European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                We at s what s not sound Garden louder than love the future of heavy Metal is Here and its name is sound Garden on louder than love its debut album for a major Label the Seattle based quartet has stripped the genre Down to its Bare knuckled essentials loud guitar shrieking vocals and crashing Drums it s loud but it is by no Means just noise the parents music resource Center obviously broke out in a cold sweat Over the repetition of Gonna kill your Mother in the cynical hands m Over hence the album s warning sticker but the Pyrc did t bother to read a Little deeper into the lyrics which Are really a commentary on the destruction of the environment the Mother becomes Mother Earth sound Garden responds with hands All Over words i utter change them into what you want to like balls of Clay " sure obscenities Are chanted about a zillion times in big dumb sex. But that s the Point the song is a wicked. Spinal tap ish blast at All the big dumb sex songs floating around the radio on tracks such As gun and Power Tup. The band Points out the problems that arise when Power surfaces in violence and exploitation sound a Den follows the path blazed by Metallica and Jane s addiction in reminding listeners that we Don t live in a pretty world it s a shame that their music like that of Metallica and Jane s addiction will probably never make the radio Waves a the Georgia satellites in the land of salvation and sin give the Georgia satellites credit Lor Candor they make no attempt to camouflage their Many influences the liner notes for in the land of salvation and sin Salute among others. Hank Williams or the replacements and Tom Petty and the heartbreaker the songs recall among others Steve Earle. Lynyrd the Hooters Wax political on new up by Larry Mcshane associated press songs about the homeless7 Tiana men square7 International politics7 Are you sure these Are the Hooters the Philadelphia posters with a penchant Lor hooks7 it s not anything we set nut to do in fact we wrote a lot of songs that had nothing to do with anything  said Eric Bazilian in explaining the genesis of the band s third up. Zig Zag but it seemed to be. When the smoke cleared the political songs were the Best songs and they fit together the Best " and so the Hooters Back from the disappointing sales of their second album. One Way Home tried something different lyrically to match the Catchy pop tunes of Bazilian and a incr Rob Hyman As political novices the Hooters turned to some veterans Lor assistance Peter. Paul and Mary who contributed vocals loan updated version of the Folk classic 500 Miles Bazilian and Myrnan wrote new verses to insert in Hedy West s song after seeing television footage of the chinese students in Tiana men Square particularly the shot of a Lone student halting a Row of tanks we were seeing that picture As we were recording the song we actually walked out and saw this taking  said Bazilian it was about a week later that we wrote those verses " both also remembered hearing the Early 60s vision done by Peter Paul and Mary the decision to invite the no to record was made at the last minute the pair said they were great they walked in the first thing they said was. We love what you did with the song we re real excited let s go recalled Hyman the results were so Good that 500miles became the album s first single us Likely follow up is brother Don t you walk away a sky nerd and the rolling stones there s nothing wrong with a Lew borrowed riffs when they re Well used and salvation and so is a solid set it sounds like a tight bar band on a Good night Lead songwriter Dan Baird while not terribly original nonetheless has Talent his two ballads. Another Chance and Sweel Blue Midnight Are particularly appealing the former is about growing older the latter concerns the search for Comfort amid Lite s uncertainties the satellites potential Likely is limited because of Baird s singing and Rick Richards slide guitar both Are nondescript performers but Baird s  and the band s ability to distil their diverse influences make salvation and sin Worth a listen a Bobby Brown. Dance a know it Jody Watley you Wanna dance with me7 dance mix collections like those of Bobby Brown and Jody Watley Are a treat for hard Core fans Afler no holds barred dance music boasting drumbeats that resemble Thunderclap on these greatest dance hits packages mix masters rework songs with the dance music fan rather Ihan the radio listener in mind relying on a barrage of special effects like scratching to elevate the tracks to a new level the vocals that were prominent in the original versions of the songs Aren t treated with any reverence in these mixes that s great for Brown and Watley. Since neither is an accomplished Singer what the mix Masler does is strip the songs to their essence rhythm and Melody and then rebuild and lengthen them with these two elements As the primary focus most of the dance mixes in these collodion Are Superior to the originals songs like Brown s my prerogative and Walley s some kind of Lover Are  material Lor the imaginative restructuring though dancers should gel a kick out of both collections Watley s has an Edge Brown makes hotter All around albums but Watley Makor better dance albums la times top pop singles i How am i supposed to live without you Bufton 1 pump up the Jam techno tronic featuring Felly 3 another Day in Paradise Phil Collins everything Jody Watley 5 downtown train Rod Stewart 6 rhythm nation Janet Jackson 7 just Between you and me Lou c amm 8 free fallin Tom Petty 9 two to make it right seduction 10 love Sono Tesla top pop up s 1 but seriously Phil Collins 2 girl you know it 5 True i l. . 3 forever your girl Paula Abdul 4 storm front Billy j 5 girl you know it s True  Vanilli 6 pump Aero Smith 7 full Moon fever Tom Petty 8 Journeyman Eil Clapton 9 Janet Jackson s rhythm nation 1814 pm 0 Back on the Block Quincy Jones soaring Rocker about Tho plight of the homeless the pair was moved to write the song Afler meeting several people who lived on grates outside Philadelphia s posh four seasons hotel we realized these Gus Veron i old winos some of them were our ago of  said Bazilian so the phrase brother Don t you walk away1 ust triggered this whole Stream of association with that " after several years of kicking around Trie East coast club circuit the Hooter broke nationally in 1985 with their debut in nervous night the band notched hit sages with Day by Day and and to danced becoming radio and mtg favourites Hyman and Bazilian also wrote hits for Cyndi Lauper and Palti san the. Establishing themselves As a song Ling and performing Force things were still breaking their Way when the Hooters released their second album one Way Home the follow up was a hit in Europe but a miss in the United states Bazilian and a Man dismiss any suggestion of Sophomore Jinx i think Ajo were Tot Abed in the Stater cause it was very  Hyman said flatly we Felt like we got a bad break on that one a lot of Good things happened wednesday. January 17. 1990 on the last album so it still feels to us a solid step Forward even if it was t As commercially acceptable " it did however put some pressure on the pair to come up with some hits for Zig Zag i think we d be lying if we said we did t try for hits said Bazilian it does t mean we re going to write any differently " any band wants hits any band wants Success from the most underground to the most  agreed Hyman we re no different it s just what you do to accomplish. We try to get hits on our own terms " the band is getting ready for a 1990 National tour both a Man and Bazilian Are looking Forward to going on the Road we tour As much a we do anything else probably  said Hyman we keep playing All the time i think any artist has to i mean. Paul Mccartney s Back on the Road we saw Tho stones in los Angeles and they just blew everybody  the stars and stripes Page 17