SOUNDCHECK
Butter 08's
self-titled release on Grand Royal
was masterminded by Cibo
Matto's Yuka Honda and Miho
Hatori. While on a similar experi-
mental rock vibe as Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion-not surprising.
considering they have Russell
Simins as part of the
equation-their record is much
smoother with a lot of funky disco
grooves. When The Roots
dropped their Jazzy live instru-
ments record, Do You Want
More?!!!??! in '95, it
became my instant
favorite. But their
newest. Illadelph
halflife, goes deeper into
the hardcore with thick-
er, penetrating cuts
that reflect their true
roots in hip hop...
Angst-driven East Coast
punk comes correct
again with the release
of
American
unreleased tracks and remixes
such as "Boom Biddy Bye Bye"
with the Fugees. "Illusions" by Q-
Tip. "Latin Lingo" by Prince
Paul, and Diamond D's "When
the Ship Goes Down"-has proven
me wrong-JKH
Grant Relf, bassplayer for the
Australian pop-punk band
Bodyjar, was stoked about the
new skateboard he purchased on
the band's recent US tour. But,
soon after they crossed the border
into Canada, he realized that his
American Standard
Standard's self-titled
record. Don't expect to
hear any pop elements
on this one, kids-just
pure, ass-kicking
power... Cypress Hill were con-
sidered the shit in '91 when they
came out with their instant classic
self-titled debut. But then high
expectations were shattered with
the release of the unimpressive
Black Sunday and III (Temples Of
Boom) records. Thinking I wasn't
going to hear anything worth hav-
ing by them again, the Unreleased
& Revamped EP-consisting of
brand new Andy Stone model
Capital skateboard had been left
behind in a New Paltz. New York
motel. Luckily, Bodyjar's record
label Revelation was able to track
down the axe and mail it back to
Melbourne in time for the band's
Australian tour with homeland
heroes, Silverchair. Bodyjar will
be rolling through North America
again next March with the
Stepping out from underneath the umbrella of the Soul
Assassins, House of Pain is ready to reclaim their hard-
core hip hop audience. I spoke
with rap veteran Everlast about
their new record. Truth Crushed
To Earth Shell Rise Again, and
the spiritual turn his life has
taken recently
The new album sounds a little
grittier than you used to be.
Was that what you were going
for, more of an underground
type
feeling!
We did a couple rock remixes
for songs, so a lot of people
expected us to turn into the
Beastie Boys overnight, and the
bottom line is that me, myself. I'm
ab-boy, Rap music is my life, so
we were just trying to let people
know what we're really all a about.
We sour with a lot of rock bands.
and our shows have a little bit of a
vibe like that, but we're just try
Ing so let people know what kind
of music to expect
What's the title of the record
all about?
It's a quote from a Dr Martin
Descendents and
Pennywise-MW
... I went to the
Pearl Jam show
in Toledo, OH, to
shoot photos of
the opening act.
While standing inside the
venue. Eddie Vedder walked
passed me several times before
pausing in front of where I was
standing. The atmosphere was
totally relaxed and casual. I
asked him if he knew that peo-
ple were scalping tickets out-
side for $400 each and told
him that the whole Pearl Jam
vs Ticketmaster publicity
stunt had obviously backfired
and nobody I knew even had a
chance of getting a ticket.
After mum-
bling some
incoherent
words. he
motioned to his
security guards,
who proceeded
to grab me and
push
me
towards the exit.
Then a 6'4"
Pearl Jam bus
driver started
yelling in my
face, saying I
was going to
have my ass
kicked. I did not
cause any problems and simply
asked a local police officer to doc-
ument the incident. As I was
doing this, the bus driver started
yelling to Eddie, telling him that
the Sony/Epic publicist on the
road with them said I had sued
them once and that I was an
"asshole." Wait. Pearl Jam can
sue Ticketmaster, but I can't sue
Sony/Epic? And, since the band
has a very similar meaning to me. A lot of people think that they
know what we're about, but it's like, nah, we know who we are.
HOUSE OF PAIN
Luther King speech. I heard it on TV when I was falling asleep
one night, and 1 woke up the next day with it stuck in my
head. It's saying that you can't keep a good man down and
92 T
What it means to me is just doing what's
true in your heart and nothing can stop
you. You can take the truth, and you can
bury it underground, or you can put
out in space on another planet, or
you can crush it up and hide it, but I'
still going to keep coming back
Who did the production?
Lethal did all the beats, he and I pro-
duced and and all the songs ther
I've noticed throughout your career
that you drop a lot of Islamic refer
ences. Are you a Muslim
Yes. I am, and Truth Crushed To
Earth Shall Rise Agais also means to me
that we're living in a Godless world. The
whole concept of God has been fictional
ized and crushed, but it's still the truth,
and it will rise again. The
The funny thing
about Islam is you can drop jewels, but
there is no conversion. There is no ellort
to group together all the Muslims and
and convert other people. Islami
find for
a religion that each man has t
himself. I could discuss it in my record. I
could put little references here and
there to let you know or make you ask
me that, and I could talk to you about it. I've been smoking
weed and cigarettes and drinking since before I was a teenag
er, and these things have been addictions in my lide, so I've
Cypress Hill
rents the venue for that night, not
only are they personally responsi
ble for my well-being, they are
directly responsible for the
actions of the people they hire.
Also, how is a band that signs
with a major label going to try to
pass themselves off as being inde-
pendent? Pearl Jam is nothing
more than a corporate rock sell
out. period-IS... Biz Markie was
recently in the studio recording
his rendition of the Steve Miller
Band's "The Joker" with the
Beastie Boys laying down the
music. Speaking of the Beasties.
Adam Yauch was recently in
Australia attending the
Kalachakra Initiation Ceremony
In support of the Dalai Lama.
Apparently, the Tibetan situation
has not subsided, but has actual
ly gotten worse. Contact
Students For A Free Tibet at
212/481-3569 for information
on how you can help-IKH
been real hesitant to be any kind of preacher. I've been strug
gling with my own life, so I'm not going to put all this out here.
I'd be like, do what I say, don't do what I do. Some people think
of Islam and automatically think of Farrakhan or Arab people.
That's stereotyping. There are Muslims in every country, and
unlike what most people think. Islam takes all religions into
I hesitate to even bring it up, but where do you stand in
East/West?
It's hard to categorize myself because I was born in New
York, and through the course of my life moved back and forth
from there to LA. If you ask me where I live. I'll say LA. If you
ask me where I'm from, I'll say New York. As far as hip hop. I'm
considerably more influenced by East Coast music. The whole
thing is getting out of hand a
out of hand anyway. Motherfuckers is trying
talk shit. I've got kids trying to dis me right now from New York,
trying to say this and that. I'm a little bit different. If a guy that's
dissing me is doing it on r
it on record, he's doing it to get attention
my show, and there's 5000 people watching
JKH-Jasmine K Huynh JB-Jon Stain
my show, then have the balls to get on stage. There's a
guys out right now trying to talk some shit about me particular
ly this kid Nine, trying to say I bit his style when he didn't
even come out until a year-and-a-half ago. I've been out for a
long time. That kid's trying to get some fame, 'cause he's mad
"cause he ain't selling no records. What am I gonna dogo make
recond about him and make everybody that like my recon
"Why is that kid doing this? Let's go check him out." I'm not
gonna sell his records. And, as far as the whole dissing thing
I'm above that shit. You come to my show and you wanna bat-
tle. I'm gonna MC. We'll do our thing. If you got some anger in
you that you wanna fight about, although violence is abhorred
in Islam, my God never told me to turn the other cheek-T54
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