Weird coming across this, I was there, what a different world that was.

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, different times for sure. Definitely not perfect, but objectively I’d say much better than today. I just wish we knew back then what was coming down the pike (well, some of us actually did, but…) so we could make the necessary changes to avoid it. I mainly just miss the musical climate. And, not gonna lie… the drugs 🤪😆

It was a different world then. I remember seeing Cheap Trick back in their heyday and a lot of other bands in the 80’s, but I’ll say it: Cheap Trick were the best band I’ve ever seen live.

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Cheap Trick, and Van Halen in the early days. Absolutely, hands down those were the two best big rock concerts I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen some smaller venue gigs with bands that were more of an underground phenomenon that were even better, but Cheap Trick and (first 4 albums era) VH were definitely, above and beyond, the best of the bunch as far as arena gigs I’ve seen (I’ve seen more than a few) go. Honorable mention to J. Geils Band. They were almost as good.

This was my first concert!

@sherry8894

6 ай бұрын

Mine also ! Such great memories of those days!!!

@dmansf49ers71

3 ай бұрын

Mine too!!!! Columbus Ohio February same year, All shook up tour!! $12.50 still got the ticket stub😅👍💯

Robin Zander is a great vocalist, he's very underrated.

@maxxschneider5534

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't really a big fan of theirs until I saw Don kirshner's Rock concert then I decided they were America's best rock band. I really like Van Halen II but David Lee Roth doesn't get close to Robin Zander.

@webby64channel35

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

He's the best!

@Shikta-poobah67

Жыл бұрын

He’s actually ‘rated’ pretty highly with everyone I know.

@therealfronzilla

Жыл бұрын

He is not just great, Robin in one of the best ever.

I’ve just gotta say… this is one that I always keep coming back to. I saved it to my favorites long ago, and it just never gets old. The best part is the way it’s been cleaned up. For many years the only way I could see this footage was on some crappy 10th generation bootleg VHS tape with horrendous audio and visual quality. So, cheers Tardis for doing what you do. You provide a highly commendable service, and I for one am grateful.

Freeeeeeaking awesome!! These boys rock a helluva lot harder than people think!! What a great time to be young!!

WHAT A KICK-ASS SHOW! UNDERRATED? FUCK NO. THESE GUYS ARE GREAT MUSICIANS AND HAVE DONE IT FOR DECADES!!!

And these guys are still rockin 40 years later

@dean7875

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and I'm going to see them on the 28th of this month in Clearwater Florida to New Coachman and let me tell you I saw them just a couple of months ago at the hard Rock and believe me they're still kicking ass

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

For the first couple of years after Bun left, it was a hard sell for me. They *almost* lost me completely, and I’m pretty much what most people would consider a ‘super fan’. I’ve stuck by them through thick and thin (a lot of thin in the 80’s) ever since I first heard the song “ELO Kiddies”, some 45 years ago. I just couldn’t wrap my head around a Cheap Trick without Bun E Carlos. I don’t care how good a replacement anyone is, you just can’t fill those shoes. It took actually going to see them live with Daxx. Though nowhere near as good as his predecessor, he knew all those songs 100%, and did them justice. Still, I really miss Bun E.

@karengarrison3666

9 күн бұрын

​​@@Shikta-poobah67 Hey, I read your post. I've loved Cheap Trick forever, and I'm reaquainting myself with them. Can you tell me why Bun E left?

@Shikta-poobah67

3 күн бұрын

@@karengarrison3666 There are two different stories I’ve heard and read about, regarding his departure. One is the official story, which is that his back problems had gotten so bad that he could no longer play with the same level of power and stamina that he had previously. The long tours and the longer sets they were playing during their Vegas stint were taking a major physical toll on him. The other story goes that he and Robin had a major falling out during their “Sgt. Pepper” residency in Las Vegas, where things got really heated and it almost came to blows one night, at which point Bun either quit or was fired, depending on who you ask. I don’t know which of those two stories is the true story. Maybe they both are? Sounds to me like Bun was getting burnt out and was in constant physical pain, which I know from experience can cause a person to have a really short temper. Then again I wasn’t there, so who really knows? All I know is that Bun is still officially considered a member of CT, but he no longer plays drums for them. Don’t ask me how that works, I have no idea.

I WAS THERE! 14 years old.

@cynben711

3 жыл бұрын

Way cool, very lucky!

One of the best live performances

@mikeskillings5985

4 жыл бұрын

It's good but Budakon 78/79& Boston 78 and Rockford Illinois 77 and Rockplast 79&83 and Daytona Beach 88&89 was better

@DaveAnchovies

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeskillings5985 if Rockford 77 is the radio broadcast aka Samurai Rock Band, then i concur. Budakon was too polished. if theres an unpolished version...

@snowdenwyatt6276

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveAnchovies There's a "too unpolished" version. The first US CD had a bad mix on Ain't That a Shame. During the final go round with each band member doing mini-solos, Robin Zander's guitar solos sound like a chicken being strangled. Just awful playing. Makes me think that the version on all other releases has Rick looping Robin's solos during that part.

@maxxschneider5534

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Don kirshner's Rock concert. Just that footage alone made me declare Cheap Trick the best American band of all time. Robin Zander is a genius. Rick Nielsen is a genius. Bun e Carlos is a genius. Tom Peterson what were you thinking leaving the band?

@Shikta-poobah67

Жыл бұрын

@@maxxschneider5534 Yeah that Don Kirshner footage is white-hot fire. I saw it back when it aired and it blew my little 11 year old mind. I watch it today all these years later and it still has the same effect on me. They were young, hungry, and unstoppable. Probably the best live footage of them I’ve ever seen, though this one here ain’t too shabby either. [EDIT] As far as Tom leaving when he did, I kind of understand why he chose to do so. It was a very grueling, exhausting period for them. They had been touring, recording, and doing TV promo spots nonstop for about 3 years straight without a single break, and then when they went into the studio to record “All Shook Up”, Tom knew they were going in the wrong stylistic direction, and he was right. That album was the beginning of a downward spiral that lasted for 18 years. I’ve met Tom. He’s a very quiet, laid back, reserved person. All the insanity that was happening daily around that turn of the decade period just got to be a bit too much for a guy like him.

Pete Comita did a fantastic job on the bass and BG vocals in Tom Petersson's absence.

@Shikta-poobah67

Жыл бұрын

He pulled it off fairly well. He was a good doppelgänger for Tom, plus he played a 12-string bass. Too bad he let the monkey on his back take over so quickly. He was a much better replacement for Tom than Jon Brant.

@brianhill3850

7 ай бұрын

Rick totally disliked Comita

@karengarrison3666

9 күн бұрын

​@@brianhill3850 Why?

@nurknanker6105

Күн бұрын

My guess is that Rick is more of the Pepsi generation. 👀​@@karengarrison3666

They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For those that say he is underrated as a singer is not true . This band is very well recognized and known

@Shikta-poobah67

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. That needed to be said. I get so sick of seeing that word (underrated) being bandied about where it doesn’t apply. It’s just internet-speak for “I really like this band”. I wish people would just say that instead of constantly throwing around “underrated”. I mean ffs they’re in the R&RHoF, they’ve sold over 20 million albums, and they still to this day sell out large arenas worldwide. Hardly what I’d call “underrated”.

Late 70's early 80's it was all about Cheap Trick and Rush

@arthurbishop3173

3 жыл бұрын

Van Halen???

@Shikta-poobah67

Жыл бұрын

Just Cheap Trick for me. No Rush… not then, not ever. However there was Van Halen, AC/DC, and Ramones.

I seen cheap trick back in 1978 at the amphitheater in Chicago. I bought tickets at ticketron in Sears at River Oaks in calumet city on Torrance Ave Illinois

Man, Cheap Trick are such an underrated band. I loved these guys from day one... yeah, I'm old F.A.R.T. but I grew up with the best music ever! Fathers Against Radical Teens.

@Killroy10096

9 ай бұрын

lol

WHAT A SET OF FRICKIN PIPES MAN, DAMN...

That is a piece of rock ‘n roll history! It’s like finding a dinosaur 🦕 bone. Just awesome! Rick and Robin are absolutely ridiculous!

Best American rock band ever.

@ecinaz

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm going to see them in Tucson for the 3rd time this friday.

Robyn has a unique voice & very nice to look at!!❤😅

May 26 1979, Convention Center in Asbury Park, Cheap Trick was my first concert ... and I saw Cheap Trick on this tour - March 5th 1981 .. UFO opened .. I was 12, my parents drove through a snowstorm to take us .God bless 'em ... Best double bill I've ever seen ... Cheap Trick, In Color, Heaven Tonight, Budokan, Dream Police, All Shook Up - the greatest run of albums to start a career

This show is so good! Used to have it on VHS watched it over and over again

Pete Comita did an awesome job on the Bass ! His vocals were really great! Tom Pettersen was in rehab in 1981... I saw cheap Trick back in 1998 open up for ZZ top in Charlotte Coliseum North Carolina. Got lucky to go backstage to meet the band! Back then I was single, and got a kiss from Robin Zander, best kiss 💋 ever!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

Жыл бұрын

Cheap Trick was amazing live in the 90's. Thanks for sharing that.

@ivyhope660

Жыл бұрын

I am sooooooo jealous about your kiss from Robin Zander !!!

@KOSMICKEN09

11 ай бұрын

Petersson wasn't in rehab he Left mostly because of his wife it's a long story -

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Rehab? You sure about that? This is the first I’ve heard of that. I know he left because of creative differences and general burnout from nonstop touring, plus there was that little thing with Dagmar… but I don’t think rehab was ever a factor.

@sherry8894

6 ай бұрын

@FreddieandBrenda WOW ! I would have given anything to get a kiss from Robin back in those days. Lucky you !!!

i remember seeing them the first time..i was not even a fan..went because my friends loved them...I was blown away with the sheer power, melodies and dynamics live! Love.

Seen them at LULU'S IN Kitchener Ontario Canada 1994 Woke up tour man that 58 gibson explorer Rick played great live band period this show rocks thanks for the video love this

As concert openers most bands would kill for Cheap Trick's opening trio of songs - Stop This Game, Hello There & I Want You to Want me.

the intensity and ferocity of a who show back in the day saw ct in 77 or 78 in a small gym in indiana with ufo as the opening act what a concert thanks for uploading this monster concert

great clean up on this one!. Ahhh the days of festival seating at large venues, love the footage of the mob running over each other to get the good seats up close

@danahorton1202

5 жыл бұрын

no one loved it for The Who in Cincinnati

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

@@danahorton1202 Yeah I’m glad they don’t do that anymore. Especially as selfish and stupid as people are today. It was bad enough back then. I can’t even imagine how bad it would be now.

As a guitar player, I'm always in awe of all the vintage guitars Rick Nielsen pulls out during their shows. I saw them in a North Chicago theatre in 1980. Great show.

@RICHBLACKCOCK

Жыл бұрын

@davidhommedieu9036 ROCKFOD, Illinois` FINEST! cheap trickCHEAP TRICKcheap trickCHEAP TRICK

Saw them in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada around this time, still have the guitar pick I got that night.cheers thanks for posting

Look at the old LOOP shirts!! I loved those back then, wish I still had em. It was so awesome! It was so exciting hear them!! It was such an exciting time. I miss music where you loved every song, you knew all the words by heart! They were the songs of our lives and we loved it!! Thank you so much for a excellent part of my teen years!! So much fun!! =;) P.S "Must be Dreaming " is one of the best parts of the sound track from the movie "Heavy Metal" the original movie!!

@williamkennedy4123

3 жыл бұрын

you can buy loop shorts and xrt shirts on line

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Their other song from that soundtrack - “Reach Out” was another good one, put to good use in the scene it was used in (“STERRRRNNN!!!”). They do a smokin’ live version of it here. Pete Comita’s song.

Back in the early 70's, I was a kid in the Dells, probably about 5 or 6 years old. Robin Zander performed/worked(?) at a place called Tower Pub with a guy named Brian Beebe who were known as Zander and Kent. My mom and my aunt were cocktail waitress and bartender there. My dad, my sister and I used to take a walk a couple blocks to get there during the summer and pick up my mom and sometimes my aunt just before their shift was done. Those were the days when they used to throw peanut shells all over the floor to soak up the beer and that place always had peanut shells all over the place as I remember. Some of those times, some dude with long blonde hair would give my sister and I kiddie cocktails and my dad a beer and get some small talk as an adult would back in those days. Fast forward to 1979 I bought the Dream Police album with my allowance. When I got home (shopped in Portage at Value Village) my mom saw the album and told me that she used to work with Robin. She then said, He was a nice guy.... you don't remember him? He used to give you and your sister those damn kiddie cocktails and you kids would have a sugar rush and we would have to chase you around the Dells on our way to the car. Last I heard, Brian (Kent) still performs in the Dells area at different locations and Robin comes around once every year or two and they perform together at places like Monks for a little bit of reminiscing I imagine.

@waynebrown2546

3 ай бұрын

I saw their last show at Monk's right before the pandemic. Dan put on a great spread for the show. My wife and I still catch the Nielson Trust at Monks every time they play there.

fantastic performance of reachout

Absolutely brilliant live performance! Such talented musicians and Robin is just an amazing versatile singer…and so hot as well 😍 NP…surrender 😍

My very first concert 40 years ago today and all the way in the back. At 9:13, my family and I were near the lighting area at the back entrance. Very loud and energetic atmosphere but rockin' that night.

Love the blonde Gibson Explorer Rick's playing. Believe it or not, that very guitar today is valued at $1 million

The intro song is awesome. CT is always a great show.

Great job restoring this classic concert!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro!!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

@WilliamSilva-dq6zj

Жыл бұрын

Captured lightning in s bottle! And Bun E. just shredding as hard a the rest of them!

@karengarrison3666

9 күн бұрын

​@@WilliamSilva-dq6zj Shredding?

hot damn, this looks 100x better than the 20th gen VHS copy I played constantly...

DeKalb, IL at NIU Chick Evans Field House around that same time. Took 3 days to get my full hearing back 😮

The first two songs alone would've ended many vocalists career! The energy and intensity unmatched!

I saw this live on TV in 1981... I have have watched it hundreds of times since.... Greatest jam ever!

@martinl.lazarinejr.2781

Жыл бұрын

Was that on the Night Flight TV show on the USA Network?

I never considered CT to be one of my favorite bands- but after seeing them in concert 4 times over the years, I can say that no other band does a better job live - it is their forte.

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Definitely one of the best live bands ever. Consistently too. Even when they were pooping out one crap album after another in the 80’s and early 90’s, the live show was still every bit as amazing as ever. I’ve seen them something like 17 times over the years, starting in 1979 and most recently in 2018, and I can’t remember a single one of those shows ever being anything less than phenomenal. Even the ones with boring Brant on bass. 😄

@RedMedicineRecording

7 ай бұрын

America’s best rock band.

I had a small tape recorder and made a tape of this concert when it aired originally on TV. I must have listened to it 1000 times. Know every single second of this concert. Thanks so much for posting!

@lazyrrr2411

Жыл бұрын

... 'took it off a live mic 🎤📺 onto a blank 8-TRACK ! Let it loop until the machine broke💥

OMG! I still have my VHS of this. LOL Glad it's on KZread. Such a great show!! Going to their show at Foxwoods in a couple weeks! 2021 having fun again.

One of the gggrrreatest concerts of all-time!!! Bun E. with a double bass drum set!!! xoxo The Clarences

Thank you TARDIS .N. COOKIES .....been waitin for someone to clean this one up....I still have my cassette version but this one sounds waaaaay better!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for visiting my channel. 😊

they are such a good band

@Robinzanderoffice

19 күн бұрын

@🤘🤘🎸 🎸

Thank you so much for posting these great live Cheap Trick videos.

@TARDISNCOOKIES

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

you casn see the time era in the way they dressed & the hair. The bass player has a sweet Perm & Robin too if Im not mistaken. Very Preppy but thjat was the style & we loved it. They were such a clean good rock band.

I was at this concert in 1981. I went with my best friend, Frank (R.I.P.). We got there early, stood there for hours and were some of the first to run through when they finally let us go, and we were in the front row right in front of Rick. Frank is the guy with the mustache and baseball cap right in the center of the screen at 0:37. I was right next to the couple that you see at 11:29. If the camera had panned one person to the right, you would see me. I wonder whatever happened to that couple. Dang, those kids are 60 now. This concert was broadcast on Channel 11 in Chicago a year or so after the concert, and I taped it but then accidentally recorded over part of it. So it's nice to see the concert again.

@aflsteve9139

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kay. Did Cold Chisel play at some point before Cheap Trick? I can hear a bit of "My Baby" in the opening of the video so assume it was recorded the same day?

@kayraro1933

4 жыл бұрын

@@aflsteve9139 Hi Steve. I don't remember anyone opening for them. I found this program, which I think confirms that no one played ahead of them. imgur.com/a/PreW7yx

@aflsteve9139

4 жыл бұрын

@@kayraro1933 Thanks Kay. It must have just been an odd piece of audio dubbing over the opening scenes then. Take care! Edit... I just found this page: www.concertarchives.org/concerts/chicagofest-c5cfc5c2-51a7-47a6-a1e2-05a678bfa6b6. Looks like Chisel might have been added as an opener after the program was printed.

@RadhadaniteBabylonian

3 жыл бұрын

I watched this concert on the local PBS station in Minneapolis aired sometime in the mid-to-late summer 1982! I'm sure it was aired close to the same time you saw it on the TV.

@leewuelf2926

3 жыл бұрын

Well an epic show, you and him will always remember...this was there prime, Nielson is just ripping it up, I mean only realizing after 40 years, his skills are impeccable! I mean like Eddie VH playing, and that's no put down...the solo was amazing in this show!

seen them at the amp around 7 times and never disappointed, they tore the roof off...

@RICHBLACKCOCK

Жыл бұрын

@aerosmith23 43rd & HALSTED. Saw VAN HALEN & quite uh few roller derby gms. &...AWA WRESTLING

Rick Nielsen is a fucking beast!! No wonder he is a huge influence on modern Metal!!

Awesome as always! And especially as this is the only place to watch this through in its entirety. Every where else on KZread it’s cut up by individual song. Thanks for this restored video!

I just want to thank YOU TUBE....dahil napapanood kona nang paulit-ulit ang mga favorite kong artist,Singer and Band... like Cheap Trick is one of my favorite Band until now....especially Robin Zander is my favorite singer....Great Band.....l love all your songs especially " i want you to want me,Voices,and Dream Police....thank you again You Tube....I'm from Philippines.....l really love this video....

I took great pride in introducing Cheap Trick to my kids. They're doing the same with theirs. It's been a long time, but they're still at it - and doing it well. So cool to see 2nd generation Nielsen & Zanders in the band! 🎸 🎸 🎸

Bun usually played a 3-piece trap set with two floor toms and a single bass drum i don't recall seeing him play a double bass kit with 3 mounted and 2 floor toms but shows how much i know and he's one of my favorite drummers.

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, the double-kick drums were a short lived thing, fortunately. I saw them around this time, when Pete Comita was the bassist, and I remember the double-kick and thinking “Oh no, they’re going full heavy metal”, but then the next time I saw them (1983), it was back to a single kick. I think for a brief moment in the early 80’s they were toying with the idea of being a metal band. It kind of shows a bit on “One On One”. The production on that album is like some weird hybrid of heavy metal and new wave. I wasn’t much of a fan.

I was part of that rushing stampede to get the good seats! lmao!!

@TheHardTruth315

3 жыл бұрын

@party marty Stage right a few rows back. 16 and high as hell with a great buzz from a smuggled 1/2 pint of pep Schnapps.

@leslierose-akumbu4263

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too! I got on camera... did you? I can see myself at 13 years old at the beginning of this video! (I'm 53 today!)..

Thank you, you brought back a piece of my early teen years, my dad let me(along with my older brother,lol) attend Chicago fest just to see them, I had all of their albums ( unfortunately those were lost in a storage fire a year later 😔💔) , and this was my 2nd time seeing them. I was mesmerized and loved every second. Again ,thanks, this was a great reminder of what an awesome band they are and that I was there that night to see them ❤❤❤

Saw the '81 tour in Sunrise, FL. They rocked on SNL that year as well. Best times!

@markrosenquist8259

3 жыл бұрын

Good ole Sunrise Musical theatre. I was there as well. Great show!

One of the REAL rock bands...

Thank you for uploading this somebody else had uploaded it but had taken it down or KZread taking it down I love this concert I was there back in I think it was 79 or 80 love this concert one of my favorite band!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for visiting my channel. 😊

This was fabulous! Thank you for uploading! ❤️

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for visiting my channel. 😊

I was there. I remember watching it on soundstage too...I was one of those right in front by the barricades...waited in line a long time to get good seats...practically dead center just a couple rows back...I know when I watched it on soundstage I could see me and my friend Terry singing along to gonna raise hell...haven't watched the whole thing yet but glad to find it on here. I taped it with my VCR when it was on soundstage but don't know where the VHS tape is or if I have a working VCR these daze...Thanks for sharing it on youtube...

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for visiting my channel. 😊

Really great version of “Gonna Raise Hell”.

I was there! It was a magical day. ❤

Just stellar. One of my favorite bands. This is why. Thanks for posting.

@TARDISNCOOKIES

6 ай бұрын

You're very welcome.

Pete Comita never got the credit he deserved. The band stayed at the United Nations Hotel when they played Radio City Music Hall on this tour. We hung out at the hotel to meet them. Pete went up to everyone asking where he could score some blow. We were 12 and didn't have a clue. Nice guy, though.

@TARDISNCOOKIES

6 жыл бұрын

He joined a very popular band in the Bay Area in 80's called The Flame. They kicked him out for his coke and heroine habit. He also got their keyboard player hooked on heroine and that also ended very badly.

@waynebrown2546

6 жыл бұрын

What Pete looking for blow really? Sarcasm intended

@therealfronzilla

4 жыл бұрын

@@TARDISNCOOKIES yeah, he was good for that kind of shit. The sad part is the guy was so talented, but he couldn't get out of his own way. He pissed away golden opportunities, that 98% of the population would never have access to or be talented enough to take advantage of. I hope he has had made peace with all the people he hurt whether intentional or not and cleaned up.

@MuscleDad420

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealfronzilla According to an interview on 12stringbass.net he alleges that Robin stole the song "I Can't Take It" from him after introducing recordings to Robin, and working with him on arrangements of two songs to form the basis of that song. He also said he wasn't credited for his playing on "One on One" which he recorded shortly before leaving the band. That's show business I suppose.

@markjamesmeli2520

3 жыл бұрын

I had heard that Comita was directly from Italy and didn't speak English very well. Any truth in that?

Best live rock jam concert in history... For real

So much energy!

Sublime! This is a great upload! I'm downloading it right now. Thanks a bunch!

@TARDISNCOOKIES

3 жыл бұрын

I can just send you a link from my personal cloud site to download. It'll be much better than all the compressionn KZread adds to it. My email is tardis.n.cookies

@lightversevinkonings7311

3 жыл бұрын

@@TARDISNCOOKIES That is great! My (main) email address is: vinkoningslightverse@gmail.com Thanks so much for this extremely nice gesture!

This version of Gonna Raise Hell... Whoa.

If you ever read a "greatest front men of rock" list that does not include Robin, it's not a list.....

@krisschedler

Жыл бұрын

Oh, it’s a list alright! But it’s a shit list

Thank God for cheap trick 🙏

This was a spectacle of a show! A homecoming for the band, perhaps, at the height of their pre- Dont Be Cruel fame. I see a barely 16 yr old lil ole me there, unaware of the most adventurous life that was to follow.

Was 5th row dead center for this tour at the Boston Garden 1981, after during the last encour Joe Perry came out & they played Daytripper & then Steven Tyler came out & they all jammed the shite out of "Last Time" by the Stones. I've been looking for this tour with the double bass drum kit ! Great Album & whaddda show

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

Man, in ‘81 Steve Tyler was a frikkin *MESS*

Who came first, Rick Nielsen or Angus young? Cheap trick are absolute masters at their craft! They take a back seat to nobody. Be it Kiss, Led zepp or anyone! This video and others like it are why KZread is so important and why we are so blessed with KZread. I will not give this video a like, but a great big solid "love"!

You gotta' it up to Cheap Trick; They never have rested on their laurels. They only get better. It's rock n Roll

@Robinzanderoffice

Ай бұрын

🤘🤘🎸 🎸 🌹

Cheap Trick was my very first concert. I was kind of obsessed with them way back in the day! Brings back alot of great memories ❤

@Robinzanderoffice

Ай бұрын

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I always thought Cheap Trick were pop. They fookin' rocked hard!

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

That’s part of why I’ve always loved ‘em so much. They could never really be pigeonholed as any one thing. Were they hard rock? Were they power pop? Were they new wave? Were they glam rock? The truth is they were *ALL* of those things, and then some. They were always able to break down barriers. Almost every time I’ve seen them live, the crowd is a total mixed bag of people who you would normally never see under one roof together. Punks, metalheads, old rockers, young kids, old farts, you name it…. CT are a band for the people.

@clutch2827

11 ай бұрын

@@Shikta-poobah67 It's unfortunate that radio only played the poppy ones.

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

@@clutch2827 Well that’s just the radio. They always go for the lowest common denominator. It isn’t just Cheap Trick. They do that with everybody. Personally I loved the early (late 70’s) hits, and didn’t necessarily think of songs like Dream Police or Surrender as being overly “poppy”, but that’s just me.

@RCT1963

7 ай бұрын

‘Power Pop’ was the category that they were put in. Blondie, The Police & The Cars were also pigeonholed in this too.

Saw this guys at Market Square arena in 1981, Indianapolis, they were fantastic.

Cheap Trick In Their Prime. I was lucky to see them February 6th 1980 Springfield Illinois Prairie Capital Convention Center

@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

This wasn’t their prime. Their prime was ‘78-‘79. I mean, don’t get me wrong… they were still great at this time, and even though he pulled it off, Pete Comita, the guy playing bass here, was a short-lived replacement. I just can’t imagine them being in their prime when it’s not even the original lineup.

Rick's soloing!!

I was there,..waited all day...they killed it!

Just one of the best live bands of all time!

I would have to say that their song speed for some songs was a tad brisk. BUT there was nothing like opening for CT at Night Gallery playing their first album.

Thanks for sharing this was great the good old days.

Saw Lou Gramm, Freddie Mercury and Roger Daltrey. Zander is the best I`ve heard live.

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

He still sounds amazing. CT fans are spoiled! 🙂

Wow.

Amazing show. Thank you very much for uploading it.

@TARDISNCOOKIES

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for visiting my channel. 😊

I was there with my Dad, Brother and Best Friend Jeff! CT Forever! Chicago Forever!

Wow! This is sooo Excellent! A Blast from my Rock n Roll past!

I hope someday the full concert is shown. I believe a few songs were cut to fit the one hour time slot when shown. I believe “I Must Be Dreamin”, “Who ‘D King” and a few more were taken out.

@raisedonradio8061

3 жыл бұрын

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@Shikta-poobah67

11 ай бұрын

They can keep “Who D’King” on the cutting room floor. That song is garbage. However I’d love to see/hear a live performance of “I Must Be Dreamin’”.

Cheep Trick at Chicago Fest late 80's insane crowd

Festival seating was a curse; just ask the Who :( A bad idea whose time is thankfully no more... My respect to those 14 who lost their lives in Cincinatti Ohio...

Wow....memories. Chicagofest on Navy Pier, before it was ruined and turned into a corporate food fest. (Taste of Chicago)

One day I'll get my time machine to work!

These guys were the total package!

The best performance from Trick I've seen on KZread and the best crowd shots. Love the guy holding up the poster in the beginning. Ha. Wish Tom hadn't left/gotten kicked out. I don't begrudge Trick for experimenting on their records but they had to have known they would alienate the fans who fell in love with Budokan. When I hear the Jack Douglas tracks from '80 I wish they had kept going with that, although I like about 1/2 of ASU.

Was there 👍

Holy shit I was there! Good times! Thanks for this 👍