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Rip It Up, Issue 230, 1 October 1996, Page 2

Look out for a Beavis & Butt-Head movie album soundtrack Beavis & Butt-Head Do America. There’s the theme song ‘Two Cool Guys’ by Isaac Hayes, and tracks by Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, White Zombie, Rancid, No Doubt, Butthole Surfers, AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne plus there’s ‘Lesbian Seagull’ by Engelbert Humperdinck, true.

If you’re drug free, you can still wear the t-shirts. For RipitUp spring style — turn to page 38

Wellington’s Breathe are busy opening for Garbage, Shihad, and Garageland prior to the release of their video and single ‘Smiley Hands’, produced by Shihad’s Tom Larkin.

Bush make it to Auckland for one show at the Logan Campbell Centre on Saturday October 26 The band have already completed a new album with controversial producer Steve Albini.

The song ‘Love Is A Good Thing’ on the new Sheryl Crow album has caused the Wai Mart chain to ban the album. The lyrics say the chain “sells guns to children” allowing them “to kill each other”. Crow’s label A&M has accused Wal-Mart of “choosing guns over music.”

Why are middle age rockers Kiss on the cover of USA business magazine Forbes? It’s because the revived classic Kiss concert tour has earnt the band an estimated $35 USA million. The band are earning SIOO,OOO per night in merchandising sales alone.