Bigwig's Julie Reyes and Chris Scholl brought their heavy pop to John Henry’s Tuesday, as always Jake Berg was on hand to witness the deth and destruction and to drink lots o beer Bigwig conscience shopping By Jake Berg Oregon Daily EmertM Jim Bausch was standing on stage at John Henry’s Tuesday nigJit. considering suing the i ompany that made his guitar strings The I) string had just broke halfway through Bigwig's first song, and its replacement was actually an A string, causing frustration and constant tuning Bausch even had to quickly abort Elvis' "Suspicious Minds," the second song, just to tune up. Bausch then explained to the crowd that this wasn't a normal occurrence for the band. Then again. Bigwig, playing John Henry's for the sixth time and tJieir seventh gig overall, have only been together a cou ple of months, not really long enough to establish a tradition And the current version won't even be together that much longer Chris Schulz, the bass guitarist, will he moving to New York tJiis weekend, leaving Bausch, singer Julie Jake’s Corner LOCAL SHOWS Keyes and drummer |on St Clair looking for a new bass guitarist Prior to Scholz' departure, however, the hand established itself by recording a 4,ri with Eugene's Pro-Arts that should f>e out by March Bigwig are still all smiles, though The group apparently hasn't forgotten now to have fun with its music, as all of the members have an easier time playing their parts than they do from keeping smiles off of their faces or from making jokes Bausch says that in addition to looking for a boss guitarist, the band is also shopping for a new conscience. St Clair says Bigwig is seeking an endorse nient from Hlil/ Weinhard One of tint band's main originals is the "KVVVA I'lli*me Song Si hoi/ says they ( rented Keves an "absolutely perfect" lend singer — by growing her in an incubator This kind of humor doesn't take a wav from the hand's mu sin. though, as Keyes presence on stage of throaty vocals, wild arm movements and facial ex pressions nearly steal Bigwigs shows. Although Bigwig's musii probably won't be starting rnosli pits anytime soon, it is still heavy enough to bang your head, but poppy enough, still, to get fans groovin' on the dance floor Hausch desi rihes the music with a quote borrowed from K K M s Mic hael Stipe It sounds like two oranges luting nailed together Musical influence and quotes apparently are not the only things Higyvig got from K K M their humor is there as well. ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS RADNOR. Pa. (AP) — This just in. Shannon Doherty says she wasn’t fired from "Heverlv ffills. 90210.” ”1 quit.” she said. In an interview being published in TV Guide's |an. 23 issue, she called it a "mutual decision" between her and producer Aaron Spelling. "We hacked each other against the wall." Doherty said. "I feel no sadness. Who wants to get up at 5 a.in. and leave the arms of your hus band and go work for 12 hours in a job in which you're miserable?" Doherty last year married Ashley Hamilton, son ol actor George Hamilton. Spelling, whose daughter. Tori, also stars in FOX TV's "90210.” said only that "Shannon knows why she will not ho on the show next year.” "1 wish Shannon lin k in whatever she does in the future,” ho said. Doherty said she is working on a feature film called "Blindfold.” She said she also wants to turn her attention to Hamilton "When I started the show, all I cared about was my career," she said "Now I care about being with my husband I take my marriage seriously ” -£ BanyanTree n^i4 (*• 17 THE BLACK RIDER TOM WAITS ' 8 ••,. ,• • H v M '1 BALTIMORE ,’IPGUN .'0 I NT! H THE WU TANG WU TANG Cl AN Iliil»l>ar