New Sensation
Tivo watch! Tonight on CBS (9/8c), reality TV dances on the grave of Michael Hutchence. Rock Star: INXS finds 15 contestants vying to replace the iconic '80s rock frontman.
Meet two contestants, via today's Page Six.
Dave Navarro hosts, presumably because he knows a thing or two about tarnishing a band's legacy. Or two.
"I don't have a choice — I have to be a rock 'n' roll star!"
- tattooed redhead Heather Luttrell, 27, of Atlanta, GA."Rock Star means to me everything that I've wanted to be ever since I was 4 years old [and standing at] the mirror playing air guitar. It's been a lifelong dream to be a rock star."
- Brandon Calhoon, 31, of Beaverton, MI
Posted at 10:42 AM
"Dave Navarro hosts, presumably because he knows a thing or two about tarnishing a band's legacy. Or two."
Dammmmmmmn. Zing.
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"Rock Star means to me everything that I've wanted to be ever since I was 4 years old [and standing at] the mirror playing air guitar. It's been a lifelong dream to be a rock star."
- Brandon Calhoon, 31, of Beaverton, MI
At 31, I don't think you can call it a dream anymore -- it's more like delusion.
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i'll second that zing.
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What a train wreck. I don't think there is anything more vile than some 30 something accountant in leather pants, belting out an off-key zeppelin song, as Dave Navarro encourages from the sidelines.
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this show has potential to reach the tivo pantheon of such shows as 'being bobby brown', 'real world: austin', and 'home movies'. just saying there's a chance. props on the ice burn, too.
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what would the winner have to look forward to except a career headlining county fairs. yuck.
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Define 'rock star'. Does it really mean fronting a band that probably should've called it quits an album or two after "Kick"? The show should be more aptly named, like "Pop Retread" or "There's No Money in Karaoke".
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when's season two of that show when the 80's bands perform their hit song and then cover a popular song of today?
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this is Hutchence big chance to come out of hiding after that oh-so-fake suicide.
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It warms my heart whenever a gas station attendant from Muskegee gets to fulfill his dream of "profiting" from another man's unfortunate flirtation with autoerotic asphyxiation.
I can't wait for season two, when Carmen Electra and Richie Sambora host the search for the next lead singer of Blind Melon!!
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"It warms my heart whenever a gas station attendant from Muskegee gets to fulfill his dream of "profiting" from another man's unfortunate flirtation with autoerotic asphyxiation."
heh, funny.
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Here's the really bad news... TV execs have given the go-ahead for Rock Star 2 : Alice in Chains, giving the Clay Aiken types the chance to sing Man in the Box with the rest of the surving Alice in Chains crew...
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Oh yeah... Award winning Zings today.
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michael hutchence cannot be replaced. there is no reason to do this show. what is the band thinking? it's dumb and disrepectful. but um, i sure wouldn't mind trying out. TLC is doing this too, looking for a new left-eye lopez.
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"Rock Star 2: Alice in Chains"... this would be awesome. I would watch this and grin. "Man in the Box" indeed! :D Nice one Chris.
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Rock Star 3: Lynard Skynard?
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Michael Des Barres is probably available.
http://cglass.vinu.edu/mdb.html
Poor Michael Hutchence.
He really was a "Rock Star."
I hope this show tanks.
(and i hope i can resist tuning in)
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Rock Star 4: U2
I know Bono isn't dead, but fuck him. Let's replace his bright-sunglasses-wearing ass.
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Navarro is such a poser/hoser.
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There's a band called Kingsley whose singer sounds exactly (and I mean exactly) like M. Hutchence. It's kind of eerie. They have a song called "Jilted" that's on the net. Did anyone notice MP3blogs.org & the hype machine, two of the best aggregators, have disappeared today?
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Hey I hate to rain on the parade, and yea I think the premise of the show is pretty lame as well, but one of the fellows involved - Ty - is a buddy of mine and was the lead singer of a great band called Dakota Moon which did pretty well on their two releases. Ty is a really great guy, is amazing with audiences, and writes some really sweet tunes. I lost touch with him when he moved to Vegas but he's definately capable of doing this, and doing it well.
All of that being said INXS have an amazing propensity for combining talent and sheer arrogance that I don't think will ever be replicated without Michael.
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Oh and Might I add that Navarro's radio show is really really fun!
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I really liked the show last nite. It's fun to watch actually talented, experienced, passionate rock performances instead of awful, inexperienced, manufactured American Idols.
INXS had so many great tunes and I do believe Michael's distinct voice and personality account for much of the band's success, however they are huge worldwide and if they want to find a new singer, more power to them.
And re: Dave Navarro, as a friend and longtime fan, he has always been very forthright about his intentions and is not a publicity whore by any means. He has often been criticized and he has said that when asked to take on duets with pop stars (I.e. Xtina and Usher) or tv projects, that these are areas he's interested in exploring creatively and he would rather pursue them than worry about other peoples' approval because why should he live his life doing stuff to get approval...
that's what a lot of fake hot topic goth and indie kids do, hate to break it to you!
Further reasons why dave rocks, he does tons of charity work, rocks hard in camp freddy and with camp freddy radio on indie 103 in la and he actually has a new band with perk and chaney from jane's with steve isaacs called the panic channel...check out 6767.com for dave's blog or thepanicchannel.com
Look, while I miss and adore perry ferrell, I'm sure there are plenty of good reasons they split. As a longtime follower of ja, I've heard perry has fucked the guys over hugely with royalties...and I'm sure he is actually very nutty...but I still love him!!
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Hey Ellen your first two paragraphs are right on! after that the crack must have kicked in...Isn't your altruistic friend Dave Navaro the guy that had a colonic on MTV during his reality show? maybe he was being forthright and exploring his creativity, I'll let history be the judge on that one.....but if my wife used to hang with Rodman I'd have something else cleansed!
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okay, so yeah, the show is stomping on a band's legacy. and yeah, the opener last night outright lied by saying hutchence died while they were on top of the industry... weren't they pretty well irrelevant by then?
but here's the thing... some of those contestants are actually good. like heather and the mick-jagger looking fellow (although he was way campy). and i have it on authority... trust me on this one... that they totally scripted the "i have to be a rockstar" bit. apparently all the preview profile segments were basically scripted so that they could fit max meaning and personality into minimum time. sucks, but at least that means they're not as douchey as they sound. or maybe they are for taking direction. i don't know.
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Seriously I thought I would pop in and mention autoerotic asfixiation. Some else already has. Good.
I think people should be made more aware of this very REAL issue, and as gross as it might have been to use Hutchens to raise that awareness, it certainly would be FAR LESS GROSS than that etermely bad show last night.
AEA is far more common than previously thought as many many cases believed to be hanging suicide are not further investigated, but when they are there is a high hanging-to-AEA correlation.
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