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...awesome to play in the competition,"said lead guitarist DeLear. "They had a biggersound and light system, for the bands than ElvisCostello is using [at Harvard]," he added...
...different, but successful vein is the title track. Here, the jerky, sporadic guitar chords suggest the premium-fueled rockabilly licks of former X guitarist Billy Zoom, while Dando chants out some direct but not inane lyrics: "We got problems we can't solve. It's enough to make you want to hate your friends." It's not the most charitable sentiment but it is honest...
...Cohn's changes are detrimental. Particularly powerful is the addition of a brief dumbshow at the beginning, summarizing the predetermined plot with a few gestures. The presence onstage of flamenco guitarist Richard Chavez is also a nice touch...
USUALLY A BAND TITLES ITS first album eponymously, not its third, but the newly released Rank and File signifies such radical changes in this L.A. band that it is essentially a new group. Personnel shakeups have brought drummer R. Kahr and lead guitarist Jeff Ross into the group. Ross's guitar pyrotechnics have changed Rank and File's style accordingly, from a country-edged punk flavoring to a corporate-rock, Jefferson Starship-type sound...
Well, the trio has proved me wrong--twice. Peter Prescott, of course, reformed Volcano Suns into one of Boston's best and most experimental bands. And the other two members of that primitive trio (guitarist Gary Waleik and bassist Steve Michener) have formed Big Dipper, a group with more obvious roots and less fervor for weird than Volcano Suns, but on the same track nonetheless...