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Friday
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October 25, 1996
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Fresh Lane
e Refreshments ride the
jjmmercial music highway in
larch of a roaring good time.
By John LeBas
The Battalion
j^udden success for a rock band can bring
about a refreshing change of pace.
P.H. Naffah, drummer for the Refresh
ments, said he and his bandmates played foi
ls in various Tempe, Ariz., bars. They never
ught much about making it big, he said,
? fellow Tempe artists the Gin Blossoms
*^^!nt national.
"Once we saw the Gin Blossoms on David
terman, we thought, ‘Maybe we can do
” Naffah said. *
d they did.
he Refreshments, which formed in
, signed with Mercury Records after a
npany executive saw them play at the
uth by Southwest music showcase in
jstin. But success caught the band by sur-
ise, Naffah said.
“We pretty much just got together, and
re happened to be drums and guitars lying
und,” Naffah said. “We didn’t have any ex-
tations, we were just having fun.”
Fun” soon turned into a full-time job. The
Ifreshments has toured for about the last
r, Naffah said, taking its “drunken de-
chery” throughout the country in support
fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy, the band’s first
RcUmgton,iwBwlease. Naffah said constant touring has
eads studentsN irrec f ^ l ast y eai > but playing music makes
:band’s hectic schedule worth the effort.
“It’s tiring, but you know after you’ve trav-
pursareta ;d 1,000 miles, you get to play,” he said,
m has to tare'ihat’s the fruit of the labor.”
And though the Refreshments works hard
entertain, Naffa said its main priority is
iving fun.
“We’re there just to have fun and play some
od music,” he said. “When you go to a show
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weaifery night.”
So fans can expect to have fun at a Refresh-
ents show, but what do these guys really
Hind like?
the Refreshments
“It’s not quite breakfast, it’s not quite
lunch, but it comes with a fruit cup,” Naffah
said. He said he does not want to put a label
■
When & Where
Dishwalla, Chalk FarM and
the Refreshments will be play
ing at Rudder Auditorium Sun
day, starting at 6 p.m. The loca
tion was changed from Wolf
Pen Creek Amphitheater due
to bad weather reports. For in
formation call MSC Town Hall
at 845-1515.
on the Refreshments’ sound because the
band’s influences are so diverse.
“We take a lot of influence from our sur
roundings and the experiences we’ve had,” he
said. “We’re influenced by the past couple of
years, if not our whole life.”
Living in Arizona, close to Mexico, he said,
melds a southwestern flavor in the music, but
doesn’t dominate it.
“If I could wear a sombrero every night, I
would,” Naffah said. “But everybody in the
band grew up in different places.”
Naffah said he also listened to Thin Lizzy,
Rush, AC/DC and other rock bands while
growing up.
On the other hand, he said, singer Roger
Clyne draws from bands like Camper Van
Beethoven, Cracker and They Might be Giants.
The Refreshments’ formula has been
working commercially. The band has re
leased two singles from Fizzy Fuzzy, “Bandi-
tos” and “Down Together,” which have been
played over the radio and on MTV.
“The first time I saw myself on MTV, it
was the coolest thing,” Naffah said. “It’s ex
citing seeing something you’ve worked that
hard on come to fruition.”
But success can be a little tough to get used
to, he said. He said people react strangely
when they recognize him on the street.
“It’s hard to explain — they look at you all
weird,” he said. “I think it’s mostly because we’re
as nervous to meet them as they are to meet us.
It’s the whole stranger thing.”
Despite the weirdness, he said, success
has its perks.
“What I like most about it is, I’m doing
what I’ve always been doing, but now I’m
making money doing it,” he said. “And we
get to ride in a tour bus. It’s like a dream
come true.”
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Dishwalla , a Santa
[Sarbara, Calif., alternative band
with a socialiy-conscious edge, is
[playing Sunday at Rudder
lAuditorium at 6 p.m. The show
was moved from its originally
scheduled venue of Wolf Pen
Creek Amphitheater due to pre-
[ dictions of bad weather.
Formed in 1992, Dishwalla has
attained success melding its music
around social commentary.
“As a band, our first obligation
is to make good music,” Dishwalla
[wrote for Swing magazine. “But
| we understand the influence popu
lar musicians can have today, and
we feel a responsibility to go be-
|yond ‘do me’ lyrics and irresponsi-
] ble lifestyles.”
But Dishwalla is not strictly a
Dishwalla
political band, drummer George
Pendergrass said.
“There’s a serious angle to the
whole thing we do, but we don’t
want people to get overly dramat
ic,” he said. “It’s just music.”
Dishwalla is touring in support
of its debut album, Pet Your
Friends. The album spawned
“Counting Blue Cars,” which was
number one for four weeks on Bill
board’s modern rock chart earlier
this year.
Chalk FarM, anai-
ternative band from Los Angeles,
is playing Sunday at Rudder Audi
torium at 6 p.m. According to a
press release, the band’s debut
album, Notwithstanding, urges the
listener to rise above the current
trend of apathy in the world.
“The biggest difference be
tween them and other bands is
that their dreams came to fruition
intact, without having been com
promised, lobotomized or convo
luted,” the release said.
Singer and guitarist Michael
Duff said Chalk FarM aims for
originality.
“We’re always looking to
make a song of our own, so that
a couple of chords you know it’s
Chalk FarM,” he said. “All along,
we’ve just wanted to make mu
sic that makes us happy.”
Chalk FarM
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