Frank Black on His Own ’Perry Farrell Fires Up New Band
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and wondering throughout the record how
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kauri! a Icail singer with thr uw> to bring
the band’s It mgr srnsihihtirs into the main
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With Porno For Pvros. his new band.
Farrell has v»mr sumlat aspirations On its
self-titled debut. PH* alternates between
songs about |x »st 11« >t I 4»s \ngeles and mildly
explic it sexual situations PFP, however,
fat ks the bravado fane's had
In Jane s Addic lion. I anell's ptoud v-xu
ahtv bad a kind of legttiinacv against the
huge, unharnessed hatkdiopol the band
1 bis tune around, (be* band has less talent
and Farrell's conttoversv seems tired and
moronic
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u alxuit old men not bring able to drive last
t ars, while during "Orgasm* he ego tups
a Unit giving a woman hei fust I be resulting
album seems burned and unpolished; the
hand |UM is not reads to li\e up to the hvpe
f at tell culm a ted during last su miner's
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self t it led * I’or no tor l’\ ros“ and " Blai k
(ill Iti lend" are powerful in then I lankness
t Itiiuatelv, though, the problem with
I’urmihn /Vim is its la/mess I Ins material
would have lieen Ivettet seised with a tightei
hand a bin lewiite (Farrell's vagueness is
his downhill) and mote (.ireful production.
Inteiested Uliinitiales should seatt h out
|ane s \ddti non albums in trout ot this
inionsisifiil offering ■ John Colpitis.
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The Judy Bats
Pain Makes You Beautiful (Sire)
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lilting hut s ai e <li me ill a gentle was (>tuuge
this is not
/Vmi Mohr* leu lifuuliful is not a ground
in taking album IVtit U s not the latest alter
native giinnnt k either Its si in pis honest
inusit ■ Deborah Malarek. Moiilami Kaimin.
U. of Montana
in the studio
The Melvins ate carrying on the punk-metal torch with their first album for Atlantic This is
Ihe group to which Nirvana's Kurt Cobain owes his sound To repay the debt Cobain has
Don't cal them grung*
stepped into the group's production chair Should be a wild
marriage
Sound-"please don t call us grunge'-garden will send lis
teners straight tor the closest pit with its upcoming work
Word has it that the group will team with producer extraor
dinaire Rick Rubin Expect to hear something noisy in July
The funky folk rap ot Arrested Development touts a back
to-basics sound March 23 The Unplugged album which
stems from the group s MTV special, coincides with a home
video AD hopes to bnng its next offering to listeners next tall
Heretics of rock. Faith No More, are releasing a five-song
EP this sormo This jewel includes covers of the
Commodore's "Easy" and The Dead Kennedy s "Let's Lynch The Land Lord'
Those peppy little Brits Teenage Fan Club are popping out some even peppier tunes The
Club's follow-up is due to hit the racks in June The album was recorded in the group’s studio
m Glasgow, Scotland Although TFC had enough material for two albums, the group chose not
to try the G'N R double whammy ■ Christina Plront, Foghorn, U. of San Francisco
on the road
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CA. 4/13, Hollywood. CA. 4 15. Los Angeles CA, 4 16, Austin. TX. 4,23. Houston TX, 4/24
Dinosaur Jr.: Chapel Hill NC 3,28 Atlanta. GA, 3/29. Philadelphia PA. 4/1, New York, NY. 4/2.
Buffalo. NY, 4/5, Detroit Ml, 4/7: Columbus OH. 4,9, Chicago, IL, 4/10 Minneapolis. MN 4/11,
St Louis. MO, 4/13, Lawrence. KS. 4/14. Austin. TX. 4/16
The JudyBats: Dallas TX. 3.30. Phoenix. A2.4/3. Los Angeles CA, 4/6, San Francrsco, CA 4/7, Santa
Clara, CA 4/8; Sacramento, CA. 49, Berkeley. CA 410, Portland, OR. 412. Seattle, WA. 413
Rage Against the Machine: Chicago. IL. 4/3: Minneapolis. MN. 45 Denver. CO. 4/7. Sait Lake City.
UT, 4/8: Portland. OR 410. Seattle. WA 412. San Francisco. CA 414: Santa Monica. CA 416
quotable
“There was a lot of screaming and tattoos. I was the only
one who sang on key.”
—Jeff Heteketl, of The JudyBats, on the U. of Tennessee
music scene