Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick — The Essential

Despite the fact that Cheap Trick are still one of the best live bands kickin’ it (Aerosmith aren't using them on their current tour for their good looks), the bulk of their recorded output after 1979’s Dream Police is pretty shoddy. The Essential Cheap Trick makes this painfully clear as the first of the two discs far outweighs the second. It's a...
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Cheap Trick _the Essential

Mother Nature Tries To Kill Cheap Trick, Fails

Mother Nature decided to take matters into her own hands yesterday at Ottawa Bluesfest and put a stop to hearing any more Cheap Trick after sitting through what she thought was yet another shitty version of "I Want You To Want Me."So she did the only thing she could think of doing at that moment in time: instead of the band "tearing the roof off"...
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Tinted Windows Have Fun With Something Different

If you found yourself scratching your head when you heard former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha was working with Taylor Hanson, you're not alone. While both parties admit their new Tinted Windows project is mainly about creating some no-nonsense, '60s style summer pop, it doesn't make either of them less excited about it. "I think...
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Tinted Windows: Unlikely Supergroup

There are and have been many supergroups with ungodly lineups throughout music history (Asia, Bad English or New Edition, anyone?), and the latest are Tinted Windows. The band feature former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Hanson singer/keyboardist Taylor Hanson, Fountains Of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E....
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Sean Lennon, Cheap Trick And Everclear Strum Wilbury Songs

Sean Lennon, Mick Ronson, Everclear, Cheap Trick and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones are contributing to Strumming Wilburys, a tribute album dedicated to The Traveling Wilburys. The record is slated for release on Jan. 30 through Oarfin Records. "Tweeter And The Monkey Man," "Handle With Care," "End Of The Line,...
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