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■Sophomore Kurt Olsen on student bands: "First of all,
we're not the Soapstones anymore, we're now called Narrow Mar­ <D
gin. The Soapstones broke up because two members wanted it to be
more of a mellow group, but we wanted it to be more of a hardcore ■
group... It's fun to play; you get to express your feelings. If you ever
look at our lyrics, it's all positive. It's all about ending racism, drug 3
use, people getting wasted every weekend. A lot of hardcore bands
get a rep for being wild, just bad people. We're just trying to get a <Q
good message out there, telling how we feel . . . We write our own
music. We get all the parts done in like a day, but as far as bringing
it all together, maybe a week. .. We practice maybe 2-3 times a week
... We're going to try to play at Diamond Hall, Bell Hall, then for sure
in August we're going to play in Amnesty International; it's a promo­ Q
tional deal. So there are bands that get paid and bands that just play </>
to get recognition. I guess we got put in the catogory of the bands that
get paid. We're really excited about that because it's $5 per person,
then we get a percentage of that. I think they had 3,000 people attend (D
last year. Were going to make up t-shirts. We're going to take the a
money from that, and there's this guy that's going to make a demo
tape for us. Then we're going to send the tape to Washington, D.C.
'cause there are lots of record companies out there. Then, when were <D
all out of school, we'll move out there. We plan on staying together
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for a long time." <Q It s all about ending racism, drug
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enior Kevin Cruise, whose lysian Fields member use,
Sband placed 2nd in E Junior Ian Townsend
Ralston's first SGO sponsored drums away at the Battle of the
Battle of the Bands, plays Bands. Elysian Fields placed
during a little after-school jam 3rd and received $30.
session in the commons with
his band The Soapstones.