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Show ail box Contents Of Review Final Athey's seminal punk band Killing Joke. The line up unites original KJ powerhouse drummer Paul Ferguson with Martin Atkins, along with a fiery onslaught of noise from John Bechdcl, Gcordie Walker, Paul Raven and Chris Connelly. As a long-tim- e Killing Joke fan, a disciple of industrial music since its inception and a newly converted Ministry fan, I confess to a biased viewpoint. The rhythm section of Murder Inc. includes two drummers, Big Paul Ferguson and Martin Bam Bam Atkins, according to the press release. I expected some intense pounding of the skins and I was not by William Athey Forum staff writer The plan for this week was to review the new Lyle Lovett and k d lang recordings. six My mailbox turned into a tape mine tapes in the last week. The Lyle Lovett and k d lang recordings are the best yet from each artist Check them out. The first tape in the pile comes from a side major label, Warner Bros. Ice-T- s project, Body Count. Body Count Ice-- T gave us a glimpse of Body Count on O.G., one song. He appeared at Club DV8 on the 10th of this month. Of course I missed it so Im not sure if Body Count was featured. According to the press release accompanying the tape, Body Count appeared on stage last summer during the Lollapalooza tour. Salt Lake wasnt a part of the Lollapalooza schedule, so I missed that, too. This summer, according to rumor, Salt Lake will be on the schedule for Lollapalooza. I wont miss it. The press release says the release date for Body Count is March 31, so it should be in stores now. Referring again to the speed press release, this is gangsta-rock- , Ice-T vocals. If with metal you doing the Ice-with all have any familiarity at you human know he is one pissed-of- f being. All the anger of hardcore rap is here. The sexism, women as objects for achieving orgasm. Of course the sound of gunfire is included. How about f$k the police with thrash guitar in Cop Killer. Rodney King is mentioned, cant say I blame him after watching the video. The tapeopens withacopkilling. Members of the band are introduced as, on the bass my main motherf&ker Mooseman, in the house, on the rhythm tracks on the drums the one and only Beatmaster x V, on lead guitars my nigger Emie-- and disappointed. The drums thunder, the bass drives, Connelly vocally can only be compared to Peter Murphy from Murphys early days with Bauhaus. Build a fire in your fireplace, turn out the lights and light some candles, it may be a warm April in the City of Salt, but this one will chill you to the bone. The tape ends with a traditionally styled drinking song; youll need a drink after listening to it. My only complaint about the recording is that it is too short. According to the newsletter, Connelly will appear in SLC sometime in April or May. T, D-Ro- Bizarr c, The Bizarr Sex Trio C Im Ice-moth- king-T- . gives us the body count for this weekends gang warfare and wonders what it would be like to live on the Cosby Show or Ozzie and Harriet in Now Sports. Hit the mosh pit, this is some excellent thrash. Dont forget the gangs, you can see the graffiti on this campus, try raising a child in this neighborhood, gangs are real! A Stat ... tells us that there are more black males in prison than in college. PisI wonder why? I think you get sed off the idea. How about something more pleasant? Invisible, the industrial music label operating out of Chicago saw fit to send me a couple of tapes. Ice-- T The Bizarr Sex Trio Bizarr Sex Trio gets my vote for the best childlike cover drawing since my first review of the semester, Doghouse. The vinyl edition came in a limited edition of nearly 700 individually hand screened and numbered different record covers. Head to Raunch, Im sure Brad has one hell sell you for a price. The press release accompanying my copy of the tape says this hefty investment of time, energy and money simply for the sake of their art furthers the ideals of invisible, The Bizarr Sex Trio and Paul B. Hirsch to greater heights. Hirsch is classified as a artist. Invisibles newsletter touts this as a horrible crunching slab of noise. I dont know about the horrible slab of noise. It reminds me of a darker version of Ralph Records artists The Residents. There are some very creative samples used. Most of the tape consists of rhythm tracks and a one sentence sample slowed down or sped up layered over the rhythm track. In Thin Blue Line we learn that a police officer is killed every 57 hours while serving the public he protects, and that the criminal has the edge. Maybe they should get Ice- ist Murder Inc. Invisibles latest newsletter informs that Murder Inc. is, formed out of the ashes of Page April 21,1992 5 l n t , 'i 1 Ts opinion on the subject. Homo Erectus, which opens side two, may realize the horrible slab of noise claim, the screams, scratches, pounding and God knows what noise samples do jar my sensitive eardrums. The guy on the sample wants a better room, for his Homo Erectus. Dont ask me what it means. The final sample on Homo Erectus sets us up for the final song on the tape, Girls in the city always look so pretty leads to Rub A Dub Dub. It opens with moans and some passionate female begging you to f kme harder. This entire track consists almost entirely of a pounding rhythm track, the aforementioned sample slowed down or sped up and some moaning and heavy breathing. Try it out on your favorite liberated woman, hide all heavy objects and be ready to defend yourself. Alias, out of San Francisco, sent some more new releases for review. I reviewed Yo La Tengo and Hypnolovewheel a few. weeks ago. Yo La Tengo is starting to get some well deserved national media attention. Finding their recording in Salt Lake may be a problem, according to reports I receive. Tell your favorite chain record store to wake up the buyer. aire at a carnival. Sounds from a carnival are included. Altman describes Inertia as a girl friend. Im Hemorrhaging (in f) has Altmans thoughts pouring from his brain and he likes the way it feels, the hardest rocking song on the tape. Simple Simon sets out to find where the Sun goes when it sets on Perihelion, and he disappears. Cerebral Corps with the new release Attributed To is music for your head. The Magnolias The Magnolias are a Minneapolis band formed in 1984. Off The Hook is their fourth release. Three albums were released on their hometown label TwinTone. I dont Off The Hook is hard rock mean heavy metal. Remember theFeelies, Buzzcocks and Undertones? Recording in the early days of punk or new wave they received critical acclaim but little airplay. All three bands played hard rock with a pop edge. The Magnolias play in the same style. We are now in the enlightened days of Can a band with big modem music. guitars, plenty of hooks and a drummer flailing away at warp speed get airplay? I hope so! This tape is great! My Little Flame Never Lasts and Tear Up This Town are perfect for slamming without violence. When Im Not on the second side is a ballad, played at 45 rpm instead 78. John Freeman, singerguitarist, thinks of tomorrow when hes not up to living. How about turning off Lush and trying a little thrash for a change? Cerebral Corps Described in the press release as mysterious and Cerebral Corps is the work of Jeff Saltzman with a number of guest musicians. Cerebral Corps sounds like Hermans Hermits meeting the Beatles and Monkees at an electric Koolaid acid test My Fathers Name Was Dad is copyrighted to Apple Music in 1968. 1 dont know who at Apple recorded it, but the guitar line reminds me of the Monkees Pleasant Valley Sunday. X-T- Described as Bay Area world punkers has the most in the press release, al traditionally commercial sound of this batch of tapes. Black Russian opens the tape with haunting violin. J. Neo apologizes to his lover and asks her to pour me another Black Russian and end the serious discussion. Stop Torture is an anti-wa- r, pro Amnesty International song. Stop mutilation, stop the torture, stop the torture for profit X-T- mind-expandin- g. and war. could be Peter Noone (Hermans Hermits) doing the vocals for the Rolling Stones on Her Satanic Majestys covers Fairport Convention with Genesis Hall. Allison Moseley does a lovely job on the lead vocal. In Utah, tells us what they think of our lovely Myopia X-T- al X-T- al Girl From the Carnival deRequest. scribes falling in love with a concession - . Continued on Page 15 JH . m 1 i ' al a a.i ? 4 aft i |