Cheap Trick

Re-Animating a Classic

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Ten Musicians Wearing Vans: R.I.P. James Van Doren

Roy Basten​Vans co-founder James Van Doren died in October at his home in California. The news went public last week; he was 72 years old. James started the company that made the essential skate shoe with a group including his brother Paul back in 1966. Vans are among the most iconic shoes ... More >>

Yesterday was National Tequila Day. Did You Paint it Green?

Feeling bleary today? Perhaps a bit vomitous? Verging on death? Wondering when and why you painted something green? Then you must have celebrated National Tequila Day yesterday! We thought that was celebrated on May 5, too. But apparently it's sort of a big deal. ABC News even did a feature on G ... More >>

Cheap Trick, Mariachis, and Hornitos Tequila Rock Out Cinco de Mayo

For your Cinco de Mayo drinking and rocking pleasure, Midwestern classic rock heroes Cheap Trick have mashed up their ode to parental perversion, "Surrender" with a mariachi band. You can thank the fine folks at Hornitos Tequila for thinking this was an awesome way to promote their Make a Mashup c ... More >>

Video: Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos Plays "Surrender" with Bottle Rockets and Marshall Crenshaw

On Wednesday night, we told you about Marshall Crenshaw and Bottle Rockets' killer cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender." Well, last night at the Castle Theatre in Bloomington, Illinois, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos sat in with the bands for that same cover. Video evidence, of course, has already ... More >>

Two Cow Garage

8 p.m. Monday, November 22. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Cheap Trick: No Back-Up Plan, Just Hard Work and Loud Guitars

In this week's RFT, I interviewed Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander and Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick during the influential band's first appearance at South By Southwest in Austin. Read the feature here and check out the outtakes from the interview below. Dana PlonkaRick Nielsen​ Roy Kasten: Before ... More >>

Cheap Trick, Rockford, Illinois' favorite sons, never surrender

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Hits a Grand Slam With Its New(er) Song

On weather.gov, it's a balmy 32 degrees outside. By this link, the Cardinals' pitchers and catchers don't report for spring training for another three weeks. Yet Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin -- which is playing tonight at the Billiken Club with Flaming Death Trap -- conjures warm summer nig ... More >>

Battle for Central Illinois Supremacy: Cheap Trick vs. REO Speedwagon

Mi amigo Matt runs the blog Addicted to Vinyl, and every Tuesday he unleashes a "cage match" battle between two songs/bands. This week's fight has particular relevance to St. Louis (and not just because I gave him the idea): Cheap Trick's "The Flame" vs. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You." These ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlists: Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Monday, July 20

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick played at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater last night for an appreciative, packed house. The show was overall satisfactory and fun -- although the sheer amount of Rock on a Monday night left me a little tired. So here are my random highlights/lowlights and truism ... More >>

Girl Talk at the Pageant, Thursday, January 8: Show Review Photos

Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Journey at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St. Charles Nightlife

Photos: Journey at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 9/13/08, St. Louis

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, September 12 - 14

A Countdown of the Top Ten Power Ballads of All Time

B-Sides traces the history and evolution of the power ballad in honor of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, and examines An Under Cover Weekend's '80s and '90s participants

Beatles Engineer/Mixer Geoff Emerick Visiting Webster University, October 29

The Boss Martians

9 p.m. Friday, May 16. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

The Safes, The 75s and Chapters at the Bluebird, Saturday, April 5

Joe Eisenbraun

Selected Short Works
(Nice Noise Records)

Letters to Cleo's Kay Hanley and Folks from American Hi-Fi with Hannah Montana

Duck and Cover

Some of the city's best-known bands go incognito at Off Broadway.

Cheap Trick Day in Illinois?

Homespun

Maxtone 4 - Hey Hey Do It Anyway (Maximum Tone Fidelity Records)

Local Motion: Stag Night: Live at Leeds

9 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Brand New Day

The music awards ballot is online! Plus, meet your Best New Artist candidates.

Jazz Hands

The Greater St. Louis Jazz Fest stresses education and instrumentation.

B-Sides gets personal with alt-folk troubadour Patty Griffin.

Then we snag an interview with country legend — and new friend of Lambchop — Charlie Louvin.

Cheap Trick

8 p.m. Saturday, January 27. Family Arena (2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles).

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Let's Get Physical

B-Sides talks physical fitness with treadmill gurus OK Go and blows out some smart-ass birthday candles with the Conformists.

Cheap Trick

8 p.m. Saturday, July 22. Overlook Stage (Sullivan Boulevard, on the Arch Grounds).

Also Playing

The Lashes

Thursday, May 11, at 8 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Pink Spiders

Thursday, January 19; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

The Fags

Wednesday, October 12; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Pop a Pill

A local power-pop connoisseur brings his joy to the masses with a new CD

Sloan

Tuesday, September 14; the Gargoyle at Washington University

The Everyothers

Thursday, March 11; Creepy Crawl

Guided By Voices

Earthquake Glue (Matador)

Cheap Trick

Special One (Big 3 Records)

Butch Walker with Brian Vander Ark

Friday, May 16; Galaxy

The Shazam

Friday, April 25; Off Broadway

Voices Carry

For Guided by Voices' bibulous frontman, drunken rock & roll is a form of love

Cheap Shots

Rick Nielsen is not content to pull his old hat tricks anymore

Pointed Criticism

Pointessential 7 is largely disappointing

Playing Catchall

Power-pop supergroup Swag makes its pitch