European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The spirit Calls Yuss is product of its desert life by Teedee Doke staff writer a Hen we go into the studio it s a spiritual Reid Grous experience says Yuss Singer John Garcia Quot with ail of us bringing candles and incense. We pretty much rip our hearts out and put it on  f / / on its current album Yuss mystical Metal blues gives equally respectful nods to Early Black Sabbath to nature and to the spirits of the musicians desert Home in Palm Springs Calif. The 11 track album. And the circus leaves town inaugurated its late summer tour of Europe. Following on the heels of 1994 s sky Valley the new album has found a particularly warm Welcome in Europe where Garda says Quot i think we re doing better. Than Back in the states. They re crazy Over Here they have us playing two hour sets. I m in  from the Stark serenity of the album cover to the sky stars space themes in Yuss songs the band specializes in a hypnotic psychedelia that s less about whirling images and More about Solitude. Quot i think growing up in the desert had a bigger Impact on us than we realize Quot says Garcia when asked How a uth spent in the desert affected Yuss music. Quot the seed As been planted and the Root has taken hold. There s no pulling up the Plant a it has set itself it s More of a feeling a you almost have to grow up there to understand an upper crust Community known for the likes of its movie Star residents and former celebrity mayor Sonny Bono Palm Springs offered Little in the Way of creative outlets for Garcia and guitarist Josh homme when the pair a the Only two founding members still in the band a first welded voice guitar and Punk outfits and began performing. It was a Community More interested in country clubs than nightclubs and inclined More toward polite sporting events such As Golf tournaments than Rock fests. A  a a a a a a a a a. A a a there were no venues no Shotgun Shack clubs to play in Quot Garcia recalls. Instead he and his friends would Quot slam Down a Beer drive out in the desert run Over the coyotes look up at the stars and listen to the coyotes  a a a. A a a a. A a a a a a a to play live the band travelled to the nearest big City a los Angeles a and managed to get a gig at the whiskey a go go while the musicians were still in High school. It was t Long then before they signed a record Deal with Dali Chameleon records and released a first album wretch in 1991. In spite of the mind tripping spirals Yuss music spins Garcia claims that it is Quot not a complicated band. We plug in the guitar and microphone and set up the drummers. It s More about the raising of the four spirits in the  John Garda front right and the rest of Yuss Are More popular in Europe than in the United states. File m on disc dangerous minds soundtrack various artists  it Holt the timeless skills of Stevie wonder and the Jackson 5, this soundtrack collection would have few memorable moments. Wonders haunting pastime Paradise a sampled by coolie on the album s first track a and rapping 4-tay�?Ts sampling of i want you Back Are the Only musical standouts aside from big mikes novel meaty Beaty havin things. The rest of the Alburn is riddled with mediocre fillers by such artists Astre Black 24-k and immature. A a Heidi Siegmund Cuda los Angeles time cheapness and Beauty boy George Virgin earing boy Georges voice Over driving Rock tracks is one of the year s most jarring musical moments. He insists there s nothing unusual that his tastes run toward the Iggy pop tune he covers and we wont pick nits about his Rock credibility. Yet like a jockey suiting up for the Aba his skills Are better applied elsewhere Georges gentle voice does t have the Power for Punk Rock. Fortunately cheapness and Beauty is deeper. Some of the quieter numbers a the violin driven Folk Rock of same thing in reverse and the Ballad unfinished business a Are among the Best things he a Ever done. Not coincidentally George also uses these songs to forthrightly talk about homosexual love in groundbreaking ways for the Rock world. A David Bauder the associated pres exit planet dust the chemical Bros. Astra werks Good beat May be the heart of a dance track but interesting rhythm tracks Are too often undone by lame raps or halfhearted vocal melodies. But not when the chemical Brothers Are around. This duo is at the forefront of Britain a Quot trip Hope movement and the hypnotic intensely rhythmic tracks it has created on exit planet dust shows Why. The album is virtually All Groove a a steady Stream of thumping Drums loping Bass and insinuating Hooks a a and flows with inexorable momentum and organic logic of a great rave. A cd Considine Baltimore unwrapped in  n crying dec tripped Down to the roots Rock that underscored even their hardest rocking trays the sixth album from these Georgia veterans brims with music that a blissfully melodic never cloying and often quite fiery. Many tracks Are tinged with a rustic twang that makes you wonder what might have become of . If it had resisted the lure of Power pop to follow a rockier path. A Sandy Masuo los Angeles times boy George or a latin tracks 1.tu Solo to Selena 2. Volpes Enel Corazon los tires Del Norte 3. Serfi Mejor que the Vayas . Solis y los bukis / 4.1 could fall in love Selena 5. La Tierra Del Olvaldo Carlos vives6. Be me segue Olvi Dando Marc Anthony 7. Revert on unisex Banda Zeta 8. My Chica Ideal Banda Machos 9. Cantlon 187, Juan Gabriel 10. La Tampa Ana Barbar reggae albums 1. Bombastic shaggy 2. Scent of attraction Patra 3. Natural Mystic Bob Marley amp the wailers 4. Tougher than love Diana King 5. Til Shiloh Buju banton6. Free like we want 2 a Ziggy Marie 7. The struggle continues super cat 8. Lyrical gangsta Ini Amoze 9. A i Shabba Shabba ranks 10. Real Ting mad lion album Rock tracks 1. Tomorrow Silver chair 2. Comedown Bush. 3. J.a.r., Green Day 4. In the blood better than Ezra 5. Til i hear it from you Gin blossoms 6. Harrje goo goo dolls 7. Lump the presidents of the United states of America 8. You ought know alanis Morissette 9. Warped red hot Chili peppers 10. Galaxee Blind Melon contemporary Christian albums 1. Lead you Home Michael w. Smith 2. No doubt Petra 3. My utmost for his highest various artists 4. Sing out with one voice Ron Kenoly 5. House of love Amy Grant 6. Kirk Frank Len and the family Kirk Franklin and the family 7. The concert of a lifetime Ray Boltz 8. Amazing Grace a country Salute to gospel various artists 9. Jars of Clay jars of Clay 10. The whole truth Point of Grace compiled by billboard Friday september 15,1995 the stars and stripes 25