European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse In Ltd it \ amp. Pc 1 of id lir ii 0 in Ulas and Ore i master muscle ded ing. Said. Quot in t Bop ids Quot newest be jut a he i typical woman ads is to the a like a spot Yle Quot of fans i Lesof nost y Lem tackles movie roles new album by Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Ait a minute that band in John Waters Black comedy serial mom sure looks like a could it be a yes it is it s l7, the madams of grunge masquerading As a band called Camel lips. Quot it was fun yeah Quot concedes l7 bassist Jennifer Finch of the band s big screen debut in which Kathleen Turner stars As a murderous suburban mom and l7 sings a ditty about the Gas chamber. Quot we had a Little disagreement with John Waters. We wanted to do interviews in character As Camel lips and he did t want us to. It really bums me out. But whatever Quot Finch verbally shrugs in a Telephone interview. The band l7 portrayed in the recently released movie was Quot musically sort of a baby band who Only knew three chords which is kind of like us a few years ago Quot Finch jokes. The occasion for this interview however was not the serial mom soundtrack but a totally l7 album the soon to be released hungry for stink the band s first album since its 1992 major Label debut bricks Are heavy. Finch and band mates Suzi Gardner Demetra Plakas and Donita Sparks experimented by recording with different equipment in different studios to get what Finch called Quot heavier nastier guitar sounds Quot and diversify their vocal effects. A Are they Happy with the results Quot ask me in two years Quot Finch shoots Back. Hungry for stink is the musical equivalent of getting rude crude and obnoxious with three of your Best friends a fuelled perhaps by a few Beers. Take the first song Andres on which a growling Snarky Bass provides the Chevy engine to ferry the cackling guitar line and Gleeful Valley woman vocals to the Beach and Back. Quot Down in North Hollywood there s a Guy with Long hair. He s really really Nice Quot the Singer chortle a Broad shiver in her voice As she extols How Quot really really Nice Quot the he in the song is. Quot Nice Quot in t a word that typically fits into the l7 operative Mode or lyrical train. L7 s not about Nice the band s albums carry parental advisories for explicit lyrics. And their onstage revelry has a reputation All its own. Offstage the women of l7 have occasionally matched that stage notoriety by say mooning brazilian traffic from the tour bus windows with help from their Road Crew. Quot it was such a sight Quot Finch recalls of the 16-person lineup. Quot we be never been a shoe Gazer band Finch says adding that l7 does t Quot preconceived its antics. Quot they re spontaneous. I mean sometimes you just get inspired to drop Trou you know Quot one of the most politically Active bands l7 started the Rock for Choice movement a major Effort to Register voters and support women s issues in Lime for the 1992 elections. The first Rock for Choice concert featured nirvana and Hole As Well As l7. Quot we were really concerned. We re not really big stamp lickers but we were Good at playing music and organizing concerts Quot Finch says. Today l7 continues to play concerts to Benefit pro Choice and egalitarian issues. This summer will find the band on the Road stateside Voith the lollapalooza tour which also will feature smashing pumpkins George Clinton the Beattie boys Nick Cave and the bad seeds the breeders Green Day and others. L7 s Only european dates in the summer will be in England at the Glastonbury festival but Finch anticipates playing the continent in the fall. Asked if she s looking Forward to anything in particular in performing with some of alternative Rock s top acts on lollapalooza Finch takes the opposite approach Quot there s no Way we re going to share towels with Nick Cave Quot file the women of 17 arc politically Active As a band. The lion King soundtrack Walt Disney despite Disney a reputation for pop Market Sawy most of the studios feature length cartoons done to hold up at album length. Sure there a always a hit or two on hand along with a couple of spirited production numbers but once past those the listener is usually left with Barren stretches of Boring background music. As much As Elton Johns songs a particularly the Lush uplifting Circle of life a May lend a warm top-40 Sheen to the proceedings the instrumental selections Are equally enjoyable thanks in Large part to the Rich colors of Hans Zimmer s african i Nufi e cute d score. And even thou go la e production numbers will doubtless make More sense once you be seen the film you need t know the plot to be swept away by these refrains. Turn it upside Down spin doctors epic Ost of the people who misunderstand the spin doctors Appeal do so because they assume the quartet is Little Nore than some Gen x answer to the grateful dead s Jam band aesthetic. But As turn it upside Down makes Plain the bands greatest strength in t its amiably Funky Groove but the Way that rhythm work enhances the band s pop smarts. Trouble is the doctors not Only fail to exploit that Quality As much As they ought a it take that much work to to r n Funky Booty from a one Riff wonder into a real song would it a but often waste Lime emphasizing things that would be better left underplayed. So doctors take this As an re tighten the tunes and Cut Back on Chris Barrons lyrical m Barron indulgences and you la be just Fine. Regulated Funk Era Warren g violator ral s a. Arren g May not have a reputation the size of his brother a gangsta Maestro or. Dre but that does t mean he a any less talented. In fact there Are moments on regulate. G Funk Era where Warrens g sound seems far More imaginative than Ore s retried a Funk. But if Warren and his Crow really would like to see the beginning of the g Funk Era they should consider cultivating some real Content in their raps. Directionless rhyming does t enhance a Groove it merely fills space around it and apart from narrative driven raps like regulate and do a you see Warren and his posse scorn More interested in scoring stylistic Points than in having something to say. Too bad a the g Funk deserves better than that. . Cons done Baltimore Sun is Selena ant Asmas Del Uel an it Ana Gabriel Cada to Garganta nor the Barrio it Marc Anthony v rap singles 1. Fund afield a brat 2. Regulate Warren g. And Nate Dogg 3. Back in the Day Ahmad 4. Ease my mind arrested development 5. Got me waiting. Heavy d amp the Boyz 6. Sweet potato pie Domino 7. Pumps and a bump Hammer 8. Brooklyn the Brooklyn dodgers 9. Players Ball outcast 10.fantastic voyage coolie album Rock tracks jazz albums 1. Fall Down Toad the wet sprocket 2. Selling the drama live 3. Longview Green Day 4. Shine collective soul 5. Black Hole Sun sound Garden 6. Come out and play offspring 7. Night in my veins pretenders 8. Girls amp boys blur 9. Big empty Stone Temple pilots 10. Prayer for the dying Seal 1. Breathless Kenny g 2. Tenderness Al Jarreau 1 3. After the storm Norman Brown 4. Backbone Boney James 5. Sax by the fire John Tesh project 6. Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle 7. Positivity incognito a 8. Smooth Gerald Albright 9. Love Nancy Nancy Wilson 10. Heart to heart Diane Schuur. . King a compiled by billboard focus entertainment editor. Dee Leo Arrington Doc editorial Jones listing contributors. Staff writers Marian Hamilton sue Palumbo Nancy l. Tomer also Ferenc Pajtas Joe Olano. 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