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I've had a lot more free time lately. My second book will be out in September, just in time for the season to start. I just finished...
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Jun 244 min read
Are You Ready, FLORRIDA? Sounds like Califfornia!
One of the most interesting (yet frustrating for the band itself) elements of Cheap Trick's story is that at the very moment when they...
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Jun 135 min read
Sounds like...Buffalo (and Rochester)
There are a lot of references to Western New York in my book. This was no accident. Rochester and Buffalo were early crowds that really...
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Jun 102 min read
I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
I thought I would get a chance to get back here right after the schedule release, but it was not to be the case. That's OK, FAITHFUL...
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May 73 min read
Time Loves A Hero
I admit it, FAITHFUL READER. In the end I got caught up in the draft hype. Like everyone else I had myself convinced that we needed to...
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May 32 min read
About The Cover
On April 8, 1978 Cheap Trick played London's Roundhouse. Here they are captured by Andre Csillag onstage. A shot of Tom Petersson, shown...
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Apr 184 min read
Lightning, Then The Thunder
Yeah, the title is from the Imagine Dragons song. I've been doing this for almost thirty years now. You can only use so many Dead...
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Apr 53 min read
Happy 58th, Mike McCready
Like Brian Kramp, my book features a guest foreword by a member of Pearl Jam. It's no secret that almost any band from the '80s and '90s...
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Feb 245 min read
What About Tom?
This shot is from 1980, I believe. Rick has the "Roadie" pin on his sweater he was wearing during this time. Bill O' Leary's photos...
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Feb 232 min read
I've Been Wishing Out The Days
I mean, I might as well use the current JIC collage while I still can. If we jettison Bosa, I'll put Tomlinson in there. So the Super...
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Feb 173 min read
Look At The Things That I Write/Ooo, The Stories I Can Tell
An alternative shot from this Michael Ochs session appeared in Daisann McLane's famous Rolling Stone cover story on Cheap Trick from June...
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Feb 54 min read
Happy Belated Budokan Birthday (45 Years So Far)
As Bun E. Carlos has pointed out more than once in interviews, the band changed one word from the import version of Budokan in order to...
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Feb 36 min read
We Are The Lightning Storm
I have a feeling I'm going to have take Joey Bosa out of the collage before long. Jim Harbaugh finally dropped his name today in one of...
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Jan 2610 min read
How Jim Harbaugh Matters (Why The Chargers Need A Supercoach)
This one's been a long time coming, FAITHFUL READER. This was one shitty season to suffer through. I think I really lost faith after...
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Jan 81 min read
The White Man Had The Schmaltz
Over the next couple of posts, I'll try to get into the connection between Cheap Trick, Queen, KISS, The Runaways, and AC/DC. The review...
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Jan 81 min read
At Least They Lost Right
There's no other way to put it. I understand that players don't care about draft position, but at least they didn't beat the Chiefs...
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Jan 22 min read
Got My Queen Records Out
So much of Cheap Trick's history is the result of the same stories being told over and over. Many of them are half-truths or outright...
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Dec 30, 20232 min read
That's A Wrap
What a shitty season. There is no other way to put it. I know, FAITHFUL READER, that it would be all worth it if it eventually led to a...
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Dec 27, 20234 min read
American Standard
Cheap Trick has always been a band that never let the facts get in the way of a good story. They often recall that "American Standard"...
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