Re-Use Your Illusion
Why is Axl Rose eating Eminem's soul?
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By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 06.25.03 3:00 AM
Why is Axl Rose eating Eminem's soul?
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Building the Perfect Beast
Audioslave--the next stage of radicalized rock or a superstar
hobby?
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 06.23.03 3:00 AM
Tom Morello is a relentless zombie-slaying mofo. He's destroyed a dozen pixilated monsters in the past 45 seconds, and he's ravenous for more carnage. "I actually like this a lot," he says as he wastes a fast-charging catatonic corpse. "When we toured in Japan, this is all I did."
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Come Clean
Chris Cornell's superunknown secret
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 06.23.03 3:00 AM
Chris Cornell's superunknown secret
I was only able to interview Chris Cornell for 20 minutes. This isn't much time, but I just assumed he was busy. And he was--sort of. The 38-year-old Cornell--who's been married for 12 years and is the father of a two-year-old daughter--had to get back to a place that nobody knew about.
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Liz Phair, 'Liz Phair' (Capitol)
'90s indie-rock queen's awkward return.
By Chuck Klosterman 06.15.03 3:00 AM
There is a song on Liz Phair's self-titled fourth album called "Rock Me," and it's a little like Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen":Phair is dating a guy who's nine years her junior, and he's broke and not very smart, but he's good at ripping off her dress, and he likes to tell her how smart she is, and this is what she wants.
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Marilyn Manson
Whether he's embodying the Antichrist, morphing into an asexual
alien drug advocate, or merely dressing like a dandyish goth
vampire, Marilyn Manson never stops keeping it unreal. His own
existence is his most singularly creative outlet: More than any
other mainstream artist, Manson tries to live life as art
itself--he sees no division between the characters he creates for
entertainment and the lifestyle that is supposed to come with them;
when Manson tells kids he likes to eat drugs and consort with
freaks, he feels a social obligation to do exactly as he says. His
persona is a fabrication he lives for real. It's been a rough few
years for Mr. Manson. Ever since his music was blamed for the 1999
Columbine school shootings, he has struggled with commercial
failure (2000's Holy Wood album sold poorly) and personal
complexity (he endured a public breakup with actress Rose McGowan
and the departure of longtime musical collaborator Twiggy Ramirez).
But one thing about Manson has not changed--he's still really,
really funny. Whether he's talking about his new album, The
Golden Age of Grotesque, explaining what it's like to have sex
with conjoined twins, or theorizing about smoking his own penis for
hallucinogenic purposes, Manson continues to be--if nothing
else--the least-boring rock star on the planet.
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 06.13.03 3:00 AM
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The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Sleaze
O.J.'s got nothing on these people. From pedophiles to
crackheads to the world's worst friends, partners, and parents,
rock stars have legendarily distinguished themselves as the answer
to the question: "How low can you go?"
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 06.13.03 3:00 AM
O.J.'s got nothing on these people. From pedophiles to
crackheads to the world's worst friends, partners, and parents,
rock stars have legendarily distinguished themselves as the answer
to the question: "How low can you go?"
O.J.'s got nothing on these people. From pedophiles to crackheads to the world's worst friends, partners, and parents, rock stars have legendarily distinguished themselves as the answer to the question: "How low can you go?"
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