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Head out and see those dance fiends in Lava Love and rock the
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this Atlanta band has been known to dance right out of her
dress.
The Red and Black • Thursday, September 20, 1990 • 7
A&E
‘Seven Simons’ will be doing their thing tomorrow night
Seven Simons: L-R Nat Webb, John Gusty, Mike Zwecker, and Keith 'oyner
By MAURA CORRIGAN
Contributing Writer
Two yciij's ago, the four member
band Seven Simons released their
nrst album entitled “Clockwork.”
Now, with only two of the original
members remaining, the band is
gearing up for the release of a new
album, tentatively entitled ‘The
Window Seaton.”
The band will preview some of
their new works during their show
at the 40 Watt tomorrow night,
which incidentally is a live re
cording session. They plan to use
some of the live recordings from
Saturday’s show on their new
album.
The band is optimistic about the
upcoming album. It will include
about “ten studio tracks and two or
three live tracks,” said bassist
John Gusty.
The new songs are “a lot more
interesting to listen to. A couple of
years ago we really didn’t think
about songs as much as we do now.
We’re more selective now. The new
tunes kind of reach out and grab
you more,” guitarist Keith Joyner
said.
The new recording will be on a
different label from their last
album. The band is now working
with Silent Records, which Joyner
said is a positive change.
‘The good thing about the label
we’re on now is that all of our part
ners are really into the band and
looking forward to putting the re
cord out. When the people putting
the record out aren’t into it, it
doesn’t work as well,” Joyner said.
The band is co-producing the
album with Don McCollister. ‘The
production on it is surprisingly
better than on the first album.
We’re taking special care to make
it sound good. Don is a partner in
the label and an engineer,” said
Joyner.
Seven Simons, which formed in
Georgia, describe themselves as a
guitar band. “I can’t think of
anyone that comes to mind that we
really sound like,” said Gusty. The
members have different back
grounds and a variety of influ
ences. “The four of us are pretty
different in what we listen to. We
try to make music that sounds good
to us. We’re trying to do something
different than anything that goes
on around here,” Joyner said.
“Keith doesn’t play guitar like
most people play guitar and that
applies to the other members too.
We’re not going to blow anybody
away, but we do our own things,”
Gusty said.
Vocalist Webb describes Seven
Simons’ music as “a bit moody and
emotional, but subtle. I don’t try to
make any political statement — my
songs are just a musical journal of
what I’m going to do. Music can be
powerful and say things but I think
it’s revolting when bands proclaim
views so clearly. It’s much more
penetrating if you leave something
to the imagination and are not
quite so sincere...but I’m not dis
crediting bands that do make
statements, if it’s emotional
music,” he said.
“It doesn’t mean that there
aren’t things we are concerned
about. Obviously things are impor
tant to you but you don’t nec
essarily put them into music,”
Gusty said.
The band’s last show in Athens
was in July at the Georgia Theater.
Both it and their show last Friday
night at Atlanta’s Roxy “went
really well,” Gusty said.
Although recently things have
been looking up for Seven Simons,
the journey through the music
business has not been all smooth
sailing. “The music business is
sleazy and disappointing. People in
it will outright lie to you,” Gusty
said.
“We’ve all been disenchanted
with it. We expect for the people in
the business to be humans but
they’re often not. You have to hope
that they won’t lead you to the
crossroads,” said Webb. “This time,
though, we’re dealing with people
that we know and trust. It’s a step
up,” he said.
With the several improvements
that the band has gone through
and their positive attitude, Seven
Simons are looking forward to Sat
urday’s show. “It will hopefully be
one of our better shows, since we
will be recording. We’re pretty
much gearing up to the album re
lease. Once that comes out we’ll be
picking up even more,” Gusty said.
So if you want to be a part of
Seven Simons’s new album you can
see John Gusty on bass, Keith
Joyner on guitar, Travis McNabb
on drums, and lead singer Nat
Webb at the 40 Watt on Saturday
the 22nd. All cheering, clapping,
and other assorted noises will be
picked up by the recording equip
ment for possible usage on the new
album.
Waters celebrates fall of The Wall for Disaster Relief Fund
By DAVID WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
Roger Waters. “The Wall” (Mer
cury/Polygram)
Tear down the wall. Tear down the
wall. Tear down the wall —“Stop”
Former Pink Floyd bassist and
front man Roger Waters swore that
he would never perform ‘The Wall”
again unless the Berlin Wall was
tom down. The East German gov
ernment did just that earlier this
year and on July 21 Waters built
his wall in Berlin.
Waters is known for his grand
theatrical concerts that have, in
the past, incorporated giant inflat
able animals, exploding remote
control airplanes and other special
effects into the live show.
This concert included, of course,
a wall, giant puppets animated by
cranes and a helicopter that deliv
ered Waters to the stage.
The concert was a benefit for the
Memorial Disaster Relief Fund
and many stars came to support
the effort.
‘The Wall” included perfor
mances by three symphony orches
tras, two of Mick Jagger’s
girlfriends, (Jerry Hall and Mari
anne Faithful) Sinead O’Connor,
The Band, Cyndi Lauper, Tim
Curry (of The Hunt for Red Oc
tober and The Rocky Horror Pic-
The Scorpions’ ‘In the
Flesh’ is tight and loud
and Sinead O’Connor
teams up with The
Band in a haunting
version of ‘Mother.’
Joni Mitchells’
treatment of ‘Goodbye
Blue Sky’ is
exceptional.
ture Show,) Thomas Dolby and
Van Morrison just to name a few.
Mercury Records has released a
live two CD recording of this per
formance, which is a must for Wa
ters/Pink Floyd fans. This album is
a tribute to Waters’s ability to pull
together a cast of superstars into a
tight group.
‘The Wall” has an intensely live
feel without sacrificing the sound
quality of the original Pink Floyd
release.
‘The Wall” is a very solid album.
At its worst it sounds like the orig
inal, and at its best it’s rousing,
and exciting and stirring.
Some of the highlights of the
album are very surprising. The
Scorpions’ “In the Flesh” is tight
and loud and Sinead O’Connor
teams up with The Band in a
haunting version of “Mother.” Joni
Mitchells’ treatment of “Goodbye
Blue Sky” is exceptional.
The Rundfunk Orchestra and
Choir and the Military Orchestra
of the Soviet Army add a great deal
of muscle to the second half of the
album.
The performance ends with
hoards of German fans screaming
‘Tear down the wall” along with
the performers. The mood is ex
citing and joyful but, at the same
time, ominous.
The entire company sings ‘The
Tide is Turning,” which is not on
the original “Wall,” os an encore.
The only real drawbacks of this
album are that the guitar solos are
just too long and monotonous for
the Nineties and that some of the
voices don’t fit with the tone of the
music.
‘The Wall” is definitely an
album worth buying, both on its
own merits and because it records
an event which will probably never
take place again.
The proceeds from the sale of the
album are to be donated to the Me
morial Fund for Disaster Relief.
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