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Show JANUARY 24, 2001 few members came and went, parents moved the equipment out of the house and into a tool shed, and the new band was formed. The members listen to U2, Enigma, John Williams and _ Lisa Garrard and call their new sound “alterna- See WhatsNew At et Olde Swiss Square . 210 East Main, Midway ott exposed without the in-your-face angst many young bands posses. Walt Prisbrey, the band’s manager, is apple ing for shows at the Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake Arts Festival and at the Gallivan Center. While private clubs provide ample audiences, he says the band’s ages prevent them from playing in most bars. “And I don’t want to put them in ‘har cue le | Four years ago, Landon Prisbrey and a friend, gaining inspiration from the alternative/pop band Third Eye Blind, began a band. A J te CONTINUED FROM B1 talent is far beyond their years. It’s lyrics are 6 melodic, and although it is unrefined, the band’s BANDS _ ronment. It isn’t conducive,” Walt Prisbrey said. tive new age.” “The biggest wall is their age.” ‘The band has performed at Salt Lake’ s Mars Music, on a float in the Swiss Days’ parade and Wasatch High School. They've compiled and editeda compact disc, and with the help of the ~ Mention This Ad To Receive A | _ A reputable recent email submitted to the band’s Web site hinted Sighpo a very recognizable On Any One JEWELRY Item record label may be interested in Yuitapwaxked, but details have yet to be solidified. Another band, Guitar Soup, although ce _ 654-00540- : less serious in nature has good potential. | While practicing on stage at Midway’s _ Town Hall, the group’s members pose, do back flips off the stage and tease other. Offer see. Jan. 24- Jan. 30 each | ; - Jesse Allen, who inherited talent from his father, Mark, plays electric and - acoustic guitar. He is eager to smile and his faux-fur shirt with butcher stickers and a “rock star” label proclaims he does. nt mind attention. Nor does Canyon — A Ed Service’ solave ] "PHOTO COURTESY / YUITAPWAXKED _make Yuitapwaxked nmembers pose qUnDS a2 photo shoot.» 10AM-7PM 34 MON- SAT, : a joke or two. Allen prefers the | California band Sublime, while Elliot wor- 654. 5292 - sky—_ ov Tcryhaik __ shi andpsJer Lee Lewis _ _ Audra Ashton! — Sherri Limb-Acre _ . Elliot shy from the spotlight, quick to — to keep you wonder- ing. The entire band, _ including » Jensen, Derek Available for your gathering = = Carl Webb and drummer Adam | Jones, takes part in a big high-five salute to guitar legend _ Stevie Ray Vaughan. Some 14, 2001 = A fe ‘Weddings % Receptions = _ Anniversaries 34 Parties — Reunions 34 Gatherings eo Meetings % Conventions “Right now we're = - Expos % Retreats i = just putting things . _ together, hoping to | make something out | of it. We like a lot of | older . know, stuff—you early 1980s — and 90s,” said Allen. | “We play some of PHOTO COURTESY YUITAPWAXKED. David Gutierrez, Catlin and ado Prisbrey and Scott Buchanan. Prisbrey’s exchange student from the former Yugoslavia, Tijana Petrovic, they are producing a music video. Petrovic, a film student, has worked on the set of the television show Cover Me, and helped the group transform Landon Prisbrey’s bedroom into an eerie, os stage. “We were very, very lucky. There’s a lot of talent up here. A lot of people at school don’t even know what we're doing. CD, we'll sell it to them, but said Landon, who writes his lyrics. “Tl get a whole bunch If they request a it’s pretty quiet,” own music and of visual pictures in my head and the pictures painta story.” Walt Prisbrey, Landon and _ Catlin’s father, said Landon’s lyrics “go after the challenges we Treats For Your Sweetheart | / * our own stuff, most of us write and most Corn : Cuveeididt He: of us sing,” Band ee were quick to tell Jensen he: wasn’t allowed to sing. “We don’t want to be famous,” said ieee Allen, echoed by Elliot. “We want to be rich.” He. _-and Canyon Elliot hope to study music on the Malibu coast’s Pepperdine University after they graduate. “All the bonds I’ve talked to have been pret: ty interested in the Battle of the Bands. They | play in garages, basements, barns, back yards,” Allen said. “It’s a good alternative to a lot of . other choices out there. It definitely keeps you. out of trouble.” Interested musicians may contact Larry | Elliot at (435)654-7559 for additional informa-— tion regarding the Battle of the Bands. all face. It is more than teenage turmoil and peer pressure.” Music on the c.d. is haunting and Email: kirsten @wasatchcountycourier.com Car Quest Premium | Hi-Temp Disc Brake Incandescent | Wheel Bearing Grease Work Light xees eet me < een a +y ae Rs BS 2, se oees Oe : 5 oie Eh I= peri, percan (435) 654-1520 | eee in = ae old Day’s Re Cor Sel Pieiae Tl) a _ BS WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Seis iar EY earedeieg |