TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1998

Band's buzz gets attention

By Denise Starbird, Special to the On-line Forty-Niner

Tuesday, December 1, 1998

If one has not heard the buzz about the Orange County band The Flys, then one are living in box with his or her ears plugged.

The band's album, "Holiday Man" with its first smash single "Got you where I want you" contains much more than great music.

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ALBUM REVIEW

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The CD is enhanced - which means once can learn about each member of the band, see color photos and hear music clips - provided one has a computer with CD capability.

The lyrics are written by Adam Paskowitz and the music by The Flys.

Josh Paskowitz is the also the vocalist, Peter Perdichizzi, guitarist and back-up vocals, James Book, bassist and back-up vocals and Nick Lucero, drummer and percussionist for the band.

The brothers Paskowitz who front the band stir the adrenaline and provide smooth lyrics.

Tunes like "She's So Huge," "Girls are the Cruelest" and the title track "Holiday Man," are sure to be favorites.

The lyrics are simple and to the point, but it is the way the band relays the music and vocals in a grungy style that attracts listener's attention.

The big single "Got You Where I Want You" is a song about picking up on women.

The lyrics blatantly give lines like "I think you're smart, you sweet thing. Tell me your name. I'm dying here. Got you where I want you!"

Every subject from the game of basketball to the closeness of family is incorporated in the album.

The mixture makes the songs appealing to many people. The loungy, soulful song "Sexual Sandwich" is specifically dedicated to the ladies.

"Take You There," which seems to be about a carefree or lost spirit on a journey to find himself, is an energy pumping cut.

The heavy sounding tunes are made thicker with the help of the Paskowitz Nubulizer, which was invented by Adam Paskowitz, according to his interview in No Cover Magazine.

The machine stabilizes the vocals and gives the vocalist more sound control.

Live, the band bounces off the walls.

The band played in September at the Opium Den in Hollywood and also at the Whiskey A Go-Go in late October.

Attendance tripled since the concert at the Opium Den.