POP CULTURE
Stars who’ve taken it all off — for better
or worse nude video
By ROSS RAIHALA found
at Knight
Ridder Newspapers
W hen John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album “Unfinished Music, Vol. 1:
Two Virgins” hit stores in 1968, it whipped up a furor — not for the
musical content but for its cover, a stark portrait of the pair standing
naked as the day they were born.
In the years since, nudity in the music world has become so common
it’s nearly mundane.
Here’s a look at how nude photos and videos of other musicians
affected their careers:
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"I may look innocent but I can be daring, wild and
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MADONNA
Exposure: In July 1985, just as Madonna was riding high with her
second album, “Like a Virgin,” Playboy and Penthouse published
nude photos of the Material Girl that dated to her pre-fame days in New
York. Soon after, she played Live Aid and announced from the stage, “I
ain’t taking (blank) off today. You might hold it against me 10 years
from now.”
Aftermath: A mere seven years later, she took everything off for her
book Sex, an explicit coffee-table tome that showed Madonna
indulging in lesbianism, sadomasochism and whatever it is you call it
when you make out with Vanilla Ice. These days the 47-year-old mother of
two has been promoting her latest album, “Confessions on a Dance
Floor,” by appearing in a skimpy lavender leotard.
TOMMY LEE
Exposure: Motley Crue was mired in a post-grunge slump in 1996 when
the most infamous sex tape of all time hit the Internet (and, later,
adult video stores). It, of course, showed drummer Tommy Lee cavorting
with Pamela Anderson in various states of undress while singing along to
the MC Hammer song, “It’s All Good.”
Aftermath: More people are now familiar with the size of Lee’s
genitals than any of the music found in his post-Motley Crue solo
catalog. see also Pam Anderson video
FRED DURST
Exposure: A three-minute video hit the Web last year starring Limp
Bizkit’s much-hated leader spreading his germs all over a
bored-looking young woman. Durst’s legal team managed to get it pulled
from most of the sites that hosted it, although it’s still out there
if you look. (But trust us, you don’t want to see it.). Tagged by a
hacker !
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Fred Durst SEX Video
Aftermath: It became abundantly clear that Durst is no Tommy Lee.
KID ROCK
tour bus
Exposure: In February the company that released the 2004 Paris Hilton
sex tape “One Night in Paris” announced it would issue a new video
featuring Kid Rock and Creed’s Scott Stapp.
It didn’t show Rock and Stapp together — instead, it featured the
pair (separately) messing around with some pneumatic Miami groupies on a
tour bus in 1999.
Aftermath: A federal judge in Detroit signed an order that prohibits
the release of the video. Kid Rock now calls Stapp an “idiot” in
interviews.
FALL OUT BOY
Exposure: Pete Wentz, bass player and lyricist for Fall Out Boy,
snapped a few pics of his not-so-little boy falling out of his
underpants. Supposedly meant solely for the eyes of a woman he was
romantically pursuing, the digital shots landed on the Internet last
month.
Aftermath: Wentz posted a message on the band’s Web site that
placed the blame on a hacker: “(But) after feeling badly about this
for 24 hours, I am now ready to get back to laughing ... The moral of
the story: If you really don’t want (nude) pictures of yourself to end
up on the Internet, don’t take the pictures.”
EXPOSES
Plenty of other musicians have shown off the total package. Here’s
the naked truth:
■ Samantha Fox: This early MTV favorite got her nudity
out of the way before she started singing. Before her brief run of
totally ’80s hits like “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)” and “I
Wanna Have Some Fun,” S-s-s-s-samantha Fox was a topless model for the
British tabloids.
■ Peter Steele: Given that he already has a porn-star
name, it was only natural that the Type O Negative vocalist shed his
leather for a 1995 Playgirl centerfold. In 2002 the magazine
named him the 88th sexiest man ever.
■ R. Kelly: Nothing, it seems, can stop the Chicago
R&B crooner, including the 2002 release of a videotape that
allegedly shows him in the buff — and having sex with a 14-year-old
girl.
■ Vanessa Williams: She was forced to resign her post as
Miss America in 1984 after Penthouse published nude photos, but
Williams used the publicity to launch a career as a pop star and
actress. She’s also arguably the most famous woman to emerge from the
annual beauty pageant.
■ Warren Cuccurullo: In 2000 the former Missing
Persons/Duran Duran guitarist took it all off for a photo spread in a
Brazilian gay magazine. He later launched his own line of sex toys.
■ Evan Seinfeld: While the metal band Biohazard was
never quite as popular as it should have been, the group’s
vocalist/bassist earned a new set of fans when he appeared on the HBO
prison drama “Oz,” a show notorious for its rampant male nudity.
(Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian was on the show, too.)
