Bob Mackin
Contributing Writer

ROCK and roll isn’t
pretty.

And ocither is the inside
cover of the Murder Ciw
Devils’ third album, f1
Nawte and Bioed.

&

Tnstead of the usual band
photos, each member of the
Seattle septet (including
roadie Gabe) is depicted in a
very graphic murder scene
photo, with a mugshot and
fingerprint in the style of a
coroner’s report. They were
all “offed” in awful fashion
during the album's produc-
tion Dec. 8-10, 1999,

“What's behind the con-
cept? It’s kind of a story you
can follow along, it goes
along with the feeling of the
record, I guess, just something that was at least
interesting to look at,” said singer Spencer Moody
on the phone from St. Louis. (The curly-haired,
bespectacled Moody is listed as a “victim” of
abdominal gouging with a broken bottle.) “A lot
of records that come out just don’t have anything.
Yeah, everyone had an amount of input on how
they wanted to die.” .

By contrast, the front cover is rather tame. It
shows a blurry figure running through an alley
near Seattle’s Pioneer Square with an inset of an
open switchblade in a puddle of blood, a variation
on the band’s symbol.

“T kinda like the way it works with the cover
and then you open it up and see all the other pic-
.. tures in the layout. I like the way it works with

the subtle photograph with the switchblade in the
puddle.”.

-- Moody said he’s surprised by the reaction so
far. “T understand, but honestly, when I saw it all
put together I thought i it looked really cool, but it

was like an afterthouglathat some people would
be shocked by it. 1 didn’t think about it that
much.”

Once newcomers get beyond the unsettling
images, they'll be thrilled by the sounds on the
disc, produced by John Agneilo (Screaming Trees,
Dinosaur Jr.).

The Murder City Devils have been heralded as
the latest saviour of rock and roll for their gritty
marriage of punk and glam, growing collection of
tattoos and devil-may-care hard-drinking ethos.

Moody's guttural, sometimes inaudible, vocals
complete the package with Nate Manny and Dann
Gallucei’s twin guitar assault, the rhythm section
of bassist Derek Fudesco and drummer Coady
Willis and the farfisa organ flourishes of Leslie
Hardy.

Yes, a woman has been drafted as a full-time
member. Moody said it hasn’t affected the band’s
dynamic one way or another.

“It kinda got to the point where the organ

photo Robin Laananen

MURDER City Devils (Gabe, Dann Gallucci, Leslie Hardy, Coady Willis, Spencer Moody, Derek Fudesco
and Nate Manny) play two nights at the Brickyard in Vancouver Aug. 25 and 26.

songs were the ones that everybody agreed that
they all really liked so it seemed like a good idea
to bring in someone who could play them full
time. Leslie fits in perfectly, she’s a dude.”

The Murder City Devils play the Brickyard in
Vancouver Aug. 25 and 26 to celebrate the
Canadian release of In Name and Blood. Local
indie label Scratch Records is distributing Jn
Name and Blood north of the border, complete
with a bonus 13th track three-minute perfor-

mance video not available on the Sub Pop version.

“It's kind of a treat for people to make the
record special, I suppose,” Moody said.
“Everybody likes to have something special.”

The band will be playing a special al! ages
show Aug. 24 in Bellingham’s Showoff Gallery as
part of the Showoff or Shut-up Festival. It’s ;
worth the drive to see a gig in the charming, yet
dilapidated, 90-vear-old heritage building that
once housed a chicken cannery near the
Bellingham docks.

Fran Page V4

925.7292.

The Gallery az Artisan Square,
Bowen Island: From: Womens’
Hands, Extubit by Rowen Island
Fibre Arty Guild. To Sept. 3.
Gallery open Wed-Sun, noon-4
pom. Intormation: 947-2434.
West Vancouver Memorial
Library: The Journey. Acrviie on
canvas p. es by Svankune Loh.
August 22-Sept. 8 peeeption.

lecture, ¢

Intormation: 925-7400.

West Vancouver Museum and
Archives: Reflections of Place. This
eshibition is part of the Visions of
the North Shore Millennium
Project. Pwelve senior North
Shore artists have chosen a site of
historical signiticance tor inspira-
fon tor $2 orginal hand pulled
prin. To Dec. 16. Information:
925-7295. Gallery open Tue-Sun
Phawm.tod p.m. Archives open
‘Tue and Wed only, PE aam.-5 pam.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Museum and
Archives: Living in Caunda,
Milleamnium show of juried art
work includes North Shore artist,
Sue Williams. To Sept. 3.

Gumboot Garden Cafe: Exhibit
of paintings by Brian Romer. To
August 31. Roberts Creek, B.C.
Arts Club Theatre, Granville
Island Stage: The Mistery of Irnia
ep. Gothic mystery spoof. To
Sept. 2 (Mon-Sat) at $ p.m., mati-
nees Wednesdays at 2 and
Saturdays at 4 p.m. Fickcemaster:
280-3311.

Carousel Summer Theatre,
Granville Island: A Midsummer
Niaht’s Dream, Free
Shakespearean theatre for all ages.
August 7-19, (Mon-Sar), rain er
shine, at 8 p.m. Information: 669-
3410.

Century Plaza Hotel & Spa:
Tony n? Tina’s Wedding. Comic
participatory Italian: wedding.
Tickets include an Etalian four-
course meal, Group discounts.
Ongaing, Thu-Sat, 6:15 p.m.
Ticketmaster: 280-4444.

Christ Church Cathedral: Tie
Shakespeare Project. Plays by
Shakespeare, August 25, 26, 31 at
7 p.m. and August 26 at + p.m,
SEO. Hotline: 921-7144.
Firehall Arts Centre: Stoned Sont
Pienic. A journey through the °60s
and *70s with the music of Laura
Nyro. To August 19 (Tue-Sat), at
8 p.m. $20/S16. Tickets: 689-

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