THE HYPE NO MORE GREASY KID STUFF FOR OV7.OV7 doesn't want to be pegged as a pop group that's here today, gone tomorrow. The fact is that the seven guys and girls behind Mexico's hugely successful singing and dancing ensemble have been together for the past 12 years, selling out shows with their brand of kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child dance-pop. Now that they're on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of adulthood, it's only natural for the group to want to grow musically and reach a wider audience. So the group will be performing as part of the Reventon Super Estrella concert lineup with Alejandra Guzman, Chayanne and El Chombo El Chombo, real name Rodney Clark, is an American-born Panamanian Reggaeton producer and artist. His major local hits under his own name include "Kung Fu" and "El Gato Volador". . The concert, hosted by radio station KACD-FM (103.1), comes to the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim on Saturday. While it's an important step in the group's ever-growing career - they were on hand for the Latin Grammy nominations - the biggest leap forward is expected to come on the group's next Sony Discos release. The album is still in the works but will be the follow-up to last year's multimillion-selling debut album ``CDOO.'' In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. alone, that album sold 200,000 copies with little or no promotional backing. ``CDOO'' was a youthful concoction of pop, r&b and hip-hop. The new album promises that and more, borrowing from the world rhythms of Africa, Europe and the Caribbean. ``We want the new album to be the kind of music that people all over the world want to hear,'' says Kalimba Kadjaly Marichal Ibar, one of the group's members. ``We want to go everywhere so that means we have to sound like everywhere.'' The guys and girls of OV7 first met in the Mexican theatrical production Noun 1. theatrical production - the production of a drama on the stage staging production - a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?" of ``Grease'' back when they were mere kindergartners. Their previous incarnation was La Onda La Onda ("The Wave") refers to the Mexican counterculture of the 1960s. After the 1968 Mexican student movements ended in the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City, a native hippie movement known as the "jipitecas" grew in its wake. Vaselina, loosely translated as the Grease Groove. La Onda Vaselina was known for its remakes of hits from the 1950s and '60s. But Ibar says as he and his bandmates got older, they grew tired of performing kiddie pop songs. ``We can't keep singing kids songs because we're not kids anymore,'' says Ibar, 19. ``We're teen-agers now so we have to start singing like teen-agers.'' In order to do so, however, the group was forced to break ties with its management and change its name. The group redubbed itself OV7, and soon began working on its debut album with new management. After the album's release, it was only a matter of time before people started to recognize the group on the streets of such U.S. cities as Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Houston, Miami and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ``We were like, wow, now we're recognized in the U.S. and all of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ,'' says Ibar. ``It's a great feeling. But if we want to feel that feeling again, we're going to have to keep changing. And that's why we think this next album is going to be so important to us.'' - Sandra Barrera OV7 Where: Arrowhead Pond, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. When: 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $35 to $85. Information: (213) 480-3232 or www.ticketmaster.com. DINO-MITE RAPTORS, MEET THE RAPTORS!: It might seem that ``Jurassic Park III'' would bring out a person's natural fear of man-eating creatures. But just in case the new movie makes you yearn to get up close and personal with one, the Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk is a part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan originating from Universal's first park, Universal Studios Hollywood. Cinema is putting on display one of those nasty velociraptors featured in the original 1993 film (remember the kitchen scene?). Created by Academy Award-winning special-effects artist Stan Winston, the one-of-a-kind dino display is part of the megahype for the film opening Wednesday citwide, including at Universal City's six-story IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard screen. The promo campaign even includes some Flintstone-esque dinner specials at CityWalk restaurants: Raptor Ribs, Jurassic Chicken and Bryanasaurus Burgers. - Valerie Kuklenski ON VIDEO TAPED-UP LAKERS: They dribble. They sweat. They score! ``The Official 2001 NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Championship Home Video,'' a 60-minute highlight reel of the Lakers' five-game romp over the Philadelphia 76ers, hits video shelves today with a suggested retail price of $19.95. USA Home Entertainment says the tape includes interviews with Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson, as well as footage from inside the huddles and locker rooms and curbside at the Lakers' downtown victory parade. It should make a nice companion piece to last year's championship video, also starring the Los Angeles Lakers. No doubt avid Lakers fans will save space in their tape cabinets for a third video after next season in the event of a ``threepeat.'' - Valerie Kuklenski CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (music group OV7) (2) no caption (Video cover: ``The Official 2001 NBA Championship Home Video'') |
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