10 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, December 8, 1994 Jackyl is politically incorrect with their wild a By BRIAN A. GNATT The redneck rock band Jackyl has only been around for a few years, but has stirred up enough controversy in this politically correct world to last a lifetime. Between arrests, bomb threats and "Playgirl" photo shoots, Jackyl puts on one of the most electri- fying shows in rock 'n' roll today. Probably the most unrestrainable rock band since Guns N' Roses, Jackyl have a knack for being as outrageous and offensive as possible. "Jackyl are the kings of the politi- cally incorrect," raved Dupree, who previously did a live photo shoot on stage for "Playgirl." "Music is leaning so far to politi- cally correct crap," Jackyl guitarist Jeff Worley said in an interview Sun- day, before opening'for Aerosmith at The Palace of Auburn Hills. "I have nothing against the new music. I like punk, and I like attitude music, but I don't like the media's way to make it out like it's something new. I like Green Day, I think they're bad, but they're not as bad as The Ramones; they're not as bad as the goddamned Sex Pistols, or anybody who'd done it before them. I also like country and funk. If it sounds good, I like it. If something sucks, then it sucks and I don't like it. It ain't because of who they are or where they're from, or what color they are, or what they smell like, or any other reason." With influences ranging from James Brown to the Reverend Horton Heat and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jackyl's music is an interesting combination of all different kinds of musical styles. "Jackyl - a pack of dogs. That's where the name comes from. It ain't just something we thought of off the top of our heads. We sleep on the floor, step all over each other. We're just modern-day, damn cowboys," Worley explained. This year has been very good to Jackyl. Besides the release of their second album, "Push Comes to Shove," touring with Aerosmith and ZZ Top, and rocking a few hundred thousand people at Woodstock '94, their popularity has been growing. "The reason we played (Woodstock) was to make people aware of Jackyl in thatlineupof bands, because we think we're as good or wilder than any one of them. In this state of the music business now, things being so alternative leaning, people are forgetting about regular rock-n- roll, which won't go away. We just chose it forJackyl awareness day. We don't dance as well as Salt-N-Pepa, but we'll jam all night." Worley said. With their growing popularity from opening for musical greats and also their sold out headlining shows, band members have been getting used to life as rock stars. "It's great and it's horrible," Worley said. "How many people have to get up in the morning and look out your front window and see people peeking in and jumping before you brush your teeth." "Eyes and hair matted together, and shit," added guitarist Jimmy Stiff. "It's not 'Could I get an autograph,' or 'Hello,' it's 'Sign This!"'screeched Stiff in his southern drawl. "'Please, please, get a picture.' All right, let me scratch the pepper off my tooth." A recent Jackyl controversy was a billboard put up in Nashville, which pictures Dupree shooting a full moon. "We ride around L.A. on Sunset Strip, and you see more country people up on billboards selling their albums, so we thought let's do rock one," Worley said. "A friend of ours at a ntics and power tools radiostation talked Jesse intoit.Some- You do one little move, and ..." times poor Jesse's thrown into these "This one guy was closingt situationsanddoes weird shit. There's club, and he said 'I want y'all to p a lot of times when he does it on his the closing weekend,' and Jesse ac own. We egg him on, but we'll take ally cutthe ceiling out overourhea the blame with him." Boom! Right there all over our hea Still,Jackylisprobably bestknown People took pictures, and it look for the use of the chainsaw in their awesome! That was right beforeN music. Dupree is sponsored by a got signed," Worley recalled. chainsaw manufacturer, and cuts up In these days of big arena tou things on stage. Jackyl isn't cutting out the ceili "The chainsaw started by Jesse's anymore, but they still keep the shoe dad going 'Damn, y'all make a lot of exciting. Dupree's microphone sta racket, might as well take a chainsaw is an actual working 12-gauge s up there,' So we were like 'Hey.' So gun, which he fires blanks from.Ot we used to use it to make aracket, and crowd pleasers include Dupree pu tearupa building,"Worley said."The ing his pants down and fan favori clubs would pack out, and people from Jackyl's debut, "Down On M would go crazy. When we went into and "She Loves My Cock." the studio, we asked Brendan O'Brien "People still want to go out,t our producer if we should do this now that their money's tight, t chainsaw shit, and he said 'Look, don't know if they'll get their mone drop the song, and add words to the worth. Well, we will give you yo chainsaw. Jesse went five minutes money's worth," promised Worl and came back, we recorded it and "It might not be the best music you that's what you hear-'The Lumber- ever heard, but it'll be enough eni jack Song."' tainment that you'll laugh, you pro "Backin the clubdays,Jesse would ably won't cry, you'll probablyc carve in the ceiling, andjust weird crazy from laughing, tears will come to ye crap," Worley said. "Actually, in the eyes, it'll be loud, you'll be beat, a club days, we were twice as wild as we when you go home, you'll sleep.I are now, and neverused to getin trouble. rock 'n' roll. If you want to go out Now, it's just blown out of proportion. be serious, go to a god damn classi the lay tu- ds. ds. ked we urs, 4 ing ws and hot her ull- tes de" but hey y's our ey. 've ter- "ob- cry our and it's and cal The photo from Jackyl's controversial billboard. What an ass Dupree is. guitarist concert, sit down, and don't applaud until he's through," Jeff said. "That's the rudest f-word in the '90s - fun." "Everybody should go on out and buy a Jackyl CD, regardless," sug- gested Stiff. "Even if it sucks, you can go to the damn hobby shop and get* one of them little clock motors for 30 cents, and it'll make a killer little clock, and you ain't gotta listen to the piece of shit." video ane NBA Live '95 Electronic Arts Hands down, "NBA Live '95" is the best basketball game ever made. It easily surpasses the others with its fast action-packed play, superior graphics and TV like presentation. "NBA Live" has everything an enthusiast wants in a basketball game. 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