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“WHEN MY PUBLICIST IS LIKE,
‘GO ON THE RED CARPET,’
I DON’T WANNA GO. IT’S NOT
TIME. I’M NOT KNOWN YET.”
—Wale, page 50
After two wild decades
on a major label, Wayne
Coyne and company
still run their own show,
down to the last detail.
An exclusive peek behind
the curtain of the Wizard
of Odd. PLUS: How to be
the life of the party, the
Flaming Lips way.
BY DAVID PEISNER
He fronted MTV’s VMA
house band, just toured
with Jay-Z, and has been
linked to Beyoncé’s sis.
It’s tough being Wale,
hip-hop’s most promising
new star. Just ask him.
BY SEAN FENNESSEY
We spend 36 hours
with the flame-haired
U.K. sensation as she
celebrates her birthday
with thousands of her
nearest and dearest.
BY STEVE KANDELL
The Strokes frontman
returns with the least
Strokesian of all Strokes
solo albums and sounds
off on drinking, the Doors,
and his “weak” legacy.
BY DAVID MARCHESE
64 IS CORPORATE ROCK DEAD? Meet the other, lesser-known casualties of the financial meltdown: the bankers, brokers, and hedge fund managers who can no longer rock out on the company dime. BY TYLER GRAY
ON THE COVER Wayne Coyne, shot by Francesco Carrozzini. Styling by Rushka Bergman. Set design by Chelsea Maruskin. Hair by Ryoji Imaizumi for Shu Uemura Art of Hair at Marek & Assoc. Makeup by Chris Colbeck for Lancome at Art Department.
JASON NOCI TO
6 NOVEMBER 2009 ; BECOME BET TER LOOKING, VISI T SPIN.COM
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