ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Slated for broadcast July 3rd (the 15th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death) is a three-hour radio special on the Doors. The retrospective—put together by entertainment consultant Lee Abrams and specialproducts radio producer Denny Somach— will feature old clips from radio newscasts, radio spots from the ’60s advertising Doors’ concerts and interviews with the surviving band members (Robbie Krieger, John Densmore and Ray Manzarek) as well as promoters, club owners, bouncers and others who knew the band.
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ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
WHEN THE MUSIC’S (ALMOST) OVER
Slated for broadcast July 3rd (the 15th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death) is a three-hour radio special on the Doors. The retrospective—put together by entertainment consultant Lee Abrams and specialproducts radio producer Denny Somach— will feature old clips from radio newscasts, radio spots from the ’60s advertising Doors’ concerts and interviews with the surviving band members (Robbie Krieger, John Densmore and Ray Manzarek) as well as promoters, club owners, bouncers and others who knew the band. Of particular interest to fans and collectors, the special will include two previously unreleased Doors’ songs. Get that cassette cued up.
Queen have written the soundtrack for Highlander, a movie starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. The film tells the story of a race of immortal beings who can be killed only by decapitation. We’ll be headin’ to see it right away.
World’s Most Valuable Record? Neal Umphred, a record collector from Scottsdale, Arizona, turned over a cashier’s check for $3,900 for a promo copy of the Beatles’ “Anna”/“Ask Me Why” (Vee Jay). The record, one of three known copies in existence, was sold through Goldmine, a collector’s mag. Says the lucky purchaser: the price was ‘‘reasonable, considering the circumstances.”
Plans to release the Ramones greatest hits album have been suspended indefinitely, although their first studio offering in some time should be out momentarily.
Hmmm...time to let the Heee Desk have their say so we can dispense with that most mischievous of news sources for this month. And their report: REO Speedwagon (a long-time Heee favorite, we’ve noticed) were shooting an album cover in Denver recently when Kevin Cronin asked the audience for he’p...er, we mean help...by ‘‘taking off a piece of clothing and holding it in the air.” Needless to say, many of the attractive, intelligent, modern women who count themselves among the ’Wagon’s most ardent admirers displayed what we’re told was a “truly creative variety of attire..” At which point the beleagured Kev had to explain that the album’s called Best Foot Forward and, uh...well, you know. The cover and the album will only appear in Europe, fortunately.
Best News Yet Dept.: MTV now reaches 43 percent of all teenagers weekly.
LOWERING COCHRAN
Columbia Studios have announced that their long-planned screen bio of rock roll pioneer Eddie Cochran is go. SI is star as the writer and singer of s' h tunes as “Somethin’ Else,” “Summertime arid Everybody” is Rob Lowe, who’s started taking guitar and singing lessons in pronaMHnn “rn edo the vocals,” said Lowe, “but if sou good. well end up using Eddie’s origi olding our breath.
You will doubtless be fascinated to know that Nikki Sixx has brought Motley Crue's total tattoo count to 21, having added a set of red lips near his pubic region. "It's just another excuse to take my pants down," he snickered.
We suppose he's been needing a bigger excuse.
SNIKKERINO NIKKI
Now it can be told, according to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of the recently released Monterey Pop videocassette, Jimi Hendrix was originally scheduled to perform before the Who at the legendary festival. However, after a co n toss, the Who—having won—got to go on before the then relativelyunknown Hendrix, explode into fire and light and. m general, avoid the embarrassment of trying to follow Lefty.
Madonna’s brother, Martin, recently got a job at WDTX-FM, a new music station in Detroit, their hometown. The 28-year-old had worked at another station previously, but his new employers couldn’t be happier with the Material Boy. “We didn’t realize who he was until he told us one day he might be able to get an interview with his sister,” program director Jim Harper said.
To coincide with the release of his first featurelength film, Crazy From The Heat, David Lee Roth is planning a national tour for August or September. Roth’s new band includes ex-Zappa sideman Steve Vai, former Talas bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette.
Banned from performing in the U.S., for the time being, are England’s New Model Army—who’ve gained prominence in the U.K. for their anti-drug stance. Their applications for visas to tour in support of their No Rest For The Wicked LP were denied by the U.S. State Department on the grounds that the band has “no artistic merit.” Inveterate art-lovers, that State department. Also on the don’t-let-’em in list, apparently, are the Blow Monkeys and U.K. Subs.
LYRIOS STINK!
A survey conducted by Media General/Associated Press has revealed that nearly 40 percent of rock’s socalled “core audience” (ages 18-34) feel that the lyrics of rock songs have a “bad effect” on teens and pre-teens. The survey also showed:
■ Only 2.1 percent of the core audience believes rock lyrics have a good effect on children.
■ Of those who are down on lyrics, 71 percent felt they encouraged drug use, 81 percent felt they encouraged sexual activity and 83 percent felt they encouraged disregard for authority. Only 52 percent felt they encouraged laziness.
■ Almost half of the magic age group (49 percent) said that lyrics have no effect on youngsters.
■ And a laudible 10 percent of the 18-to-34ers simply didn’t know if lyrics were good or bad.
