The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • Page 179

LOS ANGELES TIMES TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1994 F5 'Drop' for Club's Money Bucket Pop music: A group of alternative bands has compiled a benefit album to raise funds for Jabberjaw, a floundering Los Angeles nightspot. ture on the Skids and L.A.'s That Dog. Aside from the music, Jabberjaw's intimacy and comfortably shabby interior are major assets. The old storefront, which has only a 200-person capacity, has worn couches and chairs on the patio, and inside there are plenty of knickknacks and furniture circa 1970 to gawk at There are no bouncers to push the audience around, no age limit, and the cover hardly ever exceeds $5. But some of the allure of the club could also be its downfall.

Its limited capacity means limited income, and it has no parking facilities in a dilapidated, high-crime area. "The ideal situation is to move the club, but it depends on what the album sells," says co-owner Gary Dent, who opened the club with his partner Michelle Can nearly five years ago. "If it doesn't do so well, we'll just try and fix Jabberjaw up," Dent says. "But if it does make money, we're gonna move to a nicer neighborhood, a bigger location with more parking. But we'll try to keep it exactly the way it is all ages, no alcohol, low door covers just on a bigger scale." Odd Couples: Ministry's Al Jourgensen and rockabilly renegade Horton Heat teaming up? Frank Black and Guns Roses' Gilby Clarke jamming? Hunk o' Man Tom Jones and fringe artists Wolfgang Press collaborating? Sounds like a demented dream, but it's actually demented reality.

Ministry's almighty Jourgensen and Texas' rampagF" ing rockabilly band, Rev. Horton Heat, collide on the Rev's new album, "Liquor in the Front." Produced by Jourgensen (who also plays pedal steel guitar on a number! it's as out of control as a drunken joy ride in a stolen semi and double the thrill. 1 Tom Jones will feature two songs written by England's arty Wolfgang Press on his upcoming album out later this year. One of the tunes "Show Me Some Devotion" has the dark 4AD band actually backing the steamy Welshman. Least likely pair: the critically acclaimed FrartH Black, former head Pixie, and GNR's Gilby Clarke; The two can be found jamming on bluesy, Stones-style riffs on Clarke's new solo album, "Pawnshop Parallels between the two artists? Uh, they both play But these would be nothing compared to a hoped-foc meeting of Australian punk god Nick Cave and country titan Johnny Cash.

'j On the surface, the two may seem as compatible as caviar and Cheez Whiz, but the enigmatic singers actually have a lot in common both are seminal figures in their fields, and both draw on the darker side oflife. When asked about the potential collaboration backstage at "Lollapalooza" earlier this month, Cave saict "Well, it'd be great I'm looking forward to it. Now aU we have to do is get Cash to agree." It's independent clubs like Jabberjaw that support bands in their early stages and allow kids to choose what they do and do not like, free from the bullying of record labels and MTV. Without the aid of promoters, they present music in the raw, with low admission and often no age limit. These are the places that gave such bands as Nirvana their start, incubators in which offbeat and experimental bands develop their sounds.

They also give bigger bands an intimate place for unannounced shows. When clubs like this go under, it's as if part of the city's music scene has been ripped away. Though it would make sense for "Last Drop" (set for release by Mammoth Records on Aug. 23) to feature live recordings taped at Jabberjaw, most are studio tracks donated by the bands. Anyone who's ever heard the scratchy buzz of the club's sound system will agree that was a wise decision.

The album is unusually consistent, without the filler that makes most such compilations fluffy. Among others in the lineup are Scotland's Teenage Fanclub, New York's Helmet, North Carolina's Southern Cul By LORRAINE ALI SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 1 LCp ANGELES "Good to the Last Drop" is yet aftother benefit compilation album to arise out of alternative rock's social conscience. But while most recent efforts have focused on such major national issues as abortion rights, freedom of speech and animal rights, "Last Drop" is designed to raise funds for a floundering L.A. rock club. A group of respected alternative bands has joined forces to help Jabberjaw a tiny, homespun L.A.

club that features both unknown indie bands and established acts stay afloat. The 18 contributors, all of wljom have played the tiny room near Crenshaw and Picjo, range from Top 40 fluke Beck to Courtney Love's grijmp, Hole, to obscure locals Slug. It's a great compilation, regardless of what it benefits," says Bill Barbot, guitarist for Washington, D.y. -based Jawbox. "But for humanitarian reasons, Jabberjaw is a unique and great place to play compared to most clubs we've played across the country." 1 Ran exciting and intriguing film for all ages, where love I ATSjn A rTWHT TCP ATI" Ehym Blythe, FILM ADVISORY BOARD "TWO i THUMBS UP!" iillll I hJL IV Mil 11 IV Hill II1L.I WTTT.

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