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Wednesday, May 11,1983/The Battalion/Page 5 Antmusic thrills crowd ite, was outsi •orpsdui arneda Corps a number g a Did te of y Adam Ant danced and sang his way reparedrj ^ Texas A&M’s heart Sunday pght in G. Rollie White. The emicExcf staff photo by Bill Schulz concert blended Ant’s tunes with his own brand of energy-filled showmanship. by Gary Barker Battalion Reviewer When I was in the third grade I saw Elvis Presley perform at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It was the typical Elvis performance: the gyrating hips, the white leather suit, the sexy machismo — and the screaming fans. At the end of the perform ance, Elvis got in a car, drove around the inside perimeter of the Astrodome and threw his white scarf into the audience; needless to say, there was a pas sionate scramble for its own ership. Adam Ant, who performed here Sunday, has something of that same mystique — just up dated with make-up, new cos tumes and MTV visual effects. And when Ant threw his black, sweaty half-shirt into the audi ence in the G. Rollie White Col iseum, the reaction was nearly the same. Ant, like Elvis, has gone back to the roots of rock ’n’ roll for his sound. Elvis relied on the style of the black singers of the 1950s: Chuck Berry, Little Richard and the like. But Ant went back quite a bit further — to African tribal music. He relies on the heavy beat of two drum sets for his rhythmic sound. Ant and Elvis have another trait in common: self-centered showmanship. Ant’s showman ship, which tends to turn into self-promotion at times, really shined on songs like “Ant Inva sion” and “Antmusic,” from his days with Adam and the Ants. In the title song of his current solo debut, “Friend or Foe,” Ant sings: “I want those who get to know me to become admirers or my enemies.” The self-promotion is toler able most of the time; after all. Ant’s songs are catchy, crowd pleasing, spirited and fun. And judging from the audience reac tion Sunday night, there were only Ant admirers. Opening the show for Adam Ant was INXS (pronounced ‘in excess’), a new band from Syd ney, Australia, that is currently touring to promote their Amer ican debut album, “Shabooh Shoobah.” The group, borrow ing a little from the neo-reggae sounds of fellow Australians Men At Work, worked the small audience (evidently finals kept a lot of students away) into excite ment with songs like “Old World/New World.” One of their best songs was “Don’t Change.” On that song, the drummer kept the band tight through their constantly changing rhythms. Judging from the reception of their album and their live show, INXS will continue to climb in popu larity and deservedly so — but they could take some lessons on stage presence from Ant. If the audience — probably more than half local junior and high school students — was ex cited over INXS, it was ecstatic when Ant came out. To a tune that sounded re markably like the soundtrack to “Rocky III,” Ant’s accompany ing musicians were introduced. Then Ant — dressed in pirate jacket, six gun and leather pants — joined them. The girls swooned when Ant opened with “Try This For Sighs” and went straight into “Goody Two Shoes.” Ant made it clear from the start that he was a visual per former; he did dance routines with his three-member horn sec tion and made excellent use of a fog machine, a mirror ball and lights. To many of his older songs, like “Ant Invasion” off the Adam and the Ants album “Kings of the Wild Frontier,” Ant added new brass instrumen tation, provided by the versatile trio, to his tribal sound. It was on his older songs, like “Dog Eat Dog” and “Antmusic,” that Ant’s voice really shined. On “Los Rancheros,” another song off “Kings of the Wild Frontier,” Ant had the audience accompany him by chanting “Clint Eastwood.” After “Rancheros,” Ant pro vided a flashy, dramatic entr ance for Marco Perroni, Ant’s guitar-playing partner and the sole-surviving Ant who had been mysteriously absent from stage. Perroni should have come on stage sooner since Ant’s other guitarist lacked the punch to lead the group on “Rancheros.” But most of the time, Ant was willing to trade musicianship for show. On the next song, “Desparate But Not Serious,” Perroni proved he was Ant’s premier guitarist. Then, as if inspired by Perroni’s musicianship, the horn section warmed up and went into a sparkling perform ance of “Friend or Foe” and got a standing ovation. r to the nandv outstay r of thelil ummer iay nisofCa: I continued from page 1 x ■Kathy Livingston, manager Kharli ladies wear, agrees with Heri. There is a decline in Bness at Charli at the begin- Bngof the summer but then the Kl people begin to come and Be up for the decline, she ated F: &id. early llB'I guess they (local people) B for the students to leave,” toriun Kingston said, ector ofl® However, the local crowd Ks not always make up for the inaryMtfline in the number of stu- o makeiWs. ramtooBLee Madson, a manager at Brurban Eating House, said m’s lareBturban experiences about a :titioner'f*p ercent to 15 percent drop in Bness. ■Madson said the local people | families go out more often ling the summer because believe the places they go be less rowdy. He said In dian is not a rowdy estab- ent so there is not much of crease in the amount of loc- uring the summer. While most businesses ex- ence some loss, even if nit for i .eed Mcl _.imal, the Electric Cowboy’s IvrSusiness picks up during the ' ^'■'Ummer. “Business is steadier during e week during the summer 7 Plane crash kills four than during the fall or spring semesters,” Tommy Ruddock, manager of the night club said. Ruddock said students tend to go out more often during the summer than during the regular school year. He also attributes the rise in business to the size and location of the club. Stu dents tend to go to the smaller clubs during the summer, he said. “We’re a lot smaller,” Rud dock said of the Electric Cow boy. “So when there’s 10 or 20 people here, it looks like a good crowd so people come in and stay,” Ruddock said. Ruddock said business at other western clubs, which are much bigger and farther away than the Electric Cowboy, drops immensely during the summer. Many businesses that experi ence a loss during the summer balance the losses with fewer employees. “You have to shave off here and there and you can keep up,” Madson said. Carter said there are fewer work shifts at Pizza Express dur ing the summer. Jim Page, manager at Gra ham Central Station, said em ployee adjustments have to be made. ■ill re-oi icr schoofi villbeo| Mosher ice rm 7, United Press International JEW BRAUNFELS — Three |es of Interstate 35 were ised early Tuesday as investi- ators examined debris from a rm /.^ffivate plane that struck a high >rm 12 feltage line and crashed shortly before midnight, killing four ;adyha' ( R)pl e , authorities said, s for sotM Xhe plane crashed into a makearrjyheat field about a half mile dentsc from 1-35 just south of New oom to Braunfels at about 11:55 p.m. This Monday, said David Ott, a 15 p.m ■ spokesman for the Comal Coun- f sheriffs department. 1. Allan Kempf, a Department |f Public Safety spokesman in Antonio, said officials were irking to identify the victims in the Monday night crash of the Cessna 182R, which was regis tered to San Antonio attorney Galen Gilbert, 33. Kempf said Gilbert’s car was found Tuesday parked at the San Antonio Airport, and that he failed to show up for a sche duled court appearence. However, he said officials could not yet confirm that Gilbert was aboard the plane. Although the pilot had filed no flight plan in San Antonio, the plane was believed bound from San Marcos, he said. Na tional Transportation Board in vestigators were expected at the scene late Tuesday morning. -JL Serving Luncheon Buffet _ Sunday through Friday iot/hq our u fuw 11 11 a.m. to 1130 p.m. 4^ Delicious Food f Beautiful View 4* Open to the Public “Quality First” ’cable'* 28 S'* Going Home Sale 30”x40” Large! 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