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Cars & Pickups Starting at $75 (3 windows); $90 (5 windows) Vans Starting at $110 Visor Tint $12.50 10% Discount with Student I.D. Mo&nOadto Eeslp 2701 N. 27th 466-5414 Chest discomfort that lasts longer than twominutesis nothing <_»to fool around with. Play it safe and ask someone to get you to a hospital emer gency room—immediately. American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR VOUR LIFE -- n"'"". -*-i^ ^ch Ireland Dail^ braskan Ben McMillan of Skin Yard performs at Duffy’s Tavern on Sunday night. At Pickles, You get Great Music at the Best Prices! $5 97 ^9 97 cassettes II || INClUOfcS i ■ SO CLOSE ■ rmp~~~ ![| /.WHffijMWW- _ |f 1 Ilf mL°^«<SiZ. NobodyselIs more HI! iB|QEih|g * I music for less._ Ij j g PlCkleS ^ AKW* ■WiflfiiTTf’iLjJ tape sA re coups prices good _. 17th & P ■ 237 S. 70th • 3814 Normal through 10/22 / Get one \ f single topping, \ medium pizza \ at regular price ] and get a second / i pizza for only } \ $4.00. / FREE CAMPUS Sunday-Thursday DELIVERY! __ _ ^ *■.*!»*». Other Menu Friday-Saturday Items Available *“ 5:00 p.m. to Midnight Skin Yard rocks modest crowd By Michael Deeds Senior Editor__ Skin Yard was a cathartic surprise for the modest crowd of 60 or so that turned out Sunday night at Duffy’s. One of several Seattle bands that have graced the tavern, Skin Yard leaned more toward straight, brutal rock than Seattle’s trademark grunge. Comparisons to Soundgardcn have followed the band recently with good cause. Skin Yard did sound like a menacing Soundgardcn, but quicker and quirkier. Vocalist Ben McMillan lacked the vocal range of Soundgardcn’s Chris Cornell, but he also lacked the pansy quality. He generated a lot of cha risma, and showed a rare talent at singing, as well as screaming. The band pounded through tunes off “Fist Sized Chunks,” its latest release. Songs like “Go to Sleep” and “Material Freak” were quick movers, and monster drummer Barrett Martin kept the train rolling steadily. He didn’t break off any “fist sized chunks” of cymbals, but pieces of drumsticks did fly through the crowd at least once. Guitarist Jack Endino, famous for his production work with bands rang ing from Blue Cheer to Mudhoncy to Soundgarden, churned out a wall of warm distortion. Though his playing was adequate and occasionally pretty good, his sound didn’t match his probably unreachable reputation, Martin and bassist Dan House were a light, formidable rhythm section, and the hand employed start/stop tempo changes frequently to accent the fact. “Drunk on Kerosene’’ provided ample opportunity to show off the band’s cohesion, and as the show went on, the members of Skin Yard seemed to grow more enthusiastic and better. Of course, the Duffy’s crowd helped. Virtually everyone in the place stood and danced. The hand had played the night before in Fort Col I ins, Colo., to a crowd that ‘‘didn’t really get into it," Martin said. Skin Yard launched into two en cores after loud, raucous pleas from the crowd. ‘‘Hallowed Ground” was the most explosive, driven by a simple power-riff. A sweaty band of hard rockers left Duffy’s last night, and though the crowd wasn ’ t huge, everyone seemed mutually pleased. Skin Yard may not be on the almighty Sub Pop Records label, but the band proved it rocks as hard as anybody else in Seattle — if not harder. ■ ■
