Word: ganley
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They play only original songs. "We don't have a set list for tonight!" yells Leo as the band launches into an hour of rollicking Olivz tunes. The band likes to tailor its sets to the mood of the audience. With that kind of spontaneity, Ganley adds, "we can touch the crowd when...
Tonight, the crowd is even closer than usual, dancing around the amps and leaning over the mike stands like an amoeba poised to engorge the band. The Olivz "regulars" sing along with Ganley's clear, Micheal Stipe-esque tenor. People slam dance. There's a brawl. It's chaotic, but tremendous...
...sound may be clean, but the Olivz lyrics are on the harsh side. Ganley cringes at the very mention of what he calls "mushy romance shit. Metal ballads. Aaarrgh!!!" Sometimes the lyrics are sarcastic, and other times they cross the line to snide. The Olivz only sliver of sentimentality is reserved for the subject of music itself, in lyrics like "God don't like on movie show/the people there live in make pretend/God loves his radio...
...Ganley describes the band's musical development between mouthfuls of potato chips. "We've had the same goddamned focus forever. We write music because we don't like what we hear on the radio, and we've just grown up. We're still thesame goddamned band." He turns to George. "Aren...
...George Chambers who came up with theband's name. "It means nothing, so you can'treally equate it with anything." he says. "Iactually hate olives." Ganley explains, "There'sno baggage. You can't hate us for being TheOlivz...