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This is what bassist Stu Cole has to say about the recent popular success of Squirrel Nut Zippers, a seven-member swing jazz outfit that has rapidly gained a loyal cult following throughout North America. The group's roots sprouted in 1993 when Jim "Jimbo" Mathus and Katherine Whalen formed a communal studio for disenchanted musicians in upstate New York. Their creative hideaway attracted an unusual array of artists that included a biomedical engineer, political worker, scientific repairman and professional gardener, all of whom were dissatisfied with the paths their lives had taken. This unlikely array of people soon discovered...
DIED. RONNIE LANE, 51, fun-loving British rock guitarist; after a two-decades-long struggle with multiple sclerosis; in Trinidad, Colo. The bassist co-founded Small Faces, which became the band that launched Rod Stewart. In 1977, as Lane began to feel the effects of the disease, he collaborated with Pete Townshend on the rock-'n'-roll classic Rough...
...some of the band members, however, the experience wasn't quite as easy-going as it may have been perceived in the audience. Andy Eggers '99, who played drums with Jacquet on "Robbin's Nest," described the experience as "totally nerve-racking." Bassist Gian Antonio Pangaro '99 agreed with Eggers' assessment and wished there had been "more time during the week to rehearse with the artists...
...American I'd sell you suicide," Manson snarls over the sound of jackhammering drums and the buzz-saw scream of guitars. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, and his group have all adopted names of celebrity idols and serial killers. The keyboardist calls himself Madonna Wayne Gacy; the bassist, Twiggy Ramirez...
...year's print ads whimsically position the camera as not just a quick processor but also a great shatterer of delusion. In one of the ads, two parents speculate about their daughter's new college boyfriend. Surely, he must be respectable. The Polaroid-provided reality? He looks like a bassist for Babe the Blue...