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...Steve's next band was equally impolitic; he named it Rapeman. Rapeman was quieter than Big Black, but this is relative. It had a human drummer, for one thing. Rapeman had only one album; it was named Two Nuns and a Pack Mule. The best song builds slowly from a single guitar and frequent silences; then it adds a bass line, then some white noise and then Steve's voice. The song is hypnotic, even lovely, but in typical Albini fashion, this song is called "Kim Gordon's Panties" and features classy lyrics like "If I had that to come...
...swayed, at times awkwardly, to the tunes of "Pineola" and "Metal Firecracker." Like a '90s Snow White she stood almost defiantly surrounded by four of her (actually rather tall) dwarfs: electric guitarists John Jackson and Kenny Vaughn, acoustic guitarist and harmony singer Jim Lauderdale, bassist Richard M. Price and drummer Fran Bryne...
...giving the audience both "La Grippe," a bizarre fusion between blues, jazz and funk about the influenza pandemic of 1918 and an extremely extended rendition of "I've Found a New Baby," a 1919 song in which every band member was given a chance to perform a solo. Drummer Chris Phillips juggled his sticks and then oranges handed to him by the band, all the while continuing to play; bassist Stu Cole played between his legs as Mathus and Whalen handed out the beads they'd been wearing to the audience...
Baby Ray was born about a year ago when drummer Logus and bassplayer Simonoff joined Groat and Lafler, whosing and play guitar on the album...
...Rock drummers are like car tires: they're regularly replaced, but you won't get far if you're missing one. Up is R.E.M.'s first album since the band's longtime drummer, Bill Berry, left the group; his absence is present on more than a few tracks. The remaining three members try to make do with drum machines, but the results often lack kick. Nonetheless, singer Michael Stipe is in fine form, and his lyrics are typically haunting and nuanced (a complete lyric sheet is included for the first time). The focus here is on delicately constructed ballads...