Over The Edge Page 6 SOUNDSCAPE April 1, 1998

Black Grape
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

(Radioactive/Universal)For a
guy who stole beer and sold
them to street drunks for
money at 13, and who
aspired to make porno films
in Amsterdam during high
school, Shaun Ryder of Black
Grape made it about as close
as he could to fulfilling his
dream. He started a rock

band. Ryders original band,
The Happy Mondays, made it
big in England but just could-
n't keep up the good work so
in 1995, Ryder came back
again with a vengeance,
sporting Black Grape. Their
debut “/t’s Great When You're
Straight...Yeah”
(Radioactive) entered the UK
charts at none other than
number one, winning several
awards. Upon the release of
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Black
Grape found their fans gulp-
ing to get their noisy CD’s into
players around the world.
When they decided to do a
tour in America, they ran into
problems acquiring Visas,
due to the fairly extensive rap
sheets credited to them by

Britain. They beat the system

by meeting with press in
Cuba, and then moved onto

Mexico. America couldn’t
hold out any longer. They
stormed the walls and crazed
their fans at concerts across
the nation including LA,
Washington DC, and San
Francisco. Right now, you
will be able to find them tour-
ing Japan but hold your
breath and they might come
to visit us. The first thing that
you notice when you. are lis-
tening to the tunes of Black
Grape is that their tunes are
full-bodied, filled with sonic
candy for your ears. With
great rocketing vocals and
the likes of Ged Lynch
(Drums), Wags (Guitar), and
Martin Slattery (Keyboards,
Sax), | am sure that you will
find Stupid, Stupid, Stupid to
be a not-so-stupid addition to
your CD collection in the face
of contemporary rock with

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cool grooves. Did | tell you
about the time when their bus
was pulled over because it
smelled of weed and Ryder
woke up the tour manager by
starting a chainsaw in front of
his face? Ryder, and Black
Grape may be a bit crazy, but
then again, great rock has to
have that crazy element!

Ol Skool
Ol Skool

(Universal) This group of

musical smoothies is worthy
of their title. Utilizing the tight °
harmonies and strong vocals
typical of bands from the 60’s
and 70’s, Of Skool biends
them with the ruggedness

and aggressiveness’ of
today’s best R&B groups,
while still maintaining their
silky edge. Members Bobby,
Tony, Curtis and Pookie all
grew up knowing each other
but didn’t really hang out
much together until one fate-
ful night when they all got.
together and decided to put
together a demo. Less them
a month after completing the
demo, they found themselves
making a cramped road trip
to Atlanta to meet with multi-
platinum recording artist, and
owner of Keia entertainment,
Keith Sweat. A few helpful

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