February 21, 2000

Kingfish

by Michelle Dubuc

This last week the Generator
was treated to the presence
of the Kingfish, an upstart
alternative rock band out of
Terrace. We've all been to the
Generator and seen some
talented and not so talented
musicians there, but for the
most part a cover band is a
cover band. But the Kingfish
have something that indi-
cates they are going to be
much more than that. A
shame that they could only
sing a couple of their original
numbers, their self-titled
demo CD has an impressive
sound, heavy on the rock

SOUNDSCAPE

meter but maintaining origi-
nality, keeping the band from
blending in with the masses
of post-grunge crap. And
when they were singing cov-
ers, they did it with style.
Keeping away from the
Britney Spears-Sugar Ray-
Smash Mouth slop usually
served up by cover bands,
the Kingfish treated us to
Wide Mouth Mason, Beck,
and of course the Hip. The
members of Stereophonics
were gracious enough to hon-
our the humble Genny with
their presence Friday night,
and ended up singing a song
onstage with Kingfish.

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Stereophonics was so
impressed with the band they
were given backstage passes
to Saturday night's OLP show
at the Multiplex. The OLP
openers came back Saturday
night, and the drummer
Stuart Cable played two
songs with Kingfish, one of
them being New Orleans is
Sinking, and the Welsh drum-
mer even knew the words!
Kingfish are undoubtedly one
of the more talented acts to
come to the Generator, and
hopefully they come back
soon. Until then... “Hit me
baby one more time”...ugh.

Just answer this skill
testing question:

What is:the name of the
band MORPHINE:

‘wallet size.

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