Volumen 1 :: Shane Hickey
Volumen 2 :: Doug Smith
Volumen^2 :: Bryan Hickey
bKCAWCK :: Chris Bacon
Volumen Beta :: Bob Marshall


 
Bob Marshall Volumen Beta
Bob Marshall

Watch Bob, and watch him close. See if you can catch him slippin�. You never will, because this plunging draft horse of the VOLUMEN skins never does. Every beat, fill, ride...every damn flam-flam or paradiddle he plays fits as tight and snug as in those walls at Macchu Picchu where you can�t even slip a piece of paper between these stones as big as a Volkswagen Beetle. It�s a craft he�s honed in nearly half a dozen other Missoula bands, including Prosciutto, Saved for This Dark Dawn and the much-missed Spanker. The tireless BobJob is still foaming to rock long after his bandmates have packed it in for the evening, and, like Doug, he�s also an excellent cook. Keep him away from the chilies, though�last time Bob came to my house, he whipped up some 2:30 AM quesadillas that cleared the place out like a canister of CS gas.


 
 
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Portland Mercury 03/15/2001
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Title: How Do you Spell...?
Author: Joe Faustin Kelly

It sure seems like these guys are having a "good time." And that's all fine and great, but it doesn't make for a very listenable record. On some level, I can appreciate lighthearted quirkiness from bands like Ween, King Missile, or The Frogs, but I will never purchase those kinds of CDs. Void of the tongue-in-cheek wit that helps the aforementioned bands succeed, and any sign of identity, this full-length effort by Missoula's Volumen jumps all over the board, from dorky faux new-wave to cheap folk to whatever the hell else. I suppose you can have some "fun" with songs like "Miniature Action Jesus," "Pretty Girls," or "The Volumen Theme," but it would probably be "fun" in the pity- compliment sense, as opposed to the kind of fun that actually produces a good time. JOE FAUSTIN KELLY

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