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EBB i ""-"ffl 81 mw3r MBft KSpti ttlJKv ^HBH3K| John Ka< 1 send Sn By James Rokosny Eniortainmertl Editor The high energy performance in the Golden Spur Wednesday night : J i ~ * i r a ii i i -i ?avu eviueiict* iu uie iaci uiai joiin Kay and Steppenwolf are back on the road and better than ever. A most enthusiastic crowd began to form a line outside the Spur three hours prior to the opening of the doors. Even though the majority of the crowd appeared to be ol an age that would have made them ten to twelve-years-old at the time Steppenwolf was at the height of their popularity, they awaited this rare opportunity to see the band with anxious anticipationand they weren't let down. KAY AND CO.took the stage and immediately grabbed the attention of the audience with one of the manv Steppenwolf classics, "Rock Me", and never let go throughout the evening. The crowd was treated to some of the more popular traditional Steppenwolf songs as well as some t & -: j &y Joseph Heller, author c signs autographs at the bo\ .ti r imi 'iir t " r r nrrt vv ' VY: 5/ and Ste ur crowd of the tunes they just recorded in L.A., for an album-in-themaking."Hot Night in A Cold Town" and "You"' are two very impressive new songs that were performed Wednesday evening. The new music has a more funky, disco influence, but is still great rock'n'roll. Six tracks have been recorded, but no recording contracts have been signed as of yet. The band is currently touring the country reviving their popularity and clearing up the confusion of who the real Step rvntMirAlf to pv II WWII 10. TH10 (iKOUP IS NOW billed as John Kay and Steppenwolf because after Steppenwoll dissolved some years back, bands began to pop up all over the n.xmtxn /"I 1 I 1 II It thomcolvpu LUUUU ^ Vdlilll^ viivn.uv.f Steppenwolf. This did a con siderable amount of damage to the reputation and made people wonder who Steppenwolf reall> was. The line-up of Steppenwol! ER9MHHSHHHHHB f IMH ;,. /vOC\Q fj] htii }f three bestselttng novels ikatore on. Wednesday\ t'J *' * **jw j :. ppenwoli I hou/lino changed constantly throughout iti history. But one member, Johr Kay, the founder,voice, and mair songwriter of Steppenwolf remained constant And withmi him, no band could seriously b( considered Steppenwolf. He is calling this band 'John Kay anc Steppenwolf' (which consists of < line-up never before part o Steppenwolf) so people will knov this is the real Steppenwol because he is in it. Steppenwolf now consists of John Kay, guitar and vocals: Stev Palmer, drums; Michael Palmei : lead guitar; Danny Ironstone keyboards and Chad Perry o bass. ; "This is the best group c ' musicians I've ever worked wit i on the road," commented Ka prior to the show. After witnessin the band live it would be hard t : dispute that statement. The ban r is very tight and has an extrem air of confidence on stage. Th t guitar playing of Michael Palme a j 1 /\umo\ latest By Jeffrey Chan Assistant KnU rtaimnent Enter the world of Joseph Hell both humor and emotion, oddly er overriding theme of death. Yoi years in the past and introduce* the comic hero Yossarian in suddenly snitted to tne present wi Gold in Heller's newest masterpu Joseph Heller was brought to night and his personality certain! I comical and fascinating as his su At 56, Heller has experienced as a writer. A graduate of New a Fulbright scholar, his talent v Catch-22 , published in 1966. Cat to be a literary phenomenon and embedded in modern English lan Catch-22 not only exposed t surdities of war, but proved a entire civilization and cluture. eh copies in print, m more man a < J book has not only made Heller 11 characters as well. NINETEEN years have passe H published, but Heller is still I 11 author who only wrote Catch-2 Bu: unjust, for his second novel, So was just as witty and inventi gj w Heller was not just a one subje uic iiuvci was nui da j^upuiai 9 received critical acclaim as ^ fc 2,000,000 paperback copies. ? This year, Heller continued | Good as Gold. Through the rru q Gold, Heller is able to cleverly workings of the U.S. governmei cities (particularly his home t? If 1 John Kay, the foui \ gives the new Steppenwolf a much ' fuller sound. * KAY (.AVE BRIEF inf troductions to several songs so the } audience could become familiar ^ with the newer, or less popular numbers the group performs. Of course, some songs need no introductions; the first few bars of e "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Born to \ir:i J" 11 ai? a i ? r, r>u v> nu were an mai was neeaea i, to send the crowd into an uproar, n Other old-time Steppenwolf numbers that got great response >f from the audience were, "Sooki h Sooki" (which Kay introduced as y "our first single, which was g banned here in the Bible Belt for o some reason"), "Hey Lawdy d Mama", and the first of the two c encores, "The Pusher." e The show, presented by Conr temporary Sounds Committee, r Joseph f 'Catch' is iev such a manner th Kd,1<,r Heller. Good as er and you discover originally intend' lough mixed with an work. i C .1 ?? III! TII TllL^Cf i are U CIIIMUI I eu IU nun iiic-orj i to characters like Bombed in New ICatch-22 and then has experienced a ith the absurd Bruce few authors can c see, Good as Gold . enjoyable books, USC on Wednesday what type of pers< ly proved as diverse, Fortunately, I w; bject matter. interview on V his share of success enlightening re* York University and Auditorium, vas first revealed in Rather than be _99 rirnvaH nrncci irorl writpr the title has become readers had im iguage. questions in an ho he horrors and ab- THIS WAS N01 i repudiation of our he received his r With over 8,000,000 Columbia Air Fo iozen languages, the memories of the a cult hero, but his shrimp cocktail, perienced my firs id since Catch-22 was Heller has not i best known as "the began by writing .2This is rather were an imitatior mething Happened , to make a living c ve and proved that PERHAPS HE tct author. Although slow process of > as Catch-22, it still year hibernation veil as selling over that he sets asidi sessions," durinj Uio kxtlliAM/iA iiftlk nartA to o/>nntvi?1ii iii3 uuiiiaut^, wiiu p?5c 10 a^vuiiipiii iin character, Bruce unusually slow ai attack the senseless and if they did, nt and decline of our span of only a ye *yo<Qf.New York) in >:v Dave Matthews-<;AMKC<H'K ider of Steppenwolf was a rare treat of one of the greatest rock bands (because of John Kay) made famous in the 60's and early 70s. Although the beginning of the show was marred by poor sound. Kay and Co. gave an excellent concert. After the show Kay said. "We had some difficulties with the sound system at first, but the kids were so up, we had to push on and give them what they came for." THE NEW STKPPENWOLF has great potential because they are sincere about what they are doing. They don't intend to succeed off the old material strictly, but are willing to play it because that is what a lot of their fans want to hear. Hopefully the confusion is over and John Kay can get on with his career and supply us with some new, fresh rock n' roll. -f syllsyv 'o 'Gold' lat is only characteristic of Joseph Gold, although longer than Heller ed, is clearly his most personal three bestsellers and his play, We iaven to his credit, Heller certainly i vast amount of success with which ompare. With such fascinating and the Heller reader often wonders mi is actually behind the typewriter, as able to discover for myself in an /ednesday afternoon before his iding that night in the Belk ing the fast talking and constantly ' that I, as well as many of his agined, Heller calmly answered . mest and open manner. r Heller's first trip to Columbia, for lavigator's training here at the old rce base in 1944. He still has fond city and states, "I had my first m v fir?t fillet mionnn anrl f?v >t love in Columbia." ilways been writing novels. He first short stories and added, "I felt they i and in the practical sense, it is hard mlv writintf short script: " "V " - """O -~W. ILLER is criticized the most for his vriting, as exemplified by his eight with Catch-22 . Heller commented e only two hours a day for "writing I which many times only one typed shed. He feels that his process is not nd adds, "Nobody can average more they would finish each novel in the ar ana a nan. . s- ? ' - tpfpf If .., I