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wi V V. Daniel l? Howl* and tho Tantrums will Daniell JOHN LYONS Staff Writer Danielle Howie and the Tantrums one of Columbia's most promising bands will be opening tonight for Man oi Astroman? at Rockafellas'. The band's four members spoke witl The Gamecock Monday night befor< performing a live, acoustic set on WUSC FM90.5. The band formed from the ashes o two veiy popular, now defunct Columbi; bands, Lay Quiet Awhile and Blightobody When asked about the difference! between the new and old bands, guitaris John Furr said simply, "We're differen players." Bassist Bryan Williams elaborated "I think we play a lot more of Danielle'i songs too. Lay Quiet Awhile was mori of a collective effort." Furr and Williams were formerly ii Blightobody. The Lay Quiet Awhile portion of th< band is Danielle Howie on vocals ant acoustic and electric guitars and Tom Tague on drums. The Tantrums originally formed a a backup band for Howie's solo recording Williams did not join until they decidet to form as a complete unit. They have received a very positivi J K4HkisS ffl P>V^I bo opening for Mm or AstroniM? at Rock e's throi response for such a young band, and Howie's long-awaited release "About To , Burst," which features the Tantrums on , several tracks, should be out by April, r Howie said, "Ifs one of those things where you say your record's gonna come i out, and it doesn't." i The compact disc was originally meant to be released in October and has had several setbacks, f "We've seen it. Ifs all ready to go, so i it won't be long," Furr said. Part of the band's appeal has been 3 the history of its members. Each of them t is well-established in the Columbia area, t Tague teased Furr and said, "People recognize John everywhere we go. It's because of that Playgirl spread he did." s Furr and Tague have a side project e together that goes by the name of Cherry Cherry Pow Pow. < i When asked if any recording was underway, Furr said the band is very s big in Germany and Italy, i Howie is pursuing a solo career in f addition to playing with the band. She recently won best female singer in s Columbia in a Free Times poll. "I feel like I have a lot of support," i she said, "but I still have to wake up everyday and come up with new songs, 3 so it doesn't really go to my head. If %ice Market Research Public Relations Advertising Telemarketing Media Managers " E. of Alias' tonight. For mors Information, iving a 1 anything, it humbles me because it mea that people believe in me, and they ma me feel good about doing the next thin All four said they were excited abc tonight's show at Rockafellas', and Fi said, "I can't wait to blow Ghettoblasl off the stage." Thev all lauehed at this, and Williaj STUDEN GENEK THURSDAY POLLS WIL You must vote at the fol Please present RUSSELL! G Ho I Interd RTTSTNESS ADA COLISEl Apl Libra SWE^ LAW5 MEDIC. 10 | IF YOU HAVE QU T explained, "We've made a pact to sh a feud with some band in Columbi When asked where the band w going, Williams said in a jovial mann "to the top, baby; all the way." Howie inteijected and said, "We j want to make good records." During both the interview and 1 live set on WUSC, the band was relai and joked around. Howie flicked tiny wads of paj across the table at Furr during t interview and wandered around the ro examining the contents. The light-hearted attitude is just ( way the band is different from Blightob* and Lay Quiet Awhile. "See, with Blightobody, we scrounj and hurt and payed our dues," Furr si "We drove four hours, played for $50 two people, and in this band we're tak a little bit different philosophy. "We still have to be exposed, but wi concentrating more on making gc It 3nt ?sm rc. HHHHI I I r c I I c s Photo special to The Gamecock \ cal RockafeHas' at 252-7625. j fantrum c I ins music and taking our time and selecting e ike good performances" ^ g" "We haven't toured," Howie said. "We >ut just kinda play around." c irr The band has been playing about k ter once a month in Columbia and has played shows in Atlanta, Charleston and 2 ms Charlotte. 11 irt In comparing the music scenes of a." Columbia and Charleston, Tague and v ras Furr agreed that Columbia has more ti ter, talent, but Charleston has a stronger d base of support from fans. 8 .._? xinn: - j J usi Williams uisogiwu anu stuu lie uiuias Charleston currently has a stronger i] ;he scene. ^ ted Howie said, "Thats whafs great about music; its something to talk about. Some >er bands you like, and some bands you don't he Its fun. a om "Everybody can relate to music," she said. "Music's in everybody's life, even ^ me if they don't buy it. Its always in your o: xiy face. Its like TV; everyone's seen a TV, everyone's heard music. Everybody can ^ ?ed sing, some people just don't." rid. The excitement for Danielle Howie h for and the Tantrums is well-deserved, and ? ing tonights show with Ghettoblaster and Man or Astroman? provides an n s're opportunity to see two talented local n tod bands with a better-known headliner. v 111 W#fl| Tl Man or Astron Columbia "gee K>HN LYONS Staff Writer lik, Biitlstuff, Coco the Electric Monkey it i Vizard, Star Crunch and Dexter X, Man r0( <Yom Planet Q. rec Characters in a new children's show? Remnants of B-movies from the '50s? C0E Well, not quite... ag It's actually a list of the band nembers of Man or Astroman?, masters he if an uncanny "sonic mayhem." wo The core members of the band are Birdstuff, Coco and Star Crunch. aU( Birdstuff told The Gamecock Dexter X the inly plays with the band during live the lets. Dexter X is actually "a bounty the lunterhe said. "All he does is conquer "to )lanets, most recently planet Q. But we leed him live." at ] Strange? no That's just the beginning. Birdstuff took time this week to mo liscuss the band's show tonight at wo lockafellas'but spent more time tak sxplaining just who and what Man or Lstroman? are. tele He said he is the "self-declared inn lictator" of the group and that he and Itar Crunch are "gaseous Siamese twins." ^ "Star Crunch and I took a joyride ^ i ind built Coco," he said. "He's primarily nade of old Atari parts." auc Due to an intergalactic slip-up in (j0 ( vhich Coco spilt urine in the ship, the he rio crashed on Earth, or as Birdstuff escribes it, "on this menial lump of a c y pace rock." ^ei "We ended up in the strangest place sho i the universe, and that is southern Jabama," he said. we He describes their situation as a sh0 losmic 'Gilligan's Island." paij Man or Astroman? was formed as cover-up for the search for parts of tha heir spacecraft. They are originally ?wi 'om grid sector 23-B6-1 but have been nov n Earth for about three years. Sou The band recently moved from Jabama to Georgia. Bin "We broke out of the Alabama black top ole, the heart of the Dixie ghetto," the lirdstuff said. < When pressed to discuss the band's h o lusic, he told The Gamecock, "We've Ght ever even heard our music. Space is a on ) acuum. I don't know what we sound p.m vvib; T GOVERNS AL ELECTS FEBRUARY L BE OPEN 9:00 AM-6 Howing locations accordi your student ID card or pi HOUSE - 2nd Floor I Criminal Justice Education Health Music Pharmacy Science and Math Social Work r AMBRELL HALL nors College Baccalaureate Jberal Arts (Humanities) isciplinary Studies (Graduate Nursing IINISTRATION - 1st Business Administration JM - Blossom Street I Dlied Professional Sciences Continuing Education Journalism try and Information Sciences lRINGEN - Main Lot Engineering SCHOOL - Main Lob Law School VL SCHOOL - Main Med school AM-5P1V ESTIONS, PLEASE C lursday, February 15, 1996 nan? offers ?k rock" e." Regardless of who has or hasnt heard the band's sonic fusion of surf guitar :k and indie '60s garage rock has :eived critical praise. Man or Astroman have been apared to surf rock great Dick Dale well as some early punk rockers. Birdstuff recalled one show where refused to play to see how the audience uld respond. The band pulled a member of the dience onstage to play drums and :n formed an entirely new band from ! audience. Birdstuff said they finished the set iugh, because the audience band was o much competition." When asked about the show tonight Rockafellas', Birdstuff said, "There's telling what will happen." The band "just got off a little sixnth brainwashing stint all across the rid and plans a temporary cerebral ;eover," he said. The band's live shows incorporate jvisions and spacesuits among other ovations and have been highly praised. Birdstuff said he can't accept much iit, though, and cites their hypobeam their real source of success. After the hypobeam is used on an lience, "people have no choice but to everything short of worshipping us," said. Birdstuff describes it as "kind of berkinetic geek-rock doad..everything your sensory intake uld ever have." "We're more professional dorks than are a band," he said. "It (the show) v uld be harmless though, and not too nful." They are coming off of a world tour it took them everywhere from tzerland to Tasmania, and they are r concentrating on performing in the theast. In regard to the show at Rockafellas', istuff said he was "looking forward ieople wearing baseball hats with word "cocks" on them." They will be playing with Danielle wle and the Tantrums and sttoblaster and will do an interview VUSC-FM 90.5 between 7:30 and 8 VOTE! I 4ENT ONS 15, \y :OOPM ing to your major. cture ID. ,obby :) Floor Lobby vobby )by by Lobby 1 :AL 777-2654