Cheap Trick

[DrMaddVibe]

I'm going to start this thread with this nod...HOW MANY BANDS HAVE INFLUENCED AS MANY BANDS AS THEM? An immovable force that I believe was the model for "This Is Spinal Tap".


Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974. The band currently consists of vocalist Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and touring drummer Daxx Nielsen. Original drummer Bun E. Carlos stopped touring with the band in 2010 but remains a partner in their business organization.

Cheap Trick released their debut album in 1977 and first found success in Japan with the release of their second album, In Color, later that year. The band would not achieve mainstream popularity in the United States until 1979 with their breakthrough album Cheap Trick at Budokan. Over the course of their career the band has experienced several resurgences of popularity and has toured consistently, playing over 5,000 shows. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

• Cheap Trick (1977)
• In Color (1977)
• Heaven Tonight (1978)
• Dream Police (1979)
• All Shook Up (1980)
• One on One (1982)
• Next Position Please (1983)
• Standing on the Edge (1985)
• The Doctor (1986)
• Lap of Luxury (1988)
• Busted (1990)
• Woke Up with a Monster (1994)
• Cheap Trick (1997)
• Special One (2003)
• Rockford (2006)
• The Latest (2009)
• Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello (2016)
• We're All Alright! (2017)
• Christmas Christmas (2017)

 

[DrMaddVibe]

A band I've seen AC/DC open up for and Cheap Trick open up for AC/DC. I've seen them in arenas, forums and even bars!

I've seen them without Tom and Robin and Bun...I've personally met them all in the 80's when their tour bus invaded the Malibu Grand Prix I worked at in Orlando as a kid...and then ran into them at a hotel lounge after they performed at the old Sombrero in Tampa more than a decade later.

A band that delivers the goods no matter if there's 10 people or 100,000 in attendance. I thought they had a deal with the Devil as Robin never aged and his voice never cracked...saw them last year...let's just say the cracks are starting to show...but Robin...you had a helluva run! Sorry about the wrinkles!

 

[Oldhippie]

These guys are just plain old fun. There is no message or hidden meanings with these guys, they just want to rock. What’s not to love.

 

[Oldhippie]

 

[Speed King]

My home town's "Local Band"

 

[Oldhippie]

Is the museum worth seeing?

 

[Speed King]

Are you referring to the exibit that was at the Burpee Art Museum that was titled Rick's Picks? If so the answer is yes! I saw it back in 2012,. it was incredible! a couple friends of mine set it up and helped organize it.

 

[Oldhippie]

Are you referring to the exibit that was at the Burpee Art Museum that was titled Rick's Picks? If so the answer is yes! I saw it back in 2012,. it was incredible! a couple friends of mine set it up and helped organize it.

Aw OK, I saw it on an episode of American Pickers, thought it was a Museum in Rockford.

 

[Speed King]

Aw OK, I saw it on an episode of American Pickers, thought it was a Museum in Rockford.

It was a temporary exibit, unfortunately it closed after a few months.

 

[Speed King]

If you want to see Bun E. Carlos play, he has a band called "The Monday Night Band", they play at Mary's Place on Madison St. They don't play every Monday Night, but do play there pretty often. There is also a special gig coming up at the Burpee Museum on June 13th,....the link to the show is below,...

https://www.gorockford.com/event/music-on-the-rock-bun-e-carlos-and-the-monday-night-band/15221/

 

[Speed King]

Are Cheap Trick hard rock? I was debating whether or not to put them in the Hard Rock section, what do you guys think?

I know that some of what they do qualifies.

 

[Hammy]

Are Cheap Trick hard rock? I was debating whether or not to put them in the Hard Rock section, what do you guys think?

I know that some of what they do qualifies.

I'd say they qualify as hard pop rock. It's your forum, dude, you can put them where you want. The important thing is that we get the chance to talk about Cheap Trick.

 

[Speed King]

Hard Pop Rock?, never heard of that one but it seems to fit them. I'll just leave it here for now.

 

[triptych]

View attachment 114

Rick is something on stage !!!!

My fav Trick .....