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The Michigan Daily Friday, June 7, 1985 Page 8
The dB's devastate in triumphant gig
Tuesday night's triumphant gig at feeling out the unwritten laws of the
By Byron L. Bull Rick's. chemistry of mixing precision with
While already established as an in- raw dynamism, of knowing where to
novative, smart record band, in the be subtle and where to fray the edges.
I HAVE seen the future of pop, and past the dB's failed to tighten up their When they hit the stage, embraced
it is the dB's. stage presence, giving servicable, by the welcome applause of a packed
Despite a long, setback-plagued good shows that fell just short of the crowd that pressed itself to the walls
career that has delayed a expectations warranted by their often and around the corners, it was ap-
breakthrough beyond cult and critical brilliant records. But in the hiatus parent from the first chords of "She
success, the dB's have not only between albums, Pete Holsapple and Got Soul" that the dB's had found
weathered recent adversities (a band have set to the task of patiently, their wits, or rather just how to lose
change of managers, in band person- vengefully establishing themselves as them. The punchy rhythmic interplay
nel, and the apparent stalling of their a live band to be reckoned with. between drummer Will Rigby (simply
label), they seem to be snowballing The result is a smart, well-honed one of the best and most unrecognized
into a seriously formidable force in band that rocks hard and clean with a
modern music, as evidenced by fierce sense of purpose, instinctively See HOLSAPPLE, Page9
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