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American Tabacco in Brazil. the current Brazilian rock scene, who had gone to acclaim Duran Hollywood Rock ran over four Paralamas do Sucesso, while night Duran, who were also in fine form. ollywood nights in both Rio de Janeiro and Sao three was headlined by Simply Red Hollywood Rock was sufficiently Rock Paulo, Brazil and South America's and Duran Duran and night four by successful that the promoters have two largest record markets, present- Supertramp. now got a five-year contract to evolve ing a mix of three acts each night. Despite being labelled as "dated" the event over the coming years of- ^ PRACA DA APOTEOSE, RIO DE Night one saw the Pretenders with by the Brazilian press, it was still Su- fering an excellent opportunity to JANEIRO - The Hollywood Rock two Brazilian acts, one of which - an pertramp who drew the biggest major names who would like to * festival in Rio brought six top inter- inspired Titas - managed to blast the audiences, with 60,000 in Rio and break and promote themselves in the ational acts and six top Brazilian Pretenders off the stage and set the 80,000 in Sao Paulo. The group, lucrative Brazilian market.

ames to the setting where the samba tone for the Festival, showing just however, to impress the Brazilian As an event, it certainly appealed schools hold their big parade each how quickly Brazilian bands have press and public the most was the to the public and the bands, who ^ Carnival. The Festival was a smaller progressed and evolved technically least-known of the international acts seemed to enjoy Brazil's relaxed at- Aversion of the lendary Rock 'n Rio since Rock 'n Rio, allowing them to in Brazil, Simply Red. mosphere, warm weather and the and was scheduled as a complement take on the "imported acts" on their Simply Red produced as near-per- chance to exhange musical ideas -"^o the now-established Free Jazz Fes- own terms. fect a performance as you could im- amongst themselves and their tival. Both Hollywood and Free are Night two had UB-40 and Simple agine in B^o, Mick Hucknall's vocals Brazilian contemporaries. "“brands of cigarettes for British Minds playing with the darlings of stunning a disbelieving audience Christopher Pickard

r j p much of what is vital in hard rock " (Looks Like A Lady)," cluded some bare-handed work today owes its existence to the "Angel," and "Rag Doll," all from reminiscent of Zeppelin's John Bon- * erosmith/ ground-breaking work of the new album, formed the core of ham. in the 1970's. But rather than becom- the show around which the older Opening the show was L.A.'s Dok- . -^Dokken ing a parody of itself over the years classics were anchored. The crowd's ken who tried their best to ignite the by simply performing the hits of most enthusiastic response was crowd. They might have succeeded - THE FORUM, LOS ANGELES - yesteryear, the band took stock of it- reserved for "Dream On" (lighters had they not been plagued by murky '^The party was definitely at the self after several disappointing al- and matches were mandatory for this sound and lighting, the usual Forum on the evening of January 27 bums, tours, and personnel shifts. one), and the encore. The band problems that any opening act must ds Aerosmith held court for the faith- The band's original lineup is, thank- returned to finish up with the deal with. Their latest album "Back :ul. Seemingly recovered from the fully, intact; on the strength of ' 'Tm Down"(with Jon Bon For the Attack" is currently on the "various problems that have plagued new album and Run D.M.C.'s rap Jovi helping out on vocals) and the charts and doing well. Rather than " the band in recent years, Steve Tyler, version of "," Aeros- timeless "Walk This Way." doing opening slots, they might con- , and Co. stormed through a mith is back to reclaim its rightful Tyler, replete in Japanese robe and sider headlining at smaller venues in j-f,trong, well rehearsed set that drew place among rock's elite. tights, was in fine voice and in com- order to maximize exposure and on material from their earliest al- To the delight of the near-capacity plete command of the proceedings have control of the concert situation. ,i^ims and their latest Geffen release crowd, the band did perform many throughout the show. Joe Perry was All in all, though, Aerosmith/Dok- Permanent Vacation. of its classics including "Sweet Emo- spotlighted several times for his sig- ken was a fine way to begin the 1988 What a pleasure to have this tion," "Big Ten Inch," and the blues nature solos; and drummer concert season. veteran band back in the spotlight. So standard "Train Kept-a-Rollin'." took a solo that in- Gary Starr

Since recording Moving Pictures tively. ing each song was a laser and video several years ago Rush has achieved Doubling on bass and keyboards, show shown on a huge projection - "R a level of consistency and sophistica- Lee led the band through fourteen backdrop. "Manhattan Project" fea- tion that only gets better with time. songs, including 'The Big Money," tured vintage I940's and 50's footage Gone are the awkward arrangements "Subdivisions," 'Time Stand Still," of Einstein and assorted nuclear THE FORUM, LOS ANGELES - and high pitched vocals that charac- "Limelight," and the classics 'Tom detonation sequences. -If^lass was in session when Rush per- terized the band's sound in the Sawyer" and "Closer To Your Rush's music is strong enough to formed recently at the L.A. Forum. I970's. The use of synthesizers has Heart." The instrumental "YYZ" and stand on its own; when combined With state-of-the-art production, but given a smoothness and seamless- the drum solo that followed was one with various stage devices the result ^ ^without a hint of bombast or ness to the overall soimd and arran- of many instances that brought the is a multi-media display that would pretense. Rush delivered a two-hour gements. Geddy Lee is singing better crowd to its feet. Rounding out the impress even the most jaded of con- ^t that included material taken from than ever having generally lowered show was "Marathon," 'Territories," cert fanatics. their latest album Hold Your Fire, his vocal range. He still gets up in the "Spirit of the Radio," and from the ^._^985's Power Windows and I98l's stratosphere, but he picks his spots new album 'Torce Ten," 'Turn the Gary Starr Moving Pictures. carefully and, ultimately, more effec- Page," and "Mission." Accompany-

The Switch. 1985 saw the release of Fly tracks on the LP, 'Tempt Me (If You A.C/DC (Continued from page 10) On The Wall, and in 1986 Atlantic Want To)" and " Till My Heart Stops .tragically succumb, at the height of released Who Made Who which was Beating." their success. After self- a period of the soundtrack for the Stephen King 'Til My Heart Stops features work ^•Ijv^aluation they held extensive audi- film. Maximum Overdrive. The album by some of the industries most tions and found Brian Johnson. They included new tunes produced by sought-after session players: recorded Back In Black with the new Harry Vanda and George Young, Michael Landau and Viine-up which sold over five million their first work with the band since Waddy Wachtel, bassist Larry Klein, copies. 1978. percussionist Manu Katche and The following year Atlantic bril- And finally, 1987 brought the new vocalist Timothy B. Schmidt. liantly worked AC/DC's back- album, and a renewed commitment 'They're just so full of ideas," she ex-

_4j^talogue, releasing the five year old by both the band and Atlantic plained. "It makes such a difference BARRY RAPS TTUP-A&M recording art- Dirty Deeds Cheap, Done which had Records to maintain the astonishing working with people like that. I had ist Barry White recently stopped by KDAY- only been available on import. The success of AC/DC. Judging by the the best time cutting this album - FM in Los Angeles to do some pre-Valentine's ^^Ibum, along with the band's entire ferocity of Blow Up Your Video, their more than I've had working on any day publicity for this fastbreaking single "For Your Love." (l-r) U.S. Atlantic collections hit gold "roll" will continue. project ever. Pictured are Jack Patterson, program director, KDAY; Barry White; and and/or platinum. By November the "I always wanted to sing and I in- ' Hartinan (Continued from page 11) Rich Callaway, national R&B promotion band returned with For Those Who tend to make more records," she af- manager. West Coast, A&M Records. Rock We Salute You. technically too." In addition, firmed. "I have a real good deal with After a well deserved break Hartman showcased another side of Atlantic, they've been real suppor- AC/DC returned to the studio to her hidden talents, that of tive... a This is definitely what I want READ CASH BOX record another top-ten effort. Flick of ; She co-wrote two of the to be doing."

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