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was filmed in and around the no good for mai
swamps near Charleston, is an explosion
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the film. Who wants to see potion. The
the natural glory of their spends the rest
native state debased in a playing the title
trifling horror film? This is one
Story: In a laboratory of movie that do<
some sort of experimental to transcend it
camp-station (which is, if I as flat as an 8 1
remember correctly, doing As it was mad
something for the good of budget, it
mankind), a handsome pyrotechnics t
young scientist develops The charactei
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brings about enormous Barbeau's
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with a newly-arrived, good- hat and a heart
The Spongetones' sh<
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"Twist and Shout!" chants the crowd and
the rumble usually increases to a roar
before the four of them can scramble back
onto the stage for what has become one of
the traditional encore numbers of the
Spongetones.
It was one night in 1979 that a group of
Charlotte musicians got together and "just
for fun" played some music by the Beatles
and others from the 1960s. Encouraged from
the beginning by favorable crowd response,
the group that became the Spongetones dug
into the recent musical past to develop the
act that has become one of the best and most
popular in the area.
The Spongetones will play at the Golden
Spur tomorrow night.
The name, "The Spongetones," means
"whatever you want it to mean," according
to the group. And inside this almost threeyear
period, that name has become
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The Spongetones say they "have fun"
playing the music of the Beatles, the Kinks,
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rectly, up to one is first struck by the
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in which the savagery, and then later
iow comes in touched by the emergence
with his own within the beast of some
result? He near-human feelings. But
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role. transformed human, and the
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esn't attempt to magnify a person's true
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le on a small a colossal sap. Still in love
has no with Barbeau, the Swamp
;o enliven it. Thing is all lovesickness and
rs are card- no menace (except to
types, from deserving bad guys); his
dead-serious self-pitying tears erode what
distress to heroic "noble savage"
lave French stature he might have had
e with black and make for an unbearably
to match. dull monster in the bargain.
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the Doors, the Monkees, Cream, Jimi
Hendrix, Herman's Hermits and other
musicians of the '60s. "It's like going back to
our roots," says guitarist Pat Walters.
In addition to musical detail, the in
struments and certain costume touches ?
sometimes white shirts with skinny black
ties, sometimes shiny black suits,
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Pat Walters plays keyboards as well af
guitar for the group. "I enjoy playing the
type of music people really respond to," h(
says. "The Spongetones started out as
something we liked and has become mon
fulfilling than I ever imagined."
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producer and recording engineer.
Steve Stoeckel, bass player for the band
bears a resemblence to Paul McCartney
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character is an awkward WMi -Vv'v S??SI?1
youth named Jude (Reggie
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Barbeau through the
swamps), but his subdued, B- - -- : '-"
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of the rest of the cast.
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couldn't call it horror) is
half-hearted. Its weaknesses
can probably be traced to a
poor script and an indecisive - 1
director (Wes Craven). Still, M . ' |p . . ,r' ; . ., ; / ^
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