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Scott Kreyer and Sheron

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Not just onstage or on: record, but seemingly off- - stage as well. The original four members of the band, Brian Allen, Holly Woods,

-Alton, have. been together - for about three years at this .

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Gary Lalonde on bass and Barry Connors on drums into their act as well.

Backstage they seem to interact well, and noone is singled out for star treat- ment when they're . not

performing. . .. On stage, . though,. it's . different. Lalonde and

Connors stick pretty’ close together to the back of the stage, while keyboardist Kreyer can’t very well lug

‘around his organs and. |

synthesizers. ” a, . So up front it's Allen on

frontman, with Alton off to the side of the stage. While

attention, Woods and Alton

are the focus of the young. .

men's eyes. And vows of true love. And the target of" t-shirts and underwear. -

well with Alton, who gets a

-bit less press than Woods ~ and Allen but seems te draw,

a bit more attention on-— stage.

-- Alton seems pleased. as

well with the response their - Get It On.

Credit, has ‘been receiving #

from: buyers: and radio programmers since. Ms release. ‘

“The response. is in- .

credible,” Alton sald. “The -.

_tecord is. the-number two —

most added record on US: : _ Playlists, and the single © * (Your Daddy Don't Know)

is in the top 10." ‘Alton also

_said that the new record has

already gone gold and looks . like it. will, join. their previous two albums by going-platinum, with sates:

of over 100,000 ‘copies ‘in | Canada, : The group also has its eye : _ oa success in the States to SHERON: ALTON... -

match its popularity din Canada, .

. “Sure, we want to make it 7 in the States, that’s where it ; “all is; Alton .said: ’

want success, but we wantit®

. tobea long-lasting success. ”

That's imporlant.* : There's

that. " ; “alton puts 1 a lot of credit.” “tor: the group's, climbing - popularity’ on new manager.”

Al Corey, and with their’ new ‘contract in'the. States: “with ms * Network Records, afdivision ‘, . of Elektra. ~ ; “

“Als areally ‘heavy-duty

. promotion’ man, . and he's - pterie really good, He: only ‘han- © dies four acts at a time and. yan gives a lot.of. atlention.'to. .- each. ‘He's really warking - hard for-us, he's gotten’ US”

any ‘more, ~ ‘laughing at us now.

ads in Billboard ‘Magazine and places like that, and he's really doing a high- powered job.

“You've got to do that, - -though. When you're an.

unknown band you've got to”

work hard. ‘He's doing a ‘Good job.” :

Asked if there was tll the anti-Canadian music feeling

in American music circles,

Alton laughed and said “Not They're not.

‘There's a new. respect for Canadian bands in the

. States, and a lot of them are

having: lots” of “ success. '

People are starting ta listen . _ how, and it’s getting better.

there.

“In England, people seem to prefer Canadian bands over American bands now. |

-“They think. we play more It all’ seems to. sit pretty

: enjoying her work

sophisticated, intelligent

rock here now. ie Wer”

“Yeah, - there's 4 ‘ew. - respect. now, and it's about...

‘time, Alot ‘of it's due, to” * Cancon. (Canadian’content the chance that--we won't : : last, that it'll be a shortlived _Bilecess, But we “don't want . long time about hearing: 0 ~

much Canadian music bat.

culings, on Canadian: tadio ..: and TV stations), ‘too. ‘People complained for a.

it's - ‘paying “off now. Otherwise; without : it, we! wouldn't have had a chance ‘to ene on the air,

ten of a new 7 album,

and .the - present’ tour. is: no

exceptlon: 05. © . “Originally. we. “were . supposed’ to tour’ with- : Girlschool, an‘English band | - that's. all. girls, but ‘they

.

develop’

couldn’t make it. We picked up Headpins for the- tour because they are managed

by the same. record label, “Solid Gold, and it just fell

together. “Also, they're ‘{ronted by a girl, and that was im-

portant because we wanted - a girl for the ‘Lock.Up Your -

. Sons’ idea.”” . “It's working out’ really

. well, they (Headpins) really,”

warm the: audiences up,

~ they’re a good band,’ -

How. does touring affect “ Alton ona long one like this?.

“J love touring, i it’s great:

"for the band. We like to play:

live, that’s why we play,-but | it's also. good for’ sales, , especially. if’ you. have a

"good. live band.- I> want .-

people to think we're better live than on record, and we

‘area good live band: [hate |

to say it, but we are good on:

stage. We have the energy ‘to pull it off and we react to

the audiences well. “We also -don't do

- anything on record that we

can't do live, and ‘that's: important too, We can play - - all our-stuff live and don't have to worry about inissing out on special studio effects, and that helps our, show as well, “Sure you get lonely, 1 miss my horse and my

- place, [ really. miss my

jorse. I don't think there's

_anyone who.:doesn't get.

lonely.. This is-what we've © worked for, though, and we -

enjoy it” . _"Strange things. ‘happen: :

“on the road. We did a tour a

while Wack with” the Rossington-Collins: ‘band. and got good reviews, and |. after this tour is over we'll

be doing a tour of the Agora =~ -Ballrooms in the states, and. wee they’re like a chain’ ‘of

prestige clubs | ‘rather. than Ao arenas or'bars. ... - “We've backed up Robert ;

Palmer -and ‘Angel: City’: recently... and.- lan Gillan:

~ wariried up for us ance. We.

-do a. lot® of pitk-up'. engagements,” backing. :

Lo . _ Whoever there is.’

~The band's ‘music’. ‘falls. : ; ~ somewhere in the category” -of hardrock, depending as it

does on lots of guitar and.

<Woods' ‘strong, energetic. -

vocals: “How-does Alten see . e ‘band's sound? :.-

“T's: hard -to. “describe,

Hy. 1 guess: it's high. .

~ Gergy rock, on stage, but: -

; ‘like: Foreigner and Journey “ have: a sound ‘all their:own’: e: we have one ..te0.'

define it; but it. depends on’ high energy levels and i's. a:

. light sound. 2.

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