European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F oct s megadeath continued from Page 19 have to dig into my bag of tricks i can come up with a Solo but when you re playing with a techno Wunderkind like Marly you know it s kind of like we re having a menage k trots with a Beautiful  Quot a to listen to youth Anasia Alt the Way through is to fight the urge to constantly replay the first four songs reckoning Day train of consequences addicted to chaos and a tout the Monde. The brooding a tout be Monde or to everyone in French is youth Anasia s standout song and perhaps Mustaine s most personal. It s an anguished Ballad with a Mournful foreshadowing guitar line a fierce beat and Arf instantly memorable chorus. It s one of the finest songs by contemporary Metal s most accomplished composer joining symphony of destruction angry again and peace Sells a but who s buying in the Winner s Circle. Quot that s like the Black Box after a plane crash Quot Mustaine says of the song. It s what you would say if you knew you were going to die and you had a few seconds to say some parting  if it s a song he wrote in the role of a fictional character Mustaine says the sentiment is Quot very real Quot to him. Adding that he does t want to go into his past substance abuse problems he does allow that Quot i came real close to dying. It was february of last  then he brightens. Quot right now my biggest problem is sleep. I m addicted to sleep now i m healthy arid the band and i get along really Good. You know we talk. I mean there s been some tears and there s been some sweat and Gristle going around but that s necessary. Unless you re completely living in a  Mustaine another contender on youth Anasia is reckoning Day which features Menza s imaginative drum work. Quot that was a very unique song Quot Mustaine says. Quot Nick came up with that drum part after watching the movie Gettysburg Quot i kept on hearing these Cannon blasts Quot Menza explains a Quot for me Quot Mustaine adds Quot that 30 seconds of the ending of that song and the beginning of addicted to chaos is some of the most innovative and Awe inspiring drumming that i be Ever heard on a heavy Metal record except for led Zeppelin s moby Dick. It s like drumming played As a musical instrument instead of As a percussive  Menza s contributions illustrate a Point Mustaine says. Quot i think this is indicative of the democracy within the band now and How we All have a sense of ownership in this  in addition to recording youth Anasia megadeath s heavy presence has been Felt on several movie soundtracks since its last album countdown to extinction As Well As on a Black Sabbath tribute album and on the Beavis and butt head experience album. But Mustaine is particularly displeased with How the super Mario Brothers movie turned out. Quot that movie was a waste. I would rather have seen somebody s bar Mitzvah on film than seen that movie Quot he says adding jokingly that he wishes Arnold Schwarzenegger had pursued a megadeath song for True lies instead of the last action hero. Megadeath plans to tour Europe around february or March. Proud of youth Anasia Mustaine thinks that this is the album that finally reveals the band in its prime. And perhaps this is Mustaine in his prime As Well. Quot i came naked into this world. I m going to go out naked. I just want what keeps me satisfied until  he says. Quot that s just a roof Over my head food in my belly and knowing that my family is Safe and  new guitarist joins London s suede by Deedee Doke staff writer b British teenager Richard Oakes faced a dilemma several months ago that other 17-year-Olds Only dream about plucked from 500 of so applicants to become the new guitarist for his favorite band suede Oakes knew he d have to leave school. Fortunately for Oakes the Opportunity came at a Point in his education where he was going to have to choose what kind of a career he wanted.  a Quot i could never have said to my teachers m want to play guitar in the Best band in Britain you Don t say that Quot said die shaggy haired guitarist Quot that s something you imagine the last thing at night when you re going off to sleep. It actually came up for me instead of being just a amps pm George mat Osman bassist for suede gets into the swing of things at a show in Frankfurt. Imagination which is quite  Oakes succeeded Bernard Butler in Britain s premiere pop band when Butler walked after suede finished recording their second recently released album dog Man Star. Butler s departure surprised few who followed suede including Oakes because of continuing acrimony Between Butler and Lead Singer Brett Anderson. But when television reports confirmed Butler s split from the group Oakes decided to take his chances and Send in a homemade tape recording of his renditions of suede songs. After two auditions Oakes was in. Quot can i ask a question Quot asked suede drummer Simon Gilbert. Gilbert along with bassist mat Osman and Oakes was Fielding questions in a touring bus parked outside the Batsch Kapp nightclub in North Frankfurt. A Quot you know when he walked out Quot Gilbert asked Oakes referring to Butler. Quot did you think we were a Bunch of bastards or something Quot Quot i did t really Quot Oakes said thoughtfully. When seeking a replacement for Butler suede s remaining Trio looked for someone who not Only could play guitar and write but could also fit in with the band. Oakes youth did t Hurt Gilbert quipped Quot we just needed to pay him 25 quid pounds a week and a slap round the  the men of suede had flown into Frankfurt Germany Art hour or so before to begin the Continental leg of their european tour the bus was cold dark and not fully ready to receive guests yet As Singer Anderson wordlessly acknowledged with a mildly disgusted shrug when he climbed on Board. In spite of wit a robust Confidence and a blazing sense of music As poetic theater suede has yet to strike the Universal chord in the United states that it has hit elsewhere around the world. It has t helped that band now must be known in the states As the London suede thanks to an american folksinger who proved she had the name first. However Osman said he does t think the altered name has Hurt. Quot they wanted us to change it to Brett Anderson and the British band formerly called suede Quot Osman said wryly. It s not the sort of thing you can Chuck on the front of a to shirt or something like that. It s annoying  however Osman went on to say the people who Are into us Are obsessively into us and the people who Aren t would t have noticed. The people who know us in America tend to know if we be changed our . With its first track introducing the band dog Man Sta e demands immediate comparison with the beatles sgt. Pepper s lonely hearts club band and the parallels continue throughout the album with the often ornate. Amps Ken Georgc suede vocalist Brett Anderson gives a song his own unique twist instrumentation and the lyrical pictures Anderson sketches in his songs vignettes. There s a dreamlike Quality to Anderson s vocals that the now absent Butler s guitar reveries complemented but did t overindulge. Both technically and musically it s More a sophisticated album than last year s Chic Street Urchin romantic suede. Quot for a Start we actually knew what we were doing and we actually Learned a few of the technical bits so we could explain what we wanted a to get the noise in your head onto tape. That s really hard when you Start Quot Osman said. The growing Confidence also shows in suede s stage Persona. Aloof and Arch in Early shows on the continent Anderson still radiates a Glam Charisma but warmth As Well As do Gilbert and Osman leaving Only Oakes the newbie to catch up on stage panache. And they still refuse to do encores leaving the stage for Good after a 90-minute show. With a european tour still under Way suede plans to strike out for the United states Early next year. This time Osman said die group has a different attitude toward the former colonies. Quot like a lot of British people we d never travelled. I be never been As wrong about anything As i was about America. I did t realize quite now anti american British life is and British intellectual life is Quot Osman said. Quot it was Only when 1 got there that i actually met american people rather than american tourists or american to stars and realized what a great place it was and what a big place it was and How strange we sounded there. Quot it s quite an exciting  on disc hold me thrill me kiss me Gloria Estefan epic f there s truth in the saying that the Acorn does no to fall far from the tree then its no wonder Gloria Estefan has such a fondness for schlock ballads. Because if the selections on hold me thrill me kiss me Are any indication that s precisely what she grew up on. Its amazing How Many it selections on this collection of cover songs Are of the slow and Drippy variety from the vapid title tune to the treacly traces. To her credit she sometimes rises above the material lighting up everlasting love and bringing unexpected Sass to you make me r to a so very Happy. But not even the to Effait few up Tempo tunes such As her tepid revival of turn the beat around Are enough to shake this album out of its torpor. A a . Cons done Baltimore Sun san Francisco american music club reprise he san Francisco that the american music club evokes is a shrouded misty place embracing and Claustrophobic foil of both possibility and dead ends. Its a perfect habitat for. Mope Rock Genius Mark Eitzel who kicks off his band s seventh album in a voice that struggles to break above a whisper. Quot los again am i lost again a he croaks establishing a ground note of subdued desperation. A. A. A Eitzel s angst Isnit fuelled just by love s elusiveness even when its present it s not enough. And in one of the Many images involving intoxicants he offers a classic Couplet Quot How Many six packs does it take to screw in a Light it s Good to be alive babe sometimes its All  it sometimes bogs Down in its Moros eness but san a Francisco can hold its own with Rock s other great City albums x s los Angeles and Lou Reeds new York. A Richard Cromelin los Angeles times big ones Aero Smith Geffen Hen you get right Down to it the Only Surprise about Aero Smith a latest greatest hits collection big ones is that there would actually be Aero Smith fans out there who done to already have All these songs. As anyone who watches mtg or listens to Rock radio knows the singles love in an elevator Janie s got a gun and dude looks Uke a lady Are As close to hard Rock standards As anything this Side of the rolling stones. Granted the album does include some new tunes a a walk on water and the bloated overblown Blind Man As Well As deuces Are wild trom the Beavis and butt head experience a but is that really sufficient excuse for a whole hew album a . Considine Baltimore Sun a top of the charts pop singles 1. I la make love to you Boyz it men 2. All i Wanna to Sheryl Crow 3. Another night real Mccoy 4. Here comma the hot stepper Ini Kamolz c 5. St rat Madonna 6. Always Bon Jovi 7.1 Wanna be Down Brandy 6. Navar do immature 9. Flava in a ear Craig Mack 10. Endless love Luther Vandross amp Mariah Carey top albums 1. A murder waa the Casa Quot soundtrack various artists 2. Ii Boyz ii men 3. Bedtime stories Madonna 4. Smash offspring 5. Monster , 6. From the Cradle Eric Clapton 7. The diary scar face 8. Greatest hits Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band 9. Hold me thrill me kiss me Gloria Estefan 10, Doodle Green Day country singles 1. Vul no on love Alan Jackson 2. Third rate Romance Sammy Kershaw 3. Shut up and kiss me Mary Chapin Carpenter 4.1 sea it now Tracy Lawrence 5. If i could make a living Clay Walker 6. The City put the country Back in me Neal mccoy7. Kick a Little Little Texas 8. Jukebox Junkie Ken Mellons 9.1 sure can smell the rain Blackhawk 10. Man of my word Collin Raye dance Maxi singles latin tracks 1. Flava in a ear Craig Mack 2. Bring the pain method Man 3. Hera comes the hot stepper in Amoze 4,1 Wanna be Down Brandy s. Short., 20 fingers8. One love Nas 7. Word is Bond Brand Nubia 8. Take it easy mad lion a 9. Another night real Mccoy 10. Black Coffee heavy d amp the Boyz 1. Bldg bldg bom bom Selena 2. Manana Cristman 3. Niel Primero Niel Ultimo los Dehenes 4. La Madia Vuelta Luis Miguel 5. Al puch Ancito Banda Machos 6. The Amota Amo to Amo Sparx 7. Tulo decl late Ana Gabriel 8. Me Duel Estar Solo la mafia 9. La Nina Fresa Banda z 10. Al Vire Juan Luis Guerra amp 440 reggae albums 1. Queen of the pack Patra 2. Yaga Yaga terror fabulous 3. Bad boys inner Circle 4. Reggae dancer inner Circle 5. Promises amp lies ub40 6. Kids from foreign bom americans 7. A Cool runnings soundtrack various artists 8. Vex steel pulse 9. Reggae Gold 94, various artists 10. Stir it up Varia artists album Rock tracks 1. Zombie the cranberries 2. About a girl nirvana 3. What a the frequency Kenneth . 4. Landslide smashing pumpkins 5. Interstate love song Stone Temple pilots 6. Feel the pain Dinosaur or. 7. Self esteem offspring 8. Supernova Liz pair 9. Doll parts Hole 10.  contemporary Christian albums 1. Heaven in the real world Steven Curtis Chapman 2. House of love Amy Grant 3. Along the Road Aston Becker Dente 4. The ride 4 him 5. Free at last . Talk 6. Going Public newsboys 7. Relationships Bebe amp Cece wynans 8. The Standard Carman 9. Slow revival Bryan Duncan 10. Sierra Sierra a compiled by a Hibbard focus a entertainment editor. Editorial assistant. 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