Punkinhead evolves
from undiluted funk
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
For those expecting Parlia
ment-style funk, Punkinhead’s got
a brand new bag.
The quartet is bringing its
schtick to the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th
St., tonight.
The band from Fayetteville,
Ark., hasn’t released an album
since 1994’s “America Dreaming,”
which followed the band’s first full
length CD, “New South Soul.”
At its inception, Punkinhead in
fused elements of jazz, soul, funk
and punk to create a get-funky-and
dance vibe.
“We started out as a tunkadeiic
band/’ singer and keyboardist Eric
Mills said. “But we’ve gone
through lots of different incarna
tions. We’re not a funk band any
more.”
They’re now a straight-rock
four-piece, he said. The band is
rounded out by the other original
member, drummer Charles Platt,
guitarist Mark O’Bana and bassist
Jason Cerchie.
Platt and Mills met while in
college at the University of Arkan
sas. The two literally started from
scratch.
“When we started, we were a
feel-good band. We all come from
’ 80s punk bands, so that’s in there,”
he said. “There were a lot of white
funk bands around at the time. We
were self-taught; it was all very
basic and simple. We’ve progressed
a lot since then.”
What they now eschew is what
Mills calls a melting pot of sounds
and influences.
“We call it American rhythm
music,” he said. “That’s the gen
eralized phrase we’ve came up with
to describe the latest incarnation.2’
The band has several influences
besides early punk, though, includ
ing Sublime and 311, as well as
classic rock groups like Steely Dan .
and the Beatles. Mills has his own
influences separate from
Punkinhead’s, including Stevie
Wonder, Sammy Davis Jr. and
David Bowie. He also studies clas
sical music.
“Gassical piano has influenced
me in song writing,” he said. “I’ve
learned a lot from picking out pro
gressions and chord changes.”
Punkinhead has played with the
likes of the Reverend Horton Heat,
311, Social Distortion, Stick and
Marilyn Manson. They’ve also had
the distinctive pleasure of opening
for the Hardest Working Man in
Show Business and Godfather of
Soul, James Brown.
Punkinhead plans on releasing
a new album by early summer. In
the meantime, some new material
will be featured on a national com
pilation disc, called “Deep South
Compilation.” That disc will be
released mid-March. Although the
new material is more rock-oriented
than previous Punkinhead, Mills
said the band hasn’t lost its heart.
“We’ve got a lot of soul in us, a
lot of feeling,” he said. “We love
what we do and we’re always try
ing to achieve more.”
Tonight’s 21-and-over concert
has a $4 cover charge. The music
starts at 9.
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Kodo drummers unbeatable crowd pleasers at Lied
By Lane Hickenbottom
Music Critic
Three standing ovations leading
to two encores is a dream come true
Tot most musical groups.
But for Kodo, the Japanese percus
sion company, the audience’s response
to Tuesday night’s Lied Center per
formance is just another day at the
office.
Lied-goers went into their first
cheering frenzy right after the first
song, “Nanufushi.” “Nanufushi,” like
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Two drummers play the odaiko—
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hitting pace to keep in unison with the
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continued to beat into the hearts of
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evening.
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