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BEN PILLOW Asst. Features Editor
Standing behind their belief that "a band by any other name
wouldn't sound as sweet," Farrt, a three-piece group hailing from
Darlington, takes skepticism in stride while trying to get their
foot into the local rock scene's door.
Made up of Bill Perkins on vocals, guitar and bass, Bob Hitch
on lead guitar and bass and Beaver Boyce on drums, Farrt's ultimate
aim, however, has never been to achieve legitimacy. Since
forming the band in the 11th grade, Perkins said their enthusiasm for music
has basically just been geared toward amusing themselves.
"I think we're just doing it for fun now," the USC art education senior said.
"But, we'd take it a lot more seriously if we thought it would pan out for us.
We're trying now to get some more gigs and send tapes out, but we're all getting
degrees in college too."
And the band isn't making anything easier on themselves. While Perkins
pursues a degree in Columbia, Hitch is at Francis Marion, as a computer science
senior, and Boyce works just outside of Camden. As a result, they only
get to practice Friday nights (in Hitch's garage) and play a show about once
every three months.
They did make a demo tape (in Hitch's garage no doubt) last July called
"Uuttin" tne uneese," ana nave expanaea meir set tu auuui suugs.
"We only spent about $100 in production (for the demo)," Perkins said. "I
ordered the labels for it from Office Depot and made the copies at Kinko's."
All of this from a start that included playing at two of Perkins' house parties.
Perkins describes their style as Hank Williams meets Jefferson Airplane
meets The Cramps.
Homecoming highlig
BEN PILLOW Asst. Features Editor just stayed still," Toland said. ^
Since its return three years Co-chaired by Edwin Constant
ago, the Homecoming Parade has and Heather Henley, preparation
successively continued to gradu- for this year's parade started last
ally grow in size, a trend that en- XT ,
dares at 3 p.m. today with the November. Toland said the first
1995 edition. and foremost thing to tackle in 9
According to 1995 Homecom- the planning process is finding
ing Commissioner Lori Toland, flatbeds.
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units participating in this years , , . , .
event, which will be made up of with getting enough
floats, walkers and various oth- flatbeds for all the floats to be
er groups. built," Toland said. "Then we find
"It's our hggest one ever, said the dignitaries and grand marToland,
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got student organizations, some shal and find walkrng units. Most
groups from the Department of of the tine we do that by going to
Housing, ROTC units and some local high schools."
community people." The parade will start on the
Community people that in- n~~A. ,,
elude the Grand Marshal of the ?omer of Park and Geivais streets,
parade, Columbia Mayor Bob before following a route that conCoble.
Following this year's theme tinues down Gervais, turns right
of "Simply Carolina," the parade onto Sumter Street, goes in front .^^3
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"I think this is going to be a The floats will participate in a
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because we have more partici- ,. - ?
pants," said Toland, who has ma review stand located ui front
worked with the event's planning ofthe Horseshoe. First place equals
crew since its comeback. Best Overall, and second and third h
The parade was absent for 10 receive an Alumni Choice
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Beaver Boyce, Bill Perkins and Bob Hitch are Farrt.
"Beaver and Bob are into Primus and stuff like Live," Perkins said. "Myself,
I do most of the songwriting. I like the Dead Milkmen and They Might Be
Giants, and pulling from '80's punk and alternative."
The songwriting itself is the best indicator of Farrt's humor-driven musical
tastes. A rundown of the some of the demo's songs is revealing: "If You'll
Be My Marsha Brady, I'll Be Your Gilligan," "Wild Thing," "Funky Puddin','
"Lady Killer," "Hangin' Out With the Queers," "The Bowels of Hell," "Surreal
Cereal" and "I Felt You Up."
"A lot of my ideas come from talking to somebody and hearing something
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that sounds funny, like a play on words or something," Perkins said. "It's just
an aspect of my personality that comes out in the music. Every time I try and
sound serious, I think it comes out cheesy. Bob has written a couple of songs
now and he's following in the same vein as my songs."
Exactly what vein is that? Take these lyrics from "Lady Killer." "They call
me lady killer 'cause my dates are all dead/Yeah, my favorite kind of girl is the
one with no head." Or these lyrics from "Surreal Cereal," a tune about eating
cereal laced with LSD. "Maybe it was Honeycomb/Maybe it was Cap'n Crunch/Next
thing the walls start moving/Spiders coming from the sun/I'm going crazy/What
have I done?"
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and Steve Miller Band songs. While Perkins took a video course last year,
the band even made a video for "Lady Killer."
"We're looking to do one now for The Bowels of Hell,'" Perkins said.
"Cuttin' the Cheese" is labeled under UGI Records, a company started by
Perkins and friend Doug Bramlett in Darlington.
"We just decided to start our own label for records and comic books," Perkins
, said. "It's starting to take off. We have a few other friends in bands now and
they still have to pay their own costs, but after a while we plan to start being
a record company and making some money. We have a comic book coming out
I in December."
Perkins says if they don't end up getting signed by a bigger label, they'll
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