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Rip It Up, Issue 236, 1 April 1997, Page 5

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OMC may repeat their Australian and European success in the USA, as ‘How Bizarre’ is now on 83 radio stations and is No. 42 on the Radio & Record magazine pop radio chart ... former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler has signed to the Creation label. Butler will be the new band’s vocalist and a single will be released later this year

... Oasis have recorded several cover versions, including the Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ and David Bowie’s “Heroes’ as B-sides of their upcoming singles ... meanwhile Aphex Twin will remix David Bowie’s orginal ‘Heroes’ with Philip Glass’ orchestral version ... Hole have nearly completed their new album, Celebrity Skin ... Neil Young is working on a career retrospective that includes live performances and alternate takes ... Gene bandmember Martin Rossiter headbutted comedian Dennis Pennis (Paul Kaye) in a London bar when, after a civil conversation, Kaye reportedly said, “Your band’s crap, and by the way, you are a twat.”... the soundtrack for the movie 187 includes a Method Man track remixed by Prodigy ... guests on the new Paul McCartney album, Flaming Pie, are Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, George Martin and Steve Miller. McCartney is working with UK channel ITV on a 60-minute documentary on his career since the Beatles ... Primal Scream have covered the ? and the Mysterians garage-punk oldie ‘96 Tears’ as the B-side to their new single ‘Kowalski’. Kate Moss and

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh star in the video ... Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and the indigo Girls have joined a group of artists travelling to Mexico to support the Zapatista resistance ... Garageland have just completed a UK tour with Symposium. They will tour France with Belgian band dEUS ... the Motley Criie reunion album recorded with former singer Vince Neil is entitled Generation Swine ...

the Seahorses (John Squire) are recording their debut album in Los Angeles with early David Bowie producer Tony Visconti ... Urge Overkill have moved from Geffen to Sony. Expect a new album soon ... Stereo MCs have completed a new album ... Babyface is producing a track on the new Rolling Stones album ... the Japanese version of the U2 album Pop has an extra track, ‘Holy Joe’, which also appears on B-side of the ‘Discotheque’ single. U2 have recorded the Beatles song ‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’ for a Robert Altman-directed TV show on firearms ... first signing to the Java Records label, founded by Alanis Morissette producer Glen Ballard, is Terence Trent D’Arby ... the Mutton Birds feature in the USA industry magazine Billboard with a story headed ‘Virgin Help Kiwi Act Mutton Birds Fly in UK’ ... Depeche Mode will not tour to promote their new album, Ultra. They are going back in the studio to record new singles to feature on a 1998 two-album ‘best of’ compilation ...

Siedah Garrett has replaced N’Dea Davenport as singer in the Brand New Heavies. Their new album is entitled Shelter

... 50s Atlantic label R&B singer LaVern Baker has died aged 87 ... Tricky has signed his own label, Da Poison, to Virgin Records. First release is London duo Superior. Tricky is in a wheelchair with a broken leg, but he is not saying how he did it. He said, “Well, I am the master of triphop!’ ... in the tradition of kareoke Ash performed three covers opening for Michelle Gayle at London’s largest gay club — ‘Does Your Mother Know’ (Abba), Get Ready (Smokey Robinson), and 1 Only Want to Be With You’ (Dusty Springfield) ... the Led Zeppelin biography Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, written by road manager Richard Cole, will be made into a movie. A comedy? ... new signing to the Huh! label (OMC, Lava Lava) is Mesh, featuring James Pinker, Jason Hall and Paddy Free ... jazz drummer Tony Williams (Miles Davis) died of a heart attack aged 51 ... expat kiwi Bruce Kirkland has been appointed president of EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties, a new company primarily focussed on exploiting the label group’s catalogue. He was previously vice president of Capitol Records ... Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has completed a solo album with Don Was producing ... Boz Scaggs has recorded an album of blues and R&B classics entitled Come On Home.