46 Talent &Venues Act-ivities Rockn' ' Rollin Def Leppard took a page out of the trip offer a "payoff." KLAQ also several variety shows as well as a tv Continue dfrom page 44 9 James Watt school of community re- passed on administering the trip, movie based on his hit, "Copacabana." Instead of seeing Mitch Ryder this ty game, but who knew the material lations recently during a concert in though it has resumed playing Def The English Beat is big in some little paper somewhere, and who had the records. By and Tucson. Lead singer Joe Elliott re- Leppard songs. looking for new vocalists. you could open up just about any large the people who did them under- portedly told the audience that the Send audition tapes clear, with little no rock magazine and see him. And he's stood the concept, which is an im- band had just come from El Paso, San Francisco band the Looters or accompani- ment to Andy's gone out on tour. He's always done provement for me of a lot of these an- "that place with all the greasy Mexi- made a rare appearance in Nicaragua Auditions, P.O. Box 320, Birmingham well for himself, and I have no doubt thology books where half the people cans." Though Elliott later called El recently, playing the second annual 20, England ... Despite he'll continue doing that," says know what's it about and half jack it Paso radio station KLAQ to say he Festival of the Romantic Song. The torrential rains that turned it into Mellencamp. off in another direction. was "very very sorry" for the "big band also did three headlining con- a declared disaster certs, where area, the Air Supply concert at the mistake," the damage was done, and they drew a total of * * * "I also gave a lot of guidance. I about 40,000 open -air Mesa Amphiteatre in Phoe- even an offer to fly two El Paso fans fans, according to man- Is it getting a little bit difficult to didn't want any flip putdowns and nix went on as scheduled, and to a Def Leppard concert in Europe ager John Hanti. A documentary and only keep up with Altered Images, or Ian playing with the group's name or a music video 200 people missed the SRO date, was not enough to head off a boycott clip are now being edit- the Dury, or Geza X, or Liquid Liquid, something like that. This was going ed from the trip. press release says ... "Led Zeppelin: by the League of United Latin Amer- or 999, or the Residents, or Shriek - to be a serious record guide, and un- Portraits," containing photos by back, or TSOL? And who are the ican Citizens, which branded Elliott's CBGB stands for country blue- less a band was completely without Neal Preston, is being released as Amoebas in Chaos, or Comsat An- grass and blues; for one night big city redeeming value, it was not going to limited edition portfolio collection gels, or DMZ, or DNA, or D.O.A., country returned to the pioneer new through be treated as a joke, which is a prob- Unsurpassed in Quality Mirage Books and Rock At or Felt, or Johnny & the G -Rays, or wave venue when Snookie & Tish lem with a lot of other record Home Inc., available only by mail the Raybeats, or Toiling Midgets? hosted "Country Hayride Around guides." order. The answer to these questions, and The Bowery." The evening featured a is geared to- 24'2C Signings: Rail, a four -piece band more, are to be found in "The Trou- Robbins says the book GLOSSY real hayride (in back of a truck), a EACH IN from Seattle, to EMI America Re- ser Press Guide to New Wave Re- ward record buyers "of various country fashion show and music by 1000 LOTS cords after winning the finals of the cords," a new book edited by Trouser stripes," adding that "the nature of the Rockin' Rednecks, a pickup band MTV "Basement Tapes" competi- Press publisher Ira Robbins, which new wave music is that there is a lot PHOTOS fronted by Snookie & Tish and fea- tion.... Tom Petersson, ex of Cheap features capsule information more of it than is covered anywhere. 1000 POSTCARDS 5165.00 turing Wayne Kramer, Lenny Kaye and a Trick, to Enigma Records. discography of 1,000 English and We are about the only magazine that $32.95 and Diana Mae Munch, among oth- 100 8x10 Dream Syndicate to A &M Records American new wave bands, from consistently reported on this stuff, ers. But the highlight of the evening col- CUSTOM S98 .... The White Animals and Dread ABC and A Blaze Colour to Zounds and unless you have a complete (even if we say so ourselves) was the lection of Trouser Presses and then COLOR PRINTS per 100 Beat Records to the Hyland Co. in and Z- Rocks. The $12.95 book is pie tasting contest, whose judges Nashville for public rela- published by Scribner's. some, you have no place to refer to. COLOR LITHO 5425 were Billboard's Roman Kozak, own tions.... The Osmond Bros to Jim Robbins points out that the mate- "And these records do turn up in per 1000 Rob Patterson. Lou O'Neill Jr. and Halsey Co.... Freddie Hart and Jim rial in the book is all new, not a com- bargain bins and record sales and COLOR 5240 Glaser to the Joe Taylor Agency pilation of reviews from the magazine things like that. Hopefully people POSTCARDS per 3000 Seen visiting backstage after Mari- anne Faithfull's performance at the .... Zella Lehr to Buddy Lee over the years, which gives the book will buy this book who have an inter- MOUNTED 20 "X30" 30 "X40" Palace in Hollywood were , .... Melanie Dyer to Pride Music a consistent up -to -date voice. He says est in any of the new wave genres, ENLARGEMENTS $25.00 S40 Kathy Valentine of the GoGos, and .... Tish Hinojosa to the Manage- he wrote about a third of the 389 - from ska to electro -funk, and use it as and Nigel Harrison of ment Group.... 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