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4 Reviews Alburn display rsesser-own taenfsmise By TIM MOONEY Urgh! A Music War is a two-record compi lation of twenty-seven live songs performed by different bands. Found in local record' stores under the "assorted artists new wave" category this double album com bines some of the most impressive new wave talent. As expected with live tracks, sound con sistency is a key problem and the only rea son Urgh! is not an excellent album. Joan Jetfs "Bad Reputation" would be a standout 2 Now thru November 1st Jazz Stylist Carol Sloane THEN GET READY for Herb & Potato! f J f f 1 H j (who else would have the nerve to imitate Ethel Merman sleeping with a' swarm of killer bees!) Gary Herb & Johnny Potato (formerly of "Gotham"!) eight performances weekly . ' dinner shows Wed. thru Sat. late night cocktail shows Thurs. thru Sat. Sunday brunch with 2 p.rru performance $5 cover charge UNC Student Special!'.! Thursday night iate show Half-price cover with student ID ...after all..: the cafe-lounge open daily from 9a.m entertainment nightly, no cover - All ABC Permits . Stephen's, after all. cafe & supper club the village plaza, elliott road ; chapel hill, north Carolina 2751 4 (919)929-0217 " . if it weren't for a hopelessly garbled mixing job. "We Got The Beat" by the Go-Go's and "Homicide" by 999 also suffer unnecessarily from shoddy sound production. Which is really too bad because, if the trouble spots .were patched up, the result would be a tight, consolidated bunch of songs. : - Diversity is the point of Urgh! The album displays the multiple branches in which rock music has grown during the past two or three years. . Urgh! showcases the minimalist attacks of The Cramps and Athletico Spizz '80, the quirky, arhythmical music of XTC and Pere Ubu, and the rockreggae fusion of Steel Pulse and The Members. The music war sug gested by the album title is the interesting and largely successful clashing of the vari ous rock styles. Several outstanding elements surface af ter listening to Urgh! First and foremost in my mind is, why does Devo mess around with Top 40 junk like ','Whip It" and "Work ing in a Coalmine" when they can play rivet- TllSr1IO.mW.SCTS 3:00- 5 :30-9 :15 45 ODY RiEBT m 2:30-4:45 7:00 r 9:15 UNITED ARTISTS LAST DAY! 3:10-7:15 "Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams" "Stir Crazy" (R) - 5:00 - 9:05 (R) SI. CD ADMISSION ALL SEATS ALL TIMES STARTS TOMORROW "Stripes" (R) 3:00 5:00 'Escape from New York" (R) 7:00-9:00 'Stripes' (R) I 4 3:00 -5:05 1 7:10-9:15 U The Plaza Theatre late show series Fri-Sat Oct. 30-31 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (R)-12:15 1 "Caligula" (R) -12:05 r.lalcolm McDowell "Body Heat" (R) -12:00 All seats - $2.00 ing, downright powerful rock and roll? Their version of "Uncontrollable Urge" stands head and shoulders above the rest of the al bum in energy, sound, passion everything. This is how Devo should sound, with searing synthesizers, stinging guitars, and a bound ing, joyful spontaneity. ' Secondly, The Au Pairs are proof positive that an all-girl band can rock with authority. This female sound-alike version of the Cang of Four strikes a knockout punch with "Come Again." Finally, Urgh! is extremely encouraging in a very important way. .The cuts of estab lished commercial" artists like The Police, 999, and Gary Numan are no more.engaging than those of the younger bands,, particu larly Oingo Boing, X, and Orchestral Ma noeuvres In The Dark. Better still, the latter three all play totally different brands of rock while assuming the enthusiasm young bands need. Without try ing to sound pretentious, Urgh! goes a long : way in declaring a spirited, optimistic future for rock music. Aside from the occassional sound lapses, my only other gripe is "He'd Send In The Army' by the Gang of Four. Here is one of the best live bands in the world (if they don't break up), with awesome in-concert material to choose from. And if s beyond me why they put this, the Gang's most plodding, jerky song, on the album. While Urgh! blows its chance at being a great double-live album, it is nonetheless an extremely encouraging display of rock's lesser-known talent ($) Tim Mooney is a staff writer for The Daily Tar Heel. n ""1 You haven't bloody donated et this year? V-7 GULA JTOCLE OMJCULA CALi nscuoaoc w knthousi wms mwnajo msMt MAIDOMNfrJOVEli . . TEFSANNSO HELENI FETHU JOHN STONER.(3JIDO MANNANl &OLO BONKBIJ, LBDPOLDOTOESTt QANCARIOIWXSSIMII ADWANASn ' ' -JOHNCeCUD-tKA crnv moM am cncv scwiNnj' cow von. nOOUCED tt tOt CUCOOK AND FRANCO POSStUJNI wiiiTirtwfiMXjaiON CAuaxA xuhcmua. 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