Music Pac's Concert Jammed With Talent

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JAMPAC benefit, with Foo Fighters, Bjork & DJ Apex Twin, Afghan Whigs, Sky Cries Mary, Sweet 75, Shudder To Think and Wool; 3 p.m. Saturday, Kitsap Pavilion, Bremerton; $18, 628-0888. -----------------------------------------------------------------

The band list for Saturday's JAMPAC benefit has a decidedly incestuous twist. Almost everyone has worked with somebody in one of the other bands at some time or another.

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and Krist Novoselic (Sweet 75) were, of course, once part of Nirvana. Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) is the only other musician to play on Grohl's debut release. Two members of Wool used to be in the Washington, D.C., band Scream with Grohl. Shudder to Think is Foo Fighters opening act on its current tour. And Sky Cries Mary's Anisa Romero has performed with Sweet 75. How Bjork fits in is the only mystery. But she has had plenty to say about censorship and has always gone her own way.

Censorship is at the root of this loose-limbed family tree. The concert is hosted by the Washington Music Industry Coalition, which over the last three years has been instrumental in stopping legislation that would have infringed on the rights of music consumers, especially minors.

"We're basically combating the forces of tyranny," says Richard White, executive director of the WMIC and vice president of JAMPAC (Joint Artists and Music Promotions Political Action Coalition).

Novoselic, JAMPAC's president, says these have been busy months. "We spent a lot of time in the Senate those last days so there wouldn't be an override of the governor's veto. Now it's getting more national. Guys like William Bennett are using rock and rap as a red herring. There's major, complex problems in America and Bennett and Dole want to blame it on the entertainment industry. It's ridiculous." Two dollars from every ticket sold will go to the organization.

But aside from the cause, there's the concert, which Novoselic said would be awesome.

Foo Fighters is one of the most talked-about new bands and deservedly so. Grohl wrote, played and recorded its debut album's original tracks by himself in a week, and he puts the same intensity into his singing and guitar-playing as he does his drumming: hell-bent fury with a well-tuned ear for melody and nuance. Foo Fighters, which now includes guitarist Pat Smear (also formerly of Nirvana), bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith (both from Sunny Day Real Estate), bring Grohl's one-man effort to life.

Bjork, former Sugar Cube and probably Iceland's best known export, is also on a roll. Her new release, "Post," with crunch groove tracks like "Army of Me" and big band turns such as "Blow a Fuse," is her strongest, most eclectic work to date, and the 29-year-old songwriter/singer has been recording since she was 13. She'll be joined by DJ Apex Twin - techno wizard Richard James.

Afghan Whigs, fronted by Greg Dulli, plays dark, compelling music. The Whigs were one of the best acts at last year's Endfest.

Sky Cries Mary's psychedelic sound travels from the primordial forest to a couple thousand light years from home.

Sweet 75 is Novoselic and Yva Las Vegas' still-evolving band. They've been writing and recording material since May.

Shudder To Think's new CD, "Pony Express Record," is a grab bag of strangeness.

And Wool is straight-ahead punk that should get the party off to a heart-accelerating start.