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The show started at 9:30 p.m. with few o I [ Adv< Hfl^^ESESHSSSS 1 H ADPH ni v u< I Omicron De 7 National Le< I Honor Socu Requirements: 1) 60 or more hours r r? n m rilninrl [" ] UUIIipiClCU I! 2) cumulative 3.0 GPR | j 3) significant contributioi 1 I arts, athletics, media, r I Applications Available ' r I. I.MacK near ,nT0- uesK' Career Planning & Pla For Information, call > or Ernie Thompson 7' Deadline Wedi CTKv .. .T W^W iii ~g^M 1 WjMfr W8S3$SWw?fl ;'k?t K ' ' ?g=^B^BP^s|j5^Wi ? J^B 0Si ' ''*: '- Z=i~v;:." .j MI^F < rm r f i^JBEBSSpBS^ ** 7l ^^asPf Photo by Bry?nt Smith it the Golden Spur Thursday and Friday nights, harmonize. versatility to Spur the fair-sized crowd in a dancing mood. Most of the crowd seemed content to sit back with e friends and beers and enjoy the music rather than hit the dance floor. As a result of the s less than enthusiastic response, the band e lacked its usual energy. In the second set the band brought out a i few of its reliable covers, that picked up the i crowd's intensity as well as the band's . r A highlight of the set was an improvised I ?.har hlnpc Innp in u/hicli Kocc nlnimr ? * VMI VIV4VJ 11411%, -111 "1HVII lllV UUJ J ^IUJV.1 picked up a harmonica and the drummer i brought his snare to the front of the stage g while the lead guitarist sat on the drummer's stool and kicked the bass drum. i e The next performer scheduled to appear in t the Spur is vocal impressionist Kier. He will give two shows on Feb. 2 and 3, both at 9 f p.m. prtisir / NOW! 1 Ita Kappa I idership I I ns to academics, and other activities 2nd floor Russell House cement t 77-7280 I 77-9093 |j Contest-winnin; fAAiA '.;Mu i iccid ilyiii. di i By Cal Harrison "The best word to describe Warhead is explosive," said Lex Scott, lead singer of the young, Columbia-based band, managed by Flip/Side Productions. Warhead appeared Wednesday night in the Russell House Ballroom. They were the headliner of the three bands sponsored by WZLD and Sigma Chi fraternity. The five band members, all former USC students, said they felt "right at home in the Russell House." Media Arts graduate, Bob Emerson, one lead guitarist, started the band along with Scott and the other lead guitarist, Greg Metts. They started touring as Warhead in March, 1983, choosing Erol Denizkurt to play bass and Bubba Rucker, a Midlands Technical College student, to play the drums. THE BAND'S first break came soon after its formation when the song "Street Survivors" was chosen for the WZLD Rock to Riches album. "Entering the contest was really just an s afterthought. We were in a recording studio, \ recording our first single, when the sound ( technician suggested that we enter. It was the last day to enter, but we won," Emerson \ said. 1 "We've been on tour every week since we started," said Denizkurt, the tall, leatherclad musician, who is a former business < major. Their biggest show was in French Creek, i N.C., where a crowd of more than 1,000 peo- I pie stormed the stage. Unfortunately, some ! of the band's equipment was destroyed. "WE DON'T eat and we're always i broke," Emerson said when he was asked if i there had been any major changes in their lifestyles. "Our girlfriends take a back-seat sometimes, but the biggest change has been staying up so late," Denizkurt said. When asked if they thought they would have been more successful if they had purig777 i" soft'coni I [j Soft Lenses g Exam pj Follow-up Disinfection system I *E"Con~^ I Dr. Danny A. Bui I Corner of Taylor a H. f =3telr * T-.UI T. i f | V y/~> rwi i aum I v. f^ Screen featuring THIS WEEK ONLY: 55 oz. Pitcher $ I IIII pi WITH ST (Regular Happy H< "Hoof it We're only j rock group 1 I A #% nome at U5i> ;ued their college careers Scott said, "I think ve'll go all the way with this band ? no question about it. "If we can make it over the next few years, -ve will be able to live off the fringe benefits :or the rest of our lives." EMERSON SAID he is still pursuing his :areer in media arts. The next big step for Warhead is the plpacp r\f nn PP r*f cnmp nf thpir nrioinsil :unes. The songs will include "Love so Strong" or "Pick your Poison." "These guys play with the same intensity, whether playing for a crowd of 1,000 or a crowd of 100," said WZLD radio announcer Will Bowen who organized the ballroom event. "We're very dedicated. We're going for something that you've got to go for when you're young. Twenty years from now ? no matter how successful we become ? at least we will be able to look back and say 'I'm glad I tried it,"'said Emerson. 4249 "act"lens~"b $99 ! POWER RANGE ft +6 to -6 y OFFER ENDS JAN. 31 \. j I Extended Wear, and Farsightedness higher priced ^ - . ... II *ns, optometrist i nd Bull 256-3198 | )b0v$l$ I , Open 12-2 am \ . ! 1R1NG ? 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