Mee Getting ready for UT Oar E) RANCIDPa) ee note 12 MOST WANTED. Ou) alas ‘Wel dreams wih Canada's chart riendy racks, TMs aot gt NI bd Lode nr Ct os Pree eT Pee ol Pra ee Ce et LLL ‘ight naw. Pratt] eel tt a gk ee Le Ele ae aay De en Les ce Ses ONTENTS Era ht De ee En) Co ER Behe) aaa el ee Bgl a loin Pe La ed Pn nT Cs ana DO ORDO ec ete ee rs Peake Ts12a} De OU Un cu a ae ae) my Oto Uh ce Peon rs eG bE) Perr re id TCM Tt : TPs ¥ eae Pe ar] etter. Ea hg cee ty pe ed on) ee eet oe C7e N11 TAR Pe Sa al ie DT oes facie eT) CU ret} Prey Ten Orr On Bry rT)‘STAR 69 are an Anglo- ‘American four-piece fronted by the beautiful Jule Daniels, a native of Los Angeles. The othor three are Richard Johnson (guita), Warren Huart (bass) ‘and Paich Hannon (drums) ‘Julie moved to London to be with her boytiend two years agp. (WHAT'S $0 6000 ABOUT THEM? Star 69 pay hypnotic modern rock made more remarkable by ule's morbid yi. Even though the music is raunchy, she never tris to come on like someone who wants to prove they're as good as ‘the guys. Feminine as a cat, you could, ‘never mistake Juile Daniels for a ‘uy In hor music or anywhere le. (WHAT HAVE THEY GOT TO SAY? “No, Im not erazy, Fm “American,” Jule explains. “The ‘melodies are happy, but the lyrics. aren't. ts me @xtomalsing, Boing American, We tak about our feelings, Eritsh people sing about being in the pubs, or men wearing dresses. It would be crazy for me to start singing about half pints of shandy just because | lve here now. So now you know. (HOW CAN | CHECK THEM OUT? “There have been two eracking ‘Star 69 singles so far. The frst, ‘Mama Don't Let Your Kid Be A Rock 'N’ Roll Star’, was a rumination onthe rollercoaster ride of fame inspired by the furore surrounding the OJ ‘Simpson trial ‘The latest Star 69 singlo, a double A-side featuring You ‘Aro Here! and ‘'m Selfish, has just been released on Organic Records “They have just played the Reading Festival and also ‘appear at: Falmouth The Pirate ‘August 30, Torquay The Plaza 31, London The Garage ‘September 2. The plan after that, says Jule, “isto make the album before we go out on the road” The fist Star 69 album wl be recorded in Los Angales and released in the UK early next year ANYTHING ELSE 1 SHOULD KNOW? ‘Although Julle admits she gets homesick for LA, she denies she's insisting the band relocate there. “The others ae all English and they'd kill me if even suggested it ‘Whether this means we can look forward to Star 69 songs about shandy and the ke we will have to wait and see. : i tram their recent Ist ‘emia. ‘appearance at the Donington Festival, “It's about a split personality,” ‘San Franciscan death metals ‘ay Tom, wha sa Geminis ‘Slayer have just released a double (Born on dune Bi it ‘ig-pak CO single and limited-edition axtaiograpicar? ‘ing package of ‘Serenity & Murder’ “Depends which an of me yor're ‘track trom ast year’s "Bing ashing ‘aterveation’ bam. Theyre alsa Finally a Slayer video enti Lire ‘eganng pre-production for their irusion wil be release on Octber ‘ew albam ~ ely tobe 2 ealetion 31, Recarded atthe Mesa knpti- tt extreme pun cover versions bythe theater, Phoenix, on the last lg of te es ot Miner Trea, Ut Dans tour a March 95, the tact Adaescens, and ‘Tm Looking Farward isting is 25 follows: aning Biot ‘To Death’ by the Dead Kennedys. "Kling Fels, oo haa, 1” “We wl probably a oe or two ‘ew sungs of our own,” singer Tom ‘Araya tale Wha, pont sangs? Murer, Art, ‘Wantatory uli “HOY” awed. “Wem SLAYER ‘Ange Ot Death, el Awa’, sings” ‘Witching Hoar featuring rammer iy ws. ‘aris Kanes trom Machine Head, ant (ne Stayer song treaty completed “Chemical Warfare’ TRENT REZNOR of Nine Inch Maile has been renting a house in New Orleans that was originally built by legendary Dreereise nats ts Re eee geeky for work to be completed on the recording studio he's having built in the back of a funeral parlous in the city's pence New Orleans was also the setting for showcase performances from two of the bands on Reznor's own Nothing label ~ Prick and Marilyn Manson. They both played at Tipitina’s, a small bar. Coe een a bunch of NIN wannabes’, there was no NIN-inspized Peete rerennats Ree Ronee ees | Sree oa Cees ene ets the road in America in a co-headliner with David Bowie. Apparently, the ageing crooner's weird and depressing trilogy of late "70s albums ~ ‘Low’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lodger’ eer Leena his own forms of ‘metal machine music’.Bowie's latest album, ‘Outside’, will feature a special Reznor remix of one Cece eres any eae kere tm ne SEsRn es a hangover. Rie) eee Pee eet Heading out and Cent eon oecee Ree Cec Going out clubbing Beer Peevey ete gaa LUE, WHO bt the UX Top 30 with their ‘Selling The Drama’ single ‘this summer, release the ‘eagerly awaited follow-up, ‘All ‘Over You", on September 18. ‘Taken from their four-million- ‘selling-ia-America albt ‘Throwing Copper’, the band revealed to tems: “The tracks Went down an absolute storm ‘on the British tour. ‘All Over You’ has never been available ‘as a single anywhere else in the ‘world and we thought it would ‘really coo! thing ti ‘The twin-£D formats will include live recordings ot “Shit Towne’, ‘tris’ and ‘All Over You" itself, ‘which were taped during the band’s highly successfal ‘appearance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. LATEST SHOT across the bows in the Peart Jam vs. ‘Ticketmaster war has been fired by the giant ticketing agency, whose spokesman Larry Solters ‘says that the fact Pearl Jam were able to schedule a US tour this summer - even if they ‘chose not to complete it~ proves that the band's claim ‘that Ticketmaster hold a ‘virtual monopoly’ over existing venues in tho US is ludicrous. “Despite their claims," Solters told US reporters, “the band proved it was capable of touring, The tickets were sola, the fans were in thelr seats, and earl Jam ultimately decided they did not want to pertorm. ‘That's regrettable news for the fans who have loyally waited to see them ‘Judging by the outraged eoccce comments littering the bulletin, board of the Internet, some US. fans have had enough: “Lam totally bummed out,’ read one message items picked Up. "You have a hell of alot ot ‘nerve cancelling your show 18 hhours before show time.” Eddie Vedder's comment? “if can't play another show ‘without it being Ticketmaster, | think we could deal with that Instead of playing lve, the | band would simply ‘make records’PIG PEN’S Cre eee ee ey Le een eee Sucre Seema ere rene ered Perec Crees! oo 10 release an album together this month, entitled" = alter CU eeeipeeten ty Co ane eer yo) oe enn a NT ern ees Por Looe te aren COC Sree aE seasons pre breath waiting for the new iby Coreen een CL eer eter eee rere Rte ren) Soe nn eaenere arent Cnet tren a es ee eres Sone ene er nea ee eco Tee rE eee eae rT Ce i eeey eres aboat Te TT) involved in a plot to kill Under Ee oe eee gare) ent ae nee? Tarassment~ eslts in uers having thei service disconnected. Fout violations and they go round and cut Cena Cte at pee Coen) Ce cr Seen eee ce TT) a eee ners eet lm but it wasn't clear whether that was beauve of ort een es cr eee ene rhrncr rs Ce ee aren en ty oer ere eres eer Pore tens Renn, ee eee eee) me oeny actually kidding . Till nex time, remember, you didn't ree eg var plasare See ‘PORNO FOR PYROS, the band fronted by ‘former Jane's Addiction mainman Perry ‘Farrell, have confirmed that they will ‘releasing their secand album, ‘Good Gods — ‘Urge’, in January 1996. Finishing touches ‘are being put to it in a converted ranch ‘house in Malibu, California. Singer Perry ‘Farrell describes the ‘mood’ of the songs as Ba TU eT econ hd like to strap jossticks to their ee eae] Peery eeeeaie take ett ecs) will contain an extra CD Cccccecccccccce COURTNEY LOVE walked oft stage mitstow 2nd refused to ‘antinue al the recent Pstarphstop-oer ‘nis summer's BS Laapzoez tar, ater ‘Someane bared abled 2 te stage. Courtney stopped singing mit-soog and ‘stared atthe shel far 2 manent. hen asted ‘he audience: “I this what you want” She ‘being very positive. ‘We told Items: “What 'm thinking is that there's going ta be a real happening time ‘oon and I'm getting geared fri.” ‘What does he mean? “The aliens are here ‘and they're getting reaty t intraduce ‘themselves tous.” ‘rappening time. Has he met Courtney? errno ean fee] three different enue Been Congres eid Ree] oreo Ona mainman Orjan a ox ere ta Cee eT) reek usa ont Peer men hs Des tonec dtc) om PoraC emergesHOLE ¢ WHITE ZOMBIE ¢ BECK pA aie Ve Se een ee mend Penne eer ts) See eee oe eee oY Pence es Seer ero Coeur ‘as its predecessor... rou oro erreur ona Pere erty You should pay no more than £8.99 for the Cassette and £10.99 for the CD DOMES TA es oto PEN CLSCRE ras Colts ttaet oa iedIssues That Count In The Clubs SSL CR oe eee eee Cou eee un od Se te eee Te pote ee nen ey Cee eure eat Peo eae ee ec) most often in this connection, and of course all three have just (or are about to) release scorching full-on punk albums, and of course all three have chosen now to come and play live in the UK, the country that invented punk rock. ! wasn’t lucky enough to get a ticket in time for either of Ran ee eee enue etn Ce ee hee a cy ee ee Oem a ec Cen Re ee ey) actually been born when The Clash were going. caught CIV on the recent Sick Of It All tour and they Ree UR und Ce ee ac eee Luks Pee et een ee Pore ae eS eee See nee eae ecu ea as missing them. | don't care if they are Hare Krishnas. I've been hairy all my life and it's never stopped me pogoing when the mood takes me, and nor should it you. Punk is not about spitting or what colour hair or skin PR ee ee a en Co re LU he a aS (00-erl) and not waiting for some fat cat record company to Ce IN SEEK OS LIN SE TT orens Cocececcercccces| Ks stu > Priest ea ci ty | candles against your threat. ee) (@ HEAVY STEREO, the band —_There will be road-dates in who sound like "yor glat ‘September, but the band rockers T Rex and whose ‘were being tight-lipped début single, ‘sleep Freak’, about their plans, as they recently grazed the UX Top _will be probably going out as 40, are busy working on the 1 of the major follow-up, ‘shooting Sta which is scheduled for an. October release . Tined up. The Wildhearts would be 2 good ‘one, eh boys? DAVE GROHL'S Foo Fighters are to headline a one-off performance at this year's In The City music conference in Manchester, from September Promoter Simon Moran says of the Foos: "They're a very good act for us to have. It will be their first ‘major show in the UK.” ‘An annual meeting of the more ‘alternative’ side of the music biz, In The City promotes the idea that you don't need a big major record company waving | a cheque book to get along. The week will also feature up to 15 concerts by first-division artists such as Ash, Skunk Anansie, Dub War and Northern Uproar.[Cee eer ceccccccccccecceccecccceccecerececeecoecece 0 1s SH THEN? was a slg in the face Now ALANS MORISSETTE isthe que was replaced/Are Soyaros Goadan you Mnkng afte a you're ‘singer-songwriter that Flea “king her?", has ever heard trdDave Navaro™ bassist tho ong. “Anyvay not ‘and guitarist respectively of about revenge.” the fed Hot Ca Peppers ~ fave been raving about at OW GAN | GHEGK HER OUT? year “You Oughta Know the rst single om lagged Lie WHATS SO GOOD ABDUT HER? Pi ich features bot Backed by a sicpiece band Navarro and Fea cccatonaly augmenteson _curenty doing rie and ‘record by Flea and Dave, __strange things to the UK Manishes produced addout Top 30, and te MTV cps Album dogged Lie Pil, being ated hea kebab thats comfortably fort s2 ou read thi, Stand by gery rocking unkto”—foraninmnent Sireceap sep minan announcement of UK our tage you can pat your ar dates. with ANYTHING ELSE | SHOULD WHAT HAVE SHE GOT TO SAY? KNOW? you're too precious, you Younger and hipper than os the spr," says Alanis, Sheryl Crow, but not yet so Through her songwriting, out-there as to put her in shehas become, she says, the same weird league as “Alotmore fearless, And Pl Harvey, Alanis ‘long with that came a Morisset is sill one of the fearlessness of wring brightest nev talents ~ ‘everything in an {female or otherwise ~ ‘unadulterated, vry naked currently lighting up rock’s way She doesn't know! broad and twinkling her excboyriend, about firmament. 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See Cea SmHELTER SKELTER is the name of a new bookshop in London that opens on August 31, and which intends to specialise in ‘rare and difficult-to-tind rock books’. former home to Regency Studios (where ‘and Rolling Stones recorded in the '6os) ~ any search of fanzines, magazines, porters, sheet music, slew of cool titles like the Red Hot Chili Peppers biography True Men Don't Kill Coyotes by Dave Thompton, Never Mind The Bollocks: Women Re-Writing Rock by Amy Raphael (featuring the best interview yet with Courtney) or one of the more obscure Henry Rollins books, say, like Bang, will be able to spend hours of pleasure poking around the shelves of Helter skelter. “it you want a book about a more esoteric artist, Helter ‘Skelter will be able to provide it,” says Sean Brody, the former computer games designer whose brainchild Helter ‘Skelter is, "We've already got lots of shops dedicated to specialist sports writing, art criticism and film, Rock writing order the book one on (or71) 836 1151. 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Both David and; and directs the rolled-up leaflet! made our own video before we ee at RY Leen ee a se ear Personas are a milion miles solemnly relates what David has : called ‘corporate’ is confusing eon Sores es + 9ot. Most ofthe realy bad aor ereoray reviews we get are from people ‘everyone is amused by a leaflet: going, ‘They're not enough like Pee eRe ER toe erro mT ed Bre or Tay tee Tee pee Y Bernt ene Beco ere Berner arena y Pe ii etaeea tear mea te eta Wee fomale fans wanderin. ffl gets underway the and that went slong bore that CA) Peprers 1 Feertehete parrenoea 7) cr oor er Se Rename ene a Sore \ | for autographs. I's all very : from RAW) thinks Moist are crap. : good or bad reviews. We know ; " bereiepe ey eta erent revi] \ Pierre Poa ecient eine Orenee mre i Lan Pena re rreer am ooe nee ee \ Conner oe Pere renee explain exactly where ho Cees os Coe meee eel Ce eee er a eee Perec eee Reece ae “Whereverit came being hard enough, but we're not : who paid to come and see the Chl ae at eter onrenos ‘there now! he quips. “That's avery odd erticiem to all about.” miTHE BEST OF YIN int a ein eae) rea EMESIS Padgh) Toten aC) aan) reo UN a) Coe) TONGUES('91) Nein aga sa aD FAVOURITESTRANGER (95) PTCA) Eos tN) SCS) Ue Rta aT Ne) SUGARMCE (95), TT = Ear aay ETN) Decrease IEA) Cust ae F Ps Pr rere Perea YIN’ & ‘YANG’ ‘TWO SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED ALBUMS. AVAILABLE 4TH SEPTEMBER. aE Paco oa CNY E-RECORDINGS MADE IN ile aR Bi COTO LCU tae at 4 ae Ba SUL Ug emma SIS OES a ROU AL TSS Pa et ee en tes 2nd September Open fir Festival, Ross Theatre, Princes Street Gardens, EDINBURGH / 7th September Wulfren Hall, WOLVERHAMPTON Se eee We ae eres pesmsnriert Reern eaeae ener ay ea Pec ores Ces oe a and Oc ue nots cer TRC Cee aitii Tew ar ec an Re ere eg eee ae ee) Se ree) perenne Ce ere Cer ad nett) with them blasting out the Rolling Stones. a) ener tttoce Mo td oe Danny trom NY Loose. He's the coy rs Re ae religion. rete eae a eee ct Pee carer eee re ed ene ora ce rai Oe eeu) Perera aii eeu es ener Teorey ey ie Couette Sees ocr cn Walked into the pyros. That hurt. Ce eg Cree eer) people want to go out and watch tea etree may Eee eect one ry Peco r ats eats ee aon poets When there's no blue M&Ms Peon Very tall, dark and handsome. A fow beverages. Maybe a movie or ee hued cre Ceca) Ronit See ety Cnr) ‘cups of coffee. Nothing bizarre... ee ann) pe Reapshiaep ane secre Penney potholes eae ee eas Reece SOc ener eet) ce eure acd Coen ts ee eat eeacy Peete iy eo er ee! {or being how they are. On the Sed eee Ls ‘eat, the album sald rer a Coe this year’s eating esti and Si | :¢}SSi12&N*BoSXK* IE QUESTIONNAIRE ane | eSCoN US Pyy City Slang re Cerner eC omen etre eee ees pened carrey original UBT Hee ead one eee neers Serr oreetyreetonty emer ts ee eet Seen eee eet coetenee ene Sree cert Pearrerenrenn rey har pele eee pect tashys pSarC EEC When released a a single, coo corners Cie Perinat ee aero en as Deere ua ero PCR Osteen cers Senate Crt rhs festival, the first HOLE meets Inside’, has been re-released. Pre-Kurt, eC SC Coscia N and fame, the question is, were | Hole ever any good anyway? Definitely, says VALERIE POTTER, who thinks they may even have PSB SS Sta) Ge bh mht) Aas baie f= rai F y=] COURTNEY LOVE: femate rock icon for the ‘90s or er ere ene ee a ere eT tend nee eee ny last three years, she's had to grapple with drug addiction, the threat of having her infant daughter taken into care, the suicide of husband Kurt Cobain and a few months later, the overdose death of hor bassist Kristen Pfaff - eae ea entered eee ary cnet tes lies in Hole's début album, ‘Pretty On The Inside’ originally released in September 1991 and now reissued, eae een the Reading festival. It features Hole's original line-up: Cee ees my Cee eee ety Onc erent preeer y ey tLe na i ee ner ee ene who'd previously passed briefly through Sugar Baby Doll ee ec mere a was introduced to Hole through thelr ery performances as opening act on Mudhoney's tour. Back then, Love was pretty much an unknown quantity, and as auch the Se eee reheat a pie echo RAW original review (ironically backing onto one of Nirvana's ‘Nevermind’ called the album ‘a cross ee an ere ee one Pee eee eee ree Tro Youth's kim Gordon, together with Gumballs Don Leena eee interes eccentricity and frantic energy of that band, while the pee eee Pee ee eect tects Pomrirar rd ‘But the real surprise on the record is the size of Tn tet nee to a ety