Rolling Stone USA - 13 March 2014 issue - Justin Bieber cover
March 13, 2014 rollingstone.com | Rolling Stone | 5 “A l l t he NEWS THAT FITS ” FEATURES RS1204 ON THE COVER Justin Bieber photographed in Beijing on September 29th, 2013, by © Imaginechina/Corbis. Hey, Washington: The Pay Is Too Damn Low! Why raising the minimum wage is great for the economy – and for Democrats. By Tim Dickinson Justin Bieber, Bad Boy Inside the egg-throwing, hard- partying, drag-racing, arrest- resisting, brothel-patronizing, lightning-quick fall of a pop idol. By Claire Hoffman The ‘Dookie’ Chronicles Twenty years later, Green Day look back at the album that took pop punk from the gutter to MT V. By David Fricke The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass How did an autistic teen loner get targeted by an undercover cop? By Sabrina Rubin Erdely 33 38 46 52 ROCK & ROLL Inside ‘True Detective’ Meet the dark mind behind TV’s best, most twisted new show. Luke Bryan Parties On On the road with the hottest former frat boy in country. Spring Music Preview Thirty must-hear LPs – Neil Young, Miranda Lambert, U2 and more. 13 19 20 DEPARTMENTS RECORD REVIEWS Beck Finds His Sunrise Revisiting his Sea Change sound for an instant folk-rock classic. MOVIE REVIEWS ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Wes Anderson drops us down the rabbit hole of a vanished past. 61 68 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: © JAY BLAKESBERG; MICHELE K. SHORT/HBO; ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES Billie Joe Armstrong gives us the long view on 1994’s Dookie. Page 46 Prince and his all-female band make one of his heaviest albums ever. Page 20 Matthew McConaughey as philosophical cop Rustin Cohle on True Detective. Page 13 CULTURE ROB SHEFFIELD rollingstone.com/she eld March 13, 20146 | Rolling Stone | rollingstone.com Prince’s career didn’t end after “Batdance.” And even though his work since the Nineties hasn’t got- ten as much attention, he has released some great material. Check out the top songs from Prince’s most underappreciated era. PRINCE: THE BEST OF THE LATER YEARS rollingstone.com/travers rollingstone.com/fricke FOLLOW US ON MOVIES PETER TRAVERS ROCK & ROLL DAVID FRICKE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YAHOO MUSIC MUSIC.YAHOO.COM/ROLLINGSTONE/ MUSIC NEWS, AROUND THE CLOCK Get breaking music news from ROLLING STONE ’s award-winning sta of writers and reporters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at rollingstone.com – and on the ROLLING STONE MUSIC NEWS iPHONE APP, available for FREE at the iTunes Store. caption here See the real life of the country superstar – who’s touring in support of his new LP, The Outsiders – from drinking whiskey on a private plane to hanging out backstage. ERIC CHURCH: BEHIND THE SCENES ROLLING STONE is printed on 100 percent carbon-neutral paper. COMEDY MUSIC PLAYLIST PHOTOS SWV: INSIDE THEIR UNLIKELY COMEBACK More than 20 years after their classic “Weak” hit Number One, the R&B trio have a popular reality show and a big arena tour. We have the full story of SWV’s rise, fall and unexpected resurrection. They sold millions of records back in the 1990s and even starred in their own feature fi lm – and after a long hiatus, the prank-call kings are back on the prowl. Read our feature on the Jerky Boys’ return. THE JERKY BOYS: BACK IN ACTION EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Jann S. 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Pope Francis’ mes- sage has been the message of the Church for two millennia. Ronald W. Cobb Jr., Chicago as a jewish atheist, i don’t follow the goings-on at the Vatican very closely, but I enjoyed your cover story on Pope Francis. Francis appears to be an inclusive person. Plus, any pope who rubs Sarah Palin the wrong way must be doing something right. Dave Steinfeld, New York mark binelli writes about the “disastrous” papa- cy of Benedict. This is not only unkind but untrue. I too used to judge Catholicism harsh- ly, but one of many reasons I converted to the Church was Benedict. Without the discern- ment of Pope Benedict, there would be no Pope Francis for your cover. Melissa Overmyer Washington, D.C. as a lapsed catholic, i was encouraged by Francis’ elec- tion. I hope under his guidance the Church will become less se- cretive and conservative, more inclusive and nonpolitical. Marie Ryder, San Bruno, CA while francis may in- deed be a people’s pope and an honest and humble man, it would be useful to also focus on the years of abuse suffered by innocent boys inside the world’s many archdioceses. Roberta Chizzini Via the Internet Toxic Export tim dickinson’s piece on U.S. sales of petrocoke to for- eign interests highlights the LETTERS to ROLLING STONE, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104-0298. Letters become the property of ROLLING STONE and may be edited for publication. E-MAIL letters@rollingstone.com SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Go to rollingstone.com/customerservice •Subscribe •Renew •Cancel •Missing Issues •Give a Gift •Pay Bill •Change of Address Contact Us inherent hypocrisies in the Obama administration’s green policy [“How the U.S. Exports Global Warming,” RS 1202]. It also makes me question wheth- er the White House has any moral authority on the subject. Reminds me of my own gov- ernment’s despicable practice of selling asbestos to the Chi- nese. Weren’t we supposed to be the good guys? Mike Jacques Richmond Hill, Ontario A Kingpin’s Fall riveting piece on ross Ulbricht and Silk Road [“Dead End on Silk Road,” RS 1202]. While I was reading it, I was reminded how many millions of illegal transactions occur on city corners and on Wall Street. Regardless of how high- tech Silk Road’s marketplace was, though, Ulbricht’s fall was old-fashioned, brought about by greed and an inability to cover his tracks. Katlin Gee Via the Internet i recently read pieces about the pope and about Ross Ulbricht in The New York Times, but I found your two ar- ticles far better-researched and far more interesting. Tauno Ahonen, Temperance, MI Crosby’s Return thanks for stephen rod- rick’s “David Crosby Is Some- how Alive and Well” [RS 1202]. I just saw Crosby perform – the collision of rock and jazz in his music, something Rodrick nicely describes in his piece, re- ally comes through onstage. It was also great to see this rock legend vertical. Brian McAdams Santa Barbara, CA Fair Game? it’s peter travers’ right to publish a negative review of the film adaptation of my novel Labor Day [Movies, RS 1202]. But he suggests that the flaws in Jason Reitman’s movie are somehow connected to my rela- tionship 41 years ago with J.D. Salinger. It appears that news is more relevant than my au- thorship of To Die For, and 14 other books, or a four-decade- long career as a journalist and fiction writer. Joyce Maynard, via the Internet Peter Travers responds: In a recent interview in “Bustle,” Maynard said, “I always ex- ploit the themes of my life in my writing.” Those themes, in- cluding the imbalance of power in her relationship with Salin- ger, speak to what’s onscreen in “Labor Day.” Fair game for a film review? I think so. UPDATE in february, “the a-team killings,” by “rolling Stone” contributing writer Matthieu Aikins [RS 1196, No- vember 21, 2013], was honored with one of investigative jour- nalism’s most prestigious prizes, the George Polk Award. Aikins’ exposé of alleged American war crimes in Afghan- istan garnered praise from Polk judges for its “dogged reporting” – Aikins spent more than five months on the ground in some of Afghanistan’s most vi- olent regions before filing his harrowing account. This is RS’s second Polk win. The late Michael Hastings won in 2011 for “The Runaway General,” a story that prompted President Obama to fire the top Afghan War commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. In winning a Polk Award, Aikins joins the ranks of esteemed reporters including Edward R. Murrow, Carl Bernstein, Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill. RS Wins Polk Award March 13, 20148 | Rolling Stone | rollingstone.com Also available at bn.com/rsnirvana. ON NEWSSTANDS NOW Nikki Sixx With Mötley Crüe’s fare- well tour coming up, the band’s co-founder talks about fi ve songs he loves. Queen “Ogre Battle” If you started with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” you need to go back to the fi rst three albums. This song blew me away – Freddie brought some- thing new to the table. Sly and the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” Anything by Sly gets my attention. This song could be covered by anyone in the world – from Metallica to Morrissey – and you’d go, “Dude, this is amaz- ing.” So much soul, so much funk. fun. “We Are Young” I really like this band. I love the sparse arrange- ment and the singer’s voice. I was thinking about reaching out to him about a duet on my next Sixx:A.M. album – and it’s very rare that I think that. David Bowie “Changes” “Changes” was a battle cry for me when I was a teenager. We were all going through changes. The song might as well have been a tattoo on us. T. Rex “Mambo Sun” T. Rex evolved from acoustic stu to that electric boogie. You can hear it coming in on “Mambo Sun.” The repeti- tion just sucks you in. March 13, 201410 GUEST LIST 2. Real Estate “Talking Backwards” Our favorite song on the New Jersey dream-pop crew’s great new album, Atlas, is this spirally, jan- gly, sneakily tuneful song about a disintegrating relationship. Listen once and those ri s will keep curling around your head for weeks, guaranteed. 6. Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” The fi rst single from fun. guitarist Jack Antono ’s new side project is an instantly hummable pop treat. We’ll be shocked if it’s not all over the radio by spring. 4. Metronomy “Love Letters” video This British electro-soul act’s sparkling homage to Seventies-style AM gold is one of the catchiest songs we’ve heard all year. It got even better when director Michel Gondry gave the video his classic trippy treatment. 1. Beyoncé feat. Kanye West and Jay Z “Drunk in Love (Remix)” “Drunk in Love” was already one of the sexiest songs on Beyoncé’s new album. Then Kanye West hopped in with a slick guest verse that’s somehow even raunchier. Pro tip: Play this one on headphones if you’re in public. 3. Angel Olsen “High & Wild” The Midwestern folk singer’s second album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, is a bold electric revelation that deepens with every spin. Best of all: this emphatic, accusatory track, with welcome echoes of the Velvet Underground’s “All Tomorrow’s Parties.” West 5. The Lego Movie “Everything Is Awesome” Supercatchy pop duo Tegan and Sara and joke-rap masters the Lonely Island collaborated on the theme song for The Lego Movie’s animated dystopia, where 24/7 positivity is mandatory. The results can fairly be described as, well, awesome. 7. St. Vincent “Regret” Every song on the indie singer-guitarist’s new album, St. Vincent, feels like it might be her best ever. This one has crunchy power chords, a heavenly melody and a seriously psychedelic vibe. What more could we ask for? CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: TODD WILLIAMSON/INVISION/AP IMAGES; ADAM BERRY/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES; DANIEL SILBERT; GABRIEL OLSEN/FILMMAGIC; LARRY BUSACCA/PW/WIREIMAGE; WARNER BROS. PICTURES . on True Detective. Page 13 CULTURE ROB SHEFFIELD rollingstone.com/she eld March 13, 20146 | Rolling Stone | rollingstone.com Prince’s career. his party to a stadium near you By David Marchese 20 | Rolling Stone | rollingstone.com March 13, 2014 Prince PLECTRUMELECTRUM SPRING TBD “No