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“American Idol” Kelly Clarkson has collaborated with punk rock veteran Mike Watt for her upcoming album.
Watt was recruited to play “fuzz bass, fills and solos (and) just making things fatter” on the album, Gigwise.com reported Monday.
Watt was the founding bassist form The Minutemen and is playing with the reunited Iggy and the Stooges.
“I ended up playing on six of the songs. I had no idea what it was going to be like, but it ended up being pretty interesting,” Watt told Gigwise.com. “I heard that Kelly won some game show but I was really impressed how she sang her ass off.”
“It was intense. I’m really glad I had the experience — it was trippy and everyone gave me much respect,” he said.

Karoake Revolution is releasing an American Idol version of its game for PlayStation 2, complete with original American Idol tunes and judgements from Randy and Simon. Players can cover one of 40 songs, including Taylor Hicks’ “Do I Make You Proud”, Bo Bice’s “The Real Thing”, Ruben Studdard’s “Flying Without Wings”, and Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway”. You can also channel William Hung, by singing “She Bangs”. Once you’ve finished your song, Randy and Simon will have some remarks for you. Paula Abdul’s not involved, but you can cover her ’80s hit “Straight Up”.

This sounds like a game for the pre-teen set at slumber parties or their very first boy-girl parties. I can see it now: an 11-year-old girl’s night is ruined when Simon tells her she’s the worst singer ever.

Over the past few months, former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody has found himself taking less and less flak from rock fans for producing part of Kelly Clarkson’s album Breakaway.

“Now it’s cool to like Kelly Clarkson, so I’m in the clear”, Moody said. “She’s kind of popular now.”

Clarkson, of course, has been popular in pop circles since winning “American Idol” four years ago. What Moody means is it’s slowly become de rigueur for artists and music fans outside of that world to cheer on Clarkson, who is nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards this year (see “Green Day, Gwen, Missy Nab Most Nominations For MTV Video Music Awards”) and will also perform at the show.

In an informal survey of rockers and other hipsters, nearly all of the artists polled copped to liking at least something about the Burleson, Texas, singer. (Sorry Kelly, System of a Down still have no idea who you are.)

So how did the 23-year-old former Red Bull girl transform herself from the next Jessica Simpson into a genuinely cool rock-and-roll singer?