August 21-27, 1999
Elijah
Blue Allman, 23-year-old son of Cher and her second husband, rock giant Gregg
Allman, head the death-metal group Deadsy (its first CD, Commencement,
will be released next month on Sire Records, a division of his mom's label,
Warner Bros.). "As a kid," says Allman, "I used to get swarmed at
the airport, and it was annoying. I'm not into my mom's whole fame thing. I
don't ever want to be, like, crazy famous. I want my band to be ridiculously
big, but I don't want to be an icon." But does he want to be a dad? In
response to Cher's rabid desire to have a grandchild, Allman says:
"Uh...that's the last thing I'm thinking about right now. Why don't you get
back to me in, like...nine years?"