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Slash Joins the Sunset Strip Festival to Honor L.A.’s Rich Rock History

Although Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip is most infamous for the rock & roll debauchery of the ’80s when bands like Guns n’ Roses, Motley Crue and Poison roamed the L.A. streets in leather and hairspray, the Strip has also fostered artists like Nat King Cole and Marilyn Monroe, and served as the playground for the Doors and Janis Joplin. It’s this rich and diverse history that was honored at the first Sunset Strip Music Festival this weekend. The festivities kicked off Thursday night with a tribute at the House of Blues honoring the Godfathers of the Strip: Lou Adler (the Roxy), Mario Maglieri (the Whisky A Go Go, the Rainbow Bar & Grill) and Elmer Valentine (Whisky, Roxy, Rainbow). Sugar Ray frontman and Access Hollywood host Mark McGrath emceed the event with presenters like Slash, Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas and Cheech and Chong, while Camper Van Beethoven, Soul Asylum and Everclear performed. “The fact that the Rainbow is the longest standing rock & roll institution in the world and is still there… deserves props,” said Slash, introducing Maglieri. Slash then recalled fond memories of dressing in drag in his mother’s clothing to sneak into the Rainbow for ladies’ night since his fake ID wasn’t working. “It was fun, until I found myself standing in the Rainbow in girls’ clothing by myself. It was a novel idea at the time.” Michelle Phillips, who introduced Valentine, also had fond memories of the early days of the Strip: “There aren’t music scenes that this today, so it’s really important to honor such a meaningful scene that these three guys created.” Other highlights of the three-day fest included Friday night’s B-Real show at the Whisky A Go-Go with special guest Slash, who put the crowd into a frenzy for the set’s two closing songs, the Cypress Hill hit “Rock Superstar” and Gn’R’s “Paradise City.

Published: 2008-06-30
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News

Paris Hilton Goes To Jail, Cartel’s Bubble Bursts, Ruff Ryders CEO Busted For Drugs

After enduring a series of jokes make at her expense at the MTV Movie Awards, Paris Hilton checked herself in early to jail late last night.Hilton turned herself in at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A. at 11:15 p.m. and was booked at 11:38, Us Weekly reports. The body of missing Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike has been found. The twenty-three-year-old musician disappeared after leaving a party near the beach in Fairhaven, MA early Saturday morning. Pike’s body was found on the beach near around 4 pm yesterday afternoon, about 200 yards from where his cell phone was discovered. You know that bubble on New York City’s Westside Highway in which Cartel is recording its new album for a show on MTV? Yeah, well it burst. The bubble wasn’t designed, apparently, to handle the light drizzle we experienced in the city last night, and early this morning the bubble’s front wall shattered. It was only a matter of time before Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson, decided to work together. Wentz reportedly collaborated with Ashlee on one song, set to appear on her new album. Martin Scorsese’s new Rolling Stones documentary, Shine A Light, will appear in theatres on September 21st. The film is said to include lots of footage from the Stones’ Beacon Theatre dates last year where guest performers included Jack White, Buddy Guy, and Christina Aguilera. Because what the world really needs is another biopic, a film based on Michelle Phillips’ memoir California Dreamin’: The True Story of the the Mamas and the Papas is in the works. “It’s not something I can really talk about in detail,” Phillips said. “But I will say this — it will happen, and it will happen in a good way. The gears are all churning.” Writer and friend of the band Marshall Brickman, is reportedly attached. Ruff Ryders CEO Darrin “Dee” Dean and an associate were arrested in New York last week. The cops initially s

Published: 2007-06-04
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Morning News Roundup