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DECEMBER 9. 1992
Wax Facts
Darling Buds
Erotca (Chaos/Sowy)
My copy of Webster s Dictionary
defines erotica as 'pictures or words
which cause sexual deere or love *
One would have to agree that this defi
nition invokes images of passion and
lust. How ironic, then, to be presented
with a so-titled atoum (the second of
this year! What hath Madonna
wrought 7 ) almost totally devoid of ei
ther Not to imply that the album is bad,
for it is not. The title misleads Veemg
even further into My Bloody Valentine
territory, the sound is thicker and juicier
than on last year s dul Crawdaddy
while avoiding MBVs penchant for ex
cess Andrea's voice remains little-giri
pretty, sighful and slight, another im
provement ever MBVs breathy piffle
Where the Buds suffer, though. « in
their lack of memorable tunes If you're
planrsng to play the same chords over
and over, they'd better be cool chords.
These are not Some marketing poobah
up the title as a ploy, thinking
any group with a sexy looking girt
singer can seN a few records to the
hormonaly imbalanced college crowd,
provided that record comes with an
aMuringWe Guess agan (B+)
J.E Sumrel
Therapy?
Nurse (A& M Records)
Therapy? on A A M Interesting to
say the least Therapy 7 has been re
ceiving positive press for their 'unique*
sound, and. wel. the press ts part right
and part wrong Therapy 7 does weld
together discordant guitar passages,
samples and somewhat-techno drum
precision to create a chaotic, tense
sound — Ike two heavyweights mea
suring each other for that one moment,
only to pummel the ever-living shit out
of each other the next Scary, not
beautiful Theone thing Therapy 7 lacks
is power The hype calls it 'techno for
metalheads and metal for
technoheads ' Some say that fiey throw
out the best chunks of guitar noise this
side of Nirvana and could ‘out-Minis
try* Ministry I don't hear that anywhere
on this tape I suppose their We shows
are where it happens, because the
production on this album is extremely
flat Therapy? rates 3 tobotormes and a
desperate need for crash courses in
bran surgery (B-)
John Mineemoyer
The Orb
U. F. Orb (Mercury)
This album came highly recom
mended by a friend whose vision and
taste I trust. I have lo resign myself to
the fact that he's been dabbing in the
X a bit too long I was l«temng lo this
stuff in college
(which was before
many of you were
bom), and it was stu
pid then too The
Orb brings to mind
two other lysergic
bands of that era
those yuk-a-mnute
hucksters Tanger
ine Dream (we know
about THEM); and the spaced-out
Gong. Mhose stream-of-unconscious
ness lyrics were surrounded by soupy
synths, echoplexed guitar (provided
by Steve HiMage). and a vast array of
percussive boinkings Gong's "Angel
Egg' and 'You* were the soundtracks
lo many a bong party Hillage shows up
with This Orb. and has managed to
prove that you CAN go back home I
guess we stil need the music to suit the
drugs If that's your dabble. I can
‘highly* recommend it as well (B-)
J.E Sumrell
Life Sex fit Death
The Sleht Majority (Refrbe)
I understand that on first flush,
they're someth rig of a treat Homeless
bum Stanley parades around in the
had. bothering patrons with poetry rec»-
tatons and babbling namties. wander
ing up to the stage to join what seems
lo be (and turns out to be) just another
LA glam-rock band (below) Wel. that
might work OK onstage (and for my
money. I kinda doubt it), but on record
they don't manage to get any of the
nherent humor or irony across Worse
than that. I s been done before, and
better It’s bad Van Helen, it's bad Alice
Cooper, it's bad Metalbca Homeless
advocacy gone amok? Praise for the
nteresting packagng and artvork (the
cover is particularly disturbing and ef
fective) But this is a VERY dul band
with a cute shtick and excellent pro
duction. Just like Dread Zeppeln.
they’re instant has-beens (C)
J.E Sumrel
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