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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
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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. Their se
cond album, Tiyo on the Bayou," further
established them as a promising group. Their
last album. "Neville-ization," was listed by
both Time and Record magazines as one of the
year's top ten recordings.
Opening for the Neville Brothers will be
Curtis Salgado and the Stilettos Tickets are $H
in advance or $‘l at the dour for students, and
$10 in advance or $11 at the. door for the
general public. Tickets are available at Cat's
Meow. EMU Main Desk, Record Carden.
House of Records, and Face the Music.
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