I HEART CHEAP TRICK!!!!

i could (and prolly should) write a whole post about how cheap trick live at buddokan changed my life... it is the first LP i remember listening to in its entirety (albeit, inadvertently).

in the summer of 1979. everyday. for a whole month. my sister woke the entire house up each morning with,

"ALRIGHT, TOKYO!!" audience screams
"ARE YOU READY?" louder screams
"WILL YOU WELCOME, EPIC RECORDING ARTISTS,
CHEAP TRICK!!!" pandemonium

enter rick neilson's (pictured above) crunchy guitar...
bun e. carlos' tight snare hits followed by...
robin zander's rock salutation,

"HELLO THERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
HELLO THERE, LADIES AND GENTS!
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? (with tom petersson's bass)
ARE YOU READY OR NOT?!"

hell yeah, i'm ready to ROCK!!! i'm also WIDE AWAKE now.

suffice to say, the indoctrination (inROCKtrination?) worked--i love cheap trick! so when my sister gave me tickets to see them this christmas, it fulfilled a childhood dream. thanks, raquel!

actaully, in 1986, cheap trick would have been my first concert had my parents let me venture from behind the orange curtain to see them play fender's international grand ballroom right here in the LBC! here's a bit of trivia: guess which soon-to-be-huge band opened for them?


G'N'F'N'R!!!
(guns 'n' roses)