l\afionczl at It' l! ~ 10 at r eL jt>ll'S! Reviezus of nezu 1novies ,et the scoop on local acts such as Celery, Get the latest news on Hollywood's hottest St. Lunatics Da Gatekeepaz. National acts new releases including IMickey Blue Eyes' such as Death Row Presents Chronic 2000 staring Hugh Grant. also are reviewed. See page.7 See page 3 Page 2 ~Ite Current September 1999 Gatekeepaz release atics blow up in '99 St. Lunatics tab l o~ s single Rap was needed Oa Gatekeepaz The single "Ghetto There hasn't been a major rap act 2 G's &: 4-Ever Phabulous" is very good, and that that claims st. Louis as its home Rap is probably putting it lightly. tOWIl. but the St Lunatics could be While it is the highlight of the the first. disc, it gets pIa ed out by the end The Lunatics ha · e found great Despite having a hot single Da of the CD. There are three ver­ radio succes in 99. Their singles Gatekeepaz first EP leaves much sions of the ong, and the beat is have been in stead rotation on The to be desired. used for I\.1ENTALITY's Beat and Magi 105 for good rea- The main problem is the drawn freesty Ie. Too much of a phabu­ on. The catch be and tight flow out phone m ' alles. The shout- lOllS thing can bee me bad. ha e listeheJ 'heads bobbin. out trae are. ni e. They sh w . The other track on the disc It began with tbeir ingle th t the group has the respect of , e. l p," i. a las ic MC tra k "Gimrni Got" \ hieh hit man well-respe ted nam in the with each taking th ir turns on the tl in a e. in . The single rap scene. After the first listen I mic. Th Ie i ~ no real ~ rm to th pushed the group up t c uld care Ie s ab ut the tw song but with quality Me th ir city fin -bas n one track. tracks tha cluttered up the elisc. talent is n ugh t and alone. Their fi t elf-titled EP pr e the One the brighter m ments A full 1 .ngth album will shm single n fluke. .on the elisc is on the last track. \ hether the gr up '\ ill J t. The The . ven tra k di c has fi e tvrnNTALITY d s a minut 1 ng single w gr ' t but a f 11 \; up is and t remixe: . In all a great free tyle that seems to end too greatly needed. c the L.urrent Sl Louis hip-hop The St. Lunatics hang out in front of The rlVolie Theater is the soon. MQre from this young me K EN D UNKIN champions. University City Loop. KEN DUNKIN Ce ery sta ks their way to the top <lite Current While they are off the 'i all, the still Ken Dunkin • • 1m Celery put together a very ~ lid disc. The Judi UnviJle- Fa.c. Illy . The Valsalva Maneuver entire disc i filled v, ith catchy music. Josh Renaud • Prod.. lU PunklSka Lead singer Phil Browne h' " orne a EdIt r long ay ince the group came on the Cory Blackwood· &Ii &til . c local ne e eral y ars ago. He Catherine - . -;.E . Celery is one of the weird st bands h w hm far he has c me on th ery Marq . Homeyer to e in concert In the pa'it the band hooki h tra k "Contribute." The ng Erin Strenvttel • has thrown celery talks at the c wd is the be ·t on the disc and is alm t too and encouraged the fans to throw it catchy. It is one of those songs that \vill back at them. g t tuck in your head for hours after Staff: Pat McCurr n Their concert theme sums up what hearing the track. Celery is all about, fun and crazine s. Celery ha-- made great striUi:S, and 7940 N atural Bridge Road No one will eyer say that the guys in one can only hope to see how far they St. Louis, issouri 63121 the group are normal. Their song titles go after this disc. This disc \vill be hard prove that more than anything. With to top. But having seen them grmv as songs titled "Giant Ball of Twine," much as they have in recent years it "Knife Boy," and "What's the Needle will be tough to guess what they will for?" no one will ever say the guys are do .. your average group. KEN DUNKIN email: Celery UlTw(gj'nx.un'Si. 'u . website: bttpJlu'lC'u .umsl.edu No hits on Chronic 2000 studenfltJe.'CUTTelII he Current's A&£ magazine is a special insert that appears peri­ imitator, Top Dog. Not only elid he imitate cx:lically. Advertising rates avail­ able upon request. Terms, condi· Suge Knight Represents Snoop's rapping style almost to a tee, but he tions and restrictions apply. The Chronic 2000 also copied off of his name. Milkbone, \.1./ho Current, fin~nced in part by student activities fees, is not an official pub­ hasn't released anything in 5 years, does a lication of UM-St. Louis. The eliss track aimed at Eminem. While the track University .Is not responsible for the Lately it has become the hip thing to diss can get funny at times, the source isn't too content of The Current or its poli­ Death Row Records and for good reason. des. Commentary and columns creelitabl~. The title itself is a play on Dr. reflect the opinion of the individual Their compilation "Chronic 2000" is Dre's debut album. The onJy saving grace . author. Unsigned editorials reflect garbage. for the disc is the appearance of two Tupac the opinion of the majority of the editorial board. AI[ material con­ Death Row was once the top rap label. tracks and a track with Scarface. \VhiJe the tained in each issue is property of They had Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tupac, and threetraeks are good, they don't make up for The CUrrent and may not be The Dogg Pound. Now only The Dogg 'the other deficiencies in the disc. Thigs are reprinted, reused or reproduced without the expressed, 'r'fritten con­ Pound remains with a buncb ,of mutts as different for the once mega-label. The beats sent of The Current. First copy labelmates. don't bounce, the lyrics don't pop, and the free; all subsequent copies, 25 The label is filled with imitators and cents., available at the offices of presentation is weak. Death Row is dead. The Current. washed up acts. They have the Snoop Dogg KEN DUNKIN September 1999 <'lire Current Page 3 Tom Green, jerk at large Sevendust more Do you like Tom Green? You know, the tha .one hit wonder he isn't trying to hurt or disturb anyone at tall skinny guy (yes, even skinnier than me) all. While I am pretty sure he isn't trying to on MTV with a show named after him. hurt anyone, disturbing them is his job. Any that blows away their flrst. While Limp Bizkit EYen if you do not have MTY, you have at time a person dumps 50 dollars. in pennies least heard of him. He .has pretty much sat­ Sevendust went more towards rap and strayed from on a bar, you can expect the bartender to be metal a bit, Sevendust went all out metal. urated the media in the last 4 or 5 months. .falily disturbed, to say the least. T'lT Records "Rolling Stone" has written a couple of arti­ Somehow, "Home" is heavier than their self­ Worse yet, he gets away with it! At least titled flrst effort, avoiding the DJ scratchings I.. Ie n him, and he has been on numerous half the nation actively hates Howard Stern, When a band's second album comes out, of nearly every other new metal band and talk sho m t notably 'The Late Show and everyone has forgotten Rush Limbaugh there is always the fear of the sophomore focusing on the guitars and dual vocals. \! ith D .d Letterman." Still don't know. (thankfully), but no one I to seems to talk. slump. Many bands, especially nowadays, The Fear Factory-esque intro on the flrst H ' 'the obn xi us guy on the Pepsi-One even dislike Tom Green. mmercials. only have about one good album of material song gives the listener an idea of what is in . Is our society at faDlt? This store. Granted, lead singer Lajon An. y, you kilo 'who I in their collective heads. After that, they go sort of anti-social behavior the way of VHl's \Vitherspoon had a ten­ am t g ut. Th t is n't hould leave a bad" taste in our th . n [ "Where are They dency on the first album collective mouth. I am sure that Now?" Sevendust to flaunt his voice, and any faculty or parent reading is not in this cate­ possibly oveIpower the this would hate Tom Green, but gory. song, but that is kept to us whippersnappin' punks Sevendust ' s . an extreme minimum on seem to find him funny. first album was "Home." The only sing­ Impersonating a handicapped great, but sales song tune is of course the old man on 'a .powered cart caught on slow. current single, ''Denial.'' while crashing into After e:xtensive "Bender" hits as hard shelves at the grocery touring, their name as any Soulfly song and / RAlvT & ROll .