$5.95 (U.S.), $6.95 (CAN.), £4.95 (U.K.), Y2,500 (JAPAN) ZOb£-L0906 VO H3V38 9N01 V it 3AV W13 047L£ A1N331J9 A1NOW 5811 9Zt Z 005Z£0 100 lllnlririnnrlllnlnllnlnrinrllrinlrrrllrrlrll ZL9 0818 tZ00W3bL£339L080611 906 1I9I0-£ OIE1V taA0ONX8t THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT r MARCH 6, 1999 ROCK 'DO: RESURGENCE OF A RESILIENT SOUND In U.S., Fresh Spin Is Put On Format Globally, `No- Nonsense' Music Thrives A Billboard staff report. with a host of newer acts being pulled A Billboard international staff Yoshida says. in their wake. report. As Yoshida and others look for NEW YORK -In a business in which Likewise, there is no one defining new rock -oriented talent, up -and- nothing breeds like success, "musical sound to be heard Often masquerading coming rock acts such as currently trends" can be born fast and fade among the pack, only as different sub-gen- unsigned three -piece Feed are set- faster. The powerful resurgence of the defining rock vibe res, no-nonsense rock ting the template for intelligent, rock bands in the U.S. market -a and a general feeling continues to thrive in powerful Japanese rock (Global phenomenon evident at retail and that it's OK to make key markets. Music Pulse, Billboard, Feb. 6) with radio, on the charts, and at music noise again. "For the THE FLYS Here, Billboard cor- haunting art rock full of nuances. video outlets -does not fit the proto- last few years, it wasn't respondents take a Less restrained is thrashabilly trio typical mold, however, and shows no cool to say you were in a global sound -check of Guitar Wolf, whose crazed, over -the- signs of diminishing soon. rock band," says Butch the music around the top take on three -chord rock hasn't For one thing, no single breakout Walker of HiFi /Elek- world. prevented it from being signed by act has spurred a flurry of sound - tra's Marvelous 3, Sony Music Entertainment's (Japan) alike signings; rather, a large num- whose "Freak Of The EVER LAST JAPAN Ki /oon label. One of the most memo- ber of bands have risen up simulta- Week" is No. 34 this Rock is very much rable acts to appear at last summer's neously to stake their own claims on issue on Mainstream alive these days in epochal Fuji Rock Festival in Tokyo, record shelves and radio airwaves, Rock Tracks and No. 5 Japan. The indies/ (Continued on page 105) A C1-aorZAL on Modern Rock underground scene SYTIPbonY in Tracks. "But we want and the mainstream 9 mowEmEnts BY `this was a rock band' on THE OF FSPRING have produced a wide IOnAtï=lAn ELiAS Best Buy Plans our gravestones." variety of rock- orient- Grammy Nods There are common ed acts recently, as PERFOFJrIAnCES BY threads to be in A Major Push seen Japanese pop expands Likely To Carry ALAnis several of the bands, its stylistic range away mORÌssEttE most notably a street - from idol pop. Harry For New Artists savvy blending of hip - KRA VITZ Yoshida, label manager Retail Rewards hAmES tAYLOR,._ hop into the rock of Warner Music BY ED CHRISTMAN brew -a heady recipe Japan's new Dream BY CHRIS MORRIS SAUF I`EitA NEW YORKBest Buy, one of that a number of retail- Machine imprint, says LOS ANGELES -A little the top chains at promoting ers and label executives rock bands featuring learning can be a á- PEW developing cite as whetting ap- female vocalists are the dangerous thing, FAMELL artists, is fur- petites among younger KO RN wave of the future on but a lot of "Mise- ther trying to consumers for the likes the J-pop scene. ducation" should IIUSRAt distinguish of Flip /Interscope's Limp Bizkit, at "I aim to make the next wave of be wonderful, ac- FAtEI itself in that (Continued on page 104) female singers, in the rock style," cording to re- ALi Ik1An area with its tailers celebrating HILL ambitious, Lauryn Hill's big multimillion - INSIDE THIS WEEK'S BILLBOARD Grammy Awards win. AmERiCAn dollar Find In one of the coronations of BOY Ck1Oi 'Em First Blue Note's European Biz Is (Continued on page 99) campaign. AnD mct The project will kick off with a Cassandra Wilson Weighing New Behind The Scenes News, in stoR`Es mAR,ca 23 massive national press advertis- Photos, And More In ing campaign Sunday (28), to be Pays Tribute To Anti -Piracy Expanded Grammy Coverage (Continued on page 109) .. Pages 97-102 Miles Davis ... Pn Plan... PG HEATSEEKERS the ultimate pop Lollectiun SUPPORTED BY RCA's Sara Evans Takes featuring $1 MILLION TV AD CAMPAIGN Her `Place' At The Top MATCHBOX20 TAGGED ON PAGE 24 JEWEL 15 MILLION CANDY BOXES OF $5.95 US $6.95 CANADA BRANDY ABSOLUTE HITS 0> iv MiKE IKE 110T TAMALES SUGAR RAY AAL]YAH THE ATLANTIC GROUP www.allantic-recoràs. corn ?1 7999 Atlantic Recording Corp. ATime Warner Company AND MANY MORE nuae a. lira and Hm lamer., are re9nlered trademarks of Just Barn. Inc. BeNremem. 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Witness the "The Slim Shady LP" (Aftermath/Interscope/ more merit in Eminem's misogynistic album because he's a white Managing Editor: SUSAN NUNZIATA Universal) by Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers), a debut album whose rapper sponsored by a veteran black hip -hop producer. "Let's ignore Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman News Editor: Marilyn A. Gillen main themes include drugging, raping, and murdering women. for a moment the same -old, same -old of Eminem diatribes against Director of Special Issues: Gene Sculatti; Galet Brady, Associate Director; Porter Hall, Special Issues Coordinator Eminem's record reached stores Feb. 23, the same day people women and gays-hey, white folks have always been as adept at hate- Bureau Chiefs: Chet Flippo (Nashville), Bill Holland (Washington), John Lannert (Caribbean and Latin America), Melinda Newman (L.A.) in the Los Angeles area were learning of a rash of crimes akin to ful rhetoric as black folks," the critic asserted. "But more important, Art Director: Jeff Nisbet; Assistant: Raymond Carlson those in which Eminem exulting, including noting Copy Chief: Bruce Janicke; Assistant: Elizabeth Renaud was gleefully the rape and worth before the inevitable controversy swamps every- Copy Editors: Lisa Gidley, Carl Rosen and stabbing murder of a 13- year -old Pomona, Calif., cheerleader/ thing else, is his embrace by the rap community" Thus, questioning Senior Editor: Ed Christman, Retail (N.Y.) Senior Writers: Chris Morris (L.A.), Bradley Bambarger (N.Y.) choirgirl in her own bedroom and the accosting and attempted hate is a tiresome bore; communal careerism justifies anything. Talent Editor: Larry Flick (N.Y.) Country Music/Nashville: Deborah Evans Price, Associate Editor kidnapping of an 11-year -old girl bicycling in North Hollywood "What moral poverty from some of these reviewers! When I Dance Music: Michael Paoletta, Editor (N.Y.) Pro Audio/Technology: Paul Verna, Editor (N.Y.) that police suspect could be linked to the recent rape of a 12 -year- read that Globe review, I was speechless," says Kate Cloud, 10- Merchants & Marketing: Don Jeffrey, Editor (N.Y.) old girl in a local city park bathroom. Pomona investigators were year executive director for Respond Inc., a 25- year -old Boston - Home Video: Seth Goldstein, Editor (N.Y.), Eileen Fitzpatrick, Associate Ed. (L.A.) Radio: Chuck Taylor, Editor (N.Y.) analyzing fingerprint records and lists of convicted sex offenders area agency providing counsel, emergency shelter, a 24 -hour hot Heatseekers Features Editor /Music Video: Carla Hay, Editor (N.Y.) Staff Reporter: Dylan Siegler (N.Y.) living in the area. Meanwhile, in North Hollywood, Los Angeles line (617- 623 -5900) and community outreach for women and chil- Editorial Assistant: Carrie Bell (L.A.) Administrative/Research Assistant: Aliya S. King (N.Y.) Police Capt. Richard Wahler said, "We're encouraging parents to dren who are targets of domestic violence. "So what is the mes- Special Correspondent: Jim Bessman be extra -vigilant this Don't let Contributors: Catherine Applefeld Olson, Fred Bronson, Lisa Collins, at time. your children, especially sage? That women are to be used and abused, and that makes you, Larry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Phyllis Stark, Steve Traiman your daughters, out of sight." the abuser, powerful and popular ?" nternationa Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE nternationa Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy An example of the sort of horror that's possible if Watching MTV recently during a promotion for nternationa Music Editor: Dominic Pride fail to nternationa News Editor: Jeff Clark -Meads parents heed such a warning is dramatized Eminem just prior to the showing of his "My Name nternationa Associate Editor: Tom Ferguson on the "Guilty Conscience" track of "The Slim Shady Is" video, Cloud noted that "one of the things this nternationa Associate Editor: Mark Solomons German Bureau Chief: Wolfgang Spahr LP," in which Eminem's malevolent 21- year -old guy Eminem said before the video started was, `Slim Japan Bureau Chief: Steve McClure Contributing Editor: Paul Sexton "Stan" persona engages in a jocular dialogue with Shady is what comes out when you're mad.' Which I CHARTS & RESEARCH producer Dr.