USA: Alanis Morissette is inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk, says joining list of famed musician honorees is like "coming home"

Record ID: 808463

  • Title: USA: Alanis Morissette is inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk, says joining list of famed musician honorees is like "coming home"
  • Date: 21st August 2012
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 21, 2012) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CLOSE UP OF GUITAR CENTER ROCKWALK SIGN ALANIS MORISSETTE AND ALICIA SILVERSTONE HUGGING AT PODIUM CLOSE UP AND PAN FROM ALANIS MORISSETTE TO ALICIA SILVERSTONE ZOOM OUT TO ALANIS MORISSETTE HOLDING HANDS UP AFTER PLACING THEM IN WET CEMENT CLOSE UP OF ALANIS MORISSETTE'S HA
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts
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  • Story Text: Grammy winning musician Alanis Morissette got her hands dirty after pressing them into wet cement for her induction into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Los Angeles on Tuesday (August 21). August marks a busy month for the songstress, with her new album dropping next week.
    "This record has all these themes that I care deeply about," she said. "Women's issues and patriarchy and misogyny and chauvinism are kind of going away and alpha women are not having our heads chopped off anymore. We're being celebrated, heaven forbid. It's a really exciting time to be alive as a woman."
    Past inductees of the RockWalk, which started in 1985, include Stevie Wonder, Eddie Van Halen, The Ramones and more. Honorees are chosen to be part of the exclusive list of musicians by other inductees.
    "I feel very connected with everyone who has already been inducted," Morissette said. "I just feel like it's coming home in a way because it can be very isolating to tour. We're in these isolated bubbles at times, so to come together in a communal sense with other artists is an honor. I think if there's a through-line between all of us it's that we were born to do this. We can't help it. It's an imperative for us."
    Morissette scored a monster hit with her third album, 1995's "Jagged Little Pill," winning Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. The 1995 single "You Oughta Know," a tirade against a former boyfriend, won Grammys for Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
    The 38-year-old singer-songwriter is married to rapper Mario "Souleye" Treadway, 32. They have one son together. Morissette talked about dealing with postpartum depression after giving birth to him in 2010.
    "There's a lot of shame and stigmatization around that whole postpartum era for women so, big deal for me to reach out," she said. "If I could change anything looking back, I would've reached out a lot earlier for support."
    Morissette has won a total of seven Grammys, 12 Canadian Juno Awards and sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Her new album, "Havoc and Bright Lights," will be released on August 28.
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