Big Drill Car powerfully
nails California pop-punk
By Brian Meves
Staff Reporter
Big Drill Car
“Small Block”
Cruz Records
Wrap all of your favorite Southern
California pop-punk bands into one
big riff wad. You’ll get Big Drill Car.
“Small Block” is the recently re
released six-song EP by the Hunting
ton Beach, Calif., quartet Big Drill
Car. The EP was previously released
in 1987 on Varient Records.
After the success of the debut al
bum, “Album/Tape/CD Type Thing,”
“Small Block” offers people a tasteof
earlier Big Drill Car.
Powered by vocalist Frank Daly,
guitarist Mark Arnold, bassist Bob
Thomson and drummer Danny
Marcroft, the band hands out loud
and fast-paced guitars over a batter
ing beat. The guitar riffs slash in and
out of every song with a smooth and
necessary force —- if you took away
the guitars, it would be like taking the
battery out of a car. It just wouldn’t
crank up without it.
Thomson’s bass lines are fairly
common breakneck thumping with
occasional melodic shifts, while
Marcroft’s drums are faster then ever,
initiating a vibrant pace for the songs.
Daly sings and talks with a very
personable voice — the kind of voice
that drives you to plead for more. He
possesses one of the better voices in
the Southern California pop-punk
scene.
Lyrics are definitely not the strong
point of Big Drill Car’s music. Most
of the songs deal with the generic
idea, “Boy loves girl, girl loves boy,
boy dumps girl, girl dumps boy.” But
it really doesn’t matter. Who expects
a pop-punk band to sing about deep
ideas?
The best songs on the album are “5
Year Itch,” “Lcs Cochons Sans Poils”
and “Let Me Walk.” They each
combine a fast, furious guitar sound,
with a melodic blend between both
the leading vocals and the chorus.
“Mag Wheel .’’another great song,
opens up with a screeching car and
then a crashing sound. It’s a funny
song that explains the joys of a mag
wheel. An interesting effect of this
song is the chorus echoing the lyrics.
“Small Block” is a complete group
effort, with all four members having
their own intricate part to play, and
combining successfully.
Big Drill Car may be a mold of all
the Southern California pop-punk
bands, but it’s definitely appealing.
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enlarged cast of 47, forcing more
attention to be paid to choreography,
direction, costume design, produc
tion and stage lighting.
The show is directed by Bruce
Tinker; the scenic designer is Larry
Kaushansky. Lighting for the pro
gram was designed by Steve Shelley;
Associate Professor Janice Stauffer
designed the costumes. Both the cos
tumes and the lighting are new for the
Lied Center performances.
Elaborate sets were constructed
for the show; one scene is performed
on a 24-foot turntable.
To get the audience in the Christ
mas spirit, choirs from Lincoln-area
high schools will perform before each
performance. The choirs will perform
in the Lied Center’s Steinhart Room
30 minutes before each performance.
On Thursday, Lincoln East High
School’s Chamber Choir will per
form; Friday, the Horizons from Lin
coln Northeast High School will sing.
Lincoln High School’s Madrigals will
carol Saturday at 1:15 p.m. and the
Lincoln Community Gospel Choir will
vocalize Saturday at 7:30 p.m. On
Sunday, Bell Canto from Lincoln
Southeast High School will perform.
Tickets are $ 14, $ 12 and $ 10; tick
ets for UNL students and youth 18
and under are half-price. To obtain
tickets, contact the Lied Center Box
Office between 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
“If you’re not in the Christmas
spirit when you see the play,” Hofed
itz said, “you will be after. There’s no
way to avoid it. The costumes, the
music, the visuals of the play get
everyone in the Christmas spirit”
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played with extreme care; it’s never
sloppy, never tempted into solos. This
allows bassist Michael Lachowski and
percussionist Curtis Crowe room to
assemble a solid foundation for Va
nessa Brischoe Hay’s erratic vocals.
Hay’s vocals are perhaps one of
Pylon’s most distinguishable traits.
She casually sings delicate melodies
and then, without warning, often rips
into booming, obnoxious screams.
“Chain,” however, has less of these
impulsive outbursts than does older
Pylon songs. Yet Pylon has brought
this trait, as well as all of their de
vices, back for a soundly reconstructed
band whose new material won’t dis
appoint. It simply will impress.
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