European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Singer Morten Market above keyboardist mags Furuholmen let and guitarist pm weak tar let left of the norwegian tech no pop Trio a a Are the latest pinup boys of the teen age set. Wee infatuation Story and photos by Anita Gosch Stam writer i be got the brains you be got the looks. Let s make lots of Pel shop boys oppor Timitia of. Kid shark All gone Home the band Hascil Ion and Ine slag cow has packed up Tho inst of the Star and is head Inri Oit the door Only memories Are loll behind in the vast empty concert Hall Crno is of thousands of screaming teen age girls the sound of the Ocean in a seas ill emotions Are left behind Loo swept Neally Mlo a pile by Tho stage Are Okens of love and adulation the girls had tossed to Ihor idols during Iho show Flower bouquets crushed and wilted and still wrapped in cellophane lulled animals of All kinds and sizes the t name of the band embroidered on inc sides and love looters dozens Ancl dozens of them some with no ally Whiten poems some with sketches of the musicians and some with snapshots of the in Iris themselves All say the same thing i you and please write Back Tho cillers never be answered or oven Road by those lors Hom the were intended the cleaning Crew will Lake care of them inc Nail Day the stuffed animal those thai Are Lucky will he collected and brought to children s hospitals and orphanages and the Guys eventually grow Oul of their Leen age Ina Lvalion the above Vignette could Peil am to any of the thousands of teen idols and bands thai have appeared on the music scene and isl As quickly disappeared Over inc past 30 years monday december 29, 19b6 since inc Hillh of Rock n Roll Industry of Licals have kept a clone Lookout for photogenic youngsters whom they could Mold and nurture carefully manipulate and then vigorously promote to the lucrative and Jii Luble ago in Ned h dec acc has r, a slow of a Rokk orc Ruthn Sehorne Yuil lir. Who had or Clickn t have musical la ends and Marie ols of Ninny for la i record companies us. Yib 1959 1963. Ollon our cd a i a of Kip Leen idol Iho meteoric Rise of such a Riff is a1. Hobby Myrtell. Frankie Avalon ind Fabian a rot ii he to legend. F nubian was a flood Tooki if Tran Arr r who was picked us off the Street and Viu Lintl Minlu the recording studio yet he was the Lisl to Armil he could t sing Tho mid 60s brought such made Loi to pop groups As Iho monkeys. The Parlari drop family and Iho archives in addition to the Becallo nmn Hinl burst across America in Iho 70s, the Bay City rollers Hil h big Sis Ivy Media exposure and support irom loan girl magazines led to Rell Simania in 1975. An Oul break of teen age Iren a of tha beatles explosion Iho Pelly Hoys of Duran Duran and wham1 were All the Raye in the Early 60s but the norwegian Trio a a look ovoid inc reign recently As inc pinups of the teen age sol the band s Label. Warner Bros has called ii of the 80s a look Al to band s track record us ivies the comparison a a s Dej Xit Alf Jum. Hunting High Willow. Soared to the to of the Charls soon Aller its release last year charged by Iho hit singles take on we and the Sun always shines on t v. As Well As the Tille Irack in sep Lembic a a claimed seven first prizes in Iho third annual mtg video awards including live or the animated video to take on me and the band s present world Lour which began last May. Sold Oul concert Halls in Australia. Japan. Canada Iho United Stales and Europe a a is now on the British leg of Iho Lour which sold Oul months ago. And the band will tour is Homo Lanci in february a a s Road to a recording con race the end of 1983 Lollo Wod Iho same path of past inti idol s record executives instantly recognized Iho icon Appeal Eliheu wholesome no Hern Good looks and i hair Boyish Charm Semroy Kent Aye Oll. Senior vice president of creative Niar Keling Al Warner Bros. Lock just Cine look at a publicity photo of Singer Morlyn Virtol. Keyboardist mags Furuholmen and Giufire a a Athlai. Roc id that in ii Ieclino-p0 f t the Bill and signed Tho band we be got our wham1, we Perjol our Duran furan. Exclaimed Ayeroff at Iho Lime according Lonn interview in Flo Ling storm Magazine Ayeroff s snap decision proved Correct a veritable mass Leen Hylena has followed a a on Niheu tour around the world hundreds of girls Are plucked irom the frenzied crowd during each show and brought to safely to the concert Halls Lisl Aid stations Tho girls will Wail outside the Hall Lor hours before the concert begins. By the time they gel in. They be worked themselves up so much they be gotten so emotionally charged that they can t comedown anymore. That s when they keel explained one red Cross Olli Cial Al an a a concert in Frankfurt he said he counted Al Leas 200 girls who wore brought in Lor help Hal evening and whal do the fans think about a a typical responses to the question included such descriptions As great super fantasy a and the in most cases Ine girls referred to the musicians looks it Rel. Then their music. Everyone has a dream Man and Morten is mine gunned 17-year-old Alex Berninger of Ollenbach Germany oven though his eyes Are ust a til to Loo Small " just to Louch the Guys would to gosh exclaimed 12-year-old Jenni Sanders of Heidelberg because How Many limes Are you going to touch somebody thai Lamous 1 we love a a and to always will added Sanders Friend 13-year-old Jennifer Atterson always the Pas has shown Hal lev markets Are More Lickle than the icon Agurs already a a s popularity appeals to be dropping the band s second Alburn scoundrel Days released in october peaked at no 74 on the billboard album charts. And Lormer Leen dream rivals Duran Duran. Who Nave been working on establishing greater credibility in their music o Appeal to an older crowd have once again Laken Over Iho spotlight Wilh i hair Lales release. Infatuation is Sweel while it lasts bul in does t last forever. The stars and stripes Page 17
