Dennis Quaid of Pandorum

Dennis Quaid gives ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino an exclusive look at what’s spinning on his iPod…

A Taste:

The Doors, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Lady GaGa

“I think playing music does help with acting,” says Dennis Quaid with a smile. “It actually helps me on talk shows too [Laughs]. They’re both basically getting up in front of a live audience and winging it!”

Quaid’s so good at what he does that it never seems like he’s just winging it though. He can tear up a stage live with his band, The Sharks, and he also manages to tear up the screen in the sci-fi horror epic, Pandorum. In the film, he wakes from a deep hyper sleep to find that he’s definitely not alone in the middle of the galaxy. What follows is truly terrifying.

However, there’s nothing to be scared of on Dennis’s playlist—other than maybe Lady GaGa.

Quaid laughs, “I really like Lady GaGa to tell you the truth—my guilty pleasure!”

Dennis shared his playlist with ARTISTdirect.com in this exclusive feature. Check it out below and don’t miss him in Pandorum, in theaters today, Friday September 25.

Dennis Quaid’s Playlist:

1. The Doors
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Jonathan Chase

Jonathan Chase shares his playlist with ARTISTdirect.com in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Outkast, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, A Tribe Called Quest

Jonathan Chase can do it all.

In fact, on September 4th, you can catch the young actor in two very different fall flicks. Not only is he in the epic sci-fi Hellride Gamer, but he’s also in Sandra Bullock’s latest romantic comedy All About Steve.

About Gamer, he laughs, “It’s definitely a guys’ movie! It’s just crazy! The script reads like a great movie and a video game mixed. You can’t tell if you’re playing or if you’re watching it. I remember picking it up and being like, ‘Holy shit, I want to be a part of this!’”

Chase’s musical taste is just as eclectic as his performance style, and that’s clear from one glance at his playlist. He continues, “I just pressed ’shuffle,’ and this is where I landed. There are some surprises. I might blush a little bit [Laughs].”

In this exclusive feature for ARTISTdirect.com, he shared his playlist. Check it out below!

Jonathan Chase’s Playlist:

1. The Rolling Stones — “Paint It Black”
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Ray Romano

Ray Romano shares his playlist with ARTISTdirect.com in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Air Supply, The Rolling Stones, Dan Fogelberg

Everybody loves Manny.

Ray Romano’s mammoth is back in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and this time he’s three-dimensional. In what’s bound to be one of the summer’s “coolest” family films, Romano once again brings the pre-historic creature back from extinction in hilarious fashion. It’s hard not to love a giant mammoth, and Romano makes him even more lovable.

In this exclusive feature, Romano opened up his iTunes and shared his playlist with us. He laughed, “You want to embarrass me? You want to fight first? [Laughs]”

Check out Ray’s playlist below and catch him in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on July 1st.

Ray Romano’s Playlist:

1. Air Supply

I listen to a lot of ’70s classic rock, but then I listen to pop too. I love Air Supply. You know who that is?

2. Chicago

I grew up in the ’70s, and I was big fan of early Chicago—especially, the Chicago II album and stuff like that.
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Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots main man Scott Weiland gives us an education in the real holy trinity of musicians…

A Taste:  

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan

Scott Weiland has very good taste.

The Stone Temple Pilots frontman has always dressed debonaire on stage, but his musical taste is equally refined. In fact, glancing at Scott’s playlist shines a little bit of light on this enigmatic legend’s inimitable presence.

Sitting in the studio between recording takes for Stone Temple Pilots’ next offering, he smiles and says, “Recently, my playlist has literally just been The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Bob Dylan for about the last two weeks. I grew up with those artists. I was even turned on to them by my father—my natural father.”

The Stones, Beatles and Dylan have a secured spot in Weiland’s heart the same way Stone Temple Pilots takes up permanent residency in the souls of millions of fans. After working some more, Weiland opened up his iTunes and gave ARTISTdirect.com an exclusive look at what he’s spinning.

Check out his playlist below and, if you’re in Los Angeles, catch Stone Temple Pilots on July 1st at St. Jude’s Rock N’ Roll Hope Show.

Scott Weiland’s Playlist:

1. The Beatles
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Bigelf

Bigelf mainman Damon Fox shares his playlist with us in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Brown, The Tramps

Bigelf make timeless hard rock. Blending a pronounced theatricality with bombastic riffs and balls-to-the-wall vocals, they conjure an ungodly rock n’ roll thunder on their latest album, Cheat the Gallows.

Frontman Damon Fox spoke to us for this exclusive playlist feature. He opened up his iTunes for us, and it’s no surprise that he’s been blaring a whole lot of classic rock! Check out Damon’s playlist below!

Damon Fox’s Playlist:

1. The Clash — “This is Radio Clash”

“I always dig a song with the band name in the title. The Clash proves you can be cool and be political. I remember wearing army jackets in the early ’80s because of them, but then again, camo is always in.”

2. The James Gang — “Funk 49″

“Joe Walsh is completely underrated as a guitarist. Whenever I want to just let it hang loose, James Gang is the only way.”

3. Arthur Brown — “Fire”
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Arielle Kebbel

Star of The Uninvited talks about her sonic favorites

A Taste:

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones

Arielle Kebbel found inspiration from many different places for her character Alex Rydell in The Uninvited, including the musical world. She has a diverse palette for sonic treats, and she shared musical experiences, her ideas for a soundtrack, and some of her favorite bands with us in this exclusive interview.

If you were to create a soundtrack for the film, what bands would you pick and why?

Good question! It’s funny I am very sensitive to music with all of my characters. I actually spend a lot of time thinking about music ahead of time and what the character would listen to and maybe what Arielle Kebbel would listen to in order to help get me into that character. So for me, Incubus has significant meaning just because that was how I started my day every morning. It was one of the soundtracks that helped transfer me from Arielle to Alex. So now anytime I hear a couple of those songs—which I prefer to keep private—it takes me back to feeling like Alex for a minute [laughs].
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