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The Worst Career Moves of All Time: Rock Lawsuits We’d Like to See

You may have heard about Motley Crue’s recent lawsuit against the manager of drummer Tommy Lee. The best part: Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars allege that Lee’s participation in the reality shows Tommy Lee Goes To College and Rock Star: Supernova “diminished the public’s interest in Lee and their overall perception of his musical talents.” In other words, they’re suing him for making bonehead career moves. The implications of this are staggering. What other terrible business decisions are worth a lawsuit? We expect to see these cases following soon — feel free to add yours. Every Hard Rock Fan Alive v. The Van Halen Brothers Back Story: When Sammy Hagar was fired from Van Halen in 1996, The Van Halen Brothers at first brought David Lee Roth back into the fold – even cutting two new songs with him. But when it came time for a new album and tour, they dumped Diamond Dave in favor of former Extreme singer Gary Cherone. The result was the crappiest Van Halen album ever, and a poorly attended tour. Eleven years later we’re still waiting for Dave to come back. Charge: Recklessly choosing Mr. “More Than Words” when Roth was willing to come back. Verdict: Guilty of reunion negligence. Punishment: The Van Halen brothers are now forbidden from touring without Roth on lead vocals and Michael Anthony on bass. Chuck D v. VH-1’s “Flavor of Love” Back Story: Until Flavor Flav appeared on The Surreal Life a few years back Public Enemy was fondly remembered as one of the most exciting, politically-minded rap groups in history. Now they are now best known as Flavor Flav’s stepping stone to becoming a huge reality TV star. When Chuck D gets an interview request now it’s not to discuss censorship, but to give his opinion about whether or not Sumthin’ should have been kicked out of the house when she shit on the floor. Charge: Bringing more shame to Public Enemy than Griff’s anti-semitic rants. Verdict: Guilty. Punishment: Lifetime banishment from ba

Published: 2007-06-20
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Bob Dylan, Rock Lists

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Vegoose Festival Report: Rage Against the Machine, the Stooges, Shins, Daft Punk, More

For three years now, the Vegoose festival has been bringing Las Vegas the sort of eclectic acts the city normally shuns: metal, hip-hop, politically motivated tunage and indie rock’s latest beloved. This year was no exception: the first day alone delivered Mastodon, Public Enemy, M.I.A. and the Shins. Throw in Saturday night performances by Iggy and the Stooges and Daft Punk, and you might just have the most musically diverse day in Sin City history. (For a full photo gallery from Vegoose, click here.) From the start great music was plentiful. Gogol Bordello opened the festival with one of the strongest sets of the weekend. Backed by two percussionist/dancers, ferocious fiddle playing and singer Eugene Hutz’s manic presence, the band won over an audience that seemed delightfully surprised by the band’s gypsy-punk attack. As with many of the afternoon bands, the Vegoose set was only the beginning of their Vegas trip. After performing, the band did a signing in a makeshift Zia Records tent in the Vegoose field, before heading to downtown Las Vegas where bandmembers spun discs at Beauty Bar until 3 AM. Not everything worked. Bands like the Shins (who wore costumes) and Blonde Redhead (who did not) found their more intricate music bleed away by the acoustics of a vast field and competing bands. Vegoose has three active stages and overlap between sets made it hard to see everything even for the most dedicated fans. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of Saturday was competing sets between Cypress Hill and Public Enemy (who arranged for that?). Still, some of the Cypress audience popped over long enough to join Chuck D for a rousing chant of “Fuck George Bush.” Other of Chuck D’s pronouncements on affairs of State might have been a bit over the crowd’s head: His complaints that the Euro and Pound were kicking American ass ellicited a collective “huh?” As night descended with dust filling the air from the dirt field, Iggy and the Stooges came out and gra

Published: 2007-10-30
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, Festivals