Courtesy of Johnny Reno
Reno goes without sax
For some hot saxophone-powered rock n’ roll, check out the Johnny Reno Band
tonight at Oscar s, 800 0 St. Reno, who released “Third Degree” earlier this year, has
stepped away from his old band, the Sax Maniacs, and cut the troupe down to four.
Although Reno has moved a bit away from roadhouse music, he still drives straight ahead
VuSSX"0®11’ USA Lately, Johnny Reno has cavorted across NBC’s Nightly News.
The NBC crew filmed the band at an outdoor show at San Antonio’s River City Fair on June
^2, while San Antonio police were standing by measuring decibels because of a new city
ordinance. River City Fair was fined $500 for the Reno show. Wow. Reno told press “it was
one of the quietest shows we’ve ever done.” Cover for tonight’s show is $5. The show
starts around 9 p.m.
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hand, have remained somewhat of
a novelty, and real credibility has
eluded them.
Formed in 1986, Love Dolls is a
band of lace-clad “valley girls”
who made two 3 movies
(“Desparate Teenage Love Dolls”
and “Love Dolls Superstar”) be
fore getting around to cutting their
firstalbum, “Love One Another,”
in 1988. Two years later, their debut
has been released, and as their press
release promises, “beauty and love
will emanate from their amps.”
Recorded in a Hollywood park
ing lot, “Love One Another” takes
its name from the Chet Powers
tune that became a 1960s catch
phrase.
Although the the band’s name,
appearance, and even the album
jacket is sickening clichdd with
images of “flower power,” the
songs themselves are reminiscent
of early ’80s bands like the Wait
resses or Blondie.
Lisa Freeman’s vocals are irri
tatingly flat, particularly with the
pouty “Pearls at Swine.’’ And her
adolescent lyrics don’t help much:
“It makes me sick, the way I throw
myself at pigs like you!/ The way I
throw my pearls at swine.”
Despite their sappy, hackneyed
lovesongs, these Dolls do have their
moments. “The Last Beer” is a
driving number about a man who
prefers his beer to his women, and
Freeman breaks away from her
monotone delivery long enough to
make “Ain’t No Sin” stand out.
The Love Dolls are adequate
musicians, and Janet Housdcn’s
drumming is actually pretty good.
After listening to “Love One
Another” though, one is reminded
of the woman in the John Cusack
film “Say Anything,” who wrote
80 songs about “Joe,” her ex
boyfriend.
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