#Raw power album cover movie

Electric Warrior, like most bands during this era rehearsed at a suburban house in the garage. Scott has regretted this decision since that day. After some discussion, the Raw “Powers that be” decided the 45-minute drive (one-way) was too far and declined the offer. Ozzy agreed as long as we could provide some weed. The rest is history.Ī side note to this interview: Scott was in the band “ Electric Warrior” at this time and asked Ozzy if he’d like to come to the Valley (Woodland Hills) that evening to sing a few songs at the band’s rehearsal. Shortly thereafter Ozzy auditioned Randy and hired him on the spot. Randy was the guitarist of Quiet Riot and Raw Power had interviewed them for a cover story for the 2nd issue in 1977. It was during this interview that members of Raw Power Magazine suggested to Ozzy that he consider auditioning a guitarist by the name of Randy Rhodes. Ozzy was quite depressed during this time but had recently met Sharon Arden and was in the process of putting together a new group that would eventually record “Blizzard of Ozz”.

#Raw power album cover movie

When the movie “Almost Famous” was released, many of our friends thought it must have been written about us.ġ979 interview with Ozzy Osbourne just after he was kicked out of Black Sabbath. Some of our interviews were pathetic some have become collector’s items. We had no rules and published letters to the editor without any edits. There were lots of album reviews and predictions for stardom or failure many of these panned out. Raw Power ran a obituaries column where we blasted bands we hated. Rodney fell in love but it didn’t work out. They sometimes hung out with legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer and Scott once set him up on a blind date with the hottest girl at his high school. The teenage quintet of Scott, Robert, Murray, Joey, Larry and their ever-growing entourage were regulars at clubs like the Whiskey A Go-Go on Sunset Strip and the Starwood in West Hollywood. The heavy metal and punk scenes did not get along well so we were going against the grain from the start.įrom 1976 to 1979 the magazine managed to pull off some classic interviews and even altered the course of rock history. RPM featured a format of both hard rock & punk rock which was rarely combined. The magazine attracted the attention of major record labels in Hollywood and was granted exclusive interviews with both up and coming artists as well as established stars. Often referred to as “The Man Who Shot the Seventies” he was David Bowie’s official photographer.The mid to late 1970’s was a heady time for the music scene in Los Angeles and Raw Power Magazine was there in the thick of it all. Mick Rock is a British photographer best known for his iconic album cover photographs of David Bowie, Queen, Iggy Pop, Syd Barrett, Blondie and many others. With Recordmecca’s written lifetime guarantee of authenticity. A spectacular photo of Iggy Pop in his Stooges prime. This print is unsigned and is priced accordingly. Mick and I shared a printer at the time, Beth Schiffer.” We traded some of my (Marilyn) Manson images for these and other pop star photos. The accompanying letter from Cultice (for this and another photograph of David Bowie, not included here) notes “I got these prints from Mick around 2000. This superb color print, made from the original negative, was given to photographer Joseph Cultice by Rock circa 2000. The Stooges were in London to record their third album, Raw Power, and Mick Rock’s photos from that show were used on that album’s cover. This image was shot at The Stooges only UK date during their first incarnation, at the King’s Cross Cinema on July 15, 1972. A spectacular live photograph of Iggy Pop, by legendary photographer Mick Rock, measuring 20″ x 24″.