NOSZ
70 THRA MACADE
FLIPPER
Look out world, the tweaked tune
twisters from the seedy side of San
Francisco are up and running. After an
extended sabbatical (during which time
Will Shatter passed away) all the
remaining band members have
regrouped and are ready to release
more musical mayhem. Primed by five
months of intense rehearsal, the guys feel
more focused and enthusiastic than ever
before. They've replaced ego battles
with more on-edge intensity and the end
result is a quiver of wicked new tunes. But
don't worry, their live set still includes a
ton of eternal Flipper classics. Look for a
single soon, an Lp (of previously
unpublished material) soon after that
and something even better after that.
CELEBRITY SKIN
Celebrity Skin Fun Facts:
1. They have appeared on thirtysomething.
2. They are heavily influenced by early Alice Cooper,
Mott the Hoople, Bowie, Queen, ABBA, Leibach
and the Disneyland Electrical Parade.
3. They are among the few people who get yelled at
on Hollywood Boulevard for looking like freaks.
4. They have received most of their favorite clothes
for free from fans who say, "I wouldn't be caught
dead in this, but I think it's perfect for you."
5. They returned from their last tour with seven dollars each.
6. They were once stopped then arrested at a police roadblock in a cornfield in Kansas.
7. Their manager's name is Chickie.
Green Jello
What do you get when you cross loud, lewd,
raunchy tunes, a mohawk-sportin' Fred
Flintstone, a slam dancing Barney Rubble, a
musical version of the Three Little Pigs, two
fang-breasted shimmying wenches, a
radioactive jack o'lantern and
Bert the Muppet possessed by Freddy.
Krueger attempting to murder Ernie to the
tune of the Sesame Street theme?
Green Jello, of course.
Need we say more?
Although Mad Dog Theatre's press guide claims that "the
band began as a joke and its members are dedicated to
retaining the group's original purpose," we know better. In
fact, every crewman on the Mad Dog Musical Mothership
is an intensely serious individual with grave concerns
about social welfare, environmental preservation, origami
and Lotto. Not content to hammer out psychoanalytical
MAD DOG
THEATRE
theses and philosophical differences amongst
themselves, however, these crazed canines of
croon bare their innermost angst-ridden
insights on stage for all to see. The end result
is a multi-media presentation that draws from
all aspects of popular (and un-popular) culture.
It's a musical, a rock and roll show, an after
hours cable movie, a bad dream, good sex, a
fistfight, a car crash and a Big Mac Attack all
rolled into one. Recognized throughout the
West Coast as the Harmonic Convergence of
of
rock and roll, the members of MDT are pillars
artistic inspiration and autistic
imitation-they'll open your eyes, cleanse your
soul and probably drink your beer when
you're not looking, Woof!
TENDER
FURY
Jack is back and he's ready to
rock. That's right, the former
singer for the original T.S.O.L.
now fronts a new crew that is
taking SoCal by storm. They
churn out a straight-up, no-frills
rock attack that reeks of their
late 70s thrash roots and is
(thankfully) completely devoid
of the pompous pretension so
common in that geographic
region. This blood-and-guts-
honest approach to music tends
to incite the sick animal side of
most Tender Fury audiences,
but, according to drummer
Hunt Sales, that's what rock
and roll is all about. As long as
it's not Bon Jovi, you know
they're doing something right.