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Cole and Anderson met when Cole
was playing a show with two of the
members from Rascal Basket, while
Anderson was still with his band,
Stew.
“It’s like a soap opera. It’sjust rock
‘n’ roll, for God’s sakes. ... Did you
go yet?” he asks, inspecting the card
pile in front of him. He scowls at his
predicament, muttering under his
breath, while Hendrix wails “Hey Joe.”
Wide managed to build up a fan
base around Lincoln before Cole
packed up his ax and headed north.
“They (the former members) didn’t
want to tour,” he says. “So I went to
Minneapolis.” ; > ■- - . ,
He discovered, though, that local
bands—even good ones—are a dime
a dozen there.
“I had a better shot of getting into
one of the bars up there while living
in Lincoln,” he says. “It was super
nova-ing. There were more bands than
there were places to play.... Hey, can
you see my cards?
“Eventually, I just ran out of de
sire to be there. This really sucks; I
don’t have anything,” he laments,
frowning at his hand.
Cole returned to Lincoln last fall
and hooked up with Anderson. They
THcky
“Pre-Mlllemimi Tetstoi”
Islari Recards
Grade: A
x Most of us suspect that 2000 will
(be like any other year. And even
though predictions of Armageddon
abound, the fire-and-brimstone
rantings of street comer fanatics are
easily dismissed by most rational
people, for the most part.
But a larger-than-normal hunk of
that doomsday junk has stuck to
Bristol trip-hop aficionado THcky, and
“Pre-Millennium Tension” is the re
sult.
This album, Tricky’s second, is a
slight but significant departure from
“Maxinquaye,” his 1995 debut.
“Maxinquaye” was an angry and dark
collection of songs, but it was sliced
into often radio-friendly, sometimes
hummable 4- or 5-minute tunes.
“Pre-Millennium Tension” takes a
less accessible, but artistically im
proved approach, relying on drawn
out samples and swirling textures of
drum, guitar, bass and synth sounds.
Songs like “Christiansands” and
“Bad Dream” are typical of the whole
album, relying on repetition and a
slow build of emotion that never re
solves to result in a beautifully claus
trophobic electronic symphony.
The opening track, “Vent,” pulls
lyrics from Grandmaster Flash’s “The
Message” in a masterful manner;
when Tricky half-whispers, “Don’t
push me, ’cause I’m close to the edge,”
you have no choice but to believe him.
This is the sound of the walls clos
ing in, and if this is what THcky be
lieves the next century will sound like,
we’d better hope he’s wrong.
—MltoM
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Life is rock ‘n’ roll. Eat it, live it, paste it
on your bumper.”
Heath Cole
singer/guitarist for Wide
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were still stuck for a bass player and
were about to call it quits when they
found Webb.
As if on cue, the front door opens
and Webb strides in, toting his bass
and a bottle of blue All Sport.
“What’s up, you motherf-—oh...
hi,’’ he smiles and sets his bass down.
He unwraps a package of Mango Berry
Bubblicious bubble gum and offers it
around, at the same time opening a
box of Marlboro reds.
Cole, having won the card game,
is now reading the supermarket tab
loid Globe.
“Murder...well, this is a gyp,” he
says disgustedly, holding up the maga
zine for inspection. “I wanna see blood
and brains sprayed all over the place.”
On that note, it’s time for Wide to
practice.
“Life is rock ‘n’ roll,” Cole says.
“Eat it, live it, paste it on your
bumper.”
And Wide embodies aU things rock
‘n’ roll. They’re heavy but groove-ori
ented, fast but melodic. Their energy
is infectious, as is their collective sense
of humor and antics. (At one point,
Webb blows a bubble and gets green
gum stuck in his hair.)
Cole’s voice is reminiscent of early
Steven Tyler, but the band’s jumping
punk energy is pure Red Hot Chili
Peppers.
There are other comparisons you
could draw to Wide—Stick, Nirvana,
the Minutemen. But these guys aren’t 1
fooling anyone — they’re really the
bastard children of the Warner Bros.,
George Carlin and straight-on rock ‘n’
roll.
You can check out this crazy rock
comedy act tonight at Hangar 18,1118 i
O St. The show’s free, and Wide will
take the stage around 10 p.m. j
Ghetto boys
From Staff Reports
Lincoln is one place that won’t
be short on good music tonight.
The University Program Coun
cil is sponsoring a free concert to
night featuring popular Omaha act
Blue Moon Ghetto (above) and
Minneapolis trio The Wonsers. The
show is at 9 pm. in the Nebraska
Union’s Centennial Ballroom. .
Blue Moon Ghetto has been
touring extensively since the rise
of the band’s first single, “Shine All
The Time.’’ _
The Wonsers, comprised of
brothers Peter, Matt and John Van
Dyke, are a refreshing pop/alt-rock
group that have also been racking
up the road miles.
_ Other acts on stage tonight in
clude Wide and Sacrifice Issac at
Hangar 18, 1118 O St,, and
Lincoln’s own Lullaby for The
Working Class along with The
Drovers at Knickerbockers. The
Atlanta-basal rock and blues ofthe
Kelly Williams Band will take the
spotlight at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14
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