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SKANKIN PICKLE
Oh my god-it's Skankin' Pickle.
San Jose's (and maybe the
world's only) fusion skafunk
rastapunk. The six man band
destroys and devastates clubs
craveds
and down the
West Coast with songs like
Wherever happe
Aficheal
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JESUS JONES
M: I'm Mike Edwards. I sing, play gullar
and write the songs.
G: I'm Gen. I play the drums.
B: I was the manager of Slam City Skates in
Portobello Road for-
A: Go on, introduce yourself first, for snivel
B: Oh, right, by the way, I'm Batty D. and I'm
the keyboard player.
A: I'm Alan and I play the spaces between the
strings on the bass.
M: Most of us had been in other bands for
about ten years before this one. We pinyet real
small clubs that don't even get Engin press
reviews, so Jesus Jones came about to
reaction against that. We were tie ermined to
do something really interesting at would
rocket us into the reviews est
B: I read somewhere that ate in the US.
wants to ban any performance that promotes
sexuality! That's what je music is all about, it
goes back to tribal rhythms. It's the means by
which most rhythmp were ever created. It's one
of the driving forces of mankind and the one
thing we that all sing and dance about, It's all I
ever dance about
How's the band doing in the states?
B: "Liquidizer" has already been getting some
airplay on college radio. One of my ends
works for a station in SF and she
coped iron, and Duane Peters
hard and he liked it. That
made my day
when I
ard that.
Who's Duane
Pelers?
M You can tell who
dous skate in this ba
can you?!
WOODE
Parke tavalla
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NIRVANA
"I first realized that music could effect
people emotionally after seeing Roy Orbi-
son at the Bumpershoot festival," says
Kurdt Kobain, singer/guitarist of Nirvana.
"It was one of the greatest things I've ever
seen besides the Vatican."
After only two singles, an EP and the
amazing Bleach Lp, Kobain and bassist
Chris Novoselic have taken their brand
of music a long way from home in
Olympia, Washington. After two trips
to Europe and a recent tour with
Sonic Youth, the band is picking up
steam and attracting hordes of new
supporters. Are Nirvana a punk
rock band? "That's all we are."
For those who haven't heard them
do their thing, check it out: riff-
heavy songs and sparse, angst-
ridden lyrics. Nirvana's future
plans include "keeping on doing
it" and "getting some new
trucks." Alright!
-Mike Lavella
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