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| | Illinois Entertainer: : Echobrain |
 | | Less than a year after unceremoniously splitting arguably the biggest metal band ever, Jason Newsted returns to Chicago as part of Echobrain, a funk-based trio that sits a far cry away from his past in Metallica and Flotsam and Jetsam. |
 | | Newsted, one might argue, is not even an integral part of the band, excepting the obvious publicity he gives them. |
 | | Opening will be Portland, Oregon band The Helio Sequence, an odd addition to the bill in that you'd think closet, indie types would shy from a mega-star, and their Northwestern sound (read: Heatmiser, Quasi, Built To Spill) might be a little more introverted than the funk. |
| www.illinoisentertainer.com /2002/May/Stage_Buzz2339.shtml (340 words) |
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