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Thursday, February 9, 1934 S Daily Nebraskan Page 13 1 v 4 . " f Columbia Records Heaven will open for Kiss In Omaha's Civic Auditorium tonight Heaven leader feels loysMy for fans By Randy Wyraore The address on the building reads 1 6 Gorbals St. If you're standing in front of it, you're in some rough territory. The address is that of a building in one of the worst slums in Glasgow, Scotland. For that matter, it's one of the worst slums in the entire United Kingdom. Times are tough there, unemployment, crime and poverty live in the cold damp wind and dark skies. Ask Allan Fryer. He knows because he spent the first 13 years of his life on this street in Glasgow. Fryer doesn't live there anymore. He now travels around the world as the front man for the up-and-coming band Heaven. With a second album Where Angels Fear to Tread on the charts and a single "Rock School" in heavy rotation on MTV, Fryer will bring his band into Omaha at 7:30 p.m. tonight to open a triple shot of heavy rock 'n' roll at the Civic Audito rium that includes Vandenburg and Kiss. Life wasn't always jet planes, hotel rooms and sound checks for Fryer. His family moved to Ade laide, Australia when he was 1 3, and two years later Fryer formed his first band. His love for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle was what saved him from a life that could have been filled with the hard times so com mon in his homeland. It's his background that gives Fryer his outlook on music and the audience. When he looks out into the audience, Fryer says he can see himself 15 years ago, struggling to break free from authority. "Kids who see Heaven are kids with ideas of gran deur," Fryer said, "kids with ideas of being where we are with the recognition." Songs like "Rock School" have a message for those kids, he said. The message is screw it and turn the other cheek because everybody gets their chance if they take it. Fryer doesn't consider Heaven's music heavy metal He said it's heavy rock 'n' roll. "It's all rock V roll," he said. "Some is just louder than the other." After touring on the grueling Australian circuit, one begins to learn what rock 'n' roll life is really like. Since the country is so small, it's easy to over-expose yourself after playing one place seven or eight times a month. The crowd gets fickle and yesterday's hero is tonight's trash. And should a band make it, the press and the public are quick to jump on the bandwagon, accord ing to Fryer. Fryer feels a strong sense of loyalty to those who support the band. He feels one of the worst things a band can do is to "get into themselves" and forget where they came from and who put them where they are now. In Australia they call the kids who buy the tickets, albums and t-shirts "punters". American audiences are the ones who go to the show to have a good time. It takes so long for a band to get back to a city that the audience appreciates the show. The people in Australia are happy playing Duran Duran," he said. "American audiences know howto rock 'n' roll, they know how to have a good time." Life is different now for Fryer and the rest of Heaven. Time spent in America is time spent in their house in North Hollywood, having a drink with other music heavies and anyone else who comes to the door. If you were to venture into their abode, chances are Fryer will have Hall and Oates or Donnie Hatha way on the stereo ("heavy rock 'n' rollers listen to heavy rock n' roll all the time and it muddles their brains" he said.) I'm not trying to rub honey on Heaven," he said, "but well have a drink with anybody whoU drink with us." X v IK Place a personal ad in the Daily Nebraskan M m M M M m n H X X M x .... x .... "? x ...... X -5 :; X X X X ' X X it X X X X X "2 X Tonite thru Saturday Judy's Presents WILD X X 'V CC-3BL with 3 Lead Singers! Playing sets from: Def Leppard Loverboy Journey Plus in Cij I m M X X X X X X .. X ;; X X X ...: X ?;.. yv M 27th & Cornhusker U x .. r STOOGES 7C3UKS0AV Tonight $75 Women's 1st Place Prize $75 Men's 1st Place Prize 7-10 P.M. FRIDHY MET FREE DRINKS FOR LADIES Uu7 7-10 P.M. GOOD ONLY 2-14-84 Tuesday DPJfJIC DM NITE FREE DRINKS TILL MIDIIIGIIT -AA' DANCE TO 'z nn See the Music as well as you hear it. STOOGES 9th&PSt. WE ROCK LINCOLN