Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band's classic lineup consisted of frontman Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos. They released their debut album, Cheap Trick, in 1977 and found success in Japan with the release of its second album, In Color, later that year. The band would achieve mainstream popularity in the United States in 1979 with its breakthrough album Cheap Trick at Budokan. Cheap Trick reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts in 1979 with the Budokan live version of "I Want You to Want Me" and topped the charts in 1988 with "The Flame".
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played the band relatively regularly in the late 70's, including three tracks from their album on his 14 March 1977 show.
During the 80's, with Cheap Trick going in a glam metal direction, he rarely played tracks from the band.
on his 16 February 1997 show, Peel played a track from the band, 'Baby Talk', which had been produced by Steve Albini and released on Sub Pop. After the song ended, Peel mentioned that he once interviewed the band but couldn't remember any further details.
== Shows Played ==
;1977
*14 March 1977: Three tracks from (album - Cheap Trick) Epic PE 34400
*29 April 1977: Cry, Cry (album - Cheap Trick) Epic PE 34400
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*22 January 1979: Ain’t That A Shame (LP – At The Budokan) Epic
*01 February 1979 (Paul Gambaccini): I Want You To Want Me (7") Epic
;1997
*16 February 1997: 'Baby Talk (7")' Sub Pop (JP: 'Hey hey rock 'n' roll, that's Cheap Trick and they used to be huge at the end of the 1970's, beginning of the 1980's. I even interviewed them once, but I forget exactly why and which programme, but that was a new single from them on Sub Pop records and it was called Baby Talk')
== Covered ==
(The list below was compiled only from the Cover Versions page of this site. Please add more information if known.)
Artist | Track | First Known Play
*Big Black: He's A Whore 19 August 1987
*Cell: Auf Wedersehen 07 November 1992
*Datsuns: Goodnight Now (session) 01 May 2002
*Philistines Jr: Surrender (session) 14 July 1996
*Scrawl: High Roller 05 June 1993
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1979
*Sounds
*Fuse
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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