ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
"DR. DRAKE, WHAT HAVE YOU WROUGHT?" DEPT. Following the example of Rick Springfield and General Hospital, other rock stars have decided to trade in their microphones for a sleazy love affair on the afternoon soaps. Bee Gee Maurice Gibb has signed to appear on two upcoming episodes of The Guiding Light.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
"DR. DRAKE, WHAT HAVE YOU WROUGHT?" DEPT. Following the example of Rick Springfield and General Hospital, other rock stars have decided to trade in their microphones for a sleazy love affair on the afternoon soaps. Bee Gee Maurice Gibb has signed to appear on two upcoming episodes of The Guiding Light. Maurice will portray—what else?-a pop singer, and those in the know ay his role will probably be expanded beyond the initial two episodes. Even stranger is the fact that everyon's favorite crazies, the 8-52's, are set to dance their mess around on the same afternoon show. No truth, however, to rumors that David Byrne will portray the title role in a soap revival of Young Doctor Malone, though The Young And The Rest Homes remains a possibility...
Todd Rundgren currently in the studio producing the next Psychedelic Furs LP, not so odd when one remembers that. Todd has produced records for acts. like the New York. Dolls and the Patti Smith Group. Meanwhile, Todd's own band, Utopia has left Bearsville (Swing To The Right is their final album for the label) to sign with Network Records, a subsidiary of Elektra/Asylurn.