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BUMP AHEAO
★★★
CROUP Mr 8<fl
LABEL Allan!ic
Mr Big Mum to the scene
with Hump Ahead. their
follow up to the smash
album Ijean Into It
The band renews their rela
tionship with producer Kevin
Elson in an attempt to build on
the su( i ess of the last album
With iittle exception. Hump
Ahead is geared toward the
crowd who liked the song "To B"
With You," from the last album.
The band still proves that it
has skills with tunes like “Col
orado Bulldog.” however, much
of the rest of the album is filled
with love ballads Of these bal
lads. "Nothing But Love" and
"Ain't Seen Love Like That”
make a good impression. These
songs, along with the remake of
Cat Stephens' "Wild World."
should make Hump Ahead
another commercial success for
Mr Big
Commercial is the key word in
that sentence. The album is over
produced, over polished and
smoothed out for the audience.
The band is "held back” on
this album. Paul Gilbert and Bil
ly Sheehan are not allowed to
display its true talents. If you are
a Mr Big fan who likes the band
for their musicianship, this may
not be the album for you.
- Stephen Woodword
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LABEL: G*«en
BELIEVE
IN ME
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sf**- uns N' Hoses guitarist
” Duff McKagan tries to
prove he has talent on his
own with the release of Brhrvr
In Mr on Geffen Records.
The point of this album was to
create an identity for McKagan
outside of G N' R There is not
much difference between the
two.
Most of the album sounds like
Guns' outakos with Duff on
vocals. He does play just about
every instrument on the album
(if you count the drum machine).
and he did produce it However.
Believe In Me really falls short of
any expectations one might have
for it.
The only bright spot of the
album is the song 'The Majori
ty ” I^enny Kravitz makes a guest
appearance on this track. In fart.
Kravitz plays most of the instru
ments and does most of the
vocals for that song.
If the rest of the album wore
scrapped and restarted from that
song. Believe In Me might have
had a chance
- Sephen Woodward
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WAR OF
WORDS
★★★★
GROUP: Fight
LABEL: Epic
Rob Halford has proclaimed:
"Let the fight begin!"
Fight is ex-Judas Priest singer
Rob Halford's first project since
leaving the band last year.
With the first album, titled War
of Words, he gets off on the right
foot. After stealing super-drum
mer Scott Travis from Priest and
adding the talents of Russ Parrish
(War and Peace). Brian Tilse and
Jay Jay. Fight add a much- need
ed crunch to the metal scene.
Produced by Rob Halford and
Attie Bauw, the album gives a big
"fuck-off to all those who deserve
one."
Sixty minutes of solid crunch
with songs like "Nailed to the
Gun," "Immortal Sin." and "Kill
It" — War of Words is a must.
- Stephen Woodward
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PEGHEAD
★ ★14
GROUP: Black Happy
LABEL: Pacific
Inland'Macola
Practically every song on
Black Happy's Peghead
album t-an In* classified in
a different musical category
From the country-sounding
guitar licks of "Chicken in a Bis
cuit," to the rap of ' Bull
monkey," the listener never
knows what to expect next.
Besides an eclectic mix of
musical sounds, Black Happy
provide some interesting lyrics.
In an almost Radiohead-like dec
laration. singer Paul Hemenway
Ix’lts out, "I'm a jerk /I'm a creep/
I’m so shallow I seem deep."
In “Chicken in a biscuit", lie
declares. "I want to go up to that
hoedown in the sky."
Several of the songs are repet
itive, but the beat would lie great
for dancing. Because of their
diverse musical styles. Black
Happy am a very enjoyable group
to listen to
Based in Spokane, they man
aged to avoid the .Seattle grunge
sound and have produced an
entertaining and amusing mix of
music The first track. "Bubbles."
is an experimentation in funky
elevator music that would make
even a grump smile.
So, if you are in the mood for
a musical surprise, go out and
buy Pnghead by Black Happy. It's
a great CD and well worth the
money.
- May no Shoo
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VISITING YOUR
PLANET
★★
GROUP: Naked Soul
LABEL: Scotti Bros
Coming across as somewhat
of a grunged-out Pixies
album. Naked Soul promis
es what its name implies, bare
roots.
Possessing absolutely no
depth, or creativity. Visiting Your
Planet is perhaps the longest CD
of unartful noise since Slayer put
out their first album.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Mike Conley seemed a bit pre
occupied on Visiting Your Plan
et, as one could obviously note.
Beginning the album with
"Helicopter Man" was perhaps
his worst decision of all. Placing
the Ixtst song on track one left the
rest of the album nowhere to go.
especially because most of the
other tracks were clones of each
other.
Going nowhere seemed to be
the key issue for the band.
All in all, Naked Soul could
have used better production and
songwriting. Although they may
t>e major items, they are not dif
ficult to change.
- Ryan Walker
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FATAL
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in its own cleverness.
Make no mistake, then) are enough laughs in this
film to entertain anyone, but the storyline lacks a
certain cohesiveness that films like The Naked Can
and Airplane have.
Each scene is just an endless succession of gag
after gag, and for a while, it works quite well. There
are few connectors tying the laughs together, and
for someone who has not seen the erotic thrillers
being spoofed, it’s possible to get lost in between.
However, both Armand Assantu and Sean Young
turn in memorable comic performances and keep
the flavor of the film at a don't-take-any-of-this-seri
ously level.
Fatal Instinct is a quality spoof job and like all
spoofs, should leave the audience holding their
sides and pounding their fists with glee.
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