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Twiggy, Casey Chaos, Slash and Duff McKagan were among the guests who joined supergroup Camp Freddy at LA’s Club Ivar last night as part of Blender Magazine’s "Blender Sessions". This is the third in a series of special shows played by Camp Freddy, which consists of Billy Morrison, Matt Sorum, Donovan Leitch, Dave Navarro, Scott Ford and a stellar and varied list of guests who've shown up to lend their talents at any given time. Last night’s set list included such classics as "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Paranoid", "My Generation" and "Fat Bottomed Girls". Twiggy's last appearance with the group was at their very first gig back in May, which was part of the grand opening of The Standard Hotel’s downtown LA location.
Three photos from the Guns, God and Government pay-per-view shoot in Los Angeles last October have been added. Go here to see them.
Just finished watching the DVD and, in all honesty, I think that Twiggy received a fair share of screen time when it comes to the concert footage -- no more or no less than anything we've seen before. Of course, the focus is on Manson, but in the last few years that's always the way it's been. It's not something that many of us aren't used to. As to the backstage footage, save for one scene where he and Pogo are mugging for the camera, most of what you see is coincidental -- he just happens to be passing through at the moment of filming. There might be one quick glimpse of him sleeping on what looks to be a plane (doesn't look like it's on the tour bus) but the footage is too "Blair Witch" in quality to be able to tell if it's him. I'd have to look at that again. The primary focus here is again on Marilyn Manson and, when all is said and done, not *that* much more time is given to the other band members than what was afforded Twiggy, coincidental or not. Bottom line: I don't think there was a concerted effort to keep the footage of Twiggy to a minimum and, this being documentation of Twiggy's last tour with Marilyn Manson -- with whom he has so much history -- I believe that this DVD is worth having in your collection, even if you don't run out and buy it tomorrow.
A new photo has been added to the GGG Live page, taken at the Rock Am See festival held in Konztanz on September 1, 2001. View by clicking here.
A few preliminary reviews are in regarding the GGG DVD and these seem to indicate that Twiggy is not featured in over-abundance, particularly when it comes to the behind-the-scenes footage. I plan to pick it up tomorrow anyway and will give a further report on that after I've had a chance to view it myself.
Two new pictures have been added to the Candid page, this time from a Nintendo party held last night in Los Angeles. Click here to view.
Twiggy pairing up with Peaches? While headlining Toronto's Electroclash 2002 last week, the Canadian native stated during an interview with Much Music that Twiggy has told her that he would love to play on her next album. Peaches recently opened select dates on Queens of the Stone Age's U.S. tour, including an October 4 stop in Los Angeles.
Another photo from the grand opening of Kiehl's Santa Monica store has been added to the Candid page. Click here to view.
Courtesy of Reinierus' contribution, a few more photos have been added to the Candid page's Marilyn Manson section, most of them appearing to be from the SLC/Portrait era.
Another blast from the past: Three photos from a July 31, 1997 performance at the Toronto Varsity Arena have been added to the Live ACS page. Click here to view them. Thanks to the photographer, "4bz", for sharing these from his collection.
Three new candid pictures from a Youth Aids Benefit held last night in Santa Monica have been added and can be viewed here, here and here.
As an addendum to yesterday's news, here is Josh's direct quote from "Rockline" regarding the status of Head Band.
"Headband is almost a concept or idea that Nick and I and Casey and Twiggy were drunkenly talking about, and we jammed together a few times, but there's so much stuff going on with everyone's lives, that it's sort of just on the backburner. I think it's something we'd like to do, but we're not really in a hurry to do anything, you know? I mean we wanna work all the time, but not be in a rush, because you can never take it back... you can always put it out, but you can never take it back.... so you should try really hard for it not to suck. That's a good rule of thumb."
Here is an update on the Head Band project: Queens of the Stone Age appeared on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" last night and when asked by a listener about the status of Head Band, Josh Homme indicated that it is on hold for the moment, with everyone involved being extremely busy. As many of you probably know, Queens are in the midst of their own world tour to promote the recently released Songs For The Deaf, which is expected to last at least until the beginning of next year. Josh said that they don't want to work on Head Band until they can focus more on it, rather than to rush it and have it suck. Amen's Casey Chaos also spoke of Head Band in a recent issue of Alternative Press, stating that recording will start when the Queens tour wraps up and confirming that Zach Hill will take over drumming chores, replacing Larkin, who recently left Amen to join Godsmack.
Another picture has been added to the Live ACS page. Thanks to Reinierus!
It's finally official: The Guns, God and Government DVD will be in stores on October 29th. In addition to concert footage, pulled from various performances throughout the tour, it will also contain a 30 minute short film entitled "The Death Parade", directed by Manson and documenting the band's trip around the world from behind the scenes.
Twiggy is mentioned several times in an interview with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme in the new issue of CMJ New Music Monthly (Josh and Nick are featured on the cover). For those who can't get the magazine, I have transcribed the excerpts mentioning Twiggy and it is now available on the Press page.