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Reggae band bent on bringing
music to corners of America
By FIRDOUS BAMJI (bass, vocals), Rob Hoskins
Assistant features editor (keyboards, vocals), Teddy Jackson
Just when it seems selling arms to (saxophone, vocals) and the most rethe
Iranians is the ultimate ironv. cent addition David Rollinuer
along comes a reggae band out of (drums).
Nashville, Tenn., called Freedom of
Expression. The group released For Lack of a
Described in one music magazine Better Word, a 6-song 12-inch EP in
as". . . one of the freshest sounding the fall of '85, co-produced by
bands in Music City," Freedom Of keyboardist Hoskins. The record is
Expression is bent on taking its mainly comprised of original work,
- original reggae to every nook and but also includes the band's version
: corner in America. of Marvin Gaye's "Heard It
The band is, to say the least, com- Through the Grapevine". The EP
pulsively mobile, averaging five per- made Cashbox's "Records to
formances a week, playing mostly Watch" listing and Music Row called
j one-nighters from Key West, Fla., to it the band's "calling card." Other
Chicago and from Boston to New songs on the EP include the roots
Orleans. radical "Keep it Burning" and "For
Freedom of Expression will be at ward We Stumble," mixed in next to
? Rockafellas' Tuesday night. the more jazzy "Stranded in
The band has five members: Skip Babylon" along with "Change in the
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Fall record season gets ol
By ANDY BECHTEL thcsizer instumcntals composed by Abiga
Assistant Copy Desk Chief Other recent releases arc Banarama's H
Albums from artists as diverse as Bruce Springs- Beat Farmers' Pursuit of Happiness a
teen, Rush and Bananarama make for one of the Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
biggest fall seasons for the record industry in some The new Pink Floyd LP marks the first
time. band has recorded without bassist/vocal
The slew of autumn album releases got off to a Waters, considered by many to be tf
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Bo-Day-Shus by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper; the Springsteen's new LP, Tunnel of
LP features the tribute "Elvis Is Everywhere." already generating speculation. Springs
Dave Alvin, a former member of The Blasters, has reportedly abandoned the rah-rah rock 'n
just released a solo LP, Romeo's Escape. dominated Born In The U.S.A. for a m<
The soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam try, acoustic sound. Tunnel of Love i
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tnd Pink release its first album in four years, Big Generator,
Sept. 25.
: time the An even more surprising comcback try comes
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and after devastated their lineup, but the remaining members
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0111 using new release, Legend, a collection of demos and live
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Love, is their new LP, Babylon and On, this week.
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5re coun- Hits Vol. 3, 1979-87, and a collection of Culture
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should both be out by the end of September.
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