March 30th, 1997
Inch
Janis Figure & Article Debris
ALL AGES @ Safari Nite Club
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Well Artical Debris got a little better but that's about all I can say. They're nice kids and who knows maybe in about 10 or 15 years they may be good but at that time they really didn't do a thing for me. It's back to the minors with them.
The second band was Janis Figure from Minneapolis. For those that have been around for a while they may remember a band called Labido Boy, well the Figures frontman is Billy from LB. They have a bit of an odd sound and they used these effects on the vocals that was cool. Billy did this combined style of Jim Morrisen meets Elvis that adds something of a Surreal edge to the band.
And for the last musical number of the night it was Cargo's Headhunter Record's Inch. They were to be honest, Emo-core but they reminded me alot of Killing JOke before they discovered drum machines. There's a drive and directionliness to it that seems so pure compared to the often formalized new school punk and ska. It was a fresh breeze to the heart.
They played most of 'Dot Class"C" ' including "Eugenis", "For Duty and Humaity",and "Moot Point". Afterward we were supposed to meet up with their Roadie and hit the Strip Clubs but he never called the asshole.
