STAY AWAY!

That's the loud and clear message to the group Dr Evil, which is scheduled to perform here tomorrow at the annual Wet Fete show to be held at Pirates Island, by Carlisle Car Park in the City.

In addition to church and community leaders, there was an outcry by Barbadians against the Jamaican duo Dr Evil's participation yesterday during the call-in programme Down To Brass Tacks on Starcom Radio. The group is known for its explicit lyrics using Jamaican slang.

Reverend Dr Nigel Taylor of the Barbados Evangelical Association said that while the country was trying to get young people focused, the kind of personalities it could do without were being brought to Barbados.

"We are in an age where the impressionable minds of young persons have been battered left, right and centre and it would be foolhardy to try to promote a wholesome culture and then bring persons who espouse in the most graphic and explicit terms, with expletives and vulgarities, to perform for the youth," he added.

Chairman of the Child Care Board, Joey Harper, said Dr Evil should not come here.

"I believe that law enforcement officials are designated to keep the peace. And I'm not only speaking of the policemen, but the churches, the media, and the Child Care Board cannot allow people like them to come into Barbados to perform."

Harper said any person who wrote or sang lyrics which would have a negative effect on the country's culture should be kept away as values needed to be maintained, whether at the Wet Fete or in the church.

At the recent graduation of Eden Lodge Primary School, featured speaker Karlene Philips warned parents about the lyrics some of their children were listening to and referred specifically to one of the songs in which Dr Evil promotes the use of marijuana.

However, one of the promoters of tomorrow's show, Joel "Signal" Morris, said it was not the first time Dr Evil had performed here and they were aware of their responsibility.

"I understand the people's concerns, but they must accept that we are responsible people and we too are not promoting any violence or vulgarity at this show," he stated.