THE COUNTRY ISSUE IS OUT NOW!

October 1984

GO-GO'S

CONTENTS

DAVID LEE ROTH

There's No Shot Like A mug shot!

Many of you have written in and asked us what a Mug Shot is, scientifically speaking: "Does it have anything to do with mung?" asks T.S., Pasadena. "Why must these people be shot?" wonders P.U., Kalamazoo. "You can't tell a book by looking at its Mug Shot!" insists Worried, Peoria.

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

MOTLEY CRUE

MOTELY CRUE

2 X 2 THE MATING GAME!

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even Sonny and Cher did it. Let's do it. Let's fall in love! If the supreme being in that great jukebox in the sky didn't want couples, he wouldn't have to put two types here in the first place. Vive le difference!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

As anyone who listens to the radio or watches MTV knows, girls just wanna have fun—and the girl who likes having fun the most is Cyndi Lauper. From MTV to the pages of Life to the pages of CREEM, it's easy to see (no matter where you look) that Cyndi is one wild, crazy and wooly girl!

CYNDI LAUPER

JUDAS PRIEST PRIESTS O' PLENTY!!

Holy Schmoke/stiens! It's the world's fabbest HM band, Judas Priest! What the heck do you think they're doing? Do you think they're like maybe touring the U.S. of A. or something? Do you think maybe Rob Halford is no longer Batboy For The Goat Gods?

IT HAPPEND ON STAGE BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Wow! Sometimes the wackiest things can happen at a concert! Remember the time a giant tarpon swam onstage and ate Joe Cocker? How 'bout the time Billy Joel was actually beaten up by Thor, God of Thunder? Not to mention the time Meat Loaf gave three million dollars to some guy watching his show "just for kicks"!

THE REAL THING?

The Pretenders. Why'd they choose that name? Is it an innocently obvious symbol of 20th century man? Or a subtly veiled clue about the real nature of the band members? Are they people pretending to be rock stars? Or rock stars pretending to be people?

LP COVER AWARDS AN ODE TO VINYL ART

Hey, we've said almost everything there is to say about album covers in past issues of Rock-Shots. You know the stories—album covers can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em, almost as good as tapioca, and all that jazz. So...

PRINCE

ZZ TOP

Backstage

Guess what? When nobody is looking, every star in the world gets together backstage to plot new ways to take your money! Sure, some feel guilty awhile—but then others convince them it isn't even worth bothering about! And sometimes they all dress up like koala bears and rub each other's stomachs!

WHAT’S IN A NENA?

She's Nena! Who's Nena? They're Nena! Then who's she? She's Nena, aren't you listening? Then who are those guys with her? They're Nena—got poo in your ear or something? But who...aw, never mind. Maybe we're all Nena!

THE CLASH

TRACEY ULLMAN THE MANY FACES OF TRACEY

Tracey Ullman may be a beginning songbird in the U.S. of A., but over in the ever-scenic U.K., she's a huge TV star! In the photos below, Tracey trots out just a few of her many beloved characters for us lucky Yanks!

SNGAR & SPICE & EVERN-THING NICE

What are rock's women made of? Lipstick and curls, polish and pearls, Bright flashy clothes, neat high-heeled shoes, White toothy grins stinking of gin, Wicked ideas, bad record deals, Evil and spite, envy and hate. That's what rock's women are made of.

LITA FORD

BERLIN

THE JACKSONS

THE NEWEST BANDS IN TOWN!

You know, it's a funny thing-every few months we here at Rock-Shots have to put together a New Bands section, and to this day we haven't run out of bands! Maybe you think that's no big deal, though. Maybe you think there's always lots of new bands for us to cover.

SCORPIONS

LIONEL RICHIE

BOY HOWDYTHE DRINK OF THE STARS!

When it comes to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, what better way to top it off than with a nice, refreshing can of Boy Howdy! It's the drink of the stars, and the purest buzz in town. So remember: if you've got the time, Boy Howdy's got the beer!

LOVERBOY

THE CARS

VAN HALEN