Steven Kurutz Writer,“Keep Sublime Alive” (page 66) > While trailing Sublime tribute band Badfish, Kurutz, 31, was impressed by the diverse audience. “Sublime’s music unites high school archetypes,” he says. “Punks, preppy girls, and criminal-looking heshers.” Kurutz’s book Like a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band will be out next April. Favorite Sublime song: “Wrong Way”
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Almond, 40, the author of Candyfreak and My Life in Heavy Metal, thinks fatherhood suits Foo Fighters mastermind Dave Grohl. “He’ll get his heart broken, like any daddy of a daughter,” he says. “It’ll be good for the music.” Excerpts from Almond’s new book, (Not That You Asked), are available at candyfreak.com. Favorite metal band: Tesla
Matthias Vriens
Photographer,“The Tao of Foo”
(page 58)
> Shooting this month’s cover, the West
Hollywood–based Vriens,
44, found
something to covet. “Dave Grohl has the
hair I’ve always wanted,” he says. But don’t
get him started about the band’s fashion
sense. “They have bad taste in shoes—
typical heterosexuals.” Vriens’ work has
appeared in Men’s Vogue and GQ. Favorite
’90s album: Madonna’s Ray of Light
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Cameron Stewart Illustrator, the Spin 20 (page 38) < Stewart, 31, has provided caricatures of such pop-culture figures as Marilyn Manson and Christopher Walken for the monthly Spin 20, but his dream is to tackle an icon a little less human. “I hope RoboCop becomes newsworthy again,” says the Toronto-based illustrator of the Eisner-nominated Vertigo comic book The Other Side. Favorite Canadian musician: Neil Young
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