The Official Loverboy Appreciation Thread

[DankStar]

I've been rocking out to Loverboy's Big Ones greatest hits tape. That's right, tape. Hilarious, but rockin' at the same time. I like the dude's voice too, even though it dominates over the music a tad too much.

These guys were kinda weird in that they looked like average joes that decided one day to done red leather pants and bandanas and tour the world.

My older brother and sister were big fans when I was little, and I think they even went to some concerts in the 80s, well before I was allowed to do such things.

Anyone ever see 'em live or dig 'em?

One of my faves:

[newking70]

haha, i was gonna change my avatar to this:

[DankStar]

nice newking.

I also noticed in the liner notes of the tape that bob rock produced and/or engineered a lot of tunes. Man, he must have been in his 20s when he did that!

[elscorcho]

Hilarious, but rockin' at the same time.

^NAILED!

That was on of the first MTV heavy rotation vids! We used to love to make fun of it but rock it at the same time! A Classic!

[Red_Label]

One of my all-time favorite guitar tones (not to mention phrasing) is the one on Turn Me Loose. Love that sound.

[DankStar]

One of my all-time favorite guitar tones (not to mention phrasing) is the one on Turn Me Loose. Love that sound.

that's on the tape, I'll have to re-listen

[Red_Label]

that's on the tape, I'll have to re-listen

It's a great cranked Plexi tone to my ears. Very pure sounding.

[Gamera]

Count me in. I remember getting into those guys in 7th grade, around 1980-81. For me they were a sort of transitional band. Kind of a link between the pop/disco stuff of the late 70's and the hair metal that would soon come in the 80's. I remember listening to Casey Kasem counting down the top 40 hits on radio, waiting for Working for the Weekend, Turn Me Loose, Devo's Whip It, Queen's Another One Bites The Dust, and an endless stream of hits from Journey in between all the pop/country/disco leftovers and other lame stuff of the day.

[DankStar]

Count me in. I remember getting into those guys in 7th grade, around 1980-81. For me they were a sort of transitional band. Kind of a link between the pop/disco stuff of the late 70's and the hair metal that would soon come in the 80's. I remember listening to Casey Kasem counting down the top 40 hits on radio, waiting for Working for the Weekend, Turn Me Loose, Devo's Whip It, Queen's Another One Bites The Dust, and an endless stream of hits from Journey in between all the pop/country/disco leftovers and other lame stuff of the day.

never thought of them like the missing link, but yer right!

[sbecker67]

Seen them in '83 or '84. I liked them a lot back then and still listen to Get Lucky or Keep it Up from time to time. My favorite song of theirs is Take Me to the Top; great licks in that one!

[DankStar]

Seen them in '83 or '84. I liked them a lot back then and still listen to Get Lucky or Keep it Up from time to time. My favorite song of theirs is Take Me to the Top; great licks in that one!

cool! thanks for chiming in!

[The Golden Boy]

My wife was in love with Mike Reno "back in the day."

[JOLLY]

I've never had a problem with them.

[Jake]

Pig and elephant DNA just won't splice.

[Jeffo46]

I always thought their guitarist, Paul Dean ,had such great tone on their albums.

[Wattage]

Not much of a fan but I saw them open for Cheap trick years ago and they were really good.

Paul Dean is a pretty guitarist. I like some of his old stuff in a band called Streetheart.

[Aceman]

Grab a brew, sit down, get comfy...


I went to see Dokken at the New York State Fair in ~88 or so. They were on their Under Lock & Key tour (Got my Rokken with Dokken shirt!) They were opening for LOverboy of all people for some reason. Seemed an odd combo, but I really wanted to see Lynch, and Loverboy was pretty cool in an REO/Journey sort of way.

Well - let's just say I was SHOCKED. Five Kanuks came out in Jeans and T-shirts and proceed to RAWK the place. They were just playing it 110%. Everything was tight, the sound was fantastic! There was no posing, no goffy stuff - they just came out and let it rip. Every song was a hit, Paul Dean wailed.

To this day - one of the best concerts I have EVER seen. Better than Cheap Trick, better than Skynyrd, better than Metallica....better than just about everthing except KISS. But that tha's not a fair comparison. And, IMO, note for note - they would have taken Gene and the boys if KISS had the same outfits on.

Sorry - just calling them like I see them. Loveboy took names and kicked ass. They OWNED!

[JOLLY]

Well hell, if nobody's gonna post it, then I might as well........

[BlueSnMettle]

One of my all-time favorite guitar tones (not to mention phrasing) is the one on Turn Me Loose. Love that sound.

Yeah. Loved that song. My band while I was in
high school covered that tune. I still play it from
time to time. Saw 'em live too. They rocked, good
blue collar band.


Peace,

Darrin

[Butch Snyder]

I always thought they were cool. There tunes were always fun to play and the girls loved it when we played their stuff.