The Bottom Dollar

The members of the 8 Bucks Experiment enjoyed a moment as movie stars. Now they're back to the real-life business of punk rock.

A A A Comments By Laura Bond Thursday, Jan 13 2000

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The album is as yet untitled (the brothers don't seem to share Evan's enthusiasm for "Shit Eating Grin"), but that hasn't stopped them from shopping it to potential label sponsors. If there are no takers, they'll simply release the thing on Blue Moon sometime in early spring. The band is also in the midst of shooting a video -- and live footage from Friday night's show at the Raven is likely to be included. "After that, the videographer is going to use a chroma-key to put us wherever he wants," says Kline. "I'm hoping for Radio City, or maybe on top of the Apple building."

To hear the bandmates chatter optimistically about their plans, it's hard to imagine the hardass cynicism that led them to assume that James Merendino -- an ambitious, bright-eyed guy confident enough to approach a virile group of young punk strangers -- was a phony back in that Salt Lake bar. Today, they plan to make it -- or at least produce something worthwhile -- and to have fun doing so. Could it be they learned a lesson from the SLC Punk!experience? That maybe, though the sentiments of their songs reflect something different altogether, the world isn't always shit? That sometimes the nerd at your elbow is the guy who's going to give you your first break?

David Rehor

Experimental jet set (from left): Joel Kline and Evan, Paige and Alfred O'Meara are the 8 Bucks Experiment

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"I guess he had the last laugh," Paige admits. "Because now he's working for Miramax, and I'm eating dinner at Gunther Toody's."

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