Cheap trick
| Cheap trick | |
|---|---|
 Nielsen and Petersson in 1977 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 1973 |
| Website | http://www.cheaptrick.com/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Robin Zander (since 1974) | |
| Rick Nielsen | |
Bass , backing vocals |
Tom Petersson (before 1980 and since 1988) |
| Daxx Nielsen | |
| former members | |
singing |
Randy Hogan (until 1974) |
bass |
Jon Brant (1981-1988) |
Drums |
Bun E. Carlos (1974-2010) |
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford , Illinois in 1973 .
Band history
prehistory
Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson played together in a band called Fuse back in the late 1960s . In 1969 Fuse released an album on Epic Records . Since the desired success failed to materialize, Nielsen and Petersson separated from the other musicians in 1973. Together with Brad Carlson, who became known as Bun E. Carlos, and Randy "Xeno" Hogan they founded Cheap Trick.
The 1970s
In the first few years Cheap Trick played a few hundred concerts, including as opening act for Queen , The Kinks , Kiss and Santana . During this time, the song material was created that they later used on their first three albums.
In 1976 Epic Records signed the band, and the self-titled debut album was released in the spring of the following year. The album was not particularly successful in the USA, but immediately achieved gold status in Japan , as did its successor that was recorded in the same year. This can be traced back to a tour report in a Japanese magazine that Nielsen had written during the concert tour with Queen, and which had already brought the band closer to the Japanese audience. This fact was taken advantage of, and as early as 1978 Cheap Trick played a tour in Japan, on which all concerts were sold out in a very short time. This is also where the first live album, At Budokan , was created, which sold over three million times. With this and with the single I Want You to Want Me (their first Top 10 hit), which was released from it, Cheap Trick made their big breakthrough in North America. The following year the band released their most successful studio album, Dream Police . With the recordings for this LP, which contained two more hits with the title track and Voices , Cheap Trick let their predilection for the Beatles run wild.
The 1980s
Although the success lasted for the time being, Petersson left the band in 1980. He was initially replaced by Pete Comita, who soon had to give up his place to Jon Brant. With the exception of One on One , which reached platinum status, the albums recorded with this line-up ( Next Position Please from 1983, Standing on the Edge from 1985 and The Doctor from 1986) can be described as flops .
A few weeks before his death in 1980, Carlos and Nielsen recorded the piece I'm Losing You with John Lennon and the studio musicians Tony Levin and George Small . On Lennon's album Double Fantasy , however, a different version was used; the track recorded with the Cheap Trick members was not found on the John Lennon Anthology until 1998 .
In 1987, Petersson decided to return and Brant had to vacate his place. Nevertheless, he remained on friendly terms with the band. For the 25th anniversary in 1998 and also in 2004, when Petersson took a baby break, he performed together with Cheap Trick.
With Petersson, success returned. The album recorded with him Lap of Luxury sold well, two songs contained therein could be in the top ten of the US charts place: The Flame occupied for two weeks number one , Do not Be Cruel , the cover version of Elvis - Classic, reached position four. For this album, the band had material supplied by professional songwriters - a circumstance that was only criticized on more unsuccessful follow-up albums .
The 1990s
After the album Busted failed to meet the record company's expectations in 1990 (top position in the charts: 48), Cheap Trick was dropped. A few years later the band signed a contract with Warner Music . After they released the unsuccessful Woke Up With a Monster , this contract was also terminated. Cheap Trick ventured a fresh start and went on tour without label support, including with popular representatives of the alternative and indie scene at the time such as the Smashing Pumpkins and Guided by Voices . After Cheap Trick recorded the single Baby Talk with Steve Albini and released it via Sub Pop , the band played at Perry Farrel's Lollapalooza Festival in 1996 and signed a contract with the independent label Red Ant . The songs of the second self-titled album, which was released there, were written by the band members themselves, and the production was also taken over by the band itself. They later founded their own label, which included Music for Hangovers , a live album based on four concerts the band gave on the 20th anniversary of their first Japan tour in Chicago . At each concert, one of the first four studio albums was played in full. On the tour for this album Cheap Trick played among other things as support for Pearl Jam .
The 2000s
In 2001 the live album Silver was published, which includes recordings of a concert for the band's 25th anniversary in 1999. Guest musicians include Billy Corgan , Slash and Art Alexakis . The band also began writing new songs in 2001, which they recorded with Dylan producer Chris Shaw and again with Steve Albini. The result was the album Special One , released in 2003, which was the first studio album in six years. Dan “The Automator” Nakamura ( Gorillaz , Handsome Boy Modeling School ) was involved in the production of the included song Low Life in High Heels .
In 2006 Cheap Trick released the album Rockford , named after their birthplace and hometown in the US state of Illinois.
The 2010s
Rick Nielsen's son Daxx Nielsen has been playing drums at Cheap Trick since 2010. The long-time drummer Bun E. Carlos remained connected to the band and has since accompanied them on several unique occasions.
In 2016, Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the cast of Zander, Carlos, Petersson and Rick Nielsen .
influence
Cheap Trick is an influential band to this day. Her song I Want You to Want Me was covered by artists from a wide variety of genres, including Letters to Cleo , Lindsay Lohan , Propagandhi and Nada Surf , who incorporated part of the song into their The Way You Wear Your Head . Bela B put the song on the setlist for his Code B tour in 2009.
The Beatsteaks released a cover of the song Hello There on the Living Room EP in 2002 . The song is also played on recent live performances by the Beatsteaks and is featured on the live album Kanonen auf Spatzen . Even Big Black published with He's a Whore a Cheap Trick cover. Kurt Cobain said of his band Nirvana : "We sound just like Cheap Trick only the guitars are louder." (We sound just like Cheap Trick, only the guitars are louder.) Billy Corgan , the lead singer of The Smashing Pumpkins, also said that his singing was influenced by Cheap Trick. In 2010 Vince Neil covered He's A Whore on his album Tattoos & Tequila .
The band Hot Rod Circuit recorded a song called Cheap Trick in 2004 , which refers to the band ( "... and just like Cheap Trick I surrender" ). In Matt Groening's series The Simpsons , both Homer Simpson and Apu come out as cheap trick fans. The theme songs for The Colbert Report and the TV series The Roaring Seventies are from Cheap Trick (the latter being a cover of a big star song). Cheap Trick was also featured on several soundtracks , including Roadie (1980, Everything Works If You Let It ), Heavy Metal (1981, Reach out , You must be dreaming ), Detroit Rock City (1999, Surrender ), Private Parts (1997, I Want You To Want Me ) and Top Gun (1986, Mighty Wings) .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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| 1977 | In color | - | - |
US73  (12 weeks)US |
First published: September 1977
Producer: Tom Werman |
| 1978 | Heaven Tonight | - | - |
US48 (22 weeks)US |
First published: May 1978
Producer: Tom Werman |
| 1979 | Dream Police |
DE56 (6 weeks) DE |
UK41 (5 weeks) UK |
US6th (25 weeks)US |
First published: September 21, 1979
Producer: Tom Werman |
| 1980 | Found All the Parts (EP) | - | - |
US39 (12 weeks) US |
First published: June 2nd, 1980
Producer: Cheap Trick |
| All shook up | - | - |
US24  (15 weeks)US |
First published: October 24, 1980
Producer: George Martin |
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| 1982 | One on one | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
US39 (27 weeks)US |
First published: April 30, 1982
Producer: Roy Thomas Baker |
| 1983 | Next position please | - | - |
US61 (11 weeks) US |
First published: August 15, 1983
Producers: Cheap Trick, Todd Rundgren , Ian Taylor |
| 1985 | Standing on the edge | - | - |
US35 (18 weeks) US |
First published: August 1985
Producer: Jack Douglas |
| 1986 | The Doctor | - | - |
US115 (9 weeks) US |
First published: October 1986
Producer: Tony Platt |
| 1988 | Lap of Luxury | - | - |
US16 (47 weeks)US |
First published: April 12, 1988
Producer: Richie Zito |
| 1990 | Busted | - | - |
US48 (17 weeks) US |
First published: June 1990
Producer: Richie Zito |
| 1994 | Woke up with a monster | - | - |
US123 (2 weeks) US |
First released: March 22nd, 1994
Producer: Ted Templeman |
| 1997 | Cheap trick | - | - |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
First published: April 29, 1997
Producers: Cheap Trick, Ian Taylor |
| 2003 | Special One | - | - |
US128 (1 week) US |
First published: June 22nd, 2003
Producers: Cheap Trick, Chris Shaw |
| 2006 | RockFord | - | - |
US101 (2 weeks) US |
First published: June 6th, 2006
Producers: Cheap Trick, Linda Perry |
| 2009 | The Latest | - | - |
US78 (1 week) US |
First published: June 23, 2009
Producers: Cheap Trick, Howard Willing, Julian Raymond |
| 2016 | Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello | - | - |
US31 (3 weeks) US |
First published: April 1st, 2016
Producers: Cheap Trick, Julian Raymond |
| 2017 | We're All Alright! | - | - |
US63 (1 week) US |
First published: June 16, 2017
Producers: Cheap Trick, Julian Raymond |
More studio albums
- 1977: Cheap Trick (release: February)
swell
- ↑ Chris Hunt: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER: THE RECORDING OF DOUBLE FANTASY , from Uncut Legends , 2005.
- ^ Colin Devenish: Cheap Trick Deliver "Special" ; RollingStone.com, June 17, 2003 (accessed March 9, 2009)
- ↑ Entry Cheap Trick on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website, accessed December 14, 2017.
- ↑ RS 94 . starla.org. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ↑ Cheap Trick in the IMDb
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT UK US
Web links
- Official website
- Cheap trick at the 12vern
- Cheap Trick at MusicBrainz (English)