ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

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Ted "No One Has Hair This Long In '82" Nugent has never been known for his driving skills. In fact, the Motor City Madman recently told his biographer that his Michigan driving record "reads like Gone With The Wind." Keeping the image intact, Ted suffered minor face and skull fractures this past September when the 1972 Ford Bronco he was driving lost its left front wheel and hit a tree near Jackson Michigan. "The car was totaled. They can't believe he got out of it," said a Nugent spokesperson Ted was treated at a Jackson hospital, and, trouper that he is, played a concert the following night at Detroit's Cobo Hall. "You don't need a face to rock V roll," saidthe Terrible One. Truer words, have never been spoken.

Albert Goldman is being sued 4or $40 million by two former members of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia. George Klein, a Memphis disc jockey, and Jerry p Schilling, a former manager of the Sweet Inspirations and the Beach Boys, maintain lhat , they've never spoken to the writer, although Goldman told People Magazine that he had. The suit calls Goldman's book "a vicious attack on a dead man" and Goldman "a literary vulture" .

DON'T BRING ME DOWN DEPT. : Eric Burdon, former lead singer of the Animals, currently on the comeback trail, wa& recently arrested in Munich, West Germany for cocaine possession. Bavarian border police made the arrest on a train just before it crossed the German border into Austna. The man, who obviously taught David Johansen a Jot of stuff, spent four days in prison before he was reteased and fined $5,500. Never the modest type, Burdon claimed that he also lost $81.000 for three shows he missed in Austria while imprisoned. What a shame...

What goes up must come down.. .As if the critical lashings they've received for The Hunter wasn't enough, Blondie was forced to cancel their recent British tour due to lagging ticket sates. The band also canceled afew Midwest dates this past summer for the same reason.

Watch for late fall American tours from Peter Gabriel, the Jam and (tentatively) Roxy Music.

Where does he find the time? In addition to playing numerous dates in Europe and beginning work m his next LP, Elvis Coetello recently took time to produce a single for Australian band, Mentsl As Anything, entitled "1 Didn't Mean To Be Mean."1Stvisatso contributed a song entitled "Losing You" to Dusty Springfield's forthcoming LF, as well as co-writing a song called "Shipbuilding" with for a Robert Wyatt single. Wyatt is the former vocalist/drummer for Soft Machine, who has been in a wheelchair since a tragic fall in the early '70s. The single, produced by Langer, features Steve Nieve of j the Attractions on piano, Mark Beddefe of Madness on drums and Elvis on backing vocals. And, finally, El's new British single is a Cover of Smokey Robinson's "From Head To Toe" backed with "The World Of Broken Hearts" by Doc Pomus and Mort ■ Shuman.who wrote numerous tunes for the other Elvis

NRBQ, a fave rave of both Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello, are currently in the studio recording their first album for the Bearsville label. The boys are also set to release a single that is an ode to their manager, Captain ILon Alhano—"Captain Lou" b/w "Boardin'House Pie|? Captain : Lou, who has managed 13 Champion Tag Team Wresteters, lends his vocals to both sides, and the single will subsequently be sold : only at wrestling matches.

Shades of the Hoadells! Those hot ladies in Bananarama filmed a commercial for Honda motorcycles during a recent Los Angeles visit. Meanwhile, forme*

. ..Bex Pistole guitarist Paul Cook' j is reportedly laying down some (racks for the trio's forthcoming debut LP.

OLDHfPPlES NEVERD1E DEPT.: A new band called the Dinosaurs has been gigging in California.

The group's line-up includes Barry Melton, formerlyof Country Joe & the Fisk, John Cippolina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Peter Alhin of Big Brother & the Holding Company* Spencer Dryden of the original Jefferson Airplane, and Robert Hunter, lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Now. quick, let's try smoking some of this banana peel .

The Pretenders recentiytook an ad out in England's Melody Maker, seeking a new guitarist to replace ||he late Janies Honeyman,Scott. Meanwhile, the band has released a new U.K. single, "Back On The Chain Gang," featuring temporary replacements Billy Bremnerof Rockpile fame on guitar and Tony Butler of Big Country (Bassist Pete Farndon has left the band). Chriseie Hynde andMartin Chambers are currently in the sfodio recording a second single with Andrew Bodnar, formerly of the Rumour, and an ex-member of the Average White Band. Word has it the pair may become permanent members of the band. More details next month. Vtnme Zuffante/Star Ftie

Good news for David Bowie fans. After the carrot-topped wonder completes his forthcoming film, Merry Christmas Mr.

Lawrence, a WWII drama about POWsiriaJapanese prisoncamp, directed by the celebrated Nagisa ©sfobrtp, he will enter the studio to record his first LP since 1980's

; Scary Monsters. The album, scheduled for an early 1983 release, will probably be followed by a tour, not to mention the ' 1 release of the long-awaited film and soundtrack recording of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars—Hammersmith Odeon, July 11 1973 The film is an account of the Spiders' final concert in London shot by D.A. Pennebaker. It was shown once on ABC-TV's In Concert in 1974.

Joan Jett is suing Playboy magarine for $5 mitlion over the "fake" photo (ft Wastft her) magazine printed of a girl sitting in a bathtub which they claimed tobe ■ Joan. Also named in the suit, fifed! under Joan's real name, Joan Larkin, was Retna Photo Service Of London* .

Reed's retirement {mm be pleased to know that the forthcoming film Get Crazy will J feature footage of the the blue mask in concert. The fi iftMp , also did Rock N Roll High School, and is loosely based on Arkush's experiences as an employee of the Fillmore East in the late ';k)s. Get will also feature by punk Lee Ving of rear.

e GcH&ote have penned is than they've been able a result,40ok for Go-Go's compositions | by Bottn lWXlt*i f& Shannon and the Dickies. For more on the swinging' gals, see j die i' if

Summers-Robert Mask should be in your greedy little hand^^fe^now. Unfortunately, the subsequent fall tour has been be to conflicting

The new "Best Of' LP by die late, Tj great Magazine on I.R.S. features eight songs previously unreleased tr) the of ; ■ John Barry's " Goldf inger". from the James Bond flick of the same tide..

Congratulations to Donna Summer and hubby Bpice % Sudano on the birth oftheir daughter, Amanda.

Todd Rundgren Ian Hunter, Paul Butterfield and John Cale formed a one-time-~oniy band called Deerbunter In July for a benefit to help Agent Orange victims (a poison infecting Vietnani veterans) in New York City.

on the face. Ozzy didn't require rabies shots, since he was still immune from the vaccine he v bat Incident several months ago. J

nn is preparing 1 'book on Jim Morrison .j rmet^ Doors is reportedly an oi archivist. The 300-plus page book •' Will featute over 500 photos of the band,> many of them never aeon before In other Doors news, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger 11 and John Densmore are in the studio listening t© Doors concert tapes for a possible live UP or EP, IWttkwiFrMlteof The Exorcist fame hais reportedly been asked to direct qjtffpnison bio-pic.Meanwhile, Robbie Krieger has a, new instrumental solo LP, [Versions. .out on Passport Records, while keyboardist Manzarek's new solo LP is being produced by 11 modern classical composer Philip

Ri caps you haven't heard yet: Over 400,000 people gathered in Devore, in California's San Bernardino Hills on Labor Day weekend for three days of rock V roll at the US Festival. Bands featured included EieetW' Riac,theKiaks,the:Polilce, Tom Petty llihiia

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Heartbreakers, Jackson Browne, theCars, Pat Benatar, Talking Heads, the I Grateful Dead, theB*52's, I Gang Of Four, the Ramones, 1 the English Beat, Oingo Boingo, Dave Edmunds, Eddie Money, Santana, , : Jimmy Buffett and Jerry Jeff Walker. Whew! jjj

SlfEME, SUE YOU BLUES DEPT.RodStewarthasfiied a $30. % million lawsuit against his Stewart claims that Gaff mismanaged his concert tours and' recording sessions and mad© * arrangements Meanwhile, Warner

Bros Records is trying to determine how it should pay over $170 thousand in royalties for the second quarter of 1982. since both Stewart and Gaff have made claims on the money.. .Roy Qjrbison, who is -currently collecting some nice loyalty checks from Van Halen for "Oh, Pretty Woman.'' IS suing his manager, Wesley Rose for $50 million. The suit claims mismanagement and alleges that Rose took advantage of Orbison when the singer 'guitarist was severely depressed" over the death of his wife and two children.

First Max's Kansas City and now ..the Whiskey. L.A.'s famed. Whiskey A Go Go closed on September 20th The club will reportedly be completely remodeled and will re-open as a disco sans live music In early November. And another era ends...

Stop the presses! Famed CREEM > 1 photographer Boh Mutheoi is „ currently in the Studio recording his debut EPBob, who sings and plays guitar, is being joined by Peter, ?.Case and Louis Ramirez of the Piimsouls, Brandon - : Matheson and Boat CHc of the Rubber City Rebels, and( , Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos who will be making his vinyl debut On guitar Bob says two of the EP's. five songs will be cover? of Gary . Gltoter's "Didh^-Know 1 Lovjed You Til 1 Saw You Rock 'N' R©r and the Pretty Thing©' "Mama, Keep Your Bigblouth Shut." No . truthf^%mors that Matheu^ipext single will be "Cook Of The House." Linda McCartney, bat r * * 3s

And just for th© record: Scott Signorelli of West Hampton, New . -[ York was tb© winner of the Hamet guitar to CREEM's s Giveaway.