Friday, February 6, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Florida-based Creed will perform Sunday at the Granada. Contributed photo
Creed to rock Granada
The band's promoter predicts a sellout show
By Tamara Miller
tmiller@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Despite a record contract and successful record sales, it's still just rock n' roll for Florida-based band Creed.
The band will perform Sunday at the Granada. Tea Party and Cellophane are scheduled to open up. Doors will open at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10.
The band is promoting their first album, "My Own Prison."
Scott Phillips, drummer for Creed, said the band started when high school classmates Scott Stapp, lead singer, and Mark Tremonti, guitarist, reunited at Florida State University. The two met up with bassist Scott Phillips and bean practicing.
Phillips joined the band during one of their practices.
"I was at their house and my friend was drumming with them," he said. "I sat in for a little bit, and I guess they liked me
stuff better."
The band has been together since 1995 and has produced only "My Own Prison."
"The album we have out now was actually the demo," Phillips said. "We put it out locally and it did really well."
The band started getting label attention and signed with Wind-up Records. Since their album's release, the band has broken the Billboard Charts top 100.
"It's kind of overwhelming," Phillips said. "We haven't had a lot of time to sit back and reflect on it."
Creed has sold 5,000 records in the Kansas City area, said Jeff Fortier, promoter for Avalanche Productions. Fortier expected the show to sell out before Sunday.
"We booked the show on notice and we knew they'd go over well in Lawrence," he said. "Now they'll be doing a sold-out show."
The band's musical influences are primarily rock and heavy metal, Phillips said. Tremonti, who grew up listening to bands like Black Flagg and Slayer, writes most of the music for the band.
"Alternative is not what it was," Phillips said. "We don't really fit into that, we just call ourselves rock. It's less confusing."
State agency, city police tend bars in Lawrence
imiller@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Tamara Miller
Underage drinking is easy, said Sam Finberg, Deerfield, Ill., sophomore.
Finberg said although the Alcohol and Beverage Control Division could ticket him for underage drinking, he probably would not change his behavior.
"I think it's almost a joke," Finberg said. "Because every bar and every party has a sign to let you know if they're coming, to put down your drink."
The division is a state-run agency that monitors establishments with state liquor licenses, said Dean Reynoldson, division enforcement manager.
The division has 19 agents stationed throughout Kansas, and each agent patrols a specific region, Reynoldson said. The agents work out of their homes and ticket underage drinkers and drinking establishments if a sale is made to a minor.
"Our role is to ensure that our liquor licenses are not selling to underage consumers on their premises." he said.
Reynoldson said the division had enough agents to patrol Kansas.
"I do think we have a sufficient amount
of agents," Reynoldson said. "The number of violations we have detected has gone up in the last five years."
Jerry Neverve, owner of the Red Lyon, 944 Massachusetts St., said that officers usually came into his bar during the weekend. The Lawrence police come into his bar more often than the ABC, he said.
"It doesn't sound like they have the manpower to do the job," Nevere said. "They don't have very many agents to cover the whole state."
He said his bar had a strict policy on ID's, and in the last 10 years, his bar had received one ticket. He also said he did not rely on the division to enforce drinking laws.
Jeff Jensen, owner of Jensen Retail Liquor, 620 W. Ninth, said officers came by his store three times in the last year for the Cops in Shops program. Cops in Shops is a statewide program that puts an undercover police officer behind the counter of a liquor store to detect false ID's.
"I see both the Lawrence police and the ABC in my store," Jensen said. "But I don't know if it logistically possible for the ABC to come by a lot."
John Davis, co-owner of Bullwinkle's,
1434 Tennessee St., and The Jayhawk
Cafe, 1340-1342 Ohio St., said he received 20 tickets last year for each bar.
Davis said the division patrolled his bar twice a month, and the police patrolled three times a week last fall.
"I really don't think it's fair if they are seeing some bars more than others," he said.
Davis surrendered his liquor license in December. Both bars possess cereal malt beverage licenses, he said.
Davis said since he had received the new beverage license, the division had not checked on either bar. However, Lawrence police have continued to monitor the bars, he said.
Sgt. Susan Hadi, Lawrence police, said the Lawrence police department patrolled drinking establishments as frequently as it could, but it did not monitor any one bar more than other bars.
"We can either operate with the ABC or independently," she said. "We operate more independently."
The division informs the police when agents come to Lawrence, Reynoldson said.
"Any time you have a high concentration of underage people in a college environment, the underage consumption is going to be a problem," he said.
Amateurs to take center stage
SUA sponsoring contest at Lied Center for student, community participants
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
University of Kansas students will have the chance to express themselves and display their talent, or lack thereof, on Valentine's Day.
Student Union Activities is sponsoring its first Amateur Night from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 at the Lied Center. SUA plans to spend $2,000 for prizes, advertising, Lied Center services, labor and catering.
Anyone who wants to perform should register at the SUA Box Office. There is no fee to register, but the deadline is today.
Bands that want to perform also must submit a demo tape.
Both students and the public can participate.
"It's open to the community because we needed a large talent pool to put
up a good show," said John Orcutt, Hutchinson senior and SUA live music coordinator. "It's a chance for people who wouldn't be able to get a spot at the Lied Center otherwise."
Participants will compete for $300 in cash prizes, and the winning act may be chosen to perform during SUA's annual Day On The Hill concert.
"The situation at Day On the Hill depends on how many bands we get," Orcutt said.
Amateur Night evolved from Student Senate interest in a local talent show
The original idea was to have a gong show, said Kielyn Scott, Wichita junior and SUA special events coordinator.
"It may become an annual thing," Scott said. "It's not very often that students have the opportunity to showcase their talents."
Orcutt said Amateur Night would not conflict with the SUA Valentine's Day activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the Kansas Union.
Eve Bradley, Shreveport, La. junior, registered her group last week. Bradley is a member of Unity
KU AMATEUR NIGHT
■ Registration deadline is 5 p.m. today
- Register your act at the SUA Box Office (no fee), 4th floor Kansas Union
Bands need a demo tape
Auditions for other performers will be Monday evening
"It's good exposure," Bradley said. "And it's going to be interesting to see the other acts."
Dance Group, a 10-person hip-hop dance ensemble.
David Miller, Kansas City, Kan., junior, is a comedian also known as "Uccle Dave." Miller said he was looking forward to the auditions Monday.
"Next Monday, I'm not just David,
I'm Uncle Dave," Miller said. "If I don't get it at the audition, I'm not going to jump off a bridge or anything like that. I'll just run to my mom and tell her I want to go to K-State."
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