ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Signed to Columbia: James Osterberg (a.k.a.) Iggy Pop). Rest of the band reportedly joining Our Hero in Scotland to reform. MC5 bassist Michael Davis is no longer with the group, and is probably going back to art school; Five haven’t replaced him yet, either.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Iggy Inked To Columbia. Who’s The Stooge?
Signed to Columbia: James Osterberg (a.k.a.) Iggy Pop). Rest of the band reportedly joining Our Hero in Scotland to reform.
MC5 bassist Michael Davis is no longer with the group, and is probably going back to art school; Five haven’t replaced him yet, either. And they ’re talking about a move to the Continent where they are incredibly popular on the basis of their last tour.
The Beatles Fan Club folded officially at the end of March. Announced Ringo: “We don’t want to keep the Beatles myth going since we are no longer together.” (Starr is great in his latest trash western, Blind Man, incidentally. Like Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo, a little bit.)
The Beach Boys have added five of their old Capitol albums to the Brother/Reprise catalog. Included in the deal which purchased the masters from Capitol were:
Smiley Smile, Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, 20/20, Friends and Smile. The records will be repackaged but will not be re-mixed — mono will be mono, in other words.