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(Fije jLìortkuth (©bseruer Focus M ay 12, 1999 Page 3 JOIN IN THE FUN!!! Eddie May's Interactive Comedy MURDER MYSTERY DINNERS! Dine with the hilarious characters! If someone bites the big one" (& they will!) Search suspects purses 8r coats for clues! help Pet. Mau Interrogate the suspects! Can You Figure Out Whodunit? TICKETS: (503) 52 4-4366 he L.A. area-trio may still be and the Muffs on the other.” Eve 6 recorded the album in Los young, but the core of the band Angeles at Sound City and Chomsky have been writing and performing to Ranch, New York at Electric Lady gether for five years - developing songs that capture angst and frustra and predominately in Seattle at Step tion with a refreshing honesty and ping Stone, the home of Don Gilmore poeticism as well as musical sophisti - an admired engineer turned pro ducer who had previously worked cation and raw power. T Twenty-year-old singer and bass player Max Collins, who also writes the lyrics, and his classmate 19 year- old-guitarist Jon Siebels have been col laborating together since their fresh man year in high school, drawn to gether by a seriousness about playing in a rock band and a love of punk music. They were signed to The RCA Records Label two years ago while still in high school. Now, having teamed up with 20 year-old drummer Tony Fagenson and adopting the Eve 6 moniker, the band has recorded an in fectious, self-titled debut album. The first single, “ Inside O ut” about “wanting people to under stand you” (“ I would swallow my pride...”), states the album’s theme of the distance between outside ap pearances and internal reality, while the seductive catch-and-hold chorus of “ Leech” underlines the tale of an emotional parasite (“ Sucking on my brain/You’re the teacher/l’m the stu- dent/Turning things around/Your story’s not congruent”). One wouldn’t expect such catchy choruses and sophisticated melodic subtleties from a young band’s mu sic. “That comes from having a wide range of ta ste s,” exp lain s M ax. “ We’ll listen to c la ssic singer- songwriters like Elvis Costello and Tom Petty on the one hand, and noisy pop like the Pixies, Jawbreaker www.eddiemaymysterie5.com “ Inspire me,’ sings Max in “Small Town Trap,’ the final song on the album and a paean to mak ing something of yourself. “Cause if you don’t/I think I’ll dissipate to dust/T he liar in m e/Says something’s gonna happen soon/ Because it must.” Public Shows Fridays/Saturdays at the Days Inn City-Center Portland Gift Certlflcates/Priuate Parties available! ------- fy d T h e H o tte s t S p o t in to w n Pool, sports, live music & dancing • Dig screen TV - new ownership “Lottery will be here soon" We call it TA 503-289-4711 • for a reason! 736 N. Lom bard 97217 Need a D.J.? Tired o f the same old style of music? Lot Reggae Mobile D J . come and liven up your guestsll R » B * R E G G A E Call Roy 503-282-9062 P with the likes of X and John Doe. Wanting to get away from the pressure of recording in their home town, the band spent sev eral weeks in the North west city, where they won over new fans with a num ber of acclaimed local live club appearances. • W a r t ie s e d d in c s • A n n iv e r s a r ie s • E TOP TO BOTTOM rAfilllOSl ATHLETIC SHOES & CLOTH! A G T-Shirts j / $ i o Freaky Chains "Free" COME SEE US We Feature Fubu, Boss, Nike, South Pole, First Down, Fila, Adidas, Lugz and work boots / lm ,s d ii e e l M i 11- S il l( -7 1 ni h u u li 11 11 * Pin ne K (-ÌM 7 1 7 >< 'M . \ I n I in I u lin i P in i k ■ ! P I. tc