You too can rent a rock star

**deadliner** · January 11th, 2007, 10:44 PM

I don't know how you all feel about this sort of stuff, but I certainly don't hold anything against them for it....

You too can rent a rock star

TYCOONS trying to impress will pay millions for a Picasso or Pollock, so why not splurge on a living, breathing Jagger? Or hire rapper 50 Cent to drop by the mansion and perform "Get Rich or Die Tryin' "? Now that will get them talking down at the country club.

That's the loud and lavish sensibility behind the hottest party accessory around — the rentable rock star.

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It's hard for artists to say no when they get to dash off to exotic locales to do low-sweat, secret shows, said Jim Guerinot, the manager for Gwen Stefani, Nine Inch Nails and the Offspring.

"It's quick cash for the artist, that's what it comes down to," Guerinot said. "It can be these unbelievable amounts of money offered by someone like the sultan of Brunei or some sheik somewhere who's willing to pay what you make for being on tour for three weeks…. You really have to evaluate each one the way you would any corporate opportunity."

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Guerinot, manager for pop superstar Stefani, also has worked for years with Social Distortion, the gritty, tattooed Orange County punk band that is about as fancy and flexible as a tire iron. But yes, even Social D has taken a private-show payday.

The band played "Ball and Chain" and its other brass-knuckle hits at an employee meeting for Hot Topic, a mall-based merchant of pop-culture clothing. Guerinot and the musicians talked it over and agreed that the payday didn't violate their punk sensibilities.

"For them, Hot Topic, sure, that's OK. But if it was for Viagra? Well, maybe not. That's the thing now. There are two questions: 'How much does it pay?' and 'Where does it fit in on my cringe meter?' "

Maybe in about 20 years, Mike might change his mind about that Viagra gig..... [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Just don't do a Preperation H gig, I'm sure they would ask them to do Ring of Fire..... [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]

**PainWillBeMyMotivation** · January 11th, 2007, 11:01 PM

Well, I don't see what's wrong for playing a show for someone that wants to pay to hear you, whether it's a venue or a boardroom. For that matter, I never understood the whole contreversy over artists licensing their pre-existing songs for advertising.

**social_d_fan01** · January 12th, 2007, 12:13 AM

fuck it the boys need cash too, i see nothing different with this than them playing at your hometown venue, theyre playing their songs and gettin paid, thats what musicians do

**Glenn Cole** · January 12th, 2007, 09:36 PM

I agree with you too painismymotivation!

**jen415** · January 13th, 2007, 12:46 AM

As far as songs in advertising, I think John Densmore of the Doors said it best. I read somewhere that he likes that people tell him "Light My Fire" means a lot to them because they lost their virginity to it, or makes them think of another special time in their life. He would hate to have people think of Matchlite Charcoal or some other product. As much as I love Iggy Pop, "lust for Life" is ruined for me because now I think of Carnival Cruise Lines. Same thing with "Iron Man" from Black Sabbath, I think of either the Iron Man watch or the new truck commercial.

Thy_Will_Not_Mine · January 14th, 2007, 01:21 AM

I don't mind the occasional Story Of My Life or Ball And Chain on movie soundtracks, but I would never want any Social Distortion song to become the "theme song" for some product. Despite any and all mainstream airplay Social Distortion have had with their hit songs, it will never change the fact that songs like Story Of My Life and Ball And Chain are some of the greatest, most timeless songs ever written.

**pretty_in_punk** · January 15th, 2007, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by Thy_Will_Not_Mine:
I don't mind the occasional Story Of My Life or Ball And Chain on movie soundtracks, but I would never want any Social Distortion song to become the "theme song" for some product. Despite any and all mainstream airplay Social Distortion have had with their hit songs, it will never change the fact that songs like Story Of My Life and Ball And Chain are some of the greatest, most timeless songs ever written.

<font size="2" face="verdana, arial">Well said.

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