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UPSTAIRS-UO BOOKSTORE BRING IN YOUR USED TEXTBOOKS ANYTIME I aSPOTLIGHT Roll over Beethoven The Campers come to Eugene to rock 'n' roll and et cetera By Chris Met/ler Emerald Contributor Back from their fifth major tour of Russia and Afghanistan, following in the footsteps of Mr Piano Man and avoiding the Il luminati. it’s Camper Van Beethoven "You can't say much about rock ’it' roll." bellowed happy camper Victor Krummenacher in a telephone interview from the group's studio in Santa Cruz where the band has been for the past month finishing up their fourth album. Although the Campers have been touring the world, they've spent a lot of time in the studio with a new EPout this week, an improvise!ional album with ex perimental musician Eugene Chadbourne. in addition to a side project LP. and a full-play album after the new year. These happy Campers will ar rive in town Friday for a 3 p.m. acoustic performance at House of Records and then cruise over to the KMC Ballroom to make their fourth and biggest Eugene appearance at 8 p.m. "I like Eugene better than California," said Krum menacher. "It's pretty c«>ol ex cept for playing at Max's because I don't like lieing con fused with someone standing in tine for the bathroom." But would a camper actually live here? "I suppose if I met the right girl I would like to buy some property in some neat little cor ner. maybe Eugene, and grow some plants . corn and cotton." For those of you who have never experienced a Camper show it could possibly Ire one of the most spiritual moments in your life. The average show en tails about ten acid flashbacks to such hits as "In A Cadda l)a Vida." Pink Floyd covers and different versions of their own songs Their style ranges from ska. Tex-Mex. country, hard core. Mediterranean, subterra nean, psychedelic, acid rock and tragically anything a carport band could possibly play. For comedy lovers. Camper is the best on the circuit. Between jokes the Campers sing such sil ly songs as "|o Stalin's Cadillac." "Mao Reminisces About His Days in Southern China.” and "ZZ Top Goes To Egypt.” An example of the stupid lyrics are “came to your party, drank all your bear, we're a bad trip" and "my lil’ dog lassie sailed off to the moon." You're probably wondering about the story behind Camper's name? krum menacher remembers it this way: "1 believe it's about Philip Cousteau finding a chest at the bottom of the ocean and it had a plan for a band in it basically, it had the name in it and a five year manifesto. We're about four and one-quarter years through it, so the next nine months will be the telling time. David envisioned this in a dream." After Live Aid and Eugene's own Yam Aid. Camper decided to do their part for charity for missing stars with the song "Where the Hell is Bowser.” Victor explains that "the ol’ Bow/, has been missing since his stint on the Hollywood Squares and some people fear it's foul plav by the Illuminati, but my mother recently spotted him in the audience at Sha N'a Na's last appearance at the San lose Pair." The Campers have spotted 17 of Jerry Garcia’s children so far in the back of station wagons and they are still looking. l,ik£ so many of us lovers of drink the Campers say "We’re into beer. Buss. Guinness (the usual rock star beer). I was given a Rainier once. Green death, you know." The Campers have con siderably dropped down their drug intake, but they are still refusing considerable amounts of money to do a RAD (Rock Against Drugs) commercial. "I've known a lot of messed up people who buy drugs, but I'm still totally against people telling people what to do. especially when you have Lou Reed doing anti-drug commer cials and the CIA flying in tons of cocaine from Nicaragua." said krummenacher "People don't say drugs are fun because they're scared to admit it. But I've cut down on smoking pot a lot since 1 did some DDT." The Campers first gained popularity in D1B2 with their Dress for Success book "That's A Tuff Jacket" and flunked out of film school in New York where they became well-versed Turn to Camper, Page 20 ♦ CDs and TAPES <\< BUY • SELL • TRADE NEW & USED COMPACT DISCS • CASSETTES itrgr srlvttion of used CDs RiKk'|*//*New Ag«**Ar>d morel 1217 Alder 344-4138 Of, Camper Van Beethoven are (from left) bassist Victor Krummenacher. guitarist Greg Usher, violinist Jonathan Segal, guitarist David Lawery r ( ourlewy photo and drummer CJiria Moll*, temper will play the EMI I Ballroom Friday at 8:00 p.m. 1 Neville Brothers bring Mardi Gras to campus By Nathan Deer Emerald Contributor Kugene may not lie New Orleans, and to day may not be Mardi Crus. but you II not know the difference if you're at the Neville Brothers concert tonight at 8 p in in the EMI Ballroom. “You can call the music they play Mardi Gras music," said Jim Carlton, the EMU Cultural Forum Popular Music Coordinator. The Cultural Forum is one ol three sponsors, along with Double Tee and KZAM. 1 heir music is very danceable. very accessible, but not in a shallow pop kind of way Carlton said the Neville Brothers' music features a strong beat and lots of percussion, and blends various musical elements ranging from rhythm and blues to soul, funk and reggae The Neville Brothers hail from New Orleans. They have appeared in Eugene several times, most recently last winter when they played the Hull Center. Two years ago the Neville Brothers played at the Willamette Valley Folk Festival. "They were a big hit at the folk festival." said Carlton "People were able to dance which is what kind of response their music en courages. The audience loved them.” The Neville Brothers formed in 1977 when the quartet formed from two separate duos The group recorded their first album. "The Neville Brothers." a year later. The album was both a critical and popular success. 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