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After the first dreaded week of school, prepare for a celebration
as wow Hail takes music one step turtner
By Ming Rodrigues
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Brace yourself for a sonic explosion at
the WOW Hall tonight.
Five of Eugene's best alternative bands
art- set It) rt*k centerstage with sounds so
unique, they might just blast all commer
cial music junkies well off the straight
and narrow track
The non-profit organizer, the Commu
nity ('enter for the Performing Arts, is
confident about it. "That's why we billed
this concert. 'Sonic Explosion*." said
Kathy Malloy. WOW Hall's office manag
er "We re not talking of just one kind of
music. There's fast and slow, traditional
anti far-left music that together sounds
basically like, well, a sonic explosion "
All the performing bands are local with
signature tunes that obviously span a
wide melodic spectrum. One can expect
to hoar raucous rock n roll to really off
beat rhythms to, get this, electric bed
springs, garbage cans and air-conditioner
ducts, just to name a few alternative mu
sic instruments.
"We want to showcase what's hot in al
ternative music and that what we have is
just as cool as what's in in the larger cit
ies of L.A. and Seattle." Molloy added.
"More significantly, we want Eugenians
to realize that local bands are just as good
if not better than the bigger, more popu
lar groups.
"We want to stamp out the lame and
unfair stigma that local bands have to
bear being far less accomplished than
their other more celebrated counterparts.
This concert is to let everyone know that
great music is closer to home than they
realize The music is definitely loud,
electric, hi-energy and very danceable.
Not for the faint of heart!”
Performing <! WOW tonight are The Black Dahlias. Band members from left to
right; Brett Christopher, Patrick Tonally, Marshall Greenup and Eugene
Saunders
With more musicians consenting to pay
for improved media image, alternative
music is slowly but surely crawling out
from under the rock
"Where we used to hear them solely at
small, isolated house parties or base
ments. alternative music (anything that's
non-mainstream, non-commercial, non
corporate and non-sponsorship) is now
receiving more exposure, accessibility
and hence popularity,'' Mollov said
"Consumers who have always wanted
music they could align themselves with
are gradually coming to realize the scope
is wider than they imagined it to be," she
added. "Especially here in Eugene,
where, unlike a big city where the pres
sure is on to fit into one sound mode, the
community here is a diverse and tight
knit college town, allowing for a range of
musical talents and a better opportunity
to explore various interesting styles.”
Featured in tonight's concert are a mix
of up-and-coming as well as more estab
lished bands.
Now William, a promising quartet with
its unique fiddle and bass leads, sounds
like a cross between Camper Van Beetho
ven and The Cult, fusing country twang
with eastern drone.
The trio. Marble Orchard, play sixties,
psychedelic garage music while the Black
Dahlias bash out rock n' roll that’s a lot
more personal and in the tradition of
Snake Pit, but with less of the pomp and
strut typical of groups like the Big Dad
dies.
And for those partial to the stock,
"collegey" tunes of Dinosaur junior or
Buffalo Tom, there's Prairie School.
Definitely a band to look out for for
both an aural and visual feast is Onomat
opoeia. Employing the aid of pots'^p'pans,
a harp, a Hahder. garbage cans, electric
Sense Explosion
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Now William, a quartet which includes both fiddle and bass, will also be
performing at WOW Hall tonight.
bed springs and a contraption of ten gui
tar peddles hammered onto a board, they
manipulate their strange equipment to
create a series of weird and wonderful
rhythms and noise-music that absolutely
defies description.
Set up to coincide with the Eugene Cel
ebration and the new University term, the
two day concert performed it's first seg
ment last Friday to an enthusiastic turn
out. More college students are anticipated
tonight.
“We want everyone to have a good
time and nobody should worry about not
being old enough to get in. Just come, re
lax and enjoy the music," Molloy said.
This season's gig tripled last year's in
scale. The previous year's performance
matured five bands and lasted only a day.
This year, there are ten groups perform
ing in two nights. And the morale is
higher too.
"There’s more of a community feel
about it this time." Molloy said. "Instead
of competing and just doing their own
thing, the bands and everyone else who is
involved have gotten together to pull this
show through, working as one to perk up
publicity. Things are better and smoother
this year and it's nice to know that the
bands have come this far in knowing one
another better and are friends instead of
rivals."
Doors open at 0 p.m. and tickets are $5
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will be available, and alcohol is available
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