Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!mit-eddie!gds From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: mod.music Subject: Love-Hounds Digest Message-ID: <783@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 07:45:05 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.783 Posted: Wed Dec 18 07:45:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Dec-85 00:30:18 EST Organization: MIT Lusers and Hosers Inc., Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 186 Approved: gds@mit-eddie.mit.edu Love-Hounds Digest Wednesday, December 18, 1985, 07:38 Today's Topics: SuiCiDAL (or should we sat - Rockstar?) tENDencieS Volcano Suns Kate Bush interviews in Musician and Rockpool An experiment Berkeley at xmas ... [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 9:03:59 EST From: Jim Hofmann Subject: SuiCiDAL (or should we sat - Rockstar?) tENDencieS They played here last night to a smaller than usual crowd. Suprising, as it was the only thing going on in town besides the taping of the "Christmas with Larry" show at the galaxy lounge (special guest: Dr. Ruthless). Many of the "cool", "in-the-know" upchuckpunks, said they were there for the opening band, I guess to save face, I dunno. I guess I should mention their name - Per Capita for journalistic sake or perhaps I should mention thier fun-filled stomping and trashing of 60's pop songs - "I'm a believer" among others as well as their slow, shredding rendition of "We are the World" - dedicated to our favorite performer, Lionel Richie (who was reportedly retaining water after hearing a tape of this version) ...... so, they ended their set and we waited for Suicidal Tendencies .... and waited ..... and waited ..... and waited .... meanwhile back at the ranch ..... and waited .... a roadie came out and tuned their guitars and the sound man played an AC/DC tape .... and waited .... and waited ... Finally the drummer and soon after the guitar and bass show up. I was expecting lead singer, Mike Muir to wait until everyone there lit up their lighters or started a cheer of stomping and trashing of such gems from the poppy 60's (I'm a Believer) "MIKE MIKE MIKE ..." but he spared us and ripped into a bunch of songs off the second, less superior, album. (Fashion note for hardcore singers from Mike Muir: A Suicidal Tendencies T-shirt ($8.00), a crew cut, a blue bandana tied just above your eyes, now sweat like a dog and hold your microphone like it is an organic chainsaw or at least a spastic machine gun.) The best songs of the night came off the first album - Subliminal, Suicidal Tendencies, I Saw Your Mommy .... the worst song of the night came off the first album - Institionalized. The youngest kids there were making fun of this one, kind of reminded me of the early crowd of hardcore types who made fun of Led Zep ("Oh pls be cool and don't kill me, Mr. Hardcore" said the pleading kid with a Dead Zep T-shirt) --- I wonder what music *they'll* be making in 2 or 3 years (perhaps everything will sound like the Church of the Subgenius???). Anyway, it wasn't the worst song because of this, it was muddy and after hearing it so many times, I felt it to boring. They should cut this song from their lineup ... though the psuedo-punks would probably blubber and cry or something. There was heavy slamming going on, not recommended to the weak of heart like a certain wimp from nrl-css. (go ahead post a volcano suns review - but I reserve the right to tear it down of the supermarket wall! - what's next???? - Picture Week??) .... Do I sound like a jaded punk? Oh, did I mention I wore a 3 piece suit to see how "open-minded" these punks really were? The worst name I got called was "dickhead." One or two people came up and congratulated me for looking the most different. I just love this punk style! "Skinhead guys turn me on ... c'mon slamdance" - Fred's Song (BEEFEATER) [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 11:20:35 est From: Tim Wicinski Subject: Volcano Suns VOLCANO SUNS/SKINNY PUPPY 9:30 CLUB 12/5/85 I showed up early for this show because I was hearing rumors that it planned to sell out. I was wrong. The crowd tonite was small, but still eager. I arrived in time to see the first band, Skinny Puppy. Hailing from British Columbia, this three member trio came onstage under a huge cloud of smoke. I thought this smoke nonsense went out with Kiss ?? Well, they consisted of two synth players and a singer, and all three had voice boxes for effects. Basically, they were awful. Trying to imitate Bauhaus, they failed miserably and were stuck in the "depression from a bottle of valium" mode. At one point the singer pretended to cut himself with a piece of glass and proceeded to have fake blood gushing out of his wrist while moaning "I'm dying, I'm dying...". At best they are a bad imitation of Bauhaus, at worst, well never mind. After a long break, mainly because Skinny Puppy had so much junk on stage they had to clear off, The Volcano Suns. I knew I was in for a treat when the guitarist walked onstage saying "Enough of this synthesizer crap, now its time for some real music." With Peter Prescott (ex -Mission of Burma) singing as well as drumming, this trio ripped through their set in about 40 minutes. After their second song, the guitarist stopped and said "Look, look, I cut myself on my guitar pick ! oh I'm dying I'm dying... look at the blood..." and other cracks at the first band. They had their set cut short due to the first band taking so long, but still had enough time to go through most of their songs from \fIBright Orange Years\fR and still play an encore, a "burma-esque" version of "1999". What an ending indeed. [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 18:03:17 est From: nessus (Doug Alan) Subject: Kate Bush interviews in Musician and Rockpool Kate Bush is the cover story of the 6 Dec 85 issue of Rockpool and there is an interesting interview with her. I hear that there is also a big interview with Kate and Paddy in the January (?) issue of Musician, but I haven't seen it yet cuz it hasn't appeared on the stands around here. "Watching storms Start to form Over America" Doug [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 18:44:30 est From: nessus (Doug Alan) Subject: An experiment Just as an experiment, I'm going to be sending Love-Hounds digest to mod.music and see what happens. If bad things happen, I'll stop. -Doug [][][][][][][][][][] Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 21:34:16 PST From: Jordan Hayes Subject: Berkeley at xmas ... From: hsut@purdue-ecn.ARPA (Tsun-Yuk Hsu) I'll be in Berkeley and the Bay Area from about Dec 18 to Jan 6. Are there any concerts I absolutely HAVE to see? What cool places are there to hit? Fishbone will be there on the 27th or the 28th ... see them for sure. There aren't really many "cool" places in Berkeley. It's a shame, but that's how it goes. /jordan [][][][][][][][][][] From: umcp-cs!aplcen!uucp@seismo.CSS.GOV Return-Path: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 85 02:17:31 EST >From ins_aset@jhunix Tue Dec 10 17:52:57 1985 remote from jhunix Date: Tue, 10 Dec 85 17:52:46 EST From: Susanne E Trowbridge To: love-hounds%mit-eddie.arpa@seismo.UUCP Hi again...I was just looking through my mail file and I noticed that the reference to DJ Ennis (i.e. Anus) was in a personal note from Jim, not in love-hounds. Suffice to say that he and I are rival music directors at the only two new music college stations in Baltimore, so we'll probably never be the best of buddies...Hope that clears up the confusion. Is anyone out there familiar with poet Anne Clark? She has found a good way to prevent her words from lingering in obscurity - she recites them over very neat electronic music by John Foxx, David Harrow, and others. She's quite prolific - I just bought her new album, the name eludes me at the moment though. I think she's Australian. I listened to the Jesus & Mary Chain album this morning - it's sort of headache-inducing and the songs all run together after a while, but for some reason I like it. Of course, I also liked "Welcome to the Pleasure- dome" when it was first released. Entertainment through pain... -Sue [][][][][][][][][][] -- It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, allegra, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds gds@mit-eddie.mit.edu