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GROUP Meat
Pupp«s
LABEl London
on (.an try with all your
might to classify the music
1 of the Meat Puppets, hut
you just can't do it
You can't really compare them
to any other current alternative
hands because many of the cur
rent hot alternative, including
Soul Asylum and Nirvana < an
stantlv speak of the inspiration
they got from the Mear Puppets
early work
Strangely this is the first Meat
Puppet* album in more than four
year* Ms guess is that after the
band put out three or four
albums, it dec ided its music had
run its course and called it cpnts.
only to retire .1 year and half pri
or to the big boom in the sales
and popularity of alternative
music
With so many of the today's
megastars, the Meat Puppets like
ly thought twice about breaking
up and set out to make n new
album.
The result. I would have
guessed, would be a 10-song
klunker filled with boring
rehashed crap.
Not so
On Too High to Die. the Meat
Puppets continue to swirl around
the musical universe, not paus
ing for a moment to give people
like me the chain* to pigeonhole
them and give them a lalnd like
alternative, grunge, punk, etc.
Too High opens with 0
crunchy tune that opens with a
heavy guitar riff that backs some
wonderful harmonies. At times,
the voic es of the band resemble
folk music and sometimes even
gospel like* on the c losing song of
the CO "Cornin' Down."
Never To Be Pound." is
another folksy-country sounding
song that is surprisingly catchy
considering its laid-back atmos
phere
As hard as it is to find where
the Meat Puppets are trying to go
with this album, by the halfway
point, their great songwriting is
obvious and you begin to put
your trust in the band, letting
them take you wherever it wants
to go
- DAVE CHARBONNEAU
WHISKEY FOR THE
Oregon Doily Emerald
MOLT
GHOST
ARTIST Mail.
Lanegan
LABEL SuO Pop
ht&ktty h'ar The Holy
» >ft f Ghost, the second solo
■j " J prujtu t from Scream*
ing Tn*fs front-man Mark I-ane
QUICK
PICKS
FLOWERS
THE EX A TOM CORA - And
the Weathermen Shrugged
Their Shoulders (FwtpuppeV
Cargo) 3 stars. An odd and
inventive bunch of New
Zelanders got together with
Mr Cora to make4 a strange
yet ear-pleasmg album These
ostty mid tempo songs range
from bare-bones instrumenta
tion to orchestra-like rock col
leges, all tilted slightly left of
center
COURSE OF EMPIRE - Initi
ation (Zoo) 3 i/? stars. Some
times, m fact, quite often. I see
albums put out that make me
wonder why ma|or labels don't
realize they’re throwing their
money away on garbage (then
I remember that sometimes it
turns into tomorrow's Stone
Temple Pilots). This isn’t one
of those. This is a great band
that just happened to sign a
major and not an mdie first.
Resides in the same neighbor
hood as Hitting Birth, Prong,
and Tool; these four band are
the future of heavy rock.
ALICE IN CHAINS - Jar ot
Flies (Columbia) 3 stars. Kin
da like the Sap EP with the
same tempo, ‘cept its electric,
not acoustic, some of the
songs, stylewise, are definitely
new territory for the band;
"Swing On This," for example.
Layne has the same depress
tog. dark lyrics
LOIS - Strumpet (K) 4 stars
Think about The Spmanes.
Now ad a bass player. That's
Lois. Makes sense when you
think about it because Rebec
ca of The Spmanes is buddies
with Lois. They're bound to
rub off on each other. Very
beautiful songs
HOLY ROLLERS - Holy
Rollers (Dischord) 3 stars.
Pop/ punk done solid by a
0 C. quartet, 'nuff said,
VELVET CACTUS SOCIETY
- 26 Songs (Shimmy Disc) 3
stars. Weird like Ween, only a
ittle less happy, a little more
sarcastic. Check out "When I
Sleep Naked" and “Can I Bor
row Your Baby?"
FERTILIZER
LEMONS - Marvel (Macola)
1 star. These guys are
lemons, all right, the name
says it all.
SHONE KNIFE - Rock Ani
mals (Virgin) 1 1/2 stars. Oh
man. are these girts annoying.
A lot of people at the radio
station disagree with men on
this one, but what do they
know. If you want cute Japan
ese women rockin' out with
pop/punk go listen to the
5,6,7.8's, not this.
- SCOTT DREW
Music Director KWVA
Kan, makes a powerful statement
for this Northwest, gruff-voiced
vocalist Unlike his first solo pro
ject haik in J990 titltxl 77)i■ Wind
ing Sheet which sounds more
like the Trees than a personal
expression from Lanegan,
Whiskey takes un deep, intro
spective look into the psyche of
a very talented vocalist and lyri
cist.
Don't get the wrong idea,
though Lanegan's solo work on
this alhum does not stray so fur
from the distinct Screaming
Trees sound to the point of him
changing his own writing and
singing style, which actually
ends up sounding relatively sim
ilar to his latest Trees work He
in fact draws from many of the
same references, such us whiskey
and loss, that are so evident with
the Screaming Trees.
The reason Whiskey is so pow
erful is that the instrumental
music on it is emotionally con
sistent with the feeling in his
lyrics and vocal style. Bluesy
acoustic guitars, pianos, stand-up
tiasses. organs and saxophones all
give to the album, but the magic
in Whiskey is credited to Lane
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gan's voice joined with the dark
acoustic arrangements of Mike
Johnson's guitar. Lanegan's voice,
hauntingly similar to the low
grainy voice of Jim Morrison .
finally gets the lazy, blues
drenched back-up that allows it
to set the album's entire mood.
Speaking of Mike Johnson
Whiskey For The Holy Ghost has
a lineup of talent that is almost as
impressive as the recording itself.
Aside from Lanegan who plays
back-up rhythm guitar on four
songs, Johnson. Dinosaur Jr.'s
bass player, takes care of the bulk
of guitar and piano work. I.ane
gan draws the most talent for his
drumming needs, getting help
from Tad Doyle of Tad, Dan Peters
from Mudhoney, and J Mns< is,
the now guitar-gur, from Dinosaur
Jr, Jack Endino, formerly of Skin
Yard, also appears playing bass
on one song
This album is medicine for
your emotions, and you can do it
justice by sitting down on an old
comfortable chair, turning it on,
and pouring yourself a nice glass
of. say. Whiskey.
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