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Local punk bands ready to rock for charity ■The Punk-a-thon will be held Friday in the EMU to benefit Food for Lane County ®Good Clean Fun By Josh Ryneal Oregon Daily Emerald The holidays have a strange ef fect on people. Just as Christmas won over the Grinch, the spirit of giving seems to have replaced punk rockers’ “kiss-off” nihilism and replaced it with a desire to help the needy. Four punk bands will be hosting Punk-a-thon, a concert benefiting Food for Lane County in the EMU’s Fir Room Friday night. Lo cal up-and-comers Compact 56; on-again, off-again punkers Mul let! and first-timers La Peste and Self-Inflicted are all bringing their three-chord frenzy to help the homeless and hungry. Chris Spinelli, singer for Com pact 56 and an organizer of the concert, said that Punk-a-thon is foremost a benefit but hopes that maybe it will change some peo ple’s perception of punk rock and its listeners. “I think that a lot of people think of punk as really loud music that’s listened to by scary people, but that’s pretty untrue,” he said. Spinelli said everyone partici pating in the concert is doing it gratis, even if it means losing mon ey. The bands are paying for fliers and the EMU Fir Room out of their own pockets, and any canned food or money that comes In goes di-' rectly to charity. This year, admission to the con cert is two cans of food or $1. “We did this last year, and it was really successful,” Spinelli said. “We had a lot of people come, and we collected around 200 pounds of food and about $60. That may Courtesy of Compact 56 (Left to right) Drummer Mayer Mecham, singer Chris Spinelli, guitarist Ben Clement and bassist Glenn Shires of Compact 56 will be hosting a benefit concert for Food for Lane Coun ty at the EMU Fir Room on Friday at 7 p.m. Also on the bill for the Punk-a-thong are Mullet!, La Peste and Self-Inflicted. not seem like a lot, but it was a big turnout.” .While punk music hasn’t had a lot of success promoting its giving, caring side, members of the other bands are ready and willing to give their talents to a good cause. Jon Baker, a Lane Community College student and Mullet!’s bassist, said his band is getting back together one last time to bene fit what he called a “good cause.” “We were breaking up because our lead guitarist decided he did n’t want to play with us anymore,” Baker said, “but he came back for one last show after he heard the show was for charity. It’s a cheap way to see a punk show, and everybody wins.” The members of Mullet!, who play what Baker called “pop punk,” are going their separate ways after the show, but Baker said that he hopes to keep playing mu sic in Eugene. “I had a good time in this band, and I’m glad that our last show is for a good cause,” he said. “I’m go ing to miss those butt-rock solos.” Andrew Hanna, guitarist for La Peste and a South Eugene High School student, said this show will be his band’s first, and after eight months of practicing they are ready to rock for charity. La Peste, which means “the plague” in Spanish, has been look ing for any opportunity to'piay, Hanna said. They weren’t even aware that it was a benefit show until after they signed on to play. “We didn't know that it was for charity, but it’s a good cause, and I’m glad to be a part of it,” he said. Punk-a-thon starts at 7 p.m. Fri day in the EMU Fir Room. 15 MINUT6X The following is an unscientific poll sampled from 25 students in the EMU* The movie industry has been out of new ideas for some time now and is constantly searching for old ideas that an be made new. This season, three big movies rein vented old ideas. Students expressed their opinions about whether it was good that these movies were made or whether they should have been left alone. Good (64 percent) or Bad (3o percent)? “It brings back tbe good story about Christinas.”—Sean Stroup, senior architecture major Good (52 percent) or Bad (48 percent)? “I really lie the movie, but some adults don’t want to see it because it’ll rum tbe TV show.”—Debrah Forrest, freshman general science major Good (52 percent) or Bad (48 percent)? that geo Submit YOUR original work to “15 Minutes”! 1 movie out of somethii (existed ■ orations.”—Lisa Biggs, freshman, undeclared I pMenamins ♦ &BRE VVrn A Place for Families & Friends Delicious Pub Fare Handcrafted Ales and Wines East 19th Street Cafe 1485 E. 19th Street 342-4205 North Bank 22 Club Road 343-5622 High Street Brewery & Cafe 1243 High Street 345-4905 All food, ales and wines available to go www.mcmenamins.com
