European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The roadies up to unload and assemble ions of gear for every performance Day after Day few Day. Company. As per Long race k is a Hearty and wholesome meal beef Stew and the Ike. At lion begins lignin after the warm up band s performance. Mic k works the lights Fri the sound Robin the monitors. The other let hakians land ready to jump in if something inn wrong .1 blown fuse or broken dibit1. Derek Ami Kenny the Back line engineers shed Al Tyllo sides if the stage in handle any instrument breakdowns. Derek lulls of four disasters that have happened on the ii a Lour. During one of the first shows m Australia mags f Furuholmen i hi1 keyboardist can curl Halls around the world often no knowing  cily they re in.  they re blessed Wilh a Day off. The it Means they la yet a fam night s sleep in j decent hold. And sleep is vhf they spend most of their Days off Pinh. Because it night before the Ron pics live it up. It s that feeling you have the night before that you have to drink As much As possible to fee rough on your Day  said Durek. It was 5 . On a cold and Wel sunday in Mannheim Germany the Crew s first Day off in nearly a week. They had arrived  morning on an overnight coach from Munich checked into the Hole and while some had gone off to explore the town most had gone right Back to bed. Derek  alone in the Drill bar non int Brt Wjk fast a bloody Mary and i t i Irette. Slowly other new members lie jul in Drill i still  trim Sli up.  is i it Injo the Rifi i , 1 he torn  Ion re  jus in Resi it it Evnin.  hindu a i if i rrmi/i1. About und thus in Hilel  around the of "1 i is i he i Lew in .1 to Pius  by. Lot Iru in in Lainily   r. Ii was 1 1 o clock find most of the Crew had none up to their rooms. They had a Long Day ahead of Hern. The Serpent within so whal about the is \ and drugs rumoured to of hand in hand with Rock n Rollf according to  s Crew. The stereotypical sex and   is be to. S of i the when i first started in this business seven years. Ago Here seemed to be a lol of the big fal. Hairy roadies who did nothing but talk about sex and drugs said Mark. But it seems to be changing. There seem to be a lol More sensible people who get into the Roadie business these  sex and drugs Are there said the 22-year-old, but the Public View is so inflated it does t go on nearly to the extent that they  the roadies Wisl occasionally go out on their nights off and iry to Chat up girls just like Normal people do though it rarely happens on show Days Mick the Light designer agreed that the Crew members sexual experiences during the seven months they be been on the Road have been limited. The sexual encounters of everybody on the bus i could probably count on Bolh Bonds he said. If the truth he told most of them just can l be bothered and yes Virginia Here Are girls out there who try to use roadies As a stepping done to get to the band. Mark has found Hal especially True in the United states where he said the women Are less reserved than european women and have More of a hard sell use your body attitude. I was propositioned loads of limes Wilh Alt sorts of weird sex acts to get backstage he said. Bui the legendary fan who comes on the bus and entertains every Roadie jus to Meel the band does t really exist. Al least said Mick the a a Crew members Haven t met her. You do invite people on the bus bul if they re Gonna want to constantly talk about the band very soon they just get asked to  ask me not Why the Crew agrees Hal being a Roadie is in Mick s words bloody hard work very unglamorous and pretty  they re certainly not raving hedonists out to gel some action wherever they can according to Derek they try to get sortie sleep wherever they can Wilh a Little action now and then steady relationships Are almost impossible to maintain. And then there Are the Long hours the monotonous bus rides and he cramped living conditions. Vet the roadies most of them in their Early 30s, have each put in Between six and 1 4 years on the Road. The admit they jumped at the Chance of being a Roadie when offered to them. And when word of an available Job comes their Way they la grab ii. An interest in music ranks High As a motivation. According to de about 25 percent to 40 percent of All roadies Are frustrated  the Money s Good roadies make an average of $750 per week All expenses paid. There s plenty of Lime off Between Tours to recuperate. They have a Chance id see the world. B utmost of Al i there Are a lot of Good limes to be had. I be been involved in quite a few outrageous things in my 10 years on the Road said Mick. I be never thrown a to Oul the window but i be been drown out of hotels. As for the details you la have to real my Book for thai Mick s Book May nol to that Long in coming. The 3 a ear old one of the few roadies on the Lour who s married is beg Irmma to feel Juil .1 lad Literl of Llu circus lifestyle. Oloc is also e\pr-5 Job. Instead they want to remain in the music business. Because i r roadies Ruck n Roll will never die. January 22, isb7 strict Iro Guine