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Rock 'n' roll eats its old. Bands like Green Day, Hootie and the Blowfish and Pearl Jam are built up, and then, when they become successful, trashed by the very same tastemakers and trendmeisters who declared these acts worthwhile to begin with. Only a few bands like U2 and R.E.M. manage to escape the ritual slaughter and mature with grace...
...embrace. His playing is not indulgent--rarely will he take an all-out, all-eyes-on-me solo--but it is attention grabbing nonetheless. Like Hendrix, he can coax strange sounds from his guitar: metallic rasps, hip-hop-like scratches, notes that snap back like rubber. And yet, like U2's the Edge and R.E.M.'s Buck, he works in tightly focused riffs and bursts...
...U2'S NEW ALBUM The untitled record has been put off from October until early next year...
Another problem is a lack of big names out on the road. What with R.E.M., U2 and Pearl Jam sitting the summer out (all three are preparing new albums) and the Grateful Dead disbanded (in the wake of front man Jerry Garcia's death last August), there are no surefire-draw megabands touring this summer, no must-see, tell-your-grandkids musical events--with the possible exception of the affably popular supergroup Hootie & the Blowfish. Sure, the Sex Pistols and Kiss have reunited and are touring, but those are concerts you tell your grandfather about...
Meanwhile, back at the Columbia festival, the rain has finally stopped. The band takes the stage to a massive roar from the crowd, a Beatles in Liverpool, U2 in Dublin, Nirvana in Seattle hometown roar. With abandon, joy and a little bit of out-of-practice sloppiness, they tear through some old songs--Hannah Jane, Let Her Cry and Time--as well as a couple of the new numbers, Sad Caper and Be the One. Rucker screams his way through that last one, pulling and pawing at his shirt as if he's about to come...