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ROOT of the Unchained won the Battle of the Bands
iast Friday night at Eagles Hall.

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however there is so much going on that the munic loses the
groove, less is mare.

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and nor, what the cute guy crammed against the trant of the
stage thinks — JUST PLAY.

Strvehaine were heavy and loud, lots of drive and power.
The band need to work on adding a litte more hook to thetr
songs, the rhythm section has a strony foundation, throw in
some hook and vou are on to somethi

he ast band.on the bare roster and the winners were Root
OF The Unchained. The songs were OR: technique snd musical
abilities were all there. but the songs were dated, unless
plan on be yea ‘70s glam rock cover band someone else better
On the other hand, they had the best stage pres-
ence of the night, lots of energy
and were really into what the:
were doing. Put that much energy
into the song writing and you
could excel. ‘The band came back
on stage to ‘perform a Sublime
cover at the end of the evening
that

Exit This Side closed out the
evening, The bands participating in
the bartic were young, and talented
and deserve a hand. Two hundred dollars was donated from the
show to the Harvest Project.

Battle of the Bands: third place — 6 Block Radius; second place
— Strychnine; first place — Root Of The Unchained.

B Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, GM Place, Sunday,
May 28, a double bill to remember:
Arena rock prevailed at GM Place. Dave Grohl streaking
through the audience, deaking out security and touching his
fans — either he’s a brave man or very foolish. ). The Chili
Peppers burned up the stage (like the retina of my eyes, 30,000
watts of light coming straight at me), performing classic runes
and songs off their latest Californication CD.

— Sprout

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A.R. GURNEY

starring

NORM GRCHMANN
SHERRY BIE
JENNIFER LINES
ALLAN ZINYK
director

BILL MILLERD
lighting design
MARSHA SIBTHORPE
set & costume design
ALISON GREEN