Word: rocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ROCK HUDSON: HIS STORY, Hudson and Davidson...
Picnic at Hanging Rock Wed.-Thurs...
...Lords believe in rock not only as a means of rhythmic release but also as a vehicle of conscience. Their songs are fleet enough to get an audience moving and tough enough to make them stop and think once the beat lets go. Scott Kempner plays a hard guitar, writes most of the Del-Lords' material and takes his lead vocals on songs the way a pistolero goes for his gun. Listen to him talk, and it quickly becomes clear that he wants the audience to share the band's life-or-death dedication to the music. "We're doing...
Part of the problem may be inseparable from what makes the Del-Lords so distinctive: an insistence on passion when a lot of rock has slipped into neutral, a glorification of rough-and-tumble spirit when much of the Top Ten has all the aggression of a goose-down quilt. "Through the '70s, people became isolated," Kempner reflects. "They became isolated from their music, from their government. We hark back to an older tradition. We have something to say to the people who listen...
Frankly, in the middle of the summer, the world needs true adults more than ever. Along with Elvis Costello, Gabriel is one of the few rock musicians who has the poise and dignity and talent to carry off the tough task of acting like a complex human being. It is a shame that someone with his ability writes beach blanket anthems--even great ones like "Sledgehammer." After all, there are enough David Lee Roths around to handle the kids...