From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 10 Jan 1999 to 11 Jan 1999 Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 1:59 AM There are 7 messages totalling 235 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Chris at MTV Awards (3) 2. LA TIMES 1/10/99 3. Seattle Times, Sabbath...SG? 4. Wellwater 5. Jeff Buckley and the grammy's... To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:03:22 -0000 From: Deborah Baker Subject: Chris at MTV Awards Found this while browsing around. Don't remember anyone mentioning that Chris was at the video awards or wasn't I paying attention? Deb AT THE 1998 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, Chris Cornell talked with Twiggy at the Pre-show and the following is what they had to say. CHRIS CORNELL: "Are you excited about the release of Mechanical Animals?" TWIGGY RAMIREZ:"I'm kinda excited to see Courtney's breasts actually more than umm although I've already seen them before but tonight I hope she shows them." DURING THE POST SHOW OF THE AWARDS, Chris Cornell then talked to Courtney Love and Hole about Twiggy. CHRIS CORNELL:"We talked to Twiggy earlier on who claimed he has seen your breasts earlier at some point in the day..." COURTNEY LOVE:"He's seen all our breasts!" ERIC ERLANDSON:"He has eyes" http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/5296/marilyn.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:17:51 EST From: Catherine Veit Subject: LA TIMES 1/10/99 entitled "Heavy Hitters in '99 Lineup" Chris Cornell (A&M)- The former Soundgarden frontman has been one of rock's most charismatic and compelling figures for well over a decade, but it's risky for artists when they launch solo careers. Recorded with local LA trio Eleven in their home studio, the album promises to be a radical departure from Soundgarden's majestic grunge sound. (released May) just something to add -cats4kim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:51:02 -0500 From: smallcreep Subject: Re: Chris at MTV Awards CoNnell. a mere typo, providentially. ;) ~raine, in stilettos today. Deborah Baker ::: > Found this while browsing around. Don't remember anyone mentioning that > Chris was at the video awards or wasn't I paying attention? > > Deb > > AT THE 1998 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, Chris Cornell talked with Twiggy at the > Pre-show and the following is what they had to say. > CHRIS CORNELL: "Are you excited about the release of Mechanical Animals?" > TWIGGY RAMIREZ:"I'm kinda excited to see Courtney's breasts actually more > than umm although I've already seen them before but tonight I hope she shows > them." > > DURING THE POST SHOW OF THE AWARDS, Chris Cornell then talked to Courtney > Love and Hole about Twiggy. > CHRIS CORNELL:"We talked to Twiggy earlier on who claimed he has seen your > breasts earlier at some point in the day..." > COURTNEY LOVE:"He's seen all our breasts!" > ERIC ERLANDSON:"He has eyes" > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/5296/marilyn.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 13:11:45 +0000 From: Michele Subject: Re: Chris at MTV Awards I think that was Chris Connelly not Chris Cornell. Why would Chris be reporting for the MTV Video Awards? I am just babbling fool really, Michele~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 16:12:25 -0500 From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: Seattle Times, Sabbath...SG? From: The seattle times www.seattletimes.com Online edition, January 7, 1999 If anyone goes, we want a FULL report if any ex-SG member jams with the band :) Also, looks like i'm probably moving to the pac nw...if anyone knows of a decent apartment in the area, cheap :) hehe...contact me. ----------------------------- Black Sabath, Pantera, Incubus By Patrick MacDonald Seattle Times Published: 1/7/99 Ring those bells. It's time for worship. Seattle isn't just another stop on the big Black Sabbath reunion tour. This city and the pioneering English heavy-metal band have a special artistic relationship, one that likely will have an effect on the sold-out show Tuesday night at KeyArena. The big question: Will any of the Seattle rock stars who worship at the feet of Sabbath end up jamming with the band? It's an intriguing prospect, given the list of possibilities. First up is Soundgarden, which dramatically acknowledged its debt to Sabbath with its local-themed cover of "Into the Void," included on a bonus CD issued with a 1992 repackaging of the "Badmotorfinger" album. Soundgarden updated Sab's classic song with new lyrics drawn from a letter written by Chief Sealth in 1852. But even before this musical tribute to its favorite band, the members of Soundgarden had often praised Ozzy Osbourne and company as the major influence on its hard-driving sound. Soundgarden revitalized and modernized heavy metal in the late 1980s and early '90s, indirectly helping restore credibility to Sabbath, which had helped shape heavy metal in the 1970s and had been largely forgotten by the '90s, except on classic-rock radio. The next Seattle music figure with strong artistic ties to Sabbath may come as a surprise: Sir Mix-a-Lot. The rapper of "Baby Got Back" fame recorded a metal-meets-rap version of Sabbath's huge hit, "Iron Man." It was on Mix's first album, the million-selling "SWASS," released in 1988. Backed by Metal Church (another Seattle band in thrall of Sabbath), which recreated the original's signature opening power chords, Mix created a compelling song that had the potential to be a crossover hit on rock and R&B radio. Mix's boastful rap ("Met Clint Eastwood, slapped his mama") added levity to the tune. Despite initial acceptance by radio programmers, and frequent airing of the video on MTV, it never became a hit. But the interesting experiment cannot have been overlooked by Sabbath. The sludgy riffs of Tony Iommi's guitar on Sabbath's landmark first four albums from 1970 to '73 - "Black Sabbath," "Paranoid," "Masters of Reality" and "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath" - are one of the foundations of the Seattle grunge sound of the late 1980s and early '90s. From Green River to Mudhoney to Alice in Chains to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Sabbath was a primary influence. Black Sabath, Pantera, Incubus ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:12:24 EST From: Nick Boos Subject: Wellwater Timebomb Recordings has a new WWC page up at: http://www.timebombrecordings.com/wellwaterconspiracy/wwchome.html Thought you might want to know. -Nick aka Spackle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:56:14 -0800 From: Andrew Snodgrass Subject: Jeff Buckley and the grammy's... Ok, You may already know this but Jeff was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category. He's up against John Fogerty (Almost Saturday Night), John Hiatt (Have A Little Faith In Me), Lenny Kravitz (Fly Away), and John Mellencamp (Your Life Is Now). What I want to know, is how many of you out there think Jeff is gonna win??? And if he does win, which I bet he will, who do you think is going to accept the award on his behalf?? Me and my brother think there could be a possibility of Chris???? Jeff's mom knows how good of friends they were so she might ask him to accept it. So what all you think about this??? -- -AS mailto:asnod@home.com http://members.home.net/asnod |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | "Everybody likes my stuff! 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