The powers that be that run the Canadian Hall of Fame should be ashamed and embarassed that Loverboy to this date have not been inducted to the hall! This band has made one of the largest, if not, "the largest" impact in Canadian rock history ever and they are long overdue their recognition! Out of respect to Mike and the memebers of the band, past and present, and every Canadian who has been "lov'in every minute of it" and "work'in for the weekend, Loverboy is truly "Canadian Hall of Famers Forever! Rock on Mike!

What book is Mike talking about...

The Hit Man

The Hit Men

The Hit List

I want to read it.

Anyone know???

Mike Reno is one funny dude!

MM

I believe the book is called "Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business" by Fredric Dannen.

Matt the interview was great! Mike was fabulous. You captured his personality and his terrific sense of humor.What a pleasure to watch. I really enjoyed it.

I've been a huge Mike Reno/Loverboy fan since the beginning. I totally agree with the comment posted by Frank. Loverboy NOT being in the Canadian Hall of Fame is nothing short of criminal. They've rocked the music industry for 28 years and they are still going strong. Their new CD "Just Getting Started" is awesome. Every song has the potential to be a number one hit. In my opinion no one deserves to be in the Hall of Fame (in Canada and in the States) more than those guys.
Keep rockin' Mike, we will never kick you off the stage!!!!

Mike Reno Rocks! Awesome show, we loved it.

Well done Matt!
The show was a wonderful glimpse of Mike Reno.

Loverboy not in the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame...
a tragedy!!!

Loverboy's new cd "JUST GETTING STARTED"
is AMAZING!
Thanks Mike... you rock!

I just saw Loverboy in Knoxville TN. Mike and Matt got out of a van and walked right into the ampitheatre as my buddy and I were talking to the spotlight crew, some guys we know here in town. Man, Mike is one tall dude. They played only one song from the new album. I just wanted to tell Mike and his bandmates that their new album is totally awesome. Not one "filler" song on it..all solid tunes, and Mike seems to sing with heartfelt emotion, and the guys play excellently too. I sure wish radio would play this album. My girlfriend and her friends in their office are playing it almost every time I call her at work (I hear it in the background.) I wish the band well, got to see them 3 times in the last four yrs in Knoxville. Great job on the new album...I swear its my favorite Loverboy album,,,Keep on Rockin...Randy in Knoxville

Matt -

Gotta say, watched the show for five minutes, thought it was a typical VH1 Behind the Scenes or E! THS....however, I was wrong - impressive stuff!

We actually want you to host our kick off party in January here in Vancouver - we've tried calling the offices in TDOT but don't even know where to start.

If you're interested, let me know or call the office - STIRLING PACIFIC.

a very good friend of my girlfriend's and mine too was Kevin Lecki who used to be the light and sound guy for a band from Niagara Falls called Honeymoon Suite and the band eventually got into drugs,etc. and Kevin moved to the States and began working with bands over there.......he was on the Loverboy/Hooters tour and later with Bryan Adams for years and Loverboy played with him sometimes..........he eventually worked with everyone and worked his way up to be the stage manager of a lot of poplular bands and retired after the U2 tour that went over to the Far East at the age of 40 to stay home with his wife..........so when he came with whatever band to Detroit (we lived across the border in Windsor) we would get a 2 days notice of where to meet him in Detroit with what band he was at at the time......we saw bands we loved to see and even some we didn't care to see but we always went to see Kevin....the Loverboy/Hooters (whatever happened to the Hooters?) was one of the best tours and that was just after the Bob Geldoph record We Are The World came out and then the Canadian record, I forget the name but Mike Reno sang with it among others............we were in Detroit at Joe Louis Arena sitting on the equipment boxes 10 feet away from the stage (best seats in the house, Kevin always wanted us to sit by the soundboard but we liked to see the bands up close) with our Total Access passes on (those are great to have) and the music starts and this drop dead gorgeous guy comes running by us and up to the stage and starts singing one of Loverboy's songs and I'm just looking at him and he had these blue (not red) leather pants on and he just took my breath away and he didn't look like the Mike Reno I saw on Much Music at all, some famous people look the same in person and some don't, well he looks so much better in person, he looks good on t.v. too, but he totally blew me away and I kept asking Kevin who was not on lights I don't know what his job was but he was standing with us and I just was looking at this singer and I said "Is that Mike Reno???"...."no way is that Mike Reno, that's not him it doesn't look like him" and after about 10 times of asking Kevin if that was Mike Reno I think he finally told me to shut up, but I met or saw a lot of famous people through Kevin but Mike Reno was the only one that I wouldn't have known that was him if he wasn't on stage singing with the rest of Loverboy.......and I have a great picture of me and Scott taken back stage but we were at the Ponchotrain Motel in Detroit drinking Dom Perignon with the guys from the 2 bands that Kevin was working for and that was one of the best tours.......I left my autographed programme in the truck that Bob Cheevers (one of the truck drivers for Loverboy) was driving and I was so mad that I lost it and I even sent the money to Loverboy's agency at the time with Bruce Allen to get another one and they never sent me one.............but that interview with Mike, was one of the best I've seen and he is such a nice down to earth guy and he is very funny but it brought back some great memories of seeing Mike Reno and not believing it was him....he's a great singer and how bummed out I was when I heard about Scott being swept into the water off his sailboat never to be found again and how Mike says he thinks about him every day of his life........the picture I have of Scott and I is a funny one and I hope Mike reads this............and I never got my programme back and I sent the money but I wanted it to remember that tour which out of all the ones my friend who worked his way up to be stage manager, that really was a great tour and Loverboy is a great bacd especially live............just wanted to share that story................Lana from Windsor,Ontario.........

Just caught 'Where You At Baby?' and saw a face from my teen years- Mike Reno. He went on to say how Canada has consistently failed to acknowledge LoverBoy for their outstanding contribution to Canada's music history. What a shame! Get it together all you 'powers that be' and do something useful with your power and your time.. induct LoverBoy in to the Music Hall of Fame,today! I am in my thirties now and still listen to their music for they are timeless as is Journey. I anticipate this matter will be addressed with utmost respect and before I expire.. looking forward to the induction!

Well , I just found out that Loverboy IS NOT in the R&R Hall of Fame....what the ???....saw these guys this summer....wow...what a show...and what a great group of guys...met them backstage...the new CD is just as DELIGHTFUL as the ones from the "earlier years"....i highly suggest purchasing it....get these guys in the Hall Of Fame...whats the matter with everyone??...enjoyed the show...maybe try a Loverboy Part 2;)

i am one of the ones who have followed mike and the guys since the early 80's...and yes it is ashame that they haven't recieved the reconition that they are due! the talent that each of them have it amazing! there is not a song that has been put out that i don't have. i have been to TOO many loverboy concerts to count, as a matter of fact my first husband divorced me because i went to one of their concerts on a thursday night in birmingham, alabama and the following saturday went to the same concert in atlanta, georgia...did this bother me? no...cause if he couldn't deal with me and loverboy then he needed to kick rocks...lmao...and we had been together over 7 years...would i do it again? hell yes! the last time i saw them was in 1999 when they played at the city fest in montgomery alabama...they rocked just as hard then as they did in the 80's...i will always support them and love the new album...they will ALWAYS be #1 in my book...rock on loverboy! hurry up and come back to alabama!

I just saw the Mike Reno episode. That Mike is still a cool guy. No attitude or arrogance about him. To this day I have a few Loverboy tunes on my ipod and luv to crank them. I never really called them 80's cheese music. They were consistent with all there music. I saw Loverboy in Kitchener when Bryan Adams opened for them. To this day I remember the lasers and the great light show. They rocked thge aud and everybody loved the show. GET THIS BAND INTO THE HALL OF FAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just finished watching the show with Mike Reno and very disappointed to find out that Loverboy is not in the Canadian Hall of Fame. SHAME ON THEM! Loverboy put Canadian music on the MAP.

I saw the show "where you at" yesterday & thoroughly enjoyed it. I have been a LoverBoy Fan since the late 70's early 80's when my girlfriend & I would sit on the front stairs of their Band House in Burnaby & listen to them jam. I love the Band, there music is Timeless. You hear a song today & its fresh & relived. I am sooo shocked that they are not in the Cdn. Hall of Fame, there sound is unique & right-on, always enjoy hearing Loverboy. The show was great, good for Mike Reno, he's so down to earth & a good time regular guy.

I got to see Mike Reno play in a bar in Nanimo British Columbia many years ago and he was great. Its a shame that Loverboy is not in the hall of fame. And I also know someone that use to drive the bus for Loverboy. Just wanted to share that.