David Hasselhoff
SPIN’s Music Pardons!
On the august occasion of our 36th Anniversary, we are issuing our first ever music pardons. No longer does Billy Ray Cyrus have to live in shame! The Baha Men can finally sleep easy at night, the awful yoke of their aural crime lifted! Eddie Murphy can live out the rest of his days appreciated as the great actor and comedian he is, the millstone of “Party All the Time” removed. Breathe, Eddie! <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Below are the nine pardons we are issuin...
The Hoff Goes Heavy Metal
“What is this for?” David Hasselhoff asks me. “Is this for SPIN magazine or an Austrian magazine, or a German magazine or what?” David Hasselhoff wants to know why I’m here. It’s a valid question, really. Why are any of us still delighting in the adventures of his sixty-year career? It’s not a roller-coaster ride, not in the least. On a roller coaster, you can see where the ride is taking you, no matter how frightening or potentially disastrous, the ride itself exhilarating and in the end, you’re thrilled it’s over. Hasselhoff’s career is a turbo-charged Tilt-a-Whirl, sometimes under water, and sometimes, catapulting its onlookers into outer space. You crane your neck to see what’s on the horizon. That’s the thrill of it. And that’s why he’s still working, surviving — no, prevailing in — t...
