Local boys make good BY BOB MA'REN go very far. This ,has not Yes style. The band deli\' ECR,Staff been the case with Hybrid it well, with some nice The Scranton/Wilkes­ Ice. The band tours synthesizer work by write Barre area boasts many fine extensively along the~ east Bob Richardson. local bands: Some, like coast. Their touring has "Heart of the Night" is Dakota, have gone on to spurred' action for their good but not outst~nding, recording contracts and album thr.oughout and ",Please Tell Maryann national fame. Hybrid Ice, a Pennsylvania and as far is the weakest track-on th Danville-based band, has south as Baltimore. album. The same keyboar taken a similar path: Radio stations carrying the which highliglited "Castle Hybrid Ice have released album have reported that " Walls" make this song dr , . their self-titled debut album Hybrid Ice is getting quite a too much. . and will be appearing in response from listeners. ,' The finale of Hybrid Ice Eagen Auditorium on April Side one of Hybrid Ice, "Do You Believe in Rock 26. They will be he~ining shows the level of and Roll." From the soun a mini-concert which will consistency within the band. of it, the group certainly also feature local favorite "On We Go," "Think It does. It has a hard edge, Bad Habits. .over/' and "Wounded" ar( with an anthem~like chorus Most bands which:releasE all good songs, with and cuts like a knife. albums on small, : excellent vocals by leader For the· first vinyl effort b ..·independent iabels Usually Toye Foulke. "Magdelene" a local band, Hybrid Ice is find that the albums don't is one of the few ballads,' very impressive piece of and is one of the more' work. While not being ove popular cuts on the album zealous, the band ha~ As a ballad, it is very well compiled nine songs; eight Somebody's gotta do it done. It has some 'punch, written by Fpu1ke, which but not enough to show well the group's fine dilll, trivial jobs done by . overpower the song. points. Let's-hope they do BYMARY SMITH - gaze at his waving field of the same in their Did you ever wonder how parsley. You can almost . dull, trivial people whosE' The second side kicks off LQ. levels equal or qrop with "Castle-Walls," a song performance here. the red pimentos get into hear him as he says, "Yep, reminiscent of the classic green olives, or how the Maw. Looks like a bumper below those small plants little m's get on the . crop of sprigs this year. and bathroom grout. That is M&M's? Folks over at Denny's are absolutely untrue! Somebody does those gonna be mighty pleased. Each of those professions Eliminator wiI things, but who? What type Maybe next year, we'll is a very necessary and of person handles the job of plant lemon slices, too." valuable part of our lives. painting thumb-tack heads? The world is full of Those jobs and the people And what do they do for thankless; yet necessary who hold them are not to be draw ,new fans fun? Who designs bowling, occupations. For example, taken for granted. Would BYBOBMAREN shoes and why aren't they who files the grooves in you want your children to ECRStaff seeking psychiatric help? dimes? Who puts those grow up in a world of m­ Ever since the early 1970's and albums like Rio And how about those little plastic things on the ends of less M&M's? How many Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, and Tejas, ZZ Top has sprigs' of parsley you get shoelaces? Who designs times would yop have created its own unique brand of rock and roll boogie with dinner in restaurants. plaid, double~knit, polyester stepped on a thumbtack, that has made it one of the more popular bands around, Where do those little suckers stretch pants (well...maybe had its, head not been anf! a top draw on the concert circuit. The key to the come from? Just imagine a we shouldn't thank them)? painted a vibrant.orange or band's success seems to be its versatility. They can go farmer out in the midwest At first glance, some of patriotic red, white or blue? from slow blues ("Jesus JU,st Left Chicago") to nearly somewhere who goes to his the aforementioned What would happen to all heavy-metal ("Pearl Necklace"). window each morning to occupations may seem like the enjoyment that comes On their latest release Eliminator, the band continues from figuring out what to their level of gutsy, Texas bop music that has been their I------~·f10 with a parsley sprig if . trademark.for many -years. But at the same time, the the parsley farmers music has a fresh, new feel to it. vanished? If it weren't for The IIrst two cuts on the album are the two best. I those little plastic things on "Gimme All Your/Lovin'," the-first single from ICELANDAIR IS STILL the ends of our shoelaces, Eliminator, is a .typical ZZ Top tune that features we would be a race Of excellent guitar lines from Billy Gibbons. Gibbons has penny-loafer wearers, and been ranked as one of the top guitarists around, and this YOUR BEST VALUE nobody would've ever album reinforces that claim. The other song, "Got Me noticed the preppies! Under Pressure," is ~mother rowdy' rocker, one that So if all your degree in grabs you from the start with its punchy bass riffs TO EUROPE English, public courtesy of Dusty Hill. administration, or The side concludes with a bar-house rocker, "I Got the ~---LUXEMBOURG---~ biochemistry ever gets you Six." Many of ZZ Top's material deals with sex,- and this ROUNDTRIP is a job in a Toledo straight­ tune is no exception. But the band does it humorously, pin factory, don't despair! . and the instrumental work is fantastic. ; Just think, "At least I'm The last three cuts show the band at its best-down not trying to type on and dirty. "Dirty Dog" contains some references to the M&M's..." feminine gender which might seem degrading, but it's a 8488 S488 8538 killer track with a powerful bottom line by Hill and Students Beard. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down" and "Bad Find It At Girl" are hard rockers that feature Gibbons at his vocal FROM best. The cuts provide a 'finale found on few albums. . FROM BALTIMOREI FROM There's no boubt that many will not like ZZ Top; thelr NEW YORK WASHINGTON CHICAGO SPRUCE blues and boogie style takes time to accept. Eliminator seems to be the key necessary to convert many a, Super APEX Fares. Aprill-ApriI30. 1983. 7-60 day stay. 14 day advance purchase required. R,ECORD! listener to the sounds of Texas bop from ZZ Top. ALSO LOW COST SERVICE TO PARIS, FRANKFURT, AMSTERDAM AND NICE. AND, REMEMBER, ONLY ICELANDAIR FLIES YOU TO THE Records BREATHTAKING BEAUTY OF ICELAND. 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