Faith No More's Mlle Bonin will drum up a clatter at the
Town Pump on Tuesday (June 5). Charles C8mpbell photo.
Let's say you wanted to take in the combined influences of 13
great Vancouver alternative bands as they thrash their way
through all the evil music which they have ever admired. We're
talking members or former members of John Doe, Slow, Rabid,
and Go Four J covering the Clash, the Sex Pistols, and the
Ramones. We're hypothesizing Stinging Hornets, Modernettes,
and Scramblers stomping all over versions of the Damned, the
New York Dolls, and Iggy and the Stooges. Let's have a daymare
about Forgotten Rebels, the Picasso Set, Low Riders, and Evil
Twang ripping off Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, the Saints, and the
Dead Boys. Or how about ... No, surely by now you must know
what we are talking about . It is indeed the just-recently fabled
supergroup Spunk which will staple itself to the chicken and
take a scrape across memory lane this Tuesday Uune 5). That's
at the Town Pump , but if you are crosstown that night at the
Commodore's all-ages Faith No More and Circus of Power
show, have no fear. Just go from the end of the one to the
beginning of the other, because the Faith No More stub and SJ
gets you started all over again with Spunk, plus maybe the debut
of the Wongs. What a gimmick; maybe they can work the same ,
deal for folks at the Hank Williams, Jr. concert at the Coliseum. If you just can't wait for decible-driven delights, this Friday and Saturday Uune I and 2) see Boston's Barrence Whitfield and the Savages pumping R&B at the Pump. Those who
do not mind waiting will hang on until Wednesday Uune 6) for
the Coliseum concert Whitesnake postponed from May 15,
said postponement much teeing off those many people who also
have tickets for the appearance of local '60s folk hero Tom
Northcott at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre on the 6th .
But if we could have a ... l SAID, IF WE COULD HAVE A QUIET
MOMENT (thanks) we'd like to point out some other mellower
alternatives that also feel nice. A pair of benefits to upgrade the
Glass Slipper venue have three bands each night on Friday and
Saturday Uune I and 2). Chief Feature , Jade, and the
Taylor/Kane Explosion take the first shift, while Kate HammettVaughan, Lunar Adventures, and Sirius Ensemble follow . The fifth
anniversary of CITR's The Edge on Folk radio show is
celebrated with a Nyetz/Celso Machado double bill at the WISE
Club Saturday Uune 2), and a benefit concert and dance for the
West Coast Fishery that same night will have the Holly Arntzen
Band , Chief Leonard George, and Des Kennedy appearing in
Wild Salmon/Clean Water at the Maritime Labour Centre. It
all makes for a complicated Saturday night if you're unsure
whether to get cosmopolitan with Brazilian guitars at the WISE,
get righteous at Wild Salmon, or just; say gee-whiz and get
hilarious at the Commodore with those unabashedly goofy
Balkan madmen l Mustaphas l , in what could be the best
show of the week . What this world needs is a really funny
Brazilian environmental joke.

GROUND June 6-7 ► LINDA
MAGNQ/FREDDIE MORRIS & MOKU
June 8-9 SCHOONER PUB 3728 Clark
Dr. at Kingsway, 876-1411 . Neighbourhood pub with live music. Darts, crib
•night, dome hockey competition, Monday
Night Football.
SOFT ROCK CAFE 1925 W. 4th, 7368480. Dining and dancing nightly to live
top-40 bands. Open Mike Night Wed,
Cruisin' Night Thurs. ► LORI PAUL May
31-June 3 ► FAITH & DESIRE June 610
TOWN PUMP 66 Water, 683-6695. Casu'8I, rustic atmosphere, nightclub and
ounge. Open Mon-Sun. Top local and
,mported original acts. Full menu restau·ant. ► SECOND NATURE/CRAZY FINGERS May 31 ► CATERWAUL July 1
► BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES June 1-2 ► NO RETREAT/THE
l'IIGHTSTALKERSINELLIE'S ROOM June
•l ► RADICAL SABBAT/CAULIST OF
\fRS. ARSON/RATTLED
"IOOSTERSITHE WAKE June 4 ►
SPUNK/THE WONGS June 5 ►
F.Y.F.!GLEEJune 6 ► VINYL
JAG!R.M.I.NASTECTEMOIDSIEMILY

STOP June 7 ► II. SPY V. SPY/THE
POSIES June 8 ► HOUSE OF LOVE
► THE CORNDOGS June 12
► TEKNAKUTTER RAINCOATS June 13

June 9

► RAYCONOOJune14

► THESHUF­

FLE DEMONS June 15-16
YALE HOTEL 1300 Granville (at Drake),
681-YALE. Live R&B from 9 pm-1 :30 am.
Jack Lavin's jam sessions Sat. 3-8 pm
and Sun. 3 pm-midnight. ► THE PONT/ACS May 31-June 2 ► OLIVER &
THE ELEMENTS June 4 & 11-13 ►
THE ORIGINAL SINNERS June 5 ►
KATHI McDONALD June 6-9

YUK YUK'S Newly-located in the former
Comedy Club on the Expo site, 750 Pacific
Blvd., 687-LAFF. Top-quality stand-up
comics from Vancouver and across North
America. New talent showcase Wed. New
Comic Search open to amateurs; call to
enter. Shows Thurs. at 9 pm and Fri-Sat.
at 9 & 11 :30 pm. ► JIM
MacALEESEIBRENT BUTT May 31-June
2 ► MARK BRESLIN/LARRY

HOROWITZ/TIM CONLON/CAROLYN
DUNN June 7-9

The Cheese Club

By Andrew Struthers

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