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HEN WEST .
Vancouver
singer/songwriter/

musician Paul Dean sits
down to write a song, he
likes starting with a title and
working backwards. That’s
why the name of his second
CD, Machine, is so appro-
priate.

Kevin Gillies
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

Friends and colleagues have
known Dean as Machine since
he first became a professional
musician. He was one of the
original Streetheast players, was
part of Heat, Loverboy and has
put out solo albums.

Machine, his second solo
effort, was recently released
while he toured the U.S. with
Loverboy, who have reunited
specifically for the tour.

According to Dean they never
really broke up; it was just an
“OK see you later” situation after
the band’s last tour for their
Greatest Hits album.

When the tour ends in early
September, Dean says he'll

- spend more time promoting
Machine.

The album, with its blues-
based rock, sounds something
like a cross between Jason and
the Scorchers (of the rly 80s),
Tom Cochrane and Colin James.

That could have something to
do with band members, like
North Vancouver bassist Norm
Fisher and West Vancouver
drummer Matt Frenette who play
on Dean’s album. Fisher has
played with Colin james and
Frenette has played with -
Cochrane. Frenette is also
Loverboy’s drummer.

Mike Reno, Loverboy’s lead
singer, contributed to Machine
by helping Dean write some of
the songs and providing some
back-up vocals.

While Machine features the
talents of a few Loverboy aiumni
members, it doesn’t sound like
‘Loverboy. Loverboy’s glossy
sound and image are nowhere to
be seen on Machine.

The album has a host of musi-
cians contributing, but it is Dean
who is in the spotlight. His guitar

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NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

PAUL DEAN enjoys the sun during a relaxing moment at his
West Vancouver home. The Machine man is currently touring
the United States with his 1980s band, Loverboy.

work and singing are up front
and the focus of attention when
one listens to the album.

Dean's voice is rawer and less
polished than Reno's, more akin
to Barney Bentall’s, but he says
his voice is completely different
from Colin James’. He says this
is the first time that he didn’t
“push” his voice; he just let the
words flow out.

But he says it was guitar play-
ers George Thorogood and ‘ZZ
Top’s Billy Gibbons who influ-
enced the album’s first single,
Create a Monster.

“| guess all those nights opei-
ing for ZZ Top in ‘81 must have

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says.

Dean told the News that the
song was inspired by the rise of
date rape in society.

Dean considers himself the
“king cf the rewrites” as many of
his songs were the product o
hundreds of pieces from else-
where that were glued together.

Of Loverboy’s meteoric
ascent on popularity charts —
and equally meteoric descent —
Dean said the group’s The Kid is
Hot Tonight (but tell me where
will he be tomorrow?) was some-
what prophetic for the band.

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