Word: axelrod
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Playing with Axelrod are guitarist Brian Silverman '85, Larisa R. Wright '87 on the bass, drummer Scott Puopolo '85, and saxophonist Warren Hill, a student at the Berklee School of Music...
...group plays a mixture of rock and what Axelrod jokingly refers to "European-synthopop." Their original music, which is written mostly by Axelrod, Puopolo and Silverman, shows a strong jazz influence, members say. Both original and cover works are "highly danceable," Axelrod says...
Despite the incipient group's obvious desire for success, Axelrod says that his main goal is to communicate to listeners, not make the Top 40. "People think you have to degrade your intellectual standards to appeal to the average man on the street," he says, describing his belief that this attitude is responsible for the creation of "music that just becomes a form of mental masturbation...
...Axelrod, Puopolo, Silverman and Wright have all played together in the past, but they say the intense spirit of The Rhythm Method has transported their latest band into a whole new league. "Our aspiration is to eventually have that dream contract," Axelrod says. He believes that this self indulgent aura of professionalism is key to eventual mass-success...
...band members credit saxophonist Hill with much of the group's developing style. "A good sax is like a vitamin," Axelrod says...