6The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, March 22, 1989
Poison concert d i sap
Playing to a small but enthusiastic
crowd, the rock band Poison brought
its brand of pop-metal to the Smith
Center Monday night.
But while Poison at its best can
make the initiated fan jump up and
down to the rhythm and have (as the
group's own song puts it) "nothin' but
a good time," Monday night's show
was something of a disappointment.
The heavy metal band Tesla
opened for Poison. Undoubtably one
of the most underrated hard-rock
bands around today, Tesla jammed
for about 50 minutes, drawing mater
ial from its two albums, Mechanical
Resonance and The Great Radio
Controversy: The band's act was
tight, and it played as well to the
Smith Center's about one-third
capacity crowd as it did to the sellout
crowd in Greensboro the last time it
was in North Carolina, when it
opened for Def Leppard.
At 9:30 p.m., the boys who began
their careers by making Tammy.
Bakker's makeup job look conserva
tive took the stage, opening with the
title cut from their first album, Look
What the Cat Dragged In. Though
they were without the glam look this
time, they did play in a sea of dry
ice smoke and against a backdrop of
the cover from their most recent
album, Open Up and Say Ahhh!
Seeing the face of guitarist C.C.
Deville for the first time, I realized
why he opted for the Mary Kay look.
Finishing the opening song, the
band launched into "I Want Action"
followed by "Good Lovin, with
lead singer Brett Michaels playing
harmonica. Though this was a plus
for the songs, Michaels' solo did
detract from the momentum the band
had thus far built.
In fact, this was a problem
throughout the entire show. Poison
is indeed a good-time band, but it
is a band without any bona fide
superstar musicians (e.g., Eddie Van
Halen) capable of carrying the show
on individual talent for an extended
period of time. Though Michaels is
a good front man and Deville a
competent guitarist, their grand
standing was most inappropriate.
Deville was especially guilty of this.
Though one could tell that he enjoyed
doing 18 guitar solos per song, his
pleasure was much greater than that
of his audience. Even avid guitar fans
would have been annoyed by the
pretentiousness of Deville's playing.
Quantity rarely, if ever, surpasses
quality, and this was no exception.
And Deville was not the only one
who was guilty of musical self
indulgence. Drummer Rikki Rocket,
who, considering that he is only a
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drummer, has an incredible amount
of stage panache, performed the
perfunctory drum solo of the evening.
There are few drummers who are so
talented that they can hold an
audience's attention for a five- to 10
minute drum solo. Needless to say,
he wasn't one of them.
As the evening wore on, the band's
performance got even sloppier.
Michaels' guitar intro to "I Won't
Forget You" was too long and spoiled
the timing of the song. He also muffed
the words to "Fallen Angel" and
"Nothin' But a Good Time."
Definitely the low point of the
concert, though, was Deville's guitar
solo. It was an excruciating 15
minutes long, and by its end had
nearly everyone in the .audience
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Monday night in the Smith Center
sitting down.
While I realize that Poison has only
two albums to its credit, and fans
usually expect guitar and drum solos
at heavy metal concerts, the group
could have done better. If it felt that
it needed to fill space; missed per
formances of "Cry Tough" and
Poison's version of Kiss' "Rock and
Roll All Nite" would have been more
than welcome to the audience.
For the encore, bassist Bobby Dall
did a solo, playing the Pink Panther
Theme. It was well performed and
mercifully short. The rest of the band
joined him for the Poison classic,
"Talk Dirty to Me." .
I saw Poison open for David Lee
Roth last July. It played 45 minutes
of non-stop rock 'n' roll with more
heart and less bull than Diamond
Dave has been able to muster in years.
But if it is unable to keep that up
as a headlining act, the 15-year-old
girls will soon give their allegiance to
a band that can.
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tive study commission that crafted the
bill. The two sides hammered out the
agreement last week.
Rep. Bob Hunter, D-McDowell,
the bill's chief House sponsor, said
the formula was designed to reassure
legislators and the public that no
region would be shortchanged.
"It's a balanced approach," Hunter
said. "Everybody's going to be able
to look at it and feel confident that
their area's going to get some of the
money."
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From Associated Press reports
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Don
DeVoe resigned Tuesday after 1 1
years as head coach of the University
of Tennessee basketball team, saying
the move was "an effort to stop the
persistent rumors surrounding my
status."
DeVoe gave the reason for his
departure in a letter to athletic
director Doug Dickey, who called a
news conference for Tuesday after
noon following news reports that
DeVoe was about to be fired.
Dickey declined to say whether the
coach would have been ousted had
he not quit.
DeVoe led Tennessee to a 19-11
record and an NCAA tournament
berth this season, his first NCAA bid
in six years. His overall record at
Tennessee was 204-137.
Dickey said no particular incident
precipitated the "negotiated
resignation."
"We have continued to discuss our
situation together and I think all of
the circumstances that surround our
program have brought both Don and
I to the position where I think where
we are is in the best interest of both
of us concerned," he said.
The Nashville Tennessean and The
Knoxville News-Sentinel both quoted
unidentified sources in Tuesday's
3TIH sports staff picks Heels
By ANDREW PODOLSKY
Assistant SZports Editor
Ahhh. Tournament time. It's a time
when more people have more opin
ions about more teams than Dick
Vitale has obnoxious traits (and he
has a ton of those).
As NCAA Sweet Sixteen round
begins, we, the 18 DTH sports
staffers, feel confident enough to tell
the world who will go to the big dance
in Seattle (like we really hold a lot
of water as hoops analysts).
We avoided picking the upset
prone first-round games (12 of the
32 games were upsets). I could say
"I picked Evansville, I really did. Oh
and I picked Siena too, yeah, that's
the ticket. IVe only missed one game
so far." But you would rightfully say
"Sure pal, have another beer and shut
up. Oh, and pass the peanuts while
you're at it."
I only have two points to make.
Remember, you heard it here first:
(1) N.C. State will beat
Georgetown.
(2) UNC will win the title over
Indiana.
If I'm wrong, eh, it's no big deal
(I usually am). Most of you don't
know what I look like anyway. But
if I'm right, youH endure an obnox
ious northerner who will tell anyone
within throwing distance of a BA 180
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editions as saying Dickey planned to
fire DeVoe.
DeVoe has two years remaining on
his $72,345 contract. He also receives
income from a radio and television
package, proceeds from a summer
camp and a contract with Converse
shoe company.
"I don't need to defend myself or
the job IVe done," he said earlier.
"This basketball program has been
pretty solid through the years."
The Vols lose five senior starters
off a team that went 1 9-1 1 this season.
DeVoe's 11 -year record at Tennessee
is 204-137. He came to UT after a
two-year tenure at Wyoming. DeVoe,
a former assistant coach under Bobby
Knight at Army, began his head
coaching career at Virginia Tech.
Investigation follows Rose
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Base
ball took a back seat to the media
sideshow Tuesday as Cincinnati Reds
manager Pete Rose ducked questions
about the investigation of his
reported gambling involvement.
Rose arrived about an hour before
the Reds' exhibition game against the
St. Louis Cardinals, walked briskly
through a throng of two dozen
reporters and photographers, and
DTH Sportswriters NCAA picks
Southeast East Midwest West
Dave Glenn Oklahoma Duke Syracuse Arizona
Andrew Podolsky UNC Duke Missouri Indiana
Jamie Rosenberg UNC Duke Illinois Indiana
Jay Reed UNC N.C. State Illinois Indiana
Mike Berardino UNC Georgetown Louisville Indiana
Chris Spencer UNC Duke Illinois , Arizona
Neil Amato UNC Duke illinois Arizona
Mark Anderson UNC Georgetown Missouri Arizona
John Bland Oklahoma Duke Louisville Indiana '
Christina Frohock UNC Georgetown Louisville Arizona
Scott Gold Virginia N.C. State Illinois Indiana
Doug Hoogervorst UNC Georgetown Illinois UNLV
David Kupstas UNC Georgetown Illinois Indiana
Bethany Litton UNC Georgetown Missouri Arizona
Bobby McCrusky UNC Georgetown Illinois . Indiana
Natalie Sekicky Oklahoma - Georgetown ' Illinois Indiana
Dave Surowiecki UNC Georgetown Illinois Seton Hall
EricWagnon UNC Georgetown Illinois Arizona
Champion pick in bold
Anyway, UNC got the most Final
Four picks. Sure, we know that our
championship chances are pretty low.
We're in a tough bracket and J.R.
and Rodney have been known to
enjoy whooping it up with the locals
until the wee hours of the morning
singing Dixie in a bar. (I wonder, if
it had been daylight savings time,
would those two have been in at 2:05
instead of 1:05? Hmmmmmm . . .)
But, we would feel pretty stupid
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guard until game time.
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ivosc gave nis customary pregame.
radio interview to Reds radio broad-
caster Marty Brennaman, but shed
no light on the investigation revealed
in a statement Monday by baseball
Commissioner Peter Ueberroth and
Commissioner-elect A. Bartlett
Giamatti. :
"The office of the commissioner
which was founded to preserve the.
integrity of the game, has for several
months been conducting a full inquiry
into serious allegations involving Mr.
Pete Rose," the statement said.
The investigation reportedly
involves gambling and could result
in a suspension for Rose, a baseball
source has told The Associated Press.
Reds first baseman Todd Benzine
ger, acquired from Boston over the
winter, said the media attention to
off-field allegations was familiar.
1 "This feels like Boston," Benzinger
said.
Third baseman Chris Sabo echoed
Rose's hope that the matter is settled
soon.
"I don't know what's going on. It's
between Pete and (the commissioner's
office)," Sabo said. "It's none of my
business. We just go play and hope
it all works out very soon."
if we told everyone that we didn't
think that our Tar Heels would make
it to the Final Four and then they
went ahead and won it all.
Sports Editor Dave (I Love Mike
Krzyzewski) Glenn didn't pick UNC
to win it all. Glenn philosphically
pointed out "Hey man, I don't want
to jinx them. I love these guys too
much to do that." Yeah, right Dave.
Anyway, on to the results. The first
number totals the number of Final
Four votes. The . number of cham?
pionship votes follows in parentheses.
UNC 14 (3), Illinois 11 (5), Geor.
getown 10 (7), Indiana 8 (1), Arizona
7 (2), Duke 6, Louisville 4, Missouri
3, Oklahoma 3, N.C. State 2, Virginia
1, Seton Hall 1, UNLV 1, Syracuse
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