Third Eye Blind's Jenkins, Everclear, Members Of Korn To Hit 'Rock Star' Premiere

08/23/2001 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Grant Alden

(8/23/01, 5 p.m. ET) - Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins, Everclear, and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst are among the rock stars who will be out in force to celebrate the premiere of their namesake movie, Rock Star, in Westwood, California September 4.

Others set to attend include the various musicians who appear in smaller roles in the film along with Jenkins, including Verve Pipe frontman Brian Vander Ark, Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson, and drumming progeny Jason Bonham. Still more appearances are expected by members of Korn, Orgy, Beautiful Creatures, and soul singer Seal, as well as Rock Star's headliners, Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston.

When asked if he thought Wahlberg nailed the part as Steel Dragon's new lead singer Izzy, Vander Ark replied: "I definitely think so. I thought he was great in Three Kings and Boogie Nights, but I think he was really characteristic in this. More charismatic than this than in Planet Of The Apes."

Rock Star is the story of a fan who becomes the lead singer of his favorite band. It is based loosely on the story of latter-day Judas Priest, fronted by Tim "Ripper" Owens, whose talents in a Priest cover band earned him the gig replacing the group's famed singer, Rob Halford. The movie opens September 7.

--Neal Weiss, Los Angeles

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