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Premon murir. 1 ??-7 J By ERIC JAMES STAMEY Staff Writer Premonition is a band that holds firm in the belief of realness and the ability music has when it is immaculate, not contrived.'Bill Glover (vocals), Garrett Grashuis (bass), Dan Houston (guitar) and Jason Gambrell (drums) play music because they feel an emotional release from their music and build their music upon their own sincerity to the craft. DromAnifinn iifoc fnnnrlpH in I I UUIV/illUWII W CIO 1UUUUVU III I October 1992 when Houston and Glover got together to begin a band. Houston and Glover looked throughout USC ^ for a drummer and bassist, finding Gambrell to cover drum duties and a friend to t play bass. Grashuis joined the band ? when he saw Premonition play a at a party. Grashuis went to talk with the band when it was done, and in a few weeks, he s was the band's new guitarist. s Later, Premonition's bassist t Tory Harris quit, and Grashuis s changed from playing guitar to s bass. s Premonition's first perfor- j mance came as a surprise. The e band had traveled to Augusta, ; Ga., to see In/humanity, and at the show, it discovered jIn/humanity did not have an t( opening act. So, Premonition ^ decided to open for them. The t band only knew two songs, and t its first performance was a dis- j; aster. c In an ironic twist, Premoni- v tion just finished recording two t songs for a 7-inch, which will t feature In/humanity on one a side. The 7-inch should be released in late January or ear- <j ly February. c Premonition's music is cate- \ gorized more as hard punk ( rock. The band was influenced j by such bands as Dag Nasty, t< the Dead Kennedys and Rites i of Spring. t "We play stuff that pleases t us," Gambrell said. "If you a want to be taken seriously, don't turn it into a business." J jfw m I ' You may be having sex with someone who lition i punk i )rummer Jason Gambrell ion when it was forming 1 The band likes the audien o become a pan of its perfc nance. The band discourag tonn rliirino nr\ r\ o 1 nrv-?* UIV1I1? CU1U oldll 1 UOlllli it shows, but it encoura* >reak dancing. "Music is not a spectator port," Glover said. "The hould not be a barrier betwet he band and audience. W hould be one unit. We wa ocial interaction, listening ai inging. We are not one orga c entity. And through th imotional setting, we mer< lliu UI1C. Premonition tends to ha) >ad luck but escapes any disa ers because the members fir tumor in themselves. One su< ime, the band traveled to My le Beach to play and pullt nto a music store to buy a pa >f drum sticks. As the bar vaited in the car while Gan >rell looked in the store, a UF ruck pulled in behind the c ind began to honk the horn. Glover leaned out the wii low and shrugged his shou lers, not sure of what w; vrong. The UPS driver thoug jlover shot him the bin umned from his truck and r; o the car. He began reachii nside the car, pushing his hot hrough the window, and tl >and pushed him out and spi iway. Later, while the band was 4yrtle Beach, the membe had sex with someone who has AID' nelds I deology I Photo by Evan Sellers was a key addition to Premoniate last year. ce stopped at a Taco Bell. When >r- they pulled out from the drivees thru, they ran into a median. ig The band lives on the creed je that one should do what one feels and not be afraid of the 's consequences, no matter what re they may be. ;n "Do what you want to do, le don't do what others want and nt expect you to do," Houston H id said. n- "Just make sure you are in it is for the right reasons," Grashuis ^e said. "It's for the music and its I cause. It's not for the money or I /e material means." s- Premonition will play in late I id November at Heretics in Char:h lotte and plans to play shows in r- Atlanta and Florence. The band id does not plan to play another lir performance in Columbia until id after the Christmas holidays, n- The band also hopes to begin 'S work on a full-length, self-proar duced EP and have it complet ed by spring, n- Premonition tends to live by 1- surrealistic morals and find is contentment in doing what it hi thinks is right. The band would ' d, prefer to be broke and still in have its true sound. The band lg lives each day by its own feelly ings and reaps all rewards and le disasters with a firm chin [ m because the members know they are faithful to the purity ?Do wjiat in that music has to offer the saicj Qan j rs world. 5. Tb lay to rest your fear of AIDS, use condoms. And be'true U hi jbhh Bfi| k*? ^ Ml i 41 WW - iH ?? Photo by Evan Sellers you want to do, don't do what others want and expect you to do," Houston, guitarist and Premonition co-founder . ) one another. lb know more about AIDS, call the Madison AIDS Support Network at 255-1711.