The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 05, 2001, Image 4

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Waylon Jennings’ son
Shooter to perform with
hand Stargunn at 3rd Floor
By Jason Bennyhoff
The Battalion
THE WAY IT PLAYS OUT
TjVlicmday - Stargun (from Los Angeles)
Cover s 5.00
TJTyesday - Texas Music Tuesday
Kevin Fowler Band
Cover $ 5.00
T Wednesday - Closed for Private Party
TThursday- Lemming Escape Plan
Cover $ 3.00
TFriday - Imaginary Friend
Cover $ 5.00
T Saturday - Bin Bertrand &
The Country Magic Dance Band
Cover *5.00
Where real musicians play!
201 W. 26th Street,
Downtown Bryan
775-7735
While the band Stargunn is biologically linked to country singer Waylon
r ennings (lead singer Shooter Jennings is his son), sound-wise it is a differ
ent breed. On a Texas tour which stops at the 3rd Floor Cantina in Bryan
tonight, the band is determined to make a name for itself.
Johnny Whiteside of L.a. Weekly described the hand as “dedicated to... as
thoroughly wild a sound as can be achieved” because of their screeching gui
tars and hard-rock influences, including AC/DC and Motley Crue. The de
scription seems apt, if the band’s first release. The Only Way Up is Down, is
any indication. Though they sound more like a late 80s or early ’90s hard-
rock-hair band than a 2001 alt-rock ensemble, drummer Alex Lipsitz refus
es to be pigeonholed as a throwback.
“A lot of people say [our sound] is old school,” Lipsitz said. “But that
is where we came from, we do not want to be labeled as retro. We are a
rock band.-”
The band currently is based in Los Angeles, but all five members are from
the South, which explains their Southern-rock influences like Lynyrd Skynyrd
and the Black Crowes. Though he grew up in Texas, Lipsitz said he has been
surprised at the reactions of some Texas crowds to Stargunn’s music.
“We just played at Tarleton State, and they were line dancing to our stuff,”
Lipsitz said. "TTiat was weird... but everybody has been loving our [music].”
Stargunn’s aggressive style and eclectic background have been gathering
the notice of crowds and major labels.
Chad Kudelka, Stargunn’s booking agent, said Stargunn’s album and en
ergetic performances have been milking record labels stand up and take no
tice. With that in mind, Stargunn will be playing the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, show at the annual South by
Southwest music conference to catch the eye of more label executives.
“We are waiting to see what is going to happen at South by Southwest,"
Kudelka said. “Hopefully, soon after meeting with the labels, we will put on
more tours in more states.”
While acknowledging the upside of playing South by Southwest, Lip
sitz downplayed the pressure of displaying the band’s talents to record ex
ecutives.
“We do not look at it as a showcase,” Lipsitz said. “We will play it like
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any other show. We are confident that [a record deal] will comi
until then, we are just interested in playing for the people.”
Stargunn has not made it to “the big time” in music yet.but ^ addition
made it to the big screen. The Crew, a film about ;i croup of as ^ \ c ^
starring Burt Reynolds, featured Stargunn’s song "White Line rm, _ 0 . nkcI .
Ties.” “Katwalk,” another track by the band, w ill bo featurediVor
tertainment's film Made, which stars Vince Vaughn and Faml. p lint ^ er j.
While film exposure may help the band sell records, soL yj, e ^ mu
singer Shooter Jennings' relation to country crooner \Vaylonk om table 1
has generated the most attention for the band. Stargunn makesa^: an j \[ j us t s
sounding like the elder Jennings, but Kudelka said the occasionali|| : §q L1 j rr e 1 is th
Jennings' name is helpful in arousing interest in the band. e table up.
“Putting in Waylon's name does create interest in a lot of pc: So. Conker's
cially in Texas,” Kudelka said. “Since this is the first Texas touiae.|Among so:
done as Stargunn, it is helpful.”
Costumes worn in movies
benefit AIDS auction
People in the News
NEW YORK (AP) — Catherine Zeta Jones’
stunning costume from The Mask ofZorro, Har
rison Ford’s Indiana Jones bullwhip and Mel Gib
son’s-Braveheart sword are on display at Sothe
by's for an auction to benefit African children
fighting AIDS.
Several Hollywood celebrities “have donat
ed items they intended to keep forever,” said
actor Liam Neeson, who started “Movie Action
for Children” through the United Nations Chil
dren’s Fund.
The auction, to be held Tuesday, also offers
a personal telephone call from Michael Jack-
son on the bidder’s birthday. Bids also are be
ing accepted online.
Other items include Neeson’s light saber
from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] the red
dress Meryl Streep wore in The Bridges of Madi
son County, and memorabilia from Titanic, in
cluding a deck chair and a lifejacket.
Proceeds will go directly to UNICEF’s efforts
to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in
Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast. Sotheby’s
is waiving its commissions for the sale.
Blue Man Group says
they have not sold out
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The original members
of the Blue Man Group say they haven't sold
out, despite the TV commercials.
Sure, there are the Ihtel commercials for the
Pentium computer chip and a performance at
this year’s Grammy Awards.
•But Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris
Wink say their artistic vision hasn’t changed
since starting as a guerrilla theater troupe in
New York 13 years ago.
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shiny blue makeup. Shows cans: loviescenes sue
splattering paint, using homemadeper^
instruments and tossing food.
Actor Dustin Hoffman described
to the Los Angeles Times as “like an
in first grade that happens when the
leaves the room.”
Nowadays Blue Man Group Product
erates on a $28 million annual budget
Blue Men (one actually is a woman)
from Boston to Las Vegas. £
Still, the company has turned downol
perform rap music and hawkthemepo*
and a slew of blue products. \
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available to everybody that’s not a big cel
yes, we’re art,” he said. “But if yoinw*
important and elitist, we’d rather be tec
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