THE COUNTRY ISSUE IS OUT NOW!

December 1984

ROD STEWART

CONTENTS

BILLY GIBBONS OF ZZ TOP

A MUG SHOTS EXCLUSIVE: THE PIX THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO SEE!

Here at Rock-Shots World Headquarters, we receive literally hundreds of photos each and every week! Some of them are funny! Some of them are sad! Some evoke no emotional response whatsoever! But! Certain pix are so ridiculous, their mere publication would embarrass the subject just about to death!

RATT

Purple Rain

Purple Rain is some kinda movie! It has already been compared to such cinematic landmarks as Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo, The Groom Wore Spurs, and, of course, Lefty The DingA-Ling Lynx. What will his next screen move be? A daring expose of miscegenation in Minneapolis?

WHEN IN DOUBT; COUPLE!

Rock stars-what're ya gonna do with 'em? They probably can't read. They definitely can't write. Why, some of 'em are so far gone, they can't even do the hootchie-coo! The one thing they can usually manage is to seek each other out and pose for pictures!

JOAN JETT

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

BORN IN THE U.S.A.!

After a three year absence from the stage. Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band are back stronger than ever with a tour that will take them straight through 1985.

IT HAPPENED ON STAGE BELIVE 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"!

LITA FORD

JACKSONS: VICTORY IS THEIRS

The Jacksons’ world-acclaimed by the time you read this, long can this nonsense go on? Scare was all over the front Now How Much? Outrage was Thousands of faithful fans to sell the mansion, the ranch, the baby to get a pair of tix. the Will They Tour?

ALBUM COVER AWARDS

Image. Where would rock ’n’ roll be without it? Where, for that matter, be without it? Where, for that matter...(Ah, shut up already!—Ed.) have ended up as a drag queen in New Orleans, David Bowie would be be driving a truck! Beyond the media and the hype, today’s performers all about through that wonderful little work of modern art known as the Jacksons were the next best thing to a combination of the would show biz be without it?

Cyndi Lauper Fights Dirty!

Pop superstar and fashion terrorist Cyndi Lauper’s feud with Capt. Lou Albano is getting a bit out of hand. It seems that Lou claims all of Cyndi’s success can be attributed to him, which our gal vehemently denies! Finally, her and cool hand Lou went so far as to hire professional wrestlers to settle things for them.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

MICHAEL JACKSON

Backstage

A backstage pass seems to be the possession everyone desires in the show business world. Well, let us tell you—seeing your fave heroes offstage or off-screen ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. As a matter of fact, sometimes those same people you’ve fantasized about for years can look darn silly!

OVER EXPOSED

OK, now take a good look at this picture. We know it hurts, but do it anyway. All done? That sure was fast! We understand. Anyway, today's obnoxious question is, it Motely Crue are so smart, howcum they wear leather jockstraps in the shower? Don't they know what happens when leather dries?

VINCE NEIL OF MOTLEY CRUE

THE CARS

TINA TURNER

VANITY

SHE BOP!!

"Zank heaven for little girls. Zank heaven for zem, all, no matter where. no matter who. Without zem, what would little boys do? A wop bop a loopa a wop barn boom!!''

NONA HENDRYX

TWISTED SISTER

PSYCHEDELIC FURS

THOMPSON TWINS

NEW BANDS, BY GOLLY!

Hi, everybody! We're a group of people who've joined the committee to write this part of Rock-Shots! With our busy schedules, it wasn't easy but we had to! Maybe we should introduce ourselves. I'm Pete Townshend, the guy on my left is Mike Reno, over there is Bruce Springsteen.

VAN HALEN

SCORPIONS

THE ESSENTIAL ROCK W ROLL BREW!

Yep, it’s so good, you’d think it was imported! It’s light—never too heavy—but always enough there to soothe and satisfy! And best of all, it’s as American as God, mom, apple pie and rock ’n’ roll. So remember—if you’ve got the time, Boy Howdy’s got the beer!!

EURYTHMICS

HUEY LEWIS

BILLY IDOL