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BETZ SO REAL
Returning to Athens, assumed name and all. Dreams So Real IS
playing the Rockfish Palace tonight. Apparently, they ve changed
their sound. Go check it out. The show starts at 10 p.m. it s out-
doors and costs <5. Imaginary Friends opens.
hollyfaith splits after show
Atlanta band hollyfaith played
their last show Saturday night at
the Buckhead club The Cavern
alter playing together for 2 V2
years. Formed in Fort Walton
Se .ch, Fla., the four-man band
had become a local favorite with
songs like “April Days' and
“Color of Blood” from their tape
“Opium," which was released in
1988 The band consisted of Rob
Aldridge on vocals, David
Franklin on bass, Kevin Mor
rison on guitar and Chet
Jameson on drums.
The band’s status is now up in
the air.
"Kevin Morrison quit, and the
band's fate is as yet not known,”
said Aldridge during a phone in
terview from Atlanta.
Until their status is decided,
the members are working on
other projects. Aldridge is cur
rently in an acoustic duo called
Thing 1 Thing 2." Franklin also
plays as a solo acoustic act
Hopefully, hollyfaith will be
resurrected in the coming
months Stay tuned, and keep
your fingers crossed.
— Melody Willis
Band's first biography now on the shelves
The Rec and Black • Thursday. July 19. 1990 • 6
A&E
‘Remarks’ gives R.E.M. fresh voice
By DOUGLAS S. WOOD
Staff Writer
Books concerning rock bends
usually fall into two categories —
well-written, organized and infor
mative books on artasta, or trashy,
gossipy rehashes of previously re
leased material or poorly written
new material.
The first biography about
RE.M., “Remarks: The Story of
RE.M.," falls into that first cat
egory. Even though author Tony
Fletcher relies on some previously
published material for quotes he
give the R E M story a ne* <sce
The book gives an in-depth look
at the early days of the bard and
the reader gets a good picture of
what the Athena music scene was
like back then
Besides interviewing the band.
Fletcher came to Athens to talk to
members of the art and music com
munity to find out about their
memories of the early days.
As a result, the reader is treated
to many interesting facts and sto
ries.
Roosevelt carves riche, leaves it for tour
By BEVERLY COX
Entertainment Writer
The band Roosevelt, consisting of members
Ballard Lesemann, Daniel Pruitt and John
Crain, has recently carved a definite niche for
itself in the local music scene. But Roosevelt
doesn’t plan on slowing down anytim° soon.
They continue to expand on the success they've
already achieved.
The band members have recently finished a
short tour opening for 5/8 and will embark on
an excursion of their own next week.
“Were going to play in Johnson City, Tenn.,
Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia, S.C.. as
well as Asheville, N.C., with a possible date in
Winston-Salem," said drummer Lesemann.
*The Asheville date should be pretty neat.
Somehow they got our tape and called us for a
gig," said Crain, (fretless) bassist for the group.
Also in the works for Roosevelt is an up
coming six-song EP to be recorded at Robbie
Collins Underground Sound.
“We’re going to put the EP on vinyl whether
we have a record label or not, and David Barbe
of Mercyland) is going to help produce," stated
Lesemann. “We’ve written some new songs. We
started out playing a lot of Daniel and John’s
old songs, so since then we’ve been working on a
lot of new stufT,” Lesemann said.
The band hopes to record in August and have
the EP out before they tour in late September.
“We’ll have something to promote when we
are on tour,” said Crain.
Roosevelt enjoys touring, although beds and
regular meals are a rarity on the road and the
monetary returns are minimal at best.
“It’s good to play out of town and expose
Roosevelt: Ballard Lesemann, Daniel Pruitt and John Crain will hit the road
after recording new tunes
yourself even though you only make twenty-
bucks a night,"said Lesemann.
Wherever they go, the band has caused as
much of a stir there as they have here in
Athens.
*The crowds have been unusually nice. We’ve
been really, really lucky to have run into some
generous people who have fed us, bathed us and
washed our clothes,” Lesemann explained.
LocaBy, Lesemann feels a bit uncomfortable
with the overwhelmingly positive response
Roosevelt has garnered.
“We haven’t been together for a year but
we’ve been able to open up for some good bands
and we’ve sort of developed a following, but we
don’t want to over do it." he said.
For all of the mountains of praise that have
been heaped on the band, Lesemann wishes
that “people would be more critical of us I want
them to tell us This songs too fast . that songs
too long, you’re bonng.’ ”
If Roosevelt maintains their pace, that’s one
wish that won’t come true.
Roosevelt will open for California's Royal
Crescent Mob Friday at the Georgia Theatre.
The show starts at 10 p m. Tickets are $5.
Tidbits indude s story about
Mike Mills and Bill Bern, who,
along with members of Pylon and
Love Tractor, were part of the
Men’s Club," an informal group of
partv-bearty males who feasted
regularly on be<er and bailed pea
nuts The reader also finds out that
Peter Buck lived out af his car at
one time
But most surprising it that
REM were initially looked down
upon by the rest of the early bands
in the Athens music scene REM
p’.a\ed covers in their early days
an<J that was shunned by a scene
which pnded itaelf on onginalitv A
New York promoter said members
of the Athens community made
him feel “really embarrassed” for
liking R E.M '* first single
The inner structure of the hand
is also discussed in more detail
than ever before Band manager
Jefferson Holt and lawyer Bertis
Downs are credited with be-ng in
trinsic to REM’s success in the
business side of music Both Downs
and Holt are commended for their
absolute devotion and loyalty to
the band. We also find out that a
longtime employee, Sandra Lee
Phipps, left because of a “chauvi
nistic attitude’ that “blurred the
band’s vision "
The progression of Michael Stipe
as a singer and a lyricist is also dis
cussed The friendly battle be
tween Stipe and "Life’s Rich
Pageant’ producer Don Gehman
that resulted in more prominent ly
rics and vocals from the singer is
quite interesting. This gives
readers insight into why Stipe
changed his vocal style, a meta
morphosis that wasn’t explained at
the time Stipe said that Gehman
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was the first person who really
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lr.es* details, along with dis
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