Some bands have all the luck. Bands from overseas come here, get a break from MTV and radio, and become big stars. Catherine Wheel has never gotten that break, even though some argue it is the most deserving of one.
Yarmouth, England's Catherine Wheel has been toiling in music's underground scene for the last seven years, making outstanding music which is both intricate and highly accessible. The group has achieved minor success in the past, with college radio hits like "Black Metallic," "Crank" and "Waydown," but it has never gotten the break of say, Oasis or The Verve.
Catherine Wheel rolls into Detroit
The bathroom wall in the Halfway Inn reads, "The Stylontol show stucked! I thought this place was suptoosed to support punk and ska not supid stuff like Stylanol."
First of all, the name is spelled S-t-y-l-e-n-o-l, and whoever wrote that colorful message was right; it's not punk, it's not ska and if you're not interested in having a good time, avoid this band.Stylenol relieves pain with tasty grooves
Part English-lit academic, part father and husband, part Grateful Dead fan and member of the late-1960s counterculture, and part grown-up son of a southern family, Tillinghast, a University English professor, proves in his latest book that, in addition to the above components, he is in fact quite a talented poet.
Tillinghast serves up new beat of poetry with 'Cafe'
Adam Schlesinger has been a rather busy man over the past 1 1/2 years. The talented Ivy bassist is not only the Ivy bassist, but he is also the talented guitarist and songwriter for pop up-and-comers, Fountains of Wayne. Schlesinger is also the talented musician who wrote the Oscar-nominated title track for the Tom Hanks film "That Thing You Do!" And Schlesinger is also the talented co-founder of Mercury's Scratchie Records, along with Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky.Hypnotic, dreamy pop grows on Ivy's listeners
It's December, which means that term papers are due and finals are just around the corner. So, with all these serious deadlines before heading home for Christmas, why is my mind preoccupied with how to beat a giant walrus in a race down an icy slope, while avoiding obstacles like trees, rocks and menacing snowballs?
'Diddy Kong Racing' drives users' addiction
12-09-97
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