Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time for y'all to put some gas in your tanks," shouts Billy Blanks. He cranks up the volume on the stereo, and the Billy Blanks' World Training Center in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is flooded with the ragged sounds of Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock and human agony. Teeth clenched, sweat dripping, 150 men and women kick out their right feet, then bow at the waist and kick back their left feet. "Lean, guys, lean!" commands Blanks, as he demonstrates the move from a stage emblazoned with the message GOD IS GOOD. He then adopts a fighter's stance...
Although she's still unknown in the U.S., Shakira says her summer album will "demonstrate to the rest of the world that Latin people also can make good pop and good rock." Her captivating looks should play well on MTV, and her album is being produced by the godfather of Latin pop, Emilio Estefan. Of course, all the producing and marketing in the world won't carry a bad record across the street. Latin pop will do fine in the English market just so long as its producers don't turn the music's soulfulness and extravagant passion--two things...
...some reason, just watching the faces of Catskill comedians, say, as they check out Marilyn Manson is entertainment aplenty. Cheery co-host Henry Alford elicits lines from small children that Bill Cosby sweats whirlpools trying to score. Debuting after the show on March 8 is a similar new one, Rock Candy. Though the ideas are great here (interview Quiet Riot at a concert for nudists), the execution isn't nearly as sharp as it is on Rock of Ages. Still, rock comedy hasn't been this smart since This Is Spinal...
Nixon was president when Max Creek first toured New England, but their blues roots can still rock the house. Or the club, as the case may be. 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth...
Triple-XXX. (Almost.) Not for the innocent or easily offended, Impotent Sea Snakes perform a sort of pornographic glam rock. And, in fact, the band does its performance over its music. No need to believe everything you read, though--check it out for yourself. NC-17, Axis, 73 Lansdowne...