18 —- North Shore News — Friday, April 28. 2000 Seattie super Group get grip on identity Bob Mackin. News Reporter bmackin@nsnews.com THE Monkeywrench is known more for its parts than its sum. If you've never heard the band before, you might recognize its members. The Seatide-based supergroup is playing its first show outside the U.S. Sunday at the Starfish Room. It’s led by singer/guitarist Mark Arm and his Mudhoney bandmate Steve Turner on bass. Gas Huffer guitarist Tom Price, Lubricated Goat drummer Martin Bland and Texas guitarist Tim Kerr round out the lineup. “We'll be destroying the mystique of the band wholeheartedly this month,” said Arm during a recenz interview in Seattle. “Any illusions people had will be shattered.” - Monkeywrench isn’t a new band. It began almost a decade ago when Arm and Turner met Kerr, a veteran of the band Poison 13, in Texas. The trio enlisted Gas Huffer’s Tom Price and drummer Martin Bland, who moved to Seattle from Australia, to record some Poison 13 tracks under the Monkeywrench moniker..Clean As.A Broke Dick Dog, the band’s Grst album was released by Sub Pep in 1991, but no tour fol- . lowed for the bluesy punks. Just a trio of one-off shows. Last spring, the quintet reunited for a six-song set at Bellingham’s Garageshock festival. -- By autumn, Mudhoney’s bassist Matt Lukin had left that band. Arm and Turner kept their creative juices running by '. booking studio time for the Monkeywrench. The psychedelic '., sophomore effort, Electric Children, was released on Bellingham’s Estrus Records earlier this month. > 1. 'Fwo weeks after the Vancouver show, the Monkeywrench will : ‘play.i its biggest show yct at London, England’s Wembley Arena in‘support of Pearl Jam. Arm and Turner have played around the world with Pearl Jam and may do so again as Mur joney. -.Armn said Lukin told hisn he could’ve left earlier but wanted to stay around to prevent the 12-year-old band from breaking “yy up. * “He didn’t want to let the rest of us down, he also said go : id and Bet somebody else and keep it going as Mudhoney and I won't get Pissed Of. ” Lukin, Arm said, simply lost interest ny Cline To May © 6. "Box office: 687-1644. Firehall Arts Centre: Charge F the Moon. ‘To May 6 (Wed- . t) at'8 p.m: $15/$12. Box office: 689-0926, ~ Gateway Theatre: Forever . Plaid. Pop hits of the ’50s. Heldover to May 6. Box office: 280-1812. < .Maison de la francophonie: '~ Trick or Treat, Théatre la | Seiziéme presents five, inter- --""related vignettes in French. May 4-6, at 8 p.m. $22/519. Mae ie eres Pl : \eatre: er on ’. the Roof. To April 29, at 8 p.m., and April 29 matinee at ~ 2 p.m. Ticketmaster: 280- 4444, . st. V: “and Archives: Picturing the > Past. collection‘ of photos ” ‘Peehormaiic Works: Made of Clay.: Pottery exhibition and -Sale featuring works by North -Shore ceramic artists Heather Cairns, Ron Feitch; Ronda Green, Lewis Krzyczkowski, “p.m.and May 6-7, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $2: Information: 669- 5645. | - Presentation House Theatre: Escape from Happiness. Dark comedy. To May 6 (Wed-Sar), _at 8 p.m. $12/$9. Annual Festival of Plays. May 8-13, at 8 p.m. $14/512 or $72/pass. . Reservations: 990-3474. West Van Secondary School: ‘A Lovely Day in the Neighbourhood. Theee one-act plays which explore the idea of - the family in different ways. April 28-29, 7:30 p.m. $5.’ “Tickets at the door. : Arts Club Theatre: A Closer - -7191. Benefit performance for photo Brian Howell STEVE Turner (left), Mark Arm and Martin Bland are 60% of the Monkeywrench. Bandmates Tom Price and Tim Kerr will join them at the Starfish Room for a concert Sunday night. and is now working as a carpenter. “You shouldn’t really keep playing music if you don’t want to. That definitely is rue,” said Turner. “If you don’t want to you probably shouldn’t,” added Arm. “And sometimes even if you do want to, you probably should- n't.” Mudhoney is now a trio with Turner picking up bass duties. Said Arm: “There's this guy that works at the bass store, he’s got this hot five string bass and he says he’s willing to play with Radical!” says Turner. Arm, Turner and Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters spent nwo days in the studio on Easter weekend with producer Jack Endino and Wayne Kramer, who played guitar for the legendary MCS. One of the, three new Mudhoney tunes, “Inside Job,” is available as an MP3 file at musicblitz.com. Kramer played bass on the ses- - sions, which saw the birth ofa song called “The Straight Life” and an untitled instrumental track. Mudhoney fans who want a taste of the past can pick up | March to Fuzz, a double-disc, best-of compilation released on Sub Pop earlier this year. It’s ‘hitting shelves in mid-May through Warner Canada. ‘ “It’s at least the headstone for the Lukin years, if not the whole damn thing,” Turner jokes. “We've been talking about doing a rarities thing forever and then Sub Pop told us they were going to do a best of thing of just their stuff so we quickly com- bined the two things together. It worked great. Mest bands © wouldn’t have been able to do a career retrospective like that so ° y.” a The Monkeywrench plays the Starfish Room on Sunday night. Win VH1 Storytellers’ CD Metro Theatre: There Goes the Bride. English farce. To May 6 ~ (Wed-Sat), at 8 p.m. $15/$12. Box office: 266- Alcchol-Drug Education Service May 2, 8 p.m. $12. Information: 874-3466. New Revue Stage, Granville Island: Who Wants to be an Improviser. Vancouver TheatreSports League. Wed and Thu, at 7:30 p.m. $7.30. TheatreSports. Classic competi- tive improv. Fri/Sat at 8 and - 10 p.m. $14.50/$10.50/310. The Late Show. On-going improvised soap opera. Fridays See Calendar Page 22 The TV series VH1 Storytellers, airing Tuesdays on Much # More Music (channel 37 at 7 p.m.), features performers such as David Bowie, Elvis Costetlo and Shery! Crow - - discussing the secrets to their success. The series soundtrack includes versions of songs not available elswhere. For a chance to win a copy of the soundtrack tell us what song Lenny Kaye played as a - : _, tribute ta Todd Smith at the Commodore last week. Hint: see page 16, an | A” - Send your entries to Storytellers Contest, North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Avenue,” Bo North Vancouver, BC’ V7M 2H4, Attn: John Goodman: You can fax entries to 985-2104 or e-mail to . Deaatine tor. ve the contest is Wednesday, May 3, 5 a m. Winners wil! be telephoned. =... vent Winners of Gabrie#e’s Rite CD. 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