April 7, 1998

SOUNDSCAPE

Over The Edge Page 7

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times taking up the back-
ground slack, Elliot's tunes
are mellow but not boring.
Jammable but not
strained, his voice surfs on
the top of the instrumen-
tals, keeping the listening
e a s y ‘

These are some great
tunes for those long nights
to accompany writing
essays at the last moment.
After hearing a few tracks,
it’s easy to see why Elliot
was nominated for that

academy award!
-Kevin Milos

Godsmack
(Republic/Universal)

Another fast riser on the
aggressive rock scene,
Godsmack’s_ self titled
debut grows in popularity
each day. Originally a
small, low budget self-

release in the bands home
town of Boston, one local
record chain agreed to
carry their CD. Soon
enough Keep Away began
to be played on local radio
stations and record labels
where looking to sign
them, Lead vocalist Sully
Erna recalls being
shocked when the album
began to sell about one
thousand copies a week.
Sully is backed up by
Tony Rombolo (Guitar),
Robbie Merrrill (Bass), and
Tommy Steward (Drums).
Apparently, Godsmack’s
aggression is the result of
Sully writing when he is
feeling down. There is an
obvious jump between
emotional extremes
throughout his composi-
tions. Godsmack is a
release of energy for him,
both negative and positive.
A player on the hard rock
scene, the lyrics. of
Godsmack fulfill a lot of dif-
ferent subjects and voids.
Timebomb addresses day
to day frustrations in life,
Voodoo confronts the film
epic The Serpent and the
Rainbow, and Immune
tells of urban vampires

who suck the identities
from victims by emulation
their fashion sense and
behavior patterns. You
can interpret that cut how-
ever you like!

Like hard rock? Don't
miss Godsmack.
-By Kevin Milos

Possum Dixon
New Sheets
(Interscope/Universal)

“Spitfire verse melody.”
That seems to sum it up
quite well. New Sheets is
the newest CD released
released after Possum
Dixon's extensive
American and European
tour.

The rhythm of vocals car-
ried on by Rob Zabrecky
(Vocals/Bass), and backed
up by Cleso Chavez
(Guitars), and Byron

Reynolds (Drums) flow
together and keep you on
your toes.

New Sheets is one of
those CD’s which you can
listen to and it will get you
either intensely thinking or
drawing a blank through-
out the entire musical
stew.

These are the kind of
melodies which are great
for the drive between
Prince George and
Calgary, or hey, just pop it
in the CD player, crank it
up and you have an instant
party. Everyone likes this
kind of music. Savvy,
rhythmical, even, unbro-
ken music to please your
ears.

-By Kevin Milos

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