Smokin’
for TV

GEOFF GIBBONS went
in froat of the cameras at
Holidays Sunday as part
of a music video aimed at
cracking the national
rock and roll) market.
Under the direction on
Len Kowalewich (left),
Gibbons and his band
went through the motions
for cameraman John
Sparks (bottom left).

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THERE WERE lights, caineras, action and plen-
ty of smoke at Holiday’s cabaret in North Van-
couver Sunday night, all in aid of some fame for
26-year-old North Vancouver rocker Geoff Gib-

bons.

Gibbons, better known as
one-half of tne Silverlode
duo, his band and a group
of friends, models, cam-
eramen and support staff
spent the day at various
North Shore locations put-
ling together what will be a
three-minute video for
Wonder Why They're Lone-
ly, a Gibbons-written soft
rock number.

The video and a package
of three other songs already
recorded are what Gibbons’
manager Ken Muir will have

to offer when he travels east
later this spring. His goal
will be to sell the package —
and Gibbons — to 2 major
record label.

“It looks wonderful,"
Muir said Wednesday after
seeing the rough footage of
the video, shot at Lynn
Canyon Park, Cates Park
and along the CN Rail tracks
before moving into Tony
Van Bergen’s Holidays
(formerly Goofy’s) for two
hours of shooting concert
footage.

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Gibbons and Muir have
sunk $19,000 into the project
so far and have another
$5,000 or so in reserve for
promotional purposes. If the
record companies aren't in-
terested enough, both say,
they’re prepared io go with
an independent release of
both the EP (extended play
record) and the video.

The goal behind it all is to
tas into the mainstream rock
market — a younger market
than Gibbons is used to
playing for with Silverlode.
The song Wonder Why

They're Lonely has all the

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earmarks of being aimed
straight at the younger re-
cord buyers; it’s light, infec-
tuous and deals with young
love.

Gibbons refers to the
single and the others that
have been recorded as ‘‘up-
dated 1970s" music that
draws on folk and country
influences as well as the
straight-ahead style of
mid-western U.S. rock.

**Silverlode started
heading in that direction,”
he says, ‘‘but we felt it really
wasn't right for the act."”

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ferences within Silverlode led
to Gibbons’ decision ta go
solo on a new project but, he
stresses, Silverlode still exists
as a viable act.

“Ir’s still a lot of fun,”
Gibbons says, ‘‘but you
can’t get the support of the
record companies if you're
playing too soft rock.’’

The $25,000 gamble — fi-
nanced by Gibbons and
Muir — is worth it, Gibbons
says.

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“‘T figure you gotta take
vour chances while you've
still got time to recover,’ he
says. ‘‘l try not to. get
overblown or too caught up
in the excitement because
music is such a fickle
business. But this feels good
creatively and artistically
and there’s that excitement
to keep me going.

“Now it’s just a matter of
going to the big guys and
waiting with bated breath.”'

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MARCH 30, 1985

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