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Rip It Up, Issue 169, 1 August 1991, Page 34

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Mike Patton of Faith No More debuts his own band Mr Bungle with an album that's reputed to be a “cheery celebration of the first ammendment”. Song titles include "My Ass Is On Fire’, ‘Squeeze Me Macaroni’, ‘Slowly Growing Deaf’ and ‘The Girls of Porn’ . . . the Pet Shop Boys now have their own record label “Spaghetti” . . . the Rolling Stones are demanding a royalty for the Candyskins’ sampling of Jagger’s scream from ‘Sympathy for the Devil' . . . the R.E.M. single ‘Near Wild Heaven’ will have new live tracks on the B-side. The UK CD single will have three live tracks from their 1991 London “Bingo Hand Job” gig . . . the Replacements appear to have played their last gig and Paul Westerberg will go solo .. . MCA USA have dropped Kylie Minogue and not released her - European hit album Rhythm of Love . . . Bob Dylan will reunite with.the Band for a series of shows . . . the October Public Enemy album will include Chuck D’s gulf war song ‘One Million Body Bags' . . . Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson cut short his European visit, diagnosed as “severely exhausted and underweight” . . . classic Disney songs are interpreted on Mad About the Mouse. LL Cool ] does ‘Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". . . next Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World will have a title track by U2 and Elvis Costello doing the Kinks' ‘Days’ . .. Matt Aitken has left Stock Aitken Waterman producers team . . . Kiss drummer Eric Carr has commenced chemotherapy for lung cancer . . . ex Guns ‘N’ Roses drummer Steve Adler who was kicked out due to his drug problem, is reportedly suing Axl Rose claiming the singer forced him to take heroin . . . as Jane’s Addiction continue their merry way towards New Zealand, David Navarro threw his guitar at singer Perry Farrell, missing him and hitting a fan in the face . .. Guns N Roses have been charged with inciting a riot after they cut short their Missouri show due to security problems (a guy with a camera in the crowd?). The audience stormed the stage wrecking the band’s on stage gear. G'N'R cancelled several gigs while replacement gear was assembled . . . rapper Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC has been charged with aggravated assault after group members took on two bouncers . . . Sub Pop will release Mudhoney album Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge this month . . . Nigerian / British singer Labi - Saffre did an impressive impromptu acoustic set at Auckland’s Cause Celebe to promote his new album Man of Reason . . . the Mr Bungle LP was to be called Travolta but was dropped to avoid legal problems . .. new Parker Project«x single is ‘Looking for the Real Thing' . . . Soundgarden perform in the new Cameron Crowe movie Singles . . . Andrew Fagan (ex Mockers) has a solo - single produced with members of Fan Club . . . the Ngaire album tour band will include former Commodores bassist Ronald La Praed and ex Ardijah players . . . INXS release alive LP in October . . . Death Ray Cafe LP is entitled Built on Good & Right.