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Show Wolfmotheris all riffand mischief Susanni corpenses S TIME orkscrewing from his Cs at odd angles, An- drew. Stockdale's ‘fro was a tightfit for the bathroom sink in his room at the Beverly Laurel MotorHotel. The singer- guitarist for Australian psychrock trio Wolfmother hadn't cut his hair in a year,but fears ofit inappropriately dreading Rastafari-style prompted a trim just a few days into the group’s tour supporting their domestic debut EP, “Dimensions.” Stockdale's hair was so unruly, it took 10 minutes for the hairdresserto brushit out, but a few hourslaterit had been transformed into a more symmetrical Chia Pet sphere just in timefor the group's appearances at MTV, Amoeba Music and Cinespace. Throughoutthe night, the band swaggeredlikethe bud- nrotessiamall handle your insurance NTT the anthemic psychedelia of Although the musicians who would eventually become Wolf- ding rock stars manyin the industry believe them to be. On stage, Stockdale stalked about motherall cameof agein the 1990s, their hearts are clearly Jagger style, while drummer “Things werebetter in the "70s," Stockdale says. “Cars looked better. Interior design Myles Heskett beat the'skins like a Neanderthal and key- board/bass player Chris Ross struggled to keep from top- pling his jury-rigged Moog. The caveman drumming, the beefy-thick riffs and basslines, Stockdale's no-holds-barred vocals. Wolfmother makes the sort of music that inspires trouble.It's impossibleto listen EDoe sic rock of “Dimension” and “Mind's Eye” to create a sort of tribute to the 60s and 70s that doesn't sound retro so much as vintage. without wantingto test the limits‘of your stereo system andself-propriety. One spin of the four-song EP, and you'll be feeling atleast the flutter of an impulse to makeout with strangers. Two, and you'll lockedin earlier decades. LUIS SINCO/Los Angeles Times looked better. A lot of artwork was moreprogressive... We're The Aussie trio Wolfmother, fromleft to right, singer-guitarist in a timeoftechnical efficiency and modernliving,but things drummer Myles Heskett in a quiet moment. AndrewStockdale, keyboard/bass player Chris Ross and aren't aesthetically improving. In music, especially with music, you wantit to sound good.” Listening to Wolfmother,it seems that making musicis an act of liberation as much as a means ofexpression. The groupis far more concerned with capturing moods andfeelings than demonstrating per- fect technique. “It’s very hard to jam. The first time they played together, Stockdale saysit sounded “like a French disco,” thanksto the '80s drum ma- chine Ross was playing. That drum machinehas since been ditched in favorof ’70s synths, but that was just one of many raw — the EP, released on Interscope in January,is just a just go and play an old Moog experiments on the group’s waytofinding its own sound. For 4 1/2 years,the trio played not so much as a band but a collective of anyone who wanted to hang out. Through- want to take off yourclothes. In public. Sexy, liberating, exciting, to get recordings with a good feelif you go into a modern studio,” Stockdale says.“But if youjust go and buy '70sreelto-reel and one mike, or you often compared to now - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the White Stripes. It was only after seeing a show bythe post-rock Washington,D.C., trio Trans Amthat their sound really gelled. “It was a modern,minimalistic take on grooves, so we weretrying to push forthat. Just trying to get that aggressive sort of thing,” says Stockdale, who was inspired to write his first riff after seeing the band, The result was the driving pulse of “Woman” - track that appears on the group's tease of what's to come. Their synthesizer, it sounds good.” out that time, the group didn’t debut full-length disc, which has been out in Australia since The band membersfirst got togetherin 1999. Heskett and have a name and Stockdale didn't sing - Ross and Heskett import EP and upcoming full—_léngth. The song had been “in _ October but won't be released Ross wereliving in an apart- did. Musically, their sound was sort of a funk version” until he in the United States until May, is even better. It doesn’tjust ment above a video store on a main drag in Sydney, Ausira- moreindie than hard rock, sharing more sonic ground added riff as menacing as a Hells Angel. rely on the EP standouts but lia, when Stockdale ret Ross with acts such as Ben Kweller builds on the throbbing clas- at a party andthe twodecided than the bands Wolfmotheris Nowriffs are what the group'sall about. 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