European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes april entertainment 1st airborne Rock n Roll div invades Italy Story and photos by Lon Cabot Naples Bureau chief the largest troupe of celebrity Rock v Roll musicians Ever to make a concert tour took Naples by storm last the 1st airborne Rock n Roll featuring an Allstar lineup of 14 musicians from cheap be streets and stills has been performing for military audiences in the Mediterranean area since the end of they will begin performances in Germany on the reception weve been getting has been absolutely said Phil drummer for Kansas and organizer of the Ehart spoke with the stars and stripes after a performance for about military people and family i remember living in the Philippines when my dad was in the air he i never saw any Rock n Roll bands performing for military 1 Learned then that american servicemen and women Are often forgotten by the last year i decided to see about getting together a group of Rock n Roll musicians who like to tour military when we toured the Diego Garcia and we saw How much our performances meant to the servicemen and women who were Cut off from entertainment and Rock n the airborne dive reception in Naples left Little doubt that the rockers performance was the crowd responded with a Roar of approval As cheap trick Lead guitarist Rick Nielsen opened the show by telling the audience this party is going to Rock this old Volcano to life the troupes Naples performance was held outdoors at a nato recreation Park located in a dormant volcanic the group treated the audience to 24 including on wayward son and dust in the which featured streets member Steve former Lead Singer for members of be Roux led the airborne musicians in their hit new Orleans Stephen stills led the troupe in performances of some Kansas drummer Phil Ehart of his own such As dark Star and Southern As Well As some Vintage stills and Nash what its Worth and whats that but it was cheap trick who brought the audience to its feet by performing new and old including want you to want dream police and Shes we try to play numbers from each of the bands represented in the but of course that easiest for us to do since All of cheap trick is said cheap trick Rick Nielsen Robin Jon Brant there Back and there coming to Ger Many deep the band that shaped the sound of heavy Metal in the Early 70s with the hits Highway smoke on the water and with Lead Singer Ian Lead guitarist Ritchie bassist Roger drummer Ian Paice and Jon lord on deep purple is Back in almost the original Treyve got new music now from their reunion album perfect strangers and a bran new show to the band will be headlining two open air festivals this summer on june 29 in Mannheim at the Maimart gelande and on july 6 in Niernberg at the three other acts Are expected to perform As including some heavy Rock surprises from the As an Agency spokesman told ill have More on that cant get we Rock fans Are being b y g o s c h blessed with festivals this along with the Rock on the ring festival memorial Day the Rock Over Germany series May 25june and the above mentioned deep purple word is out that there will be a monsters of Rock festival this again Over the labor Day by the Well be running a special feature the end of april on the Rock on the ring including where to get tickets in Case you Haven gotten them a map of How to get there and a lot of other useful a word from the Metal maniac Dee Lead Singer of twisted says Hes out to Veteran Rocker Stephen stills everyone on the tour is an accomplished musician so its a lot of fun playing whatever we Nielsen and cheap trick drummer Bun Carlos Are both veterans of the airborne div that toured the Pacific last As Are Tom former keyboardist of and Leon Medica of be it int often you get to go on a tour like this when youre talking about reactions from audiences like the one we had on the aircraft Carrier you really Start to appreciate the situation military people have to live said be Roux Lead guitarist Tony who served with the 6th Fleet from 196366 aboard the aircraft Carrier who served a tour with the air and Hazelton Are the Only members of this years troupe who served in the after travelling around to All the bases weve been to this year and last and seeing How crazy things can i understand Why i never joined the Nielsen said the hair is a Little Shorter and the age of the audience is a Little older than who we usually play but playing for a military audience int any different than playing a regular the military audiences maybe even appreciate us a Little More be cause there so musics a Universal Nielsen what you do for a living and where you Are really dont if they enjoy the that because we enjoy the 1st airborne Rock n Roll division will perform at the following locations Augsburg Sheridan Cavern Community Center april Stuttgart Panzer Cavern gymnasium april 8 and april 8 Karlsruhe Garte Halle april 8 Baum older Smith Barracks gymnasium Hall of champions april prove to the world that heavy Metal int played by for dont have to be stupid to like heavy he the 30yearold Singer says his parents stopped bothering him about his occupation Only after twisted sister became popular last Snider will be spreading his philosophy on this Side of the world when twisted sister Tours Germany in the on the on april 6 at 3 Germany second to will show part 3 of the video show hits in later that at Adf brings a Sowas with the kinks and David Cassi on april Germany first to will show Ohne filter extra at with Chaka that All the room for Rock Bottom this ill have More news in two