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What HEWLETT mL'HM PACKARD UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORES Village Shopping Center Across from the Hilton 700 University Dr. East Thursday, June 21,1990 Post-hardcore group Fugazi maintains integrity, edge with brutal 6 Repeater’ By JOHN RIGHTER Of The Battalion Staff In the last five years strange things have happened to modern music. An invisible, dividing line separated artists accessible to com mercial radio and record store chains from their alternative coun terparts who were more concerned with their sacred creative license. Each group had a choice: com mercial acceptability or musical con trol (and probably integrity). That has largely changed. Now groups and perfomers such as the Cure, Love and Rockets, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O’ Con nor and R.E.M. have experienced both notoriety and financial success in the revolutionized markets of “po pular” music. In fairness to these bands, it has been less a compromise on their be half as it has been a change in the at titudes of a middle America finally turned-on to alternative rock. The arrival of “commercial” (or major label) alternative rock, though, has alienated the indies (in dependently signed bands) even more, leaving a growing schism be tween major-label backed groups and their true underground coun terparts. In this sense, Dischord’s (record company) Fugazi is a “shining white night.” I certainly do not condemn any band for jumping to a major la bel, and fully recognize that such a jump does not always, and certainly not conditionally, result in forsaken creative license. But I applaud the commitment by frontman Ian MacKaye and company for not straying from their self-righteous approach and still staying with their Dischord partnership. The gain Fugazi has made in ab solute project control has been sacri ficed somewhat in potential audi ence. Trust me — Fugazi is the best new (the group is three years old) al ternative band, yet they remain an unknown. The proper recognition is building, but slowly. With Repeater, the group’s first full-length release, Fugazi has crafted an intense album that chan nels its aggressive intelligence through a collage of hardcore, rock and funk. Although not a true concept pro ject, the album’s reactionary nature, whether dealing with the ethical abuses of business in “Merchandise” or the disgust with bigotry and igno rance in “Styrofoam,” molds Re peater into a chapter-building pro ject that wipes another window clean with each succeeding number. The title track is a hard-edged funker that displays the vehemence and disgust that made MacKaye a hardcore legend with Minor Threat. “Down by law, I got this nasty ha bit,” MacKaye screams. “When I need something I reach out and grab it. Once upon a time I had a name and a way, But to you I’m nothing but a number. “Did you hear that outside? It sounds like a gun. Stay away from that window, boy. It’s not anyone we know.” “Two Beats Off’ is a melodic rocker on the outside, but from within the raspy chokes of Picciotto, lies the same nihilistic disgust. “I cut my nails to the quick, But still I was caught with my hand in the till, Red handed. Give me some thing, give me anything. The threat of everything is when it becomes nothing at all.” The most fascinating and also alarming song is the finale, “Shut The Door.” “Shut The Door” is a de ceiving wrist-slit midway by the song’s graphic subject and chord changes. The song starts slowly, but unwinds into complete chaos, then cuts back to a barely audible groove, before exploding again behind MacKaye’s patented screams. “I burn a fire to stay cool. I burn myself, I am the fuel. I never meant to be cruel. Have you ever been cruel,” MacKaye whispers before screaming, “She’s not breathing. She’s not moving. She’s not coming back. Shut the door so I can leave.” Deserving as much credit as the material itself is the album’s song or der. Fugazi and producer Ted Ni cely package Repeater to maximize the album’s tempo fluctuations. The rimal screams of MacKaye are bro- en up by Picciotto’s more melodic chants and the drum-centered piece, “Brendan #1.” The duality effect eases the con stant barrage of MacKaye. Without Picciotto, the force of MacKaye’s messages would be blunted, a prob lem MacKaye faced with Minor Threat. A final commendation goes to the album’s musical growth, shedding all traces of typical rock convention. Re peater is a musically well-rounded spectacle that doesn’t amaze as much with the actual playing as it does with its innovative stop-start patterns. After a trio of wonderful EPs (two 12-inches and a seven inch), Fugazi has broken new and intriguing ground with the aggressive Re peater. The band has also managed to maintain its commitment to music for itself, proven by the group’s in sistence on unusually low album and ticket prices. Again, I’m not condemning the groups who have sought higher ground with major-label deals (and increased audience), but I am con gratulating Fugazi for keeping the faith. Battalion File Photo Fugazi (from foreground) Brendan Canty, Guy Picciotto, Joe Lally and Ian MacKaye. Chamber series continues at Rudder Theater The fourth of five Texas A&M chamber music concerts sponsored by Humana Hospital/Brazos Valley and Texas A&M’s College of Liberal Arts will begin Monday at 7:30 in Rudder Theater. This summer’s theme, “Brahms and his times,” focuses on composers from the 19th century. Quintet No. 2 in G Major for Two violins, two vi olas and cello is the featured Brahms piece. Concerto in D Major for pi ano, violin and string quartet by Er nest Chausson will also be per formed. Musicians from the University of Houston music faculty, the Houston Symphony and distinguished guests will perform the romantic period pieces. Tickets for the performance are $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens 60 years or older. Tickets are available at the Rudder Box Office. WdRKD C'MOW, <5075? WE U\H TORN THI5 SHIP IHTO OOK VFK7 CWiV TV STATION. CAR0LWE....YOU LIKE TO ORGANIZE THINGS...tV COULD DIRECT AM? PRCOCE YOU COULD tyANAGii I , THE STATION.. BERMCE, YOU COULD to THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING ANV WRITE A LOT OF THOSE cultural shdvjs you LIPF Miirfl .. by Scott McCullar © 1990 X COULD WRITE THEN AND STAR IN WHAT DO brilliantmcnies you want AND SHOW SAY TO DO, GENIUS TO THE MERRITT, WORLD/ SWEETIE? , '1— , WORLD/ / I'LL BE THE NEWS ANCHOR, AND... WELL, THE STRIP'S MA/V CHARACTER, X GUESS. IN PULL E(?(?E[t By Eric V. Lewis Ten Hands funks it up at Front Porch Cafe tonight Ten Hands is back in town once again. Dallas’ favorite funksters has included the Front Porch Cafe to night at 9 p.m. on their latest circuit around Texas. Still promoting material from Kung Fu ... That’s What I Like and The Big One Is Coming (both re leased on their esg label), the band is in the continual process of devel oping new songs on the road. The latest material includes several songs the group recently recorded to ped dle to the major labels in hopes of a contract. In Texas, Ten Hands remains one of the hottest club acts, spearhead ing the state’s funk craze, and has now started to branch out by playing in Oklahoma, Missouri and other states. The out-of-Texas stints should rejuvenate the already crazed funksters. Keyboardist and singer Paul Sla- vens’ tongue-in-cheek lyrics and de liveries (“Moses In My Life” and “The Exxon Song” are crowd favor ites) mix with Gary Muller’s rare, bass-toned Chapman stick and the amazing guitar work of Steve Brand. Earl Harvfnis the workhorse of the quintet, pummeling away on drums, while percussionist Joe Cripps smooths the group’s eclectic edges. Critically acclaimed for their com bination of dance funk, fusion and pop ballads (which seems to have a greater role now in their shows), Ten Hands is fast becoming a cult item around Bryan-College Station. Tickets are $5. Battalion File Photo Ten Hands feature Steve Brand, Paul Slavens, Earl Harvin, Gary Muller and Joe Cripps.