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Weiland solo art reflects new style WEILAND from pg. 12„ material on “ 12 Bar Blues.” He called his creation “a sonic adventure,” a good description of an album full of dramatic tempo shifts and loopy drum beats. What he has conjured is a collection of songs that are complete ly different from anything he ever accomplished with STP, and the mix of dance, rock and pop on the album is definitely a good thing. At first listen, “12 Bar Blues” sounds like a mess of noise that Weiland threw together during one of his heroin fixes. And as a matter of fact, Weiland did record about half of “12 Bar Blues” while he was still using. But that’s what makes his project so much better than the albums of other grunge rockers (Jerry Cantrell _1 T_T1- _\ x1 . i 1 1 anu jamcs ma; uiai nave guuc suiu lately; it doesn’t sound like anything else he’s done in the past. Weiland is exploring new terrain and creating music that is more complex and inventive. Weiland pays homage to some of his inspirations on the album, like the Beatles and David Bowie, and the first single, “Barbarella,” sounds a lot like a Bowie tune. He isn’t shy about admitting their influences and said that this record is him in his “White Album period” and that he wants to be seen as this generation’s Bowie. Most of the lyrics on the album reflect Weiland’s feelings about his personal experiences, especially his heroin addiction. These honest con fessions paint the album, like bn “Barbarella” when Weiland sings, “Grab a scale and guess the weight of all the pain I’ve given with my name, I’m a selfish piece of shit.” “12 Bar Blues” isn’t a one-man show, at least for the most part. Weiland receives help from his broth er Michael Weiland with percussion, as well as appearances from guitarist Peter DiStefano and bassist Martyn LeNoble, who both have played with Porno For Pyros. The only exception is the song “The Date,” where Weiland shows off his talents as both a singer and a musician by playing all the instruments on the track. Included on the album is a brand new version of the song “Mockingbird Girl,” which original ly appeared on the “Tank Girl” soundtrack and was the only non STP song Weiland had released before “12 Bar Blues.” Another one of the album’s tracks, “Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down, appeared on the soundtrack for the movie “Great Expectations” and features pop diva Sheryl Crow on the accordion along with a group that plays violin, cello and viola. The music on “12 Bar Blues” is meant to be played in a smoky, under ground lounge instead of thein packed arenas of sweaty, moshing teens for whom STP normally played. And no, Weiland doesn’t sound like Eddie Vedder anymore, and people wanting this vintage Weiland will be probably be disap pointed with “12 Bar Blues.” Instead, the new album finds Weiland con centrating on his new career as a clean, sophisticated glam rocker. -JimZavodny McCartney remembered as artist, social activist McCARTNEY from page 12 upbringing for their children and Heather, Linda McCartney’s daugh ter from her first marriage to geo physicist John Melvyn See. Many activists hailed her support for their causes. “Linda was always upbeat about our work against cruelty, and we’ll fight harder in her name,” Dan Mathews, a campaign director for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Sunday. “Linda under stood the power of the fork.” Bom into a wealthy family, Linda Eastman grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y. Her father, Lee Eastman, was a lawyer; her mother died in a plane crash when she was 19. After majoring in art history at the University of Arizona, she moved to New York at the age of 21, becom ing a receptionist at Town and Country magazine. A lucky break enabled her to photograph the Rolling Stones, and she was asked to capture other rock groups on camera. Soon she was dat ing celebrities, including actor Warren Beatty and a manager of The Who, Chris Stamp. During a trip to London in May 1967 she met Paul at the launch of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. They married in London two years later. When she joined her husband’s new band, Wings, in 1972, as a key board player, she was ridiculed for her lack of musicality. In 1972, the McCartneys were fined for possessing marijuana and in another incident, in 1984, they both admitted carrying the drug. A vegetarian long before it became fashionable, Linda McCartney lent her name to a range of frozen dishes and published a cookbook in 1991. 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