European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse By Anita Gosch staff writer Hock n Mil tin tout True. Lust ask Martin Gotsi limit. Of seven yen s the if year old keyboard player pounded Llu military club circuit in Germany Wilh the top 4u cover kind breakpoints. Now he s part of the los Angeles Rock elite he s a member of hard Rock Singer guitarist Lila Ford s band. Ger Sihweil is Buck tin Liis Homo Tun these Days. Bui ins Radof playing in go dubs on army and air Force bases i lie native German is performing in some of the Binge so Halls in Europe is tin Uriu fur new Lercy superstars Hon Ovi. It s like a fairy tale with a i on bins. A top i Vvong in yourself. This s Init i to Rock n Roll town until you re 2t or 21 get Wilz of null out just two ago when he made the break with breakpoints sold most of his Wilor Trina and moved to los Angeles. He Iid mits he was scared Riboul Fei ivling his Pinsl find slur line life from scratch in a foreign City. I iric to convince myself thai this Isil he fran Lei. But thu closer it la departure Lime the More 1 while Odd jobbing for n messenger service in la Ger Schwil z began building con itts n i Rock clubs in Hollywood until he hooked up with a top 40 cover band Ihn i tourer i he Western Stiles Reguli irly. Bui the set Only income was t enough. Ger Schilz Cunt Mictl a Timmins with original hands and with i lie established Rock he would meet. A particularly exciting moment came when he performed Wilh guitarists Eddie Van Halen Ami Steve Stetins and Bass player Tim Boi Jerl of Vanilla fudge. The funniest thing , i saw the program nit love boy opened up for us. I said this is wrong i Juit got Here 1 can t be headlining for love boy " to make i matters even better Lovs Joboy s keyboard player never showed up so Gershwitz took his place drawing from his years of love boy songs with break Point. Gersch Wii s big Brook when to heard about Ford through the musicians Contact service. Two auditions later he was offered the of. To be honest i Dirin l even know who she was he recalls. In just had a ring to in which interested me Gerschitz plans on laying Ivil i Ford and hopefully writing songs for her next album. Thai s when the satisfaction really kicks he enjoys performing in Halls and Arenas in the United Stales he s played before crowds of up to 18,000. Other than that it s not really any i f Ferent than playing at the Heidelberg. Patton Barracks and there s another Benefit to hitting the big time i really appreciate thai i Don t have to haul my own equipment anymore Gershwitz says. That s Ion Bon Jovi in Dion. Every Inch a Star by it Dee Arrington Doke j staff writer he s confident. Gracious. Every Inch a Star from i he. Up f if his Black Cowboy hat to the. Toe of his White athletic shoes iced Wilh Green ties. With the Charl Topping Success of his band s latest album vet Nyji proving thai thy million plus sales of 19bfi s Slippery when wet were no Fluke on Bon Ovi can afford to take Success in sneak ered stride. This is we do naturally the Singer said of the Hook filled melodies and Catchy lyrics that Chara Cheriee Bon Jovi hits. This happens this is what comes out lion love continued during an interview . Al Ramsten a s one recently. "1 fee that this is where we belong you know.". Accompanied by his band members and an entourage that included guitarist Richie Sambo s Girlfriend actress ally Sheedy the ban Fml club Ion Bon love spent part of a off from the concert Ramstein to Benefit for victims of the base s aug 2h air show . R i m starting to feel like Bob mope you know i he joked. I m or ". Between signing count less autographs and posing for photographs with Rii Stein fans Bon Jovi played Pilot by flying a simulated Mission on. An Al 6 simulator and trying out the cockpit of a i real one. Crashed Bon Lovi confided of his flight in the simulator "demacr,uy.\vill not be saved by this asked if he nursed any ideas about advancing it band s sound untried directions Bon Ovi responded with a question am i going to go into political overtones i Dot Ibl it. I see myself As an entertainer first and Foremost and not a politician. Those Guys Are Hollywood enough for me you know he said with a laugh and a shake of his Blond streaked , Al least what we do is honest. It s us since fsr Avayse a release music scene observers have noted perhaps a mile cynically that the very title new Jersey and some of the songs filling the Groove san the album Are intent Jed to bring to mind another Rock n Rollin new Jersey son of others argue the band s in enl is to Edge. This same fellow Bruce Springsteen of mind when it court to associating new Lersey with today s music. Yeah Frank Sinatra right Bon Jovi asked with a sly sidelong look of forgot about no Imber 17,1s88 strip it Flar Ite 7
