In this issue
Q 285 - Featuring Lady Gaga, 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music, The Last Days of Jimi Hendrix, John Lydon, Rufus Wainwright, John Belushi, Mumford & Sons and much more...
Out February 23, 2010.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE - LADY GAGA HAS RISEN
It should be no surprise that Lady Gaga wanted to "strap a dildo to my vagina" for her first Q cover shoot. The fact that she left in tears on the other hand...
Since her debut single, Just Dance, crashed to Earth with the force of a meteorite in 2008, Lady Gaga has become both the biggest and the most extreme pop star on the planet. With over 8 million album sales and three global Number 1s to her name, she is mainstream culture's most controversial "nutter". Q spoke to the global starlet about the phenomenal rise of Lady Gaga, the artist, the person and the media phenomenon. The 23 year old with more confidence than most global mega-stars twice her age was as candid as you'd expect and things went to plan, well, for the first part at least... "It'd be a real f**king story, right?", she says with a smile. It certainly was...
100 MOST SHOCKING MOMENTS IN MUSIC
Featuring Murder! Beastiality! Kidnapping! Incest! Necrophilia! Rollerskating coke dealers!
With a cast that includes Michael Hutchence's literal INXS, Rammstein's Vorsprung Pork Technik, punk hellraiser GG Allin and John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas, Q sheds light on the more shocking moments and stars of music for your perusal. Includes the Devil's Jukebox, 10 of the most offensive songs ever (verified by a Bishop).
JIMI HENDRIX - STONE FREE
By 1969, Jimi Hendrix's meteoric rise had reached it's peak. Burn out, drug addiction and a bizarre kidnapping attempt was to come. Having gone stellar at the beginning of his career, Hendrix's star burned brightly but tragically shortly. Q charts the wrangles, incidents and madness that marked the guitarists final months.
JOHN LYDON
"The people of Britain have a problem with me as a butter ambassador."
He's no longer the bug-eyed agitator of old. Meet John Lydon, 2010 model: friend of the dairy industry, handyman par excellence and depositor of "policeman's truncheons" in the lavatory bowl.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - CASH FOR QUESTIONS
Match Of The Day
Rufus answers your questions. Amongst others, expect answers to "Did you really lose your sight while addicted to crystal meth?", "What do you remember about Jeff Buckley" and "Tell us something about Elton John that ordinary people like us wouldn't know".
JOHN BELUSHI - Q HERO
Once a high school jock, he died naked and bloated under a pile of takeaway cartons. But inbetween, John Belushi burned briefly and brilliantly as the rock'n'roll comedian.
MUMFORD & SONS - IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM
Q accompanies Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling to India where they're introducing the locals to their nu-folk wares.
GORILLAZ - ALBUM REVIEW
Q takes in last month's cover star's second long player, in depth.
Q 285 - Featuring Lady Gaga, 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music, The Last Days of Jimi Hendrix, John Lydon, Rufus Wainwright, John Belushi, Mumford & Sons and much more...
Out February 23, 2010.