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tXJUHl I "*r""""'-' &mSm Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecock II Guns N' F stadium's By SEAN MCGUINNESS Staff Writer What has 40,000 people, Angel Dust, Creeping Death and a Paradise City? It must be the first ever concert at Williams-Brice Stadium featuring Faith-No-More, Metallica and Guns N' Roses. At 4:40 p.m. the gates opened to ^usner in ^ 40,000 Concerts' VVHnROH who been waiting months for this stellar event. It was heralded as the "Concert they said would never happen," but happen it did. Towering in the west side of the stadium was the massive stage that loomed over 4 stories high. Draped on each side were a pair of banners adorned with skulls drawn by the skateboarding Metallica artist, Pushead. Three giant color TV screens stared blankly at the incoming audience positioned at the left, center and right of the stage. During the show they projected images fed through manned cameras pointed at the, band members and the fans. Computers would add MTV-like effects to the pictures. Witchdoct Clemson f By GREG RICKABAUGH Editor-in-chief He said it would rid the Gamecocks football team of the awful "Chicken Curse." He said the curse would be exorcised from the Gamecocks to the Clemson Tigers. He said the Gamecocks would come out and defeat Georgia Saturday. He said it last Friday. Archibaul Thibeaux, a New Orleans witch doctor now living in Blythewood, stood in front of 100 USC fans last Friday at "high noon" and threw his secret ingredients (one which was obviously feathers) into a large iron kettle. "He says he can take the chicken curse off the Gamecocks," said Flynn Bowie Jr., assistant general manager of marketing for the Columbia Mets. "I believe him." Bowie organized the public ceremony where the witch doctor ( AWflflro -I n ' A IV - . |Sf MRUHBKRPMHHBBHL. ^You jlllu Ti fol ?ii I iu w Wm III I ?4 Garrett Levi (left) shows off h an injured hand Tamoc Woffio thunderous set. Loses, Metal first-ever Event staff helped any confused people who couldn't find their seats. But when the concert was underway the staff turned out to be a nuisance. They stopped people from dancing, standing on chairs and talking to friends in the aisles. At 6:30 p.m. the shot heard 'round the world rang out as Faith XT/-V \^/\??/\ 1 - *U/% -" -?? i -? ? i^u iviuic uwjft. uic M?gc, signaling the 8-hour concert had begun. Vocalist Michael Patton generally flopped around, babbled incoherendy and made more of a fool of | himself than usual. He speculated < this would be bassist Bill Gould's last live performance due to a "bel- ; ly-button hernia." < Then Patton commented on how i sexy the stadium security guards I were and told band members to < stop flirting with them. 1 Despite Patton's grandstanding and showboating fans were overall J receptive even though only half of ] the crowd had filed into the stadi- i um. After 45 minutes the band left 1 the stage and work crews stripped < away the gear to reveal Metallica's "Snake Pit." Stadium fans were 1 then slapped with stickers allowing j them access to the area inside the 1 stage that put them within an arm's < reach of the loudest and fastest American metal band. ( At 7:40 p.m. the lights cut off ( or exorcises ootball tear First loss not I threw in his concoctions before t shouting "curse be gone, curse be I gone." ( Dressed in a brown suit, black a felt top hat with white paint on his I< face, the small man took just five a minutes to perform his ritual before answering a few questions d from the media who crowded a around him. b There were few, if any, USC ti students at the public ceremony. C Matt Roy, a local Carolina fan, g said he believes in the curse. (< "I believe in the curse, so why L shouldn't I believe in the cure. It it can't hurt," Roy said. ai Former South Carolina Gov. Ben Tillman supposedly put the S hex on South Carolina in 1893 Iar( m m J: % HI ^ JK % 1 ^K | Fg3 ^ wrjm r sion i i MfiVLTi l|l Ji B illll k lVAl j IVJ WIMiflllMM is concert merchandise. Desj Id led Metallica through tl lica show concert ( and the stage lit up with the exf sive fury that only Metallica co deliver with their mosh favor Creeping Death. Metallica d hdrrlt rhantpH "TVTP1 TVTPt Oil during the guitar bridge and dan< with an unholy passion. The set was adorned with fla ing, colored, strobe and spot- t p? lights surrounded I , , by battlefield-like X L\1 pyrotechnic eruptions and pilliars way of flame. - , Metallica played til6 I a veritable cornu- , copia of material tO til ranging from old BTlT^TTTE?! to new and a few :over tunes in HLiBjlja between. l^HSHS nu..?i ? isjiyuuii guiuuisi lohn Marshall adapted well to ] place in Metallica as replacerm for the injured frontman Jam Hetfield, who was hurt in Montr when he stood too close to a flai effect. Hetfield thrashed around with bandage covering his left forea md fingers. But his vocals prov le could still serve Metallica w gravel pit tones and angelic chore After a thunderous performan )f "One" and "Enter Sandmar Irummer Lars Ulrich shocked t > 'Chickei q to be re attributed tc ecause he was angry at th .egislature for not supportin ^lemson. It was fullv recocnize t USC when Athletic Directt [ing Dixon mentioned the curse i speech in 1990. The Chicken Curse is said t oom anyone or anything that ht USC grad involved. It has bee lamed for a multitude of misfoi jnes ranging from the downfall c lary Hart (Donna Rice is a US< raduate) to the death of Elvi 3ne of his last concerts was ? ISC), but the curse is more ofte tentioned in connection with US< thletic programs. So why did USC los aturday's ballgame? "Had we lost by a last minut jlina r?/? w jml I nte leir rocks Willii concludes z >lo- crowd with a startling revelation, uld "You guys are..incredible! And ite, we'll see you indoors in January! ie- Good night!" he screamed. E!" No specific concert date has :ed been set but the future Metallica show is expected to take place at sh- the Carolina Coliseum. Metallica left the stage at . . , 10:15. Still LS IS 3 great more of the -i . stage was tO bring removed to uncover the set irst concert for Guns N' j. J Roses. The skull .e Stadium banners were removed and the album covers for Gn'R's "Use Your Illusion I & II" were his hoisted into the air. mt As everything was getting set les up, concert-goers took an hour and eal fifteen minute break to get food me and tour merchandise. Former USC freshman Nick i a Brown came only to see the rm Gunners, but after Metallica took ed the stage he said, "I'm definitly ith going to listen to more Metallica!" Is. Dan Sennema, bassist for ce Columbia band Rude Lucy, said, i," "This is a great way to bring in the he first concert for the stadium!" i Curse'; ^cipient touchdown or a pllfCP field goal, that J V ^ would have been the curse," Bowie said. "The curse ie is gone forever." g Bowie said the curse was sent to :d Clemson. But, it hasn't had time to >r fully reach the football program, n Bowie said. While the Blythewood with doco tor offers no money-back guarants tee (he was not paid to perform the n exorcism), he did say he would be r- back if the Gamecocks needed vf him 71 11111i. C "(But) I have a 98.5 success s rate," the witch doctor said before it climbing into a garnet van for his n journey home. 2 His job was done, and "just the glory of knowing it works" was e worth it all, he said. The Associated Press cone tributed to this story. i! I -II1 IN"OI ICC, it 2 a.m. When 11:30 p.m. rolled around lead singer W. Axl Rose jumped onstage and announced the long awaited arrival of Hollywood's Guns N' Roses. Two dagger-teethed monster balloons inflated near the end zones when "Welcome to the Jungle" thumped and grinded over the speakers. Axl Rose changed costumes during almost every song and even played piano on a motorcycleshaped seat. While his voice did not give out it did sound strained during the show. During "Civil War" a Confederate, American and Communist flag hung in the background while Rose wore a jacket patterned after the Rebel flag. Gn'R has 'matured' from the L.A. punk band to a tighly knit group supported by a horn section, known as 976-HORNS, and a keyboardist. At 1:50 a.m. it was all over and "Paradise City" accompanied a fireworks display and a rather vulgar and pointless cartoon. Many concert-goers were disappointed by Gn'R's show saying they did too many guitar solos and slow songs. "They could have been better," said Midlands Tech freshman Wally McManus. k f 911101 *M Archibaul Thibeaux performs the / CPU releases 92-93 cultural arts schedule By STEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer Tim ? i: ? r? n-: ? i iic v^aiumw riujjiiiiii UlllUll Cultural Arts Committee has unveiled its performance schedule for the 1992-1993 season, and the diverse agenda of well-known entertainment acts promises to prove that USC is "Alive With Culture." All Cultural Arts performances take place at the Koger Center For The Arts and begin at 7:30pm. "We have attempted to bring a cultural series that is not only entertaining but also educational," Jenny Dessecker, chairwoman of Cultural Arts said. "I think there J are shows that will appeal to a cross-section of campus as well as the community." The series' premiere event will be the Oct. 4 performance by VINX, a singer, percussionist, arranger and producer who uses a wide array of musical and lyrical techniques to evoke deep feelings in his audiences. Some students will remember VINX as the acclaimed opening act at Sting's * past visit to Columbia. Students have requested a return of this innovative artist, and VINX will make his presense known thanks to the Carolina Program Union. The follow-up show is BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, the Tony-nominated musical direct from Broadway. Complete with songs such as "Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy," "That'll Be The Day" and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," the play is a celebration of the beloved performer's rise to fame and a meditation on his tragic death in a plane crash. After a long run in New York, the national tour of BUDDY will bring "The Man...The Music...The Legend" right here to the Koger Center Nov. 10. The Harlem Sniritual F.nsemhlp will perform Feb. 17, 1993. The group has transformed biblical stories into song and hopes to keep the American Negro Spiritual alive artistically and historically. ' Two popular off-Broadway plays cap off*the season's itinerary. "Steel Magnilias" blossoms on March 23, 1993 and "Little Shop of Horrors" doo-wops its way to the Koger April 5, 1993. "Steel Magnolias" is the popular play about the southern women who become close friends through humor and tragedy in Truvy's Beauty Parlor, the social center of their Louisiana town. It is a poignant glimpse at love, laughs, heartache, and renewal. "Little Shop of Horrors," a winner of Best Musical, is a musical spoof of science fiction movies as a nerdy flower shop worker discovers an exotic, talking plant with an attitude. Laced with humor, I "Little Shop" promises to be an explosive finale to a meticulouslyplanned season. USC students with an ID can obtain show tickets for $5 a per- r formance. Carolina Program Union also encourages students to order season passes to ensure savings and preferred seating. Season tickets may be purchased at the Colisium Box Office until Oct. 4. Individual tickets will go on sale Sept. 15. - Mi M - " ' W&. ft $H8? f " < * i* ^ up Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecock exorcism Friday.