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The band first came to light shortly after Paul Dean (ex-Streetheart) and Mike Reno (ex-Moxy) met in a rehearsal warehouse in Calgary, Alberta. Recognizing each other’s talent and drive, they began writing together almost immediately.
Keyboardist, Doug Johnson joined the duo shortly after, and in the spring of ‘79 the band became a quartet when Paul’s old Streetheart drummer, Matt Frenette, joined the fold. The guys headed for Vancouver and found the missing piece of the puzzle when bassist Scott Smith left his band Dalbello and LOVERBOY was formed.
Impressed with the band’s demos, Columbia Records (CBS) signed them to a recording deal and in 1980 “Loverboy” was released in Canada and the US, and in Europe and Australia in 1981, garnering hits with “The Kid is Hot Tonight” and “Turn Me Loose”. The band toured almost non-stop supporting that album, opening for acts like Kiss, Cheap Trick, Bob Seger, Kansas and ZZ Top.
“Get Lucky”, their second effort, was released in Canada and the US in October 1981 and Loverboy headed out on the road with Journey almost immediately. At the same time, the first album was certified platinum in the US and quadruple platinum in Canada…not too shabby for a debut album!
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LA_Denmark EVERYBODYS!!! WORKING!! FORRRRRRR!! THE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKENDDD !!!!!!! [2]
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Unyuushinobu EVERYBODYS!!! WORKING!! FORRRRRRR!! THE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKENDDD !!!!!!!
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KingFahtah Wheres "a pig and an elephant dna just won't splice"
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crissyandben1 I WISH I could go back for just ONE nite!
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Mainkey1966 Love em'
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acclamationsun In the 80s heavy metal began evolving into speed metal which means 15 notes in a frame instead of 4. Loverboy's "Working For the Weekend" was peraps not speed metal, but in spite of that it has one of the best speed metal riffs ever played.
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penigra Legend
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My_Sharona Don't Keep Me In The Dark<3
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wahkwahwhlkahwi yo
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MIKEH3875 yeah those first two albums the self titled one and get lucky easily had a half dozen hits just from those.yeah they were huge in the early 80's.
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marciotex Damn good band!!
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SebCameltoe "Pig and elephant DNA just won't splice"
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Phlunked One has to really understand Late 70's/Early 80's hard rock to understand how big these guys were and to really appreciate that they weren't just 'one hit.' Too much time has passed. Loverboy was one of the original arena bands.
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GrafittyKitty29 1 hit? Are you joking ? [1]
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alvarozers I'm really enjoying the "Loverboys" ... Amazing
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doctorjmo get lucky!!!
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moskarim They have a couple guilty pleasure songs of mine; "Turn Me Loose," and "Hot Girls in Love."
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ladyofthe80s ahhh... LOVERBOY!! love you guys!! xoxo
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KeatonXZX Regular show is effin awesome.
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JTP21455
''Hot Girls in Love'' was Loverboy's best song... the blond in the video was drop dead gorgeous to me!!! Man, she was beautiful...
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