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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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- ;
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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
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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
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shouting "curse be gone, curse be I
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felt top hat with white paint on his I<
face, the small man took just five a
minutes to perform his ritual
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from the media who crowded a
around him. b
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students at the public ceremony. C
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said he believes in the curse. (<
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shouldn't I believe in the cure. It it
can't hurt," Roy said. ai
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effect.
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bandage covering his left forea
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gravel pit tones and angelic chore
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speech in 1990.
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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
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ISC), but the curse is more ofte
tentioned in connection with US<
thletic programs.
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aturday's ballgame?
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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
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tO bring removed to
uncover the set
irst concert for Guns N'
j. J Roses. The skull
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removed and the
album covers
for Gn'R's "Use
Your Illusion I
& II" were
his hoisted into the air.
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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!"
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touchdown or
a pllfCP field goal, that
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the curse," Bowie
said. "The curse
ie is gone forever."
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: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
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s rate," the witch doctor said before
it climbing into a garnet van for his
n journey home.
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glory of knowing it works" was
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The Associated Press cone
tributed to this story.
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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.
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CPU releases 92-93
cultural arts schedule
By STEPHEN BROWN
Staff Writer
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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.
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