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Touchtonep anne required. Atlantic Records, NY. NY (212) 399- 4433, ine ‘ i a rie h Surf Atlantic: http://www.atlantic-records.com res" THE ATLANTTIC GhROUPa ©199 6 +TH E ATLANTICae RECORDING CORP. A TIME W+A RNaEiRk GCuOtMeP wAeNeYs FRONT PAGES: THE INSIDE SCOdP! THE INSIDE SCOOP: By now it’s no secret to anyone who's been liv- hobby to him— a welcome break from the rigors of the rock and roll ing outside of a Bolivian coal mine that Kiss are undertaking a full- lifestyle— with his albums selling less and less (at least in the States*— scale, full-makeup, no-holds-barred reunion tour this fall. But what he’s bigger than ever in Europe and Asia) now may be the time to you probably didn’t know was that up until March (after Paul, Gene, put the Bon Jovi music machine on hiatus for about a year and give Peter and Ace made their “surprise” appearance at the Grammy the movie world a major spin. Awards) it was still by no means a certainty that the tour would actu- KkKKKKKK ‘ ally take place. Simmons and Stanley, in particular, were concerned JUST THINKING: What kind of groupies does Marilyn Manson get that not enough “heat” about the event was filtering through the on the road? rock wires, and their attitude was that if the tour wasn’t the rock event of the fall, they didn’t want to do it. But after learning that CAN IT BE TRUE?: We keep hearing reports that Alice In Chains are such bands as Metallica, U2 and Guns N’ Roses (all of whom were finally going to get back on the road. Apparently not only were the rumored to be undertaking fall tours) were not going to be direct health problems of vocalist Layne Staley holding them back, but cer- F.. t vice4 Aerosmith: Changes promised on their new album. eTT%y P. ¥ . competition, the Kissters put the reunion wheels in motion. tain legal ramifications of touring out-of-state brought on by the KRKEKKKKK singer's admitted drug problems were causing their unforeseen prob- TOP SECRET: Which notoriously unpredictable rock superstar has lems. Apparently the band’s handlers have now cleared the way for been worrying his closest confidants by becoming even less pre- the group to hit the road for the first time in over two years.../f Staley dictable than ever? While those in-the-know feel this is just the star's feels up to it. attempt at grasping at some always-needed attention, others believe KKEKKKKK this kind of behavior could be the nail that drives the coffin into his DID YOU KNOW/ DO YOU CARE?: Aerosmith have completed still-flourishing career. work on their debut disc for Sony Music (actually it's their return to KKEKKKKEK Sony after a decade-long absence, but who's counting?) Expect the TOO HOT TO HANDLE?: Apparently certain members of still-untitled album by late summer. Soundgarden’s entourage have ticked off certain members of KKKKKKK Metallica's entourage as the bands tour together as part of this year’s ONE IN THE BUSH: Every band should have the kind of problem Lollapalooza extravaganza. While, to the best of our knowledge, the Bush is facing. With their debut album, Sixteen Stone, continuing group members themselves hold only the highest regard for one to sell impressively (the disc is now nearing the four million unit mark) another, certain remarks about set lengths and lighting rigs have and demand for the group's services as an arena headliner reaching a gone back and forth between the group's camps causing, shall we fever pitch, the band’s label must decide when and if to release the say,a b it of unneeded friction to develop. group's already-completed second album. While the original plan KKKEKKKK was to have this new disc in stores by late spring, it now appears that ROCK QUIZ: What was the Stone Temple Pilots’ original name? no new Bush music will reach our ears before the fall. They were going to use it until an old blues man said he owned the rights to this moniker. (Answer at bottom of page.) ROCK QUIZ ANSWER: KKKKKKK ON THE OUTS? 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