The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, July 22, 1980--Page 9 f~q y; : Y .;- ,,. y t": "N:! -::. :,\. t : ,p^i . Y " f: : : :}"}" :i ~r+~v :: . 4: "}.k \":Wp'.piS N:'' 3i""i. .t-5?v:'.}vk} .]:', :py" NEWr YOR.,":..:} }K ROC,::. '':r r .tKINA2": k"""::' :'k?.kwt..: ""i..,.-i . By Dependir Eyed Spy band to con while, or threatens t roll-as-we-k combining and blues arrangem bellering of turns musi They prove it, rock a challenging and dancea without a b 8-Eyed Spy: Worth the effort MARKCOLMAN he nlyfamiiar(tomet ongwasapproach to music ai MARK COLEMAN The only familiar (to me) song was ban jungle rhythms. Bassist George rooted in traditional ig on your politics, Eight the cover of CaptainBeefheart's "Did- Scott delivered the driving impetus, Twin brothers Larry an is either the most original dy Wah Diddy", a solidly performed behind the whacked-out ensemble tertwine twanging gt me down the pike in quite a choice which lends Eight Eyed Spy playing while drummer Jim Sclavunos spacey solos for a' a subversive force that some much-needed perspective. Like sets it all off with wildly enthusiastic guitar sound with other he very fabric of rock and Beefheart before them, the Spies are bashing, trashing any expectation of a fs. The Same Band u know-it. Actually, it is both; forming a broad based musical coalition beat with sporadic crashes and random approach to rhythm tha tumultuously tight rhythm that abides by no standards save its rolls. build experimentation wrapped in barb-wire own. For all its abrupt changes and oc- Eight Eyed Spy rock with a sense of sounding hooks and re ents with the bellicose casional lapses into disequilibrium, this paceand timing entirely their own-but like "Everybody's 0.1 'young Lydia Lunch, the Spy music is tightly structured and they do rock. Now, naturally, a lot of result that sounds like s cal conventions inside out., executed. They may well be making up people at Rick's American Cafe didn't from another planet. Th that any old way you choose the rules as they go along, but Eight know quite what to make of this band's in jazzy progressions rz nd roll can be musically Eyed Spy blend a wide array of flavors spicy sonic stew, let alone Lydia Lun- their collective wad g, emotionally unsettling, and textures into a remarkably ch's torrential non-chalence. The discordant glory a la Eil ible at the same time-even cohesive whole that is palatable more opening act, Ann Arbor's The Same So while the Same Ba ackbeat. often than not. Band nrnvided a similariy amn - ditinim ,h,.. ti.fvina lief bit more firmly song structures. nd Ben Miller in- Uitar riffs with Television-style r-worldly sax rif- tilizes a sneaky at allows them to into traditional- frainsron songs K." for an end low-burning pop hey build energy ather than shoot in a blaze of ght Eyed Spy. nd provide more uuaue, satisrying ustening than the Spies, their more disciplined approach is nowhere near as purely entertaining or exhilarating. I won't say that Eight Eyed Spy are destined to be the Next Big Thing but they effected me in a way that few other bands have. I'm not sur- prised that a lot of people liked the Same Band better; their more down-to- earth approach is a lot easier to take while still retaining a good deal of rigor. But for all their brutal, sometimes ugly moments, Eight Eyed Spy come across with all the classic power of the music they are seeking to re-define. "We're just a rock and roll band" said Pat Ir- win after the gig. Truer words could not have been snoken From the start of Sunday's show there was the expected charge of an- ticipation in the air, the electricity that any out-of-town visitors seem to generate. But all the advance publicity in the world couldn't have prepared the audience for the cardiac arrest-level in- tensity of Eight Eyed Spy. In a word, this band is aggressive: Spurting short, fast bursts of flailing rhythm and multiple layers of sax and guitar. melody into three minute long climaxes that end as abruptly as they begin. I DIDN'T CATCH the titles of most of the tightly structured collages that pass as songs." A lot of that has to do with Lydia's blood-curdling style; a. whining, mindless blare of blank asser- tion, seductive croaks and off-mike muttering. I have no idea what she was shouting about but she meant every word of it. Appearing TONIGHT at SECOND CHANCE VANTAGE POINT Eight Eyed Spy Guitarists Michael Palmgarden and Pat Irwin are an exhaustive source of melodic metal riffs and sonic diversion, providing everything from chunky funk lines to reverbing surf-sound solosto unadultrated feed back. Irwin's sax work was wonderfully economic, shat- tering the electronic drone with sheets of squawking indolence, or echoing Lydia's world-weary moans with a lilting melody on "Lazy in Love". THE RHYTHM section encased this dramatic divergence in a rumblingly assured, ever-shifting onslaught of ur- Michigan Rep '80 OPENS NEXT WEEK: OF THEE ISING and LA RONDE PTP Ticket Office-Mt League, opens this week today only, Noon-5 pm. Master Charge & Visa by phone: 764-0450. Consider the chicken croquette: CAFETERIA HOURS; Some banquets rely on it yet.11:30-1:15 And then they defreeze 5:00-7:15 Some carrots and peas. But, not at The League, you can bet! 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