SOUNDS LIKE...

Rip It Up, Issue 218, 1 October 1995, Page 5

SOUNDS LIKE...

1995 marks the 15 year anniversary of On-U Sound, and the celebration hits New Zealand in October. Coming this way is Tackhead, Mark Stewart / Control Data, Tokyo’s Audio Active, and On-U founder Adrian Sherwood (pictured). See Tours for dates in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Former Velvet Underground guitarist/bassist Sterling Morrison died in New York, after a battle with cancer of the lymph glands, on August 30, a day after his fifty-third birthday ... Ministry’s new album is delayed as Al Jourgensen has sacked his entire band, including his collaborator Paul Barker and his manager... Neil Young recorded his Dublin show for a live album, featuring tracks with Pearl Jam minus Mr. Vedder ... after smashing his drum kit at the end of a Dublin gig, Jim Macphearson of the Amps and the Breeders needed six stitches ...

Oasis have deleted the track ‘Step Out’ from their new album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory due to its similarity to a Stevie Wonder song, ‘Alright’. The band have had to give their bassist Paul McGuigan time off due to his falling ill from nervous exhaustion. He’s been told to rest and eat more vegetables by his doctor. Oasis will continue to perform live with a temporary bassist Portishead won the annual British

Mercury Music Prize for their album Dummy... Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop plan to remix the classic Stooges album Raw Power... after the release of their Brian Eno collaboration Original Soundtracks 1, U2 will record a rock ’n’ roll album for mid-1996 release ... Mark Gardner of Ride will record a solo album ... Frank Black has signed to Rick Rubin’s American label ... the 1996 RIANZ New Zealand Music Awards will be combined with the Entertainer of the Year Awards on April 20, and the event will be broadcast on TV3 ... the first volume of the Beatles anthology series will be released in November. The double CD set will contain 40 rare or unreleased tracks, including the recent recording ‘Free As A Bird’, based on a John Lennon demo ... Faith No More have cancelled their November UK tour to have a break before recording a new album ... a coroner’s report says Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack caused by clogging of the arteries. Earlier reports suggested Garcia’s death was due to a heroin overdose. The report did also state that years of substance abuse were a contributing factor ... meanwhile, Skinny Puppy drummer Dwayne Goettel (31) died of a heroin overdose on August 23, at his parent’s home in Canada ... James Brown has been accused of sexual harassment by former dancer Tracy Bass, who worked for Brown from 1991 to 1994.