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12Theaily Tar. Heq!ThursdayrScpten5bef 24,-1937- -f&tfuM HEGE V: Tuming heartbreak into a collection of top hits House of Tears last February with Mitch Easter. "The whole album I dedicated to one person who broke my heart about 10 times." Hamilton said. "1 thought if 1 wrote songs that maybe she would get the impression of what really happened. Then by the time I finished writing the songs 1 realized most of I By JAMES BURRUS Staff Writer In July of 1986. George Hamilton of the Chapel Hill rock band HEGE V was in Estes Park. Col. coping with his heartbreak by writing a song called "Burial Ground of the Broken Hearted." A year later, the song would be receiving rave reviews across the country as the band's first the songs should be aimed at myself single off their debut album on MTM "It was a fun record to write Records. House of Tears. because it was sort of like how to Traveling 10.000 miles up and get over a heartbreak. You can either down the country in a broken down be angry like 'Matter of Fact' or '65 hearse with no air conditioning. 'Gone, Gone. Gone' or sort of happy. HEGE V introduced the rest of angry, bluesy like 'House of Tears.' America to .their original country- " "House of Tears" is the band's flavored rock 'n' roll. It was called latest single release. "The Hearse of Tears Tour." Hamilton wrote the band's first People who came out to see the single. "Burial Ground of the Broken band included Peter Buck of R.E.M. Hearted." at a UNC School of Social and members of The Plasmatics and Work conference in Colorado. -This Duran Durm was still during the time when he was The Boston Globe said. "Hege V trying to get over his girlfriend, he emerges as bright new voice from the said. Elephants and whales have South." places where they go to die. so All the ruckus was capped off by Hamilton figured he had found his a show at New York City's Manhattan grave, he said. Brewery for the New Music Seminar. - "Maybe the burial ground for me The band partied around a coffin fulP is right here with all these Indian of beer while being interviewed by spirits and I'll just drive, my car off the Cable News Network. the side of the cliff." he said. "In a way you wanted to become Instead, he wrote a song . . . II a success, out at tne same time an you wanted was to get the girlfriend back or maybe just let the world know you were sad." Hamilton said. HEGE V (it comes from Hamilton's nickname), has been together as a band for about a year ana a nait. Bano for a long, long time ana aon t tnmK members include: Hamilton, lead of funny ways to spend your time or vocals, guitar, harmonica: David ironic things that happen out of Thrower, lead guitar. Tim Harper, broken hearts, I guess you just put bass: and Rob Ragsdale. drums.The a gun to your head and kill yourself, band was stuck, though, to just "Some people say that you can playing local gigs until it recorded laugh so hard that you cry. so I say - ' X ' : LL.fe. k.. x i; VQyc ! rr r S. Ml : r JL .i f. JT N . I C Vs- h--- Atf j vr. rS v. 5 A t i : . , i C . - - 'a ? -X-ttX-, r-v: I? ... -i - r ymmt , . M. Trif. ,,, .m JMmM.t --Bttifam,.! ,r "imafi imr - " '- While Hamilton mav be a sad person he deals with it by writing songs or having a sense of humor. "My whole idea is why not be slightly humorous . . .." he said. "If . why can't you cry so hard that you you just sit there and stay depressed laugh." Hamilton, in fact, did not want to HEGE V: David Thrower, George Hamilton, Rob Ragsdale and Tim Harper make the band's video for "Burial Ground of the Broken Hearted" a sad and serious thing as the directors of the video did. Instead. 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Hamilton said. "Ghost Town" is a depressing country song. Hamilton calls it "a country version of The Smiths." "My favorite songs on the album are songs like "Ghost Town" and "My Decline," Hamilton said, "l really like the more folkier type side of it (the album)." "My Decline" and "She Says." another song from the LP. first appeared on The Cradle Tapes, a collection of local artists playing at a WXYC benefit at Cat's Cradle. Other bands on the LP include The Connells. Rat Duo Jets and Snatches of Pink. The band will be opening for Easter's band, Let's Active, this fall when the Winston-Salem band does a college tour, Hamilton said. The band will also begin work on their next album. In October, the band members will begin to record demo tapes gearing up to record the album at the beginning of next year. The new LP will not be released, however, until next fall. The band, though, is playing two new songs "Midnight at a Red Light" and "Black Coffee" in its live sets. Hamilton described "Midnight" as an epic adventure song and "Black Coffee" as an epic adventure song into the depths of depression that goes beyond "Ghost Town" in depression. 5 jjyi . V.- 1 -tf- OpenDaily Mon-Thurs. 7m AM 7:30 PM FrL, Sat & Sun 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM REST AD RANT J A A
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