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THE REACTIONS F ::RMELL PERFORMANCE■

m The Button, Ft . LauderdaleIN

}3Y OLIVIER

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AUGUST 1981

■■ And yet again I was accosted by Fate ,

EDITOR :BOZ

• friend of many years . I found mysel fCONTRIBUTORS :OLIVIER, WENDLE

■ sitting in a bar, at a table, in a■ decaying hotel called the Blue Waters ,

HOLIDAY, CATHY SHEEKE1, CRAIG

IN on Miami Beach one chilly evening inSNYDER, KAREN SNYDER

January and the tension grew intense .■ What was to happen here was a minut e

COVER PHOTO & LOGOS :CRAIG SNYDER • fragment of a greater whole, what coul d■ be described as a part in the evolution■ of Western civilization's underground■ movement . Ideas were exchanged, relation.*▪ ships forged . A R&R band calling them-▪ selves the Reactions played one of thei r■ first sets ; this very band encapsulated■ the emotions of our youth (anger ,■ frustration, & rebellion), that have■ exploded throughout society's history .

Before one could notice, the night was▪ relegated it's end and the prevailing■ feeling of danger diminished inexplicably .• The present . Our friends the Reactions■ have matured into a competent club band.■ capable of creating classic pop songs .■ Concurrently, the tension and sense o f▪ danger have been replaced by a boredo m

and apathy not deserving of such didacti ci individuals . This evening's gig, billed as■ a farewell performance was respectable ,■ exactly what one expected . It could have■ been much more but rather than challenge■ their audience, they themselves chose t o■ bask in maudlin sentimentality and go out

with nothing more than self masturbation ,literally and figuratively . Too bad .

U Unknowingly, Denise gave the night it' s■ relevance by repeatedly proclaiming ,a "Bury the dead ;" Amen .a■■■■■

of Bittergs

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"Punk Rock Sucks "

I am getting so tired of hearing that . It comes from pureignorance and inner-breeding . The plus about using labels i sthat people can refer to things and others will know wha tthey are talking about . . .sometimes . But then there's theexample of abstract art or surrealistic films . Things can' tbe seen as they are and be left alone . People will see anodd object or image and say, "Oh, that looks like it sorta 'could be a tomatoe" and then forget about it . It's now labeled ,they think they understand it and they don't need to thinkabout it anymore . Why can't people say this is this, it' snot like anything else, just what itis . The same thing applie sto people also.(and I know quite a few examples) . But yousee, if things can't be labeled then people get confuse dand can't function by their own means . No brains . Sometime slabels are very viable and neccessary but most of the tim ethey belong to ignorance and misuse .

Let's get back to Punk Rock . Punk is dead, at least that' swhat I've been hearing . Let's use another label, New Wave .I hate that . How about . . . New Music! Yeah, I like that ,sounds better, more viable . OK New Music! Now people tellus they think all this "punk rock" and new wave sucks . Iwonder . Have they pulled their head out of their hole latelyand looked around . I mean looked around really well . Theworld, at least from my perspective, has been extremel yinfluenced by the New Music and the art and fashion it brough tforward . Someone at work said to me the other day "Is thisHall and Oates song new wave? It sounds like it could be ,but it's not very good ." I told her it wasn't new wave(orvery good) and that they were using the "mechanics" of th eNew Music in their own work . Some of the people who knoc kthe new music are right now listening to their rock n roll ,disco, or pop albums and not realizing that those groups areenlisting the use of new music mechanics on many of thos esongs . Album covers . . . I almost can't tell anymore . Yearsback I used to buy every album that had the "new wave" lookand not have to worry about whether it was going to be goo dor not .

Now everyone in the music "biz" is using the new art . Thepress, who once thought the new use of jumbled type was ugly ,are now using it in their advertisements and feature stories .Just now the fashions are starting to become noticable in themarketplace . Did you know GQ(gentleman's quarterly-a hig hfashion mag for the preppy American man) recently ran an articl eon "what's the newest thing in new wave" . Did you know Sears andWalgreens sell New Wave sunglasses? I could be wrong, the ymight be Italian sunglasses . Never know, Italy could be th enext big thing . In just a couple of years( if we all live thatlong), New Wave will saturate the entire market and everyonewill say, "Hey New Wave is great! Boy, am I sick . . .

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41. ollatnttSTORY :BOZ

PHOTOS :K . SN YDE R

It was a typical Saturday evening at the New Wave d teo;however tonight Primitive Romance, a new band from Tampa was in townto check out the set-up at the club for their upcoming gig Monda ynight . Almost ANY out of town band is somewhat of an event for me ,it helps break the monotony of living in this arm pit of the worldcalled South Florida . Huddled around one of the broken patio table swas myself ; Lester Esser, guitarist and vocalist ; Allen Esser, drums ;and Randy Barnwell, bass guitarist . Inside the crowd was dancing tothe B 52's or was it Visage . . . who really cares? Lester didn't see mtoo impressed with the crowd or music, still he didn't appear to osuprised ; this is Ft . Lauderdale afterall , what else can you expect ?

Unfortunetly on Monday they played the same night tha tthe Ramones were playing the Agora . The turnout was not exactlyoverwhelming, 75 people attops, nevertheless th efortunate few in attendanc eweren't disapppinted . Fo rmyself it was perhaps th emost enjoyable gig by an yFlorida band I'd seen pla yall year(the Hayhead sincluded) . They soundedquite confident on stage ,not bad for a band that' sbeen together for 2imonths . It would be eas yto play up the influenc eof such bands as JoyDivision, Wahl Heat, .TheBunnymen, etc . . . but thi swould be inaccurate . Wha tthey do share with thes ebands however, is that"vital edge", a sense o ftension that is alway spresenteven in lighter moments giving the music a sense of urgency .Their sound is more positive ; not the gloomy despair of an Ian Curti sor an Ian McCulloch .

Their .set was compelling, Lester's driving abrasiv eguitar played off Randy's throbbing bass and Allen's drumwork creatin ga collision of sound and noise, similar to the musical assault of band slike the Gang of Four and Mission of Burma . In an interview I jus tfinished reading Stuart Adamson formerly of the Skids said tha t"there's only one way to classify music, it either gives you shiver sup the back or it doesn't ." If you'll excuse me to look silly, butstuff like this is similar to an opiate, nothing else matters excep tthe music of the moment . OK . Enough soul bearing . . .back to reality . . .what about their songs you ask? Well let's see . . .there's "Time toTalk", a speedy tune featuring Lester's dissonant almost "psychedelic "sounding guitar work(I really hate to use that term but . . .),"Everything Means Nothing Anymore" is a lazy offbeat song ; a change ofpace, so to speak . My personal favorite was "Enter-Communion", adesperate urgent sounding plea .

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Both Lester and Allen were previously in the Strait-Jackets who in their only Miami gig a year ago recieved a mixed reactio nfrom the crowd ; apparently some general comments refering to certai npeoples lifestyles didn't agree with everyone in attendance . Webriefly discussed the demise of the Jackets . Lester explained thatthe whole thing with the band "just turned into something that wasn' treal ." "We ran into a few financial problems, we recorded an albu mthat was never released ." Aparently this is still a sensitive subjectfor them to discuss, some bad feelings exist with one of the othe rformer band members . Randy used to play in another band called No tMuch . According to Randy this was basically a punk band that"poke da 1(:4t of fun at people" and that they "weren't serious about muc hof anything ." Hence the band name .

They all see Primitive Romance as something totallydifferent from their previous ventures . I couldn't agree more ,although a few old Jackets' tunes remain, among them, "JamaicanLove" . I questioned the inclusion of "Jamaican Love", an upbeatisland song and Allen quickly defended it,"we like it", everythingdoesn't have to fit into a set sound. Aparently they don't wish t obe stereotyped into any fixed catagories . Many new bands often fallinto the early"burn-out syndrome" due to a lack of new material ,often becoming stagnant . I doubt that this will be the case here asLester pointed out that they have apretty much unlimited source o foriginal materialthat we haven't learned ; everyday something comes up . "They are determined to progress musically, for example they expresse dthe possible limited use of a synthesizer in recording to add mor eto their already textured sound .

Unfortunetly Florida is not exactly the best enviromen tfor developing bands to suceed . In October the band plans on makingthe move to a more open city, Boston . Lester defends the move, "w ewant to play everyplace we can . . . there's no record companies, nobacking, not many clubs here at all . Allen summarized things withthe bitter truth that "the odds are against you here in Florida forsure ." By the time you read this a 3 song flexi-disc should be out ,designed primarily for promotion, a flexi being "cheaper to mai laway ." This will be followed by a standard 7" single, all on theirown label, Dot City . Of course the ultimate goal would be an actua lcontract with a "real" label . They expressed their intrest in alarger independent label such as .Rough Trade, where they would b efree to pursue their own artistic direction .

Since Tampa seems to be the only other city in thestate which can rival Miamiwith original bands I wa skind of curious to seewhich scene they prefered .Unsuprisingly Leste rstrongly stated "beside sa few excepti.ns I likebands in Tampa better . Bandsdown here seem to be so fakeso backwards . The Cichlidswere like big frauds ." TheStick Figures, a forme rTampa band who haverelocated to D .C ., who werefamous for constantl ychanging their instrument sthroughout their sets

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PRIMITIVE ROMANCE (CONTINUED )

remain personal favorites, "they're almost idols . "Next time you get the chance to see Primitive Romance ,

you owe it to yourself to do so . You can watch TV or listen to yourRamones records anytime . Everybody is so quick to complain aboutthe scene down here, but when something interesting happens nobod yshows up . Well I guess I'm asking for too much, I mean afteral lthe Ramones are "superstars" . Why would anyone want to go see aband doing new original music when they can go somewhere else an dsee their "idols" doing the same stuff that they've done for th epast five years . Maybe I'm out of touch but, I always thought thatthe reason why people went to see bands in the first place wa sfor the "music" .

7. HEAVEN 17- FASCIST GROOVETop Sevens TFjANG (IMP

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ALBUMS1 . JOY DIVISION- CLOSER(DOM )

SINGLES,

3 . XxEWILDTGIFT(DOM)N'?(DOM )

1. JOY DIVISION- LOVE WILL TEAR US

4 . AU PAIRS- PLAYING WITH AAPART(DOM 7 " )

DIFFERENT SEX(IMP )2. U2- FIRE(IMP 7 " )

GEN X- KISS ME DEADLY(IMP )3. SPECIALS- GHOST TOWN(7" & 12" IMP) 6 . RAMONES- PLEASANT DREAMS(DOM )4. REACTIONS- LOVE YOU(DOM 7")

7 . PYLON- GYRATE(DOM )5. GANG OF FOUR- TO HELL WITH

POVERTY(IMP 7")

CHARTS &C O

COMPILED BYg LESLIE/OPEN

6. SIOUXSIE & BANSHEES-SPELLBOUN D(IMP 7")

(DOM) DOMESTIC / (IMP) IMPORT

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INTRODUCING this month's winner :MR . JOHNNY THUNDERS

Here's a picture of Johnny at Zappas ; Brooklyn NY ,May 1981 . He actually played a whole set o fHeartbreakers' tunes without tripping over the mik estand . True fans will be pleased to know however ,that he still had to be carried on and off th estage by a roadie .

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Well, they finally gotan LP together and like theirsingles it's quite good . Manydifferent influences are present ;psychedeliclt, funk, modern popetc . . . that ft's reall yimpossible to catagorize thi sstuff . Infectious hooks andquirky guitars which ramble allover the place mix with th edetached, cool, off the cuf fvocals . The melodies are odd ,bouncy, and full of unusualtwists which keep you alert .Don't let the "arty" cover foo lyou ; this is a funband with agood degree of intelligence whic hhelps keep things interesting .This LP is highly recommended .

Postcard records is anindependent label from Scotlan dwhose roster includes OrangeJuice, Aztec Camera and of cours eJoseph K . I've previously hearda few of Joseph K's Postcar dsingles, they were quite enjoyablesomewhat reminescent of th eMonochrome Set at times .

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■■ This LP hasn't exactly been■ too well recieved with the British press .■ Apparently they seem more concerned wit h■ the latest fashions (by the way what i s

it this week?) than listening to music .JOSEPH K "THE ONLY FUN IN TOWN" ■ I suppose Siouxsie's no longer considere d

■ the trend setter she once was .(POSTCARD IMPORT LP)

■■ Siouxsie's matured since the■■■■1 crude lineup of the original Banshees .

Fortunetly the improved productiona hasn't compromised the brooding intensit y■ of her music . "Ju Ju l still sounds a s■ menacing as anything on "The Scream" .

I

I Still there are some concessions t ocurrent fads, such as "Spellbound", thesingle which is a nod to "the moderndance" presently in vogue . Howeve runlike other recent dance hits whichare based more on style rather tha nsubstance, "Spellbound " is stunning, abeautiful hypnotic melody . It wouldsound quite comfortable on last year' s"Kaleidoscope" .

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES

"JU JU "(POLYDOR IMPORT LP)■■■

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Suprisingly the majority of "Ju■ Ju" doesn't follow the more commercia l= assesibility of "Kaleidoscope", instea d■ Siousie reaches back to the doomy■ psychotic sounds of her past . JohnS McGeoch's dissonant guitar interplays 4well with the adventorous rhyth*sectio n■ and Siouxsie's unrestrained vocals . On■ "Voodo Dolly" Siouxsie sounds like a■ female Iggy Pop living in some kind■ of nightmare vision created by Jimb o■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■N■■■■■9 Morrison . "Ju Ju" is scary, beautiful ,

and seductive ; play it late at nightAll reviews by BOZ unless noted ■ and turn out the lights .

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n11MISSION OF BURMA

" SIGNALS ,CALLS, & MARCHES"

rvv)*w( ACE OIL HEARTS DOMESTIC 12" EP)

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ROSES" b/w "GET UP & USE ME "n

(CODEX IMPORT 45 )■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■oen

I know this has been out for111

awhile and that the band ha sn

since done other things but Ijust heard this for the firs t

n time the other day . It's noisy ,n the guitars are way out of tune ,

the vocalist is off-key, in fac tn

the whole thing sounds like twon fire engines sliding into an

train at 80 mph . Needless ton say it's great! This is wha tn

Richard Hell, Jerry Garcia, andn

Bryan Gregory would sound liken

if they each took 10 hits o fspeed and then decided to11

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■THE RAINCOATS

"ODYSHAPE "11n (ROUGH TRADE DOMESTIC LP )L■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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If you want some good oleSouthern rock put this one on .I dare you! Sounds fucking grea tdoesn't it? Listen to Charlie' slegendary slide guitar work ,this isn't some tired old Dav eEdmunds record, NO WAY! This i sthe kind of hard headed R& Bthat the Stones used to thriv eon way back when . I'm sorry ifthey don't write about this stuffin NY Rocker but this is th eReal McCoy, the real "Sound ofthe South" livesi :

This is Mission of Burma's debu tEP . Their music is much toocomplex to be considered garagemusic, but it still retains araw and asture sound ; thei rrhythm is steady enough for oneto dance to but abrupt enough t othrow one askew. The mos toutstanding track is "That' sWhen I Reach For My Revolver" ,it begins with a somewhatmelancholy sound then builds t oa brillant climax as the vocal sreach the point of an angry cr yout by someone who has jus tlost faith in humanity . All thetracks are well written, Missionof Burma is a group that show sthat originality still exist sin music .

(Cathy Sheekey )

CHARLIE PICKETT"IF THIS IS LOVE "b/w "SLOW DEATH "

(OPEN domestic 45) The long awaited follow-u pto their debut LP! This is muchdifferent from what I hadexpected . Instead of followingthe direction of their las tsingle, "Fairytale in theSupermarket" with it's greatVelvet Undergroundish soundthe Raincoats have "mellowe dout" . The mood is quiet, almos tsounding like Eastern folkmusic ( what??),, it's quitereserved . Actually I like it .However I do say that withhesitation because what maypass as musical innovationtoday can easily turn int oexcess tomorrow . It's happenedbefore . Fortunetly the amateurquality of the band is stil levident and overall this LPis relaxing, I'll even go asfar as to call it charming .

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the performing arts

VIOLENT LOVE & THE DEAD WHORESTHE NEW WAVE LOUNGE :8/3/81

What's going 9n here? Let's see . . . . we had the grea t"unadvertised original disbanded members of Smegmaplus friends reunion, the Dead Whores, or was itthe Fat Boys or the Cult Heroes? Maybe it was thenew Hayheads . Afterall they did do an old Hayheads 'tune along with a demented version of "La Bamba" ,that had to be heard to be believed . This was tobe their last gig however Lane, the real "ViolentLove" and Cathy are putting together another band ,while Pete will continue with the Essentials andJohnny will become an American refugee in England .If none of this makes any sense, well I guess youjust had to be there . To be continued . . . . (BOZ )

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