4The Daily Tar HeelMonday, April 4, 1988
Hugo Largo perfects its version of low-key rock 'n' roll
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By ELIZABETH ELLEN
With the release of the album
subversive, really," he said. "There's
staying true to the sound we hear in
Staff Writer
Start with a dynamic female vocal
ist, and add two bassists and a
violinist. Hard to tell what kind of
musical group results, but it certainly
is not a rock band or is it?
If that particular group happens to
be Hugo Largo, then the answer is
yes, Virginia, there is rock V roll.
"We're a quiet, intense rock V roll
band," said Hugo Largo bassist
Adam Peacock. The New York-based
quartet will make its third Chapel Hill
appearance tonight at Cat's Cradle.
Hahn Rowe. Not only is Hugo
Largo's music a series of contrasts,
as Peacock said, but the backgrounds
of the members are incredibly diverse
as well. Sommer used to play punk
rock and work in MTV's news
department. Rowe is an engineer with
some classical violin training. The
instrument he uses in Hugo Largo is
not the common acoustic four-string
violin, but a five-string electronic
model.
With its emphasis on low volumes
and unusual instrumentation, some
people have tried to place Hugo
Drum, ironically titled considering
that the band functions without
percussion, Hugo Largo showed
alternative music fans its vision of a
new kind of rock. The idea is to grab
an audience without the aid of
outlandish decibel levels or the
keyboards and screaming guitars
many bands rely upon. The approach
is entirely different.
Dynamic minimalism is a tool for
the band, Peacock said during a
telephone interview from Atlanta
Saturday. "It (the quiet) is pretty
no reason to be subjected to crashing
walls of sound all the time. We do
play some loud songs, but we also
play the softest songs youll ever hear
in a rock club."
Whether or not to go mainstream
is a question members of Hugo Largo
are currently pondering. Peacock said
he feels more exposure, not funda
mental musical change, is what the
group needs to be more accepted.
"We're, not a hard listen," he said.
"The listener doesn't have to have
Hugo Largo explained to him. We're
our neaas, which may change.
Vocalist Mimi Goese is what
Peacock calls the group's "secret
weapon." A dancer with a back
ground in performance art, Goese
never sang in public before Hugo
Largo's premiere performance. "She's
utterly captivating," said Peacock of
Goese. "While we're playing, we look
out over the crowd and see all eyes
in the house on the singer. She's pretty
mesmerizing."
The other two band members are
bassist Tim Sommer and violinist
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Largo in the somewhat elusive cate
gory of New Age music. This cate
gorization was spurred on by the New
York alternative venues the band
played in its early days. "It was hard
to play rock clubs at first," Peacock
said. MWe were too quiet and pre
cious, too minimal." In the past year,
however, Hugo Largo has played
only rock V roll clubs.
Peacock said he finds comparing
Hugo Largo to other bands irrele
vant. "Hugo Largo exists in its own
little sphere," he said. "We are a
balance between loud and soft, hard
and quiet, fear and love."
Hugo Largo will perform tonight
at Cat's Cradle. Call 967-9053 for
more information.
Drivin' rolls
over Cradle
audience
Class: Rock V Roll 101. Meeting
place: Cat's Cradle. Time: Friday and
Saturday at 11:45 p.m. Instructor:
Kevn Kinney. Credit hours: 2. Class
description: Loud and vicious attack
of guitar-powered rock. Required
materials: A bottle of aspirin and a
supply of cotton balls.
When heavy metal came into town
this weekend it introduced itself as
drivin n cryin' and this four-man
band did a hell of lot more driving
than crying.
James Burrus
Concert
Playing for about an hour and 45
minutes Friday night, Atlanta's
drivin' n' cryin' taught the crowd of
150 how to have a real rockin time.
The music was so loud it still had
the crowd's ears ringing 24 hours
later. Instead of begging for mercy,
though, the crowd begged for more.
Although the band gets its name
from one of its songs, drivin' n' cryin'
is an accurate name for this band.
During its set, the band interspersed
slow country ballads for every four
or five raucous screamers, much like
it does on its new album, Whisper
Tames the Lion.
Except for this aspect, the band's
new album bears little resemblance
to its live shows. While it is true the
band offsets hard numbers with slow
ones, drivin' n' cryin's thunderous
songs, like "Powerhouse" and
"Whisper Tames the Lion," are even
more rowdy live.
Part of that may be due to the
addition of a second guitarist to back
up Kinney. The new guitarist fills out
the band's sound, although Kinney
himself is an excellent guitarist who
can play fast or mean. Meanwhile,
bassist Tim Nielsen, who wore a
Connells T-shirt, boomed with the
beat of drummer Jeff Sullivan.
Together they created one of the
most ear-threatening sounds around.
Just remember to check your ears at
the door.
Democrats
from page 1
tor of the New York State Demo
cratic Committee, said although
people in his state would love to see
Mario Cuomo in the White House,
he thinks one of the top three
candidates now in the race will
emerge as a front-runner and claim
the nomination.
Marino also said he saw no strategy
to stop Jackson in his state.
"The only way Jackson can be
stopped is in a one-on-one race," he
said.
William Keech, a UNC political
science professor, said Jackson's
success in Michigan occurred partly
because the state holds caucuses
rather than a primary.
He said strong black support
helped Jackson win 109,000 of the
200,000 votes cast in a state with a
total population of nine million.
"As the candidates move away
from caucuses to primaries, it will
become harder for Jackson to use the
enthusiastic turnout by blacks,"
Keech said.
Abraham Holtzman, a political
science professor at N.C. State
University, said the Democratic Party
cannot win with Jackson on the
ticket, but it cannot win without his
help either.
"If Jesse Jackson doesn't get the'
nomination and he goes away angry,
the party will lose black voters and
the presidency," he said.
The party will have to accommo
date Jackson's wishes in drafting a
platform, and Jackson will have to
go to the black community and say
"stick with your party," Holtzman
said.
"That's what the party leaders
would like," he said.
ChOlC from page 1
to him.
If Williamson is selected for the
post at the University of the South,
he will be the third high-level admin
istrator to leave UNC this year. In
addition to Fordham, Farris Wo
mack, vice chancellor for business
and finance, will leave to accept a
position at the University of Mich
igan July 1.