Inside Alternative EDITOR: LINDA RYAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Welcome to theGAVINseminar and GAVIN ALTERNATIVE SEANA BARUTH New Orleans. Is this place rad, or what? Despite the fact that most of the alternative community is in New 1 PEARL JAM - Better Man, Nothing, Corduroy (Epic) 1868 -251 Orleans, there still seems to be plen- 2 STONE ROSES - Love Spreads, Ten Storey, Begging You, Tightrope (Geffen) 1575 +59 Most Added ty of news to talk about. Station news: X -96's Great 1444 +160 3 LIVE - Lightning Crashes (Radioactive) ROYAL TRUX (18) Xpectations event was a huge suc- Thank You (Virgin) 4 OASIS - Live Forever, Supersonic, Rock And Roll Star (Epic) 1394 +131 cess. The event, which took place 5 BUSH - Everything Zen, Monkey (Trauma/Interscope/AG) 1300 114 ELASTICA (15) on Wednesday, February 15, fea- tured Belly, Everclear, The 6 R.E.M. - Star 69, Bang&Blame, Crush, What's (Warner Bros.) 1245 -45 "Connection" (DGC/Geffen) Murmurs and popular local band 7 NIRVANA - About A Girl, The Man Who, Lake/Fire, Jesus Doesn't (DGC) 1202 +26 IVY (15) The Obvious. The station started Realistic (Seed) 8 PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (London) 1186 149 giving tickets away and promoting 9 GREEN DAY - When I Come Around, Paradise (Reprise) 1177 -3 POSTER CHILDREN (14) the show a month ago, until the event "sold out." All tickets were 10 THROWING MUSES - University (Sire/Reprise) 1146 +90 Junior Citizen (Sire/Reprise) given away over -the -air, which PD 11 SIMPLE MINDS - She's A River, Great Leap Forward, Hypnotized (Virgin) 1123 +8 BELLY (13) Mike Summers says, "really boost- 12THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie, Ode/Family, I Can't Be, Dreaming (Island) 1055 -45 Star (Sire/Reprise) ed our TSL cume." 13LETTERS TO CLEO - Here & Now (Giant) 978 +75 On the other side of the country, Top Tip 99X -Atlanta celebrated Chinese 929 NEW 14PJ HARVEY - Down By The Water (Island) New Year with a huge party at the 15SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna, Strong Enough (A&M) 871 -81 Fox Theater. The show, which fea- 16STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Unglued, Interstate Love Song, Pretty Penny (Atlantic) 856 -124 tured Moist, Matthew Sweet, Blues Traveler and Hootie & The 17OFFSPRING - Gotta, Come Out And Play, Self Esteem (Epitaph) 827 -155 Blowfish, sold out in 12 minutes, 18JERKY BOYS - Collective Soul, L7, Superchunk (Atlantic) 816 -29 and was a benefit for the 19BELLY - Now They'll Sleep (4-AD/Sire/Reprise) 789 +14 Chattahoochie Riverkeeper Project. 20THE THE -I Saw The Light (550/Epic) 787 +42 PD Leslie Framm 21 VERUCA SALT - Number One, Seether, Victrola, Forsythia (Minty Fresh) 778 -26 (right) says 22WOLFGANG PRESS - Funky Little Demons (4-AO/Warner Brothers) 731 +48 that fortune 23 ASS PONYS - Little Bastard (A&M) 718 -9 cookies were 24SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - 0 Baby (Geffen) 687 +159 passed out, and in honor 25 HOLE - Doll Parts, Asking for It, Violet (DGC) 662 -114 PJ HARVEY of the Year 632 +73 26 SPONGE - Plowed (Work) "Down By The Water" (Island) Of The Pig, 27 WEEZER - Buddy Holly, My Name Is Jonas (DGC) 625 140 Debut at #14. How cool is that! they got Pig's Eye Pilsner beer to co-sponsor the 28 SARAH McLACHLAN - Hold On (Nettwerk/Arista) 622 +17 Top Requests event. 99X also got the Hard Rock 29LIZ PHAIR - Supernova, Whip -Smart (Matador/Atlantic) 589 -25 Cafe to close for a couple hours so 30 BETTIE SERVEERT - Ray Ray Rain (Matador/Atlantic) 552 -19 LIVE the bands on the bill could make 31 FLAMING LIPS - She Don't Use Jelly (Warner Bros.) 551 -270 BUSH their presentations to the restaurant chain at a pre -show party. Whew! 32DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - What Would You Say (RCA) 511 +54 GREEN DAY And in the middle of the country, 33RANCW - Roots Radical (Epitaph) 478 -1 OASIS KPNT/The Point celebrated their 34ELECTRAFIXION - Zephyr (Spacejunk/WEA UK) 460 -79 Birth Week starting on Tuesday, 35 DUMB AND DUMBER - Primitives, Crash Test Dummies (RCA) 448 +103 ASS PONYS February 14, with Nine Inch Nails. Other celebratory shows included 443 -93 36 NINE INCH NAILS - Piggy, March, Closer (Nthng/TVT/Interscope/ARG) Magnapop and Throneberry (on 37 BAD RELIGION - Stranger Than, 21st Century, Incomplete, Infected (Atlantic) 392 -104 RECORD TO WATCH Wednesday), Rusted Root and 38ADAM ANT - Wonderful (Capitol) 383 +143 Love Spit Love (on Thursday), Bad OUR LADY PEACE 39MORRISSEY - The Boxer (Sire/Reprise) 378 +71 Religion, Bush and The Toadies "Starseed" (on Friday) and Matthew Sweet, 367 +15 40 COLD WATER FLAT - Magnetic North Pole (MCA) (Relativity) The Murmurs and Ass Ponys (on 41 ELASTICA - Connection (DGC) 332+77 Check this one out on our Saturday). MD Alex Luke says that Alternative Video Reel. Early 42LOIS - Bet The Sky (K) 293 +54 the winners got laminates that gave radio players include KROQ, 43BETTER THAN EZRA - Good (Swell/Elektra) 286 MEW them access to each and every KWOD, KNDD, 99X, WAQZ show. As you can imagine, they 44SONS OF ELVIS - Formaldehyde, Soaking In It (Priority) 280 +1 and WRXS, were much sought after items. 45 FACE TO FACE - Disconnected (Victory/A&M) 271 +41 KINKS -Boulder put the spotlight 46 RUSTED ROOT - Send Me On My Way, When I Woke (Mercury) 251 -13 on their local bands when they 47 KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION - Cowboys And Aliens (A&M) 241 NEW devote five hours of programming time to bands from their community. 48 BRAMCHA - Bonsai Superstar (Grass) 237 NEW JEFF BUCKLEY - "Last Goodbye" (Columbia) On March 18, the station will feature 49 CLERKS SOUNDTRACK - Soul Asylum, Alice In Chains (Columbia) 237 -184 music and interviews from 56 local MASSIVE ATTACK - "Protection" (Virgin) 50 DURAN DURAN - White Lines (Capitol) 214 NEW bands, including Spell, Big Head MIKE WATT -Against The 70s" (Columbia) Todd and the Samples. The day HIGHER LEARNING/RAGE ATM - "Year..." culminates with listeners chosing Reports accepted Monday 8:30am - 4pm and Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm (Columbia) one band to take home the coveted Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580 Listener's Choice Award. 84 GAVIN FEBRUARY1 7 ,1995.