VH1’s The Rock Life Approaches Dead Rock Horse, Beats it with Vigor

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The allure of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll continue to outlive most of its human origins. This is the only explanation we can pinpoint for VH1’s brand-new show The Rock Life, which dissects the sun-drenched world of Malibu-based rock band Whitestarr.

We can only guess that this is going to be a less masterful version of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, which covered the slow ascension of the somewhat-more-believable band Stillwater, through the eyes of a teenage journalist-to-be.

Check out the show intro here. This masterful oeuvre was put together by Version2.

The song is the band’s own. Note influences of the Stones and the Beatles, and – by gad, could it be? – possibly LFO.

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