22 — Friday, March 21, 1997 - North Shore News

Sno-Core rocks
Whistler crowd

T recently shelled out
$27 to be pushed,
shoved, and stuffed in a
room with hundreds of
moving, sweaty bodies.
And it was worth every
penny.

The Sno-core concert at
Whistler’s Conference Centre
started off slowly with
Powerman 5000, a five man
band from California. These
Rage Against the Machine
wanna-bes didn’t have the
energy or charisma needed to
gct the show started and the

crowd going. The members - --

of this band were all extreme-
ly taiented, but didn’t per-

to their full potential as:
a group. They tried to get the
crowd hyped, but there was
something missing from their
performance.

The next band up was
™Mxpx, 2 pop-punk band from
Seattle. I had never heard this
band before and was not even
aware that they'd be playing,
but I was surprised at the per-
formance all three members
gave. They were all very tal-
ented, having a high energy
level as well as being able to
communicate well with the
audience.

Their impressive perfor-
mance was well received by
the crowd, and I consider
them to be one of the best .
live bands I have ever seen.
They added a lot to the show,
and if they hadn’t played, I
feel it wouldn’t have been
nearly as successful. 7

The Voodoo Glow Skulls
are known for their hard-core
ska. They play fast-paced

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music backed by various brass

instruments. At the show they

plaved their music very well
and the pace of the music
managed to get much of the
crowd off their butts and into
the pit. However, I didn’t feel
the same connection with this
band as 1 did with mxps.

The Phareyde played the
hip-hop portion of the show.
They involved the crowd
from the first song to the last
by talking ro them and asking
for their participation. Even
the people who weren't into
their music seemed to get
dragged up in the excitemené.
[was impressed by the fact
that, fan or not, they made
you want to listen.

In between each band's
set, a sublime video was
shown. Surprisingly, many
people gathered around the
stage to watch the video.
When the music video por-
tion was shown, most of the
crowd began singing along
and dancing.

Face to Face were the
headliners of the show, so not
surprisingly, everyone was
participating and standing as

_ Close to the stage as passible

for their set. There was 2 lot
of interaction with the crowd,
and the music put .sut by the
band was excellem. The
crowd became very :.amped
for their set and scemed very
appreciative of the pertiar-
mance they were reeu-ving.
Face to Face played an etter:
getic set and were celle? bw
by the crowd for 2 sp:.Pcuias
encore.

Overall, I was very
impressed by the concen.
Face to Face and mxpx were
the definite stars of the show,
and made up for the areas in
which the other bands were
lacking. Although the drive
was long, if the chance to
attend this show came up
again, I'd take it in a second
—— sweat and ail.

Hilary Stirling is a Grade
12 Windsor Secondary student
enrolled in Video Production
12 at Leo Marshall
Curriculum Centre.

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A student takes part in the debate at last Saturday's session of the North Shore Youth Parliament, held at

North Vancouver District Hall. The annual exercise teaches loca! students

and even includes a question period.

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DICK Shields made
Pittsburgh newspapers on his
75th birthday on Jan. 31 for
his remarkable recuperative
powers. ;

Among the medical trau-
mas from which he has
recovered in his lifetime (to
date): in a coma near death
for a week after a burst
appendix; three times a bro-
ken neck fonce while falling
out of bed during recupera-
tion from a previous brokea
neck); a broken back; triple-
bypass heart surgery; a
Brapefruit-sized blockage of
a bleed vessel; a fungus that
ate the skin off his feet; and
duty.during World War II
that’ included hand-marking
of active mines.

Said Shields, apparently
without irony: “I’d have to
say I've been truly blessed.”

Lavelle Davis, 23, was
convicted of murder in
Illinois last month.

Prosecutors showed how
Davis and an accomplice
rehearsed the murder at the
scene just. beforehand,

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