Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free 9eptemser 43 a review by Coral me Kendrick the big beat presented wednesday night to the was essentially a promotional Effort on behalf of the tog Winnipeg Dave we Tref and for the Alpha a hard Rock group out of the Ter has just released an album and the local boys a both recorded at Winnipeg Roade the Dave Weber band is a Rock Trio that tries to get a lot of mileage out of a crashing rhythm Section wrapped around the vocal efforts of its it Doest quite make what the members need is a lot More technical skill As instrumentalists and a Cou ple More years of stage sex the group has one marvellous Dave Weber owns a set of classic Rock vocal he uses these to Good advantage on his own Compo the Best example being his new everybody say at this stage of the webers voice is the outstanding instrument in the for the the group relies too heavily on pump ing out All the Standard Rock riffs As loudly As pos but there were moments that showed potential de spite the rough edges Given that the band devel Ops More and a Fried sound Waves by centaurs lot More faring and Origi Alpha Cen Taufi deals in High Energy Rock and Roll what those of us who dare to Date ourselves would Label attempted acid or heavy Metal More musical skill is evident in this group but its education int Over by a Long most of the concert trial was taken from the Alpha the group proceeded to take the Small audience by the eardrums and vibrate them through a series of uptempo the response was enthusiastic to the Point of demands for an Alpha gets a lot of its Ergy from Jess re mans Wildman guitar he is of the Flash and dazzle whose chief expo nent is Alvin red get Active socially mans act int yet finely but dating a Long much of it played one he displayed a lit tie More subtlety and a Good sense of melodic whenever he started reaching for those dizzying most of the meat of the tune was lost and the result too often was a cacophony of Fried sound re mans Gravelly voice was a Good complement to keyboard player Randy Thompsons More flexible and the two put the old Stan Dard Roll Over Beethoven through changes Chuck Berry Hever thought of the groups own Thompsons Garth in motion made the Grea test Impact As far Asar ran gement and scope Are the group plans to do some Ballad work on its next album and it will be interesting to hear Thomp sons vocals out not vying for space Between the extended com Mercial viability is Dis played in bassist Garth Han minds of night at a the charts Down the group missed with its rendition of jumping Jack Flash by trying too hard and reaching too in is its fatal overreaching the group also tends to get into guitar keyboard competitions that Cut Down the chances of hearing ther instrument but gales cocaine was handled just fight and May have been the eve flings Best with More attention to detail and a More balanced Alpha Centuori could tighten into a Fine hard Rock Kane dating 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