Local Bands he Difference rocks Ann Arbor n March of 1986, Ramsey Gouda, Randy Martin, Tom Cambell, Marty Heger and formed one of Ann Arbor ' s hottest bands, The Difference. Aside from Ann Arbor, The Difference has played in Detroit, Indianopolis, Chicago, Lansing, Kalamazoo, and New York, and it plans on touring much of the rest of the country in the future. " We ' re long term, " says Campbell, the drummer for The Difference. If The Difference could tour with any of today ' s bands, each member has his own idea of with which group their music is compatable. Their diversity and differ- ent personalities show in their music. " Tina ' s abstract, she ' s theoreticial and conceptual, " explains Ramsey Gouda, the band ' s lead guitar and vocal. plays keyboards for the hot local group. Tom sees himself as " a wild man. My music is all guts, and very physical; it ' s a primal level of music. " Randy Martin plays bass guitar and does vocals. " Randy is musically amaz- ing, " said Ramsey, " He ' s (Randy is) gift- ed, " adds Tom. Randy is the shyest of the group until he is on stage, then he comes alive, much to the crowd ' s delight. Ram- sey strives for the unusual whereas Marty simply plays an awesome guitar. To com- bine these different personalities and styles of music into one sound is difficult, but the result is sensational. To describe the music of The Difference in one word is impossible because the band ' s " purpose is to communicate " to everyone and everyone gets something different out of their music. Tina summarizes that " to some people we ' re red, to other people we ' re blue, but at least we ' re a color. We ' re unique because we mean so many different things to so many different people. " Perhaps the most incredible fact about the band is that its members continue to be students at U-M. is in the School of Music. Gouda is an LSA sen- ior. Campbell is a graduate student in Rackham. Again, the backgrounds are different, but they all point toward a common goal. The Difference has already produced an album and with its popularity grow- ing, the talented group of local musicians may soon have the opportunity to mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people in a lot of different places. That ' s what making a difference is all about. ^ By Susan Marcottej 172 LOCAL BANDS ”
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