==== ISSUE 75 ==== CONSUMABLE ======== [May 1, 1996] Editor: Bob Gajarsky Internet: gajarsky@email.njin.net Sr. Correspondents: Jeremy Ashcroft, Martin Bate, Dan Enright, Tim Kennedy, Reto Koradi, David Landgren, Sean Eric McGill, Tim Mohr, Jamie Roberts, Joe Silva, John Walker Correspondents: Dan Birchall, Lee Graham Bridges, Scott Byron, Joe D'Angelo, Eric Hsu, Tim Hulsizer, Stephen Jackson, Daniel Kane, Mario Lia, P. Nina Ramos, Linda Scott, Ali Sinclair, Jon Steltenpohl, Courtney Muir Wallner Technical Staff: Chris Candreva, Dave Pirmann, Damir Tiljak, Jason Williams Also Contributing: Lynna Prue Howard Address all comments, subscriptions, etc. to gajarsky@email.njin.net ================================================================== All articles in Consumable remain (C) copyright their author(s). Permission for re-publication in any form must be obtained from the editor. ================================================================== .------------. | Contents | `------------' REVIEW: Cast, _Change_ - Bob Gajarsky REVIEW: Doug Powell, _Ballad of the Tin Men_ - Stephen Jackson REVIEW: Amanda Marshall, _Amanda Marshall_ - Bob Gajarsky REVIEW: The Chemical Brothers, _Loops of Fury_ EP - Lee Graham Bridges REVIEW: Don Lewis Band, _Miles To Go_ - Bob Gajarsky REVIEW: Jackyl, Night of the Living Dead - Sean Eric McGill REVIEW: Rollerskate Skinny, _Horsedrawn Wishes_ - Jon Steltenpohl REVIEW: Too Much Joy, _...Finally_ - Tim Hulsizer REVIEW: My Dying Bride, _The Angel and the Dark River_ - Lynna Prue Howard REVIEW: Poppyseed, _Blue Daze_ - Reto Koradi EUROPEAN SINGLE REVIEWS: Drugstore, Powder - Tim Mohr NEWS: CD Universe, Lush, Macintosh New York Music Festival, Mercury Records, MSO, PM Dawn/White Zombie, Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonicnet Chat/Action Ready Singles, Vinyl Devotion TOUR DATES: Ammonia / Skunk Anansie, Bad Religion / Unwritten Law / Dance Hall Crashers, Bloodhound Gang, Blue Mountain, Cordelia's Dad, Curdlefur, Dada, Download / Lydia Lunch / King Black Acid / Difference Engine, Far, 50 Feet Tall, Goldfinger, Grover, Arlo & Abe Guthrie Half Hour To Go, Inch/No Knife/Chune, Howard Jones, Killing Joke, Ottmar Liebert, Life of Agony, Limblifter / Stanford Prison Experiment / Local H, Liquor Bike, Modern English / 3 Day Wheely Alanis Morissette, Nada Surf, Nature/Acumen, Nields, No Doubt, O-Matic, Anders Osborne, Ozzy Osbourne / Type O Negative / Sepultura, Ruby, Semisonic / Verve Pipe, Shelter, Smashing Pumpkins, Stanford Prison Experiment, Tears For Fears / Amanda Marshall, V3, Velour, Vitapup, Wasted Time, Weston THE READERS WRITE BACK! Back Issues of Consumable --- REVIEW: Cast, _Change_ (A&M) - Bob Gajarsky Back in 1990, the British group the La's had an alternative rock smash with "There She Goes". Their self-titled debut garnered critical praise, but was immediately trashed by their meticulous lead vocalist, Lee Mavers. While Mavers continues on his Brian Wilson-like quest for the perfect music album, bassist John Power has gotten over the La's and recorded a nearly perfect British pop album as vocalist for Cast, _All Change_. Nearly six months after its release in their native England, Cast's debut finally has hit American shores - and it's not a minute too soon. The first song, "Alright", is one of the year's classic singles, and if there's any justice in the world, *that* will be the song that everyone sings this summer. For people who might remember the Supreme Love Gods several years back, Cast's "Sandstorm" truly sounds like the SLG "Souled Out"; both tracks clearly take their inspiration from the Beatles "I Am The Walrus" in a world which meets the 60's British pop. Merseybeat makes a grand entrance throughout _All Change_, especially on "Fine Time" (not the New Order song). And, even while bowing to the British pop of the 60's, traces of Joy Division (on "Reflections") and U2's wah-wah guitar ("History") can be heard throughout. Are they Herman's Hermits with the alternative twist for the 90's? Or is it the Who, the Kinks, or Small Faces? It doesn't really matter; by now, it has become painfully clear that John Power was the hidden gem from the La's who, with _All Change_, has recorded the masterpiece Lee Mavers was looking for. Fans of British pop will take to this like a child takes to chocolates - and keep coming back for more. --- REVIEW: Doug Powell, _Ballad of the Tin Men_ (Mercury) - Stephen Jackson If you're one of those people who tune in to classic rock radio and get a warm, fuzzy feeling from the rock anthems of Styx or the sound of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," then Doug Powell's debut CD, _Ballad of the Tin Men_ is perfect for you. Powell's assortment of engaging lyrics, melodic hooks and lush vocal harmony are a throwback to the days when pop music became synonymous with fully fleshed-out songs and big production numbers. It's no secret that Powell's cultural roots lie in the music of the late '60s and '70s-- a mixture of Todd Rundgren with Styx, Queen, Elton John, and a healthy dose of the Beatles, along with social commentary by Ray Davies, stirred vigorously and voila-- Doug Powell straight up. There's nothing new or cutting edge about this album. It resonates as a homage to pop music of an earlier time, when the buying public still hungered after well-crafted songs over big hair and posturing. But the band whose style most often comes to mind is Jellyfish, who owes its layered harmony to the baroque excess of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." For me, listening to Doug Powell is like going back into the past to get to the future. As punk brought rock out of the arena back into the bars and dives of its youth, Powell's lyrical integrity brings the song back to rock. He's a man out of step with his time, but he knows the boundaries of his craft. He seems to have bypassed completely the spandex dance scene of the '80s, along with the postmodern angst driven fervor of today's angry young man. What remains are the essential ingredients of good pop songs, driven by an intelligence which demands longer attention spans than Metallica or Madonna are likely to possess. Avoiding cliches and fads with equal abandon, Doug Powell is a man whose vision of the possible remains securely anchored in the present - as he sings on the track "My Goodbyes", "I have tried to live the lies of tomorrow / Now I just try to be faithful to today." Although his best songs - "Return to Sender," "It's Not the Weather," "My Sweet Revolver," and "My Goodbyes," - look more often to where we have been than to where we are going, one finds, after much struggle and heartache, a faint hope for the future, whose dim light is found in the bad memories and old flames that never quite die out... For Doug Powell, the only possible illumination comes from the light of experience and the truth of a good song. --- REVIEW: Amanda Marshall, _Amanda Marshall_ (Epic) - Bob Gajarsky Several years ago, there wouldn't have been a place for an Amanda Marshall in the pages of a 'zine such as Consumable. The top 40 market would have absorbed her whole and spat her back out to the public. However, with "top 40" becoming a retirement home for the crossover R&B music, a whole new genre of music developed - adult alternative. And that's where Marshall's eponymously titled debut perfectly fits. This 23 year old Canadian singer has already wowed audiences when opening for Jeff Healey and Tom Cochrane and is currently opening for Tears for Fears. Imagine Amy Grant completely losing her Christian roots and gaining just a touch of rock and soul along the way, a la Melissa Etheridge, and you'll have a good idea of how Amanda Marshall sounds. The first single, "Birmingham", is already garnering huge radio requests; this reviewer suspects that "Fall From Grace" and "Let It Rain", with their similar bluesy/adult alternative sound, will follow a similar course. A powerful backup group, including music veterans such as Kenny Aronoff and T-Bone Wolk, perfectly let Marshall's voice carry the album. Her raspy, soulful voice is clearly the most valuable instrument in the repertoire, and Ms. Marshall utilizes it to its fullest. The only critical complaint with _Amanda Marshall_ is the songwriting; Marshall only wrote or co-wrote three of the songs, and the others sometimes fall short of providing the vehicle to launch Amanda into superstardom. The songs are *good* - but only because of the woman singing them; subsequent followups should bring in a bevy of talented songwriters wishing to be associated with Marshall. _Amanda Marshall_ is indeed a strong debut for a talented vocalist. --- REVIEW: The Chemical Brothers, _Loops of Fury_ EP (Astralwerks) - Lee Graham Bridges This four-song offering by the Chemical Brothers (formerly the Dust Brothers from Manchester) precedes their sequel to last year's _Exit Planet Dust_, and while some fans may be interested, those unfamiliar with the band would be better off starting with _Exit_. _Loops of Fury_ contains some funky, danceable beats laced with occasional waves of acid techno. Since that describes the basic sound, it seems that this EP was designed more for club mixing or DJ'ing rather than in-home use. And quite a club record it is. The most interesting track is "Get Up On It Like This," although it starts out awkwardly and is hard to follow through to the end. The Dave Clarke remix of "Chemical Beats" is the most fun and easiest to groove to, worth buying the record for. The title track is very enjoyable, but probably the least likely to be played in a club, making it one of the few songs that does not appear to the non-clubber as background music. Unfortunately, "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up" could easily lose most listeners' interest in the first minute. There are too many techno cliches in the current scene that have somehow survived from the very stone age of techno and dance music. What makes the Chemical Brothers so unique is their real-world sensibility, and their ability to break down such boring traditions--the same things that make them true leaders of the new techno beat. --- REVIEW: Don Lewis Band, _Miles To Go_ (Detonator) - Bob Gajarsky Named after the lead vocalist, The Don Lewis Band's _Miles To Go_ is straight ahead, good-time rock and roll. Four guitarists and one drummer - there's no mistaking what this group does. It's the rock that's perfect for the summer, and all year round. "All I Need (Forever Mine)", the album's leadoff track, is a perfect candidate for single release with its catchy melody and its radio-friendly refrain. Hoyt Axton's "Never Been To Spain" echoes reminiscent to slower Bon Jovi ("Wanted Dead or Alive"), and the band also covers Patty Smyth's "All I Want". And, just as good rockers do, Lewis includes an irresistible ballad, "Somebody Please", which helps make this collection complete. At a recent New York City performance, the group showed they've got the mettle necessary to take their debut effort on the road. With a tightness uncommon in most acts, the five man unit showed they sure know how to rock and roll. Some could compare the group to early Springsteen without the horns section. Don Lewis' vocals himself turned periodically towards traces of Bryan Adams and Don Henley...or was that Jon Bon Jovi with a refined voice? I don't know, but if this was the mid 1980's, they'd be a perfect candidate to fit into the "Jersey Shore" sound. Roll the windows down and crank up the volume - rock and roll is back, and the Don Lewis Band are the men responsible. --- REVIEW: Jackyl, Night of the Living Dead (Mayhem Records) - Sean Eric McGill In the early days of rock 'n roll, Fats Domino lost his thrill on Blueberry Hill and we were all invited to play with Chuck Berry's "Ding-A-Ling". And for the most part, rock 'n roll has always been somewhat attached to the concept of fun, be it from women, alcohol, etc. But in the past decade or so, rock music hasn't been about fun as much as it has been about anger, rage, angst, and about one hundred other adjectives that mean roughly the same thing: bitching. Sometime after Michael Stipe sent one out to the one he loved and the one he left behind, hordes of musicians have used their music to express their own inner hatred towards a variety of subjects. Not that this is bad, mind you - music has always been about giving a voice to what's in your heart - it's just not all that much fun. Which brings us to the case of Jackyl. Their 1992 self-titled debut sold over a million copies worldwide on the strength of four hit singles and vocalist Jesse James Dupree's affection for power tools (the lead-off single for the album _The Lumberjack_ featured what is probably still the only known recording of a chain saw solo). But their follow-up, 1994's _When Push Comes to Shove_, barely sold well enough to even chart, and Jackyl found themselves in the unique position of being a second-album dinosaur. It seemed that in the new world of rock music, there wasn't room for a band that built every single song around the concepts of getting drunk, women, getting drunk with women, getting drunk and being without women, penis size, etc. But, undaunted, Jackyl switched labels and released the one thing that will always be a constant in the loud rock genre - a live album. _Night of the Living Dead_ is that live album - and it's a live album in every meaning of the word. The sound is as raw as their live show, with no overdubs whatsoever. Recorded on New Year's Eve in Dallas, Texas, Dupree plays his audience like a instrument in and of itself - getting the screams and howls of the crowd when he wants them and using them to full effect Nobody pulls off a flawless live show, and _Night of the Living Dead_ is a testament to that - guitar parts that are mixed too low, vocals that fade with Dupree's movements, and other such gaffs are fairly commonplace on the album. And while songs like "Redneck Punk" and "Mental Masturbation" (featured on the _The Beavis and Butthead Experience_ compilation album) hold up well in their live translations, other songs like "Rock-A-Ho" and "The Lumberjack" don't do so well. But despite their occasional failings, Jackyl is a tight unit live, and it shows. Dupree, along with guitarists Jimmy Stiff and Jeff Worley, bassist Tom Bettini and drummer Chris Worley give the audience a damn good show for their money and you can hear the appreciation from the crowd. Jackyl isn't concerned with the environment, or politics, or social issues of any type - they just want to have a party, and that's fine with me. Dupree has called Jackyl rock music's "turd in the punch bowl" - and he's got a point. Too much of rock music today requires you to think as much as you possibly can in the space of a four to five minute song. But all things come in cycles, and even if it means that we have to return to the "big hair rock" days of the eighties, the time for this music will come again. I only hope Jackyl will still be having their party - cuz they throw a helluva good one. --- REVIEW: Rollerskate Skinny, _Horsedrawn Wishes_ (Warner) - Jon Steltenpohl With the glut of polished "pop" alternative bands on the market, it's nice to hear a band that strides past the normal boundaries. Rollerskate Skinny is definitely a band that is wiggling its toes past the radio friendly limits. Fans of Lush who are bemoaning the "loss" of the band to commercial forces might find that _Horsedrawn Wishes_ renews their faith in the major labels. Rollerskate Skinny fills their songs to brim with shimmering guitars, subdued vocals, and a beat that isn't in such a hurry to get wherever it's going. The first track, "Swingboat Yawning", is reminiscent of the whole "shoe gazer" genre that Lush typified in the early 90's, and it sets the tone for the entire album. When they veer away from the "shoe gazer" sound, the band strikes of Love and Rockets in the way they experiment in the studio. Instead of just recording a song and mixing the levels in right, Rollerskate Skinny pokes and twists the basic tunes to a new musical plane. There isn't an instrument or voice which hasn't been echoed, distorted, or tweaked. In "Man Under Glass" and "Shimmer Son like a Star," alien whistles flutter peacefully underneath a thick layer of buzzing guitars. The ethereal vocals and acoustic guitars of "All Morning Break" are a welcome change from the full sound of the rest of the album and is the type of song which could have been an outtake from Love and Rocket's classic _Earth Sun Moon_ album. Other songs continue the studio exploration. "One Thousand Couples" reminds one of a Beatles psychedelica song, and "Thirsty European" even has hints of The Doors with a modern twist. "Bell jars away" is a faint throwback to the type of music Peter Gabriel made in the late seventies. It's a tender song softened with synthesized flute and punctuated with triangle chimes. The mood rises until it blooms near the end of the song in an impassioned display of layered vocal phrases. Lyrics like "I have thrown myself into your warm hold where you bless away the shivering" and "I'm weak with the rush of the chance I've taken" help make the song the silent gem on _Horsedrawn Wishes_. Rollerskate Skinny definitely has an audience out there, and you know who you are. This is an excellent album that reveals something new on every repeat listen. Unfortunately, a new band like Rollerskate Skinny will have a tough time nudging it's way onto the radio. But, with the recent airplay of new songs by Lush and Love and Rockets, they might have a chance. WWW users can check out _Horsedrawn Wishes_ by pointing your browser to the Rollerskate Skinny site at http://www.rollerskateskinny.ie (click on "current release" icon). --- REVIEW: Too Much Joy, _...Finally_ - (Discovery) - Tim Hulsizer A few years back, Too Much Joy released their fourth album _Mutiny_ , which was unfortunately largely ignored. Our heroes proceeded to chill out for awhile, playing live only minimally at best as they worked on songwriting and drinking beer. Cool. Enter Discovery Records last year and a beautiful partnership was formed. Now the TMJ boys have a new contract, a new album, and they're touring like weasels on speed. This is a good thing. The new album is everything the old stuff was and more. The first thing I worried about was the band losing their sense of humor, but upon seeing the album artwork, a young couple naked in bed after sex simultaneously thinking _...Finally_ , I knew they were still in peak form. Inside you get the usual great booklet full of silly comments from the band, fun artwork, and clever lyrics. The band is listed not only by the instruments they play, but by the reviews they've received in various music magazines. As for William Wittman ("as yet unreviewed bass and singing") let me go on record right now as saying the man can power his way through a bassline better than most, and his falsetto puts Tiny Tim to shame. Which brings me to the music itself. The band is rocking harder than ever, but with the same great sense of melody and fun they've always shown. On the opening track, "You Will", they comment on those AT&T commercials where Tom Selleck tells us about what we'll get to do in the future: "Have you been faxed at the beach? / You Will-and you will not be scared / Have you felt our awesome reach? / You Will-and you will not be scared.../ Have you worshipped at our feet? / You Will..." The whole album is great fun to hum and sing along with, and the lyrics cover everything from love to confusion about the world in general. I can't stress just how fun this album is; to understand one must experience it for themselves. Fast-paced, interesting, and well worth your cash. Let's hope the general public gets exposed to Too Much Joy this time around. The only unfortunate thing is that their previous albums are now out of print, a problem which will hopefully be solved in the near future. For the time being, get _...Finally_ , fall in love with it, and then search those used CD shops near you. Over and out. --- REVIEW: My Dying Bride, _The Angel and the Dark River_ (Fierce) - Lynna Prue Howard The hype that came to this reviewer with _The Angel and the Dark River_, the latest recording from goth daemons My Dying Bride, characterizes Aaron as "the band's carefree vocalist." Here are some of the carefree lyrics to which Aaron gives voice: "I will make them all lie down / Down where hope lies dying / With lust, you're kicking mankind to death / We live and die without hope..." I guess it's a matter of interpretation. Throughout this album, the band strums epic sturm and drang, whipping up a Wagnerish and cinematic mix of storytelling and a muscular blur of guitar-laden noise. It could be good, but it's a little short. Lacking the dynamic range of ancestors like Sisters of Mercy, and the lyrical facility of the likes of Metallica, My Dying Bride fall back on their one strong point, endurance. In a few shining moments, the explosion of sound works. Aaron sings "This terrible journey, oh, that no-one knows" against a backdrop of tortured guitars and, for a moment, the band wrings a little more pathos from the sound -- taking us into their angst. In "Your Shameful Heaven" some primitive, but effective violin coaxes meaning from each note. The plaintive violin is subjected to a predictable, brutal assault by the other instruments, but while it struggles to survive the onslaught, the violin becomes an instrumental metaphor for the lyrics. On drums, Rick seems to rouse armies of the dead and set them to war again. The war is for a single soul and all the soldiers are the tortured and divided personalities of a single man. A storm, if not present, is always on the horizon. Sometimes this is good, but other times the repetition comes close to boredom. Best recommended for the goth/metal fan, who wants to angst in a bash 'em, slash 'em world. --- REVIEW: Poppyseed, _Blue Daze_ (C & S) - Reto Koradi Close your eyes and imagine walking through a mysterious landscape. It's foggy, almost dark, and raining. That's the atmosphere for listening to the debut album of the New York City band Poppyseed. It's not music for a Saturday night (unless you hold your parties in a cave and dress all black), but perfect if you get into a psychedelic mood on Sunday morning. The atmospheric and dreamy soundscapes that Poppyseed create could be compared to the Red House Painters, with a dose of industrial sounds in a NIN style. The tracks are long, and partly flow along carried mainly by very nice guitar sounds. Other parts feature restless, expressive vocals and interesting percussion rhythms. Apart from "In My Heart", which borrows the basic pattern of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side", the songs are well written, and show a band with a clear and quite unique concept. Poppyseed is not a bad name for this new band, there's definitely a poppy seed in the more melodic parts of _Blue Daze_. What's growing out of this seed is absolutely worth listening to: an expressive (and impressive) album that creates an almost spiritual atmosphere. --- REVIEW: Drugstore, "Injection" single (Go!Discs Europe) - Tim Mohr A choppy riff similar to REM's cover of Wire's "Strange" opens the new Drugstore single, which then splays into that murky Drugstore sound. Lyrically, "Injection" continues the themes explored on their debut album. Isabel Monteiro laments her naive illusions of well-being: "Once upon a time I was so small, I had a silver plane and it looke so perfect from a distance - but all the walls were closing in and I was living in between..." Reflecting on her misconceptions, she tries without succes to convince herself and the listener that "It was perfect for a day." The B-sides are equally engaging. "Heart of Honey" is a noisy, fast, bittersweet ballad that would not be out of place on a Jesus & Mary Chain album. The cd also includes a cover of the Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly," a song that is particularly well-suited to Drugstore's strengths. The band is joined by members of the Flaming Lips for this rendition. Finally, Terry Edwards successfully remakes "Gravity," from the album, as a string quartet. --- REVIEW: Powder, "Deep-Fried" single (Parkway Europe) - Tim Mohr Joining the swelling ranks of Britpop bands fronted by women (Elastica, Sleeper, Echobelly, to name a few), Powder seem finally to have found an identity that distinguishes them from the rest of the field. On their previous single, "Afrodisiac," Powder came across very similar to Elastica, except that the Powder single, at nearly four minutes, was twice as long as most of Elastica's. A barely audible organ added to the searing guitars, and Powder's unidentified female singer was both more breathy and huskier than Justine Elastica or Louise Sleeper. The B-sides were equally well put together, with "Shave Me" particularly worthy of attention. The careening bass on "Fever" and the relentless guitars on all three tracks showed Powder to be very professional, but the work, while very catchy, failed to expand much on the Britpop canon. The latest single, however, sees Powder carving out a unique niche. "Deep-Fried" is introduced with a tense string part, starts with a jarring guitar riff, and then the band kicks into a quick song that nods to Joan Jett's early albums of no-nonsense rock. Powder's vocalist sounds very similar to Jett on this track, belting out her lyrics in an unrestrained growl. This can no longer be confused with other current bands, and the confidence evident on the single may signal that Powder themselves have realized this. A further sign of independence comes with the B-sides: a dub- influenced cover of the Rolling Stones' obscurity "Memo From Turner" and an acoustic ballad, "Sold Out," that seems to equate consumerism with drug addiction. Since the Stones are not well regarded in the Britpop movement, which reveres the poppier and less blues- and American-influenced groups from the 60s over the Stones, and since the virtually unknown song has little commercial potential (when Oasis or Gene cover the Beatles they make their singles more attractive), Powder displays a newly-found disregard for the scene around them. Unfortunate, however, that in opting to concentrate on the fuzz bass of the Stones' version for a dubby effect, they jettison the slide guitar of the original. --- NEWS: > Joining the CD sales world on the web is CD Universe, another site with (according to their claims) 180,000 discs and cassettes available for purchase on-line. Their WWW address is: http://www.cduniverse.com > All these people who are so disappointed with the Lush album should check out some of the European single b-sides - particularly "Tinkerbell" from the first CD (of 2) of "Single Girl." It sounds like the old classics and throws in a wooden flute (ala Troggs' "Wild Thing") just for good measure. - Tim Mohr > The upcoming "Global Internet Gathering, featuring the Macintosh New York Music Festival" will showcase live music from around the world at more than 30 events (including 15 New York City clubs) as well as live audio, video and chat streams. Musicians can post performance information and users can chat with artists at the fest or find out upcoming performance dates. The festival is July 14-20; the Web page for it is at http://www.thegig.com > Mercury Records can be found on the World Wide Web; their site is at: http://www.mercuryrecords.com/mercury > The public relations offices of MSO (Mitch Schneider Organization) has recently jumped online and is on the web at http://www.msopr.com > P.M. Dawn will remix "Blood, Milk & Sky", a track from the forthcoming album by White Zombie containing remixed versions of songs from _Astro Creep: 2000 Songs of Love, Destruction_. > The Sex Pistols may be playing on several continents this summer, but don't look for a stop in Greece. Greek promoter Niko Sachpasidis passed on booking the group because "the music and audience the band associates to (sic) is the punk audience and they are the ones that will cause problems to the extent of riots." Mr. Sachpasidis went on to explain, "We have been very careful over the years with bands that we promote and with the precautions we take, we have succeeded in establishing high standards. I do not want, therefore, for the sake of one band to risk ruining the live industry in Greece, as it will take a long time for the concert goers to regain their faith in live shows. For this reason, I personally ask that you do not offer this show to any other promoter in Greece, as I do not believe that anyone will be able to foresee or prevent any major problems which shall be inevitable." > The Smashing Pumpkins will be broadcasting their May 11 concert in Dublin, Ireland live across the Internet, as well as conducting a live chat that same night. In addition, a contest will be held, with the lucky winner being flown to a Smashing Pumpkins concert and to meet the band. For further information, check out IMusic at http:/www.imusic.com and Virgin (U.K.) Records site at http://www.vmg.co.uk > Chats on Sonicnet (http://www.sonicnet.com/sonicore/chat) in the near future include: May 1, Don Fleming of Gumball, 7:30 pm and May 2, Afrika Bambaata, 7:00 pm. > Sonicnet's Action Ready Singles, Volume 4 has been put on the Web at http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ars4 It contains upcoming tracks from Bob Mould, Kelly Deal and New Kingdom as well as tracks from The Butthole Surfers and Cracker that will be unavailable in America, plus more. > The San Francisco band Vinyl Devotion has gotten its own Web page, located at: http://www.interbridge.com/vinyl/vinyl.html --- TOUR DATES Ammonia / Skunk Anansie May 1 Detroit, MI St. Andrews May 4 Nashville, TN Riverfront Park May 5 Boston, MA Paradise May 9 Portchester, NY 7 Willow Street May 10 Washington, DC 930 Club May 14 Providence, RI Babyhead May 15 New York, NY Wetlands Bad Religion / Unwritten Law / Dance Hall Crashers May 3 Portland, OR La Luna May 4 Vancouver, BC Plaza of Nations May 6 Davis, CA Freeborn Hall May 8 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre May 9 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic May 10 Fresno, CA Wilson Theater May 11 San Bernardino, CA Citrus Pavillion May 12 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre May 14-15 San Diego, CA Soma Bloodhound Gang May 5 Augusta, GA The Capri Cinema May 6 Columbia, SC Rockefeller's May 7 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club May 8 Chapel Hill, NC Cat's Cradle May 10 Atlanta, GA BLT May 11 Jacksonville, FL Moto Lounge May 12 Pensacola, FL Sluggo's May 14 Dallas, TX The Galaxy Club May 15 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's Blue Mountain May 4 Memphis, TN Beale St. Music Fest Cordelia's Dad May 3 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Curdlefur May 3 New York, NY CBGB Dada May 1 Norfolk, VA Town Point Park May 3 Philadelphia, PA Middle East May 4 Washington, DC Bayou May 5 New Haven, CT Toads Place May 7 Boston, MA Mama Kin May 9 New York City, NY Mercury Lounge May 10 Long Branch, NJ Metro May 11 Providence, RI Lupo's May 13 Ann Arbor, MI Rick's May 14 Chicago, IL Park West Download / Lydia Lunch / King Black Acid / Difference Engine May 4 Vancouver, BC Penthouse Far May 3 Brockport, NY SUNY Conservation Club May 5 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony May 6 New Haven, CT Toad's Place May 7 Portland, ME Bad Habbit's Live May 8 Boston, MA Axis May 9 Providence, RI Strand May 10 Springfield, MA McKars 50 Feet Tall May 6 New York, NY Continental Goldfinger May 1 Rochester, NY Water Street May 3 New York, NY Tramps (w/Lunachicks) May 4 Asbury Park, NJ Metro May 5 College Park, MD Univ. of MD May 7 Richmond, VA Twisters May 9 Augusta, GA Capri Cinema May 10 Jacksonville, FL Milk Bar Grover May 8 Tampa, FL The Rub May 12 Ft. Myers, FL Pyramids May 14 Raleigh, NC The Grove May 15 Fayetteville, NC Flaming Mug Arlo & Abe Guthrie May 8 Alexandria, VA Birchmere May 9 New York, NY Alice Tully Hall May 10 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre Half Hour To Go May 1 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 May 2 Asheville, NC 31 Patton May 6 Orlando, FL Sapphire Supper Club May 7 Jacksonville, FL Spike's Dog House May 8 Montgomery, AL Head on the Door May 9 Tallahassee, FL Waterworks May 12 San Antonio, TX DMZ May 15 Houston, TX Urban Art Bar Inch/No Knife/Chune tour May 1 Dallas, TX Galaxy May 4 St. Louis, MO Side Door May 5 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck May 6 Omaha, NE Cog Factory May 8 Denver, CO Bug Theatre May 9 Salt Lake City, UT Bar & Grill May 10 Boise, ID Neurolux May 11 Seattle, WA Moe May 12 Portland, OR Satyricon May 13 Chico, CA Juanita's May 14 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill Howard Jones May 1 Austin, TX Cactus Cafe May 2 Dallas, TX Arcadia May 3 Memphis, TN Beale St. Festival May 5 Atlanta, GA Midtown Music Festival May 7 Asheville, NC Be Here Now May 8 Raleigh, NC Newbar May 9 Pittsburgh, PA Rosebud May 10 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace May 11 Ottawa, ON Barrymore Theatre May 12 Montreal, QC Club Soda May 14 Burlington, VT Club Metronome Killing Joke May 5 Florence Auditorium May 6 Milan Rainbow May 7 Geneva L'usine May 8 Bulle Ebulittion May 9 Munich Charterhouse May 10 Vienna Szene Wien May 12 Frankfurt Batschkapp May 13 Nurnberg Hirsch May 14 Berlin Huxley's May 15 Cologne Live Music Hall Ottmar Liebert May 1 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theatre Life of Agony May 1 Lubbock, TX Depot May 2 Houston, TX Millenium May 3 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Live May 4 Wichita, KS Rock Island May 7 Shreveport, LA Malibu Beach Club May 8 St. Louis, MO Mississippi Nights May 9 Nashville, TN 328 Performance Hall May 10 Raleigh, NC Players May 11 Johnson City, TN Nightmoves May 14 Wilmington, NC Mad Monk May 15 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's Limblifter / Stanford Prison Experiment / Local H May 7 Boston, MA Axis May 8 Providence, RI Lupos May 9 New York, NY Tramps May 10 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony May 11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero May 14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club May 15 Pittsburgh, PA Metropol Liquor Bike May 1 Huntsville, AL Planet Rock May 2 St. Louis, MO Cicero's May 3 Toledo, OH Whit's End May 4 Newport, KY Southgate House May 5 Cleveland, OH Euclid Tavern May 6 Kalamazoo, MI Club Soda May 7 Columbia, MO Down Under May 8 Madison, WI O'Cayz May 9 Milwaukee, WI Unicorn May 10 Omaha, NE Cog Factory May 11 Des Moines, IA Safari May 13 Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium May 15 Salt Lake City, UT Cinema Bar Modern English / 3 Day Wheely May 1 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts May 3 New York, NY Irving Plaza May 4 Providence, RI Lupo's May 5 Boston, MA Mama Kin May 7 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre Alanis Morissette May 31 Portland, OR Rose Garden Jun. 1 George/Seattle, WA The Gorge Jun. 3 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center Jun. 5 Denver, CO Red Rocks Jun. 7-8 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre Jun. 9 Sacramento, CA Cal Expo Nada Surf May 1 New York, NY Brownie's Nature/Acumen May 2 Atlanta, GA Masquerade May 3 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall May 4 Fayetteville, NC Neo May 5 Norfolk, VA The Baitshack May 7 Springfield, VA Jaxx May 8 Pittsburgh, PA Cloud 9 May 9 Philadelphia, PA Dancing Ferret May 10 New York, NY Coney Island High May 11 Long Island, NY Nostradamus May 12 Portland, MA Bad Habits May 14 Albany, NY Qe2 May 15 Grand Rapids, MI Reptile House Nields May 3 Geneva, NY Smith College Folk Fest May 3 Syracuse, NY Onandaga College May 4 Albany, NY Eighth Step May 5 Amherst, MA Amherst College May 9 Camden, ME Camden Opera House May 10 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre May 11 Alexandria, VA Birchmere No Doubt May 1 Boise, ID BSU Pavillion May 2 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center May 4-5 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre May 15 Hollywood, CA Palladium O-Matic May 10 Chicago, IL Fireside Bowl May 11 Toledo, OH Whit's End Anders Osborne May 1 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's May 3 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's / also Jazz & Heritage Festival May 5 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown Festival Ozzy Osbourne / Type O Negative / Sepultura May 1 Lubbock, TX Lubbock Coliseum May 3 Corpus Christi, TX Sky Park May 4 Austin, TX South Park Meadows May 5 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live May 7 Shreveport, LA Hirsch Memorial Center May 8 Jackson, MS Coliseum May 10 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre May 11 Biloxi, MS Gulf Coast Coliseum May 14 Charlotte, NC Blockbuster Pavillion Ruby May 1 Raleigh, NC The Brewery May 3 Atlanta, GA Cotton Club Semisonic / Verve Pipe May 1 San Francisco, CA Slims May 3 Portland, OR Barbati's Pan May 4 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe May 5 Vancouver, BC Town Pump May 9 Boulder, CO Fox Theater May 10 Denver, CO Bluebird theater Shelter May 1 Providence, RI Babyhead May 2 Boston, MA Axis May 3 New Haven, CT Toad's Place May 4 New York, NY Irving Plaza May 5 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony May 7 Pittsburgh, PA Grafitti May 8 Philadelphia, PA Troacdero May 9 Washington, DC Capital Ballroom May 10 Richmond, VA Twisters May 13 Detroit, MI Shelter Smashing Pumpkins Jul. 9 Washington, DC US Air Arena Jul. 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Jul. 14 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena Aug. 17 San Francisco, CA Cow Palace Aug. 18 San Jose, CA Shark Tank Aug. 21 Los Angeles, CA Forum Stanford Prison Experiment May 2 Milwaukee, WI The Rave May 3 Cleveland, OH Euclid Tavern Tears For Fears / Amanda Marshall May 1 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre May 2 Salt Lake City, UT Abravenal Hall May 4 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre May 5 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre May 7 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre May 9 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre May 10 San Diego, CA 4th & B May 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel V3 May 2 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom May 3 Seattle, WA Moe's May 4 Portland, OR Barbatis Pan May 7 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall May 10 Los Angeles, CA Whiskey Velour May 6 New York, NY Brownie's Vitapup May 1 New York, NY Brownie's May 2 Baltimore, MD Memory Lane May 3 Philadlephia, PA Upstairs At Nick's May 4 West Chester, PA Rex's May 8 Philadelphia, PA Queer Show May 9 Washington, DC Black Cat May 10 West Warwick, RI The Met May 11 Boston, MA T.T. 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