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Hard, sweaty, pounding devil- may-care rock is one of the most visceral experiences you can legally participate in. It's the most liberating and exhilirating of the arts--rock takes your breath away, spins you around and keeps you coming back, panting, begging for more. In the last few years, headbangers have been coming out of the closet: From accountants to high school kids to lawyers to mothers, people are tuning in and turning on. Willing to admit they need arelease, abonding experience, heroes. To the man on the street, there may not be abig difference between AC/DC and Spinal Tap. And he may be right. But that's the beauty of hard rock/metal--you get out of it what you want. You want mindless? You got it. You want politically correct? No problem. Faster than aspeeding bullet? Right here! Primal grunge? In this corner. And in the L.A. area, no one is more responsible for the conversion of the masses to Pure Rock than KNAC-FM. In the half-dozen years of their existence, the station has been on the cutting edge of new Pure Rock, taking chances and breaking rules, more successful with each passing year. And now, when the rest of the world is catching up, KNAC is forging ahead, knocking down barriers. As of January 6, KNAC has been hard for six years, avery worthy accomplishment indeed. Katherine Turman January, 1992 THE RADIO RENEGADES OF KNAC •Pure Rock Around the Clock By Adrienne Stone 6 WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN •The History Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal By Steffan Chirazi 18 BACKSTAGE WITH KNAC •The Heart 'N' Soul of Pure Rock 'N' Roll By S.L. Duff 26 COVER DESIGN/ART DIRECTION EDITOR PROJECT MANAGER Joseph "Ho" Lopez Katherine Turman George Dix KNAC, 100 Oceangate Blvd., Suite P-280. Long Beach. CA 90802 105.5•KNAC THE RADIO RENEGADES OF KNAC METALLICA: ENTER THE METAL MADMEN FROM THE UNDERGROUND. (2t EENSRYCHE: SEATTLE SONS CAPTURE SO. CAL. EARS. F e ti R F R..()C'K )t. IN V) in I-I ›C.2 By Acirieinne Stone he year was 1985. New wave music, throwing such ahodgepodge of sounds easily embraced by the collegiate crowd together. Things were chugging along just fine Tand acceptable to Yuppies, had enjoyed 'n' dandy, yessiree. But in the offices of astronghold on the airwaves for the past six KNAC, the powers-that-be were itching for a years. But rock 'n' roll, particularly the sort change. The format was fine, even cutting-edge commonly referred to as heavy metal or hard at the time, although it didn't exactly shake the rock, was currently resurging in So. Cal. Native world. The ratings were okay, but not acts such as Motley Crue, Rat, Dio, Great tremendous. The deejays were proficient and White and W.A.S.P. had gained national they were safely out of ascary financial attention and summoned the warning bell on situation under the new Sands ownership. the demise of synthopop and the rebirth of a Still, the old way had become, well, atad genre long thought dead. boring. Truly, if ever there were atime to rattle Most radio stations turned adeaf ear on some chains, this was it. Then, awindow of this call to arms. But in Long Beach, asmall opportunity opened. station had just been purchased by real estate "KMET had been known as ahard rock mogul Fred Sands, who had refurbished the station," recalls KNAC President Gary Price studios with state-of-the-art equipment. Up (then the General Manager). "So when they until this point, KNAC (105.5 FM) had run went away, KLOS decided to protect their under the banner of "Rock & Rhythm," playing upper demo and dropped an awful lot of hard an eclectic mix of new wave, reggae, rock and roll out of their library. So the market blues....already setting arebellious trend by was really void of the proven hard rock and 105.5 KNAC roll hits that KMET and KL,OS had both played." Price and Sands huddled over this information, welcoming then-Program Director Jimmy Christopher's input on what would prove to be adramatic alteration in the station's style--and an astounding entry into broadcast history. "We looked at the new [hard rock] acts that weren't even established and that were selling out arenas and going platinum," notes Price. "They had afollowing, obviously. You can tell that by their concert ticket sales and their record sales." Moreover, the hard rock/pure rock style of music was more true to KNAC's character. If KMET and KLOS were the elder statesmen, KNAC was the leather- jacketed hood. If the others were Cadillacs, KNAC was surely aHarley. The (L-R,BACK ROW): KNAC 's LONG PAUL, JUDAS PRIEST'S ROB HALFORD, KNAC 's BRYAN SCHOCK scrappy underdog no more, KNAC was JUDAS PRIEST'S SCOTT TRAVIS. (FRONT ROW): RONNIE JAMES D10. ready to show it's true colors. So with the risk calculated, riding on gut instinct, Sands could make the transition to Pure Rock. universities sent aproclamation from their gave it the go-ahead and the wheels were "One of them did his airshift and then quit student government saying that we were quickly but quietly set into motion.