ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

As you’ve probably heard by now, famed dairy farmers John Lennon and Yoko Ono are currently recording a new album. What you don’t know is that Cheap Tricksters Rick Nielsen and the effervescent Bun E. Carlos are helping John on guitar and drums respectively...

And 106 don’t either, Boh: ' According to Zodiac News, Bob Dylan has asked CBS Records to {bull his latest album Saved out of the stores, because he didn’t like the way it sounds on the radio...

Odd coupling of the month: There’s a chance that Roy Thomas Baker may be producing the next t Lene Lovich record.

Malcolm McLaren’s big new hype is something called Bow Wow Wow, fronted by 14-year-old Annabella Lit Win. Ail we can : say is “Woof!”

Is Joan Jett considering a change in careers? Maybe, maybe not, but it ' seems Joan’s been receiving boxing lessons from Kenny Laguna, her producer. You figure it out...

Ralph Records, home of the Residents* Tuxedomoon and other eclectic groups, has recently signed conceptual avant-garde guitarist Fred Frith to a five album deal, and a Swiss electronic band called Yello.

You probably know already, and don’t care, butfor the record, Eric Carr's replaced Peter Criss on drums in Kiss, a ska-influenced polka hand from Miami.,

This item for insomniacs only: Fleetwood Mac es we know.it may not tour again, ft seems the-• ever-amusing Stevie Nicks is determined to start a solo career (as what?), Christine McVie is bored with performing live, and Mick Fleetwood’s moved to Australia from California because he’s afraid of earthquakes.

Yuk-a-minute dept. Set ; Whitesnake leader David Coverdale in Cashbox magazine: “1 don’t think we should be associated with heavy metal at all. Really? W hat are you, anyway? A salsa band?

Shockrock group the Tubas have moved from A&M-Recordsto | Capitol, and here’s hoping for a tour from the cylindrical sickles

It appears that Detroit’s the 27 are in need of a new bassist and singer, as Steve McGuire has left the group - and relocated in New York. And what’s he doing there to occupy his ■ time?Rehearsing with Brit-group the Buzzcocks . † ;

At a recent Gang War show in New f York, Wayne Kramer spotted fellow Detroiter/Mutants vocalist j Art Lysak in the crowd.

’ Immediately after the show. Wayne bopped out into the audience to find Art and buy him, a drink but the .. non-Canadian crooner was ’ I

nowhere to be found, and Brother I Wayne had to dnnk alone

FEDS PEDDLE BAD STASH: A cancer specialist from the University of Michigan, according to Zodiac News, blasted the quality of the government-supplied marijuana cigarettes, part of Michigan’s new Marijuana therapy program for cancer patients, calling the fed’s joints stale and dry, and of such bad quality that they caused his patients to become nauseous. “It’S not 3 marijuana. I won’t prescribe it,” said the angry doc, last seen on a shady corner of Washtenawin|£psilanti...

Yes, that’s Lou Reed you see on the screen in Paul Simon’s flick One Trick Pony, playing a hotshot record producer with a penchant for strings .. jwm

And the Bacharach/David Revival continues, with the Rumbur’s British single version of “My Little Red Book,” not to mention concurrent Horny Mancini and Mantovani revivals in England..(New 2-Tone band the Swinging Cats are into Mantovani: leader Vaughan Tru said to NME: “1 really get a great feeling from listening to things like Mantovani, listening to the original music and the melodies... We make the kind of music you’d listen to while waiting for an ice cream in a cinema...”) Next: the ClashV exciting remake ofLawrence Walk’s classic “Calcutta,” currently wearing out the CREEM turntable...

RANDOM DOG BARKS AGAINST THE RECESSION: Detroit-born Tad Nugant decided to do ^something for the Motor City’s unemployed auto workers during his September Cobo Hall foray, and it didn’t involve free meat.. .Ted

offered 100 ducats to the United Auto Workers to hand out to members who wanted to attend one of his shows free. And as anyone ' 2 sWho’s been in an assembly pbg£rfc:jW knows, Ted’s music is all one can ’ -hear after working an eight-hour day.

In The Studio

Los Angeles, CA—Larrabee Sound: Lakeside, Shaiimar, Player; Ronnie Last; Record plant:

Jefferson Starship (Ron Nevispn producing), the Beat, the Outlaws (Ron Nevison producing) j *: United/Western StudiofM uzi Quatro (Mike Chapman producing), Consenting Adults (Mike Chapman producing), the Roches (Roy Halee producing), the Shoes (Richard Dashut producing); Paramount Recording Studio: Sly and the Family Stone; Westlake Studio: Donna Summer (Giorgio Moroder producing), the Chipmunks (Ross Bagdasarian producing), Lani Hall, Silverlake; Seawind (George Duke producing) Angel City (John Boylan producing); Burbank,

CA —Kendun Recorders: Rufus, Jermaine Jackson, George Benson, Johnny “Guitar” Watson; West Orange, NJ—House of Music: Jack Bruce and Friends, FM (Larry Fast producing); Beachwood, OH— The Recording Connection : The Michael Stanley Band; New York, NY—Sound Waves: Humble Pie; Secret Sound: Spyro Gyra, Grace Jones, Phoebe Snow; Electric Lady: Snuff, Robert Palmer,

Johnny Mitchell, AndiOstrowe; A & R Studio: Romantics (Pete Solley producing); Detroit, Ml— United Sound Studio: Roger and the Human Body, Enchantment, the Dramatics, the Four Tops; Tremor Recording Studio: Service, the Boners, Cinecyde,

What s this we hear about Ctash , appearing in a him by Martfai Scorsese? Seems Scorsese and his friend Robert “What’s a > mook?” DeNiro happened upon a Clash gig in the Big Apple and were ife improved that Marty wants them to be in his film The Gangs of New On other Clash fronts, Mick Jones is producing g.f. Ellen Foley’s new LP, with the assistance of the rest of the boy...

Jab Wobble has left Public Image Ltd., in what appears to be an anrticable split. The Wobbly One’s reteased his second solo album, (a month after his first), which of course isn’t available in the U.S.\ . Watch for an LP from the AfetctioM(asinElvis Costello dnd the) in the near future titled Mad About The it/rarn0 • Boy. Incidentally, keyboardist Steve Nieve (new spelling, fans),

Bid his lady love Funrah Fawcett-Minor are expecting 4;f* 1 child in the very near future...

The word from Stiff Records is that' 1 lent Duty’s new single is “1 Wanna Be Straight,” and that the Blockheads are considering Jj touring the States. In other words, .J don't hold your breath.., *• / ’?%:

Famed Texas rocker Doug Sabot | recently reformed the legendary Sir Douglas Qaintet, whose early LPs will soon be excerpted on a best-of compilation onTakoroa-1 Records

Chris Stela and Debbie Hatty are writing a tome of their eventful relationship (in retaliation to I aster Bangs’ book?) including the ■Couple’s life Before Blondie up to the present. Rumors that Stein’ll spill the bea ns on who was the real voice ■ behind Hanna-Barbera’e Top Cat ' are unfounded. 1H11

Those lovable porkchops Flo and Eddie have switched their ' monicker totheRkythm Batchers... Ill

Great news for “Cara Mia” , fans—Jay Black, originally of Jay & tke Americans (“In a little cafe, fust the otfier side of the border,.. -has signed to Midsong International I Records; a hew single “A Part Of Me That Needs You Most” has been released, to be followed by an album. .|||

Steven Tyler in hospital for a few weeks after heavy lip lacerations suffered when he fell off adirtb&e.. j

Rumors abound that Steve“Liver Lips” Tylmrand Cyrinda Foxe may be head ingfer divorce court. The reason? Cyrinda’s been paying ‘‘very little attention” to their Chid, , much to father Steve’s chagrin, „,'

Vocalist Ralph Mormon is mysteriously “no longer a member” of the Joe Perry Project. Mormon

Guitars To Hell!! Tony Iommi, guitarist of Black Sabbath, recently had his guitar stolen. Thank Cod, you mighi say. but the jerk who nicked the Instrument may be Infer a little bad luck. The guitar was stolen before, only to be returned by the thief, wife claimed that after sfeajihgsaid guitar, he experienced nothing but bad luck Just what did iteewect?

Justwhat the world needs: Kiss claim they're coming out with what's designer teanis.’ we want to know isthls: Do the jeans include a life-size wet-look replica of | Gene Simmons' tongue attached to the crotch? Huh?

Former Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy and Mara Bonfire (who wrote “Born Td Be Wild” and played on Kim Fowley’s legendary Outrageous LJf, between hte ownsolo projects) have formed a called Rainbow Red Oxidizer. Expect product horn these guys via Bomp Records’ new label, Quark Records.

The Select er have left the 2-Tone fold due fewhat they call the label’s "increasing popularity.” Don’t most groups leave labels due to unpopufarity? Yeah, only mad dogs rjttldEnglishmen... £

Jools Holland split from Squeeze recently to form his own group. Watch this space for more details next month... -

NO, ITS, UH, JUST A BAD COLD: Famed Gammite Ronnie Montrose is in the studios 1 - 1. recording the soundtrack to Powder ■Heifafe, aCanadian film “about.. • snow skiing,” a press release assures us...

The Knack are in the studios; rehearsing 30 songs or so, in preparation for their third LP, due by January. No truth to the rumors that it’ll be called OK, So Maybe The Little Girls Didn’t Understand...

Inner City Records are branching | out from their ja/z label status Their newest subsidiary label City Lights, which’H be devoted to “rock and new wave” artists. First signing is Sneakers, from Eugene, Oregon...

Eight-Eyed Spy and Raybeats , guitarist George Scott died recently of an apparent heroin overdose. Sincere condolences to his family and friends...

A Plasmatics show ip London was cancelled due to the group’s penchant for detonating cars on stage. ft seems the city fathers felt % ! show would be unsafe to the »1 public, and on the afternoon of the ill-fated gig, pulled the proverbial rugfrom under Wendy O. Williams and group’s feet. Limey wimps...

The newly-reunited Pfcfetiy Thinigs—who’vejust released Cross Talk, on Warner Bros. Records— have recorded the title. ; track for a horror film tided The Monster Club. The Things themselves will also be appearing in s the film, alongside auch biggies as , Vincent Price, Britt “Thing” Eklund and John Carradine. Big Question: Could this be Dr. GoidfootAndThe Girl Bombs, Part B? ,*. *

Judas Priest played New York’s Palladium recently, but not before being delayed several hours due toa bomb scare. When the NYC Bomb Squad searched the pmmises, it seems, no bomb was in sight and the show was given the go-ahead. mmm, though. If only they'd

stayed...

On Tour

' T|ieKinks, Judas Priest, the Cars, theB-52's, the Motels, Elton John, Angel City, John Otway, Jethro Tull, Def Leppard, IggyPop, Eddie Money, John Cougar. Yes, Point. Blank, Ted Nugent, PatBenatar, Devo, Skafish, Blue Oyster Cult, the Kings, Hall & Oates Ahce Cooper, the Shirts, Gang of Four, the English }|$£L the Plastics, Psychedelic Furs, ! the Members, Journey, REO • Speedwagon, Chicago, Jackson Browne, J. Geils, theKingbees, , James Brown, Queen,. Rossington Colli ns Band.