“When we met earlier this year it just happened I was trying to make a CD, and she offered to give me the money to make it,” says Trudell, whose previous two albums were produced by friend Jackson Browne. With the couple as co-directors of the All Tribes Foundation, Trudell agreed to join as creative advisor with expectations to officially launch the venture next year.īut Jolie found that there was a role she wished to take helping Trudell with his creative work. Jolie’s mother had introduced her to Trudell’s earlier work, and the actress sought him out earlier this year when she and Thornton were making initial moves to start a Native American charity organization. “He dies, and then everyone else got the spotlight who didn’t really want it.”īRANCHING OUT: Actor Billy Bob Thornton has just released his first musical album, and his wife, actress Angelina Jolie, has served as executive producer on someone else’s album: “Bone Days” by Native American poet-musician John Trudell. “One thing the film touches on is how Andy was the giddy, flamboyant guy who wanted the attention,” says Barbour.
Wood died just two weeks before the release of Mother Love Bone’s major-label debut album, and the music was later seen as a transition between the ‘80s hard rock of Guns N’ Roses and the grunge of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, known for anti-star attitudes. Barbour plans to compile an accompanying book and will explore releasing a CD with the film, which he hopes to enter in key festivals next year.
That’s the thesis of Los Angeles filmmaker Scott Barbour, who is finishing work on “Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story,” a documentary about the charismatic singer who fronted the band Mother Love Bone-whose other core members went on to form Pearl Jam after his death.īarbour is making his film with the cooperation of Wood’s family and manager Kelly Curtis (who still handles Pearl Jam), who provided rare footage of the singer and permission to use his music, both with Mother Love Bone and his earlier band, Malfunkshun. But many people believe the story would have been dramatically different if not for the 1989 overdose death of Seattle singer Andrew Wood. Craig David did spend time here and ended up breaking big.”īONE YARD: A lot of pop media has been devoted in recent months to the 10-year anniversary of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and the explosion of Seattle-based grunge rock. “All Saints and Eternal didn’t translate here. “A lot of groups break big in Europe and don’t spend a lot of time here,” says Teen People senior entertainment editor Jeremy Helligar. The video plans were scrapped, and the group returned to England when air travel resumed. They had tried to get a head start, going to New York to shoot a new “Whole Again” video in September and were in their Manhattan hotel rooms when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center.
Most important, the strategy is to have the three performers, all in their early 20s, spend as much as half of their time in America next year. “And here too there’s an opportunity to appeal not just to a younger demo, but older as well.” “There’s a more dangerous aspect to the way American girl groups and stars are looking visually and musically at the moment,” he says. It’s very majestic.” The same, he believes, is true for the Kittens’ image, which he believes could stand out for its contrast with the sex-oriented image make-overs of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. “We felt the song had the possibility of resonating not just with a young demographic, but also with an older audience. “It’s the strength of the song, ‘Whole Again,’ that sets them apart,” Cooper says. Virgin Co-President Ray Cooper acknowledges that for every Spice Girls-type import success, there have been several that have thus far been unable to make the move, a la British stars S Club 7 and Samantha Mumba. With the planned January release a single (the cheery “Whole Again”) and March release of the album “Right Now,” the company will try to do the same with Tash (Natasha Hamilton), Lil (Elizabeth McLarnon) and Jen. Will the American audience care as much about the tunes and intrigue of the Liverpool-originated act? Virgin Records did a similar trick five years ago by putting America on a first-name basis with Posh, Sporty, Ginger, Scary and Baby Spice.
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