Word: olivz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What he's talking about is The Olivz raison d'etre--songwriting. Since 1986, The Olivz have recorded more than 100 original songs, totalling over 500 hours of 16 track studio time. They spend most of each day working on new music, and you get the distinct feeling that they'd live in the studio if they could...
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...
George Chambers, lead guitar, belts out The Olivz tumbling melodies with a kind of blaring precision. He's fond of decibels--lots of them at once--but adds that "there's more to it than just sheer energy. There's melody...
...best thing of all is that you can hear each instrument individually. The Olivz swim against the Nirvana-inspired grundge rock current of blur and amplifyer feedback. "Our music has balls, but our sound is clean," says Chambers...