Axl Rose hates Slash so much he doesn’t even want his former Guns N’ Roses bandmate included in a video game associated with the band.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rose is suing ‘Guitar Hero’ maker Activision for $20 million for violating a deal to not include imagery of Slash or his band Velvet Revolver in ‘Guitar Hero III.’
“[Activision] began spinning a web of lies and deception to conceal its true intentions to not only feature Slash and [Velvet Revolver] prominently in ‘GH III’ but also promote the game by emphasizing and reinforcing an association between Slash and Guns N’ Roses and the band’s song ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’” the complaint stated.
The lawsuit was put in place by Rose and his company, Black Frog Music, at the Los Angeles Superior Court, and argues the images violate Activision’s use of GNR’s ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ The lawsuit seeks to repair the “damages” from sales.
Rose is also suing Activision for additional damages for using ‘Sweet O’ Child of Mine’ in online promotions for ‘GH III,’ despite only having license for ‘GH II.’
‘Guitar Hero III’ was officially released on Oct. 28.
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards take place this Sunday so Billboard decided to go down memory lane and take a look at some of the craziest VMA outifts.
20. Lil Mama looks more like child than mother at the VMAs in 2009.
19. At least Rodman rocked the red AIDS ribbon on his train wreck of a look in 1995.
18. Let’s hope Missy Elliot, pictured here in at the 2003 VMAs, didn’t use her MTV Moon Man to tee off.
17. Katy Perry was a “teenage dream” with her vintage Barbie look at the 2008 VMAs.
16. Slipknot looked slightly respectable in their suits and ties at the VMAs in 2008.
15. Before Gwen Stefani was a fashionista, she was “just a girl” in ’98 — who had blue hair and futuristic skirts.
14. Fergie‘s hat is reminiscent of “A Clockwork Orange,” but the rest of the outfit screams saucy schoolgirl at the 2006 VMAs.
13. Lenny Kravitz‘s 1998 single “Fly Away” wasn’t joking, but the rocker didn’t prove it until six years later at the VMAs.
12. How could Shakira even sit down in those skin-tight leather pants is the outrageous part of her outfit at the 2001 VMAs.
11. Jack Black is a not-so-”smooth criminal” at the 2003 VMAs, ripping off Michael Jackson’s look with more humor than style.
10. Destiny’s Child channels a Native American vibe at the VMAs in 2001. It’s more Dances With Beyonce than “Dances With Wolves.”
09. Pink — at her most, well, pink — rocks leopard and gold for a wild child look at the 2000 VMAs.
08. His eyebrows might be the most surprising part of Axl Rose‘s sporty look at the 2001 VMAs.
07. Lil Kim was as brave as they come in 1999, letting it all hang out.
06. Big Boi and André 3000 of Outkast somehow make furry pants and orange overalls look good at the 2001 VMAs.
05. Schoolgirl no more. Britney Spears debuted her biker side at the 2002 VMAs.
04. For once, Mudvayne‘s brightly-colored mohawks were not the most eye-catching part of the band’s appearance, pictured here in 2001.
03. Christina Aguilera definitely needed double-sided tape in order to avoid a “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2002 VMAs.
02. For once, Marilyn Manson, pictured here in 1998 with then-girlfriend Rose McGowan, is not the center of attention.
01. Lady Gaga showed off her many, many sides at the 2009 VMAs.
How the hell is GaGa number 1? Rose McGowan was practically nude and Mudvayne have bullet holes in their head – either of them should have been number 1. To see the full 50 craziest VMA outfits head over to the source.
source: The VMAs’ 50 Most Outrageous Fashions [Billboard]
Axl Rose stormed off stage during a live concert in Ireland last night, after multiple people fired bottles onto the stage during their performance … and it was all caught on tape.
Rose called for his band to stop playing their instruments during their first song “Welcome to the Jungle” and warned the crowd that he would pack up his stuff and leave if they kept up the shenanigans.
Of course, the crowd started to boo … and Rose eventually walked off stage. The crowd was pissed because the band started their show more than 90 minutes behind schedule.
Eventually, after several concert officials apologized to crowd, Rose and company came back on the stage and finished the show.
Maybe Depends should sponsor the next Black Eyed Peas tour. The day after a San Diego concert, the ‘Net was packed with pics of Fergie with a huge wet spot on her crotch.
After her publicist claimed the stain was just “sweat,” Fergie confessed she’d had a few drinks and “didn’t think to go to the bathroom” before the show.
“We were jumping around … it was all very rock ‘n’ roll. And my bladder just started … you know.”
2. Out of Sync
Milli Vanilli were busted on a 1989 tour when the tape jammed as they mouthed ‘Girl You Know It’s True.’ The public later learned that the duo hadn’t sung its vocals in the studio, either. More recently, Ashlee Simpson (left) was exposed on ‘SNL’ when the wrong recording of her vocals was triggered. Milli Vanilli responded by running offstage. Simpson fled, but tried to stomp out her embarrassment with a hoedown.
15. Stuck in a Moment You Literally Can’t Get Out Of
It was a travesty of a mockery of a sham when U2, the world’s most earnest band, went ironic for its mega-sized 1997 Popmart tour. Metaphorically speaking, it doesn’t get much more precious than the incident in Oslo when the band’s 40-foot lemon-shaped pod malfunctioned, trapping the band inside. All they could do was laugh, the Edge later admitted.
14. His Name Was Mud
At Woodstock ’94, those incorrigible boys in Green Day took the fabled festival’s legendary history of muddy conditions to the punk-rock extreme, starting an epic mud-fight with the audience. With the stage filled with muck-covered fans, bassist Mike Dirnt was mistaken for a trespasser by a security guard, who leveled the musician, knocking out several teeth.
13. A Lot of Hot Air
Blow-up props, from Pink Floyd’s pigs to Limp Bizkit’s penis, are sure sources of amusement. In 1977, Fleetwood Mac celebrated their status as the world’s biggest band by incorporating a 70-foot penguin into their act. The problem with this particular inflatable was that it was always flaccid. “It would never fully inflate,” recalled Lindsey Buckingham. “This thing was limping and floundering at the back of the stage.”
12. Moon Shot
From shards of Pete Townshend’s guitars to black eyes from Roger Daltrey’s windmilling microphones, the Who have always been one of rock’s most accident-prone bands. But Keith Moon’s piece de resistance was the explosion he rigged during a 1967 television appearance. More powerful than planned, it propelled the drum kit and Daltrey airborne, and may have even triggered Townshend’s hearing troubles.
11. What’s My Line?
Singers forget lyrics all the time, but preferably not in front of the President. During a Kennedy Center tribute to Dolly Parton, Jessica Simpson (left) abruptly stopped in the middle ’9 to 5.’ “Dolly, that made me so nervous,” she blurted before running offstage. Some 45 years earlier, Ella Fitzgerald blanked on ‘Mack the Knife’: “Oh, what’s the next chorus/To this song now?,” she sang. Ella laughed it off, and it won her a Grammy.
10. What a Dump!
Shock rocker Alice Cooper “retired” the huge snake used in his show for decades after an incident in Los Angeles during which the snake pooped, and pooped some more. “I never expected there to be eight piles the size of a Doberman pinscher,” Cooper later told Rolling Stone. “My whole stage costume was covered, and it smelled so bad I was gagging.” Even Johnny Rotten, who was in the audience, was impressed.
9. Thin White Stick
David Bowie has dodged his share of roses and beer cans in concert, but he surely never anticipated what would force him to leave the stage 20 minutes into a 2004 Oslo show. The Thin White Duke was hit with the thin white stick from a lollipop, hurled by a fan, which lodged inside his left eyelid. It was the same eye that he injured in a schoolboy fight with a classmate, a trauma that left the eye permanently dilated.
8. Butterflies Are Free?
The Rolling Stones’ massive 1969 concert in London’s Hyde Park became an impromptu tribute to their fallen mate Brian Jones, who was discovered at the bottom of his swimming pool two days before the gig. Mick Jagger, dressed in white, read from Shelley’s elegiac ‘Adonais’ before releasing thousands of butterflies — most of which were already dead
7. Everybody Nose
The spread for the Band’s 1976 farewell concert was a who’s who of guests (Dylan, Clapton, Neil Diamond), a feast for performers and audience alike, and, by all accounts, a schmorgasbord of illicit substances. During Neil Young’s appearance, the oblivious singer had a gob of cocaine clearly lodged in a nostril. Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese later had to edit the residue out of their concert film.
6. Sorry, Wrong Genre
Some rock-rap crossovers are better left unexplored. Sean “Diddy” Combs tried to pull a page from the grunge playbook when he attempted a stage dive at a tony nightclub in Ibiza, Spain, in 2005. Instead of catching the rapper and hip-hop impresario, fans moved away, and Diddy slammed to the floor. Gamely, he hobbled back onstage.
5. Meat and Greet
Invariably identified as the nutcase who bit the head off a bat, Ozzy Osbourne was on the receiving end of a somewhat less fondly remembered stunt on his ‘Diary of a Madman’ tour. A giant catapult designed to look like a hand was set up to fling raw calves’ livers and pig intestines into the audience in a kind of ritual baptism-by-butcher’s-offal. At one gig, the slaughter fell far short of its destination, landing on … Ozzy’s head.
4. A Little Birdie Told Me
Onstage in Mansfield, Massachusetts, in 2004, Cyndi Lauper threw her head back to hit a high note — and took a direct hit from a defecating bird flying overhead. The singer wiped her mouth on her sleeve and soldiered on. Later, she denied reports that the poop had landed in her mouth: “It went on my lower lip. I could not taste it … I actually considered it a good-luck sign.”
3. Basshead
Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain may have had a self-destructive streak a mile wide, but it was bandmate Krist Novoselic who put himself in harm’s way during the 1992 taping of the MTV VMAs. Near the end of the song ‘Lithium,’ Novoselic tossed his bass in the air. The guitar hit him squarely on his head, and the dazed musician stumbled offstage as his mates trashed their own instruments and taunted their nemesis Axl Rose.
At last nights MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears wasn’t the only one making an ass out of herself. Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got into it after Kid Rock reportedly punched Tommy Lee in the face. Kid Rock says that Tommy Lee instigated the fight by taunting him, saying “I never hit nobody for nothing before. I told him to shut the f–k up.”
As MTV VJ Sway reported during the post-show telecast:
“Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. [Kid Rock] just walked up and decked him!”
According to an onlooker in the audience, “They had each other at the necks, they were practically strangling each other.” Another eyewitness saw Tommy Lee escorted out, “screaming the f-word over and over again.” He was taken out into main casino in front of thousands of fans.
Jamie Foxx added his two cents while presenting the Best New Artist award with Jennifer Garner. “Stop all of this white-on-white crime. Tommy Lee and Kid Rock fighting like black folks – it’s hilarious.” Foxx, added, “Who won? I was in the bathroom. Pamela Anderson has got a hard choice to make.”
Diddy wanted to get in on the fun too, and while he introduced the final performance he said, “I was supposed to be doing this with Kid Rock, but you know, we got to stop the violence. It’s not just hip-hop artists that fight.”
The police eventually came to Kid Rock’s hotel room and cited him for misdemeanor battery.
Seriously, Kid Rock? You choose the VMAs to punch Tommy Lee? It just kind of takes the hardcore out of the fight when you’re doing it in front of preteen fans who vote on Moon Men winners. I’m just sayin’.
What others are saying:
Mollygood says, “Still no word as to why the security team didn’t let the idiots kill each other.”
In Touch says, “Pamela Anderson’s two ex-husbands really don’t like each other.”
Celebrity Smack says, “And he didn’t open handed bitch slap him either, according to a witness, ‘Tommy got it pretty bad.’ Well yeah! Tommy Lee is a little scrawny dude and was probably wasted. That would be like kicking Keith Richards ass. It wouldn’t take much.”
celebitchy says, “Maybe that’s why tensions were high when Rock ran into Lee. Even if Lee hasn’t rekindled his relationship with the mother of his children, he still gets to see her often enough and I doubt she has much to do with Rock.”
Glitterati says, “How much do you want to bet they planned that to get a little attention for both of them? I mean, it’s not like you get into a relationship with Pam Anderson thinking you’ve got her attention always and forever, or that she’s never had a man before you.”
dlisted says, “Why didn’t MTV show this shit?! It would’ve been better than the crap they put onstage! Nothing says entertainment like two old has-beens duking it out.”
Best Week Ever says, “Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got kicked out of last night’s VMA Awards after getting into a fistfight over which one of them was the most irrelevant aging rocker in the room. Thank god Axl Rose wasn’t on hand, because there would have been an all-out riot.”
A Socialite’s Life says, “If Tommy Lee pressed those charges after starting shit, he is a sissy man. Tattoos and piercings and previous overdoses don’t make you a badass. Rednecks will school you. They will put down their can of Bud and their corncob pipe, whoop your ass, and then sit back down and resume listening to Toby Keith. Respect.”
Source: “Tommy Lee, Kid Rock Brawl at VMAs” [People]; “Rock Cited for Battery after Tommy Tussle” [TMZ]
Yeah!! …..here I am minding my own biz having a great time with my friend Criss Angel (magician) and watching the MTV awards in the front row saying hello to all my friends……Pamela comes and sits on my lap who I love and adore….and also say hello to my friend Travis Barker and his wife!…..and i get a text from another friend P. Diddy and he says come sit with me…..and he’s sitting with Miss HOT Megan FOX so I go over and sit with P! Not a minute later and Alicia Keys starts her amazing performance….(“I apologize sweetie…..I had nothing to do with the timing and disrespect”)……back to the stupid-ness!!….so….. I get a tap on the shoulder from Kid Pebble…I stand up and embrace him with a semi hug and say “Hey dude…What up”?? He punches me in the face…..well if ya wanna call it that!?….more like a bitch slap!…….Wuss!! Anyway….i go to knock this jealous country bumpkin the f$%k OUT….and before I can have a meeting with my fist and his ugly ass mug ….security guards… grab me and haul my ass outta the award show! So I’m fine and of course leave to my room with police and owner of the Palm’s George Maloof……the rest is paper work and bullshit!… Anyway…… I would like to apologize to Alicia and George and MTV for the disrespectful bullshit caused by a piece of shit called Kid Pebble!!
Rolling Stone magazine will honor the twentieth anniversary of “Appetite for Destruction” by looking back at the sex, drugs and Aqua Net that went into the making of Guns N’ Roses‘ legendary debut.
As previously reported, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has confirmed via his official web site that he “may” join his former GN’R bandmate Steven Adler at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday, July 28 to mark the 20th anniversary of “Appetite for Destruction”.
Adler stated in a recent interview that GUNS N’ ROSES’ classic lineup will reform for the concert — but without lead singer Axl Rose.
According to Adler, the event will include guitarist Slash, Izzy Stradlin and bassist Duff McKagan.
The Key Club’s web site advertises performances by the drummer’s band ADLER’S APPETITE and L.A. GUNS — the band featuring guitarist Tracii Guns, who was a member of an early incarnation of GUNS N’ ROSES.
Ya think it has something to do with his volatile behavior?
Fortunately, that new and improved Primatene Mist should get Lindsay’s production-halting problem asthma under control, so we don’t expect to see her in this category next year. With plenty more of her ‘Confessions,’ no doubt.
8. Crotch Slip of the Year
Lindsay Lohan …………….. 43%
Paris Hilton …………………………… 28%
Ashlee Simpson …………………… 23%
Pete Wentz ……………………………… 6%
Disclaimer: AOL Music and Blender in no way condone the voyeuristic, underhanded, privacy-invading tactics of the paparazzi in the name of scoring potentially degrading shots of… ooh, look, Lindsay’s panties! (Note: This poll was conducted before Britney went out riding commando.)
It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger. The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs. “There was an issue between the two of them,” Plumm owner Noel Ashman told The Associated Press.
The scuffle reportedly started after the Guns N’ Roses front man moved the drink of Hilfiger’s girlfriend, Dee Ocleppo. “I moved his girlfriend’s drink so it wouldn’t spill,” Rose told the Los Angeles radio station KROQ on Friday. “It was the most surreal thing, I think, that’s ever happened to me in my life.” According to the 44-year-old singer, Hilfiger, 55, smacked him in the arm and told him to put the drink back. “He just kept smacking me,” Rose said.
Attempts to reach Hilfiger or a representative were not immediately successful.
Rose was there to play a surprise set for “Rent” actress Rosario Dawson for her 27th birthday party. At the time of the dustup, The Plumm was packed with a celebrity crowd including Lenny Kravitz, Mickey Rourke, Kid Rock, Peter Beard, Molly Simms, Wentworth Miller, Ann Dexter Jones, Lydia Hearst and Damon Dash.
Rose did perform, and dedicated the song “You’re Crazy” to “my good friend Tommy Hilfiger.”
I’m not sure what’s lamer, Hilfiger or that the “celebrity crowd” consists mostly of people I’ve never heard of.
Tommy Hilfiger really showed his “Appetite for Destruction” yesterday when he pummeled Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose in a dispute over a VIP table at Rosario Dawson’s birthday party, sources said. The midnight turf battle erupted when Axl moved Hilfiger’s girlfriend’s drink in the banquette area of The Plumm nightclub on West 14th Street – where the “Rent” actress was celebrating her 27th birthday.
A densely packed crowd of celebs – including Lenny Kravitz and Kid Rock – had ringside seats to the battle. The feisty fashionista was acting all gangsta, hitting Axl with a flurry of punches, one that landed under Rose’s eye. “First [Axl and Tommy] were sitting. Then they were pulling on each other . . . It got so out of control,” said a shocked witness. As the punch-up escalated, Hilfiger introduced Rose to some “November Pain” with a blow to the cheek. Club guards quickly tried to separate the men. “A bunch of security ran over – but Tommy would not back down. He was just out to take him down,” the witness said. “Kid Rock got trampled by people running over. It was unbelievable.” Eventually, the designer’s own bodyguard pulled him out of the club.
Yesterday, club owner Noel Ashman pointed the finger at Hilfiger: “Axl was a gentleman and had the good sense not to retaliate, as he would have done some serious damage to Hilfiger.”
Rose said the attack was unprovoked, in an interview with The Post in his dressing room. The singer said Hilfiger may have been angry because he’d been told to move to make room for Rose and his entourage. Rose described Hilfiger as “foaming at the mouth.” When Rose took the stage a few minutes later to perform the song “You’re Crazy,” he dedicated it “to my good friend Tommy Hilfiger.”
Kid Rock, wearing a black-brimmed hat and smoking a cigar, took his fellow rocker’s side, and explained that Hilfiger was upset because he is way further down on the fame food chain. The hierarchy, according to Kid Rock, begins with mere mortals and works its way up to sports stars. “After that it’s movie stars, then rock stars, then Michael Jordan.” Hilfiger is somewhere between a mere mortal and a sports star in this ranking.
“Tommy Lee was sitting by Diddy. [Kid Rock] just walked up and decked him!”
As previously reported, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has confirmed via his official web site that he “may” join his former GN’R bandmate Steven Adler at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday, July 28 to mark the 20th anniversary of “Appetite for Destruction”.
