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     — * the UPEI SUN, March 4, 1982, page 7 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Rockinroll - Greg Khin 
     
     Band 
     
     If Rockinrolliis any 
     
     indication, the Greg . 
     
     Kihn Band will not be an 
     
     unknown commodity for. 
     
     much longer. Not since~ 
     
     the Pretenders have I 
     
     heard a debut l.p. with 
     
     so many good tracks. The 
     
     albunlxrmunds~one of the 
     
     early Tom Pett releases - 
     
     (the standard) ten songs - 
     
     with barely a wasted note 1 
     
     a misplaced chord, or a, 
     
     boring solo in the bunch. 
     
     For a new band, 
     
     they are remarkably . 
     
     tight, yet the material ‘ 
     
     is without excess polish— 
     
     hats off to producer 
     
     Matthew King Kaufman. 
     
     ErOm the outset it is 
     
     . obvious that these guys 
     
     /are very talented. (Dave 
     
     ,1Carpender's leads are 
     
     blazing but reStrained, 
     
     especially on "When the 
     
     Music_Starts". The 
     
     drummdng of Larry Lynch 
     
     ‘ is well above average. 
     
     , Greg Kihn's voice has 
     
     the perfect edge for rock 
     
     n'roll. On top of 
     
     everything, Kihn‘s 
     
     lyrics are top notch, ‘ 
     
     fromffifitty fiinTValerie“*%¥~l 
     
     to profound (VWomankin "). 
     
     \The single "The 
     
     Breakup Song" (they don't' 
     
     write 'em)" is getting 
     
     some AM/FM airplay and 
     
    
   
   
    
     .is giving the group some 
     
    
   
   
    
     well=deserved exposure. 
     
    

    
     I haven't heard a catcnier 
     
     song in years. Kihn also 
     
     does a remake of flkxmmy 
     
     Roe's "Sheila", playing 
     
     it the way it is supposed 
     
     to beplayed. 
     
    

    
     Another thing I like 
     
     about this band is that 
     
     they dOnYt parade any _ 
     
     pretentious gimmicks to' 
     
     "break" into the market. 
     
     The utilize existing 
     
     pop/rock tools and mold': 
     
     them to their own style. 
     
     Music could stand such 
     
     honestyzt Get this album. 
     
     law and Order r Lindsey 
     
     ’Buckinghanl ' 
     
    

    
     Law and order shares 
     
     much in.oommon with 
     
     Fleetwood Mac's misunder- 
     
    
   
   
    
     stood and unjustly maligned 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tusk.l That isn’t 
     
     surprising, considering 
     
     that — for the most part - 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tusk was Buckingham's 
     
     baby. With this, his 
     
     first solo effort, he is 
     
     absolutely free to do what 
     
     he wants. Generally 
     
     speaking, the results 
     
     are very impressive. 
     
    

    
     , From Law and Order‘ 
     
     you feel that you are 
     
     listening~tolarcraftsman 
     
     at work. With the 
     
     exception of occasional 
     
     harmonies and drums, 
     
     Buckingham performs all 
     
     of the vocals and 
     
    
   
   
    
     instrumentals. He moves 
     
     from the laidrback mid- 
     
     UmpDPTKMMefl»"Pll 
     
     Tell YOquow") to the 
     
     bizarre but catchy 
     
     ("Bwana", "Johnny Stew". 
     
     "That's How We Do It In 
     
     I‘AII) - » 
     
     Buckingham's 
     
     penchant for sharp 
     
     drum patterns which was 
     
     so evident on Tusk 
     
     stands out on "Mary Iee 
     
     Jones" and "It Was I". 
     
     He even does a blues 
     
     remake of a 1938(1) 
     
     number, "September Song.“ 
     
     The material on 
     
     law and Order is so varied 
     
    
   
   
    
     . that one or two listens 
     
     .just isn't enough to 
     
    
   
   
    
     make a proper judgement 
     
     on the l.p. But when the 
     
     melodies sink in, they 
     
     stay. ,I'm sure that 
     
     Bella Donna,released by 
     
     Buckingham's fellow Mac 
     
     member (and former 
     
     "partner") Stevie Nicks 
     
    
   
   
    
     will outsell Law and Order. 
     
    
   
   
    
     However, the former is 
     
     safe and derivative 
     
     while the latter is 
     
     adventurous. Remember 
     
     it wasn't until 
     
     Buckingham joined 
     
     Fleetwood Mac that they 
     
     rfound any real cohesion 
     
     and direction. HIS 
     
     production on Rumours 
     
     is the chief reason 
     
     that the Mac are now a 
     
    
   
   
    
     "super group." 
     
    
   
   
    
     As has 
     
     been suggested by some, 
     
     Fleetwood Mac may need 
     
     Buckingham more than 
     
     he needs them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Quarterflash — Quarter- 
     
     flash 
     
    
   
   
    
     This is year another 
     
     impressive debut album. 
     
     Quarterflash is a down 
     
     under product of a couple 
     
     of splintered groups 
     
     and they play with more 
     
     confidence (and competence) 
     
     that a lot of established 
     
     groups. 
     
    

    
     When the songs are 
     
     good, they are Very good. 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Harden My Heart" is as 
     
     good an AM single as I 
     
     have heard in some time; 
     
     while "Right Kind of Love" 
     
     is passionate without 
     
     being muddy. 
     
    

    
     When the songs sound 
     
     like something else, they 
     
     don't sound like much. 
     
     "Find Another F001" is 
     
     so Pat Benatar-ish that 
     
     it threatens to spoil the 
     
     whole thing. However, 
     
     this is as close as the 
     
     material gets to being 
     
     irritable. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the whole, John 
     
     Boylan's production is 
     
     solid. The l.p. is 
     
     far from perfect but it 
     
     points to a bright future 
     
     for Quarterflash. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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