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...arrested is "one of the Cambridge punk rockers, known to our department" said Harvard Police Sgt. Peter A. O'Hare. He will be charged with "destruction of personal property and Cambridge traffic lights," O'Hare said...
...past, Soviet bands often shamelessly copied popular Western styles, but Sukachev set out to create a uniquely Soviet sound, something kids could dance to. Although a punk rocker at heart, Sukachev added a four-piece horn section to the driving rhythm-and-blues backup of lead guitarist Kirill Trusov and bass player Sergei Galanin. The result is a slick multi-generational hybrid, the Talking Heads meet Count Basie, the Andrews Sisters on acid...
...punk is in the presentation, which can shock Soviet conformists. Once, Sukachev demolished an enormous poster of Brezhnev onstage, then threw the pieces into the audience. During a number about drug addiction, he often pantomimes a heroine injection. His shaved-sided flop-mop elicits frequent comment on Moscow's streets. "People think I'm a fascist," he says. "I can't think how many times I've been called that...
JANE'S ADDICTION: JANE'S ADDICTION (Warner Bros.). This will dice your eardrums and deep-fry your brain in the bargain. Assaultive, tough, unsparing rock from a Los Angeles band with a punk foundation and guitars like trip- hammers...
...particular, all youth is mad about appearance. For some, it is the designer labels, for others, a flashy neoprimitivism, and of course, the punk hair and fashion styles (somewhat muted) have diffused to become fixtures of a generation whose members feel compelled to make "statements" with green hair, polo players, crystals, and motorcycle boots, even unto the "artful" ripping of jeans--a message that bespeaks both bodily obsession and an obscene consumerism...