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Arts & Entertainment I 1 Courtesy of Aillgator/lce Cube Records A.C. Reed Courtesy of the Rosebud agency John Hammond Courtesy of JKC Productions Below, Joe “King” Carrasco and The Crowns Local live music scene highlighted by return performers, local band By Mick Dyer Staff Previewer The long-awaited return of na tionally acclaimed performers such as John Hammond, A.C. Reed, and Helios Creed -- as well as a performance by the Lincoln band Thirteen Nightmares in con junction with the recent release of its first album -- highlight live music in Lincoln this week. Alternative: Tonight, Sideshow, Eleventh Dream Day and Thirteen Night mares will play at Duffy’s, 14120 St. Sideshow is a highly caf feinated noise-reggae-thrash band from Lincoln that plays rough and-tumble 20 bcats-per-measure catharsis rock. Eleventh Dream Day is a nasty big guitar band from Chicago. Many bands play pop music in Chicago. Eleventh Dream Day is one ot the least pop-sounding bands among them. Thirteen Nightmares is a dark hypnotic guitar throat-and-drum apocalypse band lrom Lincoln. The anal-expulsive embrace-ihe revolution band is performing in conjunction with the recent release of its first album, “Shitride.” Heller Skelter. Friday, Helios Creed will play at Duffy’s. Helios Creed was a longtime member of the San Francisco based oncc-you’ve-heard-it you’ll-ncvcr-forget-il electric Wotan band Chrome. Chrome was a psychedelic industrial mythol ogy noise power band that took control of audiences and made them dance by plugging itself straight into their souls. At any rate, Creed is an electric shamen. Helios Creed played at the Drumstick on two occasions dur ing the summer of 1987. He stood with his back to the audience so it couldn’t see his odd guitar con figurations. And he spokc/sang disturbing and cryptic lyrics through a police bullhorn. By the end of the night, many audience members had left their bodies — leaving their shells stand ing there wide-eyed, motionless and hollow. Some of them still aren’t the same. Creed said he likes the Lincoln audience. That’s why he came back. Look out. See LINCLIVE on 10 Thirteen Nightmares now tougher, meaner By Mick Dyer Staff Reporter “Shitride” Thirteen Nightmares Pravda Records '7 had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise." - Malcolm X, from his autobiog raphy Nightmare This may be the motto of Thirteen albfTOwn Nightmares. Anyway, it appears on the album insert of its first album, “Shitride.” Thirteen Nightmares has been playing thick noisy guitar bass -.md drum music for more than two years now. Over that period of time, the Nightmares developed a steady local following, took its show on the road, and its members’ hair kept growing longer and longer and longer. And the Nightmares got tougher, tighter and meaner. Among other things, “Shitridc” is a sonic and poetic exposure to the anger, sadness and gentleness inside the Nightmares’ collective soul. Sonic. “Shitride” is a clean and explosive album. Thirteen Nightmares is well known on stage for its dynamic inten sity and for its ability to layer guitars on lop of one another to create a dense fluid sound that is bigger than the sum of its parts. The album docs an excel lent job of recreating all elements of the Nightmares’ live sound. Every thing comes through, loud and clear, which speaks well for sound engi neers Randy Watson, Greg Hill and George Amen. Poetic. “Shitridc” contains some emotionally powerful lyrics. Most of the lyrics are a stream of consciousness. The attention to small details and the phrasing of words and images are quite revealing. Also, Greg Cosgrove has a power ful and expressive voice -- ranging from throaty roaring in “The Black and White” to light ephemeral vo cals in “St. Christopher” - which See NIGHTMARE on 10 Courtesy of Pravda Records firiteggjjgjnsiC Lied Center to recognize donors for contributions Donors to the Lied Center for the Performing Arts will be recog nized throughout the new $20 mil lion center. Sheila Griffin, Lied Center project director, said donors will be acknowledged in a Book of Memory, on a “Donor Wall” or through the naming of certain items or areas in the building. Those who contributed $50,000 or more will have an area, such as a lobby, balcony or dressing room, or an item in the building named for them or for someone chosen by the donor. Johnny Carson has agreed to have the rehearsal hall, known as the black box theater, named for him as a tribute to his support. Griffin said. Contributors of $1,000 or more will have their names placed on a annually for display in the street level lobby.__ -tu. I T,t i O RourVe's * n\ f
