October 12, 1998

ARTS

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Vanilla Ice
Hard to Swallow
Republic / Universal

baaack.....and is he
ever incredibly differen’t
than the Vanilla Ice
which we all remember
from “Ice Ice Baby.”
Having _ totally
denounced his previous
image, Ice (aka. Rob
Van Winkle) claims that
he didn’t really like and
wasn’t really responsi-
ble for the image which
he previously brought to
all of us. He places the
baggy pants, _ hair
slicked back image on
the record companies
who he claims moulded
him into it, going as far
as rewriting his bio
overnight without his
concent. The image
worked as he previously
capped the charts at

number one with “Ice
Ice Baby” at thirteen
million copies.

Finally on the
tragic night of his over-
dose, he almost lost his
life and woke up to the
fact that something was
graviey wrong in his life.
Telling himself that he
had more self discipline
than he was displaying,
he thanked God for a
second chance, tat-
tooed a leaf on his chest
and turned over a new
leaf. In short, he tumed
his life and his image
around virtually
overnight.

So Rob got
married, has a baby girl,
Dusti Rain, and cherish-
es his time with his fam-
ily.

Hard to
Swallow tells the story
which Rob needed to
get out. He sings about
his drug experiences in
“Zig Zag Stories”, busts
up his previous image in
“Too Cold”, a beautifully
nasty reprise of “Ice Ice
Baby.” “Fuck Me” lets
the world know that he
is aware of how he has
been previously per-
cieved and that he

takes the blame for it.

Taking an
approach using Skate
Rock, which he claims
is not Heavy Metal, not
Hip Hop and not Rock n’
Roll, he creates a
unique sound which is
to be found by combin-
ing the sounds of Kom,
Limp Bizkit, and Rage
Against the Machine.”
The end product actual-
ly sounds more like
what Rage Against the
Machine is doing, with
Ice’s cool, crisp rap’s
breaking through the
heavy background.

So _ with his
regretful life left behind,
Vanilla Ice is ready to
get going again, and
has changed unbeliev-
ably well. His message
to us is to “Sit back and
enjoy the music. Fuck
Vanilla Ice. Just enjoy
the music”.

This is the stan-
dardized rage which the
eels denounced at
Lollapalooza but hey, it
takes all kinds...

Sepultura
Against
Roadrunner / Attic

SP le sel R”

Still all rage and
fury, Sepultura isn't
going to dissapoint their
fans with their new CD,
Against.

Produced by
the same Ross
Robinson who has done
behind the boards work
with Korn; Sepultura
has accomplished a
serious sound, this time
with aparent subtle con-
tributions of styles from
the Orient.

Sepultra has
always strived to push
themselves to new lim-
its in the loud, industrial
rock scene and to give
each of their records a
different sound from the
last. On Sepultrua’s
previous CD, Roots,
they used a South

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American sound, trying
to portray different parts
of South America, espe-
cially the art which can
be found there. Now
they are on a global trip,

- moving from place to
» place around the world,

jamming with any tradi-
tional style of music
they can find.

Although
Sepultura finds political
acitvism to be impor-
tant, they restrain them-
selves from becoming
full-time activists since
they claim that it “con-
fuses people, and your
intentions become
blurred.” Certainly the
band has had a clear
vision of what they hope
to produce each time
they record a new CD,
something which is
especially important in a
world of stereotypes.

This promitory
style tends to take the
edge off of Sepultura’s
harsh sound but don’t
think that in changes
their style. Against is as
harsh as Sepultura has
ever been. Industrial at
it’s best.

Just what are
they against? Just

about everything:

“The more | see, the
more | hate...

The more | try the less |
get...

Don't do that / | knew it,
What the fuck / You
blew it.

Against!”

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