John Entwistle, bass player for The Who, died in his Las Vegas hotel room on June 27 of what appears to have been a heart attack. He was 57. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the remaining two original members of the band, released this statement: “The Ox has left the building — we've lost another great friend.” Although initial dates of the band's summer tour were canceled, it appears at press time that The Who will go through with the rest of their North American trek, which is scheduled to run through late September. Filling in for Entwistle is veteran session bassist Pino Palladino, who spent two furious days rehearsing before joining The Who for the debut show at the Hollywood Bowl. For that show and for subsequent dates, Townshend and Daltrey have been wearing black in Entwistle's honor. The late bassist made his reputation as the quiet member of the Who, standing like a statue onstage while the rest of the band jumped around, thrashed, and smashed equipment. Despite his undemonstrative demeanor, he was a very accomplished rock bassist, not only anchoring the bottom end of the band's sound, but also chipping in with rapid-fire fills to punctuate the songs. His bass solo in “My Generation” was a classic example of his style.

Stone Temple Pilots are famous for penning granite-solid hard-rock songs such as “Big Bang Baby” and “Vaseline.” Country-pop star Glen Campbell, on the other hand, is best known for writing easy-listening classics such as “Rhinestone Cowboy.” Not many radio programmers play the artists back-to-back, and it's probable that more people have actually been probed by aliens than have seen the divergent artists hanging out together. Be that as it may, the STP brothers — guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo — are writing songs that could appear on Campbell's next album. The connection is a winding one. The DeLeos have often spoken of their love for Campbell in interviews, and last year Pilots singer Scott Weiland produced a handful of songs for Campbell's son Cal's band. Cal introduced Dean and Robert to his dad, and before long the elder Campbell had invited the Pilots to record new versions of the tunes he made famous, including “Wichita Lineman” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” It was a short leap from there to full-fledged collaboration, and the brothers began writing original material for Campbell. So far they've written a handful of new songs, but none have been recorded.

Korn's Jonathan Davis has long bragged about his collection of explicit pornography, but his latest batch of memorabilia might be even more disturbing. Davis has paid big bucks to acquire artwork created and objects owned by infamous serial killers. Now he's sharing his endearing hobby with the world, joining forces with crime archivist Arthur Rosenblatt and artist Joe Coleman to create a museum of true crime and human oddities in Los Angeles. The collection will include objects of official retribution such as electric chairs and a lethal-injection machine, as well as serial-killer artifacts such as the Volkswagen used by Ted Bundy to stalk his victims and the clown suits John Wayne Gacy wore when he entertained at the local Children's Hospital. And you thought that the video for “Here to Stay” was scary.

No Doubt's drummer, Adrian Young, is famous for dropping his drawers — in concert, in videos, and even in casual conversation — so the news that there was an arrest for public nudity at No Doubt's Albuquerque, New Mexico, concert last May shouldn't surprise anyone. What is somewhat of a surprise is who got busted: not Young, but Todd Baechle, a member of opening act the Faint. It was the last night of the tour, so inhibitions were even looser than usual. At the end of the Faint's set, No Doubt's tech crew walked onstage wearing only G-strings. In response, the Faint appeared onstage during No Doubt's performance wearing napkin loincloths. Baechle ripped his off, turned around, and bent over; not-so-close inspection revealed a giant N painted on one buttock and a D on the other. As amusing as the crowd and band found Baechle's antics, the authorities didn't take so kindly to such a direct violation of the public-nudity laws. After the gig, they raided the Faint's hotel and carted Baechle away in handcuffs. The police report stated that “Baechle engaged in lewd and inappropriate behavior as he danced and gyrated while unclothed.” No doubt he left little to the imagination.

Everyone's heard of werewolves of London, but it was coyotes of California that nearly put the kibosh on a recent Tom Waits video shoot. Hours before the grizzled singer was scheduled to appear in Los Angeles to begin shooting the video for his single “God's Away on Business,” wild coyotes attacked and killed three emus (ostrichlike birds of Australian descent) that were slated to appear as extras. A spokesperson for Waits reports that after the vicious act was discovered, replacement emus were quickly located and the shoot proceeded as scheduled.