1351 No Registration Mail GST) 20 plus $2.80( $3.00 11,1995 September - 6 No. 62 Volume 2 - RPM - Monday September 11, 1995 INCANTATION Nominees announced for '95 MuchMusic Video Awards Delerium The MuchMusic/CHUMCity building on Queen ONE LIFE Bill Morrison Street in Toronto will once again be the site for Raggadeath COME INTO MY LIFE the annual MuchMusic Video Awards (formerly Ray Dumas JLM the Canadian Music Video Awards), which take FLOWERS BECOME SCREENS David Howell WAKE UP place Thursday, September 28, from 8-11 pm. Delerium Bill Morrison Spin That Wheel MuchMusic will honour the very best in David Cowdery Canadian music video, dishing out awards in 20 BRAND NEW SONG Mystery Machine FEEL THE GOOD TIMES different categories, chosen from an initial list of Stephen Scott Charlene Smith some 92 nominees. WAKE ME Alain Desrochers Much will also continue the new tradition Rusty FOREIGN VIDEO BY A CANADIAN of having the fans pick their favourites, with the Kris Lefcoe HAVE YOU EVER People's Choice Awards for favourite male, DANCE VIDEO female, group and video being chosen by popular REALLY LOVED A WOMAN? vote. The general public can vote on these awards A DEEPER SHADE OF LOVE Bryan Adams Anton Corbijn (director) at any Blockbuster Video location across Canada, Camille Terrance Babb (director) or by calling 1 -800 -226 -VOTE. NOMINEES continued on page 5 The awards show promises to offer its Wright and Bendeth de BMG Music Canada usual impressive list of live performers, a list that part had yet to be confirmed by press time. The show David Bendeth has been named vice-president of and report to Jamieson. will also be broadcast on MuchMusic USA. A&R for the RCA Records Label,in an Prior to this appointment, Bendeth served The following is the complete list of appointment announced by new RCA president as A&R vice-president for BMG Music Canada, nominees: Bob Jamieson. Bendeth will be based in NewYork and was instrumental in launching the careers of acts such as Crash Test Dummies, Charlie Major, ALTERNATIVE VIDEO Cowboy Junkies, Prairie Oyster and Sven Gali, CIRCLES among others. Prior to joining BMG, Bendeth Rainbow Butt Monkeys was director of A&R and staff producer for Sony Andrew MacNaughton (director) Music in Toronto. Bendeth's career also involves 22 years theRankins of songwriting and 12 years signed as an artist Yea' s year(rememberthis to the Epic, EMI and RCA labels, with three VE c1 Aswith last Lanterns?),PairingS recorded albums. As a producer, Bendeth has OnPatiO SlIPTiSe 1\itiChelX atia Barenaked worked with both Sven Gali and Varga. 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Gali, Sven and Oyster Prairie unkies, Major, Charlie Dummies, Test Crash s of careers the launching in trumental Canada, Music BMG for -president e served Bendeth appointment, this to ior Jamieson. o Canada Music 5 page on continued NOMINEES (director) :orbijn ams WOMAN? A /ED EVER CANADIAN A BY IDEO esrochers Smith TIMES OOD 3owdery Wheel I -towel LIFE MY rrison DN 4 - RPM - Monday September 11,1995 Wankers will have a go at the Sony 2 squad, and NOMINEES continued from page 2 you know who heads us that crew, Biff Mactavish, tiLiACT614)16 . formerly of you know where (EC: I think it's YOU OUGHTA KNOW Wackers! ! !). Same thing. And then, the Warner Alanis Morissette Warriors are set to take on the Sony Ballbusters. Jim Nick Egan HOW DO YOU STOP A genuine tribute!!!I'm not Thriller have all gone over the double diamond Agnew says "both should be classics." (EC: That's mark. And, don't forget Celine Dion. Her Joni Mitchell with Seal much of a baseball fan, but when Cal an understatement! ! !) Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's record for album, Colour Of My Love, is getting Rocky Schenck Retailers are on the road!!!Canadian consecutive games played, the pretty close to double diamond. The Obituary spontaneity of his walk around the people at Sony are pretty proud of the record retailers took their show on the road, and ballpark, shaking the hands of fans, = fact that, in some areas, they are away it's paying off. First stop was Vancouver, and the Kenny Graydon: one was one of the great moments in live ahead of their US company in per consensus was that the west wants to be involved. television. The following morning, capita sales, something like 25% plus. Next stop is Montreal on Sept. 25. Apparently, The record industry was saddened by Maybe Canada's national newspaper Quebec wants to be involved as well, which is a death of Kenny Graydon, after a lent that television moment was gettingwith ElviraCapreese as much attention as the breaking of should give them a call. Maybe the New first. There's lots happening in La Belle Province. Mr. Graydon passed away at York Cow the record. And what a genuine tribute the camera York Times would reprint it! (EC: And now, he can Something about a mining company wanting to buy in Newmarket, Ontario on Sept. 5. He gave to Ripken when they followed him around sit down at his grand piano and rip off a couple of a very large record consortium. (EC: A consortium Mr. Graydon was born i the stands. That is what television is for, and it tunes!!!) in Quebec? It must be large! ! !) Hamilton, Ontario. He began his isn't often that something like this can happen, and Next week!!!Watch for the W.A.L.T. Report distinguished career with PolyGram in Come and gone!!!Two really swell events went he joined Polydor as a sales repres I doubt if it was planned. Hats off to the director by, practically unnoticed. The Toronto Exhibition, (EC: What an ego), the latest and most inaccurate who allowed it to happen, and the camera that was chart complitation system. No expense was spared. Toronto. He later became wester which likes to think of itself as "national", came manager based in Calgary. A few ye there. It was entertainment. (EC: Is he in the music and went -- a near -none -event. With the grandstand (EC: Silly, we've had our own system for years! ! !) industry!!!) Only in America. Truly sincere!!! moved to Montreal to take on shows gone, there was very little to get excited about, responsibility of national sales manager A merger of sorts???What large international now that Ontario Place has taken over. At the becoming vice-president of sales ant organization will merge with or get rid of its bandshell, some local bands performed. I could only for PolyGram Records, and later fo competition? Whatever happens, and it's supposed think of Ben Nobleman.