k...a:. Dear Dickheads. ~rrryIS Mlbilly rock-and-dl. It was Who the hell does Jon Shuman not an usurpation of black music by a.k.a. Stimboy think he islLowl leg- whites bemuse its swl. its pneuma l?mwm= end my ass! JR, you suck and I was white. full of redneck ethos. GlANNl ELLEFSEN know how hard. but why don't you When Elvis cut Big Boy Crudupf On February 20th. The JR RUPPEL , tell Shuey to get dom off his mighty "That's All Right," he was no more Cinema Bar and Slug will be HlDfiOa throne and form a real band, or usurping black culture than Wynonie GlANNl ELLEFSEN move back to Cali? Harris was usurping white culture holding a BAND HOME ART DIIIElOTOZt .You Know My Name ' when he cut country singer Hank Cinema Bar (45 West pennyesm~l~~t three yean Broadway) at 8.Wpm., All bands JR RUPPEL Editors Note: No I don't know before, Presley's venton of "That's All and merchants in the music busi- your name cause you are to big RightS'isbetter than the original,@st ness are welcome and encour- WILLIAM ATHEY of a pussy to sign it. Gee. as Harris's version of "Bloodshot aged to attend. This will not be a cow sDxToE4 Somebody who thinks I suck, W is better than its original." The sales thing for merchants but a STEVE TRINNAMAN Howortginal.Youcosrldbieany wosdswerewrittenbyNickTosches chance for musicians to get one ~reveryone! and Iagree with them. together to see what can be done PHOTOS -JR Ruppel One final I saw Kob about Salt Lake's music scene Rome Jacmbs whrm at the "Martin Luther and for merchants to let musi- Steve NLIdgley Dear Dickheads King "gay Of NonWO1ence in cians know what special deals DISTRIBUTION In response to the Rtbfk Enemy a Violent World" concert at column printed in SLUG #73, the Symphony Hall. She sang "Hound they can get. This is by invitation nrrike Harrelson but you have do is CONTRlBUTlNO January issue, I have some com- Dog" and when she finished she said ments for Michael Styles. Rrst - I she sang the song in tribute to two Swing bar an WRlTlCRs have a great deal of respa fPr you. artists who had influenced her or call cinema at 359-1200 Helen Wolf Your articles in the pas& e~peeialty music. The artists were in Koko's to have your name Put on a list. SthbOY the gang piece and the one describing words. "the late great Big Mama Things that will be discussed will lmclael Styles how the mainstream media steals Thornton and the late great Elvis be: Promotion. Rentals. Band 8-Wh idem from SLUG were right on the My." knk ass bitch? 1've"been in Merchandise sales and manufac- Padre Beelaabub mark. However, your Elvis article lock* my mend. more times than I turing, advertising. N.0 oblige- Royce Jacmbs was filled with inaccuracies and it care to remember. (have you?) and tion, no cover just a chance for Sharee Sorensen was poorly ~e~8oKh&f~Your reply @ my UShole and mouth remain uir- everybody to help each other out. ~~MarrJohnny Angel's rebuttalsf the article @n. Iam not lohhny Angel. but he is Come participate and see what was embormfhg. The debate over a fiend. I hope Gianni is a Mend as do for yourselves and OUR THANKS Elvis can go on r"" The name well and lstand up fir my;nyeiily you Maile, Laura, Beth Sutton, calling can become even more offen- each The Event, Kris, Crystal, sive. Isay. who licking cares? William Athey Jason Barker, Bella, Aimee, My interest in Elvis lies only Sharee, Tracy, Bradzig', Ron with the 16 sides he recorded at Sun EDITORS NOTE: NO MORE ELVIS O., Rick R. Bradzig Studios. Only five of the sides were SHlTI PERIOD! ELVIS HAS LEFT THE R&B influenced. Two of the five were MAGAZINE! This is not the World SLUG is ublished by the 1st of each actually R&B influenced by country. WeeWy News, or The Inquirer, so if April 15th. will be the annu- month. T R e writina is contributed bv al bowling tour~~arnent.If You I writers-The writing is the I Whatever Elvis went on to become - you want to continue this stupid the writers and IS not neces- I he began as a rockabilly singer. argument over Elvis, continue it in haven't been to one of these saril that of the people who put it Rockabilly music is not, nor was it Pompadour Press. Put Your Cat things it is time you did. Tons of toae&er. The tocics included are also c6ntributed. If you don't agree w~th ever a riwff of blacks. "As all things Clothes On, or some Elvis worship prizes and trophies plus free beer what is said, or you feel something IS that mtain more creativity than for- mag. NOT HERE. missing, then ou should do something and pizza for everyone who par- about 11... WRITE. All submissions must mula. more emotjon than intellect. Thank you. ticipates. Cperson teams. $15 per be recerved no later than the 20th of rockabillg cannot be precisely the month. We try not to edit any of the team. all ages welcome. 487-9221 writing that is sent. We' ask you keep defined. As the word implies. mcka- for more details our writing d~rectand to the polnt, thus eavlnn more room for other wrlters. IrWe thHnk everyone for the continued I support. Thank you SLUG STAFF WRITERS. NOTICE: All writing must come in typed, or on a 3.5" disc (IBM or Apple). If you are one of the many writers out there who haven't sent it in yet ...what's the problem? See the way it works is, you send it in... we print it. We can always use opinionated columns, short stories or whatever strikes your interest. BIG PANTS TEESHIRTS * LEATHER BODY JEWELRY HATS OILS INCENSE SUNGLASSES LIP SERVICE SPIKES * STRIPED- TIGHTS - - must be wiped from the ass of how he lost control." Let me thk planet and if you're not with guess, reaching for the Twinkles? me, you're agin me. For the unini- Ham sandwich blackout? Dozed tiated. I've compiled a short list of off listening to last night's boot- Dead annoyances. Remember, use leg? Most Dead recordings are a Birkenstock, go to jail. clearly labeled "Do not use while operating a motor vehicle". Jerry. please allow me to recomend the North Temple Taco Bell for your dining pleasures while in town. 2 The MUSHE The ~rateffiiDead have released about, oh. seventpfive official albums arrd the bootlegs total that number times pie. What's even more amazing is that there is not ONE single decent song in the whole fucking catalog! Even the covers smell like tuna! Only a SUPREMELY lousy band could spil out sheer numbers like that and 1 Hate Thr not stumble on a passable rune (Agnes Poetry not withstanding - EPQT~~utl Paad B jrrr Eargin too early to say yet). Deadheads all him Cap'n Trips. even trade tapes of this shit all Thr Mag.~kaendnsrs That's right, they're Colonel Choiesteral, the Bearded over the world. One lucky sap And I thought Disney had a racket coming back. Soon SLC will be Clam, or the worst guitarist since someday will be able to say: going ... "Dude! I got it! Mickey dropped overrun with hygieneimpaired Bob Wier. just don't call him late 5 Rdix Mqganissrs granola children and VW vans for (second, thircl- ninth) dinner. dead during his drum solo last undoubtedly filled with illegal night - and I've got it on tape!". Not just Relix. mind you. Diamond Gramps G. recently cheated death Dupree and a prle of others I drugs (Which one? Take your yet again in Mill Valley when he But what about those incredible pick.) and rye-dyed everything. $32.000 extended jams of musical virtuosi- didn't feel like looking for are out totalled a BMW (on there, let's just use Relix for target The Grateful Dead and thier ilk Loan!). The CHP sez: "He isn't sure ty. you ask? My grandpa used to trail off into indecipherable jags practice. My sample issue of this too, and nobody lined up to hear rag includes lots of whining let- THAT. Maybe the Dead wear ters (Hmm, sound familiar?) "Depends" also - there's a job no about "the Pigs". legalizing pot- roadie ever wants. bad acid. and "the Pigs": the 3 kegadhrsgadss Incarcerated Deadheads Listings (None for Utah - c'mon pigs! The one thing Ihate more than Catch up!): wall-to-wall pix of the Grateful Dead are the lowlifes very ugly people in rye-dye dis- who follow them around every- playing thier Dead merchandise: where to actually see the show the disclaimer "Relix is printed on gai~!This is basically a bunch of virgin unbleached water-processed wannabe hippies who lack the job paper with soy-based inks" (SLUG skills to panhandle in front of uses spotted owl blood exclusive- ZCMI. or "students" living off ly): Deadheads on the Internet (e- Dad's Gold Card. Some even have mail some hate to deadheadsie- oh-so-original nicknames like [email protected] .edu. cyber- "Wharf Rat': "China Doll". nauts): Dead set-lists for five(!) "Stagger Lee", and "Yeast . months worth of concerts (It's Infection". Lately, there's been alot true, no two nights use the same of whining by these losers about list - if you can tell the damn cops "profiling" thier vehicles and songs apart!): environmental stat pulling them over for drug like "Americans produce almost searches.