Hard to believe, but after 35 years Cheap Trick finally got blown off the stage tonight in Ottawa. We’re happy to report that the band is in fact all alright. We’re still awaiting word on the condition of these two tasteful lutes: Anyway, here’s Trick with “Downed” and “Surrender”:
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“We’re all alright! We’re all alright!”
July 17, 2011I Should Coco
January 23, 2010As always, we’re a little late to the party, but we just wanted to give a big thumbs-up to a very, very funny guy who, in the face of brazen corporate stupidity, walked away instead of being a schmuck and enabling the unimaginative bastards pulling the strings. Unfortunately tinted Les Paul aside, Conan O’Brien is [...]
You Never Give Me Your Money…
August 27, 2009But that’s all about to change. Beatle geeks, the time is now. The remasters are 13 days out and so far, the advance word is pretty much everything we could have hoped for. Witness UNCUT: The key word is clarity. Not loudness. Clarity. The voices and instruments are crystal clear, pure, human, natural (except, of [...]
They don’t get paid to take vacations or let me alone
March 16, 2009Always a band of the people, Cheap Trick is now taking it to the web in a way not usually associated with four gentlemen from the heartland all hovering around 60. Or from a band that peaked commercially 30 years ago, for that matter. Which is, of course, why we love Cheap Trick. So… TWITTER [...]
BTRNR Exclusive: Tinted Windows
February 16, 2009That’s James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) on guitar, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne) on bass, Mr. Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) on drums, and Taylor Hanson (um, Hanson) on vocals. They’re called Tinted Windows and the album will be out sometime this spring. Sounds power pop-tastic, doesn’t it?
High Rollers
January 15, 2009NOTE: For full effect, read the following in the voice of this guy: Oooh, baby needs some brand new shoes! Apparently, the Rockford, IL-based firm of Nielsen, Petersson, Zander & Carlos will be making a non-Budokan related cash grab (a first!) by trading in their white police uniforms for psychedelic drum major threads. Yes, Cheap Trick will be performing [...]
