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GASOLIN'
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Gasolin's performance. will be done in English, lyrics polished up by
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Gasoli'n Performance   will be done in English   lyrics polished up by   
Lead singer Kim L<srsen can   which presented a problem   someone at their record
often be found rolling   at first to lyricist Larsen.   company, who just
across the stage, singing   "The problem lies in trying   happened to be a closet
his "plastic little heart" out   to get our essence across in   songwriter, hiding out
While everyone in the   and never once missing a   both Danish and English.   waiting for that one big
United States is sitting   beat on his rhythm guitar.   Musically, we are   chance. After two full days
around with crossed fingers   (Kim has also spawned a   international, but lyrically   of black coffee, snubbed
wondering "Will-they-   fashion trend with his cap   it is difficult because we   cigarettes and frenzied
won't-they?" in terms of a   and suspendered pants).   want the same thing going   writing, Gasolin' was ready
Beatles reunion, across the   Offstage, lead guitarist   in America that we have in   to go into the studio with an
ocean in a little country   Franz Beckerlee is quite   Denmark. What we write   album full of excellent
north of England, a band is   contained, and more   about and sing about in   material.
getting ready to take over   dignified than he is when   Danish is us, our lives, our   The band is a
the U.S. music scene with   coaxing forth guitar solos.   feelings, our emotions ,and   combination of Kim's long-
as much enthusiasm as   He quietly reveals what he   we want to get that across   standing love for Elvis,
those four lads from   believes to be the secret   just as well in English   Franz' past experience with
Liverpool had twelve years   behind Gasolin's great   without losing anything in   avant garde azz (he used to
ago. Denmark may not   success: "We were one of   the translation."   play the alto sax and guitar,
seem a likely place for a   the first groups in Denmark   What follows is a scene   both at the same time), and
musical revolution, but   to sing in Danish. A lot of   right out of a rock and roll   drummer Soren Berlev's
after hearing the music   other rock and roll bands   fairy tale. Gasolin' arrived   fanaticism for the Rolling
made by top-selling group   were singing in English,   in the U.S. with their   Stones (so great that the
Gasolin', their success   and sounding just like every   translations of the lyrics,   band renamed him
internationally is assured.   other band around. Our   ready to record. As might be   "Charlie" in honor of Mr.
Gasolin' is the biggest   singing rock and roll in   expected, the lyrics were   Watts). Balancing out these
rock group Denmark has   Danish was a great step  rough and not really getting   eclectic influences is
ever seen, with Danish   because everybody thought   across the same feeling that   bassist Willi Jonsson. who
record sales totalling   that Danish wasn't the   made them so well-loved in   helps blend all these
almost five percent of all   language for rock and roll.   Denmark. There was no   varying sounds into one
records sold (their last   Even speaking about it at   time for entirely new lyrics   cohesive whole.
album sold nearly 4 million   that time was a joke, but   to be written, the studio was   "We named ourselves
copies), and the little land   somehow we figured the   booked-and studio time is   Gasolin' one night. after
can't seem to contain them   right words out and we   money when recording an   sitting around thinking of
any longer. Audiences have   started building our success   album. Finally, at the   group names. We decided
been known to tear the   on that."   eleventh hour, when the   we want to be the stuff that
stage and surrounding   Of course, their first album   hands of time were about to   makes people move around.
auditorium to shreds after   for American release (tenta-   pass into crisis alert,   "Y'know?"
a concert, so energetic is   tively titled What a Lemon)   Gasolin' managed to get the   -SUSAN AHRENS

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