Make-Up





and "Gospel Yeh-Yeh"


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Of all the sectarian developments stemming from christianity in the former colonies, perhaps the strangest and most fascinating is the one called "Gospel Yeh-Yeh", which, though originating in Washington, DC, seems to be spreading elsewhere at an alarming rate.


A proclaimed "Liberation Theology" with a decidedly unchristian emphasis on earthly transformation, the dogma is proselytized mainly by a spiritually guided musical quartet dubbed "(The) Make-Up" who crusade unendingly to spread their faith. This faith is an apocalyptic affair, with ministers urging their flock to "get theirs" and "off the pigs - in all their forms". The Make-Up's efforts despite (or perhaps because of) their fanatical credo, seem to be bearing a bounty of bitter fruit, as recent tallys of their numbers and counting of their coffers reveal. Although their strange brand of Gospel has, up to now, due to small record labels and uneven distribution, been relatively unknown, it threatens now to go international, due to the recent backing of the major recording house, "Dischord Recording Company", also from the District of Columbia.



Due out in early April (1996), Dischord shall release a hastily recorded live show, called "Destination: Love; Live". This record is said to catch all their invective fury, and should inevitably cause a rumpus with parents and others normally concerned with the censorship of ideas.

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