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economist suntribune december 10 1986 c5 llllll w the light show was a big hit during the kick axe perform ance recently at the nags head in markham above right bassist victor longen clowns while above left lead singer george cristian per forms jennifer dempsey 4sfflisps brightest lights kick axe is more personal by jennifer dempsey kick axe threw open its hard rock image recently revealing the characters behind the instru ments their performance at the nags head north nov 28 was more personal than usual for a rock band kick axe was very well aware of the crowd and more than once george cristian looked as if he couldnt believe that the crowd liked the band there was a lot of eye contact and the band singled out the audience by winking- and pointing the evening included some very melodic tunes with a strong rhythm section complemented by some great guitar riffs by lar ry gilstrom compared with many other hardrock groups ive heard the voices of lead vocalist george cristian who studied jazz voca lization at the conservatory of music in milwaukee for two years and the other band mem bers blended very well together the lighting show was dramatic on brian gilstroms drums especially with the arrangement on an upward angle the light show created depth to the stage and the lights moved in time with the drum beat the light show is the sole responsibility of the light technician the band gives him very few guidelines a job well done their sets are truly aerobic rock there is constant move ment george is always moving around the stage and you know when a song is about to finish be cause the band members make use of hand movements swooping dives and kicks george sang we still remem ber from the groups latest album with sincerity welcome to the club was accompanied by the au dience although they didnt play with a little help from my friends victor langen the bassist talked about it between sets we did with a little help from my friends as a lark we were finishing recording early one morning and began kicking the song around in practice the producer said why dont we re cord this so we gathered some of our friends and recorded it as an afterthought it was strange how the radio people picked that song we never expected it about their name being basically rebellious in nature we wanted something that would really displease high school principals said victor kick axe actually means kick as in the beat and axe a slang word for guitar the name actually got us all the more gigs because stu dents said the principal hates them lets get them a perspective on goals when youre a kid in high school your goal is to play the school gymnasium the next goal you set is to play in the local bar as you get older your scope of the world gets larger and you even tually decide you want to play moscow your goals change victor noted although the band comes origi nally from regina saskatch ewan all four members now live in vancouver british columbia where their fan club was recently moved holiday glitz 44silk tecs 25 18gold silver chains 6 85gold piped satin pants 56 90 matching big shirts 60 10 sequined head bandsjp 7 30 metallic hair bows 12 22 sequined tube tops ij15 35 metallic sweaters 18gold silver belts designer group of linencottonsilk blend knits beaded and plain tops straight or full skirts off msl 87 270 wonderful at 348 108 fc wonderful offprice shopping new location markham super centre mississauga 1225 dundasst e scarborough 2555 victoria park ave downsvicw 1235 finch ave w newmarkcl gates of york plaza thornhill dundas 7171 yonge st n main si governors rd visa mastfrcari frff parking manufacturers suggested price mondaj lo fridav 10 am lo 10 pm saturday 9 am lo 6 pm sunda 10 am to 6 pm mississauga 3015 winston churchill blvd scarborough 2683 lawrence ave e