Bands play to their audience By Jake Berg Or&gan 0**y fm Fans left the WOW Hall last Saturday raving about the Had Brains show as much as for the music ns for the charm tors of the lead singers. After all. the lend singer for Bad Brains and the lead singer for opening-act Prong knew how to appeal to the Eugene masses "Come on and move you fuckin' hippies.” yelled the Prong singer, obviously knowing the reputation of his audience and obviously not minding being an asshole, which he did vorv well So did the Bad Brains lead singer. "Do you all like to smoke gan jn?" the Bad Brains singer asked loan answer of "Yeahs." 'So do we, man. So do we Fight for your right to smoke ganja." It was certainly in the uir alter that statement, and the fans also had to fight for their right to be there. The crowd was as unruly as a WOW Hall crowd has been in recent memory, and even the lead singer of Bad Brains got into it — Figuratively and literally. Israel Joseph-I often would launch himself off of the stage (and over the restraining wall brought in especially for the show) and into the eagerly out stretched hands of the WOW crowd, which happily carried him around. AMOV UftlFTai Israel Joseph-1 works the WOW crowd Into a frenzy Saturday night, as his band Bad Brains shows what they're made of Jake’s Corner LOCAL SHOWS Joseph ! would also stick the microphone up to the anxious mouths Fighting to get to the front of the stage to sing a verse. Good thing it was Joseph-! who was the load singer because many of the impromptu guests' von r< on the microphone showed exactly whv thev were in the midieni u and he wits on the stage Prong did not disappoint either, as they brought up many of the people who had Iteen hid ing in the basement bar from the first band Alcohol Punnycar. who sound just like all the other had bands that have made their way through or make their home in Kugene. REVIEWS Continued from Page 8A Urge Ovurkill is cool and Sarah McLachlan smol ders on slow songs. Boh Mould takes timeout from giving himself and his fans tinnitus and turns in “Can't Fight It," a solo acoustic track that may he about AIDS or maybe just about loss, but is great either way. Soundgarden and Nirvana (responsible for a bonus track unlisted in the credits) produce songs worthy of their reputations as two of the biggest names in, uh, Seattle. The Breeders' live version of "Iris" rates a close third in the best performance by a loud or angry bond category. Smashing Pumpkins fans will enjoy "Glynnis." (Question: Did Billy Corgan remove the capital let ters from his name before or after MTV started play ing his videos?) Buffalo Tom fans (both of them) will be similarly satisfied with "For All to See." Pavement may have the most obscure topic for a song: 'Unseen Power of tfii' Picket Fence” is about R.E.M. in 19H3 (i.e. when they were t «k>I) Soul As\ ■ lum covers Marvin (iayo and (loo (.00 Dolls covers the Rolling Stones Each song manages to be respect ful and reasonably good. Matthew Sweet. Beast in Boys, American Music Club and Uncle Tupelo are among the other con tributors No Alternative also boasts good liner notes Rolling Stone writer Chris Mundy muses on what constitutes an alternative band or whether alter native music exists at all It may bo the best part of the album, which says something for Mundy, but isn’t a very good sign for the album, which, for a bunch of b-sides and covers, sounds, well, pretty much like a batch of b-sides and covers Find No Alternative in the "Tributes to famous old artists or washed-up punk artists or obscure contemporary artists or benefits for every cause imaginable" section of your local music store. 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For more information on School ot Music events cal 346-5678. or call the Music Hotline (346-3764) lor a taped message Fri. SCENES & ARIAS d la CARTE 11/19 UO Opera Workshop Ensemble I p.m. Basil Hall $4 General Admission, $2 Students A Senior Citizens Nov. TWODANCE 19-20 Faculty Dance Recital with Sheme Barr (UO) and Mary Seererter (ICC) 8 p.m. Dougherty Dance Theatre $6 General Admission. $3 Students A Senior Citizens Sat. GUY BOVET, Organ Masterclass 11/20 Guest artist Guy Bovet Irom Switzerland 3 p.m.. Beall Hall $10 General Admission. $7 Students A Senior Dozens Sun. GUY BOVET, Organ Recital 11/21 Guest Artist 4 p.m. Central Lutheran Church $10 General Admission, $7 Students A Senior Citizens Sun. UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 11/21 UO Ensemble 8 p.m. Beall HaH $4 General Admission, $2 Students A Senior Citizens Mon. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 11/22 UO Ensemble 8 p.m. Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 Students A Senior Citizens Tue. OREGON WIND ENSEMBLE 11/23 UO Ensemble 8 p.m. Beall Hall $4 General Admission. $2 Students A Senior Citizens Tue. COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 11/30 Music of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance FREE Admission 3:30 p.m. Beall Hall Tue. OREGON COMPOSER S FORUM 11/30 New music by UO composition students FREE Admission 8 p.m. Beall Halt