My Sit Down With Robert Plant - Interview
Jeff Woods | September 27, 2010 3:15 pm
“Nothing is daunting for me but forever challenging,” says Robert Plant. “I have to be able to just get out there into the great drift of music and possibility, and hang onto great themes and ideas”.
When Robert Plant collected the 2009 Grammy for Album of the Year for Raising Sand, and five more for his work with singer Alison Krauss, it confirmed what has been apparent - that Plant is among the musicians of his generation whose appetite for musical innovation remains keen.
Plant chose to explore the territory unearthed with Raising Sand while working with a new group of musicians named after the combo he played with back in the Sixties. The new album, Band Of Joy, features intriguing new interpretations of songs from a wide range of sources, including Los Lobos, Richard Thompson, the Minnesota indie trio Low, Texan singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt, and others. Crucial to the new project was guitarist and co-producer Buddy Miller.
Band of Joy is now available pretty much everywhere you choose to buy music.
And now, so is my conversation with Robert right here, for free. Click on link below to read and hear this interview.
My sit down with Robert Plant
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
How to Achieve the Rocker Chick Look
How to Achieve the Rocker Chick Look
By Riz S. Davis
Sexy but rebellious, sophisticated but rugged, feminine but tough. That's what the "rocker chick" fashion is all about, the over all expression of style and individuality. You don't have to know how to play drums, or strum the guitar, or be a member of a rock band to sport this fashion, although it is apparent that women who are into rock music and bands tend to naturally acquire this sense of style.
There are a lot of ways to achieve the rock chic fashion:
1. Get some skinny jeans or torn leggings on. Faded and torn jeans give off that casual I-don't-give-a-damn attitude, while studded and leather leggings show off that sexy look.
2. Dress shirts, tank tops, rock band shirts, statements shirts and off-the-shoulder tops are the way to go, it doesn't matter if they're tight fit or very loose. The idea is to make a statement in whatever top you choose.
3. Draw attention to your feet! Whether it's a pair of Chuck Taylors, studded pumps, bright colored stilettos, or faded leather boots, the point is they have to grab attention.
4. No, they don't have to be black. While black is essential in achieving the rockstar look, you don't necessarily have to stick with that color alone. Don't be afraid to combine it with flashy colors - hot pink, electric blue, or bloody red - after all, rocker chick fashion is bold and daring.
5. Don't be afraid to put on animal printed jackets or coats with faux fur collars if you're in the mood for it. A leather jacket is a must. Often, it doesn't matter what you have underneath, the leather jacket alone is very rock and very chic as it is.
6. Accessories are important in achieving this rockstar look. Accessorize with over-sized watches, leather bracelets, long chain necklaces, studs and spikes.
7. Carry a loose metallic bag or a thrifted leather bag to finish off. You can also vandalize an old bag with writings, glitters and studs!
8. Most of all, just be your rockstar self. When you feel you're a rockstar at heart, you wouldn't have to try so hard the rocker chick in you will just show.
Brand Neusense is not only home to your favourite brand name designer clothes, but we are completely fanatical about discovering the design superstars, fashion gurus and killer brands of the future.
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By Riz S. Davis
Sexy but rebellious, sophisticated but rugged, feminine but tough. That's what the "rocker chick" fashion is all about, the over all expression of style and individuality. You don't have to know how to play drums, or strum the guitar, or be a member of a rock band to sport this fashion, although it is apparent that women who are into rock music and bands tend to naturally acquire this sense of style.
There are a lot of ways to achieve the rock chic fashion:
1. Get some skinny jeans or torn leggings on. Faded and torn jeans give off that casual I-don't-give-a-damn attitude, while studded and leather leggings show off that sexy look.
2. Dress shirts, tank tops, rock band shirts, statements shirts and off-the-shoulder tops are the way to go, it doesn't matter if they're tight fit or very loose. The idea is to make a statement in whatever top you choose.
3. Draw attention to your feet! Whether it's a pair of Chuck Taylors, studded pumps, bright colored stilettos, or faded leather boots, the point is they have to grab attention.
4. No, they don't have to be black. While black is essential in achieving the rockstar look, you don't necessarily have to stick with that color alone. Don't be afraid to combine it with flashy colors - hot pink, electric blue, or bloody red - after all, rocker chick fashion is bold and daring.
5. Don't be afraid to put on animal printed jackets or coats with faux fur collars if you're in the mood for it. A leather jacket is a must. Often, it doesn't matter what you have underneath, the leather jacket alone is very rock and very chic as it is.
6. Accessories are important in achieving this rockstar look. Accessorize with over-sized watches, leather bracelets, long chain necklaces, studs and spikes.
7. Carry a loose metallic bag or a thrifted leather bag to finish off. You can also vandalize an old bag with writings, glitters and studs!
8. Most of all, just be your rockstar self. When you feel you're a rockstar at heart, you wouldn't have to try so hard the rocker chick in you will just show.
Brand Neusense is not only home to your favourite brand name designer clothes, but we are completely fanatical about discovering the design superstars, fashion gurus and killer brands of the future.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Riz_S._Davis
For classic rock t-shirts and rock fashion accessories visit https://rockstartshirts.ecrater.com/
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Punk Blondes have more fun
Punk Blondes have more fun
(Especially when they are the one and only Debbie Harry of Blondie. In her heyday she was the epitome of sex appeal cool and still today rocker girls try to emulate her ways that she made so cool back a few decades ago!)
By DEMELZA DE BURCA
Wednesday Jun 27 2007
If you think those Ray-Ban Wayfarers, waistcoat and hot pants you are sporting this summer are a completely original style, then just take a look at this picture of Debbie Harry - shot in 1977
With her trademark white-blonde hair and razor-sharp cheekbones, the pouting Blondie singer launched a unique brand of sex appeal when she first burst onto the music scene in the late 1970s.
Debbie Harry merged the raw, dirty heyday of punk with the clean angles of emerging New Wave pop and became an icon.
So it's no surprise that a modern day fashionista such as Kate Moss was keen to resurrect the look. Copy-Kate has been going into overdrive since Mossy modelled the waistcoat and hot pants combo at the Glastonbury music festival in 2005. Thanks to the high street and Kate’s own Top-shop line, her ‘festival-chic’ style has trickled down to the masses with thousands of Glasto-goers adopting the Blondie look at last weekend’s event
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Roger Waters The Wall Tour
Roger Waters The Wall Tour
SEPTEMBER
20 - United Center, Chicago, IL
21 - United Center, Chicago, IL
23 - United Center, Chicago, IL
24 - United Center, Chicago, IL
26 - Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
28 - Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland OH
30 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
OCTOBER
1 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
3 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
5 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
6 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
8 - HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
10 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
12 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
13 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
15 - XL Center, Hartford, CT
17 - Scotiabank Place, Kanata, ON
19 - Centre Bell, Montreal, QC
20 - Centre Bell, Montreal, QC
22 - Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
24 - Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
26 - Qwest Center, Omaha, NE
27 - Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
29 - Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, MO
30 - Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
NOVEMBER
3 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
4 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
6 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
8 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
9 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
11 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
13 - Bank Atlantic Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
14 - Bank Atlantic Center, Ford Lauderdale, FL
16 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
18 - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA
20 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
21 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
23 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
26 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
27 - US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
29 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
30 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
DECEMBER
3 - Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
5 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
6 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
8 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
10 - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
11 - Tacoma Doma, Tacoma, WA
13 - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
14 - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
18 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
19 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
21 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
MARCH
21 - Atlantico Pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal
25 - Palacio De Deportes, Madrid, Spain
29 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
APRIL
1 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
2 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
4 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
5 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
8 - Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands
9 - Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands
15 - O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
18 - Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
19 - Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
23 - Olimpiisky Palace, Moscow, Russia
25 - SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
27 - Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
30 - Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
MAY
4 - Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
7 - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 - O2 Arena, London, UK
12 - O2 Arena, London, UK
14 - O2 Arena, London, UK
15 - O2 Arena, London, UK
17 - O2 Arena, London, UK
18 - O2 Arena, London, UK
20 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
21 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
23 - The O2, Dublin, Ireland
24 - The O2, Dublin, Ireland
27 - Antwerp Sportpaleis, Merksem, Belgium
28 - Antwerp Sportpaleis, Merksem, Belgium
30 - Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
JUNE
3 - Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany
4 - Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany
6 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
7 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
10 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
11 - O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
15 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
16 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
18 - Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
28 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
29 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
Roger Waters is planning to make minor updates to The Wall to better reflect where he is in life.
“We had to deal with the fact that it was one thing for a man in his 30s to sing about his young adult life,” Waters told Rolling Stones. “But it’s something else to go on doing that when you’re in your 60s.”
He also mentioned that the show is “basically the same” as the tour Pink Floyd did in the late 70s, but “with a broader meaning.”
SEPTEMBER
20 - United Center, Chicago, IL
21 - United Center, Chicago, IL
23 - United Center, Chicago, IL
24 - United Center, Chicago, IL
26 - Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
28 - Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland OH
30 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
OCTOBER
1 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
3 - TD Garden (Fleet Center), Boston, MA
5 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
6 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
8 - HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
10 - Verizon Center, Washington, DC
12 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
13 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
15 - XL Center, Hartford, CT
17 - Scotiabank Place, Kanata, ON
19 - Centre Bell, Montreal, QC
20 - Centre Bell, Montreal, QC
22 - Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
24 - Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
26 - Qwest Center, Omaha, NE
27 - Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
29 - Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, MO
30 - Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
NOVEMBER
3 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
4 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
6 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
8 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
9 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
11 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
13 - Bank Atlantic Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
14 - Bank Atlantic Center, Ford Lauderdale, FL
16 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
18 - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA
20 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
21 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
23 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
26 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
27 - US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
29 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
30 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
DECEMBER
3 - Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
5 - Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
6 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
8 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
10 - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
11 - Tacoma Doma, Tacoma, WA
13 - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
14 - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
18 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
19 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
21 - Palacio De Los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
MARCH
21 - Atlantico Pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal
25 - Palacio De Deportes, Madrid, Spain
29 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
APRIL
1 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
2 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
4 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
5 - Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
8 - Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands
9 - Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands
15 - O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
18 - Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
19 - Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
23 - Olimpiisky Palace, Moscow, Russia
25 - SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
27 - Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
30 - Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
MAY
4 - Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
7 - Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 - O2 Arena, London, UK
12 - O2 Arena, London, UK
14 - O2 Arena, London, UK
15 - O2 Arena, London, UK
17 - O2 Arena, London, UK
18 - O2 Arena, London, UK
20 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
21 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
23 - The O2, Dublin, Ireland
24 - The O2, Dublin, Ireland
27 - Antwerp Sportpaleis, Merksem, Belgium
28 - Antwerp Sportpaleis, Merksem, Belgium
30 - Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
JUNE
3 - Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany
4 - Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany
6 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
7 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
10 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
11 - O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
15 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
16 - O2 World, Berlin, Germany
18 - Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
28 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
29 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
Roger Waters is planning to make minor updates to The Wall to better reflect where he is in life.
“We had to deal with the fact that it was one thing for a man in his 30s to sing about his young adult life,” Waters told Rolling Stones. “But it’s something else to go on doing that when you’re in your 60s.”
He also mentioned that the show is “basically the same” as the tour Pink Floyd did in the late 70s, but “with a broader meaning.”
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Robert Plant Today Show 9-14-10
Here is Robert and his new band doing the song 'Angel Dance' of the new album 'Band of Joy'
Vid of Review of Zep's Mothership Vinyl Box Set
Vid of Review of Zep's Mothership Vinyl Box Set
Friday, September 10, 2010
Be A Rock 'n Roll Rebel
Rock 'n Roll Rebel - Punk Rock Classics
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
So Very Rockable
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Saturday, September 04, 2010
New Robert Plant Tour Dates
New Robert Plant Band of Joy Tour Dates:
SEPTEMBER
12 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
OCTOBER
14 - Annext, Stockholm, Sweden
16 - Sentrum Scene, Olso, Norway
18 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK
20 - The Sage, Gateshead, UK
21 - The Olympia, Liverpool, UK
24 - Palais De Sports, Paris, France
26 - St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK
27 - Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
31 - Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK
NOVEMBER
1 - Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
2 - Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland
(Bet he will add more U.S. dates for September. Surely he will add Boston, Chicago, the Midwest and the west coast in there.)
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SEPTEMBER
12 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
OCTOBER
14 - Annext, Stockholm, Sweden
16 - Sentrum Scene, Olso, Norway
18 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK
20 - The Sage, Gateshead, UK
21 - The Olympia, Liverpool, UK
24 - Palais De Sports, Paris, France
26 - St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK
27 - Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
31 - Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK
NOVEMBER
1 - Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
2 - Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland
(Bet he will add more U.S. dates for September. Surely he will add Boston, Chicago, the Midwest and the west coast in there.)
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Plant Makes it Clear Zep Days Over
According to The Pulse of Radio, Robert Plant has once again made it clear his hard-rocking LED ZEPPELIN days are over. Vintage Vinyl News reported that after attending a recent concert by ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones' new band THEM CROOKED VULTURES, Plant told the press, "I feel so far away from heavy rock now. It's quite odd how mine and John's paths seem to have crossed over. We've sort of gone into each other's world's a bit." Plant, who revealed that his ears "bled for two days" following ZEPPELIN's 2007 reunion gig at London's O2 arena added: "For me, it's no longer to do with vanity, ego and visible success. It's just about getting down into the earth of music. I spent three or four years never playing a ZEPPELIN song from 1981 onwards, because I didn't want to lean on ZEPPELIN. I've gone from being in that huge band to picking up the pieces of my own gift."
Todd Rundgren who performed at Britain's legendary Knebworth festival along with ZEPPELIN back in 1979, said that he doesn't blame Plant for shying away from trying to duplicate his vocals from 35 or 40 years ago: "Robert Plant will probably always have a gig somewhere. And the only reason for him to reunite with the LED ZEPPELIN thing is because it would just be huge money involved, I guess. But he has an opportunity to play music that he feels like. Some music that he may feel actually more akin to than what he's, I guess 'obligated' to do (laughs) at this point with LED ZEPPELIN. Everything that he did after he left LED ZEPPELIN was an octave lower (than the ZEPPELIN songs). (Laughs) And now he's got to go back and sing and scream at the top of his lungs."
(It's been heading down this road for a very long time. Truth is you can't go back to yesterday, Robert knows he can not do it anymore and feels he is no longer that person that once sang Stairway to Heaven & Whole Lotta Love. He remembers those days but he is who he has become and wants to express what he is today. So if it's soft folky tunes he wants to do so be it. It happens to us all, we mature, mellow out & get on with what we have become. If you want to hear the call of the wild then you always have the albums which are timeless to hear.)
Todd Rundgren who performed at Britain's legendary Knebworth festival along with ZEPPELIN back in 1979, said that he doesn't blame Plant for shying away from trying to duplicate his vocals from 35 or 40 years ago: "Robert Plant will probably always have a gig somewhere. And the only reason for him to reunite with the LED ZEPPELIN thing is because it would just be huge money involved, I guess. But he has an opportunity to play music that he feels like. Some music that he may feel actually more akin to than what he's, I guess 'obligated' to do (laughs) at this point with LED ZEPPELIN. Everything that he did after he left LED ZEPPELIN was an octave lower (than the ZEPPELIN songs). (Laughs) And now he's got to go back and sing and scream at the top of his lungs."
(It's been heading down this road for a very long time. Truth is you can't go back to yesterday, Robert knows he can not do it anymore and feels he is no longer that person that once sang Stairway to Heaven & Whole Lotta Love. He remembers those days but he is who he has become and wants to express what he is today. So if it's soft folky tunes he wants to do so be it. It happens to us all, we mature, mellow out & get on with what we have become. If you want to hear the call of the wild then you always have the albums which are timeless to hear.)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Scott Weiland Launches Clothing Line
Scott Weiland Launches Clothing Line
September 1, 2010
Scott Weiland
On August 29, Scott Weiland sat down with ExploreMusic host Alan Cross in Toronto to discuss a wide array of topics, from the launch of his new clothing line to the status of Stone Temple Pilots and even his next project: a Christmas album. They began by discussing Weiland For English Laundry, a new clothing collaboration with English Laundry designer Christopher Wicks, which features rock-inspired wovens, vests, t-shirts, pants, hats, ties and scarves. Weiland said the clothing line was inspired by David Bowie's look in the late '70s as well as '60s-era Rolling Stones.
"I think that fashion and music really go hand-in-hand," Weiland told Cross. "If you look at Elvis Presley through the '60s where it really took off -- Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who -- fashion influenced Rock & Roll, which influenced fashion. Whenever they're synonymous with each other, that's when there's a real possible movement that can happen. The last real movement that happened in Rock & Roll was Grunge. It may not have been the most glamorous of fashion movements, but it was a real movement within Rock & Roll."
The singer then explained that he hopes a career in fashion design is a long term thing for him as he doesn't want to be "a slave to the road" anymore. "I'd like to tour when I want to tour, but I really prefer making albums," he said. "I love performing when I want to, I detest the feeling when it comes down to punching in the clock every night. It's difficult in the Rock business for everyone, so I am trying to branch out into other artistic endeavors like fashion."
When asked how the Stone Temple Pilots reunion has gone so smoothly, Weiland replied, "It's a family. It's like any relationship with four brothers. It's politics, it's a democracy. We don't always get along, but we've found out how to get along and how to make it work."
Weiland also said he will do more solo projects in the future and that he's in the process of recording a Christmas album right now. It will be "traditional Jazz style" music with strings, upright bass, horns and piano, and Weiland is still picking various versions of the Christmas songs he'd like to cover.
The full interview segments can be viewed on the ExploreMusic website here.
source: http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1938220
(I totally agree with Scott that rock n roll and fashion go hand in hand and influence each other. The look he is trying to create sounds really cool & classy at the same time. Wish him much success.)
September 1, 2010
Scott Weiland
On August 29, Scott Weiland sat down with ExploreMusic host Alan Cross in Toronto to discuss a wide array of topics, from the launch of his new clothing line to the status of Stone Temple Pilots and even his next project: a Christmas album. They began by discussing Weiland For English Laundry, a new clothing collaboration with English Laundry designer Christopher Wicks, which features rock-inspired wovens, vests, t-shirts, pants, hats, ties and scarves. Weiland said the clothing line was inspired by David Bowie's look in the late '70s as well as '60s-era Rolling Stones.
"I think that fashion and music really go hand-in-hand," Weiland told Cross. "If you look at Elvis Presley through the '60s where it really took off -- Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who -- fashion influenced Rock & Roll, which influenced fashion. Whenever they're synonymous with each other, that's when there's a real possible movement that can happen. The last real movement that happened in Rock & Roll was Grunge. It may not have been the most glamorous of fashion movements, but it was a real movement within Rock & Roll."
The singer then explained that he hopes a career in fashion design is a long term thing for him as he doesn't want to be "a slave to the road" anymore. "I'd like to tour when I want to tour, but I really prefer making albums," he said. "I love performing when I want to, I detest the feeling when it comes down to punching in the clock every night. It's difficult in the Rock business for everyone, so I am trying to branch out into other artistic endeavors like fashion."
When asked how the Stone Temple Pilots reunion has gone so smoothly, Weiland replied, "It's a family. It's like any relationship with four brothers. It's politics, it's a democracy. We don't always get along, but we've found out how to get along and how to make it work."
Weiland also said he will do more solo projects in the future and that he's in the process of recording a Christmas album right now. It will be "traditional Jazz style" music with strings, upright bass, horns and piano, and Weiland is still picking various versions of the Christmas songs he'd like to cover.
The full interview segments can be viewed on the ExploreMusic website here.
source: http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1938220
(I totally agree with Scott that rock n roll and fashion go hand in hand and influence each other. The look he is trying to create sounds really cool & classy at the same time. Wish him much success.)
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