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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
October 27,1999 • the Seahawk
An
Original \ Open MIc and underground
Music preview/ review section of
WiliiiifigjLon
hip-hop on WLOZ
by KRISTI SINGER
The Scene
Check Out
Chacapuna
by JAMES FLINT
Photo Editor
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Wilmington's own
Chacapuna provides a tasty blend of
jazz and funk music. The band is
composedof four members, all jazz performance majors at UNCW.
Sean Higgins plays the piano, Gabe Herman the guitar. Matt Ryder
brings the bass, and Colby Wahl is on drums.
Chacapuna plays many covers from their favorite jazz/funk groups
such as Medeski, Martin and Wood, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock,
The Grey Bay All Stars and McCoy Tyner. Guitarist Herman said,
“We offer something Wilmington does not have, a band that plays in
and outside of jazz.”
Chacapuna plasy at the Paleo Sun, and they very well may feature a
guest artist from town such as saxophonist Benny Hill. Chacapuna
brings a new sound to the Wilmington music scene, which includes
smooth rhythms and delectable solos, so check them out.
Joe 90 plays Otter’s
by KRISTI SINGER
The Scene
Recently off their tour as opening act for
the Counting Crows, Joe 90 performed at
Otter's on Friday March 10 with opening
act Jake the Evil Redneck and closing act
ihe Hydromatics. TTie crowd apparently en
joyed the show.
Vocalist/guitarist Chris
Seefried. drummer Adam
Hamilton, bassist Craig Ruda
and keyboardist Gary DeRosa
create the magic of Joe 90.
The Otter's performance
began with “Ferris Wheel"
from their E Pluribus Unum
Recordings release. Dream
This. The show was enchant
ing to say the least, with music
that invited the hstener from
within. The music is a mixture
of emotive thought-out lyncs Fje v^Miiuuieu oy
andillusory melodies, and has'Jo® 90’s VOCalist versal Music)
often been compared to the Chris Seefried. “We were playing this club
Beatles
A spirited stage presence also enhanced
the band's performance.
"Bring the warm bodies closer to us.
Give us a nice Wilmington welcome,"
Seefried said to the audience to get them
involved,
Joe 90 performed other titles from
Dreain Thb. including Beatles-eque sound
ing 'Tmth." and their album's first radio-
single. “Drive," They also performed
■"WTien 1 Airive " and “And WTien 1 Die.”
— in West Hollywood and we see
these dreadlocks in the club bouncing around
and we played the next week and the dreads
are still bouncing. They keep getting closer
and closer and it turns out to be Adam Duritz,
who's been coming to see us...He told us
about the label, said how much he adored
our music and how much he wanted us to
sign with his label.” Seefried said.
For more info on Joe 90, check out their
website at www.joe90.net.
Saturday nights from 6-8 p.m. WLOZ hits UNCW with something beyond rock n'
roll. Try a little taste of Dilated Peoples, Black Alicious or the Roots. Catch these
sounds when “The Grey One” hosts “Subsurface Science” with DJ Style.
The format of the show is different and worth listening to. From 6-7 p.m. Grey hosts
and DJ Style spins the beats. From 7-8 p.m. the mic opens for all listeners to come and
test their rhyming skills.
“Subsurface Science” began this semester after the former host of the “Monday Night
Beat-down” graduated.
“I took over ‘’The Beat Down,’ but had a hard time getting people in on Monday
nights. Saturday night is the best time for it because it’s on the weekends from 6-8 p.m.
when people are getting off of work and before they go out to the clubs,” Grey said,
“This is the only place you’ll hear underground hip-hop and it’s open mic, so you
never know what’s going to happen. It provides a forum for local MC’s,” Grey said.
Outside of the WLOZ station. Grey does promotions and booking for local group
National Hip-hop Association (N.H.A.).
“The MC’s from N.H.A. always come up to the show. I’ve probably had 12 different
MC’s come up this semester,” Grey said.
“We play music you’re not gonna hear anywhere else, not MTV. One thing I enjoy
about the show is being able to introduce new music to the listeners,” Grey said.
Joe 90 evolved from a previous band,
God's Child, which released a debut album.
Everybody, in 1994 on QwestAVamer Broth
ers. The track, “Everybody’s 1” earned them
#15 on the Billboard Rock and Modem
Rock charts. God’s Child's second release
Ahmiinwn, titled “Need,'’ earned an sound
bite on “Melrose Place.”
God's Child’s name change to Joe 90
came from crediting a Christmas single,
[ “Sleeping Pill" to Joe 90 fitam a
late-60’s British marionette TV
show, ‘The Amazing Adven
tures of Joe 90." which the band
members liked.
“We credited the single to
Joe 90 and everyone got inter
ested in Joe 90....So we just
stuck with it,” Seefried said.
Adam Duritz of the Count
ing Crows offered Joe 90 a
record deal with his label, E
Pluribus Unum Recordings
(distributed by Interscope/Uni-
by JOSHUA HENSON &
KRISTI SINGER
David Nelson^Band’s (DNB) latest release. Visions Under the Moon, ii& successful for a
first full-length effort. DNB brings alive the soul of the Grateful Dead, with roots
from the 60s and early ”70s in San-Francisco's Haigiit-Ashbury area. Nelson's experi
ence in playing with Jerry Garcia, including appearances on three Orateful Dead studio
albums and bis membership in the Jerry pirofa Acoustic Band, has inevitably influenced
his own souflKi.
DNB con^sts ol guitarist/vocallst Bavid Nelson, guitJBEist/pedal steel player Barry Sless,
keyboard aid accordionist Mookie.Siegel, and a powef^l rhythm section consisting of
bassist Bill jLaymon, and the dual»#^mming talents of Arthur Steinhom and Charlie Crane.
The gift^ musicians combine to^ive listeners a nost^gic, enjoyable experience. Even
if listeners oot live in the times ti%t influenced this,Rusic, they can still appreciate the
effort and inlelligent songwriting skills it took to creWe these compositions.
The tracks Road to Armageddon” prov^les an insightful and enticing feeat that pro
vokes the listdner to tap their foot and play along even if they don’t have an instrument.
Snakebit is a'^fcial song that provides a Southem*fried version of folk music that can
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be appreciated b^ anyone
“These guys ar\the real deal. Especially for those who are into &e Grateful Dead
They aren t the GratB^ Dead, but they can bring you pretty close to'them,” Allen “So
Called-AI” the DNB ro^ manager said.
The David Nelson Band'S^Bds a little like the Dead and have their close connections
If you lend an ear to this albuni>|^ sure that you will !^%e disappointed.
Student Voice
“I think the local music scene in Wilmington is really good, but there’s not too many
good venues anymore compared to a couple of years ago when we had The Exchange bringing
bands m. The Junkyard and The Far Side.
^ But, The Firebelly’s is picking up and Bessie’s has some good shows coming up.
Bessie s is getting bands that are touring the Southeast. If a band’s stopping at the Cat’s Cradle,
chances are they’re stopping at Bessies,” junior and psychology major Greg “Zorak” Yeager