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34 The Mercury Ofctober 14 1999 Newsdesk 0 1543 256501 General Enquiries Advertising 01543 414414 Classifieds 01 543 254433 Mercury Music Four of the best for Cannock Chainsaw girl set to slay new audience HEATHER SLATER talks to Katie Jane Garside and when they finally got it the beer and lager went down nicely Hopefully the success of the gig will pave the way for similar regular projects The live music scene is very much alive and kicking The hands just need the venues to show off their talents The audience was treated to a lively mix of the own numbers plus ambitious covers ranging from Kicky Martin to U2 the Beatles and Kohhie Williams Cable TV recorded the event for transmission In all a coup of an evening for the organisers CANNOCK'S equivalent of Red Rose Theatre ruck nihls Four of the Best went with a hang writes Janet lee The Prince of Hales Centre was packed with good-humoured rock pop grunge and Indie fans who turned out to supimrt It teal hands Bigger Than I Proak Bloke and OK Anyone any age any style of dress seemed to fit in OK And it made for an easy going party atmosphere The audience also appreciated not being tied to a seat the Hat floor enabling those who wanted to do their own thing to be up front alntut it Queues besieged the bar Music is like Marmite Mercury Charts Top Ten Albums 1 Tom Jones Re-Load 2 Shania TwainCome On Over 3 David Bowie Hours 4 Travis The Man Who 5 Melanie Northern Star 6 Paul McCartney Run Devil Run 7 Gomez Liquid Skin 8 Pet Shop Boys Nightlife 9 Various Land Of My Fathers 1 0 Muse Showbiz Top Ten Indie Singles 1 Buffalo TomLiam Gallagher Goin Underground 2 Charlatans Forever 3 Longpigs Blue Skies 4 Kid Rock Cowboy 5 Fungus Rebel 6 Moby Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad 7 Chemical Brothers Out Of Control 8 James Just Like Fred Astaire 9 Ben And Jason Air Guitar 10 Cay Nature Creates Freaks Charts compiled by Ttidor Tunes Dreaming of more comical chaos COMICAL guitar-pop band The Dream Thieves are back after a small break and ready to cause chaos once more Band member Doug said: a fun band with funny lyrics and heading for the The band went down a treat at a recent punks' picnic gig in Birmingham and are now trying to reach a bigger audience They play at The Surgery in Stafford tonight (Thursday) The White Hart in Cannock next Thursday October 21 Paradise lounge on October 29 and the Outta Limit in Wolverhampton on October 30 They also have gigs lined up in Birmingham Telford and Torquay next month The Dream CD Supermarket Suspect will be available at their gigs Anyone wanting more information can call Doug on 01543 574407 BARING her soul at the Red Rose Theatre in Rugeley tomorrow (Friday) is wild-haired original Katie Jane Garside from Daisy Chainsaw Katie is back with her new band Queen Adreena and ready to rock Back in the early Daisy Chainsaw were huge on the alternative-rock scene even scoring a Top Ten hit with Love Your Money Courtney Love hailed Katie as one of the three pioneers of the movement the remaining two being Courtney herself and Kat Bjelland from Babes In Toy-land Daisy Chainsaw disbanded when Katie walked out in 1993 frustrated she hadn't written the songs and desperate to lind the meaning of life "My confidence was not very high It was easy to opt out and let someone write for me but it was very damaging for me I had to leave to go and figure it all out "I went travelling round England climbing up mountains tinding my voice It's come out of hiding at last Part of her break from the music scene enabled Katie to regain her confidence as she explains not frightened now Fear is one of the greatest debilitators of life and I still get scared but in a much more healthy way like I can turn it into excitement "I always wonder what the answer is to the big question what is the meaning of existence? the sun rises every morning and I still get up 31 now but grown younger as a person I've shed a lot of baggage" Katie began feverishly writing her own material while living in a purple house in the Lake District She recorded some new songs in Wales before moving back to London where through a twist of fate she was reunited with former Daisy Chainsaw guitarist Crispin Gray They started writing songs together for the first time before recruiting drummer Billy Freedom and bassist Orson Wajih to complete the Queen Adreena line-up "Billy is an extraordinary man" said Katie had a dream about him a few days before I met him he has an Katie Jane Garside NEW Mor single lively Daughter has already caused a stir on Radio One alter l)J Jo Whiley declared it 'Single of the To give it credit there is a broad range of influences and ideas in the song but Jo Whiley 's praise is perhaps a little over-generous Although more accessible than its predecessor Many Weathers Apart those weird vocals don't half grate on you after a while Met? is Marmite you love it or hate it Late pop outfit Deacon Blue have just released a love songs compilation entitled Walking Hiii Home The production is slick and Ricky vocals are silky smooth However Deacon Blue tend to fall into the trap of churning out sale sugary pop records that at times are very bland as this compilation illustrates There are some highlights for example the brilliant Chocolate incredibly strong presence "I met Orson through a friend amazing as well our sound now is what Daisy Chainsaw would have eventually developed into all the elements are still there But I feel like been a long way round the block Life changes And what of her songwriting influences? endeavoured all my life not to be influenced by anything I have a TV or radio and I listen to music I can be a psychic sponge always picking up things around me like quiet I like to listen to the sound of the wind or the sea I find it very New single X-ing Off The Days Heavenly Surrender is out on October 25 Meanwhile miss Queen Adreena tomorrow with support acts Goldfish Sonic State and Pretty Kitty Deacon Blue Girl which has a big and bold chorus and the dreamy cover of I'll Never Fall In Love Again But with 17 tracks Walking Hack Home is a listening marathon unless you love everything Deacon Blue have ever done Those who prefer music with a bit of will probably start yawning long before it draws to a close Heather Slater BIRTHDAY JOY FOR ALL OUR Junior Mercury Club Amazing! TICK tick tick goes overactive brain He has got his thinking cap on because he wants to test your general knowledge with some amazing facts Get your grev matter round this lot folks! Did YOU know SQUEAKER'S eyes are twinkling with sheer delight and because he has a real treat in store Nine of his brilliant chums will he scoffing cakes playing musical chairs and opening lots of presents this week Why? Because having birthdays of course! And Squeaker likes nothing better than celebrating his best birthdays Whew! light those candles get those silly hats on and get ready to PARTY! Sunday October 17 -Amy-Beth Ashley 860 Lichfield Monday October 18 -Laura Graham 462 Hed-nesfnrd: Megan Lydell 171 Heath Hayes: Katie McEl-roy 1464 and Christopher Milner 1518 hoth from Lichfield: Ben Pomlett 26 Whittington: Aisha Smith 57 from Handsacre Tuesday October 19 -Amii-Leigh Hudson 1569 Colton Lvndsev Parsons 792 Lichfield Hurrah! Have a simply WONDEREl I time! VaueaAes' seroice imm a 'Vnte SQUEAKER went out for a meal last week in a swanky restaurant for famous mice But he couldn't help feeling worried when he noticed one of the smartly-dressed waiters had long whiskers and kept saying To horror the waiter turned out to be a cat in disguise! The naughty moggy thought it would be a real hoot to put flies in Squeaker's soup and slugs in his cheese salad Squeaker decided to tell some hilarious jokes to cheer himself up after his ordeal! a Waiter waiter this soup tastes funny Then whv aren you laughing a Waiter waiter in a hurry -will my pancake be long? No sir it will be round a Waiter waiter this fly doing in my soup? I think it's the backstroke madam a Waiter waiter a small slug in my salad Sorry sir I'll get you a bigger one a Waiter waiter do you have frog's legs? No madam I've always walked like this a Waiter waiter your sleeve is in my soup Oh there no arm in it a Waiter waiter this egg it had Don i blame me madam I only luul the table no cheese what a calamity! Congratulations Emma! Squeaker says you have won his star of the week and £3 gift voucher for your brilliant artwork! keep his teeth and bones in top-notch condition He LOVES pouring milk on his moo-sli in the mom-ing! And if it for milk Squeaker would have clever friend Emma Morris from Lichfield has drawn this smashing picture of a smiling cow It is fantastic! Squeaker loves cows because they give him lots of lovely milk to Star of the week There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being There is no soda in soda water The is 98 to 995 per cent steel Both sides of your face are never alike The ears are not level one eye is stronger than the other and the right ear is usually higher than the left (Ixxrk in the mirror and he amazed' It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown A stripes are as individual as human fingerprints No two ebras are striped alike It is impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time The platypus cals its own weight in worms every day (And we thought Squeaker was greedy I More Ilian 70 pci cent of the earth is covered by sea resolution-writing weeks until the new millennium Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome THREE new friends have joined the gang and Squeaker is thrilled lo bits' He wait In show off his new pals who live in Lichfield lart's roll out the red carpel lor the lahulous Jodie Shcdsby aged ten the brilliant Dale Buckley aged five and his groovy brother laike aged three Welcome Jodie Dale and Luke' Squeaker is absolutely delighted lo he your pal All we ask of you in return is to send in all i your cool pictures to Squeaker he adores get- ting post trom his buddies Who knows your artwork could even end up taking pride of -Jjlace in Squeaker's star picture gallery' Wow'.