MUSIC NOW! By Mike Cooper

Joan Baez has compilationa album herof older material coming out September.in An EP released in 1985 by the group Psi-Corn, featuring Perry Farrell in the days before Jane's Addiction, is to be reissued Septemberin (on Triple Records).X George Thorogood says he's proud onlyof fewa tracks on his new album, Only 1,500 copies theof original release were sold Farrell supervised remastering Haircut, and says his record label insisted that he release full-lengtha LP came"I of the EP and helped with new cover artwork up with two songs that reallyI wanted maketo recorda with, 'Nowlin' For My Baby' and 'Get Haircut.'A So that's two. And then you've got goto and get eight more, and A Sisters Of Mercy compilation album coming out theat beginning of September boy, does that suck," Thorogood says. would"I have been happy putto out an EP will include newa track featuring singer Otra Haza instead a of whole album, but the record company wouldn't let me." Wilson Phillips repodedlv will reunite after Carole and Wendy Wilson release a Glenn Frey says music videos have ruined the art songwriting.of "Fortunately, I Christmas album anc Chynna Phillips puts out soloa LP hate"I readto people became songwritera before MTV. result,As a being visual was, wasas far as I con- say we broke up," Carnie Wilson says. 'Ifs not true." The trio's "Shadows And cerned, the first and most important aspect lyricof writing," he says. "You can look Light" album fared poorly when released last year and the group canceled planneda at the list of Eagles songs from 'Take Easy'It through 'Hotel California' and thein !our supportin theof LP first four lines, we put you someplace. 'On darka desert highway,' I'm running down the road trying loosento my load," Frey says. Chris Tinsley Followii For Now is going through the resumes producersof to decide who the band will work with on its second album. "Our new stuff vastlyis The Recording Industry Association Americaof says 153 people were arrested for different from the first one," he says. "It's heavier, darker, more mature. There's lot a music piracy thein first half thisof year, 47 a percent increase over the same period of Stephen King there.in Also, it's more like Sly Stone and less like Metallica." last year. Convictions totaled 54 thein first part thisof year, also an increase from last year. Seizures counterfeitof cassettes rose to 1.3 million, mostly through raids Paw are getting some live experience touring supportin theirof new album, and confiscations involving street vendors. "It's not enough just getto the tapes off "Dragline" (on A&M Records). The band signed its major label record deal having the streets," says RIM executive vice-president Steven D'Onofrio. "We have to played only about 30 shows. guess,"I looking back, we were short on live experi- ensure the counterfeit-cassette manufacturers receive the brunt theof law and are ence, but long on an eagerness leam,"to says guitarist Grant Fitch. "I think the removed from this illegal industry." trick tois play every night for three or four weeks. reallyIt brings togetherit fast. It's easy figureto out where you're going wrong, what's working and what's not." The Th, Swinging Steaks have five songs thein new film "Benefit Of The Doubt," band originally recorded its LP demoas a tape a at studio in Wisconsin. "The songs which stars Donald Sutherland and Amy Irving. Two theof songs appear on the are really personal us,"to Fitch says. wasn't"I being fliP....It's just that people are band's "Southside Of The Sky" album coming out mid-Septemberin (on Capricorn going liketo or it not. That's secondary First and foremost, loveI andit I'm really Records). That LP includes five songs from the band's self-distributed album lastof proud it."of year as well as new material produced by Gary Katz Minneapolisin earlier this year. Guitarist Scott Ian says singer Joey Belladona was fired from Anthrax because Angeline Ball Bronagh Gallagher, the backing vocalists thein movie "The "he didn't contribute." "He never wrote anything thein band," Ian says. "It was like Commitments are now starring a in comedy program on British television called he was this voice that sang our material — and even that, he never did anything with 'Owl Hie Rainbow" it. We felt stifled because when we wrote, wasit like, 'Well, we can't do that What's he gonna do with it?" Ian says the addition formerof Armored Saint singer John An inventor who lost lawsuita against Michael Jackson has been convicted of Bush has helped the band's songwriting. "I'm just blunt — there's Scott standing battery for assaulting three attorneys. Hugo Zuccarelli was also fined $3,520, on box,a screaming peopleat with his opinions," Ian says. "John theis type of ordered to work 60 days on freeways, undergo leastat nine months psychiatricof writer who basically buried things asin many metaphors as possible. When cameit counseling and serve three years on probation. He attacked the attorneys Marchin together, both styles rubbed off on each other." after judgea dismissed Zuccarelli's trademark infringement lawsuit which claimed Jackson's "Bad" album used his sound system without paying him. The Mystery Tramps will have rapa version of Bob Dylan's "Like RollingA Stone" out later this year (on Imago Records). The group was formed by San The Earth Communications Office has given special awards to Bonnie Raitt the Francisco guitarist and producer Bill Cutler with his partner, producer Afar* V. Beach Boys and Raffi on behalf recordingof artists who shunned CD long box The track alsois being remixed by Tony Garcia, who's done the dance versions of packaging before wasit eliminated earlier this year. Ata luncheon Losin Angeles, the Captain Hollywood Projects "More And More." It's the first time that Dylan awards were also given Banto the Box founders Rob Simonds and Martin Folkman. has allowed one hisof own recordings beto sampled Among those attending were the Red Not Chili Peppers, Stephen Stills, John Stewart, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Roy Bitten. ECO is now asking record The first "Unplugged" album beto released nowis out print.of Paul McCartney's companies useto recycled plastic thein black tray part of CD jewel boxes. A "Fill In "Unplugged" record nois longer available, since the former Beatle ordered that only The Box" campaign hopes haveto the jewel boxes made from 30 percent recycled a hall milliona CDs and half milliona cassettes theof album be manufactured material by January 1995. Before the awards presentation, Stephen Stills said he was "too cynical" believeto that record companies and retailers eliminated the long- Seattle band Young Fresh Fellows have been talking anto Australian record label box helpto the environment "They did this because they were forced to," Stills said. about releasing its next album. seems"It like thein last couple years,of we've been "This took forever and sois stupidly logical I'm surprised tookit this long." discovered outside theof States," says singer Scott McCaughey "I think people in the States have gotten really blase about us thein last couple years because we've Ohio Governor George Voinovich upsetis with the performance by rappers N-Town been around for so long and we're not the hip, cool, new thing. But all aof sudden at the Ohio State Fair. The rappers simulated sex with teenage girls thein audience. we've been discovered everywhere else, and that makes us want keepto going." Voinovich has written lettera theto Ohio Expositions Commission saying, trust"I Ihev will not he back" Soundgarden bass player Ben Shepherd plays on the new album from Hater coming out next month. Hater a is band started by Shepherd with Soundgarden Naughty By Nature refused performto theat Birmingham, Alabama, Heritage drummer Matt Cameron —mer Monster Magnet guitarist John McBain and because wantedit the second half itsof fee cashin instead byof check. bass player John Waterman Cameron makes his debut vocalistas a on P the I About 2,000 people waited more than two hours seeto the rappers and they won't be which also feattii Brian "Drift" Wood the brother theof late Mother Love able getto their ticket money refunded. Bone singe' Andrew Wood The group has no plans tourto after the album is released Jon Bon Jovl has been inducted into the Spectrum Wall Fameof Philadelphiain

The venue honored the rock singer because Bon Jovi's four shows Aprilin 1987 A boxed set materialof lIOU Paul Simon .17 the works. wouldIt include some of were the four fastest sellouts Spectrumin history. Bon Jovi joins the Grateful the material he recorded n Art Garfunkel ,vhen the two called themselves Tom Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra and & Jerry. Sammy Davis Jr. on the wall, which locatedis on the north side theof building on the concourse behind the Spectrum's press box. Rick Rubin expectedis produceto the next album from AC/DC.

The Lemonheads are working on newa album in Los Angeles for release in Elton John, Sting, Aerosmith, Melissa Etheridge and Don Henley are con- October. firmed for the Walden Woods Project benefit concert Foxboroat Stadium in Massachusetts on Labor Day. The Fine Young Cannibals release their first new album in five years in Novernbci Portions of an Aerosmith concert in San Diego were filmed for use in the movie "Wayne's World II." The Scream will release newa album this fall with new vocalist Billy Scott. The I P is s.i be , more R&B-oriented than the previous record which featured singer John Corabi who left the band jointo Motley Crue.

THE I REP ORT59 AUGUST 13, 1993