This week we total 10 offenses in pomposity from Seattle's ''ethereal ravesters'' Sky Cries Mary, who, if they keep this up, will be hosting the Grammys next year.
1. Band name and publishing company (Hoodooh Chile) coyly
suggest Hendrix tunes. (Oh, I get it, Jimi was from Seattle too.)
2. New Age-cum-psychedelic album title — ''A Return to the Inner
Experience'' — and songs categorized as ''transcendental positivism.''
3. Act described as ''pagan Louis XIV visual fest.''
4. Male lead singer called, simply, ''Roderick.''
5. Seattle grown, yet grunge-free. (Note heavy mousse
dependency.)
6. That Bands 'R' Us fashion thing. (Do the B-52s and Prince
know all their clothes are missing?)
7. Album artwork swiped from psychedelic Stones record Their
Satanic Majesties Request. (Somebody please tell this band the '60s are over.)
8. Band covers obscure 1967 Stones tune ''200 Light Years From Home.'' (There's a reason this tune was not a hit.)
9. Paying unsubtle homage to early Bob Dylan by wearing
leopard-skin pillbox hat in publicity photo.
10. Thanking the Beatles in liner notes.
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