16B - The Michigan Daily Weekend Magazine - Thursday, March 26, 1998
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DETROIT
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Motor City is home to many other ,
smaller acts known for musical
integrity and standout stage pres-
ence Those with a hankering for
swxing and rockabilly should be sure .k~
to check out, as previously men-f
tioned, The Atomic Fireballs and also
The Twistin' Tarantulas and 2 Star
Tabernacle.
Punks have their place in the
Detroit scene as well. The Epileptix,
often compared to seminal punks The
Germs, has a minor local following.
Bourgeois Filth also has a share of
the local punk spotlight. While
decidedly substandard when it comes'
to musical talent, the lead singer's
spiked hair has helped the band cre-
ate a name for itself.
Other punks to watch out for
include Old Spice, made up of two
members of the Parka Kings, who
plan to release a record in the near
future; The Gutter Punx, an old-
school, California-style outfit who
opened for the Suicide Machines last
year at the band's annual Christmas
show; The Trash Brats, a more than
10-year-old glam/punk band with a
steady local following but still no Members of the Detroit indle band Godzuki pose in front of Zoot's Coffee and Sound.
national attention; The Feisty
Detroit Bandstand
Musicians In the Detroit
scene offer something for
everyone. Whether your taste
runs to ska, techno or indie
rock, there's a Detroit album
for you.
Dance
Charm Farm: "Pervert"
Indi/Alternative
* Caelum Bliss: "Caelum
Bliss"
* Hoarse: "Happens Twice"..
* Vudu Hippies: "Trampoline"
Punk
* Speedball: "Drive Like
Hell"
* Suicide Machines: "Battle
Hymns" and "Destruction
by Definition"
Rap
* Insane Clown Posse:
"Carnival of Carnage" and
"The Great Milenko"
R&B
* Robert Bradley's
Blackwater Surprise
"Robert Bradley's
Blackwater Surprise"
* Thornetta Davis: "Sunday
Morning"
Ska
* The Articles: "Flip F'Real"
* Telegraph: "10 Songs and
Then Some"
Techuo
* Mental Landscape:
"Psychic Prostitution"
* Skinhorse: "Heavy Beats
Deep Grooves"
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MARGARET MYERS/Daily
Cadavers, whose singer was mur-
dered a few years ago; and the
female trio Broadzilla, which has
made a nasty habit of touring the
local club circuit over and over
again.
Indie rockers also have their place
in Detroit. Godzuki, a four-piece out-
fit, has been featured on the sound-
track to an episode of "Melrose
Place." Its first full-length release,
"Trail of the Lonesome Pine," was.
recorded by Warren DeFever, the
central figure of His Name is Alive,
another, much better-known Motown
indie group.
While hard to truly classify, His
Name is Alive, signed to the 4AD
label, is probably the best known
"indie" entity to come out of Detroit
in recent years. The band's credits
include a song from the "Jerry
Maguire" soundtrack, which had
sales figures upwards of 900,000
units.
"The Detroit scene is certainly
healthy," said Seth Dropout, bassist
and singer of the aforementioned
Beauty School Dropouts. "It's grown
in the past few years, definitely. At
least the ska and punk scene has."
Does this proliferation of music
make the city that used to be Motown
another hotbed of musical activity?
Not necessarily.
But regardless of that fact,
Detroiters have no right to complain
that there's a lack of talent in their
area. There's something in today's
local scene for everyone.
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