APRIL 2, 1993 —1-1 ISSUE #319 0 708 Stokes Road P-I Medford,08055 NJ f ell) phone: NI (609) 654-72f72 — j(609) 654-6852 TOP PRIORITY MIDNIGHT OIL MIDNIGHT OIL TRUGANINI HARD ACTS TO FOLLO W PAUL ROGERS Pr!atu drift qi.11q11 THE HUNTER ALTERNATIVE PICK , — 1. 4 —11ENTH DREAM DAY EL MOODIO _ - INSIDE: HARD HITTER Ill STEVEN TYLER'S NOT AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING! • SEE YOU RON RON: WYNF AND MORNING TEAM ARE SPLITS VILLE • VIACOM COUGHS UP 40 MILLION FOR WESTWOOD ONE'S KQLZ 111 AS EXPECTED, DAVE LONCAO LOCKS UP THE RCA AOR GIG • BILL WISE HIRES ON AS MJI BROADCASTING VP/PROGRAMMING III THE RUMOR MILL WAS RIGHT: WAZU FLIPS COR TO CLASSIC • INGOLD AND KENDALL EXIT AS CRITERION TAKES OVER KTYD • WPLR'S TOM BASS HEADS SOUTH TO WWWV/CHARLOTTESVILLE MIND BOMB SEGUE AER OS MITH A TO Z Da» ICI G-IlmoVP- evekly (jvy tvict.P. nek›.; Ste.ve rn 00 re- nev.cy sl R(cetie Sa.mboro, Weo,I 5ch or. efriAm 5 erg> Hard Hundred LW TW Artist Track LW TW Artist Track D 1 AerosmIth livin' On Me Ed , e" A 65 51 Keith Richards "999" 2 Coverdale/Pa , e "Pride And D 52 Black Crowes -Bad Luck Blue..." A 3 3 Lenn Kravitz "Are You Gonna..." A 59 53 Goo Goo Dolls "We Are The ..." 2 4 Sting aff I Ever Lose My Faith" 46 54 Testmnent "Return To Serenity" 4 5 Brian May "Ddven By You" 44 55 EnuffZ'Nuff "Right By Your..." 6 6 Masters Of Rear "She Got Me" D 56 Blues Traveler "Con , uer Me" A 8 7 Mick J , er "Wired All Ni ht" 57 57 Great White love Is A Lie" A 10 8 Alice In Chains "Rooster" 58 58 Jellyfish "The Ghost At Number... NY A 15 9 Soul ' lum "Black Gold" 52 59 Screamin Tires "Shadow Of The..." • 24 10 Coverdale/Page "Shake M Tree" A 67 60 Brad Ms "Honest To God" 9 11 Merge »! "Kiss That , , If 42 61 banger, "Won't Get ..." A 18 12 Eric Cias ton "Runnin s On Faith" A 63 62 The The "Dogs Of Lust" 13 13 Def , ,ii•-•d , "Ton , A 72 63 Saigon Kick "Feel The Same Wa " A 14 14 Livia Colour "Leave It Alone" 50 64 Phish "Fast Enough For You" • 16 15 Arc An , els "Sha , e I'm In" 54 65 The Beauties "Mother's Finest..." A 17 16 Big Head Todd/Monsters "Broken..." 56 66 Jude Cole • "Just Another Nis ht" 7 17 • ,-, "Down On Me" • 78 67 Pantera "Hollow" A 19 18 Hothouse Flowers "Thin Of..." 53 68 Blind Melon "Tones Of Hoare" A 20 19 Damn Yankees "Silence Is..." 60 69 Dream Theater "Pull Me Under" A 25 20 Stone Tern le Pilots "Plush" 43 70 Copperhead "Whiskey" 11 21 Spin Doctors "liso Princes" 61 71 Keith Richards "Eileen" 522 1.Li i ' ID ' "Good lariat ... IC 68 72 10 000 Maniacs "Can s •• A 31 23 Bill S uier "An r " A 74 73 Dinosaur Jr "Start Cho s s in" A 26 24 Joe Satriani "Cr in" D 74 Collision "Maximum Res sect" A 32 25 Extreme "Am I Ever Gonna..." 62 75 Rembrandts "Hang On To Forever" i i•ii .,.,I 1 f 7 9 69 76 Black Crown "Sometimes..." 12 27 REM "Man On lhe Moon" A 95 77 Warren Ha nes "Fire In The..." 27 28 Pearl Jam "Black" D 78 Wides g read Panic "Wonderin , 23 29 , Kid Joe "Cats In The . 66 79 Toa , et S, rocket "Hold Her..." A 33 30 Dream Theater "Take The Time" 80 80 Sacred Reich "Inde s endent" 22 31 GIB Blossoms "Mrs. Rita" 70 81 trzy Strad& "Somebody..." , 32 I, , : s • n 82 MKS 'Beautiful Girl" 37 33 Bon Jovi "In These Arms" 76 83 Jeff Healey "Heat Of An Angel" 36 34 Flotsam And Jetsam "Wadin g ..." D 84 School Of Fish "Take Me..." 38 35 Ja hawks "Take Me With You" 71 85 Soul Asylum `Somebody To Shove" 64 36 Bruce Hornsb "Harbor Li, hts" 79 86 Sling love Is Stronger Than..." 21 37 Drivin-N-Ctyin "Turn It Up Or ..." D 87 g halt Ballet "An , r Youth" 30 38 Mick Jagger "Don't Tear Me Up" 81 88 Suicidal Tendencies "I'll Hate ..." 35 39 Motorhead 1 Ain't No Nice Guy" D 89 Coverdale/Pa e "Take A Look At..." 29 40 The Tragically Hip "Courage" 90 90 John Cam bell "When The Levee ..." 34 41 Me , adeth 'lweatin , Bullets" 93 91 The Pretenders Not In..." A 45 42 Animal Ba "Ever bad " 88 92 Metallica "Don't Tread On Me" D 43 The Kinks "Hatred" 75 93 Saints & Sinners "We Belong" A 49 44 Arcade "Nothin' To Lose" 82 94 Soul Asylum "Runaway Dale" A 47 45 Hardline "Rh hm From A Red..." 77 95 Sonic Youth "Sugar Kane" A 48 46 Bone Club "Eve hin , 's On..." 89 96 Collision "Chains" A 55 47 Jeff Heale "Lost In Your E es" 92 97 Sonia Dada "You Don't Peat Me ..." A 51 48 Poorbo "No Real Emotion" D 98 Paul Rod g ers "The Hunter" 41 49 Neil Young "Unknown Legend" 91 99 Spread Eaale "Devil); Road" 40 50 Paul McCartney "Biker Like An " D100 Tasmin Archer Bill Hard Editor/Publisher Joe Hager Layout Kahuna Published Weekly Collie Hard Comptroller John Loscalzo Alternative Editor Amy Birch Research/Advertising Joan Lovendoski Paste-up by Christine Black Metal Editor Annie Rances Editorial Assistant The Hard Report, Inc. Jim Crowe Music Director Beth Renaud Assoc. Alternative Editor Jodie Fabricus Metal Assistant Lisa Riegel Assistant Editor 708 Stokes Road Jenni Glenn Editorial/Metal Assist. Ken Subramanian Exec. Data Systems Medford, NJ 08055 Jeff Hatcher Editorial Assistant 609-654-7272 (voice) Contributing Editors: Mike Cooper Jesse Nash Jonathan Wright 609-654-6852 (fax) Comments deadline: Wednesday 2PM. Industry comments and opinions are not necessarily those of The Hard Report or its employees. Material within may not be reproduced without permission. Radio reports: Monday & Tuesday 10 AM-5PM EST. THE HARD REPORT 3 APRIL 2, 1993 New Releases David Bowie. Black Tie White Noise. Savage The advice from us is "JUST LET GO!" What you hear will capture you and send you some- where else. This is actually a very sexual album (which is by no means sur- AL,Biu- 51 prising when you consider what David Bowie has offered throughout the years). This is an album that explotes the topic of racial boundaries and con- Lw Tw Artist Album gruencies. Black Tie White Noise also expands the boundaries of luck and incorporating a multitude of invented sounds, noises and melodies. One 1 1 Coverdale/Pa s e "Coverdale/Pa " of the interesting things about the album is the fact that it is very complete and cohesive. If you listen from beginning to end, each song relates to the A 2 2 Mick Ja er "Wanderin S irit" next musically as well as spiritually. "The Wedding" bells initiate your lis- A 4 3 Lenn Kravitz "Are You Gonna Go M ..." tening experience, fading into the brain, bringing on excitement, building 3 4 SU "Ten Summoner's Tales" steadily, erasing the days thoughts from your 1=d, then s wing off quick- A 10 5 Soul As lum "Grave Dancers Union" ly to end on a phased echo of Bowie's distorted voice. The iect is chilling and will prepare you for the rest. A cover of Cream's "I Feel Free" is updat- ed like only David Bowie can. His changes bring the song back in a wildly A 11 7 Alice In Chains different manner, while tactfully reminding you how good the original still A 9 8 Def Les s ard "Adrenalize" is. Another cover you'll find is the Beatles 'Don't Let Me Down". Bowie takes this one to the edge as a soulful ballad. "Jump They Say" (the first sin- 7 9 Masters Of Reality "Sunrise On The ..." gle) is already a top 15 track at Alternative and Triple A. AOR has gotten A 12 10 Peter Gabrie their hands on it too as it "Jumps" to 32* on the Hard Hundred this week. We've all been waiting a long time for this project and there is nothing dis- appointing here. David's characteristic jazz element is present, hiding • 15 12 Arc An els "Arc An els" motile every comer of Black Tie White Noise. This album is a wonderful A 20 13 Eric Cla don "Un 'lus ed" test of 90's rock limits. A 16 14 Livins Colour "Stain" Warren Haynes. Tales Of Ordway Madness. Megaforce Soul music A 18 15 Damn Yankees "Don't Tread" was his first love, then came the guitar. Now, a seasoned veteran of the rock experience, Haynes has seized the chance to put it all together on one album A 23 16 Stone Tem s le Pilots "Core" he can call his own, Tales Of Ordina,y Madness. The sassy tone of the cur- 13 17 Spin Doctors "Pocket Full Of ..." rent single (95-77*) will reach out and take hold of you from note one. 6 18 Lynyrd Skynyrd "The Last Rebel" "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" gets down even harder, while "Movers And Shakers" smooths it out, bringing in a low goove_with rather mellow key- 14 19 R.E.M "Automatic For The Peo s le" boards interspersed throughout. If you really warm get in the mood, try A 24 20 Bi Head Todd/Monsters "Sister Sweetl " "I'll Be The One".