Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    		Sure, I like CT, they may not be HM but they are pretty
    close. I saw them in '82 at Fitchburg with AXE. Great show. BTW
    what was the last album that they had?
    
    				That's all for now
    
    					CB

	 I saw Cheap Trick last summer at the Colorado State fair.  I
	 paid $15 for the ticket, and they played for 45 minutes.
	 They s*cked.  They wouldn't even come out for an
	 encore....seems they had scheduled an 11pm flight out of
	 Denver after a 6pm start for the show....so they decided they
	 couldn't play anymore.  :-P

	 They only played one song off the old stuff (I hate when I
	 forget names of songs/albums/groups), everything else
	 was off their newest album.

	 I've never been to such a flop of a concert in all my life.
	 And I read reviews that said they will not be invited back to
	 Colorado for a long time.


	 When I saw them 6-7 years ago in Arizona, tho, they were
	 great!  What happened?


	 wild_kat

    I've seen Cheap Trick about 8 times from 1979 - 1988.  They were
    pretty smokin between `79 - `82, but have been sketchy on vinal
    and on styage ever since.  Their LOL lp wasn't bad...and I saw some
    good and bad performances from that tour.
    
    Personally, they can be a great band...kinda like a heavy Beatles
    of the 80s if you ask me.

     The Title of their lastest album is "Lap of Luxury"! Has some good
    rock'in tunes on it! My favorite off this album is called, Wrong
    Side Of Love! I've never seen them in concert, but I would like
    too. I was glad they finally got to no# 1 with The Flame! They've
    been around a long time!
    
    
    
    B.A.
    

    HI My name is Cindy and I like cheap trick. 

    Hi,
    Their first LP (1977) was something combining heavy rock and punk rock
    rawness. It was very demolishing for its time. They changed very much
    after their first LP by softening their music.
    Sorin

    Surrender,surrender....But don't give yourself away!
    
         Does anyone else have "The Doctor" by Cheap Trick besides me???
    It's the one before Lap Of LUxery.
    
                                Frizkid
    

    
    
    	Where does Rick Nielson get his sweaters?
    
    
    
    Paul

    
    
    K-Mart?
    
                         mike
    

    
    
    	Re: Mike
    
    	>>K-Mart
    
    	K-Mart... definitely... definitely. 8^)
    
    
    	But seriously folks... like the ones with the Cheap Trick logo from 
    the "Dream Police" album and the ones with the funny skulls on 'em from
    their last crop of videos.
    	
    
    Paul

    
    
     Maybe a better question is, what planet did this guy come from?
    
                                                   mike 8^)
    
    Re personal: yea, ya gotta like those Ramone brothers!
    
    

I was at the Cheap Trick show last night. It was an ok show, nothing too
awesome. Its all depended upon the song - if it was a good song, they sounded
readed great. Other times they were sorta lame, and even a bit boring.

Best stuff - "Just Got Back" (opener), "California Man" (they skipped a verse
though), "Clock Strikes Ten" (also skipped a verse here!), "The Flame" 
(Robin's voice sounded *great* here - he's absolutely one of my favorite 
singers!), "If You Want My Love You Got It" (probably my favorite song of
the night, and a nice surprise!). Also, a newer song called "Back In Blue"
was ok.

Some of the stuff was just sorta lame though - "Surrender", "I Want You To
Want Me", "Ain't That A Shame", "Don't Be Cruel", etc.

And they didn't do a lot of songs I wanted to hear, like "Can't Stop The 
Music", "On Top Of The World", "Auf Wieder..."(sp?), "Voices", lots more I 
wanted to hear but didn't get to.

Best part of the show - Robin Zander's voice, followed by Tom Peterson's 
12-string bass sound. Worst - Rick Neilson's guitar playing, which was only
fair and most of the time just sounded like a mess in the mix. Bun E. Carlos
was good, but I could have done without the drum solo.

The Neighborhoods opened up for them, they were as good, if not better, than
Cheap Trick was! They really have changed their sound - they used to be a 
real bar_band_PRKG band, now they're leaning more towards the Aerosmith/
GnR kind of sound, with a lot of the pop sensibility gone away. Its was
good, although I sorta miss the old 'Hoods sound.

BTW, the show was WAY TOO LOUD!!!!!! My right ear is still ringing at this 
moment, and I'm hoping there's no permanent damage. There's no reason for 
them to be playing that loud!!! First time my ears have been ringing since
Deep Purple at the Centrum..... and I've seen a lot of shows since!

alan

    CT is a weird band...I've seen them smoke and I've seen them sink.
    
    Sounds like last night was in between, leaning towards the latter!
    ;^(

    "Clock Stricks 10" is a cool tune!  Glad to hear they played that one.
    
    re: Rick Neilsons guitar playing
    
    I can't figure out why people used to always rave about his playing, I
    always thought he was mostly just average.  It was nice to see someone
    in the pop scene that cared more about playing to the song then showing
    off his technique though.
    
    re: too loud
    
    I never go to a show (not even a bar band) without earplugs anymore.  I
    have plenty of hearing damage already, I don't need anymore.  I like to
    feel the music, but I don't like my ears hurting and ringing...
    
    gh

>    CT is a weird band...I've seen them smoke and I've seen them sink.
>    Sounds like last night was in between, leaning towards the latter!

Exactly! They weren't as good as they were in '78-'81, but they weren't as
lame as the mid-80's period. It wasn't that bad really, still definitely
enjoyable, just not what they certainly *can* be.....

alan

    I saw them in an opening slot on their In Color tour...WOAH!
    

    
    Gawd...this topic's dead...
    
    Saw them in London when they did a few shows to promote "All Shook Up".
    Great show !
    
    Anyways...    
    
    They release a new album in the next week or two called "Wake Up With 
    The Monster" (I think ?). 
        
    Anyone care ?
    
    No....I didn't think so.
                              
    Del.