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Dear Dickheads,
I must respond to the vicious
and well informed attack1suffered
from the pen of "K" which a p
peared in the correspondence of
the January, 1994 issue od Utah's
foremost printed forum of art and
intelligence; viz.SLUG.
Mydear "K," first let meretract
the threats of my previous letter
which apparently frightened you;
I would hate to suffer any anguish
of concern with my rectal health
should I decideto attend a stirring
rock-a-billy performance at Burts,
just as I would hate for you or
Msmfh'scoverwasdonetyBNce
anyone else tobe put into a similar
Rekl.Hegor*done~ondat
~ r k f o r s e w 4 I J I a t h e r k c d ~ . quandry if they should wish to
He k Salt Ld&s most ubdenned ilsampleone of Bandaloops' rubber
lustrator. He har spent the k& wMle
calzones.
dolng cxmmdcd workso he b adept
However, I am much disaptowofidnQh~typesdareos.He
alrospeddbeshcortoonhgand~pot pointed with your misreading of
lllustrotlng and k avalkble.4856416 or
both mine and Mr. Titus' letter.
Perhaps you should take the
gentleman from Red W5's sugP.0 box. Artwork.
gested in his letter (I paraphrase:
have someone explain the definition of sarcasm to you) and then reread the letters from the copies of
SLUG you no doubt have carefully
stashed away for their Blue Boutique advertisement masturbation
value, and then decide who's
idea-Jon's or Audrey'-more
in accordance with your own. I am
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your head (just as .Jon's remarks
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Bedroom, by the Marquis de Sade;
We reoerve the right to refuse
The Hitch-hiWs Guide to the Galrenrke to anyone. Speclal
axy, by some British guy; and
rates are avdlable for long
anything written by Helen Wolf
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(who is, by the way, the most talbands and Independent
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their way with you
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A'm writen' ta Helen Wolf nt
ya Dickheads. The Slug is hard ta
find out ere in Granger. I haf ta go
ta Salt Lake an git it sometimes. I
don't care bout mos shit in it. A'm
inlovewith Helen Wolf.This here's
ma dream date wit Helen Wolf.
We start da date at da Deltor
Lane's lounge wit a couple a
pichers a beer. Jes ta git up a a p
petite. Nex we head fer da cafe an
ma favorite meal, a meat pie
smother'd wit country gravy wil
hashbrowns and yer choice a
vegtable.
After supper we kin bowl a
few lines, dis date is in a bowlin'
alley after all. I alays cany a flask
wit me so's we kin keep up da
drinkin! Yer gonna need ta be a lil
wasted fer da next part a our date.
When yer tired a bowlin' Helen iss
back ta da lounge and the Saturday night wet T-shirt contest.Wear
a thin one cause I wann see yer
titties goodwhen Ah quirt em wit
ma water pistol.
After some more drinkin' ta
make sure yer good an lubricated,
A', a gonna pour ya in ma truck an
head fer ma double-wide ritedown
da street. A'm gonna take off yer
clothes an give ya wha ya need da
mos. Agood cornholin' till da cock
crows.
I luo ya Helm
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SLUG Febraary 1994
real, fat thing and a second group
of cyborg doubles. As they crisscross the country raking in twice
the loot, the fans (being realityimpaired Deadheads) never even
notice.
Commonplace re-materialized after a long absence with a
new EP and a coupleof actuallive
The World Wrestling Fed- shows-about damn time. Meaneration presentsthe pay-per-view while, the new Doghouse release
event of a lunchtime: Jon "Anti- remains in corporate Limbo while
christ" Titus vs. Media Man - the band battles with their label,
belts are on the line! Did anyone Vicious F e a t , over musical conactually mail money for those tent and hairstyles. Steve Albini
Media Man essays? You did? was contacted to remix, but has
Wanna buy some car stereo yet to reply.
speakem, cheap?My bossordered
Rockabiily rag Put Yer Cat
too many and we've gotta sell 'em Clothes On somehow managed
off quick--thefre over here in to-squeezeout a second issue, this
the trunk of my Impala.
time with the Reverend Horton
Colorado's best export, The H u t (Doesthe phrase "Blowing
Fluid, broke up. One of it's worst, your wad" ring a bell? Who's left
Electric Mud, won't stay out of now-Leather Tuscedaro?). The
Utah. Do we really need AN- latest waste of timber included
OTHER Deadnittle Feat rip-off this moronic statementby Junior:
(can't bathe or write an actual "Nothing but wanna be grunge
song, but can probably make a bands in Salt Lake." First, you've
household item bong faster than got to get out of BurYs moreoften;
Mccyver).
second, you've got some huevos
The December issue of Musi- accusing
anyone
of
cian Magazine detailed near fu- bandwagoning. Most of the
turein which artistscould distrib- people in the 'billy units come
ute their music directly to con- from theold underground and, in
sumers through the Fiberoptic . their yohngertOOCOO1punkdays,
Superhighway Cyberwhateverwould've laughed themselves
you'de never have to deal with stupid at this retro-schtik. Oh
those teenage lobotomies at yeah, and keep Wheels and his
Soundoff again: Red Krosp? I damn "Rockabillity" out of here
dunno...the old dude from or I'm gonna start doing Trailer
Sanford & Son?"
Park updates in PYCCO, got me?
Note to my "Fan Club" in the
Don't call it a comeback (no,
G m n S t m t kitchen:Get out and really, don't): Warrant at Club
meet some nice girls. Do you like Renegade ($19), Quiet Riot at
girls? You can't charge those 976 Rafters ($lo), the Village People
numbers to your mom's Visa for- somewhere in Provo ($181, and
ever.
Flew to Las Vegas on the
SLUG corporate jet to catch Barbara Streisand's 2-nighter at the
MGM Grand. For $6 Million a
night, you'd think Babs would
learn the lyrics, right? Oy, what a
shiksa-teleprompters everywhere! Even the between-song
patter ('ThankYou," l'm soglad
to be here," and "Are you ready to
fuckin' rock Las Vegas?!") was
scrolled on the screens.
Very cool cover art by Cody
on the January SLUG--why the
hell was Rush Limbaugh on the
cover in December? Did I miss a
staff meeting?
Jurassic Krap: the Grateful
Dmd were last years top-grossing live(?) act. ~ o n s ~ i r a&eory
ci
#75: there are two Dads--the
Son Of The Return of '93
Reheated Leftovers and Morel
Sincemy January "piece" was
actually written in November to
meet somefictitiousdeadline,you
(theroyal leader), were deprived
of my genius by a month or so.
Besides, this rambling bullshit
format is alot easiertowrite when
you're whacked on Vicks 44D and
Schlik-just ask Larry King.
Frank Zappa died at 52 of
cancer, causing the word "iconoclast" to be used (and mis-used)
more than any other time in hack
history. Will there be an overblown tribute/photoop like the
one for Queen queen Freddie
Mercury.Axl and Elton dueting
on "Burnt Weenie Sandwich?"
Extreme rockin' out "Dynamo
Hum?"NO,because cancer's not a
"cool" disease, there's no cute ribbonforit, and only ickyold people
get it.
Troubledloner Eddie Vedder
got tanked and slapped around a
waiter in New Orleans after he
told EdVed how much his girlfriend digs that ''Plush" tune. Fellow millionaire and regular guy
Jack McDowell of the White Sod
also got beaned in the brawl while
U
v Overkillstood by, polishing
their medallion-11
hail the new
Lizard King!
Blind Melon lead hairball
Shannon Hoon went onstage
nekkid in Canada and pissed on
the front row of adoring
Melonheads (didn't Gallager do
that before?). Prodigal of Smiles
promise to top that with a nude
band shit at a future gig. Club
owners: Scotchguard now.
Well-hung rock gods the
Maggotheads played what was
promjsed to be their farewell
(geek)show.Yeah,right-put that
promise on file right next to ''he
checksin the mail," "I won't come
in you're mouth," and 'The club
only takes a small percentage of
the door."
MTV's L.A. edition of The
Real World assembled the worst
bunch of pathetic, whining losers
since, well, the New York edition.
Notetg MTV: give us some REAL
dra& and pathos-tape the next
me at Stimboy's swingin' pad.
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the Groove at Woolf's, (Free,and
no bargain either). NQpunchline
required.
If you put a SXSW Showdown entry and rules form
through my special Truth De,cod&it reads-"Here's the deal,
suckers-we're gonna throw together a pile of bands we never let
play here (the Zephyr) and make
'em play for free while they bring
their buddies to buy our booze.
Then we let one of our regular
groups who make the clubmoney
'win! Sign here, dirtbag." Not that
the past two winners aren't good
bands, but this line of thinking
may get the Disco Drippem a 95
trip to Austin--the horror' the
horror
Went to the SLUG/Growinn
Graphics bar-fight and a party
almost broke out. What a shindig.
House Of Cards took the stage
something before dawn and
ripped into a near-perfect rendition of side 2 of "Double Live
Gonzo"--go nuge, GO! By the
way, Grindboy was right: SLUG
just totally sold out, dude. You
should see the way JR struts
around his penthouse office suite
in his floor-length pimp coat,
flashing his jewelry and lighting
cigars with $100 bills while he just
pays his writers with old Sabbathon shirts. Sometimeshe likesto
spit out of the window down on
the mall-punks below and laugh
an insane, power-mad laughthat is, when he's not snorting
Columbian off of some hooker's
tits or playing "submarines" with
Webster and McAuley Culkin.
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AskanyWest Coastpunkwhere
the beet musk is coming from, and
they'llinevitably answerSanDiego.
Looming god-like over the rest of
the "Beachcore" scene is Rocket
From The Crypt, one of the most
prolificvinyl-recording bands in the
world. GroupfounderJohnReiswas
kind enough to grant SLUG a tele
phone interview nearly a month
before the band's Feb. 17 show at
ClubDV8 @ownstaim). As always,
Helen Wolf was on hand to fetsh .
coffee.
Rocket fnnn the Crypt ts:John
.."speedou~eis-vocals&guitar;~ n d y
"N.D." Starrier-guitar, "Petey X"bassguitar;Paul"Apollo" WBeirneSaxaphone; Adam "Atom" W i r d
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SLUG: Can I askabout T h e Deal?"
(thr band signed to Interscope
Records last year)
Johru The only thing I want to talk
about isjust how things have gotten
blown out of proportion It's hard,
man I don't even want to go outside
somethm, because I go to some
party and there's somedipshit that I
don't even know wanting to talk
about "My Deal" or 'The Deal!' It's
like, fuck man, the person doesn't
mllycare,theyfustwantsomething
to talk about.
Intempeisa great label. We're
on that label because we saw every
label in the world and they're the
best. We were lucky enoughto have
labels to choose from,The amount
of money we got is enough so that
we can make kickass records and
just go for it.
SLUG:How much do you think the
Nirvana and grunge "phenomenon"
led to that deal?
John: It's hard to say, but it's really
funnyto see what these people think
"gnlnge" is. The same thing h a p
pened with punk. It happened with
dim and now it's happening with
gruqe. It's just another way to sell
records. I know that kind of thinking is out there. It doesn't really
sicken me, because I don't put a lot
of time into distancing myself from
it.
SLUG: Sorry to keep dwelling on
'The Deal," but how does it affect
you 7-inch recording career?
John: Not at all. I'm not a vinyl
purist. I
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m not out there waving a
flag for the muse of vinyl. But, in
terms or nscerung, a I-mcn nas a
certain advantage. You drop a
needle, turnit all theway upandget
a fast blast, a quick fix. I have no
great resentment for corporations
or record companies or anything,
and I'm not trying to make any b
ig
statement about indie rock, it's just
that 7-inch records are so cool. .
SLUG: or so punk?
JohmMaybe. But,what is punk these
days? What is there for me to rebel
against? I live a fairly normal life. I
don't live in a crack neighborhood
witha lot of homeless people. Not to
say that stuff doesn't exist, but I
Juve a pretty good life for myself. If
punk-rock means rebellion, I guess
we might not be a punk rock band.
SLUG: On the lighter side, how can
you scream for so long on every
song?
John: Supposedly, when I was a
baby, I wason the verge of dying.So
the doctors would stick needles and
tubes in my ears and nose all the
lime, Naturally, I screamed a lot and
I guess that's where I got my voice
(laughs).
SLUG: Well, however it happened,
your voice and Apollo's sax are
definitely my favorite Rocket Parts.
What inspired you to get a
saxaphone player?
John: Paul's been a friend for a long
time, but he didn't know how to
play anything. For some reason I
just caught on a saxaphone. I told
him, "Buy oneandyou're intheband.
He bought iy, and boom! He's gotten great. It was a bleak picture
without him.
SLUG: Not to kiss ass, but music
was bleak without you guys. Good
Luck!
John: Thanks. We'll need it.
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EXPLODING FRENCH
Speechless
Explosi #I
Giving Ground
Commonplace has the incomp-ableLara Jonesas lead vocalist. In my
w o n there is only one other f a &
rocalist in this dty that can touch her
alents and she is k~
the doghouse.
On this new release from Comnonplacethe baddngmusic continues
x, swirl around the v
w that make
Ire band The song "Fragile" can only
IringJoneaintodirectcompetitionwith
!azerw, her chief competitor in the
ialt Lake female vocalist sweepstakes.
"Greenhands" is a song with the
ntendty Commonplacewoulddowell
KI emlore further in their future reA g s . The guitar work from either
joott Bringard and/or Colh Kelly altemates&een
thechimingsods
whichMitchEastermadefamousfrom
ris studio in Athens, Georgia and the
strumming heard during the summer
d love in San Francisco.
CommonplacedemonstratesaJoy
Mvision fasdnation with their song,
"SonicThat." The lyrics "She's in conml" arerepeatednumeroustimes and
yet although the lyrics are lifted from
loyDividon'smoetfamoussong,"She's
lost Control," the badground music
s completely original.
Side one of the tape is the elechic
&& with !Stan Frandsco, Joy Division,
=oCteau Twins and Athens, Georgia
w t s amply demonstrated. Side twois
1amwtic Diversity is the staff of life
md the membersof Commonplaceare
n touch with it. The second side is
nore in hme with something praised
n the pages of Acoustic Musidan.
Moving from the dark depression of
ian Curtis to improv night at a coffee
house, the band shows off its unpluggedside.
Side two is the best side. Cloeed
minds want to know. Why doesn't Jay
roups and his staff at Acoustic Musiian explore the other side of the Salt
Lake Underground. "There is more to
~tthantheEsk-sandMeganPeters.
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Bxpld #l is packagedin an individuallzed wrapper. Each copy is dif-
fmt,sinaeachisdoneby hand. Band
membership is open, anyone who
wants to m d ~ a t e c a nOn
. this tauea
total of i2 difierent people con&
uted
This istrueDlYandl+fi..Sebadoh
and Pavement are obviousinfluences.
Throw in the Residents, Red Krayola,
Human Hands, MTV's Unplugged,
and the improvisational music heard
around the community camp Ares, at
the annual Gathering of the Tribes.
Imagine a dnun drde in the parldng
lot of a Grateful Dead concert. If the
drcleadmittedpunkrockerswith elechic guitars and amplifiers the resulting music might sound somethingWe
this.
Mixingisnmxistent, the fidelity
ishdbleandtheeditingisameteurat
beet Portions of the tape are virhmlly
unlistenable. Negative critidsm ends
here. The vast majority of the music
uresenkdstands as testimonv to aw.
;ninhibited creativity.
The tape o m s k t h a sound bite
recorded at Mt. Bachelor Academy in
1988. The words, "Why Jeremy, why
Jeremydo you do such stranges m
perfectly sets the mood for the music
that follows.Thecentralportionofside
one (especially three songs, "Crotch
Walking," "All My Stuff" and
'Words") is brilliant. Side two opens
with "Big Cookies," followed by
"Cram." Jason's loud guitar, Chris's
hoarsely whispered vocals, Nate's
keyboards, Jenny's piano, Rachel's
peramion, Jeff's acoustic guitar, and
Breanne's 'toy saxophone all contrib
ute to "Big Cookies." The song is
haunhgn&se
in an expeth&tal
vein. Thislineup is the best of Exploding ~rench'sre;olving pemonnei.
The words "childlike vocals" are
usedtoddbecounfllessfemalesingers, Breanne's vocals on "Cram" are
the
How
- epitome of chil&.
-- - - old- is.
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about seven.
The tape contains a number of
inshumentals. Along with the above
songs the inskumentale are the best
parts of the tape. When Exploding
French gets to jamming more acaomplished musidans would have difficulty matching the groove they lay
down.
Ofthetwocoverhxw,thehrerly's
"When Will I Be Loved" is the beet. If
Tom Petty daredrecord "Ree Falling"
in Exploding French faehion it would
shutdownMI'V'sUnpluggedforpd.
Quis is the major Exploding French
vocalist. His voice easlly matchee the
best f
m the falls yeara of the early
'60s. If only this were '63 and Exploding French were playing in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse, John
Hammond could sign them to a big
canb'ab with Columbia Reoords.
bywa
HARVEST
Hawest
Tooth Rarords
Harvest is a band from thenorthern edge of our "pretty great state"
with a definite OLzy Ozboume fixation. Thisistheirfirsttapeandtheyare
looking for some local support The
"alternative nation" somehow passed
theae boys by up in Smithfield They
arelooldngfor astadium gig,ormaybe
just a one night stand at Rafters. They
should forward a copy of this tape to
J.C. McNd with hopes for an opening
slotat hie next HM extravaganza at the
Delta Center.
"Sacred Cow" and "On Parade"
are hair Nnging metal with an unpaid
debt to past Black Sabbath releases.
"Diver" Is one of the obligatory bal1adp.Thefingersslidingupthefretsare
mixed to maxhize the ballad experience.
"Harvest"is anotherballad with a
teeth gritting quality that b g s a vision of flames and the torture of a
never ending hell to mind. Ah yes,
paganism and our true God, "Mother
Earth." Play it for a fertility rituaL
Take this for what it is, a throwback tomiddle 7Osmetal.Ienjoyed the
the tape, and I've listened to it repeatedly. I'l never make it asa musiccritic
anyway, just ask Helen Wolf. Heavy
metal fans,check out the local hit.
bywa
MAYBERRY
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On the opening song, "Shades On
The Brick," Maybemy does the slowgrinding, murky thing. Ihethrob is at
the pace of a heart full of morphine.
The vocals, by R Ashley Workman,
are in the now M c I mixed-to-the
rear fashion of the day.
"8" is only a five-song Ep.
Mayberry lightens up on next two
songs, %be Sock" and "Dist." They
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theyaremorecohe&tthanon 'SI&B
On The Brick."
"Medtdne Show" and "AntBee"
speed things up. (Got to get 'em
thrashin' to sell in this market.)
"AntBee" opens with a long inetm
mental passage before W a h enterswithhisvocalaJustinSpemw,
dnuns, Spencer Jacobs, Gultar, Doug
Wright, bass, and Workman all have a
chance to display their talenh, on the
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The Ep has to be cheap and
Mayberry Is yet another boal band
thatdeservesattentianwhenpurchm+
ingnewmusicSelt LakeQty'scwrent
crop of local releasea coanpete8 with
anything out W e .
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MISICREANT
Walks Away
~iskreantis a local band with a
sound conparable to some of the pop
oriented Ulrashcoming out of !Stan Dlego or, dare I say it, Seattle.Cargo and
C/Zdon'thavealiplodconthestyle~b
hlbkmnt demonstrateswiththeireelfreleased eight song casette. Rocket
From the Crypt, The Treepeople, The
Gits, Pop Sickle and Coffin Break are
just a f& of the name8 that come immediately to mind W v e farther into
the past to come up with the
Meatpuppeb, the Bwzcotb and Ihc
Undertones.
None of the names actudy de
scribes the sound because this band
plays their own brand of pop. Pop
music doesn't mean the h o m g e n i d
shit at the top of the hark. The true
definitionofpopliesin themuskof the
Beatles, the DaveClark Five, the Beach
Boys and Jan and Dean.Hooks,vocals
and lyrics. Matt, the vocalist, has a
voice made to sing pop songs. His fellows; Josh, dnrms, Chad @tar, Ma&
bass, and Ryan, guitar, provide the
h& and rhythm.
Theenagyof thebandissureto
have an audience alammkrg away in
live perfonnance. The lyrics addtesrr
the common theme8 of life. Money,
pmblemswiththe~tesexandthe
belp~essness
feltby &nost everyaneat
their inability to make areal difference
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"Payday" is the best song and it
daeeethetaw.Overallthistapeis well
wath the dhamreceived 4 payday
than the majority of titles on display at
the localshop.
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PLUG
This band wants everyone to be
podtiveof thelr direction.Thetitlesays
it all. Just in w you didn't get the
message the words, "Salt Lake
Hardcore,"areprinted below the band
picture on the inner cassette sleeve.
Heavyonthebass,playedbyMike,
with the slap shots coming from Erik
on dnnns, this tape veers into thrash
metal tedtory with Jeff's stadium guitar licks interuphg the buzz saws
Intermitently.
Jimmy on vocals hoarsly shouts
outhfa thought poems to complete the
lineup. Plug is pissed off about life
i$elt Theirmg themesindude;lying
for social acceptance and monetary
gain, the fladd rage of couch potatoes,
theselecliwlawenforcementexercised
by themen in with badges andrevolvlag lights on their cars, the ineffective
and twistedpublicachools, drinkingto
end emotiod pain and nedssity to
compromise individual ethics and
values togain the "American Dream."
The song "Inquiry"strikes a special drord in my heart becauae of a
rocentvIsitwiththeprindpalof alocal
middle school. Direct questions are
avoidedor addressed by changhg the
subject. N o n d o n n i s l s are not accepted in the public schools. If they
have the cultural background to
&eve high scores on standardized
tests they are coddled, othemrise they
are left struggleuntil they drop out or
find possible salvation in an altemah e school.
Cliched as hell, Plug never-the lesshaverecarded an excellentexample
at the genre that compares with anyhingeleeI've heard from more prominentnationally distributedbands. It is
only a demo, I hope they can come up
wlth the bucks to release a full-length
on aluminum and plastic.
bV Wa
SEASON OF THE SPRING
Running Records
BeforepladngtheCDintheplaya
the covw graphics deserve a mention.
The cover is a nicely done duotone of
photographedmetalart. The CDbookletincludesallthelvricsandthreemore
art photographs. &en if the music on
the CD is ahit, the work on the booklet
is worth a few congratulations.
This CD is a recording by obviously accomplished musicians. Technical pro5dency on their instruments
is demonstratedthroughout. The style
is closer to heavy metal than to the
"altemative natton." I have to admit
that the flrst several times Orough the
album I hated the damn thing. I didn't
want tolistentaitagain,let alone write
about it. Aftex some thought the CD
founditself onceagainin thediscplayer
for another chance.
The album has the feel of the
Carolhe label say Springhouse or
Walt Mink. Bands doing their time in
the farm league; if they sell they can
jump to the "Big Show" as the Smashing Pumpkins did this past year.
Season Of The Spring recorded
this in May of '93 and "Spring," the
album's opening song, is a statement
of the new beginnings springtime so
often brings. The entire album has a
feeling of spring and early summer.
Thelyricsarefilledwithmemories and
a feeling of starting fresh.
Band members names are listed
without creditssina I live in a doset I
haven't seen them live. Terrance D.H.
is without a doubt the vocalist. He is
best known for his previouswork with
the Bad Yodelera and The Stench. His
voice and phrasing have a piercing
quality. Season Of The Spring wants
theirwordsheardand understood. His
vocals are backed by a combination of
dark and light from his bandmabes. In
Utah spring can change from sunlight
and warmth to freezingrainor snowin
a heartbeat. Season t the Springhas
somehowcapturedthef&gof aUtah
spring on aluminum and plastic I still
find thealbum somewhatuneven.Give
these guys credit for indting spring
fever in the middle of a weird winter.
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i souls surfingthe waves of somw sory depravation and overload. dancers' persona and Nazareth is wealthy, powerful men, and 1
i in search of truth and knowledge. Flesh and brass, polish and life, making out "Please don't Judas able to decide, to pick and chaoc
What brought us here, to this point sweat and tears. Brass sex and me!.' And I wonder; who really which one to grace to the chagri
; on no man's map, can only be un- pussy flesh. We were complete has control?In the end, which one of others, that's power. Wome
derstood in some twisted, I Ching idiotsamongstthedead.Howwere ofus,man or woman reallyhas the have figured out how to live an
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dominated society. And men, l
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ians of Fortune saw fit to place us.
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is sex. But sex is what this cent- of power everywhere on that they are indeed wealthy an
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When Columbus blundered place is all about. Sex is on sale this planet. History is all about powerful, for just look at th
here, every night, an night and men; it is men who conquer, men woman that they have at their e
1 ontothe strangesoilsof thedistant
: shores in the Americas, dark, hid- every day of the week. 24-7. Beau- who build and men who destroy. bow. She's the most beautifulan
den eyes watched the bizarre tiful women, black loins, flesh in But whatabout women?Wheredo therefore he got her because he
the most powerful. Simply, isn
peoplewith the pale facesand large spandex, sweet sweat behind they end up?
Statistics tell us that women it?
: canoes.I know how the Spaniards pdyester.what isit aboutthecolor
But women get older, the
felt. we were in a jungle of smoke, white? Virgin on hopeful virgin? outlive men by about three to one.
sound, gleaming metal and a You want sex? Watch it move But it's not to women that the begin to loose power, it ebbsawa
vomitus explosion of lights. And across unbound dimensions, slid- bumper sticker "He who dieswith fromthemandthenewer,yom@
i our strange soil stuck to the soles ing across polished metal. Watch the most toyswins" appealsto. NO girls -lace them, make the ma
I, of our shoes with a gummy deter- it breath fog across your face, feel indeed. EveryoneI asked though, feel Young again by making
[ mination. Oh, the natives were it. Fog and smoke to forget.Look all came to the same comlusion: recall his youthful days w@n h
at her and forget. You want sex? women. In theend, theyallagreed, couldn't win these hotnoun
restless tonight.
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give it to you on well trained it was women who had the power. things because they were alway
From our position we could
three-inch heels. Women who It was womenwhocalled the shots. lookingtothe older, wealthiex me
Z safely observe from a distance all
f the queer rituals, dances and mat- know how to walkand talk. Wann It was women who ultimately got who could give them the thing
? ing calls. From our position we slick cum, sliding down greased what they wanted, and they got it that theynsededand whoinretur
would shower the woman in ad(
could safely observe without be- aluminum and light rdects truth from men. But I wonder.
Ewryone with whom I spoke ration and praise, serving only t
:' ing o m . From our position and lies.
Snakes and music weave equated power with sex. Women make the woman more powedu
i we felt safe.
But what about s u p p o d
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that's the way they saw it. This all-powerful man? Where doe8h
was,after all a strip bar, but were fit in? How did this get to be L
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power? Then why the w d role trol? What if themwerenowomem
reveds? W h y beautiful young Would there stillbe armies, arme
women with older, wealthy and conflict? Or would man be draw
powerhdmed If thepeoplewhom closer, tighter without the ma@
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because that's the way they kel all equal to the insipid task at han
that they assert their power.
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beautiful, they long to remain so complete kit, indudig the lif~
for the rest of their lives and nwer like doll of your gender choice, a
age,because doing sowould mean for theone-timeonlylow,bw priC
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money. Next year we're all
THINGS MUST their
goin' to Vegas for the weekend.
ActuallytheRed Cnws did send me
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ZION
What Iwastryingtosayisthat
Ya know, for five years now I
ravebeenshovelingthis shitragout
o you f o b , and-to my su'prise
.also) it is still amund. I am that
moyingguy in high schoolyoufelt
mry for so you gave him 50 cents
lor lunch and now he won't leave
you alone. I started doing this so I
could afford to advertise stuff and
now itslikea fuckin' monkey on my
back. See I have to keep doing it to
pyhrnyaristmticlifestyle(and
according t~ some, my nasty drug
addiction).Idonltknow whatistrue
anymore, I lost touch with reality in
'88 when somebody told me disco
wasn't cool anymore ... now look
what'shappened. I fuckin' told you.
To get back to my point I never
started making, I have heard way
too many times "Hey man, I don't
like what
magazine has to
say!!!" S inine out of ten times I
heard this. I was in a bar half loo~ed
them a confused k d
I just
walked away. There for a while I
evengotdefensiveandsaid "Ididn"t
write that uap, I don't know anything about it." Then there was the
phasewhereif Iwasthinkingclearly
I would politely say "well, if you
don't like it, fix it, write a letter, or
better yet write your own column."
To which many would say ' will."
Yeah right! Never happened, never
will! So, now I have just learned to
saytwowords, 'Shut TheFuckUp."
Hell, if you don't like it don't read
it--I don't.
Now to my second point. I can't
beliwe what a bunch of amthetic
fuckers this state has produkd. Except for a handful of go getters like
the Food Not Bombs crowd, (sorry
to pigeon hole you guys but I don't
keep up) I don't see many other
people really accomplishing too
much. You don't know how many
charityorganizationsI have goneto
and said "Hey, I have this little
magazineand I wuld be glad todo
what I can to help." Then there is
that dead silence like I told them
theyowed memoney. Wehavedone
Sabbathonforfiveyears and for five
years no one from the Aids foundation has even shown up to get
-Georgia Brown, VILLAGE VOICE
WIM WENDERS
SLUG was set up as sort of a public
forumfor writers and advertiserst0
get their message a m as cheaply
as possible. We havea largehandful
of advertisaswho aresupportiveof
what we are doing and they are
quite lenient with the content of the
&itten material. In fact, it is the
advertisers I usually have to tone
down as fat as written content. So
now, this month we have a 28 page
paper with enough writing for a 12
pagepaper.Goodworkyoumative
writing losers.
I would guess that all of the
writersareholdiigoutforthatphone
call from Rolling Stoneor Geriatrics
weekly. I can't complain too much,
the writers who have written for
SLUG have been way cool about
what they do. It just su'pxks me
that thingsare soooo good with our
government and the way society
treats gays, minorities and freaks.
We are so lucky here. Are you fol1owingordoIneedtohaveGrindboy
explain it to you?
IguessIoweyouallanapology.
Wehavebeenscreamingabouthow
p t the "alternative" side of life
wasthat thegeneralpublicbought it
and are now trying to sell it back to
us. I can't complain, you can walk
into Soundoff or Pegasus and buy
good music. My girlfriend just got a
p b at a national chain department
storeand they said theydidn't mind
...go figure!
her nose bei&
Well Idon't know, It hasn't changed
my taste or the quality of music,
comics, tattoos, books, magazines,
movies, or just about an-g.
It
has just become more competitive.
Salt Lake is still a p a t place to
live, everything is still available if
you know where to h d it. I still say
we have more talent than we know
what todo with. If youdon't believe
me, get out once in a while and
,check out some of the great bands.
Checkoutthelocalsectionat almost
anyrecord storeyou'llbermrprised.
Hell, like I said, if you don't like it
you can always move ... You'll be
back.
A FILM BI.
II
Includes music from:
Lou R e d , U2 (also with Johnny Caah), Nick Cave, House of
Love, Herbert Oronemeyer, Simon Bonney, Jane S i k r y
and hurle Andemon.
Soundtrack available on SBKIERG Records
Pnmlering February 18-March 3
The hardest part.Trying to
find out the hardest part...
And why do you want fo
know?
There st;ould be a good
reason besides any one I
can think of.
One of me is small & the
other is right in front of me.
But we are both staring at
the wall. And we look very
strong
'
And we look very smart.
But we look too long. We
took too
much time.We iry so hard
to reason it out,to heal it
UP.
To make that fine line cross
in the middle. Somewhere
we may
never find: Right where the
heart is. Where we think it
should be. In the middle of
the desert. In the middle of
the night.
We search for the lover's
kiss, to hold us tight.
And still if I wander away
from it at all, it stays here in
the
back of my mind. Like a
walk in the park, covered
in snow,
many years ago. Like the
dust and the heat walking
the long
way home.'lecause we
had to swing. And as we
walked away,
the sound of that squeaky
chain haunts me even
now.
It cries out ' Iam the one
thing you shall never
forget'
And Idon't.
But Ismile as l'think of it.
For I know it is not the
remembrancethat I hold
so dear,
but the sound of my shoe
making the perfect print,
As I walked on by.
T.L P
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Ah B r o t h s and Sisters, it's good
to be back. It never ceases to amaze me
how quickly one learns that there is
never a reason to leave our blessed
valley in search for truth. Everything
you need to find happiness is right here
in Zion.
For the past few months, I made
my "pilgrimage" to Mecca. I was
shocked and offendedto realizethat all
of those Muslimswere trying to tell me
(Uncle Eua) that we all worship the
same God. All I could tell those robed
weirdosis "Get theebehindme Satan!"
Never before have I come across a
more lascivious gathering of heathen
savages. Alldifferentraces andimme
classes together trying to find eternal
bliss huddled around a big slabof rock.
Blasphemy.
Let me tell you a little something
that Muslims believe. They claim that
the Angel Gabriel recited verbatem
God's word to Muhammed. Give me a
hrsonal break1 Uncle Ezra has one
word for you Muhammed. MORONI!
It seems every ''religion" has some
angel reciting God's word to them. At
least wecan prove it. Joseph Smithhad
to prove his faith with the Urim and
Thumin.Why didn'ttheAngelGabrie1
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beencoolring up.EZRALAND!hag
just give Muhammed a miniature tape
recorder?
Muslims also believe that all
people are created equal. That's about
the most ppostemus thing I've ever
heardl They claim that, and then they
say a man can have 4 wives. Does that
ring a bell? Why limit it to 4 if you're
going to allow it. At least we Saints
were politically correct enough to end
polygamy when it wasn't F i c i a l l y
feasible any more.
According to Muhammed (or was
it God), men and women are separate
butequal because of separate natures.
I'll say separate! If I were telling you
about our beliefs. I'd go into separate
natures. Separate. What a nice word.
The only thing those heathensbelieve in that Uncle Ezra agrees with is
that there is to be no separation of
Church and State. I'm still working on
that for our lovely little beehive right
now. As I'm sure you're aware of,
we're almost there now.
I will say one thing I like about
that militant bunch of nomads. That
Mecca National Park idea was a real
dooaie of an idea. They went wrong
when they didn't capitalize on it. Let
me scratch your ear with an idea I've
ine taking your lovely wife and angelic
kids on a pilgrimage to EPaland Ihe
oppmtmit~
to
your
andchances for eternal grace while the
Church m*
some additional m n q r
for ourLord1Forthesmall feeof $1750
plus tax, your immediate family (up to
18 membeas) can spend 3 days aad 2
nights on some untamed land I've acquired in Southern Utah. That's ~ @
M a n counv.
All you need to bring is your own
food and tents, and I'll supply the dirt
floor and rock wall so you can slipyour
little prayers on paper to your favaite
local patron saint,UncleEzra. Not only
willyouexperienw~spirituali~,bu
you can camp in the same area as other
members of your financial class. Hue,
it's tax deductible! For resavations,
just call 1-976-CALLEZRA. Only
$2.95 p minute.
So just remember. Anyone that
lolows anything will tell you thatifyou
want spiritual ecstasy, Qn't go parading into some hostile country w h .
chances are, you will be taken hostage.
Just put your faith in the Lord end
Uncle Ezra (not necessarily in that order). I'Usteeryouintherightdirection.
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Generally we try not to pick
on groupsof helpless peopledth
severementaldisorders butjust
this once we have to overstepour
bounds. The National Organization of Women!! Sounds pretty
presumptuous don't it?
ail
women in the world automatically members of this nitwit crew
just because they're born without
balls? Is this some divine right,
or if I showed up in my pumps
and sequin gown could I get in
too? For a group that harps on
equity they seem pretty biased
when it comesto the male gender.
Lookat their spokesperson. K.D.
Lang, country music star, Lyle
Lovett look-a-like. She gets rich
off farmin' folk (y'know cowboys) and she turns around and
says "Don't eat meat, it's cruel"fuck her. We'll stop eating meat
when she stops eating pussy!
And what of our President,
Hillary C1into.n and her PMRC
side-kick Tipper Gore? These
women are in more need of a
good hard fuckin' than any
woman alive. If I had to wake up
next to either of these cows, I'd
put a bullet in my head. At least
I wouldn't have to be served decaf latte's with skim milk Besides,
if I want to listen to a bunch of
screamingwomen, I'll put on my
En Vogue CD and masturbate.
Now there's an organization of
real women! I'd drag my dick
through a mile of glass... There
are plenty of real women scam-
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pering around the U.S. who low
men for what we are-but
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They want equality? Men
tennis is five sets, women's ten
nis is three. And when you driv,
by roadworkers on the freeway
why is the woman is always th
one holding up that fucking sign
The men are working there asse
off getting shit done whill
DeeDee C. fucks us out of a yea
of baseball. At least you couk
changethe name. How about th
N.O.F.W.B.U.M.O.? "The Na
tional Organization of Whininl
Bitches Urgently Missing Or
gasms"
The only thing worse than i
male chauvanist is a bitch tha
won't do what she's told! Givc
me a real woman like JuliaLouie
Dreyfuss, Kate Bush, Johnettc
Napolitano, Jayne Mansfield o
Prince. But, get these attentio
starved f a t a i d anti-man slim!
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checked it was still a freecorn5
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LL TRASH
LITTERFUL
We need to narrow the focus
of ow discussion on litter. Included will be trash, garbage,
solid waste, junk, rubbish, debris,
clutter, refuse, rubble, and Republican politics.
Excluded will be:
--Kitty litter. C'mon, this is a
humor colmn. Get serious.
- Nuclear radiation. The
Constitution guarantees your
right to keep atom bombs for self
defense and hunting. When the
bomb is outlawed, only outlaws
will have the bomb.
- Air pollution. Americans
have the right to own all the Ti!
sets they can stand and to watch
anything anybody cares t o
broadcast. This includes Hogans
Heroes reruns and Geraldo.
Noise pollution. Like
heavy metal music, like that song
by Kalvin and the Kreeps "I Got
Love Heartburn For You Baby
and Only Your Sweet Kisses Can
Put Out Da Fire, awright,
gitdown, hab moicy, shangaling,
dowap-a-shimmy, shimmy
Sorry. I got carried away.
- Anyway, we must d o
something about this litter pmblem. Everybody does it and it's
getting to be a pain in the 01'
sittee. it must stop.
Our highways are lined with
tons of bottles, cans, cigarette
butts, "oops" tireretreads, "oops"
baby diapers, alleged hamburger
wrappers, binkies (go ask your
Mom), old Gary Hart campaign
posters, 20mm cannon shells,
cruise missiles, dead rabbits,
suitcasesfull of drug money, Pete
Rose bubblegum cards, burned
out tennis shoes, burned out
hippies and empty promises.
(Editor's note: Brand names
were not used in this list for fear
the people who make the trash
you throw out your car window
would sue us for making them
look bad.)
And my desk could use some
spring cleaning with dynamite
too.
It must stop.
-
..."
Suggested remedies:
-When you see someonelittering, kill them.
-Rioters should be required
by law to clean up after ihemselves.
- When you finish reading
this newspaper, eat it.
-Airlines should be required
to put stickers on jet engin& saying something like, "if found,
please return to TW(deleted)."
- How about edible wrap
pers and bottles? Somebody once
did an experiment with rats where
group A was fed Sugar Corn
(deleted)~and group B was kd
the box. The group B rats got
higher SAT scores than the
Stanford freshman class of '91
while group A rats couldn't find
their tails.
- Send all our trash to
Bangladesh. Or Bolivia. Or Bountiful. The Third World country
folk want to be like Americans.
Imagine the pride in Jose's face
when heshows neighbor Juan the
wrapper from his very own
Mc(de1eted) burger.
-Give the flight against litter the moral imperative of war.
Let President Bill (deleted) do it.
That'll get the job done licketysplit.
-If we can link fighting litter to Economic Development,
vast fortunes can be made overnight. And some of that money
could be used to fight litter, too.
Of course, for National Security reasons, the military would
be exempt from these requirements. After all, a sonic boom is
the "sound of freedom!' The Air
Force is careful to gather up its F16s very soon after they crash.
The military is so tidy they often
send in troops to pick u p
unexploded bombs in the desert.
Isn't that nice?
I think even the Editor will
forgive the bad pun in calling a
cruise missile a litter bomb.
(Editor's note: No, we won't.)
May the fleas of a thousand
camels infest your trash masher.
How dare you interrupt my column. I'm the star here. What
makes you think you can butt in
whenever you want? What makes
you think you have the pow
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and artistsfeatured are backed by Salt
Lake's own Tempo Timers.
For years now the Dead Goat ha^
been prokcling utahnfswithhe finest
in internationalblues music, and thb
isan an excellentshowcasedthe5ne
talent that the Dead Goat managea to
bring in month after month.
enough to become aamrtive.
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Or bassist if
with his/her frustrated life: heavy
they've ever tried to keep the time in a sounds, framed with Trent
ba"d.An~O"ewhohas~* wolds of a contemplative genre,jadwill admit that it isn't as easy as it
knifing from whispers to shm intensounds. Junior and Leeroy don't just
sity. D~,,,~,
*'boy kin *&,too!
by, they excel.
The quality of this tape
The album
in One
does a greatjob for&&day On the&
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Annivv
of
owing bigger things to come for these
death' It caphws perfectly the 'pint
guysin the near future.Kudos to Brad
and music of a young
RebO as
andmatlineror helpf"gtoput tl& tape
hell,Ibefieveitisoneof thebestalbums out forthepubliCtoco-e,indU18e,
to ever come out of Salt Lake City. Buy
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etc, e k .
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THE SCOFFED
Demo
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huJt
Ihesedaysrockablllyis-ed,
/UBt like any other farm of popular
music. lhereis neomckabilly, voodoo
ro&&lly, thrash rockabilly;and true
~roots~M11v.VoOdooswin~
~monstratesacoqAofthe~ca~
tions an 'We're Using Code Names."
They open with "Better Be
Changin' YerWays," a pure traditional
ro&abiUysong. Ihe band is at their
best with the tradttional style. %ow dr
Slow," "Made In The U.S.A.," and
"Gabgator aremgs thatIif released
in 19.55, would have filled the dance
flmat any sodchoporteenage hangout.
Shorty' guitar arid vocals, rips off
everyone from Qlff Gallup (Gene
Vincent) to Jimmy Ray Paulman
(Ronnie Hawkine) to Hank Garland
( d o n guitarist on countles8 rockam y reccnds) with his inspired guitar
breaks. His worlc on the guttar shows
justhow talented the band is. He takes
a short quote from an original mlo,
stamps the solo with his own i m p
viaational work and ends m, with a
completelynew song. TWOd the best
examvlesare; "Qlasfn'The Devil's Hot
~od,' a song closely resembling
Hawkins ver~ionof "Who Do You
Love," and "Callagator" with guitar
and tempo derived from VincenYs
"Q-klkdd."
The band's signaturesong, "Voodoo Swingin'" references the Stray
Cats' "TlueeCoolCats," mutates intoa
swamp stylederived from the Cramps
voodoo rcckabiUy, becoming on the
way a completely new and original
song. Voodoo Swing enters the
neorockabilly realm with their songs,
"American White Trash," and "Shut
Up," Fast and abrasivethesongsmock
an audience this album holds special
appeal to; white hash rednecks with
Elvis shrinesin their lrailera The only
non-original song on the album,
"Bumin' Love," is guaranteed to offend Elvis fanswen more. The spoken
work outm ending the album, "Some
body get me a Med banana sandwich"
ridicules the fat King.
Shorty's guitar is the draw, his
breakmakethealbum, but it wouldn't
berockabilly withoutJunior'sslapbaw
and vocals or Leerofs drums and vct
Bulldozer 7"
Salt Flat Records
The now-defunct Lumberjack
showases their gritty style on thle
single released on the evolving Salt
Flatrecordlabe1,with thesamefuryas
once witnessed in their past live performances. Side A's "Dream Purple"
begins with distorted bass grooves,
sporadic guitars, and Jeremy
Chatelain's sometimes incomprehensiblevods, andc.uriesthewholesong
in this manner,rarely stoppingfor air.
This aggminfestationmelts into side
B, with "Mei" (my personal favorite
live smg of theirs, way back when...).
Anyway, "Mei"hasa bitmoremelodic
twist and cooler lyrics than the previous, though the less-than-melodic
sound production doesn't give you,
the listener, the pleasure of experiencing it
Though it has its shortcomingsin
sound and packaging, this record is
still a worthy effort by some local guys
who left their niche on the Salt Lake
hardcore scene.
-42 Ashlq Workman
SUSPENSION OF
DISBELIEF
Self-Titled Tape
Flatline Records
lhfs is a strong first effort from a
powerful upandarning band f d of
talentandingenuity.Nearly as intense
as their shows, this tape captureshow
they shouldbe heard, with evqry note,
Wery sound, every passage, coming
out dear as a bell, but yet cormpted
ANGER OVERLOAD
Ugly
Dutch f i s t Indi
Well it is about time that bands
from Salt Lake City are finally getting
noticed. The newest is ow very own
AngerOverloadTheirlatesteffortUgly
hasbeenpickedupbyDutch EastIndiea
and willsoonbeavailableto the world.
This ten song (prereleasedemo)
has been pennenantly placed in my
tapedeck and will only comeout when
1 get a copy on CD. Anger Overload
has definitlyoutdone themselveswith
theiruniqueblendof 'Tmkqmbetal"
sound
The definite bonus hack is a tasty
little number which features guest
vocalist TrentPalcane of !hpension of
Disbelief called "Guts." The other nine
songs win leave you on the edge of
your seat like the first time you saw
Cool Cat Productions
This four song tape is a fine offering from a band that has recently
tabhhed itself as the best Peychobilly
band in Utah. All four songs are med
with those toe tappin' rockabilly
rhythms with just enough peycho to
send a chill down your spine.
Paul ButterfMds inaedlble u p
rightbaasplayhgprovesthatagemost
certainly is not the maromem for talent, and Carl Harmon sings and plays
his Gresch hollowbody like a man
who's sold his soul to the devil and is
workin' like hell to get it back. A f t e ~
hearing this tape youll be shocked to
findouthow young thesecatsareafls
just say that unless they're playing,
you won't likely see them at any Salt
Lake Night spots.)
Perhaps the most i m m v e ab
pect of this tape is the fact that all four
songs offered are original and
lutely rocldn'! These boys may be a
little y m g and raw, but they've got
the energy and talent to more than
make up for it. This is definitely one
band to watch.
,
-Px
Alien.
The sound is like a freight train
coming down the line. I would imaginethatthehdwillhaveapileofred
tape to go through before the CD will
actuallybeavailabletothepublic Trwt
me, it is wdl worth the wait.
-lms Ncssman
SORRY I F W E DIDN'T REVIEW
YOUR LOCAL RELEASE...MAYBE
WE DON'T HAVE IT!
More Next Month!!
BLUE DEVILS BLUES
REVIEW
Volume 1
For those of you who haven't had
an opportunity to visit Salt Lake's
"Rodfn' L'il Roadhouse," The Dead
Goat Saloon, then this CD may be just
whatthedocbrordered.~CDmight
be thecatalystthatfinally gets youout
of your chairs and head to the Dead
Gdet~aloon
on ahdondaynight to hear
someof the finestbluesmusicfeatured
in Salt Lake City.
This compilation featuressomeof
the finest moments at the Dead Goat
from some of the world's finest blues
players. Some of my particular favorites include Coco Montoya's rousing
rendition of Coco Montoya, showcas
ing his brilliant blues guitar playing.
Other fine moments indude Debbie
Davis singing and playing "Step by
Step" (Little by Little), and Rob Rio's
NEXT
MONTH!
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ever, and it would be nice to have a that Rockabilly is the
ig
littlerecognition;butnottoomuch, Thing and that Salt Lake's Local
wedon't wantatrendgoingon.We ~ewillbeknowneventuallyfor
don't wanttobethenextSeattle,we Rockabilly music.So why fight it?
just want the world to my, "Hey, Buy a copy of the Voodoo S w i q
that Salt Lakecity has a pretty cool debut. Another must have the secmusk scene going on^. Maybe ond release (way to hang in there)
I11 come check it out when they released by the most depressed
finally host the Wiiter Olympia." band I know, Commonplrcc.I enNow cometothinkaboutit, we p y their first CD immensely, Lam
your next cover story!
dbethenextSeattle.Imean,
B. sounds quite a bit like S i d e
What we're facing here is like
we
already
have
a
transit
problem,
Sioux at times.And Scabs On
every d t u r e that spawned a fashi~ntrend~tryingtobedifferentfromand a healthy debate about a light Strike; unique, irreverent and
the people whom they repcted, or rail system. And we're starting a rangingfromoutrightpoppytojust
rejected them. It's like the bell bot- housing crunch like Seattle; rent plain loud, could be YOUR BIG
toms and disco of the 7Ws, like the hereisgettingasexpensiveasSe- !YERE0 HOG if you ever like(d)
torn sweatshirts and heavy metal attle; hell, we even have about as the l h d hNkmen, Shudder To
of the 80's. Every decade has a many cofke houses. It a d d hap l'hink,MercuryRevorjustabout
"rock" that the generation before it pen. And,if ShuddaToThink,and any other band that took it's main
e t from Dr. Suess.
doesn't understand, music that R a g e ~ t l h e ~ e ~ ginfluence
If you haven't tried it, another
starts as an underground move- together in LA., bring in their Salt
LakefriendsIcebum,andmakea
goodwaytofindoutwhichLocal
ment and becomes a staple for the
runways in Paris and New York. benefit album for Native Ameri- band youlikebestistospend alittle
Therewillneverbeatime that isnot canswho~uppersecukdbythe less money checking out the funPMRC (to be released on Epic), the filled night life of Salt Lake. Of
influenced by the uprising of it's
youth; there also will never be a whole westem seaboard oftheUS. wurae, there is that problem of bemega-mogul who doesn't want to wuld dmp into the ocean fromthe ing under-age. NO PROBLEM!
turn over that rock to expose the heavinessofallthreebandsplaying More and more bands in Salt Lake
inthesameplaceatthesametime arefindingwaysaroundthat tricky
"next big thing."
The saddest part about this withtheircombii intensity. ~ n d "no allage venue" situation we've
whole vidous circle is that the art- you know where that would leave had lately by renting various clubs
ists involved seem to want to de- us? Yup, on the coast, just like Se- out on off nights, and taking over
stroy their cul-by
giving in to attle. Wee I said, the probability is basements of others. There seems
d e t y a n d g o i n g t o t h e m a m actually very high, but who needs tobeat least twoofthewamonthas
of late, the perfect amount of exmoney whom to fund their devi- it?
d
e
r
e
does
this
leave
you,
cuses high school kids can usually
So
ousmusical ways. Don't they know
that puttingfoodon the tablewon't the averageindiemker?Why, get- get away with giving mom & dad
ting into the Local scene, of course. for being out past ten on a school
preserve their artistic integrity?
Some people say that with the You definitely want to be the first night.
As for local bars, they seem to
growth of Salt Lake City's music personyouknowwhoeverlistened
tothe
new
Maybay
"
I
mean,
their
be
p
t places for certain talent to
scene, we could very likelybecome
first
CD,
the
one
they
released
BEdevelop,
but choose your enter
the "next Seattle." Who wantsto be
the "next Seattle?" Not me! It's true FORE they became Warner tainrnent wisely. A few b a r s d
Bmther's biggest-grossing artist of town might happento havea show
all time." This could apply to just or two that would Obviously be a
about any one of the gajillion local bad choice.
Of course, if you just want a
CD's that are being releaaed right
about now. (If you want to know break from the trying experienceof
which CD is right for you, please being a child of the 903, this month
see the Album Review section of youcangotoProvo,ofallplaces,to
this magazine.) Of cowse, if you boogiedown withdecadespastand
are still up in the air about whether future.The one remaining original
or not you actually
the Local member of the Village People has
scene, you auld always pick up assembled look-alike robots to
Salt Lake'soneandonly Localcorn- simulatethe experienceyou might
pilation CD (that matters) released have had at one of their concerts
by the upandcoming indie giant back in the 70's (I've heard they
Salt Flat Records, entitled Salt Flnt look quite real). Opening up the
Compr'htion."Although it's now a evening will be Salt Lake's own
year old (and counting),it still hasa Local darlii's the Msco Drippen.
good representation of the bands Be there or be square.
around town.
You can't go wrong in the muOf course there axea few other sical world if you follow the above
personal favoritesthat I could rec- guidelines, folks. Well, maybe you
ommend to you that you should can, but just don't blame it on me.
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-Jack Sprat
APPOINTMENT
More Endless "Indie vs. Major'' Prattle
Salt Lake The Next Seattle
Focus On -What Else? The Local Scene
...
If you haven't already heard,
indiegreatsShuddertoThinkhave
recently signed to the mapr label
Epic Records, home of Rage
Against The Machine, and pining
long-time touring mates Jawbox,
who have recently released their
rnapr-label debut on Atlantic. The
likes of this activityhas punks and
indiepurists in a furor.Why spoila
good thing?
Underground fans who have
long been accustomed to moshing
in dimly lit, sub-terrain caverns,
are suddenly finding larger-thanl i i record industry moguls turning over rocks to find their next
meal, rock that hopefully harbor
juicy gold mines like the next Pearl
Jam or another Smashing Pump
kins. Why can't they understand
that thisculturejust wantstostayin
the dark.
I mean,it totallytook all the fun
out of your favorite flannel shirt
when that grunge thing happened.
Wearing Doc Martins used to be
different and strange; now they sell
them at Kinney's in five fashionable colors. It seems like everyone,
even the media, wants to be on the
cuttingedge...by followingyou! Just
piss off, fucking Time magazine!
We don't want to be the subject of
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