Tori Amos, Audioslave on Pulp double cover

Good things come in twos, and two well-respected acts in rock history are on the double cover of Pulp magazine for the January-February issue.

Keyboard rock icon Tori Amos is generally acknowledged as a strong influence by a younger generation of angsty, female performers led by Alanis Morrisette and Fiona Apple. Now pushing 40, the American singer-songwriter still manages to push the boundaries of her music, creating songs that sound nothing like you’ve ever heard before. Disturbed by the Twin Towers tragedy in 2001, Amos went on tour across the US and came up with Scarlet’s Walk, her bravest album to date.

Meanwhile, Audioslave is what you get when two of the most influential bands in the ’90s – Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden –unite. Will rock’s latest superband be much bigger than their legendary origins? Writer Patrick Pulumbarit finds out in an interview with drummer Brad Wilk.

On the local front, read about how the country’s biggest bands to a sweaty crowd of thousands of Freak Attack played Pulp’s third anniversary concert last December, turning Kampo into a veritable sauna bath. One of them, Virus Artists, talked about their promising career in rock even as they continue to do their technical duties for rapcore favorite Slapshock. Bebop jazzers Radioactive Sago Project also turn up the heat this issue as they talk to Joey Dizon about poetry, music and the beginnings of an album in between, while Alpha Records’ Alvin de Vera and Warner Music Philippines’ Ricky Ilacad and Neil Gregorio turn the heat on audio piracy with Pearlsha Abubakar. Local artists also pick the best albums of 2002 on the CD reviews section, and former Passage vocalist Kat Aggarrado makes her stunning debut on Pulp Skin.

Expect more music and mayhem in the Pulp Summer Slam III on April 30 at the Amoranto Stadium in Roces Avenue, Quezon City.

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