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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 2001)
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"Just beats ju.s doesn't mean : Bonfire.” November 16, 2001 THE BATTALION Page 3 "TUe 0vo\a;s ^veev\ev VUIs Fvl<A<jn.y Grassy the hand, brings its unique sound to Coffee Station tonigjtt " WMr ' \ ~ “ . guys are the most top-notch musicians, and it will I 1 1 be interesting to see what happens when they By Crystal Dobson THE BATTALION The .word “grass” has multiple connotations in the lyrics of the band Grass. Grass is scheduled to play at Coffee Station for net cover charge at 9 p.m. The difference between Grass and other inde pendent musicians is the unpredictable angle it brings to music. Grass’ songs are marked with depth and unusual harmonies. Marvin Pair, called “Mo,” Jarle Lillemoen and Carlos Lopez wanted to start a band to communicate ideas. Lillemoen said ReBelieves there is more to a song than just playing music; he said band members also can communicate thoughts to the audience. “Being in a band is a powerful position to geigia certain point across,” Lillemoen said. “There may be music playing, but „thexe« is always some sort of underlying emotional idea within the song.” Pair serves as the bass player and vocals; Lillemoen, vocals and electric or acoustic guitar; Lopez, drums. Grass’ claim to fame is the band members’ ability to interchange instruments with each other mid-show. Doug Snyder, the newest addition to Grass, is helping phase out Lillemoen, who has a doctorate in biochemistry and whose future plans include post doctoral research. Snyder is a full-time musician from New Mexico, who hooked up with the band when he met Pair an at open-microphone night at Cactus Cafe in Austin. Snyder and Pair have solo albums on mp3.com. “t am so excited about the opportunity the mem bers of Grass have given me,” Snyder said. “These PHOTO COURTESY OF GRASS Jarle Lillemoen, Carlos Lopez and Marvin “Mo" Pair of Grass. « # i V iff . I Being in a band is a powerful position to get a certain point across. There maybe music playing, but there is always some sort of underlying message. 99 — Jarle Lillemoen, vocals and guitar for Grass dy A trod ion Program larships citizens to study in Asia, Central and EasW id the Middle East. P RepresentaW m-12noon) ill West I ‘02 and/or spring ® [£ BATTAIlj l, Editor in Chief jstillo, Managing Edto 1 Executive Editor ireia, News Editor nice, Asst. News EdiW Fick. Asst. News EditM rclzel, Asst. News EA# r, Aggielife Editor -ndez. Asst. Aggielife gsley, Asst. Aggielife Opinion Editor lies, Opinion Editor ddock, Sci/Tech Edito 1 .Sports Editor , Asst. Sports Editor Cadio Producer • r. Asst. Radio Product 1 III, Photo Editor aneo, Visual Arts DiraP m, Visual Arts Direct man, Webmaster <ISSN #1055-4726) is 1 . Friday during the fell and * through Thursday doiot ’' University holidays and eii" Jnivetsily. Periodicals CoS? ■X 77840. POSTMASTEH:' " £attalion, Texas ASM ation.TX 77843-1111, ’■lion news departments is A&M Univeisity in tf* , a unit ol the Ofl* s offices ate in 0141*1 aom phone: 845-3313; newsroom@thebatt.aW att.com lication ot advertising^"; hdoisement by Die fiats 1 ' lational display adveiW ?, sified advertising, cal -fr !S are in 015 Reed 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. W#' 2678. part of the Students#^ student to pick tip P •st copy free, additional 5 are $60 perschodiea 1 ester and $17.50 forfP MasterCard, Discow, 1,1 -2613. H guys are the most top-notch musicians, and it will be interesting to see what happens when they learn my music and 1 learn theirs.’ Grass is often compared to Blind Melon, Rush and Frank Zappa. Each member of the band gives their opinions on potential songs, Lopez said, and this is known as the “grassification process.” “In general, we all have input into our songs,” Lopez said. “Usually though, Jarle or Mo will come to practice with a skeleton of a song and the rest of us may reinterpret, add or subtract to it.” Their favorite places to play include Austin, at the Continental Club, Cactus Cafe and Saxon Pub because this is wherd the majority of the band attended college. The band said they also gen uinely enjoy playing in College Station as well. “College Station is not as competitive as Austin, so we can have more fun while relaxing a bit more,” Lillemoen said. “It is also a very cool town with tons of intelligent people that we enjoy playing for.” Grass has three albums that can be found on the mp3.com Website. The first album, ...green er, was released in 1997. Grass, the second alburn, was released in 1999 and the latest release is The Grass Big Bisquit Oogie Machine. As a whole. Pair said he believes the greatest part of the band is the differences they share. “The one thing we do have in common is our brains; we all have some sort of math, engineer ing or science degree” Pair said. “Otherwise, we are completely different people that enjoy slam ming each other around knowing how much we really do respect each other.” Dr. Greene’s Aggicland’s CONTACT LENS Headquarters * Student Specials * Therapeutic Optometrist * S'Cye&vie Top 5 reasons it’s time for vour eve exam: 5. You sit in the front row and still have to squint 4. You haven’t changed your contacts since school started 3. You get headaches even if you haven’t been partying 2. You think that B/CS weather is always hazy 1. Your glasses are actually coming back into fashion Scott and White Provider Most insurance accepted 404 University Dr. East 693-3177 Yeah...uh... if you could just sign up as soon as possible, that would be great. 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