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vil Skaneevil plays The Cow Hop Feb. 26
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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
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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
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