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Primus climbs to fame
on ‘thrash-funk’ sound
By Ross Hubbard
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Herb Alexander. Les (.'lay
pool ami Larry Lal.ondo
catno together 3 years ago
to form the latest version of
the band Primus Now, they
are touring tile country with
bands Public Enemy and
Anthrax in one of the most
diverse concerts ever
When lead guitarist Lu
Londe was asked who would
enjoy this concert he said,
“This concert is for people
who like all kinds of music
exc.ept maybe country west
ern."
With Primus being de
scribed as a thrush-funk
blind, Public Enemy u rap
band and Anthrax a heavy
metal band, it's hard to ar
gue with that
Rut how is it that this
band from San Francisco
i .line to be in the position it
is now? It started when Clay
pool, the band's lead vocal
ist, borrowed SI,000 from
his dad to press the bund's
live debut album, Suck on
This, he said Now, with Pri
mus gaining popularity, its
third album, S.ulinig the Sr.is
of Choose, has sold more
than 200,000 i opies
When usked if Primus
could be considered an up
and-coming band because of
this, Lul.onde replied,
"Bands come up and go
down all the time Now, for
us It has just been a gradual
climb We can go out on tour
and people know who we
are, not just the people in
San Francisco."
Since thev’re looking for
the exposure right now. it
had to be a big thrill when
Ri lling Stone Magazine
came out with an article
itljout them in the Oct. 31 is
sue "I am just glad to be in
Rolling Slotic Magazine, it is
a pretty brief thing. The guy
only spent a weekend here
talking to us It is nothing
surprising, but i am totally
stoked about being in a mag
azine, especially Rolling
Slone," LaLonde said
As far as looking ahead to
what tint new-found success
might bring them, LaLonde
sail), "We pretty much never
look Uxi much into the fu
ture, but we know what we
want to do and are just going
to go out and try to do it."
Their current tour, now in
its third week-,.'certainly
should open some doors.
Recently on MTV, Public
linemy and Anthrax said
they those Primus It) tour
with them because they
played music that was nei
ther rap nor heavy metal but
somewhere in between.
But how do Primus mem
bers view the groups they
are touring with? “Public
Enemy is something this
band has always been into.
When they played the first
night, 1 was blown away. It's
total hard-core crazy stuff.
They’re amazing And An
thrax they're really cool.
They're heavy metal and
punk, super loud and super
heavy," LaLonde said.
As for Primus, they will
go on tour with Fishbone
four days after this tour
ends After that, who knows,
but with the great enthusi
asm and spirit they are
showing now , the sk\'s the
limit.
Hard-edged hustler portrait
filmed on Portland’s streets
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Idaho is the latest
film by Cus Vun
Sunt (Drugstore
Cowboy), and fo
cuses on tlie lives of
male street hustlers.
If that doesn’t get
you, maybe this will it was
filmed in Portland.
Mike, played by River Phoo
nlx, is a young narcoleptic with
a troubled past. His involve
ment with prostitution gets him
the money he needs to search
for his mother Scott, played by
Keanu Reeves, takes part in or
der to escape from his father,
Portland's mayor
The movie opens with u dic
tionary definition of "narcolep
sy,” and then we sue Mika
standing on a road in the mid
dle of nowhere. ”1 always know
where 1 am by the way the road
looks one-of-a-kind like
someone's face.” he says before
falling to the ground.
And before the film is over,
the viewer is taken down many
roads and sees ull kinds of
faces, as Mike and Scott travel
to Idaho, Las Vagus and Itaiv in
search of Mika's mother
Aesthetics play an important
part in this film Van Sant uses
a clever device when ha brings
the viewer inside the Film Fol
lies adult book store in Port
land The camera pans over
magazines to reveal Mike and
Scott scantily clad on the cov
ers They come to life to dis
cuss why they are on such dis
play.
This movie, however, is not
merely a happy trip through
stylisl) images. Pessimism pre
vails throughout. The "Ameri
can Dream” is torn apart visual
ly, and the audio track follows
suit.
The film, with its many attri
butes, also has its flaws. While
Phoenix's performance is com
mendable, Reeves is weak. The
storyline also gets a bit confus
ing at times, with Van Sant try
ing to accomplish too many
things with one script.
Hut despite its shortcomings.
My Own Private Idaho is a film
that stays with you. The images
are concrete yet do not take
away from the seriousness of
tile subject matter.
By Christina Komeshian
Emerald Contributor