May 22, 1992 ISSUE #277 TOP PRIORITY BUCKINGHAr WRONG HARD ACT TO FOLLO W *10 T I 41, Ana , S O UL e.Triver. THINK ABOUT SOUL ALTERNATIVE PICK SUPERNATU-RAL INSIDE: BARD HITTER • PHIL HARDY MA Y LOOK LIKE LOUIS THE XIV, BUT HE'S REALLY CLOSER TO A PRO MO PEROT • A HARD EXCLUSIVE: JACOBS MEDIA KICKS OFF KEDG LAS VEGAS! • KLOS AND BOB COB URN INK LONG TERM DEAL • WRIF AND PENHALLO W SIGN FOR FIVE MORS • WXLP's GUY PE.ZRY GETS THE KATT PD GIG • CURT GARY OUT, MARK BLAKE IN AT WIXV • CAPRICORN TRADE RAID TRAPPS ROGER MAYER II DEAN CARLS011 EXITS THE KXRX MD SLOT • DIARMUID QUIAN VP/MARKETING AT COLU MBIA III LISA IEGEL NI.MED HARD ASSISTANT EEITCP T-RIDE ROCK AT RCA: THE HARDY REPORT... Lindsey Buckingham TEACK I R N1 T H E A •_ II U M et4iy4(>) p-odrced by LIN D S E Y RE CKI N G H A M 6Qti RIC H A R D DI.S E U T Hard Hundred Lw Tw Artist Track Lw Tw Artist Track 1 1 Black Crowes "Remedy" 52 51 SANTANA "Saja/Right On" 2 2 RED HOT/PEPPERS "Under The Bridge" 36 52 Eric Cla ton "Hclr, Me U" 3 3 John Mellencam "Now More Than ..." 68 53 BLACK CRO WES "Thorn In My Pride" 5 4 ZZ TOP "Gun Love" 58 54 RTZ "All You've Got" 6 5 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Roll Of The Dice" 55 55 RINGO STARR "Weight Of The World" 7 6 SASS JORDAN "Make You A ..." 56 56 PHISH "Chalk Dust Torture" 9 7 BRYAN ADAMS "Touch The Hand" 60 57 NIRVANA "Lithium" 10 8 ARC ANGELS "Living In A Dream" 50 58 Def Leopard "Stand Up" 4 9 U2 "One" 42 59 The Cure "High" 11 10 OZZY OSBOURNE "Road To Nowhere" 57 60 Genesis "Hold On My Heart" 19 11 DEF LEPPARD "Make Love Like A ..." L 76 61 SPIN DOCTORS "Little MININI M 13 12 LYNCH MOB "Tangled In A Web" 51 62 Bruce Springsteen "Human Touch" 14 13 PEARL JAM "Even Flow" 34 63 Ro Blue "Rob The Cradle" 12 14 Mr. Big "Just Take My Heart" » 64 STING "It's Probably Me" 20 15 MATTHE W SWEET "Girlfriend" » 65 THE ZOO "Shakin' The Ca je" 21 16 DELBERT McCLINTON"Every Time I Roll..." 59 66 Melissa Etheridge "Ain't It Heavy" 25 17 THE MEN-. "Church Of 61 67 Bruce Spri xitseen "57 Channels" 17 18 Slaughter "The Wild Life" RACY C MAN "Bang, Bang, M r 15 19 Tom Cochrane "Life Is A Hi wa 74 69 STRAY CATS "Elvis On Velvet" 63 70 Bonnie Raitt "Not The Only One" 8 21 King's X "Black Flag" 67 71 Def Leppard "Tonight" 28 22 VAN HALEN "Man-ffn A 72 MIDNIGHT OIL "Sometimes" 23 23 Stevie Ray Vaughan "Little Win " 54 73 Gary Moore "Cold Day In Hell" 43 24 GENESIS "Driving TtiaIIIre 81 74 BLACK CRO WES "Hotel Illness" 24 25 Outfield "Closer To Me" 70 75 Ozzy Osbourne "Mama, I'm Coming ... 35 26 BLACK 75 76 Annie Lennox "Why" 29 27 QUEENCRO WES "Sting Me" "Hamm 82 77 INDIGO GIRLS "Galileo" 22 28 Nirvana "Come As You Are" 77 78 Lillian Axe "No Matter What" 32 29 LITTLE VILLAGE "Solar Sex MIFF' 83 79 LIVE "Pain Lies On The ..." 33 30 GUN "Steal Your Fire" 90 80 SHOTGUN MESSIAH ...."Living Without ..." 18 31 Def Leppard "Let's Get Rocked" 62 81 Van Halen "The Dream Is Over" 16 32 Giant "Chained" 65 82 Ton Banks "An!el Face" 27 33 Tesla "What You Give" » D 83 SOUP DRAGONS "Divine Thing" 38 34 ELECTRIC BOYS "Mary In The " 69 84 Def Le ard "Heaven Is" 37 35 JEFFREY GAINES "Hero In Me" 99 85 2 DIE 4 "You Got What It..." 44 36 TOAD/SPROCKET "All I Want" » D 86 KISS "I Just Wanna" 26 37 Leon Russell "No Man's Land" 85 87 U2 "Until The End Of ..." 46 38 HARDLINE 'Takin' Me Down" 95 88 BONNIE RAITr "Good Man, Good ..." 48 39 GARY MOORE "Story Of The Blues" 91 89 MITCH MALLOY "Anything At All" 41 40 CONCRETE BLONDE "Someday" 93 90 LYLE LOVE • ' 45 41 CRACKER "Teen Angst" 79 91 Melissa Etheridge "Must Be Crazy ..." 47 42 XTC "Ballad/Peter ..." 73 92 Queensryche "Anybody Listening" 30 43 Rush "Bravado" 72 93 Ugly Kid Joe "Everything About ..." 40 44 Kiss "Unholy" D 94 MSG "Never Ending ..." 39 45 Met allica "Nothin Else .. F96 95 POI DOG PONDERING."Be The One" 53 46 ALTERED STATE "Ghost Beside My ..." » 96 METALLIC,. "Wherever I May ..." 100 47 MELISSA ETHER1DE "2001" 97 S TOXIK "Helluvatime" 49 48 NEVILLE BROTHERS "Fly Like An Eagle" » I) 98 UNCLE GREEN "I Know All About ..." 66 49 THE CURE "Friday I'm In Love" I) 99 RUSH "The Big Wheel" 64 50 TORA TORA "Amnesia" » 100 CHARLATANS U.K "Weirdo" BILL HARD - Editor/Publisher COLLIE HARD - comptroller CHRISTINE BLACK MIKE MARRONE BETH RENAUD AMY BIRCH Metal Editor Alternative Editor Associate Alternative Editor Research/Advertising JIM CROWE 10E HILGER LISA RIEGEL KEN SUBRAMANIAN Music Director Layout Editor Assistant Editor Executive Data Systems Published weekly by The Hard Report, Inc. 4 Trading Post Way, Medford Lakes, NJ 08055 Editorial/Metal Assistant Editorial Assistant JENNI GLENN Contributing Editors J.J. WEINSTEIN Metal Assistant MIKE COOPER Paste-up JODIE FABRICUS JONATHAN WRIGHT JOAN LOVENDOSKI Com ments deadline: Wednesday 2 PM JESSE NASH Material within may not be reproduced without permission Industry com ments and opinions are not necessarily those Radio reports: Monday le Tuesday 10 AM-6 E.S.T of The Hard Report or its employees. Eastern Standard Time 609-654-7272 609-654-6852 (FAX THE HARD REPORT 3 MAY 22, 1992 Top Priority Lindsey Buckingham, "Wrong" Reprise... Fleetwood The Sighs, "Talk About Soul". Charisma... Some pro- Mac's biggest hits have inspired le- grammers have a soft spot for gra- gions of sound alike bands, but isn't nola bands like Blues Traveller. it interesting that Lindsey's solo THINK ATIOUT SO UL Others might tend to lean a little to- mindset is still unique and totally ward flash metal stuff like, say, Roxy distinctive? Mr. B's first release in Blue, or more adult oriented items eight years finds himself sampling like Delbert. But most everybody some of his meanest string bending, has open ears for the sound the Sighs are all about. They're mainstream all with shades of "Tusk" or "Big Love" right, but with a nice alternative twist, that are at once accessible and even a la the Smithereens. It's music al- familiar. With MTV already in with most anyone can be comfortable 14 PPD minimum, we can expect it with, and any listener--from active to to get moreso quickly. Supply and demand is the law of the jungle, casual--could enjoy. There's just enough garage, but it's not too and we think this particular brand of quirky, melody, string driven rough, or too whiny or saccharine. They've been working the adult rock has been in short supply of late. As WTPA's Chris Western Massachussetts/New England rock scene for some years James said, "It threw me on first listen, but a couple of passes later now, and had some regional success with their own record. These it's hooky as hell. Nobody has that pop crossover AOR thing guys are a self-contained unit, not layers and layers of studio down like Lindsey, and there's nothing else out there like it right schlock. Thank noted minimalist producer Ed Stasium for that. now." Or, as WGIR's Karen Anderson Small said, "This shows As with his Smithereens and recent Something Happens work, that Lindsey was most, if not all of the brains behind the best Ed's homey touch hammers the point that great harmonies and a Fleetwood Mac material. This made me feel good listening to it." hear-it-once hook are the real deal. Alternative, AOR and CHR As for the subject matter, this may or may not be a response to all factor into Charisma's grand plan with this band, with the pop "Piggy In The Middle," that chapter from Mick Fleetwood's biog- release set to follow in about five weeks. In the meantime, if your raphy that Rolling Stone excerpted last year--something Lindsey list lacks that little something that can bridge the gap between has never really commented on publicly. Vince Neil and Little Village, just remember--one Sighs fits all. Hard Acts ' Emerson, Lake and Palmer, "Black Moon", PLG.., As Los Lobos, "Kiko", Slash/WB.., You might notice that an enlighted programmer once said, Warner Brothers has not released a "Flavors of the month come and flav- Pro CD for this particular album, ors of the month go. Some last thirty and there's a couple of reasons. days, some last thirty years. Though That's a configuration designed to the public's tastebuds may have crack those airplay charts, and this shifted from butter brickle to white excellent album is from an entirely chocolate mousse, it's important not different space. First, it's not really to underestimate the value of a mainstream rock radio record, and proven market winners." Of course, secondly, "ICiko" is loaded with won- Sky Daniels had no inkling that he'd derful songs--most of which will only be working at PLG years after utter- grace Adult Alternative airwaves. ing those prophetic words, and looking right down the barrel of Those familiar with Los Lobos catalogue will notice a far more this ELP release.