European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Death defying acts by Rock s wild Man by Anne Peterson associated press he child in David Lee Roth lock plenty of oys on his trip a Al tool my surfboard. 3 huge Banner Fca Tuung women and a Rug Talion size red White and Blue evil gel. Boing ring Bui this 15 no Ordinary Sumine Macahon Lor the shaggy Hai cd Roch Star weft one trademark scream la s a concert Toter my the playthings Are Means to wow audiences in Arrias irom Australia to new York. Music should look Linc in sounds no Natter whal kind of music it is role said in an interview. A lot of times this music sounds like in Merrina Hun Denny up out of inc Loo boards or raining Down Horn the heavens sometimes it s like rolling Waves of sound and what s a wave without somebody to Surl it despite Iho props and an endless Stream of jokes role is a shrewd businessman. To knows the gimmicks will bring attention to his Craft Rock n Roll. There s 3 lol of Aerial Iricks bul it s All built around the music. The band is doing More musical gymnastics than you be Ever heard a Rock band do he said. Roth 32, is touring to promote his third Solo album. Skyscraper the record which includes the single just like Paradise Marks the first time he has Redon the producer s hat. Of wanted to iry one Hwy Roth said. Always in the Back of my mid 1 Tiad thought Abou producing but i would t by a flight like this unless i had inc tools and Tho know How to do it. And did l feel secure with lha Imil fairly the comic Book like showman spoke about his tour Wilh his Long Blond hair tied Back in a Ponytail wearing camouflage pants and a torn to shirt silting in the second Row of his rehearsal Hall. He was careful nol to lev Cal Loo Many at the tour s surprises. During he band s moment of a in holism. I climb a ladder to the ceiling of i he Arena jeez. I Don t want to give l All away to said but added ii s deals denying stuff/1 rold s Fain Lowil is . Ind. Hut he moved to Pasadena calif., when to was about 12 and has lived Here Ever since As a child he was inspired by television he said he figured if All these people were entertaining him on television maybe he could be some kind of entertainer Loo. The influences which led him to music ran the Gamut of groups and slates. Iii say to you deep purple was a big inspiration to me and so were he Ohio players you d say of. That s whore Dave got his scream from. Deep purple1 no no. No i go the scream irom the Ohio players 1 Gol tie haircut irom deep purple " he Tugan his career Afler Meong Eddie and ate Kalyn and Michael arc Nony of Pasadena cry College. Tho Lour formed Halen. A band that sol the Standard for Many heavy Metal bands to come especially because of Eddie s innovative Guilar playing and Roth s wild Man antics. The group split up in 19bs, and role moved on to a Solo career David lab Roth is currently on a world Lour. Robert Plant by Stephen Holden new York times Obert Plant led Zeppelin s former Lead Singer and the Man who virtually in Venlo Tho aggressive keening heavy Metal vocal style that has become a generic howl has released a fourth Solo album thai Das All he earmarks of a Bloe Busler. Now and zen Esparanza Atlantic embraces a wide spectrum of hard rack styles from richly Lent Ted Rock ballads Wilh lose swelling dynamics the Way i feel and a Middle Eastern harmonic modality to urgent accelerated rockers tall Cool one that modernise a Vintage rockabilly style with a saw toothed technological Edge. Tho Singer and lyricist who will turn 40 this summer is As acutely sell critical As he is contemptuous of the Way so Many heavy Metal bands have reduced the rawer and Ruder aspects of led Zeppelin music into a formula. His Grea Lesl worry about now and zen is that the music is too textured or As he put it in a recent interview. Almost Coulee but he is mostly pleased with the record which Lea lures an excellent new band whose 30-year old keyboardist. Phil joh.nslonc-. Collaborated on eight of the album s nine songs. Besides Johnstons the other mainstay of Plant s new band is Doug Boyte. A Lac need 25-year-old guitarist whose hard Rock Styla is markedly similar to that of led Zeppelin s Jimmy Page. It Quality is a measure of Success in the hard Rock Market. Now and zen should outsell groups like while Snake that have shamelessly Conod led Zeppelin of Plant s music while accessible never settles into formula although i know anal All is air in love War and musical to Kwh i m quite emotional about an this sad mimicry Plant said. All the Robert plan Imi Lazurs Only sound like a part of what i be done though that May be the part Hal attracts kids in lacks sub Lily. It s been years since i stopped iry no to live up to the image of rebel Plant As the howling King of phallic As a Singer rant traces his own musical roots Back to Gene Vincent the rockabilly Singer from Norfolk va., whose sneering Hiccup ing vocal urgency and Leathor and Denim image was Grittier and Darker Shan the Young Elvis Presley a what attracted me was Vincent s qualify of supplication he was always Piant recalled. Elvis Presley was an untouchable god but Vincent was much More attainable he was the Guy wish the hot Rod White clean and heal Tho new album s final song sardonically remembers Rock n Roll s Early Days As it incorporates in an ominously exotic aural setting the voice of a sanctimonious narrator Reading a description from a Vintage fan Magazine of pal Boone s Slraight and narrow values. The song is a recollection of my parents generation and their attempts to keep the whole Rock w Roll thing under the carpet Plant said. Al the time it represented a Challenge almost beyond imagination. Looking Back today perhaps we All went wrong a Tittle bit wednesday. April 6. 19b3 role s internal Olaf tour will include some of tha Otil Malen standards in Addison to his Solo efforts including a remake of the Beach boy s Ca i Forrea gals and the Bluesy just a Gigolo in his spare time Roth climbs mountains Al seen on the just like Paradise video in which he scats a 3,000 loot High vertical Wall of Granite he said he May he Over Jing to has childhood because he Gol the climbing Bug when he was a boy Seoul climbing is a kind of therapy Lor him you know inc most scariest place you can Pul you sett in has the most calming Allyc ugh experienced he says inc Hobby has not made him want to conquer Moun iams such As mount Everest. Something like Hal is a hyper commitment he said i need All of my docs in order to jump around Wilh great abandon inc Dably you re going to lose a linger or a toe on a trip like it at. Somebody checks out Early. Taking that kind of risk is nol my inheres a. The music gives me enough of that kind of adventure fooling around with my career Burns enough Roth also fools around Wilh manual arts and received a Black Bell in karate about nine years ago Al one Point he experimented Wilh kick Bong. These Days he both disciplines in his Staga show. Martial arts has a lol of visceral Impact. You can Teel in pow and combining it with the music. 10.000 people say of did you feel that " despite his Divri May care manner Rorr is do finitely a Success. Two previous albums have sold More that 1 million copies certifying hem As Platinum and skyscraper is Well on us Way. This does not include his revenues from the Sii Halen los thai Shate a same Honor. A lot of what islands Lor Success in Rock n Roll or Showbiz Afler a while seems like so Many Little if spies and prizes along the Way he said. 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