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Lincoln’s Yardapes dish up whole-lotta funk I or their debut effort, “Get Bent,” is >verdue. As with many Lincoln bands, he studio product doesn’t quite do ustice to the live act, but Eric Medley it Studio Q had his work cut out for lim when he recorded the Apes. What is captured on the 15 tracks of “Get Bent,” arc some heavy grooves, and a whole lotla wah. Yes, that’s funk music, Capitol City style. So, Lincoln isn’t the urban city of lights that would be a logical spawn ing ground for junkyard funk of this caliber, but the fact is, James Brown —one of the few living human beings not thanked on the liner notes — could probably pul his own sales lax on this album. Enough about the boss w ith the hot sauce, “Get Bent,” aside from the ragin’ retro-funk, showcases more of the local talent that the city has been running over with lately. The Apes can play the heck out of their instruments, and usually do. Just check out any of Glen Smith’s guitar solos — particularly “I Don’t” and “Gone Without a Trace” — Mark Lee’s bass licks, or even give the drummer a listen. Lee’s bass is underscored by Casey Kinnan’s relentless drum kit lecture which is given its signature by an explosive snare sound that recalls Stewart Copeland. Convinced? If not, Andy Brown’s vocals are almost as good as h is lyrics. If you don’t get the point, go buy the damn thing and figure it out for your self. — Carter Van Pelt Band s five-song Power Peach finishes up just short of sweet Urethra Franklin “Power Peach” Ism Recordings As much fun as it would be to speculate on why Urethra Franklin has a grotesque and irreverent name, it suffices to say lhal it’s a perfect US? %Jnamc for ,hc loud, angry sound lhal this Lincoln four some welds to gether on their debut EP. If you like feedback, sensory over load, and a tape that sounds best at a high volume, “Power Peach” would be a good choice. There’s more than a hint of influence from good old days of the great Northwest-on this tape. Its nice to hear that the grunge sound has left its mark on Lincoln. Of course it’s peach colored, which makes your vision feedback if you look at it long enough. Urethra Franklin’s five-song EP is an ode to stress and fury channelled through transistors and steel chords. The steel chords featured on this al bum are none other than those of Greg Market. It’s another testament to his versatility that this EP sounds abso lutely nothing like his solo effort re leased earlier this year. The other steel chords of Urethra are the vocal chords of lead singer Chris Heine whose unnerving vocals and anxiety ridden lyrics play a great cat-and-mouse game with Markcl’s guitar. The only problem with this tape is that it ends before it really gets a chance to make a complete statement. If Urethra can screech out another five songs in the studio and personal ize the final product, they might just have something really good. — Carter Van Pett EATING RIGHT IS HIGHLY LOGICAL. CALL THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AT 1-800-ACS-2345 FOR FREE NUTRITION INFORMATION. for your Textbooks during buy back. ' ■ , . ■ . • • •• April26- May8 13th & Q — ■ — THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM. 1-800- AHA-USA1 American Heart Association This space provided as a public service fe 1992, American Heart Association -1 I Order A Pizza Hut" Pizza And Start Cramming. 475-2281 ' City Campus 239 N. 14th Street Dine-ln, Delivery or Carryout 466-5533 East Campus 2340 N. 48th Street Delivery or Carryout 464-7774 6414 “0” Street Dine-ln or Canyaut PBA0095 r--1 | Urge i fora ! Medium i Charge! f -1 | C«4m 44 n——Out «■**«! | saneSR^Smwma&s OHM Man Hu. Ik. vm CMk iWnMUon wte. 1 ■ Bay One Medium Hawaiian Pizza for $g99J and fet any 2nd medium pizza for 1/2 its regular menu price | -] OKU Wn« Hut. Inc. WH caati ntmjtkn wfcn. rj-.-r.—-------j W *2 Off j any apy j Large Medium Pizza! Pizza! i JBSSmSXM. i r i i Pieaac mention coupon whan ordering. One coupon per party par vied el participate haea ifcif raeurew* end jelharpiierryam wrote. Hot valid ■ with any otmr after Not valid on ■K^OOf* pteea. Landed drtivtry area. g j ^ C1W3 Piu Hut. Inc 1/JW cMh rwbmtuwi «kM