FEATURES
59 500 CDs YOU MUST OWN BEFORE YOU DIE!
Beck, the Beatles, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, the Bee Gees, the Beach Boys, the
Backstreet Boys. (And that's just a few of the B's.) You need only 500 albums
in the world, and Blender proudly lists them for you. Awww, yeah!
96 GOOD CHARLOTTE
Joel and Benji Madden, mohawked 24-year-old twins, claim that the worst insult
you could hurl their way is "rock star" Then what's with all the groupie
shagging? Hmmm?
100 Carlene Carter
Johnny Cash's stepdaughter vowed to put the "cunt" back in country.
But living on the lost highway has spiraled her through drink, drugs and the
death of her boyfriend. What went wrong?
104 INTERPOL MUST SPEND BLENDER'S $848!
Blender gives New York art- rockers Interpol a load of money. How can things
go awry? "Drinking on an empty stomach is never a good idea" Bleaargh!!!
106 Shania Twain
Her own brother called her a robot, but Shania Twain is too busy for sibling
rivalry. Her new album may be called Up!, but she wants to make it clear: "I've
never actually seen cocaine...."
REGULARS
16 EDITOR'S LETTER
18 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
24 BURNER Mariah-carey-music-star">Mariah Carey goes on TV and gets 7. a little too private. Shakira goes onstage
and shakes her little candelabra. Everyone goes gaga for Blender's favorite
teenage Russian lesbians. And more!
28 THE NEXT BIG THING!
Boomkat; Freeway
50 ASK BLENDER
Sex sounds on the record, Mariah-carey-music-star">Mariah Carey's mole, Jimi Hendrix's supergroup and
more!
52 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
A folkie's '70s swoon becomes a smash for Roberta Flack, the Fugees —
and Hugh Grant.
54 DEAR SUPERSTAR Angus Young: Do women really love a man in uniform — say, a schoolboy's
uniform?
152 WHO DOES FABOLOUS THINK HE IS?
He's a pretty-boy thug rapper from New York with a soft spot for Shania Twain
and a flamboyant blueprint for his coffin.
THE GUIDE
118 NEW RELEASES
50 Cent, Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams, Everclear, the Libertines and more
132 CHART
134 REISSUES
The Clash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Al Green, the Who and more
140 LIVE!
Zwan in Chicago
142 MOVIES
144 DVDS
146 BOOKS
148 GAMES
150 CROSSWORD
