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...fact, The Olivz commitment to The Bus is pretty much the only thing that distracts them from their music. Since they got together in 1986, Leo Ganley, George Chambers, Bill Boyd and Sean Sumner have concentrated on playing their own brand of alternative rock to the exclusion of everything else...
...Ganley, lead singer, says, "We've got to do this because we don't have a choice. We've given up a lot to do this...the chance to take high-paying jobs, relationships with people who depended on us, our cars, our health insurance, everything and we're on a mission, definitely...
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...