More than any other group in rock today, Loverboy understands the power and illusions of young lust. With their hot-and-heavy lyrics, insinuating melodies and snickering album titles – I guess if you Get Lucky, you'd better Keep It Up – the band makes it plain that its idea of romance isn't just fluttering hearts and whispered promises. But despite such heavy-breathing titles as "Hot...

Unlike such critically hyped nonsellers as the Iron City Houserockers or idiosyncratic nostalgists like Ozzy Osbourne, Loverboy are a truly popular hard-rock band. Last year, their debut album went platinum, and the group began filling arenas before its record company realized what was happening. Loverboy made it without publicity and, as all hard rockers like to claim, with lots of hard work...