Scott is friends with Hopper’s hopped-up biographer Tom Folsom, and incorporates his idea that the actor is omnipresent: here, there and everywhere, a stoned Zelig, Dennis the Menace.

Well, yes, indeed I could.” Life, Death and Dennis Hopper feels cobbled together. Sixteen of the numbers are under two-and-a-half minutes long, jams with psyched purple prose voice-overs representing ...

Some years ago Mike Scott chanced upon an exhibition of the ’60s photo art of Dennis Hopper, best known as the radical, freewheeling actor/director. Seeing the era through Hopper’s eyes moved Scott to ...

Rock and roll experimentalist operation The Waterboys—brainchild of Scottish multi-instrumentalist and sole consistent member Mike Scott—have outdone themselves with the beautifully bizarre Life, ...

open image in gallery Lyrical lounging: the seed for this new album was planted five years ago when Scott named a song after Dennis Hopper in which every line rhymed with his last name (Paul Mac ...

“Then I go all the way.” This is certainly the case with the Waterboys’ new album, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper,” due Friday. The record follows the arc of Hopper’s life, from ...

That’s what we’re getting with this new song. Earlier this week, the Waterboys announced plans to release Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, a new concept album about the late New Hollywood icon ...

A first advance track from Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, “Hopper’s on Top (Genius),” will debut this Friday, January 10. A companion music video will be released in conjunction with the song.

Waterboys leader Mike Scott said in a statement: The arc of [Hopper’s] life was the story of our times. He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean ...

The Waterboys will return in 2025 with a new album revolving around the life of legendary actor Dennis Hopper, with an impressive guest list — including Bruce Springsteen and Fiona Apple ...

The Waterboys have announced their new album, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, which will be out April 4 via Sun Records. The 25-song double LP is entirely about the counterculture icon and ...