European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Lakeside Lead linger Mark Wood funks pm up at Semo Teh a Germany. By Daryle. Green stall writer they rocked pm. They souled pm. They Iun cd pm Down to baby to baby to chanted the audience in response to the p opting of the Why Lam and tucs and Funk Rock Lakeside hand Al a concert at a. Nemeny. Feb 10 in support of the Liana s go lans seemed to Forti their complaints Aboul nol being Able to smoke in tha gym a Heio the co Riccett was head and the Hoijer a i for the Sho-a1 to a jog the Cro a was getting All the smoke u Nice did a ont the action packed Perlor Manco As shouts of it s about Lime changed to right on Lime what really annoys people is when groups come Oul and they the groups Realise it s a said guitarist so chm Shockley of the Lale Slait. Bad acoustics and agitated audience. And in the group just sat up there and looked like they re complaining All night on the Siago they just pass the vibe Oul there " Lakeside managed to Rise above the problems and passed Oul nothing but positive vibes Funk with a whole lol More because feel we re just As Strong doing the soil Ballad kind of thing which is maybe fist a thing Niosi groups can do Wood said. Though the band has been labelled a Lunk band by those mysterious Lubel givers in Iho music Industry. The say it wan on act of Tala Ilia brought i hair music in that Diochon Funk was More or less the Accident in our music Shockley said weddin t Thomas Shelby loft William Shelby and Stephen Shocley of Lakeside vibe from lakes mean in be a Lunoc hand we were More a stand up group with backup backup musicians Are not permanent members of stand up groups such As the temptations. Whispers and other bands known strictly for their singing. Soil contained groups include twin singers and musicians. Tha Ever changing limes in the music business As Well As Lakeside s first big hit in the Early 70s helped solidity Iho musicians in heir new category whether they wanted to be Thoro or not the self contained music came into the scone you know a lol o bands like the bar Kays. Earth wind and Fira. The Ohio Shockley said. We us Pul together Ono of those kind o songs like a i the Way live and Hal turned out to be me hit. We were always a Ballad sing Rig group and a dance Lakeside has t abandoned its roots. The choreography and Harmony on Slage is reminiscent of the temptations five Stair Steps. O jays and other midwestern stand up groups that them when they started in Dayton Ohio in 1969 nor have they a pumped their Funk Label what we Hope to be Able to bring is a Cross of those two elements and get stronger where we arc using More Rock oriented style in the music in some of our Wood said no song represents this fusion More Ihan the band s version of the beatles Standard. R wan to hold your hand instead of trying to imitate or improve on the energetic Ock emphasis that Many have come to associate with this legendary Sang Lakeside does Sias a soulful Ballad Wilh hints of a Funk Huir heat we were playing around in the Dror a my room just being non Cal to ourselves saying this a Feal song Wood said of Iho group s decision of be bold enough to iry to record Abe Allos nil and be were Messing around with in and made in sort of a Ballad and to enjoyed it. So when we went no the Ludio. To ust recorded it we did t i hink we wore desecrating anything we were ust taking a great song and trying to do a Urcal Job on in " the 10 member band Hopes to keep growing musically but nol at the expense of giving up its own identity. Thai s a catch-22 because a lol of people arc saying Man. This new album Power Don t sound like the old Shocley said. And then you say. Well do we really want to sound like ing old Lakeside " old or new it will Stilba Lakeside a song can come up that May to totally Dilt Creel from anything we be Ever done but i we do it. It s going Lobo us said drummer Fred Lewis. Unlike Many groups to 1/. Lakeside does t profess to have any deep message in to music it s All about Goth Down lung tit pm up and having z party. Jus a positive Wood said enjoy oneself and love t eing dose. We re not really trying Loo tend any More of a Universal message than thai but we Leel that s pretty Universal " Lakeside continues us tour of the military club circuit in Germany Wilt stops Al the Tilburg a no club Fob 16. The Meurett Chisem Community club in Karlsruhe Fco 18, Iho Pathfinder club in Baum Holde feb 19. Rhem main a no club feb 20 and the Rocker club in Wiesbaden fcb 21 monday february 15, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 17
