Storm Large in the Portland Oregonian
Storm Large, from Rock Star: Supernova, has a write-up in Sunday’s Portland Oregonian:
On the show, each contestant earns $1,000 a week. Handlers hold it for each performer, doling out cash as needed. The cast has their meals catered. They have no housework or chores in the mansion to speak of, other than doing their own dishes.
If Storm wins, she will earn $5,000 a week, plus possible bonuses. The recording of the album would begin almost immediately, and the first gig of the Supernova world tour is scheduled for New Year’s Eve at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Last season’s “Rock Star” winner, J.D. Fortune, fronted a revived INXS. The Australian band’s new album has sold 370,000 copies. The band performed last January at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City.
Even with touring and recording, Storm says she’ll stay based in Portland. She likes the “roots” she has. And she hopes to pay off the $98,000 on the house she shares with boyfriend Davey Nipples (Portland native David A. Loprinzi II), who is the bassist for the Balls.
Interesting. Given that INXS’ new album, Switch, hasn’t even gone gold, $260,000 isn’t a bad salary.
Twelve minutes to airtime in the dressing room, the cast is subdued. Contestant Toby Rand of Australia listens to an iPod. Ryan Star from New York breathes in clouds of pure air from a portable steamer. Iceland’s Magni Asgeirsson looks through digital photos of his wife and child who had been allowed to visit him two weeks earlier. “I don’t think I would have survived another week without them,” Asgeirsson says.
What about the “Rock Star” family?
“(Storm) is the anchor in the house, you know. Storm is the mommy, and I’m the daddy. She’s the queen,” he says smiling. “And I honestly think she should win this.”
Storm doesn’t sing one of the two sing-your-own-originals slots tonight, but instead sings (highlight it to read) “Cryin'” by Aerosmith. It could be interesting, but having heard a lot of her originals, it’s probably time to stop letting the Zayras, Patrices and Ryans have that shot instead.
