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(From page 81) musical mush, Eric,
Greg and Louie form Legacy with
vocalist Steve "Zetro" Sousa and
Eric's cousin Derek on lead guitar.
Derek leaves, replaced by the then
18-year-old wunderkind Alex Skol-
nick and the band records their first
demo, The First Strike Is Deadly. A
following builds, Legacy become
house favorites at the East Bay's
perennial thrash haven, Ruthie's Inn.
Just as record companies seem in-
terested, Zetro leaves to sing in Ex
odus. In comes current frontman
Chuck Billy (ex-Rampage), a friend
and neighbor of Sousa's, completing
the band's current line-up. Finding
too many other bands called Legacy.
the change their name to Testament,
sign with NY's Megaforce Records
and record The Legacy, basically a
collection of demo-era material. Ex
tensive touring follows at home and
abroad, gigging with the likes of
Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica
and Suicidal Tendencies.
The band begins to gel creatively.
forsaking the speed of Legacy days
for a combination melodic/ technical
edge that begins to surface on 88's
The New Order, Testament's first real
group effort. Chuck comes into his
own as a vocalist by doing real sing-
ing and Alex gains respect for his
highly distinctive, free-flowing acidic
guitar lines. A year-and-a-half more
touring and then, Practice What You
Preach Testament's coup de gras.
High-powered compositions, killer
solos, soaring vocals from Billy and
even a ballad that bleeds pure power
Skolnick's Outlook...
Definitely the oddball of the group.
The band's other members can be
found frequenting assorted bars and
other nightspots during on-the-road
ment and it's got a few pictures of me
at ages five, twelve, seventeen. I
forget who published it, but it's
definitely still in print, so go buy it.
Make my mother rich!
"I guess the most important thing
I've learned from them has a lot to
do with learning and dedication to
whatever you're doing. That's sort of
trickled into the way I approach
music and it's only now that I'm really
discovering literature. For instance,
a lot of The New Order was influenced
by Edgar Allen Poe. Growing up was
really confusing. At home I was told
to keep quiet and do what I was told,
while in school I was taught to ques-
tion things. I finally learned to
balance all of that."
Lyrical Content-Satanism to
Social Concern...
"A lot of that has to do with who
writes the lyrics," says Alex. "Before
I was even in the band, Steve Sousa
had come up with a lot of lyrics that
were basic fantasy stuff-lots about
dragons, demons, witches and
warlocks. When he left there was
really no one to write the lyrics, so
I started doing it. I'm a lot more con-
cerned with the real world, stuff that
really matters like 'Greenhouse Ef-
fect' or 'Blessed in Contempt, which
is about child abuse. How can you
deny something that's so obvious
and so pertinent to what's going on?"
"We've all grown up a lot since our
first demo and the first album which
concerned itself with a fantasy topics,
Satanic themes," adds Enc. "On the
new album there's a song called "En-
vy Life' which refutes a lot of that gar-
bage. What I mean by 'Envy Life' is
just be happy with what you've got.
make the most of yourself.
"I guess it's all come full circle for
us- just stop and think!"
downtime, while Alex is usually back JUNGLE BROS.
at the hotel, practicing his guitar or
reading William Faulkner. He's
relatively quiet, pensive and intense
for his 21 years. He's one of guitar
legend Joe Satriani's brightest
pupils. He hates drugs and rarely
drinks, virtually concentrating his en-
tire energies on his ever-evolving
musical talents
What are the motivating factors
behind this bright young guitarist's
burning dedication? Truth is, a lot of
it has to do with his upbringing. "My
parents have been teaching at and
around Berkeley since the Sixties,"
says Eric, "and even though they
weren't radicals in any sort of way.
I think that they were definitely on the
side of the protestors-completely
against the Nixon era. My mother
wrote a book about human develop-
(From page 82) What's outside can
break you up: The thugs, the
hoodlums, the evil, the snakes in the
corners, the vultures saying, "You
don't got to go to school today.
C'mon, crack ain't gonna hurt you.
If you don't smoke it you gotta deal
it. What you learning? You ain't learn-
ing nothing about this hundred
dollars you can make
What kept you away from that?
Mike: Knowing that the hundred
dollars wouldn't always be there
when I really needed it. I knew that
school would be there.
Judging by a song like "Acknow-
ledge Your History," it would seem
the Jungle Brothers are discontent
with the way that black history is
you break through. When we stop
chipping away, the next generation GREAT MOMENTS IN SKATING
will start where we left off. Hopefully
they'll break it down.
treated in public schools. Why?
Mike: It's a shame that we look in our
history books and see a paragraph
on Harriet Tubman, a few lines on
Malcolm X and maybe a chapter on
black slavery. Blacks did more for this
country than pick the cotton and
clean the master's house.
Chris: Then, to top it off, in that
district, seventy percent of the school
population is black, and they don't board. For what reason? The Soviet
have any history to learn about.
Mike: The education makes us feel
like second-class citizens.
Chris: I went to a very academic high
school and I didn't learn anything
about my own history. I had to go out
on my own to find out. All people
should go out and search for
knowledge. Don't just take what they
teach you in school at face value.
Otherwise, no one gets to know each
other's culture and no one has
respect for each other.
Who are some people you look up
to, musically and otherwise?
Mike: Musically, I'd say DJ Red Alert,
Afrika Bambaataa, Clinton, Sly. Melly
Mel, Furious Five, Cold Crush Four,
Treacherous Three Kool Mo Dee,
Jazzy Five, Coletrain, Gillespie. Then
there's Martin Luther King, Malcolm
X. There are a lot of inspirations-
we take pieces from many to get a
better view. My mother and father are
inspirations. They're separated, but
they still kept my head afloat.
Chris: My grandfather kept me aware
of where I came from and where he
came from. He taught me not forget
where he came from, the hardships
that he went through, and to try to
better myself so I don't and the next
generation doesn't have to go.
through that either. Let no one forget
their past.
It's the dawn of a new decade and
political systems are changing all
over the world. How does that
make you feel?
Chris: Hopefully the global effect of
unity is starting to take place. If
everyone's on the same line in
government, then maybe everyone
will be on the same line to create a
better government, and maybe
peace and unity will come about.
Do you think that's possible?
Mike: It takes time.
Chris: Each generation has to further
the cause for it to come about.
How do you see America today?
Mike: It's great in a sense, but our
eyes are clouded by the luxuries we
have.
Chris: The United States is one of the
most hated countries across the
Union isn't liked, but they're not as
disliked as the United States. That's
partially because of the luxuries we
display. We have the movies, movie
stars, big cars, big hotels, big homes
Mike: And big homeless shelters.
Chris: Right. We're not even taking
care of our own homeless and we're
trying to supply aid to other countries.
From your world touring ex-
perience, do you think that
Americans lack spirituality and the
desire to think and feel?
Mike: Definitely. Because of all the
luxuries we've been 'gifted with."
Chris: In Europe, people tend to party
together no matter what their na
tionality. You're human and you
come together. Separatism is still in
slight effect here.
Mike: Still, we know that wherever we
go, people carry the same vibe when
it comes to music.
What's this tour about?
Chris: It's called the Politics of Nature
tour. We're going around to high
schools, junior high schools and
universities and rapping with the
students about black consciousness.
Does being the Jungle Brothers
mean more than just being enter-
tainers, then?
Mike: Yeah. We practice what we
preach.
Tell me about your personal lives.
The press always says you guys
are teetotaling vegetarians.
Mike: I'm the only vegetarian in the
group...
Chris: But we all try to keep a healthy
diet.
Mike: We never take drugs.
Alcohol?
Mike: Just on birthdays.
Mike: The rest of our beliefs are on
the wax.
Chris: Everything is there. Everything
that needs be
What message do you have for
Even if you can't see unity in your Thrasher's readers?
own horizon?
Chris: Be yourself. Don't take society
Mike: You still have to work toward for its face value, look beyond the first
it. It can still happen.
screen that you see.
Mike: It's not what color you are, it's
Chris: It's like chipping away at a
wall. You keep chipping away until
how good you skate.
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