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Show The Summer Chronicle. Wednesday, August 1 6. 1 978 Page Three inmenfe Bead Boys to unleash 'punk' in SLC Punk rock will hit Salt Lake on August 29 at Abbey Road, 826 So. Main, when the Dead Boys and The Avengers will appear in a "New Wave Extravaganza." 'The Dead Boys could not only outlive the punk movement but could also emerge as one of the few truly vital groups produced in the late '70s," said The Toronto Star after having seen the group for the first time. 'There isn't a generation gap anymore," sighs lead singer Stiv Bators. "My parents listen to Paul McCartney. There ain't nothing for kids." Onstage the Dead Boys are a rush of violence and adrenaline. Bators taunts his audience, spews beer on them, spits on them, slides head first into the front row and creates an excitement similar to that of Iggy Pop when he was with the notorious Stooges. to show off his newest Offstage Bators will lift his scars. "I don't plan to get hurt, but it just happens in the course of a performance.' At a recent show, Bators split his head open, rushed off to the hospital for stitches, and made it back in time for the second set. Guitarists Jimmy Zero looks deceivingly alright until he sticks out his forearms to reveal a tapestry of cigarette burns and healing scabs. He is not amused, but the fans just won't quit showing this bizarre form of affection. lead guitarist, Cheetah Chrome, the strawberry-haire- d snarls and makes strange faces while bragging of his latest binge. Jeff Magnum on bass is the newest and quietest member of the group. Drummer Johnny Blitz's arm is tatooed with a skull dripping blood. "Look at Alex in A Clockwork Orange." Bators said. 'That's how the kids feel now. He was mad because he'd walk down the street and see places torn up, and that's the way it is now, but not to that extreme. That's the way the kids see it in their minds, the shortages. They see the world dying; everything stinks. It's like Brando in The Wild One. People said to him. What are you rebelling against?' He said, "What you got?' " The Dead Boys have two albums out. Young, Loud and Snotty and the very recently released, We Have Come for kl Wc. K -- OJK . irt i '(ri Your Children. Also coming to Abbey Road are The Dictators August 1 6, and Kenny Rankin August 22. 'Jl . The Deed Bovs. a relatively new punk band from Cleveland, will appear at Abbey Roed Mimes, puppeteers, belly rlon pp re ornament Park City Arts Festival The Park City Arts and Bluegrass Festival will be held in Park City Saturday and Sunday. Seven bands will be featured: the Dillards, the Country Gentlemen, Bitter Creek, the Deseret String Band, Stormy Mountain Boys, the Shupe Family Fiddlers and Hot Rize. The open-ai- r concerts will be held in Treasure Hollow at the Park City resort. August 29. From left to right: Jeff Magnum, Cheetah Chroma, Stiv Bators. Jimmy Zero and Johnny Blitz. belly dancers, clowns, gymnasts and much more. Gourmet food booths will . be interspersed with the performance centers offering "a myriad of culinary offerings unequalled anywhere in the United States or Europe. Gourmets of all persuasions , Art and entertainment will fill Park City's Main Street, with 1 69 artists displaying original work in 1 1 categories. There will also be three performance centers featuring mimes, puppeteers, musicians, myelin) will prepare, by ' hand, foods yet unexperienced by the most , critical palates." Tickets are available in ZCMI stores in Salt Lake and Ogden. Prices are $5 per day, VILLA-30- 92 COTTONWOOD MALL 5001 Highland 272-515- 1 HURRY! 4-PL- :30, 3:30 :30, 7:30. 9:30 PG) 7:l?Kl (581-6945- i State fair to feature 15,000 exhibits V 5:25, 10:00 ...-m- Some 15,000 exhibits are expected, including livestock, horse shows, home arts, flower shows, photography, weaving and other crafts. The Utah State Fair has a 122-yehistory, beginning before Utah gained statehood. . 1:15, 3:15. 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 WAIT DISNEY fMWj IIS Ci: msM3 ye lj, 15; Nick Nixon September 16 and Eddie Rabbit September 1 7. ,.,B MR a-R- orooN : OPENINGS ISSUE IS FILLING UP FASTI ar Three concerts set for Salt Palace United Concerts is bringing several shows to the Salt Palace in the next month.' Upcoming are Ted Nugent and The Climax Blues Band August 25; Peter. Paul and Mary September 2 and Foreigner September 18. HURRY! Tillr'lL.7,la work is available to Plenty of part-tim- e educational benefits, according to Veterans receiving Affairs Coordinator Hugh Brown. Both the Veterans Affairs Administration Regional Office and the VA. Hospital need V A. work study. The pay is $2.65 an hour (tax free). The hours are flexible. Anyone interested is encouraged to contact the Veterans Affairs Office in ). Union 161 The Utah State Fair will be held at the State Fairgrounds September 7 to 17. Grandstand entertainment will include Lynn Anderson September 8; Red Steagall September 9; Kenny Rogers September 10; Johnny Rodriguez September 1 1; The Starland Vocal Band September 1 2; Dottie West. September 13; Jim Stafford September 1 4; Jimmy Rodgers September 487-789- 6 Highland HURRYI 5:15,7:30, 9:45 or $15 for a family of four. The Main Street exhibitions will be held form 1 1 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days and the bands will play each day from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. work open to veterans veterans Part-tim- e YifL -- Nugent, better known as "the Motor City ; madman," is responsible for wild, hard rock tunes like "Cat Scratch Fever" and ; rank Me, crank Me, But Don t wake up FOX OLYMPUS 5S00 So. Ji t. and Thank Me." Earplugs are advisable. Peter, Paul and Mary recently reunited and will showcase newly written songs plus the oldies they are famed for, such as "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Blowin' in the Wind." : Foreigner has recently experienced a huge wave of success with the release of the group's second LP, Double Vision. Two hits have already emerged from the album, "Hot Blooded'' and the title cut.- - V DRIVE-I2S2-553- RftNONUL-MUCIDa- N out you; 5 "CO-HI- T THUNDER DRIVER & LIGHTNING" . SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT "HOT LEAD ft COLD FEET" DISCOUNT TICKETS K0T ACCEPTED . 581-704- 1 |
