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30 years ago today: Loverboy plays Expo Theatre, some poor sap's gotta review it

Thirty years ago today--on June 30, 1986--Loverboy played the Expo Theatre as part of, you guessed it, Expo 86.

Here's the review I wrote, which was published in the following week's issue of the Straight under the headline For the Love of Reno .

Man, I was a pretty snarky critic for a guy still in his twenties!

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Local rock heroes Loverboy played to a near-capacity Expo Theatre last Monday (June 30), the first of three nights at the 4,000-seat facility. The last time the group had played here was four years ago, when they were backed up by a fast-rising singer by the name of Bryan Adams. Since then, Adams has pretty well stolen their thunder with his record-breaking Reckless album, but if Monday's show is any indication, Loverboy are still number one to a lot of their fans.

After an impressive opening set from Jim Foster, who played tunes from his current album Power Lines , roadies put the finishing touches on Loverboy's spare but effective stage show. The P.A. blasted out AC/DC's "Back in Black", and when one of Loverboy's technicians gave the old "crank it up" signal with his thumb, you could tell right away the concert was going to be a loud one. The vibrations were so strong that you could actually see the bass drums on Matt Frenette's kit pulsing with the beat.

At this point the 32-year-old fellow in the next seat over announced that he'd flown in from Rome, Italy that night just to see the concert, and that the trip was going to cost him close to $4,000. I thought to myself that four grand was pushing it for a concert by Loverboy.

When the group ran onstage and headed straight into "The Kid Is Hot Tonight", the reaction was mild for the five hometown heroes, but the audience--which consisted mostly of teenage girls--would get steadily more vocal as the show went on. Fuzzy-haired guitarist Paul Dean pulled out a slide to get the point across on "Lady of the Eighties", and his shrieking wah-wah effect on the next tune really tested the limits of eardrums up front.

After a thankfully short drum solo, the band played their new single "Heaven in Your Eyes", a ballad along the same lines as the "Almost Paradise" song that Loverboy vocalist Mike Reno and Heart's Anne Wilson recorded last year.

Although keyboardist Doug Johnson had refused to play on the recorded version of "Heaven..." because it was made for the militaristic film Top Gun,  he agreed to play the song during the current tour out of dedication to Loverboy fans.

Whatta guy.

The thought-provoking "Hot Girls in Love" came next and soon small groups in the crowd were on their feet and cheering. The guy from Rome gave a howl. Five girls battled for Reno's sweaty red headband when he tossed it out. Things were starting to pick up.

"Lovin' Every Minute of It", the title track of Loverboy's latest album, had fists flying just like at heavy metal shows, and the opening bass lick of "Turn Me Loose" was enough to get my Italian neighbour on his feet. "Working for the Weekend", probably the best tune that Loverboy's ever done, had him--and a lot of others--dancing on the spot.

After a couple of rowdy encores that included "Dangerous', "It's Over", and "Queen of the Broken Hearts", Loverboy had won nearly everyone over and it was time to leave, ears a-buzz. Heading toward Expo's West Gate, the lyrics of "The Unicorn" could be heard coming from the Irish Rovers' pub.

After Loverboy, they didn't sound that dumb at all.

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Gig Report by Denys Jaime/Marjorie Jaime (Founder/Senior Staff Writer) Myglobalmind Webzine

Journey by all intent and purposes are considered one of the greatest and most successful classic rock bands that the USA has ever produced, and there’s been quite a few in that laundry list. There are just a number of bands that can transcend old songs to new songs and as part of their early success in the 80’s manage to stay relevant in today’s constant game of musical chairs. But here’s the funny thing….. most casual rock fans will name every single Journey song that you can still hear on the local rock stations today, like “Anyway You Want It”, or “Separate Ways” to name a few, but on the flip side those same fans and I’m generalizing  here of course; may not be able to name you any of the new songs from the band’s last very strong records with new singer Arnel Pineda. I know I may be nitpicking but I realize that not everybody gets a chance to listen to new music like we do, but as your reading this review and reading about all the great classic cuts that all these bands play in concert, don’t forget also how hard it is to make new music that’s successful and for a band like Journey to still keep making new music this strong; to me that’s noteworthy of mentioning.

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Journey, Pat Benatar and Loverboy Pelham, AL Monday Aug 27, 2012 Photo Credit: Denys Jaime

So to the concert we go myself and my lovely wife Marjorie who just happens to big a HUGE Journey and Pat Benatar fanatic two bands that she has never seen live, so this particular concert experience was a special one for her and for myself even though I am the concert veteran of the two. We we’re expecting high class premier performance from all bands as the tickets weren’t exactly at bargain price, thankfully all three bands delivered worthy praise. The event took place at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Pelham, AL about a two and half hour drive for our home, we left a little early to miss any sort of rush hour traffic and as it turns out we got there before the gates had open; leaving us with plenty of sight seeing for merchandise among other things. I didn’t have any plans of buying any merch but my wife being the good wife that she is surprised me with a Journey Tour t shirt she had bought me, I know I’m just that kind of a guy. Anyhow we sat around our seats which we’re right in the front row of the second section of the venue, pretty decent seats to enjoy the bands not super close but enough to experience the action closer then expected eve though judging from my crappy camera shots you think we were sitting a mile away….now I know why I let others do the professional photography.

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As the security people gather all around and people started packing in, Loverboy came on the stage and burst right into “Queen of the Broken Hearts”, I have to preface that while I’m not the biggest fan of theirs, lead singer Mike Reno was terrific and while the set was short they blasted on a few numbers that sounded tight and what you come to expect from a Melodic Rock band. My personal favorite had to be “Turn Me Loose’ with the classic keyboard intro and prime riff, the whole song sounded perfect and Reno smashed the vocals live with precision and accuracy. Another song notable was the crowd favorite “Lovin’ Every Minute of It” which sported some of the older ladies fans of the band all in a jiff over the tune. All in all it wasn’t a bad set as they pass the torch on for Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo closing things down with everybody’s favorite weekend tune “Working for the Weekend”.

The Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo review was added by Marjorie…..enjoy.

I started listening to rock as a child. Specifically, classic rock, southern rock, oldies, some hard rock… pretty much everything. That taste has carried on into adulthood. Some of my favorite bands are Journey, The Beatles, Heart, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, and Pat Benatar. As a singer, I love anything that challenges me vocally; all of these groups do that and more.

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So, I have to say, when Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo took the stage, I was ecstatic. Here I was, seeing one of my all time favorite singers live! I don’t think words can even describe the feeling. I’m pretty sure Denys got a little banged up by my jumping around. I was already hoarse from screaming and singing along with Loverboy, but thankfully my voice held out until the end of the concert. The set started out with All Fired Up, which is a perfect song to begin with, right? Well, it definitely got the crowd going that night. Pat and Neil moved seamlessly into Invincible and seriously pounded out the song’s message. They continued the show with Promises in the Dark, staying true to the recorded version by starting slow and then upping the tempo and the power right after the first chorus. Then Pat and Neil pulled up some stools and sang We Belong. Neil did the harmony to Pat’s melody and the result was exquisite. This is such an incredible song and it was even better live. You Better Run followed, which as Pat pointed out, was the second video shown on MTV back when the channel first started up in 1981. That makes Neil Giraldo the first guitarist aired on MTV, too, by the way.

Hit Me with Your Best Shot was next and it was incredible. It’s classic Pat Benatar, what’s not to love? And then, an amazing mash-up of Heartbreaker and Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire — wow. I have to say, the combination took me by surprise and then won me over completely. The way Neil segued from Heartbreaker’s recognizable riff into Cash’s equally well-known chorus was smoother than silk. These songs are so different and that transition really showed just how talented Neil is. Finally, they moved on to Love is a Battlefield to finish out the set. But then, after a tremendous amount of applause, they came out and played an encore for us.

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The encore started out with Let’s Stay Together and ended with the slightly more traditional version of Heartbreaker. The entire time they played, their chemistry was infectious. They cracked jokes, told stories, and described what their songs meant to them. I don’t know if I’ve seen a couple that has had that kind of presence on stage, ever. Of course, 30 years of marriage and 32 years of playing together has that effect, I imagine. I don’t know if I ever fully understood some of the meaning behind the songs until I saw them performed live. Pat Benatar has always sung about issues that matter, from standing up and taking a stand with Invincible to advocating against child abuse in Hell is for Children.

Music has always been an important aspect of my life; it has served as an escape, an empowerment, and an outlet. Pat’s music has served these purposes and more for all of her fans and will continue to do so for years to come.From a huge fan, I want to send a huge thanks to Pat, Neil, Chris Ralles, and Mick Mahan for an amazing performance and the fulfillment of a dream on August 27, 2012. Seriously, y’all are great.

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The build up had been phenomenal all leading up to the one of the main reasons why I decided to get tickets and that was of course Journey. I had a sneak peek and idea of the setlist they we’re going to perform from checking at other dates on tour, but I was actually a little let down with the overall content of their set. Now don’t get me wrong all the guys sounded tremendous, and as Arnel jumped on stage with his over joyful and youthfulness exuberance, he energized the crowd as he lead the people into the fan favorite tune “Any Way You Want It”, not my personal favorite cut simply because after a song gets so overplayed on radio through the years it kinda of spoils the fun and takes a little of the magic out of it. The band seemed to be in greatest hits mode as they laid out a more fan favorite set which any fan of mainstream classic rock would know by heart and that includes more noticeable cuts like “Ask The Lonely”, “Only The Young” and “Who’s Crying Now” as Neal melts the hearts of Melodic Rock faithful with an improvise guitar solo at the end of the song.

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All these songs we’re done very well by Arnel Pineda and Neal Schon as usual sounding extremely precise on the strings despite some off re-verb feedback from his guitar at the beginning of the set. My personal favorite Journey song in “Wheel in the Sky” with that classic opening kept the ball rolling and even got my horrible vocals a chance to sing out loud with the crowd. Thank god no one was listening to me or they would of laughed in my face. A couple of the lesser known songs like “Escaped”, “La Do Da” from the Captured record made an appearance. I was hoping the band played some more obscure songs from the “Frontiers” era like “Chain Reaction” but no such luck. The ending was typical Journey as they closed shop with the always strong and more rocking tune of “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” and the encore in “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin” which had many fans squeezing each other after a fun and enjoyable night of boozing and partying. I have to give a moment and give props to Jonathan Cain for a nice piano solo and for everything he does for the band, very inspired as every die hard Journey fan knows the guy has been an intricate member in the bands songwriting over the years; something that should not go unrecognized especially myself since I followed his career when both him and Schon joined Bad English in the 90’s. And a last final kudos goes to drummer Deen Castronovo who’s double bass and syncopated hi-hat patterns are a pleasure to listen to when the harder Journey songs take shape.

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I had to say that overall the performance by all bands was very strong and regardless of the bias I have towards any particular era of Journey, they stuck to their guns and pleased the regular fan. I felt however that they could of played new songs off their recent records with Arnel as it turns out they didn’t play not even one? I was little shocked at that but what are you going to do, is one of those things that bands know when they hit certain cities what people expect and how to read crowds. That was my only beef was the typical set list, but other then that all the guys sounded tight as knife, and Schon is amazing live as the guy simply has a tone that it’s so patented that makes the band just glide, and Pineda is superb live and no he’s not Steve Perry and he may not interact with the fans as much,  but as the main front man from Journey he does all the classic songs justice and that to me is what counts. I guess if I had to word it into one word I use “expected’ but also “gratifying”. A nice compilation of the songs that you know by heart, by a mix of artists that are extremely professional and tactical. Great job from an all around fun night of rocking and jiving on muggy hot down south summer night. Here’s a toast to many more nights like these and as more of an intimate and especial night for me and my wife, it was definitely worth the price of admission.

Credit for the videos goes to the YouTube user “edgeofthewing” who had great seats, way better then ours. Enjoy!!!

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Loverboy

Excited to see concert dates being booked again starting this summer, I happened upon some Loverboy dates.  I had the pleasure of playing a major role in their career and seeing their name sparked a lot of memories.

It occurred to me that many of you who appreciate my writings (PS. Thank you very much), probably don’t know the inner workings of a record company, its relationship with a band and management, and all of the serendipity that can take place in the building of an artist’s career.  The story of Loverboy is a classic and I thought you’d enjoy it.

Of course, it takes place in the early 80’s when rock radio was at its height, still playing lots of new music and the biggest tool we had to turn the public onto our upcoming artists.  At that time, I was head of album rock promotion for Columbia Records.

One of the misnomers about the music business is, that the record companies choose which acts will get pushed the hardest, while some fall to the wayside.  Although there are initial choices in the beginning based on our gut feel, all the artists get their fair share of promotion.  At least they did at Columbia.  And based on how the public reacts, that’s how we know who really has the potential for a career, and for whom our efforts should be increased.  It wasn’t our job so much to pick the hits as it was to “read the tea leaves,” as we used to say, to uncover like a detective what the public wants to hear.  I watched us spend millions of dollars on artists we believed in that just didn’t resonate with the public and sometimes we’d promote something we weren’t quite sure of, only to be pleasantly surprised at the public’s desire for the music.

This is the true story of how the band Loverboy became famous and ultimately one of the biggest rock acts of the 80’s.  The fact that they still tour today is a testament to their talent.

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Mason Munoz, son of legendary WNEW-FM kingpin disc jockey Scott Muni, was a key product marketing manager at Columbia Records.  One day he excitedly ran into my office holding a new album in his hands.  “Rap, wait ‘till you hear this!  It’s a new band out of Canada and they’re gonna go all the way!”

I took the advance LP, which was in a white paper sleeve, and later that day I began listening.  Honestly, this was one of those projects I just didn’t hear right away.  As good as that first record is, it just didn’t sink in for some reason.  To make matters more difficult the record was being released in October, which is when everything starts to shut down.  Traditionally in the fall, no one is looking to play any new music, it’s all hits or Christmas songs.  And in those days the record stores just wanted to stock up on all the big hit albums they’d be selling during the Christmas season—there’d be little room left for any new music on their shelves.  I thought to myself, ‘Let me get this straight, I have a rock band named “Loverboy,” the album cover features a skinny teenager that looks androgynous, and it’s coming out in October?!’

Being a professional promotion person means that every record gets a real shot.  Whether you “hear it” or not personally doesn’t matter.  It’s your job to obtain as much airplay as possible to see if the public wants to know about it.  I told Mason, that for some reason the record just didn’t resonate with me, but assured him I’d promote the hell out of it to find out if, indeed, we had something.  I placed large four-color advertising images for the album in all the major trade magazines to make a big splash, especially because it was late in the year and I really wanted people to pay attention.  We shipped the album to the rock format.

No more than two weeks later I got a call from Gloria Johnson who was the evening disc jockey at KGON-FM in Portland, Oregon.  Gloria was one of those special people who had exceptional ears for rock music.  In fact, Gloria was so good at identifying new potential rock acts, I’d say she was to rock music on-air talent what the legendary John Hammond was to Columbia Records’ A&R department — yes, that good.   Gloria was a rocker at heart, a wonderful gal, and when she talked, I listened.

“Hey Rap, how ya doin’?  I’m calling to tell ya that you have a big hit on your hands!”

“Really?  Who??”

“Loverboy!”

“Loverboy?????”

“Yeah, I’m playing a track called “Turn Me Loose” and the phones are ringing off the hook!”

That’s all I needed to hear.  The tea leaves had spoken.  Time to turn up the heat.  I ran down the hall yelling for Mason.

“I told you so, Rap.”

“Yeah, yeah, Mase, I don’t hear ‘em all right away.  Sometimes it takes me a second.  Doesn’t matter, we’re gonna nail this puppy to the wall.”

Our great local promotion team started to spread the word as fast as they could — we had a record that when played was getting huge requests from rock fans.  My partner on the west coast, Jim McKeon and I were calling all our close contacts at rock radio and we also had independent promotion people on the project as well.  The heat was on!

Alan Oreman Lee Michaels and Loverboy Paul Dean

 “Turn Me Loose” was quickly gaining airplay across the country and started to rise in the rock song airplay charts.  It was time for me to call and introduce myself to their manager, Bruce Allen, in Vancouver.  I had good news, he and his band were about to have a big hit record.  I would come to learn that Bruce Allen was one big, tough Canadian, very outspoken, and a force to be reckoned with.  He’d been Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s manager, and after Loverboy would go on to steer the careers of Bryan Adams and Michael Buble amongst others.  

In a chirpy voice, his secretary announced, “Bruce Allen Talent.”  I told her who I was and why I was calling and she put me on hold which seemed to last an eternity.  Finally, Bruce picked up the phone huffing and puffing like he was really out of breath.  I tried to make a joke.

“Big office, huh?”

“Whaddya mean?”  He said forcefully, in his thick Canadian accent.

“I mean your office must be really big, you got winded running from one end to the other.”

“Naw, naw, nothing like that.  I just had a fight with my accountant.”

“Lots of yelling and screaming, huh?”

“No, a fight .”

“Like a fist fight??”

“Yah, a real rough and tumble!”

“Shit, Bruce, I haven’t hit anyone since the seventh grade!” 

I would also later learn that Bruce had a large painting of the professional boxer, Chuck Wepner hanging over his desk for inspiration.  Wepner’s nickname was the Bayonne Bleeder — no matter how battered he got during a fight, he would always get up off the mat and keep coming like a mad dog.  That kind of fight is part of Allen’s larger than life personality.

“So, you like my guys’ record eh?”

“Better than like it, I’m on my way to making it a big hit at album rock radio!”

Bruce and I hit it off immediately, appreciating each other’s go-getter attitude.

Due to a lot of hard work, especially by one of our famed local guys, Gene Denonovich in St. Louis, the big rock station there, KSHE-FM, was playing Loverboy so much the band was really becoming known in the city.

With St. Louis warming up to the band, I called Rick Balis, the program director for KSHE to thank him for all the support and ask if he’d like the band to come and play a free show for the station and his listeners.  He was thrilled and I called Allen who made it happen.  I thought Rick would book a big club or small theater, but he decided to throw the concert at Kiel Auditorium — the place held over 9,000 people!

A few of us flew in for the concert, and some very special things happened that evening.  It was the first time we saw the band perform live.  We knew they had written some catchy tunes but we weren’t ready for how good they were. These guys had real talent and they were going to go far.  There was the charismatic Mike Reno on vocals and Paul Dean on guitar, but the secret sauce was the rhythm section, Scott Smith on bass and Matt Frenette on drums.  These guys were the engine that drove the band.  Round it all out with Doug Johnson on keyboards and you had something much more special than just another pop group.

The other enlightening event was how many girls were in the audience.  We all thought we were launching a guy rock band, a la AC/DC, but with half the audience comprised of screaming girls, our eyes popped.  When you have a band that appeals equally to both men and women you start to envision millions and millions of records sold.

I went to use the bathroom before the show began and a kid who’d had one too many beers sauntered up to the stall next to me.  He was pretty bombed and as he was peeing (thankfully in a straight direction) his head started weaving in a circular motion.  He closed his eyes and started singing, “Turn me loose, turn me loose.”  I was amazed.  Here it was, the whole record business in a nutshell.  From the band making the record, to the excited Mason Munoz, to me and my promotion team, to Gloria Johnson leading the way, to the music being played on KSHE and now, the music was in this kid’s head! 

Rick had successfully packed Kiel Auditorium, over 9,000 kids were in the audience.  The band gave an over-the-top performance and blew the place to pieces.  We were on the verge of breaking what would become one of the biggest bands of the ‘80’s.

We met the guys after the show. They were good people – no outsized egos, no demands, just very thrilled to be there working on building a career.  I flew back to New York and called a meeting with Mason and Hope Antman, the head of Columbia publicity. 

“These guys are really great, but I have no image to work with.  Only the album cover which doesn’t convey a band.  I need a photo that when seen, everyone will know it’s Loverboy.”

Hope understood and immediately put together a photo shoot.  It couldn’t have been more than two weeks and she walked into my office and threw down a photo that was to become their first big publicity shot.  In the middle of some really rockin’ tough looking guys there was Mike Reno wearing what would become his signature look, a red headband — perfect.   We had the music, we had a great live band, we had momentum on the charts, and now we had a focused image.  All we needed to do was to ship more records — things were getting hot. 

Side Note: Even though Jimi Hendrix and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits had previously donned red headbands (Knopfler the more athletic kind), I credit Mike Reno for the look that many rockers would follow.  Hell, even Springsteen once wore a red headband.  Yikes!

In a record company the size of Columbia there was room for plenty of egos.  No bigger where some of the sales guys’ who continually felt their oats selling a shitload of records and raking in gazillions of dollars for the company.  At the end of the year the branch managers from around the country had been flown in for meetings and I was called into one.

In a very snide and mocking way one of the main sales managers asked, “Why is Loverboy a priority??”  The way he said the band’s name wreaked of someone who’d only made a judgement from seeing the album cover while trying to wrap his head around the name itself.

“It’s a priority because the record is breaking big at rock radio.  We need to ship more records fast so kids can find them in the stores.”

“What proof do you have?”

“OK, here’s my marketing report .  I just came back from a concert in St. Louis.  While I was taking a piss in the bathroom the kid in the stall next to me was singing “Turn Me Loose” at the top of his lungs.”  They looked at me getting ready to laugh.  “Now that’s not the fanciest marketing report you’re ever gonna hear, but that means that from the recording studio, to our promotion team, to the radio, this music is getting through to this kid — not to mention the other nine thousand kids in the audience who were screaming their heads off while singing along with the band as well!  It’s gone full circle.  The track is now number twelve with a bullet on the rock airplay charts and poised to go top ten.  I think the bigger question is, why isn’t it a priority for you guys?”

Whoa, they didn’t like that one bit.  I was told in so many words that they were the ones who decided who makes ‘em and who breaks ‘em.  I should say here that the CBS sales force was the best in the world and this interaction wasn’t indicative of their everyday approach.  But in our business, there comes a time when each of us turns into an asshole, and this just happened to be their turn.

Rich Tardanico and Loverboy members Matt Frenette and Mike Reno

I always considered myself a good and loyal soldier for Columbia, but I also always tried to do the right thing for any band I worked with.  I called Bruce Allen, “We’ve got a problem.”

The next day, I was called into Al Teller’s office, the President for Columbia at that time.  He was about to get on a conference call with Bruce.  He put the phone on speaker.

“Hi Bruce, what can I do for you?”

“You can start to fucking ship more Loverboy albums into the stores, that’s what!”

“Well, I know we’ve got a buzz going but my sales team aren’t quite convinced.”

“The record is becoming a big hit at rock radio and the guys are on the road playing to enthusiastic audiences.  Didn’t Rap tell you what went on in St. Louis?  This band is breaking, the demand is there.  You want convincing?  Here’s what’s gonna happen.  If you don’t ship forty-thousand records into the stores immediately, I’m gonna trans-ship them in from Canada, and you’re going to look like a big asshole.”

If Bruce Allen was a tough guy, Al Teller was just as tough if not tougher.  But Al was also very smart, and he had an incredible head for numbers.  He did the right thing — he shipped the records, and at the most difficult time in the year to place new albums into stores.  Those forty-thousand records were instantly gobbled up and by the end of the next year we’d sold over two million albums.  Their follow-up album, Get Lucky featuring “Working for the Weekend,” sold over four million.  The rest is history.

Loverboy – Working For the Weekend (Official Video)

Until next time — keep rockin’!

© Paul Rappaport 2021

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