CIMN
      Interview
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Halifax-based
      "The
      Grunions"
      put
      on
      a
      good
      show
     
     
      as
      they
      kicked
      off
      the
      new
      school
      year
      at
      the
      S.U.’s
     
     
      first
      main
      event
      on
      Thursday
      September
      6.
     
     
      CIMN’s
      Rodney
      St.
      Pierre
      spoke
      with
      the
      band.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIMN:
      Tell
      me
      about
      the
      name.
     
    

    
     
      G:
      We
      were
      originally
      called
      the
      Spawning
     
     
      Grunions
      but
      then
      "Spawning"
      was
      dropped
      for
     
     
      biological
      reasons,
      wasn’t
      it
      Rob?
      Yeah,
      I
      think
      it
     
     
      was
      rather
      sexual
      reasons,
      wasn’t
      Tim?
      ...
      Our
      new
     
     
      Drummer,
      Mr.
      Steve
      Prebert
      (clap)
      joined
      the
     
     
      band
      approximately
      2
      weeks
      ago.
      So
      their
      band
     
     
      you
      see
      has
      actually
      been
      together
      for
      2
      weeks.
     
     
      CIMN:
      What
      exactly
      is
      a
      Grunion.
     
    

    
     
      G:
      It’s
      a
      Fish!
      We
      got
      the
      name
      when
      we
      were
      in
     
     
      grade
      12.
      We
      were
      looking
      for
      names
      through
      a
     
     
      biology
      book.
      We
      made
      up
      a
      Ist
      of
      stupid
     
     
      names...
      The
      Mossy
      Nostrils
      and
      all
      sort
      of
      other
     
     
      weird
      names.
      The
      Mossy
      Nostrils
      lost
      to
      the
     
     
      Spawning
      Grunions.
      They
      (grunions)
      go
      and
     
     
      beach
      themselves
      on
      the
      shore
      and
      then
      lay
      their
     
     
      eggs
      and
      die,
      it’s
      kind
      of
      beautiful.
     
    

    
     
      CIMN:
      Do
      you
      write
      your
      own
      material?
     
    

    
     
      G:
      Oh
      yeah,
      we
      usually
      do
      one
      or
      two
      a
      set.
     
     
      CIMN:
      Do
      you
      consider
      yourselves
      basically
      a
     
     
      "cover
      band"
     
    

    
     
      G:
      Yeah,
      but
      we
      hate
      that
      title.
      We
      have
      a
      lot
      of
     
     
      our
      Own
      songs
      written,
      it’s
      just
      a
      matter
      of
     
     
      bringing
      them
      out.
     
    

    
     
      CIMN:
      Do
      you
      all
      sit
      down
      and
      write
      together?
     
     
      How
      does
      it
      come
      about?
     
    

    
     
      G:
      It’s
      a
      group
      effort
     
    

    
     
      Steve:
      Actually,
      I
      write
      all
      the
      songs
      (lying)
      and
     
     
      I’m
      the
      best.
     
    

    
     
      G:
      The
      best
      place
      to
      try
      songs
      out
      is
      with
      a
      crowd
     
     
      like
      this.
      We
      played
      a
      couple
      of
      them
      tonight
      and
     
     
      people
      didn’t
      vomit.
     
    

    
     
      CIMN:
      That’s
      a
      good
      sign.
     
    

    
     
      G:
      There
      was
      actually
      quite
      a
      nice
      response,
      they
     
     
      went
      over
      well,
      even
      the
      reggae
      Stuff.
      We
      have
      a
     
     
      real
      reggae
      feel.
      We
      draw
      our
      influences
      from
      Bob
     
     
      Marley,
      Jimmy
      Cliff,
      Steal
      Pulse,
      Peter
      Tosh.
     
     
      Sometimes
      we're
      influenced
      from
      other
      realms
      of
     
     
      music
      and
      then
      we
      apply
      reggae
      to
      it.
      U2
      has
      a
     
     
      heavy
      influence
     
    

    
     
      on
      us.
     
    

    
     
      CIMN:
      Recently
      many
      artists
      have
      voiced
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Opposition
      to
      corporate
     
    

    
     
      sponsorship.
      How
      do
      feel
      about
      being
      sponsored
     
     
      by
      a
      beer
      company?
     
    

    
     
      G:
      When
      you're
      a
      cover
      band,
      it’s
      one
      of
      the
      most
     
     
      respected
      thing
      you
      can
      have,
      really
      because
      when
     
     
      you're
      a
      cover
      band,
      you’re
      playing
      other
      people’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      songs
      anyway.
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      better
      bands
      are
      the
      one’s
      that
      manage
      to
      get
      a
     
     
      sponsorship.
      If
      someone
      out
      there
      is
      willing
      to
     
     
      help
      you
      along...If
      they
      have
      faith
      in
      you
      as
      a
     
     
      product
      because
      as
      a
      cover
      band
      that
      is
      what
      you
     
     
      are...I
      can’t
      think
      of
      too
      many
      bands
      that
      started
      as
     
     
      an
      original
      band.
      Even
      the
      Stones
      were
      a
      cover
     
     
      band
      once.
      If
      the
      most
      successful
      band
      in
      the
     
     
      world
      can
      do
      it...the
      Grunions
      a
      currently
      touring
     
     
      Maritime
      university
      campuses.
      They
      are
      planning
     
     
      to
      release
      an
      independent
      cassette
      of
      original
     
     
      material
      in
      about
      2
      weeks
      time.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Student
      Discount
      on
      Music
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Radioland
      -
      10%
      off
      on
      regular
     
     
      priced
      cassettes
      and
      compact
      discs,
     
     
      excluding
      T.V.-advertised
      and
      sale
     
    
   
   
    
     
      products.
     
    

    
     
      Charlottetown
      -
      Confederation
     
     
      Court
      Mall:
     
     
      566-5350
     
    

    
     
      Summerside
      -
      =
      County
      Fair
      Mall:
     
     
      436-9665
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Matthew’s
      Music
      Ltd.
      -
      10%
     
    

    
     
      discount
      on
      regular
      priced
      musical
     
    

    
     
      instruments.
     
    

    
     
      Summerside
      -
      15
      Granville
      St:
     
     
      436-9665
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      13th,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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