Having completed my initial assignment “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me” (thanks, Chris Estey), and having enjoyed said project a GREAT deal, I’ve decided to post 25 MORE, for good measure. So, “50 albums in 50 days”, here I come. Upon completion later this month, …
The new Queen movie did a pretty darn nice job of capturing how bad ass it is to be in a Rock & Roll band in that moment when a song and a band is kicking so much f☆cking ass…and that joy is in a genuine circuit with a willing and participating audience. A living. …
Cheap Trick will rock in the Yuletide season with the release of their first holiday themed album CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS, out October 20 on Big Machine Records. Arriving mere months after their critically-acclaimed 18th studio album WE’RE ALL ALRIGHT!, Cheap Trick co-produced the holiday collection alongside their longtime collaborator, GRAMMY® Award winner Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell, …
Rock and roll. Every time I’ve seen Cheap Trick, they played as if they invented it. Most exciting band in the world. – Steve Stav http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qojUFE7ZkI8
In 1978 or 1979, roughly concurrent with Cheap Trick’s release of Heaven Tonight and Dream Police, I argued vehemently that Cheap Trick was a combo whose appeal would go on. I predicted their careers would have the longevity of a band like the Rolling Stones, who even by then had been recording and touring for …
. Hey, there’s an ad in my sidebar now that says Rick has signature cases for iPads and iPhones — limited edition checkerboard! hehe: – Andrea Miller .
7/01/2010 – from the great Tom Kipp: I always suspected ol’ Bob would bow out in the anniversary month of CG. [July 1969 seems longer ago than EVER right now.] And, after the conversation we had about Consumer Guide in 2006, driving back to his hotel from Greil and Jenny Marcus’ dinner party at the …