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October ‘5th, 1984

 

 

Non-toxic rock and roll

Want to catch the hottest live band
in Vancouver? Check out Poisoned
featuring future rock idol Art Berg-
mann. Art formed the K-tels back in

by DAVE WATSON

 

the earliest days of Vancouver punk.
They rose in popularity, partly due to
the notoriety of their EP and its title
track: Hawaii. ‘‘Lets go to fucking
Hawaii, Get drunk in the sun’’--a
rejection of middle class dreams.
When the real K-tel threatened to sue,
the band became the Young Cana-
dians. Bergmann had less success with
a group he later joined--Los Popularos,
mainly because he was reduced to a
secondary role. Art’s talent has found
a new outlet and it looks really good.

Poisoned debuted barely four
months ago to great reviews which
prompted me-to seek them out. |
finally caught up with them at the
Vancouver East Cultural Center, Sept.
6 and was very impressed. They play
bounce pop with a very hard edge. The
songs deal with the unpleasant side of
life, while still remaining accessible

and danceable. Art is a powerful

see them immediately, preferably in a

vocalist and a fierce guitar player. Go hall with room to jump around. Also

’s Rock Box

Has anybody wondered what hap-
pened to the rock phenomena of the
mid-seventies known as Kiss? Well,
\’ve been following Kiss from day one,

by AL SNIDER

 

all the way back in 1974.

Just to refresh your memory, Kiss
had a nationwide hit with Rock’N’Roll
All Nite, in 1975. This was followed up
in 1976 with such classics as Detroit
Rock City and Shout it OutLoud. | hope
| have rung a bell with a few people out
here. Do you remember now?

Well just in case you haven’t, I'll
give you some history on the band’s
most productive year, 1977. This was
the year Kiss released it’s best album
Love Gun, which contained hits with
Christine Sixteen and Shock Me. It

as only one year later that Kiss
seemed to fade into oblivion.

The album which signalled the end.
of Kiss as a force in the rock world was
1979’s Dynasty, which aside from the

inor hit | was Made for Lovin You,
was a mish-mash compilation of
leftover solo material.

The next three albums which Kiss
released seemed to go unheard of. |
would quickly like to mention these
albums since they present a major link
in the band’s history.

1980 marked the release of Unmas-
xed, which had slick production quality
and also included a few tracks where

Gene Simmons made his growling
sound awfully like real singing. In
1981, Kiss released The Elder which
was a very ambitious venture, sound-
ing similar to Rush’s Hemispheres.

In 1982, the release of Creatures of
the Night showed Kiss to be full of new
found energy, but they seemed to be
pointed in the wrong direction. Crea-
tures also saw the departure of lead
guitarist Ace Frehley, who was re-
placed with Vinnie Vincent. This
change left only two members of the
original band, since Eric Carr had
replaced Peter Criss in 1981.

However, in 1983, Kiss seemed to
gain some of the lost ground with a
new album entitled Lick it Up, which
spawned a hit of the same name. This
album was very raw, seeming not
unlike a rough cut diamond. All the old
Kiss magic was there, but the product-
ion was too raw to really let it shine.
Strangely enough, Vinnie Vincent was
replaced with Mark St. John after the
tour supporting the album.

1984 should be the year Kiss is
vaulted back into the upper echelon of
rock. Their latest offering, Animalize,
has Kiss back in top form with songs
like Heaven's on Fire and Thrills in the
Night which are likely to be major hits.
The sound they tried to create on Lick
itUp is now polished and devastating.
Watch out world! Kiss is ready to roar
back to the top.

 

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worth watching for is their self-titled
10 song demo cassette.

THEIR 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
IS SUING THEM FOR DIVORCE. _

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