Blender # 1 - June/July 2001

FEATURES
52 DO YOU BELIEVE IN DESTINY?
Say their name, repeat: Destiny's Child take Peoria.
58 THE RETURN OF HAIR METAL
Just when you thought the ozone layer was safe, poodle rock returns. Featuring Motley Crue's exes,American Hi-Fi's laundry and a whole lotta Aqua Net.
64 THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
Tim McGraw wants to be as big as Garth Brooks - minus that whole Australian alter-ego thing, of course.
72 SUMMER TOURS
Coming soon to an enormous concrete structure near you.
74 THE MOST POPULAR BAND IN AMERICA!
And why you've never heard of them.
78 WHY DOES EVERYBODY WANT A PIECE OF DJ CLUE?
On the town and behind the decks with the hype DJ and hip-hop power broker.
82 SPORTS. MUSIC. A LOVE $TORY
Pop stars and athletes: making mad cheddar together.
86 WEEZER'S BIG MAKEOVER!
Divorce! Failure! Rampant Hermitry! Why it's not easy bein' Weezer.
90 SEX AND THE SINGLE WOMAN
Janet Jackson: "You can't ask that!"
Blender: Oh, yes, we can.

REGULARS
20 EDITOR'S NOTE
22 BURNER
Ol' Dirty Bastard drops by to borrow a cup of crazy. Plus: Nikka Costa strikes a pose! Color rally 'round the rock! MTV's Undressed addressed! Weird band alergt Bob Marley sells records from beyond • the grave! Elvis kicks ass! Belinda Carlisle queried! Hick-hop brings new meaning to the phrase "down on the farm"! Rockers on Broadway and/or going insane! And so much more ...
24 WOO-HOO!
If a picture paints a thousand words, these pages are worth 17000 of the little fellas.
40 ASK BLENDER
Blender answers those burning questions about Aerosmith, the Beatles and bowel-loosening bass that have been keeping you up at night.
44 IN THE STUDIO
Tape up your glasses! N.E.R.D. producers the Neptunes unlock their AV closet.
46 DEAR SUPERSTAR
Radiohead's Thom Yorke discusses his paralyzing fear of bears and shares his views on boot-knockin' (he's in favor).
152 WHO DOES CHRIS ROBINSON THINK HE IS?
The Black Crowes' frontman tells us stuff he wouldn't even tell Kate Hudson.

THE GUIDE
102 NEW RELEASES
Lucinda Williams gets her strum on, Basement Jaxx get their punk on and Missy Elliott gets her freak on.
118 CNART
120 MY MUSIC
Supermodel James King borrowed our copy of Trixter's Greatest Hits and won't give it back!
122 REISSUES
The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Neu!, Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur
132 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Nuggets II: Original Arty/acts From the British Empire and Beyond, l964-1969
134 BACK CATALOG: PRINCE
136 LIVE!
U2 photographed by Michael Schreiber; Staind, OutKast
140 MOVIES
142 BOOKS
144 TV
146 HIFI
148 GAMES
150 COMICS