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'ISLUGJUNE of 1996Volume 8 Issue 6 #I90'P.3mammCRYSTAL POWELLGlANNl ELLEFBEN-BXlITOllGlANNl ELLEFBENOEIDITORA.J. MILLERWILLIAM ATHEYCOVERMARK ROSSDISTRIBUTIONMikb -IsonMr.ToY ' Iroxfordn ---.---lsJacobs Johnmrgach Mr. PinkTremorWilliamsSaott Farley .DavidMaClellan. J.J. CoombsMark Ross *JAI#DBrian McNamara.Jeanne Zeigler BillyFish Kevin MoritsJ. GARRY MCALLIBTER 1~~lJmBl~lm,MUrlBlilSLUG Is publW by the 5th of each month Thcwilhg Is contributed by freelance wnlers mcwiling is the ophion of the rmlers and Is not necss~rily that of SLUG SLUG IS not legally respondM. for Is mera or advertisers If you don'agree b+ilh what Is &I .WRITE All submission.must be received no later than the 25th of thcmonth. We try not to adH any of lhe wrltlng that I!mt We thank everyone for the wt~nuedsuppat -SLUG STAFFSLUG is printed by the5th of each month, thedeadllne IS the 1st of themonthIPhone (801) 487.9221Fan (801) 487.135921 20 South 700 EastSuite H--200S.L.C., UT 841 06-1894E-mail us at...Slugmag@aol.comDear Dickheads,Why does your magazine (?)get its panties ina a nice, tightbunge over the vastly overratedgenre known as punk?Personally, I think punk isbullshit, lest for a couple ofviable bands: Rancid, SexPistols, Blanks 77, Ramones.As an artform, it offers littleor no creativity,>intellect,musical ability, or (and Istress) integrity. You candown this statement all y'allwant, but, fuck you anyhow:Bands like: the deftones, NineInch Nails, Kom, Joy Divisionand The Cure keep a strongconnection between lyricalcontent and the mood of themelodies. For expample:happy lyrics = happy riffs,sad lyrics = sad riffs, angrylyrics = angry riffs, and so onand so forth, ya cocksuckas!1 Remember, I will give anymusic, band or performer aOUR THANKS1 chance, but half the shit youKnk,MCliJfucks push is childish, moronic,gay; in essence: fit for cyni-1 cal, psuedo-intellectual, psuedodepressed,assholes1 (myself included) who readyour brand of "pulp fiction". Ilike punk, don't get mewrong, but you dildos treat it 'like 1 would treat Mozart's orBeethoven's masterpeices.Thank you and fuck you. Andwhat is this rockabilly shit?And "psycho-billy"? Fuckyou, fuck me, fuck my goat.By the way, I just love your"Written in Blood" page.Sorry to bother you, Marriedwith Children is on and Idon't plan on missing it!!!- Justin Ardolino,Braindead-4-Life,Springfield, New JerseyIDear Dickheads,I just thought' I'd dropa few lines of praise for "- -Bar and Griu's show bookingof late. Over the past fewmonths, they have been bringingin the best bands of anyvenue in town. They musthave changed managementrecently or something,because for a long time Irarely went there, but now itseems that the best acts in'the country are playing therejust about every week, insteadof DV8, where you are greetedby a body search at thedoor and have to pay UP THEASS for baoze. I w& especiallyhappy'when the BnGbrought in my faves GirlsAgainst Boys. That showkicked ass, though I was just abit disepdnted with ScottMcCloud's lack of vocal prescence.' Maybe they shouldhave used someone elsebehind the mixer, or perhapsthe. BnG neds a new PA. I.',dia'tk&owr but I had a blast, anyway. The Frank Blackshow in April was fuckinggreat as well, and the mixwas fine for that one. TheFEAR show in March was asentimental journey toremember, despite the attendan&of a few too manybelligeknt derelict assholes(FEAR'S attracting them wasinevitable). Anyone whomissed these fine showsshould keep an eye on theBnG's schedule in the future,for hopefully this bookingtrend will contin Keep itup, Bar & Grilltill next time,-AlphadroneED: Are you looking for a jcat the B&G?SlugMag,What kind of worldwould it be without SLUG?CRAPPY!! Got a copy of yo1fine magazine but didnt seeanything about my favoritegroup, who by the way happento record for my shitty littlelabel, Wooden Igloo anywherein it. Please mentionus so I can finally tell my parentsthat I have accomplishedsomething in life besides masturbation.Thanks dot there-4friends.4PYour ignorant Pal,Brad Lgos, BushwickProductionsHey Dicks,What the hell happenedto Helen Wolf? She wasthe only funny thing in yourstupid mag. Now i have noreason to pick it up.ED: Well, Iguess you won'tsee yourfucking letter nowwill ya? Cuz it's REALLYfunny.Send Letters to:Dear Dickheads @ SLUG2120 South 700 EastSt. H-200S.L.C. UT 84106-1894all apologiesSLUG came out late this month dueto a chain of family emergencies.hopefully all will be well soon.we are sorry for any inconveniencer - -.--.! 3 -, . ". - -- - -. - .?. - - TL -*?&

come about?Fleisig: We had a sago that Eli (Janny,boards /vocals) plaWhen we actually wlive Johnny (Temple,ing bass so Eli didn'ttodo. For awhile he tric?b&me upA phone interview combinedwith an actual live music experience.No I didn't go thrift store shoppingor sit down to have lunch with GirlsAgainst Boys. You see I am sociallyinept and poverty stricken. Thismagazine isn't financed by car dealers,boom box peddlers or commoditybrokers. It isn't subsidized by acorporation either. Since I was busyselling last minute Mother's Daygifts to the clueless I arrived too lateto view Les Thugs or Therapy?. All Isaw when I entered the sweat smellof the Bar & Grill was the headliners.\ Call me a Frat Boy. Actually I wastoo cheap to buy drinks at the bar soI sat in my car in the Sears parkinglot drinking Old Style until GirlsAgainst Boys began.The press is correct, their hairnever gets messed up. It is the audience'shair that gets messed up.Fucking rhythmic noise. How couldit not be rhythmic when there aretwo bass players and an uncompromisingdrummer. They played all thehit songs from their "records" andvideos that are in heavy rotation onMTV and at the local "active" music,"alternative" stations. The milkmanwas absent, probably parked at thesmelly lake, but there were photographerswith perfect hair and goateesin abundance. The Bar & Grill oversoldthe show (hope the FireMarshall isn't reading). It was amess. I think a mess is what GirlsAgainst Boys make of girls pantiesso it was cool. Unlike more "popular"bands (the Offspring) GirlsAgainst Boys delivered the bestalbum of their careers to Touch andGo before heading off to the "bigglad I saw theni this time&rough and I they pla;a "shed" next time. I won'tbe there, but fuck all that(Sweet F.A.).I had a phone conversation with the Girls AgainslBoys drummer Alexis Fleisigbefore they arrived. I amexpert at talking to drummers.They are the only bammembers I ever talk to.SLUG: Do you haveany worst venue stories?Fleisig: We used to play a loof squats in Europe andthose wen always a lot-offun because they'd alwaysbe.. .sometimes they werereally cool, but a lot of timesthey'd just be totally fallingapart, lots of stray dogs runningaround. Plus there'sspeed metal playing all thetime and basically a prettyterrible situation. SLUG:How about a favorite placeto play?Fleisig: We played a bar onetime in Cologne, Germanyand we got to the show andthe owner didn't even knowwe were playing. He wasexcited to have us anyway,so we set up. It was such atiny little restaurant/bdrplace that we set up inside aIlittle booth. We crammed allof our stuff inside a littlewood booth. We played inabout a five foot square area.SLUG: How did the idea ofusing two basses in the bandH

with a h line, but then hedelPawa T: sounded extrahel atmnqpheric. Weore songs$ of newideas came out of having two bassesIinstead SLUG: of just Was one. Eli origiallythe keyboard player.leisig: He was originallyrerything. Mostly keylardsand bass. ScottKloud, vocals/guitar)id a lot of the guitar stuff.LUG: When you have anbum as good as House Of 'VSB how do you go abouticking "Superfire" as thengle?leisig: It was really hard.le had to make a lot of difrentchoices. We had toecide between a lot of difbrentsongs that we likedat we thought would makemd singles. We're going too another single I think.le'll have to do it again. Weranted to pick a song that,as more indicative of whatre normally sound like. That~med like a good choice. It,as a little different fromrhat we normally soundke, but it also had a lot ofle same elements.Girls Against Boys areow signed to Geffenecords. This next .questionn't one of those "sell-out"uestions. It is about the curmtstate of music retailing.mall independent storesnom and pops) are wagingattle with huge corporations?lling CDs at or near cost.:onsumers appear happy topend their money in thesebores and most could care?ss about the mom andops. As mom and pops goout of business independent labelsand breaking bands are, in a mowingw - -number of instances, finding it moreand more difficult to reach theiraudience. The conspiratorial naturecontinues because corporations aresnatching up two, three, four andmore radio stations in each market. Iasked Fleisig what he thought.SLUG: Possibly more frighteningthan the major Vs indie labelssubject is the indie Vs chain storesubject. Does it really matter whatlabel you're on when retailing andthe radio airplay is controlled byhuge corporations.Fleisig: They can never cut into thekind of music that the mom and pops'tore sell. They can't sell that kind ofmusic because it is not profitable forthem so they wonlt..There willalways be a niche for mom and popstores to sell really cool records thatthe chains just won't sell. I don'tknow how much something likeBush would sell in a mom and popstore anyway. I don't think that peoplewho go to mom and pop storesreally buy that kind of stuff anyway.That's my guess. It is a problem. Itdoes matter what label you're on. Ifyou're on an indie, it is really hard toget into the big chains. If you're on amajor then little chains aren't interestedin stocking your record. Thebig corporations are going to havemore leverage to do what they do.More control over everybody.SLUG: What would you do ifyou weren't in a band.Fleisig: I don't know, I'd probably beworking on houses right now.-WAThe Utah Arts Festival. Ignore It and It Will Go Awl

al notes from the band in the linear notesWelcome to my new column. I would have overlooked the emotionalEach month I will clue you in to the best side of their music altogether and beentwelve albums of the month as well as blinded by the sheer intensity of theirthe worst album (unlucky thh€een). delivery. I almost sold this band short1- Woa!! You need to check ol$ this but thanks toerepeated listenings I thinkdemo by RICANSTRUCTION. If I know where they are coming from.made up of politically volatile lyriks (Lost & Found Buntweg 130900overlaying music built-around ethnic rhythms,Ihardcore intensity, andmetal virtuosity. Thecomplete packagedemands attention. T ~ Iprimary concern ~f theband seans to beincreasing awareness of racial oppfes-sterile, and their reaction to a young girfathered by supernatural forces. Is shethe hope for the continuation of the raccor is there something else to her presence,perhaps something sinister? Buythe album and find out. I ivon't mincewords (do I ever) about this albumsquality, it is by far the best metal albumhave heard this year. I absolutely insistthat you buy it! (Black Mark 354 112Yoqe ~t.'~uite #17, Toronto, ON, M5B1% canada) 6- .I gotta tell you that I love spilt=cads because they are the .the dirty b ,, , . I .Wedemark, Germany)sion and injustices present in our soci- .dozen4- For the lastety. They call for those oppressed to rise twepty years Germanyabove mediocrity and take a stand for has been a bastion ofwhat is rightfully theirs. They are pro- metal, constantly pro-by Jeb Braninaction and pro involvement and pro-rev- ducing great bands. In rnolution. They suggest that anyone can this era where metal has drastically musical version 09 tl& 'dominoes theoryrise above the constraints ofdeclin for example, the new "Sundown"ignorance and bigotry. Even though album by CEMETARY. This disc is BEHAWIOR/ESSO~-~~I& sent to mitheir lyrics are dark and expose the ugli- proof positive that having metal driven a few nionths ago becausej'i6jd A.Bness of an injust state, I still hear a sense back into the underground and removed $an. Once hearing it, I fell inof hope. Now that is something I really from the top of the pop charts is the best . ESSOm and gave them a goodrespect. ( POB 205 NYC, NY 10012) thing to happen to the genre since it dis- review. So then ESSOASSO send me2- Like some malevolent wee& covered hardcore music. These four aeir latest split with LOUD PIPES, anddeath metal has spread its spores far and blokes create a hefty sound that des as &e& wht? I'm blown away by thatwide. Its influence can been seen every- much on melody as it does on crushing band. Yep. .You just gotta love splits.where in heavy music but more impor- heaviness.(Black MarkThe E.A. side of this spilt is great. Oncctantly death metal itself continues to 354 1/2 Yonge St. Suite #17, Toronto, aga@ I'm totally floored by the vocalsgrow and-change adding to its own ' ON, M5B 155 Canada)which are as deranged as they come.diverse nature by always pushing the 5- The best album I have ever How do people scream like that? Itenvelope and trying new things. For .' . heard from Black Mark is thesouads like they dug up their vocalexample just check out the "Khaooohs&"Crimson" album by EDGE OF SANITY. chords with a garden weasel. The musiKon-fus-ion" CD by PAN-THY-MONI- Or should I say "Crimson" song? You is fervent and raw with a slight metalUM. In addition to standard death see, this album only has the one tune, edge that endows it with plenty oftones and qtmospheric expressiok, the but what a Me!!!! It is a forty minute power. L.P. are completely insane. Theband incorporates lots of jazz, classical epic that,is so varied and complex that it ' raw hardcore is fast, gritty and over theand teclino electronic flavors. The easily manages to cdmmand my full top. They have that incessant fury thatalbum is thematic, but the theme seems attention for its entire length. There is was the mark of the early-eighties D.C.to be carried by the music moreso than no filler at all here. During the forty min- hardcore bands. Combine that withthe lyrics or a story. in the traditional utes the song mutates and evolves cover- their growling and screaming vocals ansense. And oddly enough for dea@ ing a huge range of styles, moods, and y'know you've got a winner here. ($3metal, the good in the "story" wm and emotions. The basic sound of the album . ppd to Jason 7121 Quail Woods Rd.evil fails. Ok of the best efforts ever in is built on tremendously heavy speed W-gton, NC 28405-7027)the Relapse Underground series. metal that brings to mind the long7- The "This Party Is A Frat House(Relapse POB 251 MilIetsville, PA 17551) defunct, classic British speed act SAB- 7" by THE SHOTDOWNS is short, rapic3- CONVERGE create emotional BAT (not to be confused with the newer fire punk with a snotty attitude. The sband spiritually aware music on their Japanese band of the same name). From songs on this are reminiscent of early'"Caring and Killing*' album through that basis the band incorporates other eighties hardcore: Angry, obstinate,which they attempt to share a part of styles in the song from ev& heavier, mwdy fast, lewd, and sticking one finthemselves.Sounds like emo-core, eh? death-like moments to quiet and ger in the air at all times. Remember thWell most of the time it isn't. Most of the subdued,even gentle moments. The belligerent hate-core of NEGATIVE FX?time they p a devastatingly heavy :''-. lyrics, which take up almost five pages The spirit lives on here. They're evenhardcore band who try and ravageLy&'. . of the CD booklet, tell the futuristic story from New England. (Lookout! POBmind. In fact, if R wasn't for the person- of humanities last generation, which isFor example, i got'& ~WORMAL

Tori Amos them. Now they record for enter the valley by way of a ences .of his past and theYoxk City punk ofwith L&apalooza lips, the begins with a sample I can't boys, your country his youth. Salt L,ake.is agirl with faeries in her head quite place swiped from some men managed to A L town of tardiness.who humps the piano bench. Euro-disco band of the '80s. do it with 1-The Cornflake Girl Invisible in America. The EP daqgerous canyon. LookA tJewWil she bring fhe piglet to "Come Fly Withi Me" doesn't handsuckher tit? Who knows? do much and neither does arrivals. My ad* iS toTori Amos has a following in "Coma." "Put your arms mive on time and see wh&Salt Lake. The religious child- around me, hug me ti1 you A r this guy does. he r eed-hood isn't lost on the locals. drug me," are the sole rand uled date is June 23. If youHallucinogenic mushrooms, lyrics of "Coma."Avolcano goddesses, horses to Wow! It does get ride on, catching light1. better. "Talksneezes, God, this chick is About bad. .Lweird. Her music, while 'Dnlgs"tossed off by some, is , Aeytremely complicated. She AharppichordvF spookytechnoI allrbleeps, beeps andp beats. I'll be damnedif "Comatose" doesn'treprise "Coma." The CD isoxdrawnpretty good. The live show wagow. 7 IF and promises to be better. Back to Can't you make it m - konr Piece Snit- "oys are the beginning and the punk a modem tour bus? The Yes here at SLOG3nskur.b in thing. Everyone in the audi- opening act is changed. Now magazine we are hip. Four7 F%& Amos' ence is a punter to this duo. James Hall is touring with Piece Suit is comprised of- songs. It is fascinat- When the singer is wearing them. Love & Rockets players from Barrenceing to discover that she is eye shadow bd a skirt audi- received all the press a few Whitfield & The Savages. 'close to the Judy Garland of ence confrontations can months agb. This time Hall That was an R&B act. All fourthe present. If g certain per- become @@resting. Sheep On deserves a little. He bsed to Suits have impressive pedi- Icentage of her male fans dis- Drugs will display them- be in M q My Hope. He grees including past experi- Icovered hrr naked they could sglyy at Re wema Bar on toured around with that band ence with Bo Diddley, Dm i' ..-)only sigh at the sight. ExpectJune 12. and opened for Love and Covay, Robin Lane, Dr. John,to see a Tori Amos on the Rockets in the past. He left ,Charles Brown, Big Mama (drag quean &wit soon, r.: '" My Hope and Thornton, and Mighty Samit hasn't already ..{la i. released a solo album on McClain. Most of the naxhes 1occurred. Little A L Daemon in 1993. play the blues. Four Piecegirls, q u k adDaemon is owned is not an R &B or a bluesme. There' is by Amy Ray of the band. For those insomething ALTndigo Girls. A Vampyros Lesbos, Shotsabout that Xfen rep The Dark (thevoice, the ski&, bought the CD tribute album), thethe songs &Laika & the Cosmonauts nothe red Ha&-&-;explanation is necessary.For the rest - surf isw album on a only part of the explanation.. . .label. When the Mancini, John BarryI Xavierum was released in Cugat and a variety ofJ Tori 1._Hal was opening "world styles are thrown 1into the mix resulting infpn En~land. 9 latest , '+ ,andRockets and Rage Against"exoticaf' or "cocktail." Don'tstart thinking "lounge" likedisc is blatantIf @8d 'tbv The Machine? James Hdl Combustible Edison or Lovestrap* P& c&.% doesn't dy," ' asbeen puts on an intense live show. Jones because Four Piece Suitsay that en the spire, but rescheduled. Love an W ets His music is steeped in New rock. The sax man wails, thetheir Wlish label dro'pped will make -other attempt to Orleans soul, the gothic influ- dnunmer has muscle, the 1SGuQ 14I

The-and It Will Go Avi;ri~~~~-k&&g>~~~~:~- -- $&uG t 5taristscreams. Thcan calm things down if theyso desire. The Zephyr Club isthe spot to see and hear thisexciting, new all-instrumentalband as they test the boundariesof pop music. The dateIke Cityuch &Go played on any local cornmercialradio station? What!You say they played "Pee Pee'week?r ~rainiac is a.ouch & Go band.Trans Am is a Thrill Jockeyband. Tim Taylor, Brainiacvocalist, doesn't so much singas scream. The band is fromDayton, not Akron, but thereis some Devo in them. A lot ofnoise, some funky, funky bassand what promises to be ahell of a good time at the Bar& Grill. Brainiac, Trans Amand.. .God forbid the localnoise combo Punkadelic tearthings up on June 22 at theBar & GrillTHE HARDEST WORKING PUNK BAND WE KNOW.rThat trippy '01seventies animated sci-fi fantasyflick has finally been re-released in a brand new35mm print, induding a three-minute segmentnever previously seen before!June 21 - 28A VISUAL FEAST OF GHOULISHWE&!l 1~AIW FRIDAY

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OF THE MONTH [IR i M Speck died one day shy of his 50th birthday onDecember 5th 1991; ordinarily that would have been the end of thetory, But in Speck's caseI it was the end of an American SuccessL0ry.A tmmdous1y ugly man, Speck left the w~rld a unnervingNisted little valentine: a prison-style porno video anddession/intep&w made shortly before his death. In the videopeck is seen hhg as no u@ter Serial Killer ever has in prison, at.AI not in vanSpeck is shown with hjs lqber, aIyounger black convict They are shown in various rmms interviewingSpeck about the murckq, &out life in the hole, about sex and drugs. Thefilm also shows Speck idking about how much he likes to get fucked upthe ass, and saying the actual number of limes he has had sex in prison is sogreat that he "can't count that high!' It show$ Speck and his lover snortinga mountaiq of Cocaine ; I mew at least five ounces1 and smoking doobiesthe size of a Marley Zeppelin. Most disturbing of all - the fihq shows Speckwe* women's pantiesI and hadng developed femirdne secondary sexualcharacteristics, ie. b@asts. 'ke hky pompodored, appamtly heterosexual,ddmitely destitutep mass murdem of 1966 had become a tranSvestite,h a d living the of luxury - d expenses paid.Speck, the' 2 ,Jla'd beep in the habit of getting violently knockedunconscious in *rent accidents. On vdious occasions he was knockedsenseless by a hammer b1owI fell from a tree onto his head - whem he wasdiswvemi half an hour later foaming at the mouth and twitching, but stillunmmcious. Once he ran full steam into a rod which had been supportinga stom+hnt awning - Speck sometimes pointed out a patch of lighter hairIwhere the rod had penetrated and said half-jokingly that it must have gonestrait into his brain. In his early teens he took up drinking and drugs. Thiswq done to ward off @headaches he continually suffered. Speck the childalso had a habit of carrying knives, and using them to kill ad skin various, +use-pets he might &'unter. Usually cats. He soon began to beat peopleup, and rob, and write bad checks. And as often as not, he would getclubbed undous by the police. .1 Speck, who was'baskally aWlaser - he had the IQ of a 10 yeari old when he was mentally exau&ed in prisan - attracted the attention of a15-yearold Shirly Arutettehad already beat his mother up,had beaten his sbpfqthw, haddrunkenness, trespassing,and burgEary; so it Sg nsaw in Speck But what Speck sawm Shirly? There is the question.Speck suffemi a Madom-Who= complex. So when Shirly mar-1;I< lei~i $JT,,L h c,11~i% 111) 111 clll~~igo IooL~ng tor work '15 CI S ~ I\~l~fTC*!,llll~' %tll~i('* IllIRP% Il\ (' nllti C'\~~i~riik~m('qirrsc~,-. tr lc3rici ot the1 he~i~%c~-rn~~tc‘s n‘~rnc>d (;lorla D'i\l~~.@'flit~ n,bt ot the hoi~sc' ~ii~~tc~s ,1rcL t~ed up Then lie gcts \\.~cict~ L~inuri li,~nci ,111ci toot \\ tth \lii~~ts trom tliclr beds Anci 1o~r~qt;~y+t tli~> lioi~~e~, lie> %t,11>\ dlicl strd~iglcbs tlicni to clc'itl~.rl,irpg~i&kir\ I\ c.5 bv Ii~d~ng iuidc~r '1 bcci. And the I~st onexi11~t~~~t~tll~t~~~1,5~)e~c.h tclkc~~ 111s ~ I I ~ Ihrll~rigC ~ 11~~1: Tlien he~t~tll111s 1% c.OOI. 111~1m2r-,aa~2J-c -.be overrome with hard work aqd a bit of initiative., .*&The Utah ~ rts Festival. Ignore It and It Will Go Away '. . : l[p'*).;..7;;;, '

Swishit, no party music on it, noSuper Maxpumped up angst, just goodInstant . Mayhem . dwellings to sit through and;Not lmuamkame reallv eet into, If GianniStiffjs hecause)litics 'Blues Traveler and'4YSpiPecordsr bulletviolence,I right inre. Mbyfdy(which makes7 .up most of - s.-asound thal ^"-binHomogeneous is homogeneousisn't it? Forgive me.The thing opens wiIhard to find. ~ hyou d to "Birds" and Gibby's maniacTaang for rereleasing them so laughter Gibby, why don'tI can finally haveyou go build a fire or some-Dreamweapon on C.D. Boys, thing- The CD is ~ommercialcircus animals band as hell. Next thing you'knowis all about tabring drugs and it will be on the radio andzoning out. ~n my opinion MTV, I think the hit single isone of the best bands to have "Cough Syrup" an ode toever graced the earth. Theytake rninimalism to a sing18note that repeats for over .sixty minutes. And through it - next song, "hpp@C" has rapall never a dull moment con- samples and meal chumstanttension and no release ming* Have WY tripits a beautiful thing. - hop? A combiriati6n of U2Spacemen 3 werepever bad . and Tricky? That childrebut they never got as good as is the MTVvideo. Thethey could of. his record is Buttholes are from Austin SOmade up of various singles, they've jumped 0x1 the latestnone of them ever destined "trend" - feedback drenchedfor any type of radio airplay, rockabfly/garage with i- it is a good sampling of what "Ulcer BreakfastnThe ballad .ic. they can do but it is by no is "Jingle Of A Dog's Collar" .jome means there greatest accom- complete with nods to the 1fruth vlishrnents. As for it's stand lounge. 1s there a trend theys that hone basis I still say this haven't copied - or inventrecordkicks like Cobaids lit- ed? Country twang? "TV& tle Shotgun habit. Star" is it. I threw up when Idslistened to "My Brother'sWife." Too much peyote Imess. "Ah Ha" 5invents the&x Pistols. Thi! disc isuneven. There isn't a solidsomethematic or musiqal topicanywhere to be found. Inother words it is a typicalButthde Surfers record. Sorryto intqrupt. I'll let you getback to (the Bogmen now. "Athumb up her ass and a needlein her eye, a girl from outly gaw Fsay rrcsmamnmmmlike it was n,. ,r said 3 ,-a v sible effart but(of course she's saying doesn't in the end.mean I really want to fudc -Billy Fish Butthole Surfers West wib a neeale in her eyeyou, but still ...) Put this sexualenergy on the back shelf Spacemen 3ElectriclarrylandCapitoland dope up her ass," are youguys crazy? The Buttholefor a minute, it's stin the most The SWes I'm sure you all remember Surfers will appear live andimpressive piece I got this zkanlglk?cOrdS athe 12 incher featuring starv- in person at the Sewer theymonth to review. It's not for 1 first h @d this band when 1 ing third world bellies on the call a tourist attraction oneveryone, no dance music on was six- and even then cover the classic "me June 24. -Wa

agons. Fuck, I guess wed all be use to this by now.nother power chord? I'm talkingthe album cover. Oh comemall days?) and, when no onewas looking, we'd check out the'W' bin, oh yea, I'd do that Butthe music?, no way! So I got tolisten to this to review, okay I'llbe obj@vel.naw, still sucks.Pretty boys with poof poof hair,high pitch sappy vocals, andlyrics from a horny idiobsavant,more idiot than savant.+ANDFastballMake Your Mama ProudHollywood RecordsThe definition of what gets youinto rotation these days is ofcourse laughable. It's almostgotta be pop-pa three minutesongs with hooks. Of course;Nirvana fit that label just fineand they managed to not onlyget airplay and for that matterrich and famous, but theyweren'thalf bad at that. Fastball neverstrays from the field of the threeminute song. Of course, if youraim is to j u in ~ with ~ both feet,fuck'it up a little, and get the hellout in under three minutes,you're going to want to leavesomething to remember you by.Thus the thebry behind the hook,a thoroughly,detestable term thatunfprtunately fdr all of us I useanyway. Fastball works becauseyou always wish the song hadperhaps gone on just a littlelonger. Not a bad feeling to have.They're smart lyricists, they playwithin their abilities, and they'reenjoyable. b a world full of liquidshit, Fastball not only floatsbut they smell cinammony fresh.-

-.A h.FLRthe end just fuckin makes crazyin a what?, whoa, right way.Second piece really shows offthat Valentine feel with dragging. the tape, distorts your perception(is that,the player fuch iap, am I. fucked up, or is that the band),good stuff. Thumbs up so far inthe fht five minutes. Third 'piece-no disapphrnt yet, ohmy, hit rec~rding time jslstslipped to really dawn speed,gotta hear for yohlf to understand.They have really takenthat Valentine experiment toextremes and still pull it off.ated. They go on to gi~e theearth 28 minutes to give them areason not to kill us all. Thedbum begins. Deliberata~ b-1 Reany worth the trip if you getPF~O~ atop P ~ ~ P W ~ off Y on the new acid work.ridiculous lyrics, the whole thing ""3is a steamirtg heap. It ~ uld be .the Ramones, it could be dogshit.The target audience wms to besecond graders, perhaps in aneffort to begin kids on p-earlyThe best way of course is to hatthem, if a loving postpunk familywere to listen to this shit theywould most likely join the. .church. Truly bad. Bop yourhead to the crazy beat! Pogo tilyour ankles bleed to the nonatopfun! Shove this CD next to TheMonster Mash, and try and for ~~d G~~~~TranceThe problem, and it is a reallyAim. -. Jmt kid- big problem, can be ~~ed upJust had to lighten after with, yea, so fuckin what? Everythe reviewing of Th*u8qldc. town has them, a band that doesStarts off with a bit of spacy the local bqnd scene-tougheffects and drifts into aenough without saying anything,trance. A bit like Medicinem that true guarantee that they'llBloody Valentine. Opens with get laid by some ditz. TheIntroism, predominately sound music? H& rock with no hagramblingsthat let You basiau~ ination what so ever, but stilljust A good piece to lis- execqted with ability What doesten to alone, as backkP~d that add up to? eme ern kit heering music, or for those special fresik painter? Ifs a happy accizquiet times with ... well, with dent Skill with no feeling.someone or something impor- Another lame landscape to hangtant. And hell, that.&asing in i,& emdon toand Out feedback volumes at thebmd? You got it. A bar bandSLUG 24that does rock by the numbers.Forget this one.+ANDBeat AngelsUnhappy Hour WithEpiphanySo they're produced by GilbyClarke? So fuckii what? EvenAlbini gets the occasional bandof no interest to work with. I ,suppose it's a fuckin job, muchlike reviewing shit. So-and-so!reviewed by and-so!, who 'really gives a fuck? Lie BurninGroove, just another by-the-numbersband. This time it's aboutthat early eighties cross overCalifornia pop punk effort.They do pull off a good line oncein awhile like we'd never befriends/if we never took todrinking but, all in all, we're stilltrying to get over rip-off punkgroups in the form of Greendayand Rancid. If you haven't hadyour fill yet, fine;l got copy thatgoes for cheap. Oh, real quick,like this means anything (probablyas much as their music, but)the female singer has the uncannyability to look like a homelyshag cut pre-adolescent boy &half the photos.+ANDindushial/metal/jazz &ions.The first listen will really keepyou on your toes, both lyrical &musically, wondering where thenext hun in the road will lead.Much like a schizophrenic first 'date, this CD will take you to all,levels possible, both high & low,,but *till leave you anxious fbi :'another listenintheend. . .-Billy FishBuck 0 NineWar In My HeadQdThis new EP from the &-me&tern is a blistering set of newmaterial &covers that is qld+hg back-flips down StateStreet. JoFed by members ofAGENT ORANGE for their ska-'surf v jon of Miserlou(o1d.&q$ ALE claasic/PUL,P mC-I'J@JwW tune); the juicy jams 'ap to the test with the great,#+@!. The standout track ismessed-up-but-lovable Dr. Kilch,which switches from the smdardthird-person tale of thenaughty doctor & his big needle,to the doc himself talking aboutHis favorite pastime of medicalinsertions of ,love to appropriateget that music like this exists. I, R, ~ ~ l t ~ ~ ~patients needing treatment.should say that the format is not ~ ~ ~ ~ b ~ t ~ WMed ~ & subtle as a jackhamthewont, it simply only works I was at the SLUG office because,mer, the& boys put tongue &hen the lyricist is a Wfim well, I don't even remember why, Bill Dingcheek right down the hats ofB-~ghst so-ewho but I was bit+ that I had no And The Sound Of Adventure the lis6er. Ska has always centurnYoW heart to a block ride home from work at some Hefty Recordstered mund energy & fun, bothand make You laugh Your ass of ungodly hour in the morning. This is the experimental of which Buck 0 Mine are allat the same time. When:itls sim- . &rnne there to had- pop/studio/multi-instrumentalP~Y insipid and tot all^ la*g in feur me if, and what a big if, I music I can really get into on ahumor wit: the space aliens mimed this CD. Needed the regular basis. Coming out of leftproclaim at the end The Goovie ride; so I agreed. Put it in, listen, field to smack you in the head,Ghoulies have saved thee! it's FU~K-,,~~ I bo why it was It's impossible to really compare Romance is a Slowdance ! 2 ;just sad. ' passed off. It's one of those shit- them to anyone in particular. ~esttwmer am.Apt. America . ty CDs to review. It's not like The voc+ of singer John Why do the maion have to puthey have absolutely no skill. Hughes(no relation to the direc- thA new bhds on us? TGS 1Furry '~hingsFd of energy and they know tor of 8U's teen love films) are the exact reairon why a majorThe Big Saturday Illusion how to play what they're doing. rough & charismatic, drawing scene hasn't happened sinceyou in like the fly to the web. Seattle, because most of theHis throat style & lyrics remind coun6's cities have mediocreme of early TOM WAITS, but bands daipg the pop/alternativewith a heaping helping ofabstract ideas & images that aremore like THEY MAY BEGIANTS. But don't expect eithercomparison to be the exactsound; just a similar flavor thatwill pop up in your head whenspinning this disc. The gentleyet-rough guitar & multi-layersof exotic woodwinds &brasscrumb ., rs'Mqthing without any &tempt to create ah authentic sound of theirown. Fey either listen to tiredstations W'X-% or the bwzclipsof MTV, & then try to copy. everything b m Bush toSmashing Pdmph in @er toget an audience or recorrtdealMeanwhile those of us emfor something new & o w lblending together is misleading, keep wading-through th

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7AK RecordsThe punky spawn from the bowelsof Olympia have finallyreleased more fuel-injectedtuneage to put the jack back inyour slap. These boys are'stillkicking &jamming with all theenergy of horny little choir boyswandering the hillsides lookingfor love in all the wrong pIaces.1 F"-Another band that makes theirliving out of the back of a vanwhile constantly touring, theycopies of old favorites,to abide took enough time out lastthe void. Enough preaching! If December to hit the studios withYou like Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Northwest god producer, JACKDolls, & Radiohead, this is the 'ENDINO, to release another full-CD for YOU A simple, repetitive length album of young, red-hotstyle with little tQ offer, other . rock & roll. Fast & still very raw,than filler. ..Yo~"ll love it! In these three can tear through a ~tthe meantiRle, the rest of US will like no &hers, making mush ofkeep searching for used CDs to your head before they're finishedcomplete back catalogs & Won- with their tour de force of pureder why it seem so damn hard to power. If these twelve newjust be original or sound songs aren't enough to curb yourcraving for this punk trio, catchthem on tour this summer insupport of Swing. Rumors sayEyesore(Compi1ation) that a few 7-inches will also beA Stab At the Residents filtering out in the next fewVaccination Recordsmonths, but until then this CDNobody really knows who the should quench the thirst for theltesidents are or were1 but any loyal fans'of the terrible three.people were affected by their-Billy Fishinfluence anyway. Straihing thelimits of exploration & imagina- G~~~~ ~~htion in. the underground world of Sacred cow 'music, the sounds created spread B ~ ~ .far & wide to infect the minds & Disillusioned fans of the Dead(&ears of countless bands. This I don't ho why there aren'tcompilation is a tribute by a more!) should give this disc a lisnumberof fans/musicians who ten. pull of happy beats & funkreceived absolutely no cash or rifkI this is definitely a nunPrecordingfun& to be part of this . shaking album that would haveproject. Only their mutual any rat-hair doing the whitereW@ for this mysterious group trash shuffle. But what excludesallowed the thi* some to be it fromthe hippy style is theinvolved with covering some of complexity of lyrics & intelligentthe Residents most wry num- . arrangement of bments &hers. Among others, THINKING sampling. ltns as if BM-IELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 JRETT & Dr. SEUSS got togetherIDIOT FLESH! .& PRIMUS all put . on the farm to create a happytheir two cents w~rth into the nightmare that quickly keepsforum of wild & wonderful noise you on your tws with a wideto amuse & delight all Rqsident sp&rum of noise & bizarrefans alike. Of all the tribute tunes. The second album fromalbums out there, this is the one this.trio, Sacred cowsis a mystitohave. Forget the tired Z ~P & cal journey through the experi-Kiss CC'Ve~(Boring!)~ try this new mentation of folk music & stanshiton & get set for a lohg set of dard styles like punk &disturbing tunes will get an funk/hip-hop(?) that drop onA+ for uniqueness & integrity, you like a spring shower.Reminiscent of WEEN or THEYMIGHT BE GIANTS, these threeput rhythm & tonguein-cheeklyrics at the forefront qf theirmusic. Give it a listen & see ifyou aren't tapping or grooving'by the ,end of the first cut!-Billy Fish 'GuttermouthTen'YakimotpNitroRiding the lifts with.the cross-over ~katers~boarders last seasonat Wolf Mountain, the conversationalways turned to music inthe end. Most of these kids werein high school anyway, so what'the hell else ire we going to talkabout? Going through their listsof punk/hardcore bands ofchoice, Guttermouth always fellinto place with extreme reverenceor ecstatic enthusiasm ...&for good bloody reason! Theirlatest piece of speed punk is justwhat is neededto smack thebumps & ride the powder, evenwith the boarding season longgone! Hitting the sound ofPENNYWISE mixed with thecomedic lyrics of NOFX, theseyoung strapping lads are all that& a big gulp at your local cornerconvenience store! This disc is sogood, I can't seem to keep myfriends & roommates from constantly'liberating' it out of mypossession, which we all knowcan be a very 'deadly' mistakewith yours tr uly... so keep that inmind when you try to lift mympsic in the future(anybody)!But with all that bitching &threats aside, the newGuttermouth is a keeper! 1 mayeven get a skateboard myself tofully enjoy this,disc this summerwithoutawaiting fo~winter toride the pipes again at themighty Wolf!'-Billy FishJ MascisMMn & MeRepriseThe inside on this disc was negativebefore it even hit the criticsdesks or the lqcal music shop. 1myself was excited to hear moresolo work from the masterbehind DINOSAUR JR., wonderingwhich direction he was headed.I didn't need some numbskullsfrom Spin or Rolling Stoneruining the anticipation for analbum that I felt would justprove the genius of Mascis onceagain. But I soon realized whatthe dips were talking about, butwas pleasantly surprised anyway.It's live, raw, & very cool!!!Sure, it's mainly acoustic ver- ,sions of old Dinosaur favorites &somaweird covers(Smifhs &Skynard-wow!), but it shows thebasic show that Mascis has beenputting on in the Northwest forthe last year, where he lives as oflate. My friend in Seattle hid .described this set to me, & it wassweet to hear it myself. The CDcatches Mascis doing the basicrun through of old songs thatany Dino fan will know by heart& dig all over some kickinstripped-down versions. Maybenot for the listener less familiarwith the son of the BLANKGENEEATION, Martin & Me is ikeeper for the true connoisseurof the simple verse backed byextraordinary guitar that stillsends chills down the spine.-Billy FishMineralThe Power Of FallingCrank! .Young punk playing their owntunes & living out of a vart & thesound of band idng to atown near pusimp. youSEAWEED or SUbNY DAYREAL SATE? Then this is #eCD for you! Tqke a group offriends with a taste for fast musiwith a whole mess-full of angst& urgency, combined with tightrhy& & mean chords, & theending result is this tough albunthat will put the 'kick' iq theassT@ indie scene is becoming.swamped with young & talentec~bmdsthatry to pull this soundoff, but Mineral puts the meat &p.otatoes behind every cut of thi!exceptional album. Fresh &mean, they sound like a bandthat cut their teeth on the road,playing todl-age crowds thatalways appreciate a voice &sound from the ranks of theirown. Bands like this are whythey publish MAXIMUM ROCK& ROLL! Check out this hard.'working band before they cometo town & end up sleeping $nsomeone else's floor without.yo1even knowiitg they werejl* 2,here!-Billy Fish ,! ,' 2;'I, ,Ovarian Trdley ,.?-.Bullseye. .Broken RekidsSan Francisco still lets out a tastsecret from time to time, &Ovarian Trolley is something th

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- - - -mans, dc ding on ea& workinl t their frustrations in Thermos Malling and Bob Log 111mood & atl~~usphere created. musical ~,,=rapy. The sloppy & - go beyond primitive. Their musicConsidering that there may be a bleeding guitarwork was espe- reminds me of the old folk num-'universal sound that could pro- cially annoying, going off like a ber we used to sing around theduce people to go mad & gouge barrage of fireworks while you'k campfire after the third keg wasout their own eyes, I think trying to sleep off a hangover. I empty. "Got My Boots OnSmegrna will be the first to even- couldn't figure out if the dM- Backwards" meets "Shortin'tually find & record it, making mer(s) were playing stuffed pil- . Bread" in the back room ofan entire album based upon that lows or Tupperware, but it defi- Junior KimbrougWs juke joirnotion. If you plan on having nitely sounded weak & dragging. with the Shaggs drunkenyour own brain surgery or base- To top it all off, the singer really Wrgarten class 8:s the backingment abortion clinic, this is the sounded too much like CRASH. . band. Incredible, amming,rfect music for the waiting TEST DUMMIES, which has , Wounding music that is similarbeen known to cause suicide in to~f4gerscratching a chalk.board in time to an old 78 rprecord played at 16 rpm whilelaboratory test animals in clinicalstudies outside the U.S. rdidn'tthe ass later! G ~ if^ ~ Ahave the heart to subject myself autistic ge~uses buck dance on ato this album more than on*. I hardwood floor to thewonder, Can You?vocal accompaniment of an idiot-Billy Fishsavant reciting the last 30 yearsof charting singles. They#1recorded the entire experiencesier. The guitar work is susing the first tape deck Searsstill urgent & crunchy, but lacks aRoebuck soldtrue bite that puts you on the , wa ,ChumcDead To The WorldCentury MediaNow that Forgach has stolen allmy old metal contacts I can liavesome fun. He'll prabably reviewICh,w as well. This is the "heavy,. The vocals especially Doug Powell heavy, hangover-your-poorme,silky smooth in a Ballad OfThe Tm Mnn . .head" band covering Prince. Canfashion that has been Mercury someone stop thii guy fromth by British musi- . What is with this cat? He's trying ,screaming and kick him in thebefore YOU Your thumb cians all through the 80's pop & to he Elton John/B$y pants to get things moving. It iswas out. 14 s"rpXbq ,T.: T new wave scenes. I was pretty Joel/Howard Jon~/Bkn Folds. certainly heavy enough, but.' indeed!!! p* ,, t- ; $ , disappointed with this latest In other words he's a piano man, where's the speed? Ah, for@ it,-Billy Fish effort, but wondered who was Maybeit was,th$ lesso~~~, but I $he$ grabbed me by the'hair onmore responsible: the band or the .don't have mu& 1oye:hr piano the tlyrd track titled "Kindlingstudio. In either case, the ending men. I fourytthe +oic,e irritating-., ' md." It f~llows the first andresult is a quickly-cooling, luke- and the ntusk tepid. The swgs , . second'tracks and precedes thewarm album with nothing more don't help. I'mwondering why, otkt six (he, hee, hee). I waslike to offer than bad memories of Tammy Rogers contrihuta her flinging the "hippie" locks aboutconversa- old KJQ broadcasts & summers considerablt? talent %ith a fiddle ' , . ditrbg the entire number.tion in the rec room at the old in the eighties. If you like that to ~allsd Of The Ti Man. The ,; Since I' stole an advancefolk's home. Sound & noise filter ,d g, time, then try it on target mrket is the Celine of the CD from someplace I don'tin & out? covering each other again for size...it should fit! QonJMaria Sarey/Elton JoOhn ' .-':have a lyric sheet, but thatwith a murky coating, before dis- -Billy Fish adults. That doesn't include me. "Kindling Kind" song scared meappearing into the background. See ya Doug: - enough to hide under the bed for" Take the most experimental V.3 Egg Queen ,. the rest. The "Angels In The '/.( Skim,y Puppy album & neuter it, Photagrapn I Snow" song reminded me of "I'llthen add the sounds of the circus Doo Rag write Your Name In The Spw"'a crack alley York for When you've been spending long Whd We Do ' $urm the new Chet Atkins C;ar Itgoodmeasure) & then hours late at night trying to push Dependability is incredible how a young bvd: there. Very twisted & ugly, out reviews for a deadline, yoy're There is lo-fi and'then there is fr6m West Virginia incorpora€@, &atenin!? no direction# & going to eventually cross the line. Doo Rag. Roo Rag are a two- ' . that clean, Gibgon country s&djust fucking unnerving! That all came clear when I got to piece band combining the noise into their music. "Darling J$&$"love be in the this blackened nugget, which of Teen~gnerate with the folk of -I '>+ks dude, but I'm not si@@gwith this bunch & see what made me want to crawl the walls Hasil A&ins. hspgte of their .,my name on any dotted I&?: Ff', they're eating & smoking during g, break my D.I. furniture. advanced ages they never pro: - .,heavy is for you then so is\ . ., their sessions! The sound is Supposedly recorded in a , , gressed beyond the creative . ,. . ,'Chum.more for effect then any point frie~d's..far. This music could easily p- is a 1- in a kitchen filled with . V,ge behavior in an pots, pans and a tov ukulele. 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sponsorea Eann Uay Emenr a1A h the Zephyr Club featuring theMermen as headliners.1Gid TamerCTLGeqeclhbmeP*AllataaPt.a.p.o.a$o.m.(the awesome power of afullyoperationalmothership)r The boss pid, Wep it short, saymy idea-goes. Everything from slowgodheadsilomotion, hypno-funk to moreSkyward In Wumphsped-up Cypress Hill tempoSub Popraps. Jazz funk anyone? AnWhat if a bunch of boys wal- exceptionally cool and swingingdown a straight and r n r path ~ ~ disc ~ from the acknowledge&amved to find Sebadoh on a king. Old school from the oldstage preceded by godheadsilo? school. No idea when it comesThis event actually O C C U in ~ out or who is in the bandSalt Lake City on the University it is only a disc in aof Utah campus. Those with the black sleeve. By the way, it doescreativelogo on their chests n't.milled about somewhat con-Egg Queenfused. They did manage to slama bit to Sebadoh? godheadSilohas a new record out. They stillhaven't found anyone to playguitar so the rhythm sectionstands alone. Why are twepiecebands so good?According to the pressrelease Mike Kunka (bass,vocals) has four amps now.Remember back to the live show.The set-up had that "band-holdsa-garage-sale"look to it. In spiteof the proclamation, again from ~ ~ ~ d t i ~ ~the press release, that the new Amphetamine Refllealbum focuses on the mote We haven't had a contest formelodic side, the disc sounds like qdte some he. N~~~ six memtwoguys who picked UP all of bers of the Skillet Lickers,the instruments at the aforemen- d-be their music atld receivetk~ned garage sale# minus the at least two, maybe more, freeguitar they ~ ould~'~ afford and CDs. It all depends on what isrcxorded an album- Skyward In lying about that I don't like.Triumph comes off sounding like ~ i nare t included ~in rag.some kind of mutant cousin of you ,, ~ - ~ the ianswers, l butthe Flat DUO Jets and Do0 Rag. "they won't understand. I sug-The melodic elements cannot and gest the USPS method. sonyshould not overshadow the isn't grid. We don't have a radionoise. The song dreams are made ,ktion to subsidize us.of is "Guardians Of TheWhat the fuck is thisThreshold." A Michael Shrieve is? I don't know dude, buttape loop meets a live bass play- they rock. Huh, huh, huh! Cranking Robert Fripp. Bottle it. The the it onshow of the '90s would be Doo MTV. K~~ it ~~~k to theRag, Flat Duo Jets andsixth grade and bald headed Mr.godheadsilo. Think of the six- wood. -write an essay on theperson jam! As it stands , thoughts music brings togodheadsilo will headline at the your mind J-,." well M ~.Bar & Grill with Stella Brass, Wood.. .tho singer reminds me ofPollstar and Punkadelic on June the custodian when hels13. If play "Guardians Of the b~xnn handle and asking me,The Threshold" the place will"J-~ do you want some ofempty faster than a Mountain this? T.,~ rest of the band hadme tdngaoout the hme mybig step-brother, Bert Layne, beatmy head on the toilet 'cause I .told mom that he had watchedthe videos she made with her .boyfriend Lowe ~tok&."Vigdante Man" scaredme really, really bad because theFBI and the ATF were shootingguns and lighting fires on thenews when I was little. I sawtanks in Montana last night. .Don't let them do it again Mr.Wood, please. Can't you makethat homeless man stop bangingon the 55 gallon drum of dioxinwhen I'm trying to do my homework?Last time I heard a throatthis raw was when the city shutoff the water and I smoked a bagof skunk through a dry bong.Headbangers delight, moshersbloody nose fight, they'll neverplay here, because the assholesare-too tight.Fate NomsJim RuizOh Brother Where Art Thou?Minty FreshThe sound of a hollow body iseasy to distinguish. Before openingthe CD insert I knew thatmusic came from a big fat one.I'm not sure who reads this ragafiymore, but I'm guessing thatthey aren't into the LegendaryJim Ruia Group. "My BloodyYugo" is the shameless attempt'to cap- the forces of the consumerdollar. Without the bizarrelyrics that reggae beat woulddraw them in like lemmings.There are numerous minutesremaining on the CD. I'm guessingthat the ultra-hip havealready discovered Jim Ruiz.Please go back to that hollowbody guitar. Who plays theseinstruments? I'll run off a list ofunfamiliar names while tossingthe name of xama sumac into themess. Barney Kessel, ChetAtkins, Deke Dickerson, AshleyKingman, and countless others.Jazz, country, easy listening orrockabilly it is not. The legendaryJim Ruiz group borders onlounge. Nice far bedtime, orfalling asleep in front of the tele;vision while reading the latestastorinding corruption thePrivate Eye dug up. Oh BrotherWhere Art Thou? had me facedown in the pages of the PrivateEye twice. If for some reason a11of this brings thoughts of MikeFlowers to mlnd forget it. lnecombination of clean guitar, Euizand Stephanie Winter-Ruiz' tvocals, and the tight little be-bcombo assembled to recordproject lift the platter beyonmere retro attempt..

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1 mh. Cleveland. The images his songsLbring are more rural than urban.Bare-footed children playing industy streets, men drinking beerin their undershirts, porchswings on hot summer afternoons,pool games in the "comerbar witnessed by women withhard mouths. Songs for officeworkers trying to capture theirblue-collar roots. It's a hell of a- IBclot better than the music AAKslet, @ding heavy metal/indus- favorites amally make withtrial music for the children of 'their tired formulas. phi Cody isrepression. The fifth highest at least honest. He threw it out,teenage suiade rate in the wait and see if the programmersnation; behind closed doors the and consumers pick up on it."Controller" plots more repres-Levon Robertsonsion. "Confusion's born hereeveryday, spinning circles in my papis pa it^^brain. No idea which way to go, ~i~t,, ~~~hroam around without a home. So mo remembers Vemca Salt?fu&g lost, invalidated,. So Raise your hands. They recordbrought down emasculated) all for Minty Fresh. Papas Fritas wasthe joy just disappeared, another unleashed upon the world, in anbed full of tears." A local teenag- attempt to match that succesg.er didn't write the words, they "passion play* is tune theycome from "Unfortunately." all want to hear. I should fall allIn case a comerned Parent picks over myself praising the bandthis magazine up and is curious because as qtion in^about the coming from the said, "Passion Play 'stands out inbedroom. Steal the disc, crank a field with rew punkthe fucker up and have a lyric and lo-fi fiends," rm surereading session. Then duck Option's "critic" is as tired ofdown because little Johnny is retro punk and pretend lo-fi as Iarmed with Rage Koml Marilyn am. I'm more than a Yttle tired ofManson, NIN, Biohazard, indie pop as well. At least thisGravity Kills, Sister Machine week. It could be a mood.Gunand more. He doesn't like ~,,~-gi~l harmonies, jangly guihislife and he doesn't like you. tars, piano, "ba-ba-daIw ohmoh-He does like his music. So do I. oh-~-~-av and lightif friedWatch for Prong to light UP the pop. Desperately in search of aSoundscan numbers from Salt term to describe the music I'llLake.use "new wave." A nifty, thriftyGay Reaperhappy recording to jump aroundto like an Abominable SnowmahPhil CodyIn The Supermarket.Of- m g -Micheal "My Bell" StoopInterscopeThe name says more than I can.He is indeed related to BuffaloBill. What kind of music would arelative of the most famous Codymake? Think about it until theattention span drifts back toMTV. Another singer-songwriter.. ,Back into the dim past we go.Hints of the Band, counfry-rockfrom the '70s, not the '90s, andguys like John Hiatt are plain.If the disc wasn't to enjoyablefrom start to finish I'd predict N~~~ B~~,that a formula was used to gain sire ~~~~~d~acceptance at AAA. I don't think Don't let the name of the band orI've heard a more perfect exam- the , , you hi^^^ple of new music fitting a radio always as they seem.SLUG 32. .star progeny in the band and neitherof them are named Bowie. Ifthe revival tour of the M o w 'is real Jason's dad will appear ona local stage soon. Leach's dad 'has been rediscovered by RickRubin and he is currently mrdinga new album. But don't 'expect "Sunshine Superman" or"Pleasant Valley Sunday" fromNancy Boy. They captured thesound and the look of yet anotherrevival. "Johnny Chrome &Silver" brings a reggae beat to .glam rock. I'd like to see a fewbleached .blondes skankin' inplatform tennis shoes. Stingshould have a listen. There's asensitive ballad complete withwavery voiced vocak. What,don't the girls like the eyeliner?Are you shy? "Sometimes"reminded me of the MoodyBlues, horns, strings.. ."Now I'llnever hear your laughter.""Sometimes" ends the filler por-tion of the disc. From there 'out the listener is inviied into a -world of music from the past.Listening to "Colors" gave me atotal out-of-body, near-deathexperience. Please compaie theselyrics to those quoted from therelease by Bob Dylan's son andtell me conspiraaes don't exist."Colors, I see colors going lightand dark." Is it better and moreauthentic than Spacehog? DoeaIan Hunter have any kids? .Nancy Boy Slade me.Marc BolognalowercaseAna?Ptnrcbiw~.SaemSo~AmRepAmRep has a new publicist. Shesent me a couple of discs becauseshe, is totally unaware of my reputation.I'm not worried. Next€hing you know thefll hik Brianaway from Cargo and send it tbthe P.O. Box for Sausage King orMr. Pink to massacre. The first islowercase. It's an advance releasefrom May. The disc begins withacoustic guitars and lovelyvocals. I was wondering if it wasanother bad pressing before thescreaming kicked in toward theend of "As Your Mouth."I love noise almost asmuch as I love.. .som I can'treveal what else I love because ofcontractual obligations. The guitaristhas no idea how to tune, orit's an altefnative tuning he-learned from Guitar Player.Maybe it's one string hooked toan old wash-tub. Whatever, thetone and the alternatingscream/bdad vocals presin "Palace Vaccine" trmark. Three songs in andcase reveal themselves aschists. Structure, harmony,hooks? Forget that nonsenFactory Works or Tzadik. Morethan enough aural stimulation tbring on a premature ejacidatiofrom bloody eardrums. . -'Bastards of ~e~od&4,&InterscopeThe titlcMore hook-filedWon't Do Me" is h?song,ppented:the ReatIes influeidiuenced song. Lest anyone failt6 catch on Love Nut covers theLemon Piper's "GreenTambourine." Things go aljttle.deeper than the Beatles and busblegum. The rock is harder thaneither band. Call the harmoniesLemn/McCartneyesque. Theboys of Love Nut have their waywith the short pop song formatand come up winners. They'vecast their hat into the growihgpool of thousands tired of theSeattle sound that will not goaway. It's better to copy the pastand attempt some growth than tocopy a formula that is more tiringwith each new band andeach passing daySidLounge Ax Defense andRelocation CDTouch and GoThe CD has a song fronall of the favorite bands who arecurrently signed to major labelsor soon will be. Here's a story. Ateen-aged girl approached a"clerk" in a local used CD shop.She threw down the two EpitagkOffspring CDs and asked,"Which of these is better?Pointing at Smash she said, "Thione is probably trendier." The"clerk" replied, 'Yes, it is trendier."She bought it. Is there a

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--up, I close my eyes, the world isugly." All these bands today arearguing over what is punk andwhat isn't punk. It reminds me of1981 or something. Les Thugsccldon't argue, they just play it.Atonal punk as in "PoisonHead." It lasts about t- minutes.Please refer back to "strike"when thinking of "Loving Son."Steve Albini recorded and mixedc"' the album. Whatever he did wasgood because as the disc movesproblem with the school system ? though uhlla canzon/Oxle totally and completely UllR- "Assez!" and "Waiting'' theleased song each from the likes spare, stark, harshness that madeof Jesus Lizard, Sebadoh, Guided punk *joyable from the begin-By Voices, Yo La Tango, the ning shines on through. If theMekoW Superchunk Archers Of world were less monopolisticLoaf, Seam, Tortoise, etc. fills the "waiting" sounds like somethingpits Best benefit CD I've listened for the radio. Les Thugs have ato since Home Alive. More noise, touch of the goth in them. Thediscordance, lo-fi, sci-fi and punk rock they play refreshinglysandpaper scratching than most enough owes nothing toCan stand. Listen in the comfort Southem California or theof your own soundproofed envi- Ramones. The disc goes in therOr~ment. Nail thrift shop mat- save stack along with everythingtresses and old couch ~ hiOns to I've heard from Sub Pop lately.the floors, ceilings, walls andSimm Slotwindows of your living environmentand crank it until a noise ~h, pushstarscomplaint results. The Bad Livers Meet M~ ~t me Fairare outside any reference point rrnagoany SLUG reader can deliver;Coming to you straightexcept those without any branch- from the label famous for releaseson their family trees. ,411 Pro- ing the music of Hank Rollinsceeds from the sale of the CD go and ~~~t White are the'to the Lounge Ax defense Or relo- Pushstars. The blurb on the CDcation fund: a worthy cause. is, "the most fully realized debutLiar Picar the Retard album since the Counting Crowsfirst." Nothing like the CountingLes ThugsCrows to raise the expectationsStrikeof a SLUG hack. As with mostSub Popprofessional music journalists weLes played last are objective. You all know whatmonth at the Bar & Grill. Due to this like. ~h~~ are bandsthe usual fiasco called work I holed up all over Salt Lake City,totally missed them live. They not to mention America, tryingare the "oldest" punk rock band to duplicat6 this sound. I'll placeon the Sub Pop label. What that it firmly in the category of ucoln~eansis they haven't jumped lege rock." The elements are allship for more lucrative contracts place. chis T~~~~~~ is theelsewhere. They come from vocalist/songwriter/guitari~t.France and are the The band hails from Boston.best band in France. Name Trapper has the voice, thinkanother French band.Edwin McCain or Gin Blossoms."Allez Les Filles!" is He has the talent with the words.bash and clang. "Summer" is a H~S fellows, R~~ ill^drone with clang and bash. (drums, percussion) and Dan"Strike" is moody, dark and McLoughlin (bass, keyboards)moody. Set the sustain, change back him in semi-jam/mainchords30 seconds or so stream fashion. The band willand recite the lyrics in a gothic embark on a heavy touringmonotone. Peter Murphy wishes schedule during thehe was still this good. In France year. By this time next year,there are actual strikes. In unless a backlash kicks in, theyISLUG 34FlydaddyBrian Wilson. The BeachBoy craftsman's name is appearingmore often today than it didin the '60s. Wilson, early BeeGees, later Beatles and theCarpenters are all cited as influencesfor a style of music dubbed,"ark-pop." Forget the category.Davies is basically a singer-songwriter.His disc is filled out withlush production, a horn, a harmonica,piano, acoustic guitaretc. etc. The sweetest, prettiest littledisc the ears can handle. The.flip-side of lo-fi. A recentBillboard article went to greatlength comparing the currentstate of radio to when dinosaurswalked the airwaves. Pearl Jamas Blue Oyster Cult. Can't saythat I disagree, but RichardDavies isn't the answer. I'm cer- .tainly not looking forward to thereturn of "Massachusetts," "IStarted A Joke," "Welve.OnlyJust Begun" or "Only Yesterday."The hottest thing on There'sNwer Been A Crowd Like This isthe closer "Showtime," completewith a red-hot Dixie-land trumpetsolo. It's an instrumental.Jimmy7--1qi:!b% 1. .T i,SilverlakeWhat A DragNeurotic RecordsSilverlake isn't a band,' it is a neighborhood. The mostfamous resident is Ke* Morris,his band isn't on this compila-America it's "I don't want to get will be as famous as ~ ~ r i ~ tion. . His band doesn't exist any-guess I skipped too many classesand frat parties because themore. For more information onwhy please check back issues ofentire does nothing for me. SLUG or the personnel of BadCollege boys with bowl cuts, Religion. Eight local Silverlakepony tails and NordstromGap/Banana Republic clothingare encouraged to check out the~ushstars. The other tribes canpass.A K-Mart Shopperbands appear. The song titles areexceptionally interesting. "SpiCycle," "Prey For Old Men,""Where Ford Falcons Come ToDie," "Rock In My Hand,""Conformist C*nt" and "I WannaBeavis You" are most interesting.Richard DaviesLet's take them one at a time.W s ~ B e e n A ~ L i k,The e ~ first is about the laundromat,;the second robbery, the thirdwhite trash society, the fourthmasturbation or a riot, the third ablond sell-out bitch and the lastis.. .well have you ever met anyonewho imitates Beavis whilethey stroke the "Rock In MyHand"? Just like Mr. MorriS'band the music leans in thetour. Fuck, why don'ttogether the Dead Boys, StiffLittle Fingers and the Saints, adda few new American bands andhold a "No F uW 1984" kdtivd.Die hippie die.SlayerUndisputed Attitude~mericanThere's a guy writingnew release reviews forPhonolog who is an absolutegenius. He hates heavy metal,and he can destroy a CD bettef i~one paragraph than anyone I'veever encountered. Go into a sho~and ask to see his w~rk. Theentire press release for the CDwas one huge complaint aboutthe-current state of the punk roc1nation. They still don't like the"geek" music played by "guy'swe beat up in high school."Slayer believes they can do it kt

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Bowie. That is after all the trend. more than the Lennon offspring.Throw in the references to '80s For added credibility look toABritish pop that have Salt Lake who produced the deal. T-BoneCity held in the jaws of a vice Burnett is behind the knobs.-and ex~kct it to sell millions. Continuing the list of famousExcept as usual no one will catch names is the appearance ofon. Steve Merritt is held respon- Burnett's "significant other," Samsible. He was the force behind Phillips, Shaun Penn's brotherthe critically acclaimed, con- and some guy named Adqsumer ignored masterwork by Mtz. For stand-out songs Illthe 6th. The EP is actually a reis- pick "Josephine." "You'h sosue from 1992. An ethereal piece sweet you must taste just likeof music that rocks along at sugar and tangerines," Theter. At least the ahmis O ~ Y Quaalude pace for an enjoyable Allrnan Brothers inspired gLitar , -thirty-two minutes long. Unlike 20 minutes or so. Go ahead and soloing only adds to the pleathePhonolog guy I found ignore it. I can't tell, "Are you a sure. Boogie down Fys. It's bet-Undisputed Attitude quite pleas- boy or a ter than the Paveling Wrl*.ant. Slayer were always at their Christoper Baggins It doesn't suck at all. "But I liearbest when they played as fast asvoices and I see colors." Does,they possibly could. They have me specials daddy still hqve the best connecnochoice this time. Fourteen ~ ~ sPen'Uls d ~ ~ l tions? ~ The ~ allflom willsongs in thirty-two minutes Virgin appear with another b-gequals just over 2 minutes per me spdals have reformed. band, Dogs Eye View, on June 25song. Call it a monster of thrash. meir disc isn't going to excite at DV8.For the most part blood, guts, many of those in search of Gid TannerSatan and the rest are left for thekmtS version of "~bo ~~~hnext record. The are enough-- Too Young." Stiff was a long,-obscemesX gjn €hFP?iKreni -------Advisory sticker. Something the ska down to reggae tempoabout "I want to hck YOU in theass." Take it for what it is. Brains sion of paul ~ m O n t ~ ~ S ~ k ~aren't needed. The brainy songs ;,~ i nac ~ knit ~ an f ofiginalare left to the Circle Jerks and song on the album. They coverjj$" , - -Bad Religion. Slayer, despite Bob Marley, Desmond Dekkar, ;?@!their bad attitudes and tough John ~ ~ The l t Clash , and otheq%~ .guy posturing, are out to enter- A touch of dancehall, some I-tain the kids. It is however horns, female backing vocals andimportant to remember that Tom , former ska band mas9UeradingAraya is not about to go h~ as a rasta cover band. It lookshimself like Richard. He's too like ~ ~dd,, B~~ and ill^busy counting the money. Staple are the only original rnem-Undisputed Attitude is a brutal hers. ym thinking that the Z T ~ ~ ~blast of spd, negativity and crowd is in for a bpointmentnoise, with the exception of when the Specials amve at the"Gemini." Can't have a Slayer ~ ~ on J~~ 26, i who ~ ~ ~ d ~album without praising Satan. bows maybe theg sank it upHe'd call their souls home. If live. ~h~ specials will appear atharmony melody, hooks and the Horticulture Building onpositive thoughts are desiredJ~~~ 26.,don't listen. Go buy CannibalCorpse.The WallflowersLemmy Kravik Bringing Down The HorseInterscopeNow Interscope hasjumped on the bandwagon. TheThe Magnetic FieldsWallflowers are yet another hip-The House Of Tomorrow EP----- ie band. Isn't it interestr@oFeel Good All Over I--------see the term "hippie band" us*The disc is billed as five by ~journalists~ working forloop songs. All songs are pub- more respected papers when itlished And Loud. One was actually pioneered in thecan't help but hope the Magnetic pages of SLUG. Give thepick the tempo and Wallflowers credit; at least theyjump start the deal,after "Young have some credibilty due to oneAnd Insane." Forget that noise, it history as aain't going to happen. So it's hippie. This Dylan kid has someanother dedicationto David talent, to date he's demonstratedSLuC) 36Hey!!!!slug AND we'll 1$15 fora onyearst. h-200III

written in bloodThat night showeda lot about whatthisbandismadeI- [of. The new mater-hard music for a hard world., : is right on. The SONG will be out on June 4.-John Forgachte~hn~/~mi~ stuffis a little hokey inparts, but is still good. The demostuff shows these boys rockedeven in the formative years.Check it out.ShweybtThe &d ?hew released SHAD-OW0 back in April.swmember AdamGMman w& a member of theband Angkor WatBECOhES THE NORM.. AWAKE - 0 m e classic). ByAngkor U%&econd album (andlast), CORPUS CHRISTI, twooriginal members were out, leavingall duties to the remainingthree. Afkrc(3mscHRISTI,what remained of Angkor Wat(Danny Lohher and AdamGrossman), became Skrew. Theirfirst album incorporated manyoutside musicians, leaving therest to the two founding memberg.Danny and Adam havesince parted ways, leaving Adamat the helm. Skrew has been in astate of transition since thebeghihg, though it seemsAdam is striving for the stabilityof a solid lineup. The currentlineup features six members,most notably Bobby Gustafson(of Overkill fame) on guitar. Thesong writing seems more structuredand focused this timearound, while the band continueson with their fusion of industrialand metal. Skrew is currentlyon tour with Sacred Reich inEurope. They will be back in theU.S. in a month to do a secondU.S. tour. If it's up to Skrew, Iwouldn't hold my breath waitingfor them to play Salt Lake. Onlymyself and about ten other peo-ple bothered show up the lasttime they k e around.PERPrnAIrrationalPavementThe band Perp~tua, eventhough from Brazil, will for themost part escape the Sepulturacompariso ns... but let's do it anyway,it pisses people off.Lyrically, Perpetua writes aboutoppression, deception, ignorance,racism, fear, - huh, sounds likeSepultura to me. Actually, otherthan the lyrics, the comparisonsfall a little short. Perpetua is abit heavier and a little less technical(though the boys fromSepaltura are no technical madmenthemselves). There alsodoesn't seem to be the influenceof Brazilian m&c either.Overall, I like this band.MALEVOLENT CREATIONJoe BlackPavementMalevoletit Creation's, JOEBLACK, is a mixture of newermaterial, techno/remixes, olddemo stuff from 1990, and acover of Slayer's Rairung Blood.If for no other reason, I like thisband because of the last timethey played in Salt Lake. It wasabout a year ago that Malevolentcame here to $ay withForbidden. To make a long storyshort, the venue was changed atthe last minute, and ~a1e;olent'ended up playing in what, appeared to be someone'sgarage. Forbidden didn't show,,and the night was quite a fiasco,but Malevolent played anyway.CARCASSCCRCASS'SwansongEaracheWhat do you do when a giantfalls? .... You get out of the waydumb-ass! Or, in the case of theband Carcass, you check themout. That's right, we have lostanother great metal band.Unfortunately, this past yearwe've seen the demise of thethree greatest metal bands (in myopinion) of all time. Those threebeing Coroner, Death, and nowCarcass. Apparently, Carcasswas signed by Sony, recordedSWANSONG, and was thendropped because the recordingw&nt commercialenou gh... DUH. The band's namearcass ass. I just think thegeniuses at Sony could have figuredthat out that a little sooner.Anyway, I guess the band wasjust sick of getting screwed, sothey packed it in. Early recordingsof Carcass, such as SYM-PHONIES OF SICKNESS andREEK OF PUTREFACTION,were extremely raw. The lyricswere grotesque to say the least,most dealing with some bodypart liquidizing, eroding, collapsing,seeping, emulsifying, or just ,plain being smashed, stripped, orcrushed. Later recordings foundthe band abandoning the medicalterminology influence, and writingmore to fit the mainstream.The Utah Arts Festival. Ignore It and It Will Go Away1Along with the lyrics, the music Ibecame more refined. If you likeSWANSONG, I strongly urgeyou to get a hold of HEART-WORK by the band. SWANEDGE OF SANITYCrimsonBATHORYBlood On IceFLESHCRAWLBloodsoulNECROPHOBICSpaumed By EvilBlack Mark ProductionsI'm going to kill many a birdwith one stone on this review.Black Mark Productions scoursthe earth in search of the blackestof black metal. Here's their latestofferings. 1.Edge Of Sanity,. CRIMSON - Edge Of Sanity's(Sweden, I think), CRIMSON,has only one song. That songjust happens to be forty minuteslong. These guys are great. Themusic is surprisingly complex,alternating from clean guitar passagesto 110 mph, grindingassaults. 2.Bathory, BLOOD ONICE - Quorthon is one person inno need of an introduction inblack metal circles around theworld. Quorthon has unearthedtracks of his band Bathory, fromrecording sessions that tookplace around '88-39. BLOODON ICE, Quorthon's eleventhrelease, was out on May 28.3.Fleshaaw1, BLOODSOUL -Germany's Fleshcrawl releasedtheir third album, BLOODSOUL.The album was co-produced byPeter Tagtgren (Hipocrisy), whoalso appeared as a guest vocalistin spots. The final product isvery full sounding. This bandhas two brothers on guitar -Mike and Stefan Hanus (Imaginewhat these boys went throughgrowing up). 4.Nmphobic,SPAWNED BY EVIL - It says inthe bio that the main factorstanding in the way ofNecrophobic's success, is the factthat they just haven't recordedenough material over the years.So what do they do? They putout an album with only foursongs, three of which are covers.