w 24,19 itr uesday • February 24, 1998 Aggielife fka's th« limit vil Skaneevil plays The Cow Hop Feb. 26 Guns By April Towery Staff writer t’s a cold Thursday in February. Six Ag gies have gathered, not to drink beer or go galavanting around Northgate. Vhile their peers are out partying, these g musicians are playing “La Bamba” in orage shed. fhe students are the members of Evil eevil, the only ska band in Bryan-Col- p Station. The band originated about two 1 a half years ago in Lechner Hall. ^4'ni Ed Goodwin, vocalist and guitarist and a i0oT ^ lior business analysis major, rounded up C ^ wfriends and decided to form a band to yin a talent show the dorm was hosting, fter going through several name inges, and adding and subtracting mem- s along the way, Evil Skaneevil was born, [he band started out as Inane Asylum, n went from Skatastrophe to Swinging dels. Lead vocalist and senior English ior Adam Cruz said the process of se- H j ing a name was difficult. It accurately represents us, except we’re evil,” Cruz said. [enor sax player and senior mechanical neering major Matt Elliott interjects: Some of us are,” he said. odwin throws in his two cents on the iracy of the band name. Oh, yeah, and we don’t do any stunts,” aid. ch joking is part of the relaxed atmos- e created by the band members. Al- gh each member has different ideas for WOJID oa otD his or her future, they are united by long- lasting friendships and the pleasure that their music brings them. Bassist Bryan Luikart, a junior molecular and cell biology major, said he enjoys playing ska music because it is something different. “It’s a lot of fun, and as a bassist, I actual ly get to do stuff,” Luikart said. “In high school, I was all depressed and listened to heavy metal, and it just wasn’t worthwhile.” Guitarist and senior biomedical science major Toby Gray agreed that ska music is more uplifting. “All our angst drained away,” he said. Besides being the only ska band around, another aspect makes Evil Skaneevil unique — the band’s female drummer. Tammy Boren, a senior environmental design ma jor, fits right in with the guys. Gray said having six members creates va riety in the band. “We’re diversity in action — gender di versity, ethnic diversity ... ” he said. Each member of the band comes from a different background and listens to differ ent music, bringing together a unique blend of musical influences. Goodwin credits Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish for his ska influences, whereas El liott listens to The Police in his spare time. Gray smiles as he thinks about the vari ation, and it is obvious another joke is coming on. “I like Lee Ann Rimes and Marilyn Man- son,” he said. The band members laugh and everyone has to add a comment. “No way, she’s 14,” Elliot said. Boren pipes up. “She's scary,” she said. "She’s like the Welch's Grape Juice girl.” Cruz, always thinking musically, also has a comment. “We should write a song about her,” he said. Although each member generally writes his or her part to the original Evil Skaneevil songs, Goodwin usually writes the lyrics. “We come up with a theme that’s trou bling society,” Goodwin said. Elliott can’t resist. “And then we write something else,” he said. This laid-back atmosphere created by the band members is exactly the image pro jected onstage. “Performing live feels about how it feels practicing, but hotter,” Boren said. Evil Skaneevil members have but one re quest for local fans planning to attend their show. “People need to get crazier,” Goodwin said. “There needs to be more riots.” Luikart said their shows directly involve the audience. “It’s awesome when the crowd goes wild,” he said. Gray, always the jokester, has a response. “Uh, that’s never happened," he said. Although there may not be any riots, Thursday’s show promises to be an experi ence music lovers will not soon forget. “Probably none of us will be career mu sicians,” Luikart said. “We just screw around a lot, but we have a lot of fun." Evv. Skaneevil members (pictured) are: Tonr Gray, gutak Ed Goodman, guttar and vocals; Adam Cruz, lead vocals. eople in the News itographers jailed getting too close |SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Two ebrity photographers were sen- ced to jail Monday for boxing in hold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria river with their vehicles as the couple ive their son to school last year, piles Harrison, 29, received 90 days for false imprisonment. Andrew O’Brien, 31, got 60 days. They remain free on $1,000 bail pend ing an appeal. The photogra phers, working for the Splash news and pho to agency, followed the couple from their home on May 1. Harrison, in a Chevro Schwarzenegger let Blazer, was videotaping. O'Brien, in a Jeep, had a still camera. At one point, Harrison and O’Brien had the couple's Mercedes-Benz, driven by Shriver, squeezed between them on a street, forcing her to stop, prosecutors said. Then they swarmed around the car at the preschool. The confrontation occurred as Schwarzenegger was recuperating from heart valve surgery. The photographers were hoping to get the first post-surgery pictures. Shriver testified it was like being “a caged animal.” Streisand falls sick before performance NEWYORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is running a fever but hopes to recover in time to perform at Wednesday’s Grammy awards, her spokesman said Monday. Illness forced Streisand to cancel a Sunday rehearsal with Celine Dion for their duet. “She is still running a fever and remains on medication, but re hearsal times are being coordinated in the event that she recovers quickly enough to per mit her participation,” Streisand spokesman Dick Guttman said. Streisand is nominated for two awards. Streisand :tril V