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ROKY ERICKSON @ ESCAPE 4/9-10
ROKY ERICKSON, FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE 13TH FLOOR
ELEVATORS RETURNED TO HOUSTON LAST WEEKEND TO PLAY A TWO
NIGHT STAND AT THE ESCAPE (8670 S. GESSNER). HIS CURRENT
BACK-UP BAND, THE RESURRECTIONISTS, WERE A BIT SLOW TO
WARM UP, BUT ROKY WAS IN FINE FORM ALL NIGHT. HIS FIRST
SET WAS MAINLY MATERIAL FROM "THE EVIL ONE" AND HIS '77
SINGLE FOR RHINO RECORDS, "BERMUDA" AND "THE INTERPRETOR
THE AUDIENCE, MOST OF WHOM WERE FANS FROM HIS 13TH FLOOR
ELEVATOR DAYS, STAYED AWAY FROM THE DANCE FLOOR, OTHER
THAN fO~STARE WITH AWE FROM A CLOSER VANTAGE POINT. AFTER
A LONG INTERMISSION, THEY RETURNED WITH A DYNAMITE CLOSING
SET HE DID THREE TRACKS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM, WHICH SHOULD
BE OUT IN LATE JUNE. "STARRY EYES" AND "CRAZY CRAZY MAMA"
WERE EXCELLENT AND "THE DAMNED THING" WAS ALSO SOLID. HIS
#1 HIT, "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME", WHICH HE WROTE BEFORE HE
JOINED THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS. THE SHOW WAS UNFORTUNATELY
CUT SHORT DUE TO THE ANTICS OF SOME SUBURBAN PART-TIME
PUNKS WHO THINK IT's CUTE TO THROW SHIT ON THE STAGE, WHILE
"SLAM-DANCING", BY STEPPING ON PEOPLES FEET AND PUSHING
EACH OTHER AROUND. LITTLE DID THEY REALIZE THAT HE WAS A
PUNK BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN. WALK. THEIR "SLAM-DANCING"
WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO RIGHT, BUT THEN AGAIN, THEY PROBABLY
WOULD TRY IT AT THE CARS. THE CLUB'S BOUNCERS SEEMED QUIET
THIS NIGHT SINCEIDIDN’T SEE THEM DO ANYTHING EXCEPT TELL
I ONE PERSON TO QUIT HAVING A GOOD TIME AND STOP DANCING.
DESPITE IT ALL, WHAT I CAME FOR... THE MUSIC... WAS DE-
FINITE’ Y WORTH IT. _ MICHAEL ZAKES —
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KROKUS @ CARDI's APRIL 14TH & 16TH
KROKUS, A RISING HEAVY METAL BAND FROM SWITZERLAND,
APPEARED AT CARDI's LAST WEEK, APRIL 14TH & 16TH. BUT THE
GIG WAS A MIXED BAG.
ALTHOUGH WELL KNOWN BY EUROPEAN ROCKERS (AS INDICATED
BY ITS ZURICH SELLOUT CROWD), KROKUS IS STILL BUILDING A
FOLLOWING IN THE U.S.. THE GROUP JUST CAME OFF A TOUR W/
2323232333233333333333232323232 CANADA'S RUSH WHICH BASSIST CHRIS VON ROHR DESCRIBED AS
33333:333322223232323233 GREAT. THE HOUSTON CROWD WASN'T SRO BUT THE FANS WERE DE-
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ssssssssssss * IT's INTERESTING TO NOTE KROKUS' OPINION OF U.S. AUD-
323232323233322 IENCES. VON ROHR SAYS WE'RE "DIFFERENT" AND "AMERICAN GIRLS
2322332323232322232233 HAVE THE MESSAGE OF ROCK-", WHEREAS ENGLISH FEMALES DON'T
3232333232323232323232323232323 NEARLY AS OFTEN SHOW UP AT A GIG.
PLAYING MOSTLY from their LATEST RELEASE "ONE VICE
3232323232323333232333232232332 AT A TIME" THEIR MUSIC WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN GOOD AND EX-
:232233:::222 CELLENT. THE WHOLE GROUP HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR, BUT LEAD
333232323232323232232222 GUITARIST FERNANDO VON ARLIS' ANTICS ON STAGE REALLY IM-
3:3:32222223223232223222323232 PROVED THE VISUAL PERFORMANCE. SINGER MARC STORAGE'S VOICE
2223333332323332: IS COMPARABLE TO THE LEAD FOR AC/DC, BUT IN MY MIND HE IS
333 MUCH BETTER. _ MONA COZENS —
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JESSE TAYLOR, BILL BATEMAN, ROBERT MARQUAM
THE COLD @ ESCAPE APRIL 17, 1982
MANY A BAND FROM LOUISIANA HAVE SWEPT THROUGH THE SPACE
CITY QUICKLY AND DESERVEDLY UNNOTICED. IT SEEMED THAT THE PEL-
ICAN STATE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT IT TOOK TO NURTURE ONE OF ITS OWN
HOMEGROWN BANDS TO MATURITY, A BAND RICH WITH ORIGINALITY,
ENERGY AND UNLIMITED TALENT. BOY, WAS I EVER WRONG. THE COLD
FITS THOSE QUALIFICATIONS PERFECTLY. THE BAND, WHO HAIL FROM
NEW ORLEANS WERE FORMED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. THE GROUP
FEATURES FIVE MAIN VOCALIST INCLUDING KEVIN RADECKER-GUITARS,
BERT SMITH-GUITARS, CHRIS LUCKETTE-DRUMS AND THE FORMER VOICE
OF MR HANDS (FROM THE MR. BILL FEATURETTES) VANCE DE GENERES-
BASS GUITAR. WHEN THE LONE FEMALE OF THE COLD, BARBARA MEN-
ENDEZ TAKES THE LEAD SHE COMMANDS THE ATTENTION OF THE AUD-
IENCE. THE GROUP DELIVERED A POWERFUL SET OF A COUPLE OF
COVERS AND ORIGINALS WHICH INCLUDED THEIR SINGLE, "MESMER-
IZED" AND "THREE CHORD CITY". THEIR SONGS ARE AN INTERESTING
MIX OF ROCK AND POWER POP WHICH TRANSLATE WELL ON STAGE, SO
WELL THAT THE BAND HAD THE USUALLY PASSIVE AND INDIFFERENT
ESCAPE CROWD DEMANDING NOT ONE NOT TWO, BUT THREE ENCORES!
THIS WEEKENDS PERFORMANCES (4/16-17) WERE THE FIRST
IN HOUSTON FOR THE COLD AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE THEIR LAST.
*** THEIR SINGLES ARE AVAILABLE FROM: ~ E' D-TTMAM ~
TOP POP RECORDS
P.O. BOX 51838
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70151
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