Artist
Loverboy
Loverboy is a rock artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada formed in 1980. 16 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Best rock albums
- 16
- Releases
- 1980–2025
- Active years
- 1980
- Formed
Artist
Loverboy is a rock artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada formed in 1980. 16 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Best rock albums
Most popular
Get Lucky
1981 · 9 tracks
Keep It Up
1983
Loverboy
1980
Rock 'n' Roll Revival
2012
Unfinished Business
2014
Lovin' Every Minute of It
1985
Wildside
1987
One More Night (Live Cincinnati '86)
2025
We Are The '80s
2008
Just Getting Started
2007
Love Songs
2003
live, loud & loose
2001
VI
1997
Super Hits
1997
Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits
1994
Big Ones
1989
One of the most popular North American rock bands of the 1980s, Loverboy scored a string of multi-platinum albums and hit singles with their canny blend of pop hooks and polished but energetic arena rock. Loverboy were formed in 1979 by vocalist Mike Reno and guitarist Paul Dean; both were veterans of Western Canada's rock scene (Reno had worked with the band Moxy, while Dean toured and recorded with Scrubbaloe Caine and Streetheart), and Dean was rehearsing with a new band in Calgary, Alberta. One of the musicians working with Dean invited Reno to stop by and jam with the group, and Reno quickly concluded he'd found the singer he'd been looking for. The two began writing songs together, and with the addition of Jim Clench on bass, Matt Frenette on drums, and Doug Johnson on keyboards, Reno and Dean's new band became Loverboy. After a few initial gigs (including a show opening for Kiss in Vancouver), Paul Clench left Loverboy, and Scott Smith became their new bassist, completing the band's definitive lineup. Get Lucky Loverboy's initial demos attracted no offers from American record labels, but Columbia's Canadian branch signed them, and the group shortly went into the studio with …