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mind followed by AC/DC, Priest and of course Kiss. Jimmy ond song recently on Saturday Night Live? Our Rockefeller
Page, Robert Plant, John Boham and Paul Jones dominated the Center snoop insists the suits at NBC didn’t take kindly when
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knew what was to come, HN when Green Day pulled the plug
Carter was President and jg SS Sa EN a
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Quaaludes hadn't even been § | European tour. Remember
invented. In ‘77, Ozzy would | F though, GD has virtually
still have three more with | / been on the road two-and-
Black Sabbath. Alice Cooper | » a-half years without a
was still out there pushing | f Stop...
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Nightmare. It was only the | | — Watch for Courtney Love
following year that our pals, § f and heartthrob Tom Cruise
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plus Michael Anthony, and ¥ movie... Robert DeLeo of
David Lee Roth signed their § F Stone Temple Pilots sums it
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ter— like something you'd see in a horror “All the other kids in the neighborhood
movie. He had throat cancer, so he had to went to the area public school,” he said. It
bark out these noises in order to communi- wasn’t a bad school, but my parents want-
cate— it was very weird.” ed me to get a good, Catholic education.
Growing up in Florida, as part of a strict But because everyone else thought | was
Catholic family, young Marilyn found him- going to a school for rich kids, they took
self the near-constant subject of abuse from great pleasure in beating me up at the bus
a wide variety of sources. As a small, skinny stop every day. It became a ritual; to go
kid with off-beat tastes, he was the perpet- school and be handed all the standard
BY BOB SAMSON ual target of neighborhood bullies who Christian school crap, then go home and
beat the crap out of him on a daily basis. It get beaten up. | don’t think my parents
Fo" issue, Hit Parader travels back was a life filled with fear and anxiety that realized that the crap that school filled my
in time with a rock and roll star to Manson remembers, though he also is head with began to turn me in completely
learn about his formative years. This quick to admit that his parents always tried the other direction. When you have tradi-
month's time traveler is none other to do their best for him— including provid- tional Christian values shoved down your
than the terminally unusual Marilyn ing him with a substantial allowance and throat every day, year-after-year, you either
Manson. sending him to an expensive private learn to accept them, or you rebel. | think
Catholic school. The latter, unfortunately, you can guess which direction |went in.”
Just one look at Marilyn Manson is proved to be yet another reason for the As a way of rebelling against his strict
enough to convince you that schooling, and as as retreat
this guy must have had a few ¥ from his strange home life,
very troubling moments dur- Marilyn began to focus more
ing his childhood. While some and more attention on music—
cynics may state that Mr. heavy metal bands like Black
Manson's outrageous appear- Sabbath and Kiss, to be exact.
ance and attitude are little Those groups were his salva-
more than the ‘90s answer to tion and his motivation. He
such earlier rock icons as Alice would study photos of early
Cooper and Twisted Sister, the Kiss— dressed in their infa-
fact is that the public personas mous makeup and _ black
of Alice and T.S.’s Dee Snider leather stage gear— and pic-
were 99% act and 1% reali- ture himselfin the role of Paul
ty— a sharp contrast to the Stanley. He would spin a
“what you see is what you Sabbath album and sing along
get” reality of Marilyn. No, to the howl of Ozzy Osbourne. ONID
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there's little doubt that this is It was then that Marilyn began
one deeply disturbed soul, a to realize that making music
guy who professes his “under- was going to be both his cre-
standing” of mass murders ative outlet and his means of
and his “fondness” for those venting his anger, frustration
Surviving on society’s outer and hostility.
edge. And sure enough, as “If | hadn't discovered music
one might expect, there were when | did, | wonder where |
a series of nasty childhood would be today,” he said. “|
memories that have served to could see myself in a much
inspire the current lunacy that darker situation. | read about
is Marilyn Manson. mass murderers like Jeffrey
“My family is kind of the tra- ~ Dahmer and Richard Ramirez
ditional middle class unit,” he and | can relate to them. |
said. “My mom is a nurse and understand where they were
my father operates a furniture coming from and what
store. They have always been they're going through. The
behind what I’ve done— difference is that | found an
though | really don’t think they outlet through which | could
understand me or what I'm express myself to some
doing. They were never the extent. They never found that.
problem when | was growing Maybe everything we do—
up. | had a grandfather who each and every one of us— is
was a sexual deviant, and | s . a af cee a cry for attention and help.
was exposed to a lot of Marilyn Manson: “My family is kind of the The only difference is the
unusual things in his house traditional middle class unit.” form that cry takes.”
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have to be Magic's Alliances, the sequel to | skills or buying new ones, all the while j of Magic: The Gathering and one of the
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rock world. often the band’s more sedate material
“It's nice that so many people want that proved most effective in the hall's
to come out and see us,” Corgan said. relatively intimate surroundings. While it
“| have been pleasantly surprised by it was always the tall, gangly Corgan who
all. If | knew for sure that the album maintained a virtual stranglehold on the
was going to do as well as it has, spotlight, it was often attractive bassist
maybe we would have tried to play big- D'Arcy that drew the greatest cheers
ger places. But | didn’t want to go out from the crowd— especially the males in
there and find we were playing in halls attendance.
where the ticket demand wasn’t there. “Everyone in the band has their fans,”
If people aren't able to get in to the Corgan said. “That's nice. | don’t want
show, I’m sorry.” to be the star. This is a band and we've
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SHASBING
go," the ticket scalper blurted out PUNHEMIUe
in his best Johnny Cochran rhyme-in-
time voice. “Good tickets? | got ‘em.
Great tickets. Got ‘em? But they're
gonna cost ya.”
Cost, indeed. It was still almost two
hours before the Smashing Pumpkins —
were due to take the stage, yet a. crowd
of over two thousand slightly, overzeal-
ous fans had already gathered, some
looking for drugs, some looking for love
and some looking for.tickets; believe us,
the drugs and love cost a lot less than
the tickets! Many fans were gladly fork-
ing over upwards of $100 for each of
the $25 “face value” ducats. These
were the fans that had to be there—
had to experience the Pumpkins live,
had to share in the atmosphere sur-
rounding what is currently the hottest —
band in the land.
“| traveled over 50 miles just to get
here,” an attractive young girl dressed
in jeans and a Nirvana T-shirt explained.
“| didn't have a ticket, but | knew |
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would do whatever was necessary to
get in. This was one of those shows
that | had to see— just to be there and
be part of it.”
Such is the adulation generated by Billy
Corgan and his troops as they circle the Billy Corgan:
globe in support of their latest release, “It’s nice that
Mellon Collie And The Infinite sO many peo-
Sadness. It seems wherever this ple want to
Chicago-based quartet travel, they're come out and
met by sold-out mobs who view this
quixotic unit with a degree of reverence
usually reserved only for figures discused
in holy scriptures. At a time when many
major acts have been forced to drastical- the Pumpkins put on proved
to be a an album out that captures the kind of
ly scale back their tour plans, the non-stop, two hour marathon of rock energy we have live, and now we have a
Pumpkins have boldly forged ahead, and roll energy. Drawing material primar- tour that showcases all our material in its
deciding to play only moderate size halls ily from their most recent two-disc set, best light. We really rock when we're on
and reaping the benefits of the fan fren- and its predecessor, Siamese Dreams, stage, and now everyone gets the
zy caused by the marked lack of avail- the group performed a tense, often chance to hear that. It’s not like we're
able tickets. While some have criticized emotionally moving show that managed out to prove anything to anyone, but we
the band for playing 1,500 seat halls— to hide Corgan’s reed-thin voice behind do want to silence anyone who thinks
even in major markets like New York— the surprisingly heavy wall of guitar that we're not a real rock and roll band.
others feel it's just Corgan just proving thunder supplied by James tha. Such Trust me when | tell you that we're all
he knows how to create “heat” just recent hits as Bullet With Butterfly Wings just enjoying this very much.”

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brief as possible in order to maintain a cer- This time around, the record began to draw
tain flow to all the material. We had planned significant attention towards the Hunger,
on allowing ourselves a couple of months to and the band was soon able to headline
record it, but our concern was that if we their own club tour of Texas. While the area's
took that much time the songs would really rowdy rednecks initially wanted to get up
begin to lose their focus. There's so much and boogie, the Hunger’s rich blend of key-
going on in our songs as it is, additional time board textures and razor-edged guitars soon
might have been more of a detriment than a began to win the crowds over, and before
positive thing for us.” they knew it, the band’s reputation started
Formed in Houston, Texas back in 1990, to reach both coasts. While some lukewarm
it's taken the Hunger six years, and two indie interest was shown by major labels who
album releases, to reach their present status wanted to rerelease Grip, the Hunger
BY ARN SPANGLER within the rock world. Working first as a trio choose to stick to their own guns.
he Hunger are one of those bands that formed by the Wilson brothers and “We liked the idea of being indepen-
just makes you stop and scratch your Albritton, the Hunger'’s debut single, 1991's dent,” Thomas Wilson said. “We felt we'd
head in wonder. It’s not a wonder about Never Again, became something of a cult hit go to a bigger label when the time was
how they landed a record deal, as seems to in the Southwest. The song came to the right, but it just wasn’t right with our second
be the case with too many new rock acts attention of producer/guitarist Bogle who album. We weren’t even sure if it was going
these days. And it's not necessarily a wonder volunteered to not only produce the group's to be right with Devil Thumbs A Ride, but
about the sheer brilliance of their material— debut disc, Leave Me Alone, but join the we're certainly glad we did it.”
though the stuff contained on their latest band as well. With the addition of Texas As it happened, the band has every inten-
disc, Devil Thumbs A Ride, is pretty damn native Schludberg, the band's lineup was tion of releasing their latest disc on their own

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The Hunger: “Our main

good. The wonder you sense when you lis- once again. But once Devil Thumbs A Ride
ten to the music created by brothers Jeff goal was to create as cutting was completed (at the band’s own
(vocals) and Thomas (keyboards) Wilson, edge an album as possible.” expense— and in their own recording stu-
Brian Albritton (bass), Stephen Bogle (guitar) dio) a newly-formed label, Universal Records,
and Max Schludberg (drums), is wondering complete— but many more hurdles still did step forward with the kind of master
exactly what it is that these inventive rockers stood in the band's way. plan that these boys had been looking for.
are trying to do. With a sound that’s a “We signed with this really small label to With complete autonomy to keep making
heady blend of industrial, metal, punk and record our first album,” Jeff Wilson said. the quirky, unpredictable, hard-edged rock
pop, the Hunger occasionally seem to be “They agreed to run off 15,000 copies, that had fast become their calling card, and
intent on being a catch-all for every musical which they did, but then they promptly went some serious money behind them to let
style in creation. But then you listen to such our of business. | guess almost every young them get their musical message to the peo-
tunes as Undone and Vanishing Cream and band has a story like that. But it really ple, the Hunger sensed that their moment of
you begin to realize that there’s actually a opened our eyes. It made us realize that in delivery was at hand.
well-planned attack lurking behind the order to make things happen, we weren't “We see this as a great opportunity,” Jeff
group's multi-faceted, and often perplexing gonna be able to depend on anyone but Wilson said. “But we know too many other
musical facade. ourselves. In a way, it was probably the best bands who feel they've got it made once
“Our main goal with Devil Thumbs A thing that ever happened to us.” they sign a record deal. We know that’s not
Ride was to create as cutting-edge and By 1993, the band had formed their own the case. It's not the end of the road for us—
cohesive an album as possible,” Thomas record label, Gut Records, and put together it’s just the beginning.”

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working together again. We'll have to see it to believe it, but our West
Coast wags tell us that both rockers have come to their senses (at least
a bit) and realized that if they don’t get to work soon, nobody will give

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HAPPENINGS
SAD STUFF: STP’s Rob DeLeo admits that he was “heartbroken” for
both himself and vocalist Scott Weiland when the vocalist was read-
mitted to a drug care clinic in April. The move forced STP to cancle
their “dream” show with Kiss, and threw the band into a state of total
chaos. Hopefully things will work out for the Pilots before they crash
and burn.
KKKKKKK

INSIDE SCOOP: It appears as if a bit of a rift has suddenly developed

between Bush and the forces at their record label. Apparently the label
wants the Bush boys to instantly return to the recording studio to put
the finishing touches on their all-important follow-up to Sixteen
Stone. For their part, Rossdale and co. are having such a fine old time =
on the road that they've been a bit resistant about leaving the tour 4
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feud between Guns N’ Roses members Axl Rose and Slash has cooled it might be.
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candy. Apparently this top-of-the-pops star is so infatuated
with his own recent success that he needs to celebrate
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Sepultura’s Max Cavalera who excitedly told us what it was
like to have his band touring with the inimitable Ozzy
Osbourne. “! grew up idolizing Ozzy and listening to the
very first Sabbath albums,” he said. “Where | lived In Brazil,
Only Living Witness those albums were almost impossible to find, and | trea-
Trouble sured them more than anything else | owned. Now to be
Merauder able to hang out with Ozzy is one of my greatest thrills.”
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Moonspell WILL THEY...OR WON'T THEY: Everyone wants to know

Samael if Kiss plans on keeping their original lineup together at the
completion of their current world tour. Well, even the band
Punky Brister
members don’t know for sure. Gene Simmons and Paul
Stuck Mojo Stanley have already completed the next Kiss studio
Hostility alburm— with Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer in the band—
Release but have expressed interest in continuing to work with
My Own Victim original Kissters Ace Frehley and Peter Criss as well. Sounds
454 Big Block like a split personality for the Kiss guys in the months
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report that Pearl Jam are hard at work on
their new album. After countless false starts,
quick endings and misguided efforts, it
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mined to get a new disc out to their fans by
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hours of new PJ tunes in various demo
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boys to wade through those tapes and
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weren't that interested in the money o1
the fame, all we wanted to do was make
sure the party we were having would
keep on going.” ;
Party, indeed! Over the ensuing years
Van Halen was to establish itself as the
ultimate rock and roll party band. Here
was a group that destroyed dressing
rooms because they found brown M&M's
backstage, and cut a swath through
groupieville unmatched by any other
band this side of Led Zeppelin. With orig-
inal vocalist David Lee Roth leading the
way, guitarist Edward, his drum bashing
brother Alex and ever-ready bassist
Michael Anthony quickly changed the
very fabric of contemporary rock and roll.
Blending their unmatched instrumental
dexterity with Roth’s Borscht Belt sense
of humor and blond good looks, Van
Halen helped revitalize the American
rid hard
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abk rock form. Through their ground-
breaking efforts, they proved once and
for all that a band didn’t have to depend
on simplistic three-chord riffs (though
_ David Lee Roth (back- many of VH’s best songs did) or banal
_ ground) and Eddie Van lyrics (though many of VH's best songs
did) or studio gimmickry (though many
Halen: “Our goal was to of VH’'s best songs did) in order to make
make sure the backstage it to the top. These guys just went out
_ bar was well stocked.” there, plugged in their instruments and
wailed away; in the process becoming
the single most influential American hard
ddie Van Halen recalls that when his rock band of all time.
band’s self-titled debut. album “| can guarantee you that in the begin-
emerged in 1978, he had no idea ning the /ast thought on any of our
how the rock public might react to it. Up minds was making a musical statement
to that time the group had more or less that was going to last a long time,”
lived and performed in the fish bowl Edward VH declared. “Probably our
known as Los Angeles— a place where biggest goal was to make sure the back-
they had become the unquestioned kings Stage bar was well stocked and that we
of the Sunset Strip. Emerging in the wake got to meet as many fans as possible
of the El Lay “easy listening” sound epit- after the show. It was all just a great
omized by the likes of the Eagles and time, and that fun came across in the
Linda Ronstadt, Van Halen's guitar-heavy, music. It certainly wasn’t an act, because
highly theatrical style hit the West Coast we were living the kind of life we were
like a sucker punch to the chin. Everyone singing about 24 hours a day.”
was bowled over; some by the “shock- The party-all-night act worked for a
ing” energy this band presented, others long time. Van Halen scored a continual
 have never come close to attaining the:
youthful, hell-bent exuberance of their
earlier efforts, those same critics would
agree that the band has done little to...
diminish their reputation as the finest.’
American rock band ever. Amazingly,
despite Edward's recent hip surgery, it). |
seems if Van Halen is ready to keep on.
rockin" forever. 20 years after they first.
made their mark on the rock and roll
mines these eternal “boys of sum-
‘ plan on forging ahead for as rg hy
as
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“| think that our last tour may have -
been one of the: highlights of our -
career,” Edward explained recently.
“We're all just so comfortable with one. —
another as a. band, and with one anoth-:
er as people, that it's just
a pleasure to-
get up there and play every night. That's
the great pleasure of the band the way
it is now; we're comfortable, but Wee
also try to challenge each other on a.-
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Elimite) Clallam melaemuvelsame in “neutral”, with his latest gasp at revi- music fresh. There’s a new generation of
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“All we wanted to do in the early days was get on stage and havea good time.:we
idgleme|cctehtcrianele|ie-leamemnlsmetiacicidelanmm ate bigger and better things. While many out. They’ ve heard the stories Gad they
Ialomualsmciialel(manresvalauleiiaiclmeycmaaceiciem vould agree that the band’s post-Roth wanted to come and check it all out for
aleoee pelea emsOLemUlaielatvarcisNaecm albums, including such multi-platinum themselves. | don’t think we: left any.Gt:
eoMelACcipmia(-me-cmWiitamerlaesmencimecmian smashes as OU812, 5150 and Balance them disappointed.”
all handed to them on a silver platter, the
wheels soon began to come off the VH
rock and roll express. The band’s fondness “| never would have
for partying led to substance problems imagined that we'd
for both Van Halen brothers, and Roth
last for almost
| began believing his own press hype—
| going so far as to start thinking that he 20 years.”
2 was, in fact, bigger than the band. A split
was inevitable, and by the time their
landmark disc 1984 was released, word
hit the street that not only was Roth plan-
ning on doing a solo disc, but he was
thinking about pursuing a movie career
as well. Roth tried to blame his moves on
the VH brothers being “too unpre-
dictable”— the brothers blamed Roth for
being “selfish”. By 1985 Roth was out
and veteran rocker Sammy Hagar was in.
“| know what's gonna happen,” Roth
said shortly after the split. “Ten years
from now, when |’m resting on a beach
somewhere enjoying myself, the phone is
gonna ring. It'll be Ed asking me if | want
to come back and do one more tour with
the band. You know what I’m gonna do
when that happens? I’m just politely
gonna say, ‘Ed, go screw yourself!’”
Well, ten years have now passed since
the split, and that call from Edward to
beachcomber Dave has never occurred. In
fact, over the ensuing decade little con-
_ tact between the two parties has even
taken place, aside from the occasional
unplanned meeting, where Edward
States, “Dave doesn’t even say ‘hello’.”

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| aplomb than Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Jo 5 Bonham and ae Jones Hed man-
| Bonham. Quite simply, no other band (aside,
| Beatles) has left such a lasting impression on the ro
| mighty Zeppelin. In ‘79 the band was completing
| effort, In Through The Out Door, and undertaking thei
| shows— only they didn’t know it. Less than a year lat vorings and then simply amplifying the whole melange |
| would be found dead, and the all-powerful Led Zeppeli e point of immediate recognition, Zeppelin had created an |
| would be silenced forever. While Page and Plant have recently y new musical form. What those short-sighted critics had |
| restore luster to the hallowed Zeppelin sound (successfully, fc led as “unimaginative” quickly proved to be just the opposite; it |
| most part), their efforts still pale in comparison to the musical mac e perfect musical style with which to herald rock’s new age. It |
| these four special musicians created during their dozen-year career. as loud, it was brash, it was the opiate of the masses. Perhaps more |
| “We never said that we were trying to recreate Zeppelin,” Plant sta than anything else, it was Led Zeppelin. |
ed recently. “But we felt it was time to allow a new generation to hear _ "| remember the first time we all got together,” Jones stated. “We |
| that music from the people who wrote it. So many other bands have met in an old London rehearsal room and we had quite a bit of our |
| tried to capture what special quality Zeppelin had, but the best they 2 gear set up in there. | knew Jimmy from some of our session work, |
| could do was recreate only a small fraction of what we had. From the “most notably with Donovan. | had met Robert and Bonzo briefly |
| moment we first got together, Zeppelin was magical.” before that. So these four relative strangers got together one evening,
| As hard as it may be to believe, when Led Zeppelin released their plugged in their instruments and started to jam. | remember Jimmy |
| saying to me to ‘just play a blues beat’. The song we went into was an Their party hearty lifestyle just seemed to enhance the Zeppelin mys-
old Yardbirds number, Train Kept A’Rolling, and | remember the whole tique. Over the ensuing years, with the release of such albums as Led
room just exploding with sound. You couldn't wipe the smiles off our Zeppelin lil, Houses Of The Holy, and the incredible ZOSO, the
| faces for a week.” band's impact on the rock world continued to expand. It reached its
From their tumultuous early days, it didn’t take Zeppelin long to apex when the song Stairway To Heaven was released, finally convinc-
| establish themselves as the preeminent rock and roll band on the plan- ing the band’s few remaining skeptics that this indeed was a group
| et. Back in the late ‘60s it took a little longer for a band to develop a capable of creating music of incredible delicacy and beauty as well as
following; after all, MTV was still a dozen years from becoming a reality wall-shaking power. With Page’s lone acoustic guitar introducing the
and even the then-infant FM radio format was somewhat resistant to track, soon to be joined by Jones’ haunting keyboard and dulcimer
| play what they viewed as overly raucous music. The only way a band work, and finally— at long last— Bonham’s pounding drums, Stairway
could get heard was the “old fashioned way’”— by going directly to set the standard against which every other hard rock track has since
| the people on never-ending world tours. Such was the path that been measured.
Zeppelin took, opening shows for anyone brave enough to have them “We knew we had something special from the moment we started
| on their tour, including such bands as Iron Butterfly and Country Joe work on Stairway,” Page stated. “But no one could have guessed that
| and the Fish. But it didn’t take Zep long to blossom from “support act” it would have the kind of lasting impact it has.”
| status to headliners, and by the time their second disc, Led Zeppelin Over the next seven years, Zeppelin would begin taking longer and
ll, was released in late “69, the world was longer between album releases. Their per-
| already their oyster. sonal lives, often tinged with tragedy,
“Things moved incredibly smoothly for including the death of Plant's young son,
s,” Page recalled. “We had a manager, began to take a more and more prominent
| Peter Grant, who was able to make things role in dictating the group's activities. They
| happen. And it was our belief that once we released a soundtrack for their concert
| had the chance to play in front of an audi- documentary, The Song Remains The
ence we could win them over. About the Same, yet it seemed as if Zeppelin would
only problem we had in the early days was take forever to release a new studio
when the Countess Von Zeppelin saw the album. Finally, in late 1975, Physical
- cover of our first album and almost made us Graffiti appeared— a loosely structured
change our name. But by the time the sec- two-record set that showed the band
ond album came out, | think we all sensed exploring exciting new musical frontiers.
that nothing could stop us.” Two years later, Presence continued this
No one had ever heard anything like Led pattern of taking bold, avant-garde musi-
Zeppelin’s late ‘60s albums. In an age when Ff cal steps, with Jones serving as the band’s
loosely structured 20-minute jams were stan- || driving force, rather than Page or Plant.
dard operating procedure, Zeppelin’s hard- | | While both fans and critics generally con-
hitting bursts of pure rock energy were like a sidered the band's later work as inferior to
cali-to-arms for a generation. Filled with lusty their earlier efforts, the discs still sold in
tales of love and conquest, and featuring the the millions.
most intense instrumental attack ever heard, “We experimented, and played with the
such early Zeppelin masterworks as music,” Jones said. “We were getting far-
/ Communication Breakdown, Whole Lotta ther and farther way from a straight-ahead
| Love and Good Times, Bad Times, were revo- blues connection, which is what dominat-
| lutionary in both concept and design. ed the first few albums.”
| Perhaps only the Beatles, working in a radi- Next came In Through The Out Door,
cally different musical format, had as big an f
released in August, 1979, and the band
| impact on their chosen style of rock as soon played their first live shows in two
Zeppelin had on theirs. By the time their sec- Robert Plant: “I came to realize that the years in Copenhagen, Denmark. Things
ond album finished its meteoric path to the Music made by Zeppelin was timeless.’wee =seemed to be going well... amazingly well.
top of the charts, Zeppelin found themselves The record proved to be a best-seller,
to be the hottest act in the world— the largest grossing concert attrac- receiving fourstar reviews around the world, and talk of the band’s
tion in rock history. first U.S. tour since their aborted 1977 trek was on everyone's lips. A
“We stayed on the road almost continually when the first two albums full-scale European tour was launched in early 1980, with the band
came out,” Plant said. “I think we had completed five American tours playing an intoxicating array of old and new material during a set that
| by the end of 1969! In retrospect it's amazing that we even survived that frequently ran over three hours in length. Fans everywhere were
| ordeal. But the fact is that we loved every second of it.” thrilled, and American Zep-heads, in particular, rejoiced when official
Indeed they did, and as they spent time on the road, Zeppelin was tour dates were announced.
establishing precedents that every future rock act would attempt to That tour would never happen. On September 25, 1980, shortly
emulate. Their dealings with groupies, the hotel-destroying exploits and after rehearsals for that American road excursion had begun, John
the dabbling in all manner of bizarre substances quickly became the Bonham started downing shots of vodka. It is estimated that he
stuff of legend. The tales have been passed down from generation to downed over 40 shots during a 12-hour stretch. He went home to his
generation with code words like “mud shark” or “plaster caster” gain- newly-purchased estate outside of London and went to sleep. He
ing instant grins of recognition from those in-the-know. It was a lascivi- never woke up. The next day his body was discovered in his bed. Four
ous lifestyle in a era before AIDS turned such activities into human months later, after much rumor and speculation, the surviving band
games of Russian roulette. As Plant recalls, in their heyday, life was a members issued this brief statement:
never-ending party for Led Zeppelin that only ended when they pre- “The loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of harmony felt by
pared to go on stage each night. ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not
“We were young, and we were healthy, and all manner of ‘tempta- continue as we were.’
| tion was being placed at our feet,” he said. “There's was never even a Zeppelin was no more, but their music continues to live on, ponds
thought of resistance. It was all part of the world we were ‘totally ing all who hear it with a taste of the greatest rock and roll the world
caught up within.” will ever Know.

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Megadeth: Mustaine’s men remain one of

the heaviest bands on earth.

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1980 Judas Priest epitomized heavy metal as When Judas Priest hit the top of the “Judas Priest’s goal was always to
no band had done before— and as charts in the early ‘80s, with the release deliver a special style of heavy metal
no band has done since. With. their of their first platinum album, Screaming music,” Halford said. “But the trick was
~ penchantfor wearing black leather stage For Vengeance, it represented the cul- to deliver it with a style that was totally
~ gear and making dramatic Harley-topped mination. of a long, uphill battle for our own. From the moment we came
~— entrances, the Priest’ Beast was the ulti-. recognition and credibility. Prior to their out in the late ‘70s, people were trying
mate metal machine. They lived, slept break-through success, Priest had repre- to compare us to Zeppelin, Sabbath or
‘and drank the metal lifestyle, and exuded sented almost a caricature of all that had whoever else happened to be around at
: that metallic credo back to their millions proceeded them. Lacking the multi- the moment. There may have been ele-
ments of what those other bands did
that had influenced us— Sabbath, after
all, had come from our home town of
Birmingham— but we never tried to be
like them. Our goal was to create the
purest form of metal music, and | believe
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of headbanging fans around the globe. with many media scribes falsely believing
In vocalist Rob Halford, these mega-watt
BY ROB ANDREWS Priest to be little more than a mindless
bashers from Birmingham, England, pos- faceted skills of Led Zeppelin, the quasi- riff factory, almost from the day their
_ sesseda flamboyant singer with a four Satanic overtones of Black Sabbath. or debut disc, Sad Wings Of Destiny, was
“octave range who showed no fear about _the improvisational flair of Deep Purple, released it was evident that this was one
using his explosive voice to shatter ear Judas Priest was a no-holds-barred rock band willing to take as many musical
drums and nerve endings with equal juggernaut— a band that knew only chances as necessary in order to succeed.
aplomb. In- guitarists K.K. Downing and two speeds, loud and fast or louder and Mixing almost operatic drama with their
Glenn Tipton, Priest unleashed a double faster. There was little subtlety to offset traditional guitar overload, on succeed-
lead guitar attack the likes of which the the group's heavy-handed approach, and ing discs such as British Steel,
rock world had never before experi- while the band’s imaginative song struc- Defenders Of The Faith and Hell Bent
enced. Exchanging fleet-fingered riffs as tures. would venture into previously For Leather, Priest set themselves up as
_ well as the center stage spotlight, the uncharted metal terrain over the ensuing the true defenders of the metal faith,
paired axe masters provided the band’s years, at heart Priest always remained one of the few bands willing to state
sound with a structural foundation and true to the basic metal elements— ham- their no-holds-barred allegiance to the
artistic flair that served to provide Priest’ mering guitars, screamed vocals and a metal cause, and able to back up that
with their quintessential musical element. live-for-today lyrical attitude. allegiance with the power of their music.
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scoffing at their detractors. When the that Judas Priest, the most powerful, Fight, but there doesn't seem to bekin
that
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leather-clad Halford would burst through and one of the most successful, heavy much interest on his part to wor
the band’s 15-foot high wall of amps metal band of all-time has agreed to get again with Priest. We're going to go on.
(most of which were only stage props) its musical steamroller back in action about our business. Both Glenn and |-
atop his gleaming Harley it was high again. It seems certain that millions of have been working on music both apart:
camp, high drama and high energy all fans around the world would rejoice at and together, and | assume we will be.
rolled into one overwhelming rock and roll such news. taking our next career step in the next.
package. Priest was an all-out assault on “Of course we would like to see that few months. Whether or not that will
the eyes, ears and sensibilities of all who happen,” Downing said. “But | really | include Judas Priest is still. SONS.
dared attend one of their shows. don’t know if it will. From what | under- guess."
“It was never a question of whether
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‘could it be done?’ We were never con-
cerned about taking a great deal of the
money we made and pouring it right
back into the band, getting the best and
biggest light show we could and making
“Our goal was always”
sure that each stage show was a full-
scale production that would overwhelm to deliver a special
everyone who witnessed it. Coming up
with some of those ideas for the stage
show almost took as much time as
style of cay
preparing material for a new album. But
Rob also had a natural theatrical flair that metal,
brought it all together.”
Throughout the ‘80s Priest ruled as the
unmatched champion of the metal
realm. While younger, heavier bands may
have vied for their title from time to
time, none seemed to possess the inher-
ent understanding of the myriad intrica-
cies of the metal form that the Priest
Beast possessed. Unfortunately, as with
all good things, by the time the decade

Rob Halford: “Priest was the

perfect heavy metal band.”

rolled to a close major breaks were

already beginning to appear in Priest's
metallic armor. Halford began to express
dissatisfaction with the group’s musical
direction, believing that the band had
begun to be “too safe” to compete in |
the harder-edged metal world of the
‘90s. Downing and Tipton held their
ground, feeling that Halford would soon
come to his senses. They're still waiting.
In 1991 Halford split from Priest to form
Fight, a hard-core metal band with
which he recorded two moderately suc-
cessful discs.
In the mean time Tipton and Downing
have held on to Priest, neither recording
nor touring, but hoping perhaps against
hope that Halford would get his fill of
work away from Judas Priest and agree
to return to the band. Unfortunately, in
the process of waiting, enough bad
blood was spilled between the band’s
two divergent factions to seemingly pro-
hibit the thought of their ever being a
full-scale Priest “reunion”. But as anyone
who has followed rock and roll over the
years is well aware, you can never say
never. Perhaps before 1996 has run its

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he year was 1981, and Ozzy was truly magical. | knew that it would be
tar and started to play. | instantly sat up in
: Osbourne was a lost soul. He had my chair; that guy was amazing. | knew an up-hill struggle to even get the album
recently departed from his band- right away that | had to have him in my released, but | also knew that once it did
mates in Black Sabbath after a decade- band. That was my first meeting with get released, people would get off on it.”
long partnership that had provided the Randy Rhoads.” Less than six months after that disc's
group with a string of million-selling The Osbourne/Rhoads partnership was release, Blizzard Of Ozz was platinum,
albums and international acclaim as heavy to quickly prove to be one of the most and Ozzy was headlining his own area
metal’s Princes Of Darkness. Years of dynamic in the entire rock world. From shows. For a guy on the precipice of disas-
abusing drugs and alcohol had begun to the moment their first tune, Crazy Train, ter only a short time earlier, this musical
weigh heavily on Osbourne’s soul, and the started to destroy ear drums with its hyp- reprieve was serendipity. But, unfortunate-
thought of continuing on his path ly, it wasn't to last for long. Only
of self-destruction was almost two years later, just as Ozzy’s solo
more than he could bear. His first career started to peak, Rhoads
marriage had fallen apart, and was killed in a fiery plane crash
Ozzy suddenly found himself a while on tour. The tragic event
man alone— frail, dependent and crushed Ozzy’s spirit as nothing in
not sure what twists life still had in his oft-troubled life had done
store for him. before. He bravely carried on,
“That was the most difficult time recruiting a series of guitarists,
of my life,” Ozzy states today from such as Brad Gilles, Bernie Torme,
his perch,as the still reigning Metal Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde, all in
“Godfather. “I was just totally the vain hopes of finding another
messed up, and | didn't know what six string master who could come
to do. | had thoughts of suicide all close to matching Rhoads’ high-
the time, and | really thought my flying skills. Still, some 14 years
career— if not my life— was over. later, the pain of Rhoads’ death
But | also have always believed that still lingers over Osbourne's life on
| have some sort of spirit looking a daily basis.
out for me. It’s the only way to “There's not a day that goes by
explain much of what has hap- BY WINSTON CUMMINGS that | don’t think about Randy,”
pened. Whatever that spirit is, it Ozzy said during a short break on
helped me make it through that time and notic riff and hair-raising vocals, it was his current world tour in support of his lat-
get my life going again.” apparent to everyone that not only had est aloum, Ozzmosis. “He was the nicest,
It would still be a long, difficult personal Ozzy survived his difficult parting with most sincere, and most talented person |
climb for Ozzy. Another decade of drug Sabbath, but that he was going to pros- ever met. I've often thought what it might
and alcohol abuse still lay ahead of him. per! At first, almost unbelievably, have been like if he had lived. I’m sure
But with the help of manager Sharon American labels were somewhat resistant he'd be off on his own making incredible
Arden (who would later become his sec- to release Ozzy’s Blizzard Of Ozz disc, music. But | also know that we'd still be
ond wife), Ozzy slowly began to put the believing that his metallic attitude was friends, and | think that’s what | miss most
pieces of his musical career back into passe. But after watching as the disc about Randy. | enjoyed dealing with him
place. By late 1980 he had started putting sailed to the top of the European rock and watching him grow. When the world
his first solo band together in London, lost Randy, | know that | lost a piece of
myself as well.”
turning to old friends Bob Daisley and Lee
Kerslake as the foundation for a group
“I know Despite all the hardships of his life; the
that was to briefly be known as the
Blizzard Of Ozz. Yet one vital ingredient
I’m crazy— drugs, the drink, the broken marriage,
and the death of his closest musical ally,
remained to be found. Ozzy knew that / never Ozzy has raged on. His career has been
the key to arly hard rock band was its gui- marked by both his incredible music and
tarist, and as he waded through an end- denied that.” his outrageous off-stage behavior, which
less stream of Tony lommi wanna be’s, he at various times has included biting the
realized he might have to travel to distant charts, State-side executives came to the head off of a live dove during a record
shores in order to find the man he was grudging realization that there might be company meeting, biting a bat while on
looking for. Five thousand miles to the some life left in this old rock war horse. stage and swinging from a chandelier
west, in the town of Los Angeles, Ozzy Oh, but if only they knew of the world- while pissing on his guests during a plat-
discovered the answer to his prayers. wide Ozz-mania they were about to inum record party. While he may dismiss
“| had heard that all the good young unleash. such activities as unsavory byproducts of
players were in L.A.,” Ozzy said. “So | “There were people who thought | was his now-dormant dependency on alcohol,
went there looking for someone who was through,” Ozzy said. “I even thought | others may feel that each represents
a little different, | didn’t want someone to was through. But once | found Randy and another chapter in the book of metal’s
come in and play Tony’s Sabbath riffs. | started working on that first album, | true madman, hard rock's loveable loon,
had lived with that for ten years, and | began to get some of my confidence the one and only Ozzy Osbourne.
was looking for something new. For three back. | had lost a lot of my passion “| know | am crazy, | never denied that,”
days and nights | sat there listening to towards rock and roll on my last tour with he said. “But as | get older, | find that I’m
what must have been hundreds of differ- Sabbath. That has been embarrassing; we a little more in control of my life. | like
ent guys. None of them was right. Then, were playing arenas with Van Halen as that. It's nice to feel at least a little bit of
just when | was about to lose it complete- our opening act, and they were blowing control. But then, once | go on stage, and
ly, in walked this incredibly thin blond guy. us off the stage every night. But as soon those lights go on and the music starts, |
Without saying anything more than ‘hello’ as | started working on my first album Start to lose it again. That’s when the
he plugged in this strange, polka-dot gui- with Randy, | got that old feeling back. It Ozzy’ in me starts to come out again.”
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Te saga of Def Leppard certainly ranks among the most
BY BRYAN

intriguing tales in the annals of rock and roll. Here’s a band

that through their own sheer persistence (and a little bit of
a1:
HARPER
hardship, surviviing members Allen, Elliott, Collen catfost Rick :
Savage decided to hire a new axe master, Vivian Campbell, and
bravely forge ahead. (Their next album, Slang, is now scheduled for —
luck) rose from humble beginnings in Sheffield, England, to become a fall release.) To say the least, despite their incredible string of
the single most commercially potent band of the mid-’80s. Their album successes, life as a member of Def Leppard has been.enou
albums Pyromania and Hysteria together broke every existing to try men's souls.
hard rock sales record by moving a grand total in excess of 25 mil- “If you're asking if the thought that we were cursed ever ca
lion copies over a our mind, the
four year period— answer is yes!,”—
with that figure still Collen said with a
increasing on a daily sardonic grin. “Our
basis. But at the poor manager had >
exact same time it even worse. He
that such songs as was the manager of -
Photograph, Rock AC/DC when Bon |
Of Ages and Pour Scott died, and he
Some Sugar On Me was with Metallica —
were making the when Cliff Burton
Leps the unques-
. tioned kings of ' honestly believec
H radio and MIV- was the one wi
! friendly hard rock, was. cursed!
the band was suf- course that’s all rub-
fering through a bish. It’s just a matter —
series of personal of chance, though at —
disasters that | times it has seemed
would have done as if we've had to >
justice to any r pay a very severe |
prime-time soap
opera. Def Leppard circa 1982 oa i a
Soon after the (I to r): Rick Savage, on Bas
. band's first album Joe Elliott, Phil Collen.
was released,
: Original guitarist
Pete Willis was
| fired due to what
“Did the thought we were cursed
| those around the ever cross our minds? Yes!”
band termed “a
| bad influence”, which in fact, later was revealed to be both an over- petually up-beat sound while knowing of the p.
fondness for drinking, and an under-abundance of talent. While endured. It was all a compliment to their incredib
Willis’ departure seemed to greatly upset the band, in fact it only
began to prepare them for the true disasters that were soon to
come their way. First, drummer Rick Allen lost his arm during a a long, long time. Remember that in the aaand mid-'80 ate
New Year's Eve 1986 auto crash. The accident put the skin basher in time when a band routinely released a new album on a once
a British hospital for the better part of three months. But almost as schedule, Def Leppard often took four years between their
soon as he emerged, he stated his determination to return to his While such a schedule would have brought the careerot
drum stool with Def Leppard, and less than a year later— with the any band to a virtual halt, these guys simply took the time the
aid of a specially designed electronic kit— that’s exactly what he did. needed in order to release their studio-perfect slices of hard rock —
Only a few years after Allen’s accident, however, another tragedy perfection and then just waited for the public to warn) to them all
hit the band when founding member, and lead guitarist, Steve over again. At times it seemed as if the band had actually t
Clarke was found dead (an apparent suicide) after suffering through long between discs, only to discover that the
a long battle with drugs and alcohol. Clarke's death cast a pall over from the new album (rather than the first
the band that briefly seemed destined to break Def Leppard apart. tined to turn their latest effort into a multi-as
In the wake of his passing, both guitarist Phil Collen and vocalist Joe
Elliott went through bouts with alcoho! abuse that threatened to
put their own lives in danger. But having overcome so much prior
phenomenon nobody— including the people who worked | J ;
with us— ever thought that the next one would do nearly | The late
as well. We released our first single, and the record started | : Steve Clarke
to plummet off the charts after selling a few hundred thou- J i
sand copies. We thought it was all over for us. Then we. J
released the next single a few weeks later, and slowly-but-
surely the album started to show some life. Over the next
nine months, | think Hysteria sold something like ten million
copies— which was even more than Pyromania has sold at
that time.”
Such incredible success didn't come by luck alone. Def
Leppard became one of the hardest working bands in the
world, touring North America virtually non-stop for six
months at a time. While many fans back home in Britain |
criticized the band for “pandering to American tastes”, the |
Leps knew that success in America was the key to their |
career; to paraphrase the old Broadway tune, “if you can |
make it there, you can make it anywhere.” It was a decision
that the band was never to regret. Eventually Europe decided
to embrace the band, as did the Orient and Australia. Elliott
was fond of saying that one of the reasons the band took so
long between album releases was because it seemed that |
each of their tours lasted for four years.
“It reached the point where we could have been on the
road virtually non-stop,” the vocalist said. “But that was also a
point in our career when we began to realize that there was
more to life than just hangin’ with the boys and playing rock
and roll. Our personal lives had taken a bit of a beating over
the years due to our lifestyles and the fact that we were hardly
ever home. That's when we cut back a little and decided to
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adventure than by financial gain.
"| can guarantee you that there were times when we :
played places like Poland or Czechoslovakia when we could _
have made more money just hangin‘ out in a pub back in
London,” bassist and band founder Steve Harris stated. “It -
wasn’t the pay that got us on the road in those places— it _
was more our desire to get out and go to where no other —
band had been. There are metal fans everywhere, and we
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no other band has ever been.”
Maiden’s unigue approach to marketing themselves has _
paid some hefty dividends for the band during their 15 year _
career. In addition to chalking up a string of platinum selling _
albums like Number Of The Beast and Piece Of Mind
(whose covers, like al// of the group’s albums, featured
Maiden’s bizarre, corpse-like mascot, Eddie), the band has
won a hard-earned reputation as one of the best live acts on
earth. Of course, playing an average of over 200 shows a
year, year-in and year-out is bound to make any group pretty
damn good, and considering the Maiden Metal Machine's
ever-changing lineup, they needed as much time together
on stage as they could stand!
Here’s a band that has gone through no less than 27 dif-
ferent members since their formation in 1979. Even Harris
(the only remaining original member) has lost track of exact-
ly who was in the band at any given time, and on what tour ~
who joined the group. To refresh the bassist’s memory, the
band’s “classic” lineup featured Harris, drummer Clive Burr, > fl
vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarists Adrian Smith and
Dave Murray. It was this unit that launched Maiden in 1980
into what was then referred to as The New Wave Of British met by adoring throngs that soon became notorious for
Heavy Metal— along with such other budding stars as Def occasionally rioting when they couldn’t procure tickets to
Leppard and Saxon— and helped establish a no-nonsense the band’s sold out arena shows. Critics couldn't under- ;
approach that soon won the band a dedicated following stand what all the fuss was about, believing that Maiden
from Albany to Albania. was doing nothing that previous metal merchants hadn't
“When we first came on the scene, our kind of music was already done— and had done with more style, class and tal-
just totally out of fashion,” Harris said. “In some ways, it’s ent. Through it all, Maiden stuck to their guns, never chang-
similar to the way the music scene is now. The bands that ing their metallic ideals, and remaining content with pre-
were popular in- England at the time were more of the pop senting some of the most complex and thought-provoking
variety, and metal groups were looked upon as dinosaurs metal opuses of all time. Their songs often ran for ten min-
whose time had come and gone. But what those people utes or more on both album and stage, and there seemed to
didn’t realize was that there was a new generation of bands be no lyrical subject too remote, or no musical matter too
that had grown up listening to Led Zeppelin and Black complex for the band to tackle. Maiden may not have
Sabbath, and they were ready to start making their own accomplished all they set out to do, but you always had to
music— and we were one of them.” tip your cap to them for at least trying!
Europe was quick to jump on Maiden’'s metal bandwagon, “The idea of just writing cute four minute songs never
voting the group “top metal band” in seemingly every musi- appealed to us,” said Harris who over the years has
cal poll. When the band ventured to this side of the Big remained the band’s principle songwriter. “We enjoyed
Pond, and headlined their first U.S. tour in 1984, they were touching on mystical and mythological topics, and placing
 Maiden’s most famous lineup (I to 1):
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have maintained their tradition of selling
out arenas from coast-to-coast, and in a
number of markets they've played multi-
night extravaganzas at the biggest place in
town. What is it about AC/DC that keeps
them going strong? What magical musical
charms do they possess that keeps attract-
ing new generations of headbangers to
partake of their in-concert intensity? Angus
thinks he has the answer.
“There aren't that many bands that have
been around for as long as we have that
have been able to keep a degree of popu-
larity,” he said. “Most bands seem to
have significant ups and downs, but
with us, things tend to stay pretty
much the same. We've
never been a very trendy
BY ROB ANDREWS
_ band, and we're not
ngus Young takes to the concert stage ge ¢ even that aware of
Ae all the panache of a ham actor what else Is
reciting a Shakespearean soliloquy. going on in
AC/DC's frenetic, frantic, fantastic guitar rock and
demon comes to life under the spotlight roll. We
like no one else in the rock world. For tend
nearly 25 years this pint-sized six-string
master has transformed himself on a -OLOH
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tial rock and roll showman— |
part high-strutting, .@
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show attraction,
part blues-play-
ing, dues-paying
rock deity.
Despite the §
world-wide *
acclaim his
Stage behavior
has brought him, his concert histrionics are not
something Angus spends much time
| thinking about. He laughs at the
notion that he carefully plots his
stage moves and plans his in-concert
actions. After all, he reasons, what — ==
kind of mind would actually waste |=
time considering the impact of drop- Ga =
ping his school boy shorts at virtually 3 ==
every performance and mooning ~e
AC/DC's dedicated following? %
“Actually, | don't show my bum quite
as much as | used to,” Angus said. “For a
couple of tours, | think | mooned the audi-
ence every night! On the last tour, | actually Bosee
had underwear on underneath my shorts— it
looked like the Australian flag! After all, my ' Angus Young:
backside is getting a little too old to make public “
appearances. But | know that me stripping off my
A school boy forever!
schoolboy suit has become very much a part of every to really only know what's happening within this band. Also, we
AC/DC show. I've been doing it for years— | don’t even think don’t release albums or tour that often. Each time we go out there,
about it anymore.” there's probably a new bunch of kids who've never even seen us live
Whether or not Angus’ ass-bearing actions have had a significant before. They want to see if everything they'd heard about us was
impact on AC/DC's concert draws this time around is anyone's true— and they probably figure that at our age they may not get
guess. At a time when most bands— even the most established, the chance to see us again.”
chart-topping acts— are significantly down-sizing their live presen- While Angus had his tongue firmly planted in his chubby little
tations, the Thunder From Down Under's concert drawing power cheek when he issued that last statement, there's no denying that
has remained as steady as ever. On the strength of their latest each AC/DC release and each band road outing could very well sig-
album, Ball Breaker, Angus, his guitar toting brother Malcolm, nal their swan song to the rock world. After all, this is a band that
vocalist Brian Johnson, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd routinely takes three to four years between recording new discs—
 and the band members are all in their 40s. Late last year the rock each and every performance. For the first time in 15 years they're
press was rampant with tales that Ball Breaker was indeed going functioning with virtually their entire original lineup intact. Of
to be the group's final recording, but to paraphrase W.C. Fields, course, original vocalist Bon Scott (who died back in 1980) has long
reports of AC/DC's demise have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, since been replaced by Johnson, but with Rudd rejoining the band
with the album still selling briskly six months after its release, and for the first time since their historic Back In Black tour, and
demand for the band's concert tickets at near-record Malcolm Young back in peak form after having to
levels, why would these veteran musicians even miss almost all of the band’s previous tour due to
entertain the notion of hanging up their rock and roll “Most bands personal problems, AC/DC is once again a non-stop
shoes? Hey, Mick Jagger's still on stage shaking his have ups and rock and roll machine. Angus admits that having all
butt when he’s 50, so why couldn’t Angus be up the band’s members happy and healthy once again
there showing off his butt at the same age? downs— with has served as a major shot-in-the-arm to the group's
“Oh, | don’t know if I’d want to do that,” Angus overall well-being.
said as he cracked a big smile. “I've just learned to us things just “Having Phil back in the band is great because to
take it all day-by-day. | can't think about what I'll be me he was always the drummer for AC/DC,” he
doing tomorrow, let alone four years from now. I'm
stay the same.” said. “Everyone else was just trying to fill in and do
much happier that way— and | think everyone else in what Phil had done. His style is so straight-forward
the band is as well. | certainly don’t think this will be our last aloum, and so simple that it's perfect for us. He was always a very underap-
and | don't want it to be. That silly rumor has been following us preciated part of the band— that is by everyone except us. As far as
around this entire tour— and we don’t even know how it started. Malcolm is concerned, whatever problems he had are now thank-
But when everyone sees us perform, | think they can sense that fully long in the past. In fact, | can’t remember a time when every-
we're probably more committed and more together right now than thing about the band has been so positive. We're all having a great
we have been in years.” time, and apparently so are the fans who are coming out to the
There are a number of reasons for AC/DC's good spirits on show. With all those good things happening, | just might have to
stage— aside from the obvious joys of raking in the Big Bucks at start dropping my pants again.”

Brian Johnson and

Angus Young: “It’s
still as exciting as
ever for us on
stage.”

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LARRY
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as there ever been a rock star bigger than Jon Bon Jovi was of an extremely well-endowed young lady spilling out of a moist T-
Hi the late ‘80s? Bruce Springsteen? Maybe. Madonna? shirt emblazoned with the “slippery when wet” title. The folks at
Well...yeah, but she’s a chick. Michael Jackson? Heck, he’s a the label said, “thanks...but no thanks,” realizing that many retail
chick, too! Even Elvis in his prime never enjoyed the kind of multi- stores in the south wouldn't even stock the album, At the very last
media fanfare that this Sayreville, New Jersey, native received as he minute a compromise was made (the few original album covers
simultaneously conquered the worlds of music, radio and MTV. that slipped out are now true collector's items) and Slippery
For a three-year period ranging from late 1985 right through When Wet was released. Almost instantly the disc took off at a
1988, it seemed that it was virtually impossible to flip on the tube, nearly unprecedented level. Spurred on by MTV's unflagging sup-
stroll by a newsstand or turn on the car radio without being hit by port of such tunes as Livin’ On A Prayer, Slippery quickly
a full-out assault of Bon Jovi's infectious brand of pop/metal. emerged as the year's most successful hard rock release, turning
It was also virtually impossible not to like either the music made Bon Jovi— and Jon in particular— into international superstars of
by Bon Jovi or the guy himself. Here was a drop-dead good the highest magnitude,
lookin’ guy with a trend-setting hair cut, who also happened to “It all happened so fast,” Jon said. “It caught us all totally off
be a gifted songwriter and singer— as well as a savvy business- guard. But we really didn’t have that much time to think about
man, to top it all off. The girls went nuts over every aspect of the what was happening to us. Our manager just put us to work non-
Bon Jovi “experience”, and even macho metal men couldn't help stop. We toured America, then Europe, then Japan, then America
but admire this dude who seemingly had the world eating out of again, then Europe again. It was incredibly hectic. We enjoyed it,
his hand. Accompanied by guitarist Richie Sambora, drummer but it also began to wear us out. When we had to go right back
into the studio to record New Jersey we really had a bad atti-
tude going.”
While their follow-up to Slippery offered another potent
dose of radio-ready rock and roll— and eventually proved to
be almost as successful commercially— major problems were
brewing under Bon Jovi’s picture-perfect exterior. Rather than
presenting the band’s customary ear-to-ear grins on the disc's
cover, the band struck a moody almost pained posed— with

Tico Torres, keyboardest Dave Bryan and bassist Alec John

Such, Bon Jovi blazed his way through the rock world with
the same devastating effectiveness as Sherman tearing
through Georgia. Emerging trom humble beginnings
where their demo tapes (which featured the eventual hit
Runaway) were rejected by any number of major record
labels, few could have guessed that this perpetually smil-
ing unit would soon emerge as the band destined to rule BY WAYNE POTTER
the rock universe. Jon practically hiding his cover-boy face from the camera. For the
“We were just five guys from Jersey who all had the same next year the band toured the world again, growing more and
dream,” Jon Bon Jovi said. “Al and Tico had already been involved more weary of the travel, the music and each other with every
with bands that had made records, and Dave and Richie were just passing day. Finally, at tour’s end, Jon made the decision to take a
guys | met while hangin’ out in the infamous long break from the group— not being sure
Jersey clubs like the Stone Pony, When we if he’d ever return.
got this band together we never had any “We were just five “| knew some serious changes had to be
idea where it would take us. Our goal was made,” he said. “! wanted to get more con-
just to be as big as South Side Johnny And guys from Jersey trol over what we did and how we did it. |
The Asbury Jukes, who had a hit record at felt that we had been run into the ground by
the time. To me, there was nothing bigger who all people not in the band. At the same time, |
than that. When the record labels didn't wanted to test my wings on some other pro-
jump on us right away, we lived with it and had the jects, and | knew Richie wanted to do a solo
went back to work. | remember we got a big album as well. If those things had done
break when a local promoter at the last same dream.” great, who knows where we'd be today? But
minute asked us to open for Z.Z. Top at the fact was that after about a year apart, we
Madison Square Garden when the scheduled band couldn't make all realized that we wanted to stay together and take this band to
it. That's what did it for us— the labels took notice and we got the next level, at least in a musical sense.”
our deal.” By expanding their artistic scope— adding darker musical tex-
Still, things didn’t happen overnight. Their self-titled debut tures and more probing lyrics to the group's trademark sound—
album made only a minor impression on the rock world, and its Bon Jovi quickly produced two more albums, Keep The Faith and
follow-up, 7800 Fahrenheit, did little better. There was even talk These Days, which proved that they could be effective, if perhaps
that Bon Jovi'’s label was thinking of dropping the band, since they somewhat less high profile, performers in the ‘90s. While their
had heavily invested in promoting the group's first two albums style and sound will forever be linked to the hard rock glory days
and tours— and were running at a significant loss. Cooler heads of the late ‘80s, Bon Jovi is determined to carry on, continually
prevailed, however, and Jon and Richie set about writing what delighting their fans around the world with their infectious
both realized might very well be the band’s make-or-break album. melodies and hip-shaking stage gyrations.
Soon they were ready with a collection of catchy, head-shaking, "This is what | was born to do,” Jon said. “I’ve enjoyed my
toe-tapping hard rockers that they titled Slippery When Wet, experiences in the movies, and | was really surprised by the
but that project almost came to a crashing halt even before it got reviews | got for my performance in Moonlight And Valentino
off the ground. last year. But that’s all ‘other stuff’ as far as I’m concerned. Once
Originally the band planned on the disc’s cover to be a close up rock and roll gets in your blood, it never leaves.”
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t scares Steven Tyler to even

think where he might be— or
what he might be— if rock and
roll hadn't taken over his life.
Aerosmith’s legendary, large-lipped
vocalist practically shudders at the
very notion that if fate had handed
him a different card, today he
could be some middle-aged, desk-
jockey banker in Boston, with an
expanding waistline and a receding
hairline. In reality, however, Mr.
Tyler is the antithesis of that
banker; he may be middle-aged
(though you'd never know it to
look at him), but his waistline still
measures barely 30 inches and his
hairline is as thick as mid-summer
foliage. Somehow, despite a life of
hard living, hard loving and hard
rocking, both Tyler and Aerosmith
have managed to defy the ages—
they remain as vital and popular
today as when they first hit the
big-time, over two decades ago.
“Maybe it’s in my genes,” Tyler
said with a twinkle in his eyes.
“And | don’t mean the ones I’m
wearin’! | think | was born lucky in
many ways. | haven't always taken
the best care of myself— in fact, |
know I've done things to my body
that would have killed other peo-
ple— but I've lived to tell about it.
But by far the luckiest thing that
ever happened to me was getting
involved with the four other guys
in this band. They’re my brothers in
the truest sense of the word. I’ve
spent more time with them over
the last 20 years then I've spent
with my wives or, unfortunately,
my kids. But | try not to think
about age, or how long I've been
doing this, or how young those
girls in the front row are starting to
look. | don’t look at that kind of
stuff— | just like rejoicing in the
success I've had, and how cool
things are still with this band.”
Still, despite all the accolades
that have come Aerosmith’s way in
recent years— their countless
Grammy and American Music
Awards as well as their many MTV
kudos— Tyler is the first to admit
that some mighty big challenges
still lie ahead. With the band cur-
rently completing their first album
in three years— which represents
their “return” disc for Sony
Music— Tyler is very aware that
music industry eyes will be squarely -OLO
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Steven Tyler: focused on his group’s latest activi-
“We're not tryin ’ ties in the months ahead. He
to compete with knows that releasing their premier
album under one of the most
anyone but
lucrative contracts in rock history
BY PJ MERKLE ourselves.” (estimated to be in excess of $30
“| haven't always taken the best care of myself, but I've lived to tell about it.”
million) is guaranteed to bring extra attention the band’s way, and We were always great on stage, even when we were all stoned out
he’s more than willing to live with that— as long as it doesn’t take of our minds. That came naturally, But writing great songs doesn't
anything away from Aerosmith’s music. come naturally. That's something you're really got to work at.”
“Sometimes people are really funny,” he said. “It’s like when that But it’s not as if Aerosmith is waging their current battle to write
Kevin Costner movie Waterworld came out last summer. All any- memorable melodies alone. Over the last few months they've got-
one wanted to talk about was how much It cost. What did that ten together with many of the rock biz’ best writing talents in order
have to do with how good the movie was? | understand why peo- to come up with a batch of new tunes that live up to the vaunted
ple do it; | probably did it myself. But when it comes to Aerosmith | Aerosmith legacy. Keep in mind, however, that this is far from the
really hope people don’t get caught up in all the talk about how first time that the Boston Bad Boys have relied on a little outside
much money we're supposedly getting from Sony. The bottom line help in order to complete a disc, but Tyler insists that no matter who
is that the album is still gonna cost ‘em the same amount of helps the band write a song, by the time Aerosmith gets finished
money at their local record store. The money hasn't changed us with it, it’s theirs, and theirs alone.
one bit. Hell, I've had money before, and lost it, and I've had it “We don’t try to disguise the fact that we occasionally like to get
before and kept it.” together with some of our friends when we write,” Tyler said.
Despite Tyler's mild protestations, there’s no question that there “Sometimes you need a little fresh blood to challenge you and
will be a little extra pressure on Aerosmith this time around. After make you come up with your best efforts. But those people are not
selling more than 15 million copies of such albums as Permanent there to write songs for us— at best they'll write songs with us,

Aerosmith: “We're all brothers in the truest senseof the word.”

Vacation, Pump and Get A Grip during their decade-long stint then leave it to us to rework them in the studio. Believe me, by the
with Geffen Records, the Aero boys know that they're now expect- time we're finished with some of those songs, they've been totally
ed to keep all that dirty rock and roll lucre flowing in Sony's corpo- Aerosmithized.”
rate pockets. But at the same time, they're also aware of the dra- With any luck, the band’s eagerly anticipated new disc should be
matic changes that have occurred in the rock world since their last hitting the streets by September, with a massive world tour to fol-
album was released in 1992. For some younger fans, Aerosmith’s low. In an era when the term “Arena Rock” has almost become a
brand of big-budget, big-production, big-hype music is as out of curse, and bands not on the “cutting edge” are often labelled as
date as rotary phones. For many others, however, the band’s return “trite”, Aerosmith continue to break all the rules. Some 23 years
to the rock wars will be greeted with the pomp and circumstance after their debut single, Dream On, first brought them fame and
usually reserved only for conquering heroes. Can Aerosmith defy fortune, they still rank as the ultimate American rock band, the icon
the odds— as they have so many previous times in their career— against which any pretenders to their throne must be measured.
and prove once again that their sound is both timeless and ageless? Yeah, there may be younger, hipper, hungrier bands around, but
Tyler had little trouble answering that question. thank God— or whoever else is responsible for this band’s contin-
“Yeah, we can,” he said bluntly. “We know how to do it. It’s real- ued success— there's still only one Aerosmith.
ly that simple. | think that all anyone wants are good songs that “We're not tryin’ to compete with anyone else except ourselves, ”
they can shake their ass too. We still have the commitment we've Tyler said. “What do | think of all the new bands? Bless ‘em all.
shown on our last few albums, which believe me, was a lot more We'll see how many of them can last for 25 years, and still be in top
than we had when we made our original Sony aloums! Back then, form. | hope some of ‘em can do it, but | don’t think it'll happen. |
we were so caught up in bad things that we didn’t really under- think we may be the last of a dying breed— and that's one of the
stand the kind of commitment it took to make a really great album. things fans really appreciate about Aerosmith.”

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F':people have ever enjoyed the experience of being a Rock Star shot at big-time success, and all they had to do was cut Bon Jovi in.
more than Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach. There was nothing about “Jon did take a lot of credit for the band making it,” Sabo said. “But |
the high profile, emotionally-draining, private-time-stealing, media guess that’s okay. |had known him since | was a kid, and | thought he
madness known as stardom that Bach didn’t revel in to the max. From was just helping us out because he liked us. But one thing | always
the moment Skid Row hit the headlines in the late ‘80s with the release knew about Jon was that he was a sharp businessman. And while he
of their debut album— spurred on by the instant hit status of their did unquestionably help us, he helped himself as well— as if he needed
anthemic single Youth Gone Wild— Bas hogged the spotlight as if he the money. But who knows what would have happened to us if he
were a moth drawn to the proverbial flame. Perhaps he sensed that his hadn't stepped in? We had already tried to make it before, and it
band’s moment in the sun might be brief...perhaps not. But either way, hadn't happened. Maybe it would have with Bas in the band, but |
Bach's too-pretty-for-his-own-good looks, his effervescent personality think Jon definitely got things rolling in the right direction.”
and his larger than life persona made him the quintessential late-’80s The right direction, indeed! Skid Row’s self-titled debut disc proceed-
star; there was no brooding sentimentality here, no hidden anguish or ed to sell over three million copies, and the band’s road show (where
painful introspection. With Skid Row’s dynamic frontman, what you they spent most of the year opening for Bon Jovi) proved the group to
Saw was what you got— six-and-a-half feet of pure hell-raisin’, groupie be one of the most entertaining acts on the rock road circuit. While
grabbin’, limo-ridin’ rock and roll energy. they soon grew tired of answering questions concerning Bon Jovi’s
“Rock and roll is supposed to be fun, isn’t it?” Bach involvement with the band, and somewhat resentful of

“Rock and
exclaimed. “That's one of the things | have against all the hefty chunk of cash that he was contractually enti-
the guys who currently seem to be the crowd tled to, Skid Row seemed like they had beaten the
favorites. | don’t think they‘re enjoying themselves one odds— they were the last of the pure ‘80s heavy metal
bit. It's the Kurt Cobain disease— they're all suffering
from it. They all want to be dead. | grew up at a time roll is bands to sneak under the commercial wire before
Nirvana hit the scene and the the music world changed
when rock and roll was all about getting out there forever.
with your friends, hopping in the car and just having a
great time. I'm not saying that there isn’t room for a supposed Rather than battling against the shifting tides, Skid
Row began further distancing themselves from the Bon
little more depth than that in music— in fact | think Jovi influence, and dismissed themselves from the
Skid Row has gone a lot deeper than some people
have given us credit for. But the bottom line is still that
to be fun, pop/metal stylings that characterized their multi-plat-
inum debut. Instead, they turned in a far heavier direc-
this is supposed to be the most fun you can have with tion on their next two albums, Slave To The Grind and
your pants on.”
In many ways Skid Row represented both the best
isn’t 1t?” Sub Human Race. In sound and style these discs owed
more to the raw metallic style of Pantera (another band
and the worst of the late-’80s heavy metal scene. that had successfully shifted from “glam” to “hard-
Yeah, they could be vacuous and almost clownish in both their on and core”) than to the poseur-rock sounds of their first effort.
off-stage behavior, and their albums on occasion fell into a morass of Unfortunately, neither disc came close to matching the sales success of
pop-inspired drivel. But at the same time, by hailing from New Jersey their illustrious debut— but that didn’t seem to faze these guys one bit.
rather than the air-head state of California, there was a sense of adven- Rather than sulking, or fondly looking back on their brief period of
turousness and freshness about everything Skid Row touched that filled glory, they chose to merely forge ahead. If it meant playing clubs again,
their songs with a state-of-the-metal-art feel. While Bach was the so be it. The chance to stand on stage and play rock and roll was all
unquestioned centerpiece of the band's attack, it was actually guitarist that Skid Row ever asked. Even cover-boy Bas had no qualms about
Dave “Snake” Sabo and bassist Rachel Bolan who comprised the playing down his looks and focusing his abundant energies on just get-
band's creative soul. Along with drummer Rob Affuso and guitarist ting off a crowd of a thousand rabid fans. It may have been a long way PHOT ZLOZ
NEIL
Scotti Hill those two had struggled on the Jersey club circuit for nearly from the cover of Hit Parader, but it was still life in the spotlight.
five years before a happenstance meeting brought them in touch with “No one promised us that this was going to be easy,” Bach said.
Canadian expatriate Bach. “And we never wanted it to be easy. When the first album became a
Their next stroke of luck occurred when fellow Jersey resident, Jon hit, we never let it go to our heads. We enjoyed it, but it didn’t change
Bon Jovi, saw the realligned quintet perform live shortly after Bach had us. The only thing we didn't like was becoming type-cast as these pret-
joined. Always a sharp judge of horse flesh, Bon Jovi quickly moved in ty-boy rockers who sang pretty-boy songs. We had a big hit with /
to sign the band to a “personal services” contract that ostensibly stated Remember You, and then we never played the song live! We hated
that Jon would get the band a recording deal, but that in return he that song!! Now we’re doing exactly what we want and we're damn
would own a giant piece of the group's action— including a healthy happy about it. |said when our first aloum came out that | didn't care if
cut of their publishing royalties. It was the kind of “deal with the devil” it went gold or platinum— as long as we could make another one.
that Skid Row couldn't refuse. After all, here was an almost guaranteed That's still the way |feel today.”
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~ Metallica: pair“Black” ‘album remains
one of the most successful heavy..___ ~
metal disc of all time.

BY WINSTON CUMMINGS
caees 5 hard as it may now be to believe, success did not come in June, and tickets for the Metallica-headlined Lollapalooza Festival
ae quickly or easily for the members of Metallica. Many a have sold faster than for any previous Lolla-fest in history?
die-hard fan can recall venturing into small clubs following “! can’t say that we sit around asking ourselves how we got
the releas e of such early alours as Kill ‘Em All to see the here,” Ulrich said. “That would be kind of goofy. But I've got to
-Metallirmen seek and destroy on stage in front of perhaps 300 rabid admit that there have been times when I've been off by myself that
followers. For more than three years Metallica struggled to gain a I've kind of thought about how much we've accomplished, and it’s -
- solid foothold in the rock world. They faced an uphill kind of cool. | think part of the satisfaction | get is
battle against not only the “mousse abuse” bands | “[f ye set out to knowing how far we had to come. Nobody gave us
that dominated the early ‘80s, but also against unre- es much of a chance, and we never set out with the
sponsive forces at radio and MTV, unprepared work- be rich and intention of selling millions of records. But we've
ers at record labels and unknowing. members of the f done it, and that’s all that matters.”
media: At times it seemed as if Metallica would for- amous, Done it, indeed! But perhaps even more impressive
ever exist on the rock and roll periphery, a powerful, than their multi-platinum sales totals and their record-
multi-faceted metal machine that just didn’t want to
I don't think shattering concert revenues has been the lasting
play by the rules needed to attain mass commercial we'd do it the impact that Metallica has had in shaping the structur-
acceptance. al foundations of the rock form. Do you think that
But then, it happened. Seemingly against all odds way we did.” the avant-garde alternative formats of today could
Metallica began-to break through the restrictive have evolved if precedent-breaking bands like
binds of controlled playlists and compu-track sales reports to Metallica hadn't come along a decade earlier to prove that a group
emerge as the most influential, important and successful hard rock needn't conform to convention in order to succeed? It seems safe
~ band of their generation. How did it happen? Why did it happen? to say that without Metallica’s guiding influence the rock world
It's.a question that still intrigues drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist/vocal- would be a very different place today. Here’s a band that’s always
ist James Hetfield, bassist Jason Newsted and guitarist Kirk done things their way— dressing in black T-shirts and jeans and fre-
Hammett. More than a decade (and 25 million albums) after quietly quently playing six or seven minute album opuses— and that’s
emerging on the rock scene as an unknown act on a small indie always let the consequences be damned.
label, Metallica find themselves the unquestioned kings of the metal “If we ever set out to become rich and famous, | don’t think we
mountain. What further proof is needed than the fact that their lat- would have done it the way we did,” Ulrich said. “But sometimes it
est album, Load; debuted at the Number One position in the charts seems that we've become successful exactly because of the way we
 did it. The fans could sense that we weren't following any
sort of trend of trying to fit in. We've always kind of been
the lone wolves of hard rock— we've been off to ourselves
when everyone else was dressing up and playing Rock
Star. That really never had any interest for us. We didn’t
want to drive fast cars and have pretty girls chasing us in
our videos. Hell, for a long time we didn’t even want to
make videos.”
How ironic that this San Francisco-based unit, a group
that for so long steadfastly refused to make videos for
MTV or even release singles to radio, has now emerged
as one of the principle cornerstones of both the vid net-
work and rock radio, The band’s ability to weave fasci-
nating story lines into their video productions (and play
only minor roles within the clips themselves) helped
usher in a new era of production values for the vid biz.
And can anyone slip on their favorite FM rocker for
more than 20 minutes without being assaulted head-
on by a classic Metallitune? Undoubtedly Metallica's -
influence reaches deep into the dark recess of the rock
underbelly. But despite all of their previous accomplish- -
ments, and their unquestioned position in the Rock —
And Roll Hall Of Fame due to the success of albums
such as ...And Justice For All, Master Of Puppets
and Metallica, now is the dawning of a new era in
rock and roll, and many are curious to see how—
and if— the Metallimen will adjust to fit into the
angst-riddled ‘90s. While some nay-sayers. have tried —
to Le the unit as being a “dinosaur” band with

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1990 1990 1990 1 990

i991 1991 1
pe a uns N’ Roses were never particular!
We were just a bunch of guys Germiorsti with the Tote a
who were used to getting merely emerging on the rock scene.
e- 1 It was their intent to hit the music world
by wees eccil wits. like a run-away freight train, an uncontrol-
lable force ready, willing and able to
destroy everything— and everyone—
dumb enough to stand in their path. For
Ax! Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff
McKagan and Steven Adler, rock and roll
wasn’t a musical form as much as it was a
lifestyle, a statement of purpose consisting
equally of all-night parties, bloody street
brawls and an endless stream of wine,
women and song. At a time when the rock
universe was growing almost jaded with
the wild-man, party-hearty rockers who
seemed to comprise the entirety of the Los
Angeles music orb, Guns N’ Roses proved
that those other guys had only been pre-
tenders, that they were the only true con-
tenders for the title of hard rock’s most
dangerous band.
“It was never an act, we are what we
are,” Slash explained. “We were just a
bunch of guys who were used to living on
the streets, getting by on our wits. We
brought all of that with us when we start-
ed to make it. We were a product of our
society. Some of the other bands around at
the moment had started to look and act a
certain way because they thought it was
their ticket to success. We hated them, and
they hated us— basically because they
knew we were real.”
From the moment their debut album,
Appetite For Destruction, was released
G N’ R discovered themselves embroiled
hip-deep in controversy. With the disc’s
original cover sporting a cartoonish scene
depicting a woman apparently being beat-

Axl Rose: One of the most controver- >

sial figures in rock history. BY ROB ANDREWS
release; not for its cover art this time, rather
for the fact that the band chose to sell
each of the two disc’s separately— dou-
bling their sales potential in the process.
While the group insisted that they made
the move “for the good of their fans”,
cries of “rip off” could be heard far-and-
wide.
“We figured that instead of putting out a
double album, where the price would be
really high, we'd just put out the two discs
separately, so that the price of each would

Guns N’ Roses
~ in 1991: “We're
_ street punks,
and we’re
proud of that.”

be more reasonable,” Slash stated. “|

didn't really hear that many people com-
plain. That way they could buy one disc at
a time and save their money for the other. |
think it worked out well.”
The long, often rambling Illusion set
proved to be a massive success, but failed
to convince cynics that the band's best days
weren't already behind them. The always
tempestuous Rose had already fired Adler,
Stradlin— one of the band's stabilizing
forces— had quit, and rumors persisted
that Rose and Slash weren't getting along.
While the group’s next tour proved to be
the year’s most lucrative tour package,
massive cracks in the G N’R rock machine
could be seen, and for many watching the
band on stage became akin to viewing an
auto race— they were just waiting for the
big crash to happen.
Despite all the rumors of band breakups

1991 1991 1991

1992 1992

: , af Nirvana:
“The people who
found us were
searching for
something
different.”
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1992 1992 1992 1992 1992

[:was a little after noon when
Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Kim Cornell strikes his
Thayil innocently strolled into New York's Jesus Christ Pose.
famed Carnegie Deli. The rockers plunked
themselves down at one of the tiny tables
strewn with all sorts of deli fare; bowls
bursting with sour pickles and shiny metal
tins filled to the brim with such condiments
as mustard, ketchup and relish. The West
Coast pair picked up a menu and started to
peruse the listings, looking for something
special to satisfy their sophisticated Seattle
palates. To their mutual horror, all that con-
fronted their eyes were listings for bizarre
and potentially unappetizing selections like
cow's tongue and chopped chicken liver, all
of which the Big Apple natives seemed to
devour with particularly carnivorous glee.
No such dice with Chris and Kim, who
after gasping in disgust as they watched
the New Yorkers shove football-sized sand-
wiches down their throats without even
coming up for air, promptly stood up and
walked out of the establishment in quest
of more sedate mid-day cuisine.

“We're all very

proud of what we’ve
accomplished.”
Thankfully, Cornell and Thayil apparently
enjoy a more adventurous outlook when it
comes to the music they create along with
bandmates Ben Shepherd and Matt
Cameron. While an overstuffed corned beef
sandwich can make them run for cover,
there hasn't been a rock lick yet invented
that causes these guys to even break a
good sweat. If truth be known, there isn't a
more daring, bold and cutting-edge band in
the hard rock world than Soundgarden, a
fact once again proven on the band’s latest
outing, Down On The _ Upside. gag

Considering the group's recent achieve-

ments, which in the last five years have
included the release of two consecutive
multi-platinum albums, Badmotorfinger
and Superunknown, it should come as
no surprise that their latest disc once again
pushes the creative envelope of contempo-
rary music, issuing a brazen challenge to
any other band on the scene to either get
with the program or end up eating
Soundgarden’s musical dust.
“To us, this album really isn’t anything
that new or different,” Cornell said. “It's
just our new release, and we’re very proud
of it. Every time we make an album the
challenge becomes to present something
fresh and exciting as well as something

od ee ——_
 1993 1993

xnUE
crowd, | grab hold of the microphone
and just sing as loud and as hard as | can.
If something happens, then it does, but
I'm not anticipating anything bad hap-
pening, and I’m certainly not gonna
worry about it.”
Hopefully, any vocal problems that
that really turns us on. | think on BY NORMAN HYATT Cornell suffered through in the past are
Superunknown we may have gotten now nothing more than distant memories.
away from some of our basic rock struc- pays little heed to those who insist that he All involved can now begin focusing on
tures a little too much— even though we start taking better care of his pipes. Soundgarden’s latest U.S. tour— their first
were all very pleased with the results we “There's not much | can do about it,” he since the State-side road effort they were
got. This time we were experimental in a stated. “I’ve taken the time off that the forced to interrupt two years ago when
different way, but we may have made a
more straight-ahead rock album in the
process.”
It seems downright silly to debate the
merits of Soundgarden’s rock attack with
Cornell. After all, who knows the band’s
music better than the man who has been
at the group's helm since their formation
almost a decade ago? If he says that the
band may have wandered a bit too far
astray on their last album, who are we to
argue? As the original “Seattle Scene”
band, Cornell and Co. have witnessed all
of the incredible changes that have tran-
spired in rock music since 1985, and they
have played a pivotal role in that evolution-
ary process. This time around they've decid-
ed’ to offer their millions of faithful follow-
ers a new twist on the Soundgarden musi-
cal “formula”, allowing Thayil’s metallic
guitar work to freely intermix with a more
technologically spirited group sound. The
results from start to finish can only be
described as intoxicating in their heady
brew of rock reactants.
“We wrote a lot of material for this
album,” Cornell said. “I! don’t even know
how many songs we actually had written
before we got down to the tough process
of deciding which ones to really concen-
trate on. But we always more-or-less work their
that way. Everyone in the band tends to vocalist
write, and we like all the things we do, initially devel-
whether they are together or on our own, oped his difficul-
to be heard and really given a chance. But ties. Certainly on the
only the best stuff makes it. We're not here band’s new album,
to give everyone an equal chance. It’s sur- Cornell has never sounded
vival of the fittest— at least when it comes Soundgarden: better, utilizing his gruff,
to the songs.” “To us the screamed delivery in perfect bal-
With their new album out, a new chal- new album ance with a more subdued— though
lenge now must be faced by the members isn’t anything no-less-effective— style. The bottom line
of Soundgarden— and by Cornell in partic- that new or for Soundgarden in 1996 may well be
ular. After suffering through a lengthy peri- that nothing— be it vocal problems, musi-
different. aoe
od of pain and frustration during the cal shifts or even strange dietary habits—
band's last U.S. tour due to the strain he prescribed, can stop their musical juggernaut from
continually placed on his vocal chords, the and they all tell overwhelming the music masses around
singer now faces the question of how his me that | should the globe.
voice will hold up once the band again hits have no problems in “We're all very confident about what
the tour trail as a vital part of the Metallica- the future. But | also real- we've accomplished this time,” Cornell
headlined Lollapalooza Festival. Freely ize that | do put a lot of pres- said. “Now we're looking forward to get-
admitting that he really “only knows one sure on my vocal chords on a ting out on the road again and picking up
way to sing”, Cornell is well aware that a nightly basis, and since I’m not a where we were forced to leave off last
recurrence of his vocal problems could not particularly well-trained vocalist, | don’t time. We've already played a few shows in
only do irreparable damage to know that many of the tricks to avoid Europe, and those went very well. | see
Soundgarden’s career, but to his throat as putting that kind of pressure on them. All absolutely no reason for things not to just
well. True to his nature, however, Cornell | know is that when | get up in front of a keep getting better and better for us.”

1993 1993 1993

1994 1994 1994 I
talking with TicketMaster in an attempt to resolve their
on-going dilemma. The fact is that the ticket agency des-
perately wants to work with Pearl Jam and previously
buckled to the band’s ticket pricing and handling
demands. TicketMaster actually got so desperate that
they bent to the point where fans would have had to pay
only six cents more to TicketMaster than to Pearl Jam's
own ticket handling operation. Still, despite these con-
cessions, Pearl Jam has continued to shun the nation’s
— —/ largest ticket agency— a firm that could ensure their next
tour to be among the biggest rock events of 1996.
“With any other band I'd
hat do you do with your free say that there was a great
time when you're a member deal of reason for opti-
of the most successful band of mism,” a source inside the
the ‘90s, yet for a variety of often mys- Pearl Jam camp revealed.
terious reasons you've played a grand “But with these guys, you
total of five U.S. concerts in the last just never know. It’s not that
three years? Well, if you’re a member of they're trying to be difficult;
Pearl Jam you do what- it’s more that they feel a
ever is necessary in order
to maintain your sanity. BY P.J. MERKLE
Sitting around twiddling
their thumbs has never
come easily to Eddie
Vedder, Stone Gossard,
Mike McCready, Jeff
Ament and Jack Irons.
They'd much rather be
making new records
or performing their
material in front of
thousands of adoring
fans. But the
Jammers have never
done things to partic-
ularly satisfy them-
selves. It often seems
as if they're answer-
ing to a Higher
Authority— a force
that keeps directing
them down the
path of greatest
resistance. They
won't tour until
they settle their
on-going battle
with TicketMaster,
and they appar- i

ently won't
release an album
eee a
until they can
tour— it’s the kind Pearl Jam: “You just take every-
of Catch 22 that thing that happens day-to-day.” band in
can drive anyone their position has the right to stand ,
crazy. up for what they believe in. You've got to give them credit for
“You make the most of your time, and you really appreciate being idealists, if nothing else. They know that everyone
any chance you get to play,” McCready said. “One thing you would like to see them, and they really want to get out there.
never have to worry about us— we won't get burnt out from You've got to keep in mind that these guys made their repu-
keeping this kind of schedule.” tation as a live band; not being on the road is tearing them up
Here's the latest info we can give you on a variety of Pear! inside."
Jam fronts. Even as you read this, the band continues to work According to those on-the-scene, the recent lack of work
at a leisurely pace on their new album— a disc that has been has begun to cause a bit of friction with Pearl Jam. While
rumored to be completed and coming out on numerous occa- McCready kept himself busy working with Mad Season, and
sions over the last 18 months. Yet despite the impending com- the rest of the band helped fill their road “jones” by touring
pleting of the disc, no official release date has even been dis- with “The Godfather Of Grunge”, Neil Young, none of this
cussed between PJ. and their label. And in a somewhat related has effectively replaced the band’s own recording and touring
matter, evidently the band’s management team has continued credits. Apparently both McCready and Gossard have

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expressed a degree of dissatisfaction with the group's inactivi- Vitalogy and Vs. It's just their artistic temperament to always
ty, mentioning to insiders that they view vocalist Eddie Vedder believe they can do something better. And since they don't
as the catalyst for such difficulties. While these are far from have the pressure of needing to have product out by a certain
deep-seated problems, they apparently have begun to con- date in order to fulfill concert obligations, they've become
cern certain forces at the band’s record label, all of whom are more particular than ever about the material they release.”
waiting with baited breath for the next P.J. Back in December, when the group’ Merkin
album release. Ball single, / Got /d, sailed instantly to the top
“We want the album,” a label spokesman
said. “We've been waiting for it, and we'll run
“We won't get of the charts, it seemed as if the pump had
been perfectly primed for a new Pearl Jam
with it the minute we can. Working with Pearl album. But now, some five months later,
Jam is somewhat akin to what we go through burnt out there's still no definitive word about when—
here with Michael Jackson; we wait until he’s and if— that new disc will emerge. One has
ready to go, then we all move as fast as we by keeping to believe, however, that the internal pres-
can. | guarantee you that as soon as we get sures that are building up within Pearl Jam
the finished masters of the next album, the this kind of will soon begin to peak. These pressures will
label machine will kick in. That record willbe either prove to be a major benefit to the
out a week later if we can do it.” touring group’s immediate future, inspiring them to
Ironically, there were stories last summer, all do whatever is necessary in order to record
coming from “reliable” sources, that Pearl Jam
has already turned over their finished tapes,
schedule.” and tour... or it may cause them to eventual-
ly go their separate ways. While no one,
and that the label was contemplating the especially those within the band, want to
proper means of marketing the first group effort since.. 1994's even consider the possibility of such a dire future, there’s no
Vitalogy. Depending on whom you believe, either those question that it has crossed the band member's minds.
_ tapes never were, in fact, handed over— orthe band decided “You never can look that far ahead,” Ament said. “I
that they wanted to do more work on them after handing learned that when | was in my previous band (Mother Love
them in. While this second scenario seems a bit far fetched Bone), where we thought things were going great and then
for even a band as unpredictableas Pearl Jam, our label all of a sudden our singer (Andrew Wood) died. It makes you
source indicates that he wouldn’t be surprised if the band had realize how fragile all this can be. That's why we're trying to
indeed recalled their “finished” product. — appreciate what's happening to us as much as we can.”
"We all know that Pearl Jam are perfectionists, " he said.
“We had them question whether th \ OP :

Eddie Vedder:
Fighting off his
personal demons. —» |

1994 1994
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IKE “MONEY” MURPHEY

to a store and go shopping like

-anyone else. That's the down part.

eal: sont mind keeping to

self, and spending time with my
nily— | love doing that. But |
oO want to be able to go out
tay in touch with people and

t want to turn into some

of shut-in. | think being cut
om people would have a real
ffect on my music.
Green Day: “Our music
reflects who we are and
what we are.”

HP: Have you been able to enjoy

the good things that have
e along with Green Day's
‘ platinum status?
BJ: What's strange is that you nor-
mally think that as soon as you
ke care of your financial prob-

htview as the ‘conventional’

< - ay oblems taken care of. Yeah, it's
Fo es aeed rene oe —_ at not to have to worry about
money any more; it’s nice to know that my wife an
gonna be taken care of, but | never really understoo
other problems that can come along with a little
Still not so sure it’s an even trade-off.
HP: Would you say your general attitude toward
beat?
BJ: Most of time I'm that way. There are times when
to me, but | think I'm beginning to handle it all a lot be’
| used to. Thankfully, my family gives me some pers,
things and keeps me grounded. There were times aft
came out that | really thought | was going nuts. | didi
stand what was going on. Everything was
so new and so differ-
ent. | felt really alone
at times and apart &

from everyone else |

knew. That’s why hav-
ing my wife and kid are
so important now. They
give me a sense of
responsibility and they
allow we to deal with o , GS Regt),) ne i eg ae Ly
what's happening with a , 4 Rida og eee a oo
much better feeling )
about myself.
HP: People have com-
mented that there’s a
more somber mood to
Insomniac than there was
on Dookie. Why is that?
BJ: My music reflects who |
am and where | am at any
given time. The things that
are around me, and the
people | come in contact
with are what give the
music the attitude it has. |
don't know if | totally agree
with you saying this album is
more somber than the last
One; it may be a little more

Billie Joe: “Life always has

new challenges for you.”

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experiences l’ve had since
Dookie came out, just as the ual a 8
next one will reflect some of oe APE . tour biggest arenas all «
the things I’ve experienced recently. oe nae OL I 1 to keep your ticket prices ¢ |
HP: So can we expect a song about you gettin ar alae t? |
Milwaukee last November? :
BJ: Maybe. That whole incident was so strange. | c
know what had happened at first. All | know is tha
my guitar pick while we were playing, so as | ben
ured |’d just show the crowd a little moon. So |

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1996 1996 1996
nce every decade— give or take a recording studio. During the days Reznor
O:: years— a performer or group would listen to as much music as possible,
comes along that through a combi- N then late at night, just before the studio was
nation of luck, fortitude and design manages I
N
;
about to shut down, he’d go in and fool
to totally change the rock and roll landscape. E around with the equipment, familiarizing
Back in the ‘50s that guy was the hip-shakin’ himself with as many studio techniques and
Elvis Presley. In the ‘60s it was the guitar quirks as possible. Inspired by the likes of
maestro, Jimi Hendrix. In the “70s Van Halen Kraftwork, Reznor soon began to develop his
put the pedal to the metal. And in the ‘80s own hard-edged style that incorporated his
the decade’s most influential band was understanding of technology with his love of
Metallica. Each of these artists had a signifi- basic rock and roll. It was an exciting time of
cant and lasting impact on the style, sound discovery, a period that laid the foundation
and attitude of their generation— an influ- |
i
|
;
|
for what would soon emerge as the begin-
ence that usurped the impact of any other nings of Nine Inch Nails.
performer of their time. “Making music was a dream to me,” he
Whether he likes it or not— and odds are said. “It was also my greatest fear. | had
he isn’t thrilled about it— in the mid-’90's spent most of my life playing pieces by classi-
Trent Reznor is fast becoming his genera- cal composers— now | wanted to write my
tion's most potent musical force. In addition own music. That was very intimidating; It
to virtually single-handedly creating such BY ALLAN FOSTER was a great achievement for me when |
platinum-selling masterworks as last year's : wrote my first song at the age of 23. | just
multi-platinum, The Downward Spiral, and roll was incredibly exciting to me,” decided to put my feelings and emotions
Nine Inch Nails’ main man has emerged as Reznor said. “| began to realize that rock and into every song, and just go for it. | didn’t
the patron saint of an entire branch of the roll could take me places that classical music know where it was going, and | didn’t care. |
alternative rock family tree. The brilliant but never could.” felt totally free for the first time in my life.”
occasionally unpredictable Reznor has forged Despite his strong inclination to drop every- That freedom soon led to the creation of
a musical persona so strong and so pervasive thing else and immediately begin pursuing a demo tapes that by 1988 had made the
that his influence, whether direct or inferred, career as a rock and roll musician, for a while rounds and been passed on by most of the
has touched the artistic souls of just about Reznor's life followed a much more pre- major labels. Finally a small indie label decid-
every new performer currently inhabiting the dictable and safe path. He continued study- ed to give Reznor a few bucks and allow him
rock jungle. From musical descendents such ing piano, and eventually went off to to record the first NIN disc, Pretty Hate
as Marilyn Manson and Prick— both of Allegheny College where he studied comput- Machine, a hard, confusing and all-together
whom have enjoyed Reznor’s hands-on er technology. Rather than turning into a Bill cynical view of the world that surrounded
approval and support— to the likes of Filter, Reznor. Critics either loved it or hated it—
whose two charter members grew up under but few ignored it. Reznor followed up that
Reznor’s protective wing, this charismatic, “My songs are initial success with two EPs, Broken and
black-haired visionary has blossomed into Fixed both of which further employed his
this era's most influential and inspiring rock so personal, unique blend of technology and metal to
and roll guiding light.
“My songs are so personal, they come they come present a totally unique musical amalgam.
Though he hid behind the Nine Inch Nails
from deep inside me,” Reznor stated. “|
started writing down my thoughts— usually from deep band name (though for all intents and pur-
poses he was the entire band) and he failed
very dark, depressing thoughts— and those
eventually became the lyrics to my songs. |
inside me.” to even show his face on album covers,
Reznor’s sound soon became one of the
am surprised that what's going on in my most recognizable in the rock sphere. And
head has been accepted by so many. | always Gates-styled computer geek, however— a when The Downward Spiral soared past
believed my work was too dark, and far too guy more interested in creating new screen double platinum in 1995 there was no doubt
personal, to be accepted the way it has.” savers than utilizing the technology to its left in anyone’s mind that this guy was more
Growing up in the rural Pennsylvania town maximum degree— Reznor began wonder- than a successful rock musician, he was a
of Mercer, Reznor always sensed that he ing how he could apply his computer knowl- true musical visionary. Now, with the
never fit in with the small town values that edge to his love of music. After hearing the impending release of NIN's next disc— a disc
his parents embraced so passionately. While instantly forgettable, Human League/Flock Of that may well prove to be an apocalyptic
studying piano at the tender age of five, Seagulls brand of synthesizer-inspired rock of event in terms of its media coverage and
young Trent began to become aware that he the early ‘80s, Reznor felt he had discovered commercial impact— Trent Reznor truly has
possessed a special gift— one that his sports- his answer. become the voice of his generation, a dark,
loving school mates failed to understand. He “It was an interesting time, not so much brooding, eminently disturbing voice fit to
was encouraged to focus virtually all of his for the music that was being made, but speak the troubles of Generation X.
attentions on his music, foregoing a variety because synthesizers were finally reaching “Trent works in a way that is so totally
of social activities that he now admits may the point that the average musician could unique,” explained Filter’s Richard Patrick
have made him “a little more normal.” But afford them,” he said. “| went out and got a who served along-side Reznor as NIN'S gui-
after practicing for eight hours a day, six days sequencer that | could attach to my comput- tarist for three years. “Especially in the studio,
a week, for the better part of the next er, and that opened up a whole new world he's in a world totally his own. He has MA
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decade, something magical happened— for me. A lot of the things that | had wanted thoughts running through his head that the
Reznor discovered rock and roll, Kiss in partic- to express, but had never felt comfortable rest of us just have to guess at. | enjoyed
ular, and his life was changed forever. doing, were finally beginning to come out. It working with him on stage, but especially
“When your world has basically consisted all began to make sense to me.” when it comes to making an album, there's
of being trained to be a classical pianist by a It wasn't long before Reznor turned his really not room for anyone else. Trent is a
nun, the idea of standing on stage breathing back on higher education, moved to genius who is only now beginning to tap his
fire, spurting blood and playing loud rock Cleveland and began working in a local full creativity.”

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one. Every time you play it's important. It doesn’t matter if it’s
or a big arena— you ‘ve got to make the connection. You've QO es
them feel the blues.”
Shepherd comes by his love for the blues honestly. Born and eS in
Shreveport, Louisiana, young Kenny was surrounded by music from child-
hood. His father was a noted radio personality in town, allowing the
family access to any concert that roamed through the deep south. When
he was only seven years old, Shepherd had an experience that changed
his life forever.
“We went to a Stevie Ray Vaughn show in town,” he said. “He lifted
me up on the amp case on the side of the stage and | sat there the
whole time watching him play. | was hooked. | started asking my dad
for a guitar right then and | finally got one about six months later. |
started listening to everything | could get my hands on— Howlin’
Wolf, Albert Collins and Albert King. The blues really got a hold of me.
That's why | really appreciate the chance to pass along my love for the
music to others.”

MANHOLE
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JACKYL, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD insight. The question at hand, however, is Thin Lizzy double-guitar influence (going so
After releasing two major label discs (and whether Celtic Frost was ever big enough for far as to cover the Lizzy classic Don’t Believe
enjoying platinum success with their debut), a series of “Frost-inspired” bands to pay A Word) while establishing their own unique
Jackyl have joined the ranks of the “indies” homage to the now-departed group. Does sound. Such songs as Hard Times, Mother
with the release of their live album, Night anyone really care if Opeth cover Circle Of and Tagger are as contemporary as tomor-
Of The Living Dead. For those who were The Tyrants, or if Inner Thought run through row’s news, touching on such varied subjects
fortunate enough to catch Jesse James Morbid Tales? We think not. Everyone even as gang violence and lost love, all presented
Dupree and his boys on the road— or even remotely interested in this material is far bet- with the band's special brand of rock and roll

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for those who weren’t— this is about as in- ter off sticking with Celtic Frost's original excitement. Of particular note are the soar-
your-face an in-concert collection as has efforts. ing guitar runs of axe masters Terry Williams
come down the pike in a long time. All the Rating: ** and Gio Santos.
Jackyl fan favorites are here; from their radio Rating: ****
hit Down On Me to their trademark tune, YOUTH GONE WILD,
The Lumberjack— with Dupree’s chainsaw HEAVY METAL HITS OF THE ‘80s CEMETARY, SUNDOWN
sounding better than ever. This is loud, This three-disc collection presents a compre- For those who believe that Death Metal has
bawdy, good-time rock and roll— as politi- hensive, if far from complete, overview of finally been swept under the carpet, along
cally incorrect and out-of-place in these the bands and the music that made the '80s comes Cemetary, one of the heaviest, nasti-
angst-driven times as any album can be. rock. From the metallic power of Dio (The est and darkest units in recent memory. On
That's what makes it so dang good. Last In Line) and Motorhead (Ace Of their latest aloum, Sundown, the band’s
Ratingn as 2 Spades), to the power pop stylings of gothic influence is in full view, filling each
Dokken (/t's Not Love) and Poison (Talk Dirty song with an unusual and memorable style
CELTIC FROST, IN MEMORY OF... To Me), a wide swath of hard rock terrain is and sound. This is far from predictable metal
Celtic Frost was one of those bands that covered in this fast-moving set. One might fare— the Euro-rhythm beats featured on
people either loved or hated— if they even be surprised to hear the names— let alone many songs, and the macabre lyrics of
knew about this unusual Swedish band. the music— of such bands as Helix, Europe Cemetary main man Mathias Lodmalm
From the moment of their formation in and White Lion mentioned again; in many clearly mark this as a Death Metal band for
1984, Tom G. Warrior and his men explored ways it seems like decades since their style of the ‘90s.
metal’s dark underbelly, often with surprising silky-smooth hard rock was in vogue. Yet Rating: ***

RATING SYSTEM: *****=EXCELLENT ****=VERY GOOD ***=GOOD **=FAIR *=POOR

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COMPILED BY THE HIT PARADER STAFF be the Metal Monsters of yesteryear—
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We know that you've been provided a
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS,

TINY MUSIC...SONGS FROM THE
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bands of the ‘80s with their slickly-pro- hard rock circles. These Seattle rockers Lange's trademark, and in its stead is a
duced metallic songs capturing the have established themselves as one of rawer, rougher style that gives the
macho, party-hearty mood of the times. the most gifted and challenging bands Leps plenty of room to show off their
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done little to change with the times, and On The Upside, the band has done little linked with the ‘80s, there's no doubt
while the material contained on their lat- to disappoint. New tunes Ty Cobb, that Def Leppard are primed and ready
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show, fans were handed flyers explaining
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minds of young children. “Yeah, our music
perverts the normal course of society,”
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based quartet's latest effort Infotainment?
only reinforces their brand of dark humor
and sarcasm by driving the spikes into the
coffin just “a little bit deeper.”
D AND EDITED BY MARY ANNE CASSATA
Underachiever is about how subtle “popula-
ES SESS aes Se alate le ae AES ares as
tion control” has become, ‘society herding’
78-79) UNDERACHIEVER 90) BATTLE as | like to call it,” continues Claydon. “It’s
about how we are sold; unatainable images
90) MARS ATTACH 90) HOPKINS by adverts, sold the idea that ‘progress’ will

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

save us—sold us the idea that there is
something to be gained by ‘social climbing,’
sold the idea that we really do make our
own choices.”
Our second pick, Battle by Overkill carries

UNDER ACT.
on in their decade-long tradition of anger
and aggression combined with emotional
Se
re Sa es =
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UNDERACHIEVER Talk to me ‘like that’ you know we like
(Recorded by PITCH SHIFTER) that
Frontman/vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth
explains: “While writing the melodies and Tell me it’s faultless, teflon child
J.S. CLAYDEN
lyrics, | felt drawn to the center of the fight Tell me there's nothing wrong (nothing
trying to overcome the obstacles that wrong) stay press smile
blocked the advancement of my life. | Lie to me, tell me I'm like you
Tell me I'm beautiful, tell me I'm cool
could lose the battle as long as | didn't Lie to me, keep patronizing me
lose the war. It’s obvious, this sure ain’t no Talk to me “like that’ you know we like
Lie to me, patronize me
love song!”
As for the Misfits who formed in 1977, Talk to me ‘like that’ you know like that that
Mars Attacks was born out of.group | see mass redundancies in your smile
I can see mass redundancies in you're
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Lie to me, (keep, keep) lying to me
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tor Tim Burton's next movie. “I've been col-
Tell me it’s perfect, ten feet high.
Starve me, sedate me but feed the lie that FSS
i
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lecting the card series for over 30 years,” © 1996 Earache Music Songs.
Lie to me, patronize me
Only offers. “Now my son is really into it.
We have fun collecting together. It’s a real

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millions around the world? No matter what the coast My name is Hopkins
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ver the last decade, Zakk Wylde has built up. quite a reputation for himself. As the long-time axe master for the legendary Ozzy
Osbourne, this New Jersey native helped create the quintessential sound and style of ‘80s “metal guitar”. More recently, his work
with his own band, Pride & Glory, proved that a happy marriage could exist between the superficially divergent realms of
Southern-styled roots-rock and more mainstream metallic musings. And now, after bowing out— or being forced out, depending whom
you ask— of Ozzy’s current touring band (after recording the recent platinum disc Ozzmosis with The Metal Master), and surviving a
short-lived and much-discussed run-in with the boys from Guns N’ Roses, Wylde is back with his first true solo disc, Book Of Shadows,
an effort that gives full reign to his multi-faceted six string skills.

“This is a record that | had to grow

into doing,” the blond guitarist said.
"It's not the kind of music you make
when you're 19 years old and your
world consists of driving around and
having a good time. You need to feel a
little pain, experience some of life's dis-
appointments and heartaches before
you're ready to play this kind of music.
This is the music that I’ve felt in my soul
for a long time that has been trying to
get out. It’s different than anything I’ve
done before— and it’s the best music
I've ever created.”
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“When I’m playing guitar

with my amps cranked,
I’m in heaven.”

From the haunting intro for Sold My

Soul to the raw energy that characterizes
Between Heaven And Hell, the music
contained on Book Of Shadows runs
the full rock and roll gamut. Though he’s
made his reputation primarily as a plug-
it-in and let-it-rip six string slinger, the
fact is that Wylde’s artistic palate encom-
passes virtually every musical style under
the sun. But no matter which direction
he may choose to explore, the rugged
sound of his customized Gibson Les Paul
guitar continues to ring true, adding a
fiercely tremeloed passion to each of
Wylde’s compositions. In addition, Zakk’s
vocal style has come a long way, now
serving as the perfect raspy, emotive foil
for his burning guitar runs. When you
combine his superlative six string work
Zakk Wylde with his with his fast-improving vocals and song-
customized Gibson. writing skills, it's no surprise that Book
Of Shadows may well serve to shoot
Wylde into the solo stratosphere.
“| get so much pleasure from so many “| hadto grow.
different kinds of music,” he said. into making |
“When I'm playing guitar with the amps this record.” |
cranked, I'm in heaven. And when I’m
sitting in a room alone, playing a piano, |
love that too. | tend to reflect my envi-
ronment. When I’m standing there with
a big Marshall stack behind me, | tend to
write different songs than when I’m
working with an acoustic guitar or a
piano. It’s all part of what | love to do.”
For a guy still only 28 years old, Wylde
has certainly seen and done a lot. From
the day he took his first piano lesson at
the age of 12, to the moment just seven
years later when a mutual friend advised
him to try out for the vacant guitar slot
in Ozzy's band, Zakk’s life has been a
magical mixture of musical whirlwind
and rock and roll fantasy. While he
admits he “wouldn't change a thing”
about his nine-year stint with the Ozz,
he also quickly states that he’s now quite
content to be on his own. A flood of
rumors followed Wylde's quick departure
from the Osbourne touring ensemble
last year, many indicating that Zakk’s
wild-man lifestyle just didn’t sit that well
with the “still-in-recovery” Osbourne.
Yet, despite their less-than-perfect part-
ing, Wylde states that he’d return to
Ozzy wherever and whenever the mercu-
rial metal maven needs him.
‘Y probably would still be out on the
road with Ozzy right now if things had
gone according to plan,” he said.
"After finishing the Ozzmosis album |
kind of figured I'd be asked to stay
around. But | think Ozzy had other
ideas. He never came right out and told
me why he wanted to try someone else;
| think it was because he sincerely
wanted me to try to make it on my
own. But | have heard that my drinking
bothered him— and his wife Sharon as
well. | understand that.”
Another hot rumor of recent vintage Book Of Shadows,” he said. “But it records upon its release two years ago. It
had Wylde shucking his solo status in was kind of disappointing because | had opened his eyes to the fact that not
order to join Guns N’ Roses. The rock gone from leaving Ozzy to being teased every project he was going to touch was
wires were burning late last year with by Guns N’ Roses. It kind of shook me up instantly guaranteed to succeed. For a
stories indicating that a series of all-night a little bit. But | have a very resilient per- guy who had only known chart-topping
jam sessions featuring Zakk, Axl and sonality. | tend not to dwell on things like success during his career as a well-paid,
Slash led to a loose partnership being that for too long. A few days later | well-respected and well-known sideman,
formed between this unlikely trio. But began writing for this album in earnest, that experience toughened him up and
things on the G N’ R front quickly began so things definitely worked out for me in prepared him for the recording of his lat-
to fall apart when Zakk’s larger-than-life the end. But | still enjoy those guys— just est effort.
personality began to rub the always as | still enjoy Ozzy. | like the freedom to “| thought the Pride & Glory album
unpredictable Axl the wrong way. It fur- play with various people then move on. was gonna do great,” he said. “| didn’t
ther eroded when guitar bud Slash indi- Maybe that makes me look like a guitar- necessarily expect it to go platinum, but
cated that he intended to play virtually for-hire to some people. But | can live | expected it to do well. The fact is that
all the guitar parts on the next Guns N’ with that. | know what the rea/ truth is.” it didn’t do that well; it didn’t do badly,
Roses album— when and if it’s ever Of course, there’s also a great deal but it didn't do what | expected or the
completed. Suddenly Wylde went from more safety working within the plat- people at the label expected. That
believing that guitar slot with the Top inum-coated confines of a Guns N’ Roses made me realize that | really had to
Gunners was his, to being a guy without or Ozzy than trying to make it on your work hard to make people know who |
a gig. own. Wylde admits that he was a bit was apart from Ozzy. | think that with
“It all turned out for the best because unnerved when his debut album with this album, I’ve taken a big step
it allowed me to proceed directly with Pride & Glory failed to set any sales towards making that happen.”

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Peavey’s new Ecoustic 172 is a combo amp specifically for Channel Two, it has a low-Z XLR mic input, high-Z quar-
designed for acoustic guitars — “Ecoustic,” get it? The 772 ter-inch input, level control, 5-band graphic EQ, and reverb.
has a unique set of features that cover the wide range of The master section has reverb and presence controls, and on
demands faced by acoustic guitar players these days: live per- the rear panel you'll find an XLR direct-out with pre-EQ/post-
formance in small or large rooms, or arenas, as well as studio EQ switch for direct-to-board live and studio applications, pre-
work in any number of styles. amp output, power amp input, mic-FX loop and instrument-
Just how feature-packed is it? The Ecoustic 112 has two FX loop send and return, and remote footswitch jack.
independent channels, with Channel One featuring a quarter- Truly, in terms of amplifying a plugged-in or miked acoustic
inch instrument input, level control, active/passive switch for guitar it's hard to think of what else you might need...except
piezo or magnetic pickups, phase-reverse switch, 5-band perhaps a tuner? Fear not, Peavey also has a new auto-tuner
graphic EQ, acoustic feedback reduction contro! with +/- 15 for guitars and basses, with digital technology, quartz accura-
dB boost or cutwith exclusive adjustable sliding notch cy, a condenser mic built-in for acoustic guitar tuning, a large
filter...plus a reverb control. Again: that’s just and easily readable LCD screen, high-impact casing...and it’s
Channel One. As small enough to fit into a guitar case or gig bag.
For more info on Peavey’s new Ecoustic 172 amp, digital
auto-tuner, and its many other guitar, bass and amplifier
products — not to mention its cool new “RadialPro” drums,
which we plan to cover in a future column — write: Peavey
Electronics Corp., 71 IA Meridian St., Meridian, MS, 39301.

Francis Dunnery, the former Robert Plant guitarist who has recently
released two critically acclaimed solo albums, has created a new inven-
tion—12 12-string cross between a guitar, a piano and a drum that
Dunnery calls the Tap Board. “It’s just something | originally came up
with about six years ago,” he says. “| put it aside for a few years, but
then when | picked it up again, | couldn't believe how great it sounded.
| play it from a guitarist's point of view, but it has many properties of a
keyboard, and | know drummers will have a great time tapping away
ON tig
While Dunnery is yet to complete a marketing deal with a major manu-
facturing firm, he hopes to have his Jap Board commercially available
by 1997. “That would be a dream-come-true,” he says. “I think anyone
who plays with it will fall instantly in love with it. The beauty is that you
don’t have to be a great musician to create wonderful sounds. But if you
are a talented musician, | think the possibilities are limitless.”

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Ibanez has expanded its ATK line with the new offers synth-users sounds generated by
alder-bodied, koa-topped ATK500, which has Korg's patented “Al-Squared” synthesis sys-
more defined high-end and sustain. Like the rest tem, with 192 pre-recorded arrangements
of the ATK line (except the ATK100 which has a- from pop and rock to jazz, House and
passive, dual-coil pickup), it’s got a triple-coil pick- Reggae, to professionally accompany any
up with three-band EQ and active electronics, and MIDI instrument. Its built-in. processor has
the ATK bridge, which can be strung through the 47 digital effects, including Reverb and
bridge or through the body. List price for the Chorus, as well as 16 drum programs and
ATK500: $949.95. For more info write: Ibanez 384 sound programs. Arrangements can be
Guitars, Box 886, Bensalem, PA, 19020. called up at the push of a color-coded but-
ton, instant editing is possible on drum or
sound programs, and real-
time or individual-note
recording are both possi-
ble. It's also got two MIDI
in ports, so it can store
accompaniment and per-
formance data in standard
MIDI format. The iSM is
fully compatible with
Korg’s ih Interactive Vocal
Harmony Processor, as well
as optional discs from
Korg’s Sound and Program
library. For more on this
highly versatile unit, write:
Korg USA Inc., 89 Frost
St., Westbury, NY, 11590.

Sabian’s new “BacPac” cymbal bag is unique and innovative — especially for drummers like most of those reading this maga-
zine, who we bet can’t afford roadies — in that its specially padded shoulder strap lets you wear the bag on your back...thus cen-
tering the weight of the cymbal and freeing up your hands. It’s
made of wear-resistant, highdenier nylon, with metal zippers
and double-strength strategic links; it can also be carried by its
handle, or over the shoulder. An oversize hold-all pocket car-
ries the largest sticks and mallets you can find; three smaller
pockets hold felts, keys and accessories. There's partitions
dividing the cymbals inside the bag to protect them from each
other, and extra impact-resistant padding around the base to
better protect cymbal edges. All in all, quite a bag — to be
expected, since Sabian makes quite the cymbals to put in it.
For more info, write: Sabian Ltd., Main Street, Meductic, New
Brunswick, Canada, EOH ILO. ¥

Tama’s new “Air-Ride” snare drum offers “nothing,” in Tama’s clever

words: as in, nothing, especially from basket-clamp snare-stand contract, to
get in the way of pure drum sound. It’s keyed by Tama’s Star-Cast mounting
system, originally for tom toms — here done with a much larger and heavier
L-arm, to take the harder and steadier pounding a snare drum typically
receives. And it can be fitted to any manufacturer's snare drum. Check it out
and see if your snare sounds different — brighter, louder, clearer. For more
info write: Tama, Box 886, Bensalem, PA, 19020.

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Windows and Macintosh formats ($588/1- campaign, but it is not an end-all/be-
800-268-6272). all. Less than 20% of all American

| VIDEO
There are lots of ways musicians can find households are online. There is a high
work and promote themselves online. But concentration of media folks online,
it is not the only way to get ahead in your because the Internet has great research
career. Still, Video View recommends The sources, and consumers check folders, |
Music Biz Network, a chat room that too. But, having an online site or ser-
online industry-ites present on Tuesday vice doesn’t necessarily make you
and Thursday nights from 11:00 east time money. Major companies such as H&R
on AOL. Top publishers, producers, writ- Block has found ten reasons to sell its |
ers, radio programmers, publicists, plus shares on Compuserve, and Sears sold
fledging talents, and even signed artists its interest in Prodigy because the
BY ANNE LEIGHTON
year ago, Video View predicted that
MTV had the potential to create a
strong media conglomerate that one *%,

day could rival Disney. We're not sure Saaaith

how long it’s going to take, but MTV is
busy with their media plans. Currently
MTV has a new home video, MTV's
Ultimate Spring Break Bash, which
features live performances from Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Bush,
plus that “crazy” actress Alicia
Silverstone. ($14.98/Sony Music Video).
MTV is also planning to launch another
channel. MTV2 is the working name if
an all-music channel they're hoping to
get on the air before the year’s end.
Many moons ago, MTV was thinking of
splitting itself up into three different
channels, but they nixed the idea.sup-
posedly because cable systems only had
room for so many channels. Two years
ago when forces at Warner, Sony and
other giant music corporations began
planning their own all-music channel,
MTV filed suit, accusing them of conflict
of interest. Thus work on the new chan-
nel ceased. Still Video View wonders if
MTV2 will behave itself and program
metal and hard rock.
In fact, Video View also wonders
about MTV's interest in the record/CD
business. The channel makes a percent-
age of sales for every Unplugged album
(from Kiss to Eric Clapton) recorded on
the Unplugged show. Even so, their lat-
est release, Buzz Bin Volume 1 featur-
ing Blind Melon, Bush, Danzig, Filter,
White Zombie and Stone Temple Pilots,
is for a good cause— to raise funds for
AIDS research. Rob Zombie: Buzz bin blaster. |
K**

The computer world is definitely get- including Bush's Gavin Rossdale and famous catalog company doesn’t fore-
ting interesting these days. NetSpew Melissa Etheridge have visited the room. see recouping its $500 million invest-
Website (http:/Awww.ypn.com/music) Also recommended is Taxi, a match- ment made over the last 10 years. At a |
has been a great internet information making and marketing service geared to recent meeting of the Internet and
provider, detailing over 300:online aid unsigned artists who are willing to Electronic Commerence Conference |:
hotspots for all kinds of music fans. It is plunk out $299 a year in order to find out and Exposition, Microsoft owner Bill
now available as an enhanced CD which record company might be looking Gates warned cyber-believers not to |
($10/Atlantic). PG Music Inc. has lots of for a new band. Taxi promised to channel take stock in cybershopping, “It won't |
software for folks who want to develop your music to record biz suits. For more be popular until it’s interactive as shop-
their skills as musicians. In addition to information call 1-800-458-2111. Virtual ping at a real store.” Face it, when you |
having many piano and guitar instruc- Spotlight is a link service for unsigned go to a store, there’s nothing like hold- |
tional disc, they’ve now released a bands, find it on the web at http://scsi- ing a piece of merchandise in your
product called Band In A Box which inc.com/ds/tvms/. hand and looking at it in order to judge
you can program to play automatic KKK
its quality.
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