4The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, October 4, 1989
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Royal Crescent Mob
By BRIAN SPRINGER
Staff Writer
To many people. Royal Crescent
Mob is only a name on one of Cat's
Cradle's photocopied fliers.
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the Mob covers an astonishing range of
styles, from the Beastie Boys-style rap
of Big Show," to the stinging rock of
"Hungry," to the brutal funk that marks
much of the album. Around 10 p.m.
Thursday night, the Cradle will again
be home to Royal Crescent Mob's own
brand of eclectic dance music.
The Mob was formed when singer
David Ellison and guitarist B (born
Brian Emch) paid off four judges at a
Columbus "Battle of the Bands." With
the prize free studio time in hand,
Ellison and B stole drummer Carlton
Smith and bassist Harold "Happy"
Chichester from rival bands, and they
proceeded to record the six-song EP
Land of Sugar. The record, a tribute to
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Leroy "Sugar" Bonner of the Ohio
Players (Ellison's neighbor), won the .
Village Voice award for EP of the year
in 1986.
New York's Celluloid Records re
leased the Mob's next two efforts,
Omerta and Something New, Old, and .
Borrowed (also called SNOB). The
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signed the group after seeing its show at
CBGB. Sire put the Mob in the studio
with producers Richard Gottehrer
(Blondie, Ramones) and Eric Calvi
(Cameo, Duran Duran), and Spin the
World was the result.
Though Spin the World has received
considerable college radio airplay, the
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band has earned its reputation onstage.
According to Ellison, "We've made
our living for the last three years by
being on tour constantly." In addition
to headlining at clubs, the Mob has
opened for an impressive list of acts,
including the Replacements, Camper
Van Beethoven and Fishbone.
In concert, the Mob displays a wild
energy not unlike Fishbone. In addition
to three albums worth of its own mate
rial, the band draws on a large reper
toire of cover material. Few bands could
hope to cover tunes by James Brown,
ACDC, Dead Kennedys and Howlin'
Wolf within the same show. The Mob
does it all.
One courageous critic summed up
the band's basic sound in the Village
Voice: "Scratches and power chords
and funk-metal synthesis, that's the
logical white response to Run-DMC's
black response to Aerosmith's white
response to the black blues." Royal
Crescent Mob is difficult to classify,
but it is even harder to resist.
In fact, the band's wide range of
styles may be too much for some fans,
Ellison said. "We've always thought
we may be the band that will never fit
anywhere."
At points, the Mob is like a hip,
exciting version of the K-Tel compila
tions of years past. Certainly, though,
the band's records sound lame com
pared to their live show.
A Mob show guarantees a good time.
According to one critic, "If the Beastie
Boys are your idea of what three funky
white guys sound like, it's time to get ill
to the equally zany but far less retarded
sounds of the Royal Crescent Mob."
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He refused to identify the minority
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they do not feel discriminated against
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not students, both black and white, quit
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trying out other activities on campus."
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ated, editors have no knowledge of the
applicant's race, she added.
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