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...really, but this is definitely funkier than a facial...
...numbers from When I Woke, Rusted Root's first LP, brought out more joy and enthusiasm than anything else that night. "Virtual Reality," from the album Remember and the soundtrack to the movie Twister, got the crowd moving as the first song of the evening, but the slower, funkier rhythms of "Cat Turned Blue" from When I Woke elicited a lot more screams of approval and subsequent groovings. "Laugh as the Sun," the deliciously hypnotic song that followed, proved a little too intense to dance to, but that hardly kept the crowd from trying...
...Steve's latest band is Shellac. He playsguitar and sings, Bob Weston plays bass, and ToddTrainer drums. Their sound is sparser, funkier,still aggressive and loud, but significantly morerepetitive, less interesting and lessground-breaking than Big Black. My roommate heard"My Black Ass," the first song on their '94 LPAt Action Park, and asked, "Is this RageAgainst the Machine?" (It only took me a week orso to speak to him again.) Steve has announcedthat all Shellac songs are about either Canada orbaseball. Steve is now 36, and his indiecredibility is fading fast...
...They were a little funkier and a littlecuter," Sullivan says. "Definitelystudent-oriented...
Musically, the songs on So Long can basically be divided into two categories: brightly furious power chord attacks and funkier, brass-laden ska-themed tunes. Usually the band offers a more varied collection, such as with the two previous releases. Heavy Petting Zoo and Punk In Drublic, but not this time around. As for lyrics, traditional NOFX fare can be expected--pointless nuggets of comedy taken from lead singer Fat Mike's crazy world and critical mini-harangues that fit within the confines of the under-one-and-a-half-minute rock song. The topics have become expected and patterned...