Page 4 DTH Omnibus
Thursday October 11, 1990
MUSIC
Popular
1. M.C. Hammer
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em
2. Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
3. Marian Carey
Marian Carey
4. Gaorga Michael
Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
5. Bail BIv DaVoa
Poison
6. Jon Bon Jovf
Blaze of GloryYoung Guns II
7. Warrant
Cherry Pie
8. Various Artists
"Ghosr Soundtrack
9. Qaeensrycha
Empire
10. Poison
Flesh and Blood
Rhythm & Blues
1. M.C. Hammer
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em
2. Keith Sweat
' Give All My Love to You
3. Anita Baker
Compositions
4. Marian Carey
Mariah Carey
5. Johnny Gill ,
Johnny Gill
6. Prince
Graffiti Bridge
7. Tony! Toni! Tone!
The Revival
8. BellBivDeVoa
Poison
9. Whispers
More of the Night
10. N.W.A.
100 Miles andRunnin'
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Megadeth
Rust in Peace
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n 1983, guitarist Dave Mustaine
was kicked out of a San Francisco
band during the recording of its
first album.
No biggie, right? He would
just make his own band. That other
band wouldn't go anywhere.
That other band was Metallica.
Could Mustaine create a band to
beat Metallica? -
After his dismissal from the fledg
ling Metallica, Mustaine formed
Megadeth with bass player Dave
Ellefson. After going through three
drummers, three rhythm guitarists and
three albums, they're back, with a
new LP called Rust In Peace. After
several false starts and some shining
moments, Megadeth has finally got
ten its act together.
Not to say that the group's older
material was bad. Megadeth recorded
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the classic song "Peace Sells ... But
Who's Buying?," whose bassline can
be heard after MTV news. On their
last album, So far, So good. . . So what?,
the band did a great cover of the Sex
Pistols' fave, "Anarchy in the U.K."
Megadeth had some good material,
but there seemed to be a problem
with songwriting. Some of the songs
had anti-rhythm (no rhythm at all)
and were hard to listen to. Great
lyrics, but the music didn't seem right.
The musical problem has been
solved. Musically, Rust in Peace is a
great album. It is complex and obvi
ously classically influenced. The ad
dition of Marty Friedman on rhythm
guitar and Nick Menza on drums has
given Megadeth the new crunchy
sound it needed.
Ironically, the album leaves some
thing to be desired in the lyric depart
ment. In the past, Mustaine's lyrics
have been fairly straightforward. Now
you like this record
Primal Scream
Come Together
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They evolved similarly, integrat
ing funkier rhythms and jazzier
melodies and employing sampled
"house" dance beats, looser chord
structures and tints of exotic candy
coated psychedelia.
Look out America, here is Primal
Scream.
This determined Scottish quartet
released its first LP, Sonic Flower
Groove, in 1987 and a self-titled LP in
1989. Both were soulful attempts at
raw energy music, accessible to radio
yet grunged over enough to make an
interested listener step back and ask,
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he tries to be ambiguous with his
meanings and leave the interpreta
tion up to the listener.
Hey Dave! Your best songs are the
ones where you slap me in the face
with the meaning.
Rust in Peace opens with "Holy
Wars." While this song seems to be
the first musical effort to deal with
the problems in the Middle East, it is
actually about the fighting in North
ern Ireland.
Still, Mustaine is back on political
ground, where he works best, and the
lyrics are good. An example: "Fools
like me Who cross the sea And
come to foreign lands Ask the sheep
For their beliefs Do you kill on God's
command?"
"Hangar 18," about the govern
ment cover-up of a UFO find, is heavy
and has a great rhythm. But after that,
something seems to happen to the
album's mix. The music begins to
overpower Mustaine's singing, mak
ing the ambiguous words even harder
to understand.
After a lull of four musically good
but lyrically lacking songs comes the
album's strongest point, "Tornado of
Layton Croft
from?"
This question is more confusing
now, as the group's rough sound has
been drastically altered.
Primal Scream's third release, its
first ever in the U.S., is an EP titled
Come Together. It is a drastic departure
from cultish guitar music and taste
fully j umps right onto the soul-groove-psychobop
bandwagon.
"Come Together" and "Loaded"
are the two obviously "new" songs on
the four-song, seven-track album, and
each has additional remixes. Both
have gospel-choir vocals, sampled
drum beats, sampled lyrics and an
undertone of true rhythm'n'blues.
It is unbelievable that the credits
list the band as consisting of only two
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Souls." Again, I'm not sure what the
song is saying, and I don't care, be
cause it is stunning. This is Megadeth's
best song yet. The beat changes and
the incredible guitar solo make it an
instant classic.
"Dawn Patrol" is a bass solo, with
lyrics full of ecological awareness, that
gives Dave Ellefson a chance to shine.
The last song on the album, "Po
laris ... Rust in Peace," is another
classic. It is, of course, about the Po
laris missile, but the song is told from
the bloodthirsty weapon's point of
view.
The chorus is incredible: "I spread
disease like a dog Discharge my
payload a mile high Rotten egg air of
death Wrestles your nostrils Launch
the Polaris The end doesn't scare us
When will it cease? The warheads
will all rust in peace." Once you hear
it, you'll be humming it all day.
Megadeth has finally made the
album that everyone knew they were
&, )able of. Maybe this one will pro
pel them to arena status. They still
aren't as good as Metallica, but maybe
that old memory will make Dave
Mustaine keep on trying.
... or not
guitars, bass, drums and vocals. Pri
mal Scream has kept the traditional
chemistry, but there are numerous
other instruments on the album which
dominate their "new" sound.
Nevertheless, this specially-priced
mini-cassette was thoughtfully and
professionally produced, and the final
product is nearly unmissable.
Primal Scream was a much more
appropriate name for this band about
four years ago. Their transformation
from rock'n'roll to manipulated dance
music is disappointing because it
brings into question their true soul
and musical inspirations and inten
tions. But they are a band, and bands
need to sell records. This particular
effort suceeds in manipulating key
elements of the rock and dance genres,
creating a tasteful blend.
It is pleasing to see this boundary
crossing experiment a very successful
and butt-moving experience.
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