POP / SNEAK PEEK : IT'S THE SONGS, SAYS LEADER OF BIG HEAD TODD.Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr is fed up with seeing his band Big Head Todd & the Monsters lumped in with Phish and other H.O.R.D.E.-tour groups. ``We're always more concerned with songs rather than free-form grooves and jams,'' Mohr said. ``I don't mind being considered a roots-oriented band, but we're not a band that jams endlessly.'' Boulder, Colo.-based Big Head Todd has pop and blues-rock origins. The trio's upcoming Jerry Harrison-produced fifth album, ``Beautiful World'' (Revolution/Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .), features cameos from ex-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell Bernie Worrell (born April 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist and composer best known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads. Biography Worrell was born in Long Beach, New Jersey and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. and blues legend John Lee Hooker. ``Having Hooker there was an experience of a lifetime,'' Mohr, 31, said. ``The guy just carries so much history with him.'' Big Head Todd - which also includes bassist Rob Squires and drummer Brian Nevin - formed in 1986 and built a loyal Midwestern fan base with constant touring. The trio sold a million copies of 1993's ``Sister Sweetly,'' and then went on the road as part of the H.O.R.D.E. festival before signing on as opening act for Robert Plant. The band returns to the road next month in support of ``Beautiful World,'' which is due in stores Tuesday. ``Obviously, after touring for 10 years, there's a lot of tedium involved,'' Mohr said. ``You've got to be able to find a healthy way to kill time when you're out there for long stretches.'' As for his hometown, Mohr says the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains, major mountain system of W North America and easternmost belt of the North American cordillera, extending more than 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from central N.Mex. to NW Alaska; Mt. Elbert (14,431 ft/4,399 m) in Colorado is the highest peak. have grown culturally over the past few years. ``Denver's downtown was completely desolate after dark up until about five years ago,'' he said. Who's aboard Hovercraft Hovercraft: see air-cushion vehicle. ? Why do the members of ambient-rock trio Hovercraft use the odd monikers of Campbell 2000 (guitar), Sadie 7 (bass) and Karl 3-30 (drums)? Media shyness must run in the family since Sadie 7 is actually Beth Liebling Beth Liebling, born March 12,1967 In Chicago, Illinois, co-founded with guitarist/keyboardist/samplist Ryan Campbell [1], a.k.a. "Cambell 2000", the experimental instrumental group Hovercraft [2] , wife of Pearl Jam's notoriously reticent Eddie Vedder Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his deep and influential baritone vocal style, and along with his instantly-recognizable and . Vedder played drums with Hovercraft during some dates with Mike Watt This article is about the bassist. For the ice hockey player, see Mike Watt (ice hockey). For Mike Watt the journalist and writer, please see Mike Watt writer Michael David Watt a few years ago. Now, the trio has released its first album, ``akathisia'' (Blast First/Mute). The group sounds nothing remotely like a conventional rock band. Instead, as the trio's press release states, Hovercraft's eerie music is ``inspired by the movements of tectonic plates'' or the shifting of the Earth's crust. Grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. is out, crust-rock is in. Reggae's British connection Reggae fans will be happy to note the release March 11 of two double-CD anthologies devoted to the Island recordings of Steel Pulse and Aswad. Both are British reggae bands that share a rootsy, hard-edged sound. |
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