Penthouse Magazine Introduces 'Pop Shots' Featuring Rock Legend Dave Navarro

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 50^th Anniversary of Penthouse approaching, the magazine honors its iconic history – but with a twist: Kelly Holland, Managing Director of Penthouse Magazine, adds a fresh new feature, Pop Shots, to the iconic adult glossy. The Pop Shots series gives artists from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to create a photo layout that represents their take on what's beautiful, what's sexy, and what's hot. The first Pop Shots issue will feature the photo art of rock star and TV personality Dave Navarro along with a candid conversation about his creative vision.

"For almost 50 years Bob Guccione, and the publishers that followed, have told our readers what's hot, we've presented our vision of what makes a woman sensual, desirable and sexy," noted Holland. "Starting this month and moving forward we flip the script with Pop Shots. We invite artists from a variety of disciplines to pick-up the camera and show us what THEY think is hot in 2014 and then talk about it with us. We're excited because we think it's going to produce some real surprises. In preparation, we spent months discussing who we wanted to partner with to launch Pop Shots and one name came up consistently: Dave Navarro."

"The opportunity to be behind the camera for Penthouse Magazine was beyond intriguing," said Dave Navarro. "I am grateful for the chance to do something uniquely beautiful and share it with Penthouse readers and fans."

"I see Dave Navarro as a modern day Renaissance Man - talented, articulate, a visualist and a lover of women," added Holland. "Our premise to Dave was simple; we supply the "canvas"-the models, the set, the support staff. You bring the vision...whatever that might be. We agreed that we wouldn't edit it or stamp it with our DNA, Dave had complete freedom. That's a little daunting and it required a "leap of faith" from everyone at the magazine. The shoot was better than we could have imagined. Dave went in a direction that was such a beautiful surprise!"

The magazine hit the newsstands on June 24, 2014.

About Dave Navarro
With his six-string skills best described as a merger between heavy metal, psychedelia and modern rock, Dave Navarro became one of alternative's first true guitar heroes (with such notorious bands as Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chili Peppers). Born on June 7, 1967 in California, Navarro became mesmerized by the guitar as a teenager, due to his discovery of the incomparable Jimi Hendrix. This led to an appreciation of a wide variety of musical styles - in fact, when he met singer Perry Farrell initially, he was in a speed metal band (along with drummer Stephen Perkins). Navarro, Perkins, Farrell, and bassist Eric Avery formed Jane's Addiction in the mid-80's, and alt-rock has never been the same since.  Dave is currently hosting the premiere tattoo competition show for Spike TV called "Ink Master", the show airs Tuesday evenings at 10pm and just finished its fourth season. Dave is also touring with his band Jane's Addiction.

About Penthouse 
Globally recognized as a premier adult entertainment and lifestyle brand, Penthouse is part of FriendFinder Networks Inc. (www.FFN.com), a leading internet-based social networking and technology company operating several of the most heavily visited social networking websites in the world, particularly with respect to its adult-oriented websites. In addition, the FriendFinder Networks family of companies produces and distributes original pictorial and video content, licenses its Penthouse brand to a variety of consumer companies and entertainment venues, and publishes branded men's lifestyle magazines.

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