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I ocal musicians perform classic Pink Floyd album H A Eugene band successfully r eated “The Wall” in all its psy chedelic glory live at the McDonald Theatre on Saturday By Aaron Shakra tor the Emerald Since its release in 1979, Pink FIoyd’s “The Wall” has become in grained within America’s culture. As both an album and a 1982 film, “vhe Wall” is a musical landmark that transcends even the band itself. Its influence has extended every where. from being identified with the end of political events such as the Cold War to attacks on the very foundation of educational systems in America. Through the lyrics and music, the Roger Waters-fronted band tells a story of personal experi ence and depression. Because Pink Floyd hasn’t been re leasing new material consistently, the chance to hear them perform live is rare. People are left with two choic es: They can either pick up a copy of Pink Floyd’s album “Is Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81,” or watch different musicians perform the material in the band’s place. On Saturday night, the local Mc Donald Theatre did just that by as sembling eight local musicians in a nameless band to cover “The Wall” in its chronological entirety. The band came together for the specific purpose of performing the album. But they had previously covered another Pink Floyd classic — “Dark Side of the Moon” — on numerous occasions in recent years. Replicating the atmosphere of the original music, the show could best be described as ominous and strange. The crowd spanned generations and offered a clear representation of the music’s lasting appeal. When the crowd heard popular songs such as “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II),” “Mother” and “Comfortably Numb,” the intensity and decibel level of noise in the almost sold-out theater was raised considerably. The band used dry ice and lights to replicate the moody darkness of Pink Floyd’s original material. Props, sets and screens were used to supplant some of the film’s key visual sequences. Mixed with other psychedelic imagery, scenes from the feature film played on the ceiling of the theater. Drummer Rich Sellars had the most stage presence, playing the lead role of Pink as well as singing and voicing over various mono logues from the film. The infamous cross-hammer logo was suspended high above his drum set. However, his performance didn’t overshadow the other musicians — background vocalists Shelley James and Callan Cole, lead guitarist Al Toribio, rhythm guitarist Paul Thomas Patterson Emerald The McDonald Theatre was filled with flashing lights and nostalgia Saturday night as eight local musicians faithfully covered Pink Floyd’s seminal album “The Wall” in its entirety, eliciting an encore from a satisfied crowd. Lesinski, keyboardist Asher Fulero, second-string drummer Ned Failing and bassist Brendan Releford. The band replicated the experi ence of “The Wall” with near law lessness. Listening to any of the orig inal recordings obviously turns up minute differences, but the crowd remained largely oblivious to these. Every band member contributed voice-overs of material from the film and album. Due to the use of audio samples from the originals, the mu sicians were able to segue seamless ly from one song to the next. With the two-and-a-half-hour show completed, the crowd coaxed the musicians back on stage for a half-hour encore, which consisted of songs from other Pink Floyd al bums — “Animals” and “Dark Side of the Moon.” Even though the Mc Donald Theatre is a seated estab lishment, these songs finally got the crowd dancing. Aaron Shakra is a freelance reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. Monroe Park continued from page 1 goal of meeting today is to open up a discussion of why there are people and groups that would be harmed by U.S. policies worldwide.” Many of the participants in Satur day’s event are members of the Fair Trade Coalition of Lane County. Skinner and others like her have joined the FTC as a way of making their views known. “We want to dis cover how the global economy is promoting incidents like Sept. 11,” she said. “The government has been listen ing to money, not our voices,” said fellow organizer Josh Kellermann. Skinner and Kellermann both be long to the group United Students Against Sweatshops, which was one of many groups that joined to gether in Monroe Park on Saturday. “Big corporations usurp the Con stitution,” said Russ Goodwin, who described himself as simply a “tax payer who has a right to be heard” and held a sign saying “End Corpo rate Treason.” “They buy our politicians, who then no longer represent the pub lie,” he said. 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