Reality Show Recap: ‘The Rock Life’ Debuts With Slash and Ass-Crack Aplenty Every week The Rock Life follows Los Angeles band Whitestarr as they attempt to make it in the music biz. But who’s following The Rock Life? We are! Here’s our first report: Here’s Whitestarr lead singer Cisco Adler opening VH1’s umpteenth new reality show: “We’re just an average, struggling rock band that’s trying to make it.” However, the unspoken undercurrent from the get-go is that Whitestarr are just an average, struggling rock band whose lead singer is the spawn of the guy who produced Sam Cooke records, lives in palatial Malibu digs, drives a shiny red Caddy and is currently dating Marissa Cooper on The O.C. (clearly this was filmed a while back). Shelved by Atlantic a few years back, they’re looking for a second chance, armed with little more than a Black Crowes shimmy, a Buckcherry ’tude, a stunning amount of self-absorption and pants that don’t always fit right — forget the music, last night’s back-to-back premiere episodes featured no less than sixteen different shots of ass-crack! VH1 debuted two episodes in a row, probably since the expository first episode didn’t have much for actual conflict — be-fro’d guitarist Rainbow tried to convince his girlfriend to stay home from the sold-out Roxy show (“What if I was a lawyer and you came to my job with me?”) and then hot-dogged a guitar solo because Slash (sans sunglasses … yikes) was in the audience. And full-time dancer Tony Potato was concerned over the footing on his dancing platform at the Roxy. But the second episode was classic millennial Monkees antics. Their new manager advises them to “write the hit,” so they all move into Adler’s fancy digs to compose their ticket out of obscurity. And — surprise! — it’s not that simple as they thought! When the manager comes to check on their progress, Adler is frustrated that his band is so drunk and underrehearsed that everything devolves into tuneless flubs and bickering. Adler’s cute little dog dies (if this was the real “rock life,” s
|
Published: 2007-08-08
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
|
|
Nikki Sixx: “Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers Are Not Rock & Roll”Photo: Barnard/Getty Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx is clean and sober these days — and taking a prominent position as a spokesman for National Recovery Month — but if he doesn’t think something is rock & roll, he’ll still make some noise about it. While praising Crüe Fest tourmates Papa Roach and Buckcherry for living up to the name in both music and personality, Sixx took some shots at a pair of recent chart-toppers. “There’s things that I see where I go, ‘Rock Star energy drink? Give a fucking break,’” Sixx says. “There’s no rock stars involved in this. There’s a lot of shit out there where people are calling it ‘rock.’ I went into Barnes & Noble the other day, and there’s a huge display that says ‘rock & roll,’ and it had a big thing of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. I went, ‘What the fuck is this?’ People are believing that shit that is not rock & roll, is not the rock lifestyle, is rock.” While the image of Nikki Sixx in a Barnes & Noble settles in, take heart that the Crüe will be back in American arenas for a three-month tour starting in January — a month after Sixx turns 50. In the meantime, Sixx is helping commemorate National Recovery Month by offering up his Sixx:AM song “Tomorrow” from The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack as an unofficial anthem, as the track’s lyrics offer an inspiring tale of getting accountable and finding stability in recovery. Related Stories: • Mötley Crüe Have Their Day in Los Angeles • Video: Behind the Scenes at Mötley Crüe’s Photo Shoot • Mötley Crüe Single Selling Bigger on Rock Band Than on iTunes
|
Published: 2008-09-11
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
|
|
Privacy PolicyTerms of UseContact Us