European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile Beck is Back Rock guitarist is adjusting to the 1980s by Mary Campbell associated press Jeff Berk one of to k guitar s greats has gone through a period of stagnation and depression and has come slashing Hack with a fast Selling epic album called  and a music video with Rod Stewart. I be of the momentum going. I m like starting an engine on j cold Day once i get going i m Fine Beck said in an interview during a trip to the United states to promote his first album in five years. Hell Start another up this fall. On fish he described his song ambitious As 80s Groove Funk Rock n  it s a homogenized thing really. It s a conglomeration of my weird Imi Hendrix Stylc playing or whatever across a regimented Groove said Beck. I suppose a typical Rock track would be / gets us All in the end. There Are a few precious moments on All records when you get this Energy just about to pop or it does  today s sound he said does t get across a Rock message the Way Chuck Berry did in the 50s and 60s. Beck came to prominence in the mid-1960s, after he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yar Birds. The first Jeff Beck croup included Stewart and Ron Wood. As the 80s started he said he became stagnant. There was an influx of Young bands coming up which tended to shut the doors on the old Guys. I started thinking my old rocking boots were fading from underneath me. I d better get a new pair he said. He tried putting together a guitar keyboard drum Trio. We were going to bust the world open. I d seen Asia and foreigner. We thought we d make mincemeat of them. We d jump in at the top and stay there. But the songs coming out of us were dismally awful. We had All the ingredients but no  he became depressed. Then he tried to compose alone came up dry and Felt worse. He started playing again on Tina Turner s hit private dancer album in London. Then he did a few More sessions. One was with Box of frogs. That was the after years of frying of find a new sound Lett Beck has a fast telling album on to e Marker. Yar Birds revisited though they could t use the name because it was owned by somebody i m listed As King Toad. I Felt Good about that because the heart was still in the Guys Beck said. He also played on two cuts of Mick Jigger s she s the Boss album. Epic where he s the longest standing artist on the Label suggested he do something of his own. The hardest part was deciding what to record. He got together with producer Nile Rodgers who wrote three songs for him. Ambitious night alter night and get working. He thought everything would snowball from that Beck said. He produced Madonna and thought i was Cool. I was anything but Cool. I got a Little bit lost Halfway through. I wanted to be supported in All  so he called on Arthur Baker to produce some cuts. The next time he records he has a new plan. I m going to try what Jimi Hendrix used to do Experiment with outrageous sounds with guitar Drums and Bass he said. I want to see kids going to guitar shops in 20 years time. I Don t want to see them buying just synthesizers and digital this and that. I would hate to see them lose thai incredible fun you can have with just one crude musical  Beck also would like Rod Stewart to get Back into Rock n Roll. They Cut the impressions 1965 people get ready together and made a video. In it he writes me a letter saying Why Don t you come to California and take up the guitar professional Tyr you Sec no in a Boxcar and he s waiting for the train. The style of it is faithful to the 1930s," Beck said. There is so much Slick Clever stuff in videos with flashing pictures and animation. This is done  but for now Beck wants to put together a band to Cut the next album and Lour before that. I d like to do a lot of the old and new stuff to set the clock Forward 100. Years. I d like to get out there and shake the dust out do a Short tour which would have More Impact than anything i be Ever done  20 stripes Magazine september 19,1985