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THOMAS ARVID
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Meet The Artist!
Saturday, November 30, 2002
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Jewish Background
By age 14, he was a music aficiona-
do,
playing guitar in a middle-school
It was back in 1990 that the Mighty,
rock
band named Gotham City.
Mighty Bosstones burst upon the
But throughout his teens, he felt
punk-rock scene as stateside emissaries
himself drawing away from the Reform
of ska music — an edgier form of
Jewish upbringings of his stockbroker
Jamaican reggae, stirred with dance-
father and therapist mother.
able R&B rhythms and hard-rock
"I had done a lot of preparation for
overtones.
my bar mitzvah, and it was definitely a
Calling attention to themselves by
pinnacle in my life," Katz says. "I
sporting Scotch-plaid suits, the
respect and appreciate that
group's Devil's Night Out
The Mighty Mighty Judaism is certainly a part
album on Taang Records
of me. But, to be honest, it
Bosstones: Left to
immediately garnered rock-
right: Chris Rhodes, went all the way downhill
press praise for its party
from there. I don't practice
Joe Gittleman, Ben
spirit and freewheeling
Carr, Dicky Barrett, it much anymore."
energy.
What the Bosstones' lead
Joe Sirois, Roman
The height of the
guitarist
prefers to practice
Fleysher,
Lawrence
Bosstones' popularity
is
golf.
His
passion for the
Katz,
Tim
Burton.
occurred in 1997, when
game stretches to squeezing
Mercury issued an album
titled Let's Face It and promoted the • in rounds during any available time
before sound checks.
breakout single "The Impression That
When it's show time, though, he's
I Get."
strictly
making music in a suit and tie.
The radio-friendly hit shot up to
"I think the whole idea is not to just
No. 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock
shlep up on stage, like you just came
chart for the sharply dressed disciples
from the dressing room," insists Katz
of ska. The album also scored plat-
about the band's steadfast fashion con-
inum status, selling more than 2 mil
sciousness.
lions copies.
"We want to be presentable, and
Now, as Katz assumes that kind of
it's nice to have a dressed-up image
past success, he surmises that attend-
that goes along with our music. It
ing Boston's prestigious Berklee
always keeps us a team at the end of
School of Music has paid off.
the day." ❑
Born and raised in Atlanta, he says
he chose the school to simply "soak
up some music."
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones per-
On second thought, he believes
form 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at
what sparked his musical journey was
St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Congress,
his favorite bar mitzvah present: "a
Detroit. $16. (313) 961-8137.
stereo system and some records to go
with it."
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