Reverend Horton Heat
October 14

Town Pump

The Reverend was in town and
how could | miss a good ol’
sermon from the pulpit? C.K.,
maybe I’m being just a bit over
dramatic, but so is the Rever-
end Horton Heat.

This was my fourth time seeing
the Reverend and company,
and each time | have been
impressed with the variety of
the crowd at the shows, from
the rockabilly with big hair and
sidebums from here to eternity,
to the suburban college type
with his Chip and Pepper shirt.
| guess this goes to show that
the Reverend is doing his best
to break down barriers that so
many people get hung up
on...but when the band starts,
who really cares?

The crowd was a bit slow at first
(with the exception of the three
guys trying to mosh behind
me), but when the Rev. started
into their rockabilly selection of
the night with numbers like
“Bad Reputation”, things started
to roll. By the time they were on

Various

Wade Free Vancouver

(The Club Grotesque Compilation)

Independent

to some of the faster, more.
intense songs such as “Four
Hundred Bucks” and “Wiggle
Stick”, there was no holding
back the crowd's enthusiasm,
not to mention the “fine Cana-
dian whiskey” that the Reverend,
Jimbo, and Taz seemed to give
left, right and centre.

My experience with bands at this
level is that they play, and the
people listen; no requests, no
nothing. Well, not that night, and
not this band. There was a very
insistful woman beside me
wanting to hear “Eat Steak”, and
lo and behold, ask and you shall
be given. All in all , their
onstage personality is as cool as
their show; a pretty big step for a
band that is a leading interest in
this new type of rockabilly, let
alone representing a whole new
sound for the altemative scene.
Ah hell, they made me dance
and rock out. What more can be
said?

Buzz Parker

We're told in its CD booklet that “Wade Free Vancouver can be listened

~ to from start to finish without grappling for the skip or fast forward button

on your CD player’. Well... maybe not on the first listen but after that |

had established my favourites and found my hand sneaking up on the

skip button once or twice.

Featured on this CD is a reasonably diverse group of local hardcore

artists ranging from Sick Sick Yeah’s acoustic offering to Lung’s |-

fucking-hate-everything rage (with a track aptly titled “Fuck Generator’).
| didn’t care for Red Sugar’s “Wallow Wallow’” which bored me silly, and

| wasn't particularly impressed with Sparkmarker’s “Tamarack”

Paw: Friday, Nov 12 at the Town
Pump.

Dead Can Dance: Friday, Nov. 12 at
the Vogue Theatre.

Smog w/ Blaise Pascal and Kid
Champion: Friday, Nov. 12 at the
Anza Club.

JF.A.: Saturday, Nov. 13 at the
Cruel Elephant.

The Lemonheads w/ Hole: Satur-
day, Nov. 13 at the Commodore.
Soul Asylum: Monday, Nov. 15 at
the Commodore.

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult:
Saturday, Nov. 20 at Graceland.
Primus w/the Melvins: Saturday,
Nov. 27 at 86 St.

Buzzcocks: Saturday, Nov. 27 at
the Commodore.

The Day-Glo Abortions: Saturday,
Nov. 27 at the New York Theatre
AND Sunday, Nov. 28 at the Lunatic
Fringe.

Rose Chronicles and Mystery
Machine: Saturday, Dec.4 at the
New York Theatre.

Spirit of the West: Saturday, Dec.
11 at the Vogue Theatre.

contribution because | know they are capable of producing something
much better than the forced whining on this album. However, Cat’s
Game's “Surfistas” is brilliant, BNU’s “What About You” smacks your
senses into overdrive, and Ten Feet Tall’s cover of “Down Under”

cracked me right up.

All of these bands play Vancouver regularly and if you haven’t heard
some of them this is your big chance to sample their wares. 18 tracks

for eight bucks. Buy it, you can’t go wrong.

Nickie Senger
sverend Horton Heat

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| wasnt particularly impressed with Sparkmarker's “Tamarack” Nickie Senger