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<center><h3> Fuse is lighting up the local music scene </h3></center> | <center><h3> Fuse is lighting up the local music scene </h3></center> | ||
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<center> | <center> Graham Hicks </center> | ||
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When's the last time you went to see a band that had you jumping up and down in your chairs? | When's the last time you went to see a band that had you jumping up and down in your chairs? | ||
A rock | A rock 'n' roll band so full of life and energy that it was impossible to sit still? | ||
There's a band in Edmonton now that has that kind of hot-damn excitement and energy. | There's a band in Edmonton now that has that kind of hot-damn excitement and energy. | ||
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Here, it is being tested — The Fuse is playing in taverns where nobody has heard of them. | Here, it is being tested — The Fuse is playing in taverns where nobody has heard of them. | ||
The beer hall audiences aren't quite sure what to think. After all, a rock | The beer hall audiences aren't quite sure what to think. After all, a rock 'n' roll band that puts the "roll" back in "rock" hasn't been heard in Alberta for many years. | ||
Yet The Fuse is very different from most rock bands. | Yet The Fuse is very different from most rock bands. | ||
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Guitarists Jeff Hatcher and David Briggs, both 21, are the grandpas of the band. Except for Briggs, the players are from one family. | Guitarists Jeff Hatcher and David Briggs, both 21, are the grandpas of the band. Except for Briggs, the players are from one family. | ||
Paul Hatcher, 19 | Paul Hatcher, 19, is on drums, and Don Hatcher, 18, has just taken on the bass-playing duties. | ||
"Don just turned 18," says Jeff. "It's a | "Don just turned 18," says Jeff. "It's a good thing, otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to play bars." | ||
Jeff adds that the former bass player, Johnny Loiselle, decided "to be a knob" and go to university and get married. | Jeff adds that the former bass player, Johnny Loiselle, decided "to be a knob" and go to university and get married. | ||
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The four-man band goes for old 1960s music, mixed with their own songs and new material from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. | The four-man band goes for old 1960s music, mixed with their own songs and new material from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. | ||
The set I heard last week had some great oldies but goodies — Can't Explain and Substitute from the early Who; You Really Got Me and All Day and All Of The Night by the Kinks: Honky | The set I heard last week had some great oldies but goodies — "Can't Explain" and "Substitute" from the early Who; "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All Of The Night" by the Kinks: "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones, and a couple of Beatles' tunes — "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Money." | ||
In between the old rock | In between the old rock 'n' roll came the Costello and Springsteen tunes. | ||
The entire performance is first-rate. | The entire performance is first-rate. | ||
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"It wasn't that we were consciously trying to be a New Wave band," offers Jeff. "We just wanted to do stuff that we liked. | "It wasn't that we were consciously trying to be a New Wave band," offers Jeff. "We just wanted to do stuff that we liked. | ||
"Hard rock to us sounds pretty awful. Mindless, strutting stuff | "Hard rock to us sounds pretty awful. Mindless, strutting stuff — not exciting at all. When we first started, we all liked early rock{{nb}}'n' roll... we didn't want to be a rock band, we wanted to be a rock 'n' ROLL band." | ||
Springsteen was the only top-40 musician The Fuse admired. | Springsteen was the only top-40 musician The Fuse admired. | ||
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"We heard him say in an interview that the only act he'd pay to see was Graham Parker. | "We heard him say in an interview that the only act he'd pay to see was Graham Parker. | ||
So we bought ''Heat Treatment''. Parker and Costello have always been lumped together, so that took us to Costello. He sounded really good the first time we heard him." | "So we bought ''Heat Treatment''. Parker and Costello have always been lumped together, so that took us to Costello. He sounded really good the first time we heard him." | ||
"Most bands forget that music has nothing to do with recording," offers David Briggs, who's been sitting listening to the conversation between sets at the Convention Inn West | "Most bands forget that music has nothing to do with recording," offers David Briggs, who's been sitting listening to the conversation between sets at the Convention Inn West, where the band played last week. | ||
"Or all they do is calculate how much money they can make." | "Or all they do is calculate how much money they can make." | ||
The Fuse aren't obsessed, but already they've attracted attention from record companies. In January, the | The Fuse aren't obsessed, but already they've attracted attention from record companies. In January, the band put together a four song Extended-Play (EP) disc for their Winnipeg fans. | ||
But being in Edmonton has brought them down to earth. "Diseases travel faster than styles in Canada," comments Jeff wryly. "We had tons of reaction in Winnipeg | But being in Edmonton has brought them down to earth. "Diseases travel faster than styles in Canada," comments Jeff wryly. "We had tons of reaction in Winnipeg — it spoils you. Coming here is like starting from scratch all over again." | ||
The Fuse plan on being a unit for some time. "It feels good | The Fuse plan on being a unit for some time. "It feels good," says Jeff. "Heck, I couldn't play in another band. I mean, this is all my family!" | ||
Some of Edmonton's beer-drinking crowd doesn't like the Fuse's brand of rock | Some of Edmonton's beer-drinking crowd doesn't like the Fuse's brand of rock 'n' roll. | ||
"People who don't like us say so. They tell us to 'take a break | "People who don't like us say so. They tell us to 'take a break,' and other really clever lines," says Jeff. | ||
But word has been getting around about Fuse | But word has been getting around about Fuse, and every night they play, more people come who want to hear rock 'n' roll at its best. | ||
The Fuse are playing at the Beverly Crest tavern until March 3, before playing some high school dances on the weekend of March 16 and 17. | The Fuse are playing at the Beverly Crest tavern until March 3, before playing some high school dances on the weekend of March 16 and 17. | ||
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