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The Public Ayes
By CARYN CRABB
Staff Writer
You're not going to find many bands tha
will play Jimmy Buffett and Motley Cru
back to back.
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want to check out this year's winner of th
Jaycees Battle of the Bands, Public Ayes.
Composed of three USC students, on
Carolina grad and a token Clemsonite, thi
up-and-coming Columbia band beat out 5
other local groups to win the annual compe
ition at Greenstreet's.
With a clean-cut look and a unique soun
that attracts fans of most any type of musi<
Public Ayes represents a new breed of coll<
giate rock 'n' roll bands.
"It's kind of hard to define just what kin
of music we play because we do so man
types," said keyboardist Will Aderson,
1988 USC broadcasting graduate.
Dave Hawsey, a USC business major ar
drummer for the band, calls the Public Ay<
style "party music," but is quick to add, '
like any song that makes my arms numb."
A typical set might feature some R.E.M.,
little Led Zeppelin and Smithereens, as wc
as a few Beatles and Monkeys numbers. A
the members agree it's their versatility th
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The band is made up of Anderson, HawLt
sey, his brother Bob on lead guitar, Dane
e Secoy on bass and Brian Payne as lead vocalist.
This fivesome has only been playing
l_ together since September, but the band has
lt been in existence since 1985.
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lead singer graduated from USC and got
e married, the group suffered a temporary reis
tirement. Secoy, a junior at USC, was en4
listed to replace ex-bass player Joey King,
t- and after some trading of the lead microphone
among current band members, they
d decided that what the Public Ayes needed
was a real "front man" with a powerful
> voice, Anderson said.
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more Brian Payne. Payne is not only an ex
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a and classical music. Payne is an energetic
performer and has lent a lot of personality to
id the band since he joined last September.
"I think the reason why I lose control on
"I stage is because I'm giving back what the
crowd is giving me," Payne said.
a The band's original lead singer, Scott
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the Bands triumph to the expert technical
work of Rickenbaker at the sound board.
Wayne Carter, a USC business student, is
their business manager.
The band is excited about the doors thai
are opening to them as a result of their recent
win. They hope to become regulars al
fraternity and sorority parties as well as local
clubs and festivals. Most recently, they entertained
at the Five Points St. Patrick's Day
Celebration.
When asked what the future holds foi
Public Ayes, band members all spoke up a
once.
"We want to be 80 years old and playing
frat parties for our grandkids," Andersor
says.
"No, we just want to be jusk like Bar
Simpson. . .. he's our hero," says Secoy.
But for now, the Public Ayes are excitec
about their budding success and look for
ward to a busy schedule. In the* midst o
half-serious comments from his fellow musi
cians, Secoy manages to sum up the attitud<
of the whole band in one sentence: "Thing:
are going great. This is the most excellen
time of our lives."
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By The Associated Press
NEWBERRY ? People calling
themselves the Rainbow Tribe
gathered this week in the Sumter
National Forest to celebrate their
love of nature and communal living,
and authorities say they'll be
monitoring the group's activities.
The loose-knit tribe embraces
philosophies associated with the
1960s, including communal'living,
non-violence, assorted East Asian
and American Indian philosophies
and "a total love of our fellow
man," members say.
"This is a spiritual gathering,"
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no surname and is at his first
gathering of the tribe. "We are
here to share a spiritual healing,
and to be one with nature and the
Rainbow family."
It is a large family, but no one
seems to know how large.
More than 300 members of the
Rainbow family are expected tc
converge on the forest near the
Newberry-Union County border or
the Broad River by the end of the
week, members say. They intend
to stay until the end of the month
when they will leave for the national
gathering in Minnesota ir
mid-June.
Law enforcement officials, like
the local residents, are not sure
what to make of the Rainbows.
"They have a reputation for different
lifestyles ? nudity, the use
of marijuana ? and any time you
get a group like that in a conservative
area like this, you get suspicion,"
said Larry Luckett of the
U.S. Forest Service.
Although Luckett said there
t have been no incidents or arrests.
ine lorest service is monitoring uic
Rainbows with the help of sheriff's
1 departments in Newberry and Union
counties.
t The monitoring includes frequent
trips through the camp
1 groynd and-stopping vehicles en
tering the campground to find oui
f if the occupants are with the
Rainbows.
- The Rainbows call the monitor
s ing harassment, but Luckett anc
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they want to be sure no confrontations
occur.
Visitors, especially hunters, need
to be informed that the Rainbows
will be in the forest until early
April, Luckett said.
This is billed as a regional
gathering, but Rainbows from California,
Oregon, Washington state
and British Columbia, Canada, had
arrived by Sunday to take part in
the "spiritual bliss."
"Rasir.allv we. ho.1ip.vp. in
brotherly love. We're all brothers,"
said Chris, who likes to be called
Deer because he admires the animal.
"There's so much greed and
decadence in the world that coming
to nature is refreshing."
The Rainbow philosophy is appealing
to a wide range of people
who have become disenchanted by
the greed associated with the
1980s, members say.
"A lot of people are Rainbows
and don't know it or admit it,"
said a 26-year-old Nevada resident
and unofficial spokesman for the
[ Rainbows who goes by the name
of Peace. "Being a Rainbow is a
state of mind."
j The growing appeal of the group
is linked in part to the fact that
. Rainbow doctrine is an amalgam
> of mystic, religious and commonsense
beliefs. The group prohibits
weapons and alcohol, both of
which interfere with its desire to \
achieve a "oneness" with the
environment.
"We come out in the woods and
give our mother some love," said a
man calling himself Sunshine. "I
guess you could call us nature
freaks."
1 So far, the Rainbows have been ?
more of a novelty than a problem,
Luckett said. 2
"We've had more local people %
through here than Rainbows; they *
want to see them," he said. "It's *
been real smooth, and we don't ex t
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week progresses to get away from
the curiosity seekers and the mod
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