Section B · Page 10 The University Daily Kansan Friday, April 3, 1998 Check out UDKi on-line at www.kansan.com. Brought to you by KU Bookstores UDKi THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN interactive Lawrence band reunites for final show By Chris Horton horton@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Dan Pound-Vocals Guitar Like a phoenix rising from ashes, the local band Vitreous Humor is reuniting for what will likely be its final Lawrence performance. The band will play tonight with Cursive and Suffer Huey at the Replay Lounge. 946 Massachusetts St. *The band will play tonight with Cursive and Suffer Huge The band, which dissolved in 1996, had an almost 10-year history that dated back to when three of its four members began playing together in junior high. Dan Pound, vocalist and guitarist, said the original incarnation of Vitreous Humor, which also included Dan Benson, drums, and Brad Allen, guitar, was nothing more than a cover band. "Brad, Dan and I were in junior high in Topeka," Pound said. "We'd pick songs from a Beatles song book — that was Vitreous Humor for a while." When the band started playing its own music it still hadn't attained the sound Pound desired. "We were playing some wimpy rock, we had things like an acoustic guitar and a vio- Vitreous Humor drummer "Once Brooks joined us, all of our songs became twice as fast," Dan Benson It was about 1994 when the band started to develop its heavier sound while playing numerous shows in Manhattan, he said. At that time, Benson was taking classes at the University, where he met Brooks Rice, Kansas City, Mo. senior, who joined the band as its bass player, a position that had seen several temporary fill-ins. Pound said. "Once Brooks joined us, all of our songs became twice as fast," he The version of Vitre- tous Humor that included Rice released three singles, the first on Mute Record. album while together was the 7-song EP Vitrous Humor self-titled e p and the next two on California's Crank! Records. The closest the band came to releasing a full Crankl owner Jeff M Vitreous Humor was the cornerstone upon which he built his label "I think Vitreous is very respected in the music community," Matlow said. "They're really, really talented, and they play for themselves." The EP, along with a show at the South-by Southwest Music Showcase in Austin Texas, prompted music labels including Elektra and Madonna's Maverick Records to court the band, Pound said. But Vitreous Humor never signed to a major label. "We were too cool." Pound said. "We were 20 years old, and we were so cruel to those people," he said, "But it was cool for free dinners." Around the time labels were trying to sign the band, internal tensions began to overcome the desire to play together. Vitreous Humor had gone on several three and four-week tours, but the struggle between wanting to tour and attending the University eventually became too much. Rice said. "Brad and I still wanted to go to school, we couldn't tour all the time," Rice said, "Nobody ever quit the band, we just kind of stopped playing." "It's mainly singles and live stuff we had collected." Rice said. That was in March 1996. This March, the band released its first full-length album, a posthumous release appropriately titled posthumous. "Dan Benson set up the show." Rice said, "I think it's just an excuse to play." With the release of posthumous it seemed natural for the band to get together and play again, he said. Pound said there were no hard feelings between the band members. "I think we sound tighter now than tighter now, we ever did before," he said, "It's fun to play with no pressure." Don Benson-Drums Home-grown group returns to town after two-year break By Tamara Miller tmiller@kanson.com Kanson staff writer Whatever you call it, Paw vocalist Mark Hennessy is happy to be home. Call it a reunion. Call it a homecoming. After a two year hiatus, Lawrence-bred band Paw will perform tomorrow at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., with local bands Ultimate Fakebook and Cher U.K. Tickets are $10.59 and can be purchased at the Liberty Hall box office and all Ticketmaster locations. Hennessy said he and the band took a two-year break when Hennessy went to New York. When he returned to Lawrence, he contacted the remaining band members about rehearsing together. The band started playing together again in November and are working on a new album tentatively titled, Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself. Hennessy said that despite the break, Paw had become a better band. Paw's first major-label album, Dragline, gained national attention in 1994 and made the Billboard Top 100 list. Jeff Fortier, promoter for Avalanche Productions, said Paw's success attracted national attention to the Lawrence music scene. "It's odd how success is determined," he said. "It takes touring, time, patience and paying your Hennessy said the success had not changed the band. "What drove me to make music is a love of music, he said. "We never saw it as a way to become rich." Hennessy said the band would mainly be playing songs from its Dragline and Death to Traitors albums. However, the band will introduce new songs. dues." Mike Lanaghan, Glen Ellyn, Ill., senior said he started listening to Paw during his sophomore year at "They are the leaders of the Lawrence music scene." Mike Lanaghan Glen Ellyn, Ill., senior the University of Kansas. Although the band has not played in Lawrence recently, the fan-base in Lawrence still exists, he said. -Contributed photo "They are the leaders of the Lawrence music scene," he said. "I think they will bring some new excitement back to Lawrence." and SUA music coordinator, said he planned to attend the show and that Paw would be well-received in Lawrence. 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