well as live versions of "Stainless Admittedley, FRONT 242 has become Steel Providers" and "Public Image!' The more accessible in the past couple of yeara Cocks are finishing up a new single, After a number of album and minor dub "Crackin' Up," a "harrowing dance-floor hits they struck big with the sin e "Head- essay on aadc addiction that sounds like hunter" and the album Fmt By '$ ront. The PiL's Mctal Box put through a Megadeth band was finally ripe for natioad success meat-grinder." Watch out for that! .. Another and subsequentlylefi WAXTRAX! for Epic of Al Jourgensen'sprojects, 1,000HomoDJ's, Records. Since releasing Tyranny For You, has finally released it's second single, the band has reached larger and larger "Supernaut," an old Sabbath tune that puts audiences,as was witnessed by thenumber Ozzy to shame. Out of control distortion, of people at their Salt Lake show, as well as screaming vocals and heavy beats litter this a lot of national radio airplay. The new single. It's the same with "Hey Asshole," songs may be more "mainstream" but they and the "Apathy" 12", also included on the still have the trademark 242 rhythms and CD ... KMFDM has a new single, "Split," a noises. funky, guitar-ridden dance tune with the Although the band played a number of catchy refrain, "Toshareis tosplit." Also on songs spanning their career, the threemost the single are remixes of "Piggybank," "Go well received were "Headhunter," "Wel- To Hell" and "Naive 1991." "Split" is from come 2 Paradise" and 'Tragedy For You" anewKMFDMalbum tobereleasedsoon...If "Masterhit" went relatively unnoticed as you aren't familiar with KK Records then did many of their earlier "hits" you should tune in to this up-and-coming Uvelyandmoreanimatedonstagethan Belgian label. Two new releases are Vomito in tours past, the band members moved Negro's '"he New Drug and Insekt's jerkily on stage,indtingthecrowd to action "Stress." Insekt is a hard, Skinny Puppy-ish and dancing maniacally. outfit while Vomito Negro is more remines- If youmissedFront 242 this timearound, cent of A Split Second. Also on KK are be sure not to miss them again. Philadelphia Five, Cat Rapes Dog, Smersh, Matt N Kode and my favorite, San Francisco's a'.uvof wrrgnur-w Stereotaxic Device. A good introduction to the label is their sampler entitled Crnck of a INDUmAL NIGHT Belgian Whip ...Mark Verhaegen has a new TOP TWENTY band, XlO. Their fitsingle, "Repulsion," is full of moody and dark techno rhythms a la KMFDM "GodUe'" Klinik, but more upbeat. Vocals are per- 2. PUPPY 'Tormentor." formed by Marc Ickx of A Split 3.REV0LT1NGC0CKS'3eers~Steersand Second ...Cyberaktif's full length album, Queers." Tenebrea Vision, is out this week on WAX 4. NINE NCXNAILS "Get Down, Make TRAX! Check out this Leeb/Goettel side Love." project. 5. FRONT 242 "Tragedy For You." 6. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO "Psyche Out." 7. FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY "Resist." 8. THRILL KILL KULT "Daisy Chain For Satan." 9. SKINNY PUPPY "Morpheus Lauglung." 10. MINISTRY "So What." 11. THRILL KILL KULT "Davs of Swine and Roses!' 212. FRONT 242 "Rhythm of ;me." 13. CHRISTIAN DEATH "Malus Amor." FRONT 242 14. COIL 'Windowpane." April 16th @ the Coliseum 15. KMFDM "Split'' 1- 16. BORIS MIKULIK "Dlana!' qlm hearing new sounds yve never 17. SKINNY PUPPY "Spasmolytic Remix." heard before." 18. WOLFGANG PRESS 'Tie!' So said the woman at the concession 19.lPOO HOMO DJ'S "Supenraut." booth who sold us cokes as 242 began their 20. CYBERAKTIF 'Temper." show. Purole and meen lihts uroiected DJ Evil. Ithrough &ck fog &a wall Gf sohdeme- PAGE 19 - INTERVIEW He struck stardom at an early age On April fourth, DRIVIN' N' and h moved to Atlanta in 1982, CRYIN' made their second apper- became a construction worker, and ance in stLake, playing a blister- met Tim. We're vagabonds, we're ing set at the Bar n' Grill with BOX- the worlds greatest trailer-park CAR KIDS n' POINTS WEST. band. This tour is sponsored by DRIVW N' CRYIN' consists of Tim KOA. Nielson on bass, Buren Fowler on SLUG: How did you get your styl- lead guitar, Jeff Sullivan on dnuns ing tour bus? and Kevn Kinney, who is emerging KEVN: Well, we were in Salt Lake as one of America's best singer- City and Super Dave saw us. songwriters.Their latest album, Fly SLUG: Super Dave Osborne? Me Courageous, has broadened KEVN: Yes, !%per Dave Osborne their audience nationally, gaining sawus, signed us to a deal.. .First he AORradio play andMTV exposure. had us do a couple stunts, and we Still, they are one of the friendliest survived those, so he figured we and most accessible bands around. were good enough for a record deal. Phil Harmonic interviewed them SLUG: Is Island a good label to following their performance. Pres work for? ent were Kevn, Tim, Jeff and Jeffs TIM: They let us be ourselves, Grandparentswhodrove fromCole that's the best part about them. I rado to see the show. wouldn't say the people that work DRIVIN' N' CRYIN' Discography: Scared But Smarter, 1987 UG: Kevn, who are your mapr there's so many different kinds of there are the most. . . KEVN: In tune.. . Whisper Tames The Lion, 1988 Cinfluences?.-- music. KEVN: Elvis and Johnny Ramone. SLUG: Do you worry about that? TLM: In tune with what sells and Mystery Road, 1989 That red Moserite is the first guitar I Being pigeon-holed on one hand or what doesn't, they're kind of due- Fly Me Courageous, 1990 too eclectic on the other? less as far as what's going on in the Machugall Blues, 1990 ever owned. If it wasn't for the Pro- RAMONES, I wouldn't be here to- TIM: We nwer used to worry about world which is fine with us because (Kevn Kinney's solo album. duced by Peter Buck) day. The RAMONES are the best it, but it never got us anywhere, It lets us do ow own thing. All titles available on Island Rec- fuckin rock and roll band in the being so diverse. We're huge in the SLUG: So is the title track from Mc hugall Blues autobiographical? ords. world. southeast but in the rest of the coun- SLUG: Who writesmost of thema- try we're sort of unknown. There's a KEVN: No! terial? lot of people out there who'd proba- SLUG: I met your Grandma Jon Shuman JEFF: Wasn't she cool? TIM: Kevn writes the words and bly dig wr music but the only way most of thesongs have hissound but they're ever going to hear it is if we SLUG: Totally. the band works out the arrange- have an album that's going to get ments. played on the radio. We never com- promise anything musically; I think we're better musically, we'rea better band now than we've ever been. Our the country in a van for about five fans can usually deal with anything years and this time we finally got a we play. We'll probably make more tour budget. You don't make any acousticrecordsandmakem~~ehmd money when you tour, these buses rock records. cost more than youmake. The object SLUG: How's Atlanta these days? is to sell records which are supposed TIM: There's a lot of shit going on, to pay the bills in the long run. a band called the TOMBSTONES, KEVN: It's just like a trailer except who are kind of like the GUN CLUB. without the Richard Petty posters. There's a lot of dubs, a lot of bands; SLUG: How was playing in Salt INDIGO GIRLS and REM of course. Lake again? There's a lot of new bands; HANG KEVN: That was a fun shbw, I like ING FRANCIS, NEEDLE, MARY this bar. Good people tonight, sope MY HOPE. There's a lot of people, so awfully niemle.The people in many fucking people in Atlanta, so dn't hurt each other. much shit going on. At our last show wIt was good. Last time was so in Atlanta we had 10,000 people. long ago, I just remember we had a SLUG: So you guys must have lots great time. of chicks, Cool Corvettes and shit SLUG: Whereare you headednext? like David Lee Roth. . . TIM: Reno, we start with Sonic KEVN: Yeah except they're about Youth and Neil Young tomorrow. this big and say "Matchbox" on the It's going to be cool, 1 like those bottom. bands dot. We're taking Social Dis- TIM: No, we're fuddn' derelicts, tortion's slot on the second half of man. We'd all be in prison if it wasn't the tour. It's a wierd bill but I guess for Kevn Kinney. Neil likes it that way. KEVN: I'd be in the priesthood if I SLUG: Was it a conscious decision hadn't of met these guys. to make Fly Me Courageous more SLUG: Are you all from Atlanta, rocking? More consistent? originally? TIM: Yes, well Kevn did a solo rec- KEVN: I grew up in Milwaukee, ord so that kind of made more room Wisconsin. My best friend in high for more rock and roll songs to fit on school was Brian Ritchie. He plays this record. It's always been a prob- bass in the Violent Femmes. In fact, lem when we make records and he wasmy onlyfriendinhighschool. The Zephyr (31ub April 28 School of Fish is a new band eight months, and writing songs. out of Los Angeles. Well, sort of One guy from A&M records, named new. All of its members have been Aaron Jacoves,camedown toashow kicking around within various L.A. and he Liked the song called 'Born on bands prior to the genesis of SOF, the Wrong Day', which we don't which in its short life span has had even play anymore.Soheputuslpto #. great fortune. The SOF tune "Three thestudio at A&M for twodays,but Strange Days" ended up on the they didn't make us sign anything soundtrack to "Reversal of Fortune" saying that they had first right of starring Jeremy Irons, A&M paid for refusal oranything like that. So they their demo but Capitol signed them didn't have any hold over ils." ', Y on the dotted line AND for a two Just like everybody else shop album deal, and they've released a pinga demo,SOF, whodecidedearly ' great first-time video directed by on that a deal wasn't worth throw- Kurslich (who did the "It's too Late" ingaway your life or passion,hoped . video for Bob Mould and an Urban for the best. Dance Squad vid and whose name I "Do what you do because you doubtlessly spelled wrong). love to do it, not because someone On their recent stop in Salt Lake thinks it's cool or even you think it's at the Zephyr Private Club, SOF put cool," stated M.P.,drummerforSOF, on a great show, albeit to a tiny who along with Nardini joined the crowd, and took the time to talk to band after its extensive stint with a SLUG about record deals, tours and drum machine. Speaking of which, life in general for musiaans.. . SOF still uses a drum machine and ''We're all from somewhere some sequencing on tape and in its else," said New Yorker Dominic livesho\vs.SaidM.P.. 4 think ~eode Nardini, bass player for School of are afraid of technology but it's wkt Fish, as the Gamma Rays were burn- we do." ----+" , ing it up on stage. Minneapolis, "~tadds to it; said ~li~toh:~. Boston and Cleveland are also home Felt, "some industrial sounds mixed towns to SOF which seems to have here and there with songs having settledon "melodo-grundge," a term heavy guitars and grooves." used by a Houston paper, as best "It's not like it's over the topor , describing its musical sound. industrial," sald Nardini. Josh Clayton-Felt, lead vocals Anyway, that AkM-paid-for and guitar, and Michael Ward, gui- demo tape made its way upstream tars and vocals, met up during a to A&R department at Capitol Rec- stint with feU0wL.A. band FrancisX ords on a Friday nlght. "Literally & The Bushmen. Following that that night," sad Josh, "they came to experience, the pair began writing a gig at the Central in Hollywood, songs and performing with a drum the infamous Cenkal, and the fol- machine. lowing Monday they offered us a 'What happened," explained really terr~bledeal." Clayton-Felt, "is that Michael and I So what does a band do? 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FavoriteSOFbandsthesedays, new and old, indude Prince,.Wa- terboys, the Blue Nile, Beatles, Ministry, the Cure, the Kinks, Led ZeppelinandZZTop-aprettybroad spectrum. So what exactly doesSOF have to say with its music? "I think life adventures and things that go on motivate you, right?" said M.P., who noted that Clayton-Felt andWardarecwrently usic and The Smiths. writing the band's material. "I think "John saw a really bad gig but it's just everyday life. Whatever 1 1 he liked it." said Clavton-Felt with affects them they write about and I just the slightest bit ;f amazement. don't think it's contrived at all," 4a.L - - - "He loved it," dedared M.P.- - Now it's time to tow. Does a "Usually, in terms of writing, new band go for supporting a big some thoughi will pop into my head name act or just settle on the all andI'Ujusttrytoexpressit.Whether important eastlwest coast only tow it's an-emotion & whether it's a and do lots and lob of press? picture of a place or whether it's 'We really want to not have painting a scene or a relationship," things happen too fast and kind of said Clayton-Felt, who attended start and build a nice base. That's Brown University, RHodeIsland,for why we're doingat@&like this so one year before heading West. ' '?knew1 wanted toplay music that hopefullyp$EI&will see us in week small dubs and have a connection and I went back for about a of and will feel like it's hdof inti- a second year and just dropped out. mate," said Clayton-Felt. Like, one night I said, 'this is it, I, 'We've been really fighting it want toplay music',explainedClay- all the way to make sure that they ton-Felt, who added, Yt seems to don't hype us too much so people me that alot of peoplestart music as t IIAUNTING TII$ CIIAPIEL t can feel like they found us 'cause 1 an escape to things and then it ends : : think that's really important," he up becoming something they really :SHOW NO MllltCY t IIELI, AWAITS f said. As far as touring is concerned, 1ike.Andtheneventually it'sallthey so SOF purposefully is avoiding the can do they're stuck with it," : LIVB UN1)IMl) t REIGN IN IIIAO(H) : bigger venues so it can spend the Clayton-Felt said with a laugh. time in smaller, more intimate dubs So taking the stage amidst a smaller than small but typical Sun- t SOWII OF ~IIAVlINt " . : day aowd at the Zephyr, SOF put on a rockin' 15-song set displaying : t SEASONS IN TnlE ABYSS t : some of their great tunes off of their debut album and throwinzin some :NEW POSTEBS AN]) T-SHIIWS i brand new ones and speci; covers. L a port but wepurposefully wanted to Would vou believe Georm Michael AVAIIABI~ENOW can achyrock? %thk Pigwe" as you've never heardit before took on a second life as done by SoF as did Prince's "Let's Pretend We're At: Married." Located : SOFis a band that huly knows how to ,have fun even when the I 1074 East : modisas smallas itwas that Sunday night at the Zephyr. r yo&" said Clayton-Felt. Putting their money where Checkout thealbum, thevideo, there mouth is, SOF played an im- and the live show if School of Fish promptu three-song acoustic set out should ever swim back this way. back of the Zephyr when it became known a group of youngsters were Lara B*ingard for more info just dying for a glimpse of them. i rrrrr~rrrrrrrrrr~~*O*OOO*O~*~O**** ...... 4:3C PERSONALS CONCERTS her "G , J;:" ...... Johnson I Bands interested in beina considered' 1 Congrats D&M.N STEVE WINWOOD & 1 6:%8 ...... Symphony Hall -' Brave Combo Jamie, Andy and May 6, 7:30pm 8:30-10-30 Feezublan Donut ...... Wayne Toups & Clown Jeremy- MIDAS 8 ME Zydecajun Goodbyes hurt like hell. BRIDGE Best wishes and take lRlE HEIGHTS Fddav. Mav care. I-Burn, Eyeaburn, SWlM HERSCHEL 12-1 lceburn! Lars SWlM Tenpenny ...... Fairpark Coliseum 1:30-2:30 Dear SMF, Year Num- Friday, May 11, 7:30 Powder ber two has just begun ...... 3- and my love for you JESUS JONES Ashlsh Kha grows stronger every SOH0 4:30-5:30 day. 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