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Chris Barry's
SHORE WORLD SEPTEMBER 2001!!!
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And with news from last year's Asbury Music Awards' Best Male Solo Artist:         Singer/Songwriter/Soundtrack composer Michael Ferentino's been busy recording and rehearsing with British popstar/troubadour Miles Hunt's new band, and tells us "Things are going great with the Miles Hunt Club; The album is nearly completed, the label loves what we're doing and the Wonderstuff {Hunt's original Supergroup which had several Top 10 UK singles] are playing some mad reunion gigs in Europe. And my.[Amazing Meet] partner Andres [Karu} and I are also recording some new music for the masses" Ferentino stated he's also doing some solo shows in September to support his new soundtrack which was picked up by IFC for the next 3 years.

There's Gonna be A HANGIN' tonight, 'cuz THE VIGILANTE COWBOYS are in town…

One of my favorite live bands of late, and my own personal /pop/punk contenders to the Twang Genre, the Maplewood-based Vigilante Cowboys combine a modern rock feel with an organic guitar-fueled grittiness meshed with pop and cowpunk that evokes the occasional profound moments in seasoned vocal harmonies and a rough ensemble sweetness; Vigilante cowboys ARE..Mark Donohue,guitars/co lead vocals, Denis Marcinski, drums/keyboards, Bill Merkl, bass, Pete Quilla, guitars and Julie Jirout, co-lead vocals/keyboards,  and their musical influences run a gamut from Paul Westerberg, Big Star, Alex Chilton and X to Johnny Cash, Johnny Thunders, Sex Pistols, The Stones and The Ramones..

TrashCat Buddha is the band's 2nd release, and it starts with the bassfuzz mainriff of 'Crampin', as twangy guitars tell the tale in Lux/Ivy inflections alongside Mark's mutterfunkin' vocals that seem to fit this band right at home in a "Cramps-Vamp" style, then change course w/the Axl-tinged 'Get me out of Here's' crunching central hook with a hardpop theme that belies any doubts about this band's darker side.

On to the bluesy, balladic lookback-on-love dirge '217 Mayhew', as Quilla's slashing guitars hone the message home while you ask the question, Is this the VC's personal 'Heartbreak Hotel' as band theme? But before you can ponder that, it's a lighthearted romp about the original stargazer 'Copernicus', with mystical lyrics like "Seduced by Chocolate Mystery ' that baffle and intrigue you at the same time. (continued on page 11)

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