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than many of the other University based bands, so he
doesn’t understand why it always seems to result in vio
lence at the group s shows
Babbs, the Gang's bass guitarist, says the group used
to regularly play at Taylor's College Side Inn dunng the
summer, and one o( the shows erupted into a tight
between patrons that brought numerous police to the
scene
"Frat guys coma and hippie guys come, and they just
start to fight." Babbs says
At one ot the group's more recent shows - a cam
pus area party - another tight broke out and spilled into
the street Police arrived soon and ended the band's
set early
Numerous disturbances at Babbs' previous house also
attracted police and made him a habitual ottender The
cost has Babb-, saying he would like to leave Eugene
someday with the Gang - which also includes Lane stu
dent Juan Vargus on vocals, junior Casey Faust on gui
tars. and former Little Women drummer Brad Rosen
"In Eugene, there's no money.' Babbs says "That'd
help Those notse disturbances cost me a bundle "
A performance outside of Eugene garnered the Gang's
biggest crowd yet - 5.000 people, the group says - even
though rt wasn't entirely tor the band Harrisburg's "Lite
After Dead" show, which was put on after the Grateful
Dead canceled August shows near Eugene, provided the
Gang an opportunity to play its stuff - or at least the
Dead's
The band's garage, soundproofed with old carpet and
black rubber, gives the group a place to play its own
songs
Babbs says he'd rather be playing "funky" music than
what he describes as "hippie type" music, so it seems
appropriate that after making that decision, he saddles
up with his bass along with Faust and Rosen, but minus
absent Vargus' voice and plays "Bustin' Loose "
Supernova's explosion on the Eugene scene was some
what less noticeable than the bright astronomical event
the band takes its name from
A year later. Supernova is consistently playing as an
opening group in local venues, but they are still one of
the self-proclaimed "whor' bands in Eugene
' We don't have any fans." says bass guitarist Ken John
son, a University freshman "We have like zero fans "
University sophomore Phil Andrade, who plays guitar
in the band, says he accepts that Ihe band has little fol
low,ng because they just started playing Eugene shows
during the summer He said Supernova has probably
played as many shows in their home state of Washing
ton as they have in Eugene
We're a young band." Andrade says "We played
Eugene over the summer, but we barely got our leet wet"
Andrade. Johnson and drummer John Abel, a senior
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Bass guitarist Eli Babbs of The Lost Creek Gang says he would like his group to get more funky.
at Oregon State University, grew up in the Tacoma area
and went to high school together before traveling south
with their instruments.
The musical torch in Supernova's hand is what
best describes as "progressive "
“We re just trying new things." Johnson says. "It's music
with a human element, but remains true to the cosmic
reality."
Supernova serenades its audience - however small
with a set almost entirely of originals, such as “Waltz of
the Underworld" and "Not Human at AH" from their demo
tape
"I think we re the grooviest," Andrade says.
"Eugene's got kind of a groove problem." Johnson
adds
Although the band may not be well known, that doesn't
mean they aren't recognized Andrade says he ran into
a fan once who was more than extremely appreciative of
his guitar-playing.
"He thought I had a magic wand." Andrade says
Drummer Luke Strahota has to pause a minute before
saying the "unofficial version" of Marshal Plan's mi^.
"A platomcally passionate shame-train of somc^B
chedeiia." he spells out slowly "That's basically whzn^R
gotten out ol it."
What the group's members have gotten out of it is their
first headline shows at local bars during the month of what
gu/ ^ and University senior Clint Sargent calls "Rock
toofe^'
For a band that didn't gel in its current form - which
also includes University senior Steve Cebula on bass
until July, Marshal Plan has come a long way
After playing constantly throughout last month, Mar
shal Plan is now taking a break until December in hopes
of creating enough new material to play a two hour set
Sargent says the group now has about 10 originals and
would like to record a demo tape within the next few
months.
The two headliner shows have been good to the group
for many reasons, says Strahota. a student at ICC He
says the shows brought good-sued crowds to New Max's
and John Henry's, and they dispelled the image that Mar
shal Plan is only an opening band for Jolly Mon
Unfortunately, though, many crowds aren’t there to just
see Marshal Plan and the other groups. Strahota says
"A lot of people don’t go to the show for the right rea
soni" he says "They're just making the scene "
4 1 'scene” has been kind to Marshal Plan, though,
fcrtsM* most part. Strahota. who went to Pleasant Hill High
School with Babbs and Faust, says it helps whan the oth
er bands rn Eugene are friendly and try to help out
"The great thing about it is. it you're on the same lev
el. it's really good." St r a hot a says "When you can get
together with those kind of people, it makes you feel
good "
The future plan for Marshal Plan?
"It's always trippy to think that way." Sargent says ' As
long as we're grooving that would be just tine "
Don t bother knocking. Big Macca keeps rocking
When police came to break up a party at the group's
house earlier this year, they ignored the band's show in
the living room and went straight for Ihe kitchen
While the police arrested several of the partygoers Big
Macca kept playing a Styx tune
"We were right in the middle of Tonight's the night
we'll make history. " Macca says
Finally the police confronted the band, but did not arrest
the members
"They asked. What are you going to do now 7 Mac
ca says "I said. I'm going to Disneyland1'"
Though the band may claim to have formed "an hour
and a half ago." Big Macca - reportedly ]ust "Macca" until
Joey took his pants oft at a party gig once - has been
together since the start of Ihe summer and have recent
ly played at New M.tx's and John Henry's
In all seriousness, the group of University seniors
(though Montero claims to have no ma|or and says he's
going to drop out) are introducing a kind ot music unique
to Eugene "Italian American metal ”
"If you go back that tar. we re all from Italy " says Mac
ca. who will graduate this term with a degree in telecom
munication and film
But )ust because it's new. doesn't mean the band's
crowds have necessarily enjoyed Ihe music Among
barbed comments and suggestions from their audiences,
the angered attendees have ignited several fights, the
band members say
" Meow. meow. Montero says "II I ever went to a
show and heard that, I'd just get pissed "
"We call it a success when we have to run from our
fans," Macca says
Where the band has to worry little about tan disap
pointment is in the corner ot the house's basement, which
is not much larger than a walk in close! There, the band
has only to play to its other roommates, who applaud the
group with laughs a! Montero's drooling and lire--; like
"He drinks beer and smokes pot Whoah, oh Whoah,
yeah1”
Following the group s opening song during an unpromp
tu practice session, a moment ot silence passes Am i
to sits behind his new $8iX) drum set. Montero h r. a wild
hint to his grm. and Macca looks around, a Los Ang*>
les Kings hat sitting backward on his head
"Is that the first time we've played that song t > gather'7
he asks
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