Word: campers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Berry said he did not intend to exile the studious from the centrally located site. "I'm one of those that's a camper, myself," Berry said. "It's hard to get both of those parties balanced...
Nine (sleepless) months later, this new band, called Cracker, has released its debut album, called Cracker, and, thankfully, it will please even the most obsessed Camper fans. The sound is less quirky and contemplative than Camper's, but it is just as satisfying musically and lyrically...
...second track, "Happy Birthday to Me," is the album's most memorable song. The mellow music is reminiscent of Camper's 1985 and 1986 releases, Telephone Free Landslide Victory and Two and Three. The lyrics show Lowery's genuine songwriting talent. He uses extremely down-to-earth images in rambling narrative form. The images are almost too esoteric; but the in-jokes point to something beyond the text: "I was having a good sleep in my car/ in the parking lot of the showboat Casino Hotel/ I say, I remember you, you drive like a PTA mother/ you brought...
...other songs are quirky and interesting and feature fabulous lyrics. The dream-like "Can I Take my Gun Up to Heaven?" --with acoustic guitar and violin--is the closest Cracker comes to Camper Van Beethoven's sound on its brilliant Key Lime Pie release...
With bold lyrics and musical power, Cracker makes a solid contribution to the current rock scene. It is an appropriate vehicle for David Lowery and the other bandmembers, Hickman and Davey Faragher, who more than hold their own. Although the world has lost Camper Van Beethoven, the creative spirit of the band lives...