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New nightspot fails to meet expectations
By P. ANN MARTINEZ
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
It was Thursday night, the first week of school was
almost over and I was looking for something new to
do. I had heard of a new bar opening up and with
great anticipation I decided to stop by to see if it
lived up to its expectations. Much to my dismay, I
was disappointed.
The new bar. Legends, had its grand opening last
Thursday night. When I heard the commercials for
this "new bar," I was led to believe that the music or
possibly some memorabilia would remind us of leg
endary people or places. Unfortunately, the only
things I was reminded of were Carney's Pub or the
old Zephyr Club.
Legends was packed wall-to-wall with all kinds of
people, but from the letters I saw, it was members of
various Greek organizations milling around this new
hotspot.
Too many people had too much to drink, people
were pushing, screaming and then, of course, there
were the "macho men" who were arguing for any
mundane excuse.
The drink lines were long, but, one thing that was
great was the friendly faces from behind the bar. No
matter how rude the customers became, thebanti
never handled themselves with anything less tin
class. I would not have been so patient if somera
was screaming at me to hurry up.
The management was doing their part by k
dling everything they could on both the insidei
the back patio. The patio was really nice and sp
cious, and it was great to be able to getoutfoi
breath of fresh air.
Another compliment I will give Legends is itsi
work. They definitely knew what they weredoii
when they hired the artist for the wall drawings
Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles, and yes, even theTfe
Stooges. The drawings are huge and interesting:
view, but it just seems as though something is mis
ing.
Legends appears to be trying to catch a "cool'i
mosphere, and well, honestly, it comes up short
takes more then good artwork to create reeling a
make a new bar last in College Station. It takes al
tie more creativity.
If you enjoy places such as Carney's and the a
Zephyrs then probably you will like Legends.
Legends is really nothing special and certairi
nothing new for this area. The "new bar" inCok
Station is really only a "legend" in its own mind.
Pearl Jam (L-R: Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder, and Dave Krusen)
was one of the bands perfprming at Lollapalooza Saturday night.
Lollapalooza explodes with
seven-band music marathon
By KYLE BURNETT
Reviewer! to THE BATTALION
After nine hours and seven
bands, the second annual Lolla
palooza Festival in Dallas left
twenty thousand music fans in a
mixture of elation and exhaus
tion.
Due to the 45-minute wait at
the gate, we only heard the
opening act. Lush, from a dis
tance, so I can't attest to the
quality of their stageshow.
As we entered the complex,
we assumed our roles as lawn
peasants, but we were mobbed
by a mad rush for the stage as
Pearl Jam sounded up. By the
time I figured out what was go
ing on, I was in the pit and Pearl
Jam was playing "Even Flow."
They followed suit with the
head-scratcher "Jeremy." Lead
singer Eddie Vedder enlight
ened the audience about the
song's puzzling lyrics and anti-
suicidal theme, mentioning a
'Jeremy incident', as he referred
to it, that occurred several years
ago at Richardson High School
in Dallas.
Fittingly enough, they backed
that song up with "Alive."
Pearl Jam finished their set with
a spectacular rendition of the
Who's "Teenage Wasteland."
I was most impressed with
the way Pearl Jam interacted
with the crowd as well as with
the blank stage the band chose
to use. They quickly took com
mand of the empty, black space
as if foreshadowing the great
ness that is still to come from
this band.
Next, Jesus and Mary Chain
took the stage. We were so
worn out from the relentless
push-and-shove of the pit that
we decided to take a breather
and retired to the lawn. While I
am a virgin when it comes to Je
sus and Mary Chain, I was im
pressed with their clear-cut, dis
tinctive sound. They started out
with a few harder original songs
and ended on a lighter note
with two impressive covers,
"Head On" by the Pixies, and
"Surf City" by Jan and Dean.
Jesus and Mary Chain had a
simple set-up but added less-
than-unique religious imagery
with their cross-bearing back
drop. I found their smoke and
lighting usage a bit cheesy.
Lollapalooza received a
wakeup call around 4 p.m. from
Soundgarden. I, like many oth
er MTV watchers, am not com
pletely familiar with Soundgar
den and was a bit disappointed
in their unoriginal sound. The
quality of their playing is, how
ever, a step above the average
heavy metal band, and the vo
cals of front man Chris Cornell
are unrivaled anywhere in the
heavy metal field.
The most impressive song
performed by Soundgarden
was, interestingly enough, not
an original but rather a tribute
and protest in one, "Cop Killer"
by Ice T. They played the song
as a message of free speech and
afterwards called upon the au
dience to fight for what they be
lieve in.
The band's set lacked a cli
max and experienced a Doorish
breakdown of song and sound.
Not a very impressive exit for
the band.
Rapper Ice Cube took the
stage next and, I am sad to re
port, did not receive much audi
ence response. He did, however
have an impressive stage pres
ence and what response he
gained, he earned. He definitely
had the hardest job of the show
since hisstyle of music is not
exactly big with the crowd in at
tendance.
The crowd had been relative
ly calm all day. They would,
however, become bored during
the set changes and amuse
themselves by throwing things.
Anything and everything that
could be picked up was fair
game for the air war taking
place about every 45 minutes.
When Ministry took the stage
around 7:45, any semblance of
order disappeared.
The place literally lit up. The
audience lit fires on the lawn
and began a circular mosh
around them, resembling some
type of pagan ritual. Blankets
became catapults and audience
members were launched up to
20 feet in the air.
Debatably, Ministry might
have been the most inspiring
band that played at the festival.
Though basically unfamiliar
with their music, I was very im
pressed by their show.
They entertained the crowd
with their typical morbid skele
tal props and power tools and
had a sound quality that was
topped only by the Chili Peppers.
Ministry performed such
songs as "Good Time Boys"
and "Nobody Weird Like Me."
I was most impressed by their
performance of the popular
song "Stigmata."
The crowd had grown so
rowdy by this point that extra
security was sought. The
largest stage rush of the night
occurred when the Red Hot
Chili Peppers took the stage at a
quarter to nine. Temporary
standoffs between spectators
and security forces produced
nothing more than a few
bruised egos and landed several
hundred people, including me,
closer to the stage.
The Peppers were the high
light of the show. They played
several older songs such as
"Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky"
and "Higher Ground." With
amazing skill, the Peppers al
most matched their recorded
tempo on songs "If You Have to
Ask," "Suck My Kiss," "Give It
Away" and the title cut from
their most recent album "Blood
Sugar Sex Magik."
Flea, the outrageous funk
bass player who wore his usual
garb, underwear and boots, had
several string-popping solos
that showed why some consider
him to be the premier bass play
er of the decade.
The crowd continued in ri
otous form until the end of the
set when, interestingly enough,
tthe Peppers' most popular
song, "Under the Bridge,"
calmed the crazed masses.
The Peppers answered to an
encore call with a cat dance
from flea to an original funky
drum solo by Chad Smith.
The group then armed them
selves with flaming hard hats
and closed the show with a very
impressive version of Jimi Hen
drix's "Crosstown Traffic."
Outside the show, the Rock
the Vote Campaign was carry
ing on business as usual and
booths were set up by groups
such as Cannabis Action Net
work, Sierra Club, and Green
peace. A computer sign above
the stage, turned on during the
breaks, displayed anti-censor-
ship messages and other politi
cally motivated ideologies.
The only true negative of the
festival would have to be the
commercialization. There were
so many booths set up that the
place looked more like a market
in Hong Kong than an am
phitheater in south Dallas.
If you did not want to buy
clothing or jewelry, you could
pick up the hand-held flight
simulators or try some of the
African Wonder Food, which
was simply burnt chicken and
red rice.
The positives of the festival
did, however, outweigh the
negatives (such as beer sales
ending at 6 p.m.), and as I slug
gishly left the complex, I was
exhausted but relieved that the
show had been superb and felt
that I had invested a day for a
show worth seeing.