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I remember there being a huge GbV fan here, or am I wrong? I have tickets seeing them open for hometown boys Cheap Trick. Should be a good night of music.

Guest Edwin MacPhisto
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I'm just amused that, in this day and age, people are still opening for Cheap Trick.

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I'm just amused that, in this day and age, people are still opening for Cheap Trick.

Are you kidding? They still sell records and play to packed houses. I doubt GbV would of sold out the 1600 seats as a headliner, but thats just me.

 

And for the record this will be the 5th time I have seen them. Last time was at Lalapalooza in 1996.

Guest myburninghammer
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man, Cheap Trick/GBV is such an awesome, awesome bill...

 

And Swan, i'm a fan; I faded between Mag Earwhig and Isolation Drills, but the new record is really good.

Guest LooseCannon
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Awesome. I wish I was seeing GbV play. I've seen them play 8 or 9 times, many of those times on their home turf in Dayton, OH. And it's usually a pretty awesome show. They tend to close their sets with a pretty kick ass cover of "Baba O'Reilly." Seeing them open for someone would have to be a disappointment from my point of view though, as I've only ever seen them headline. I don't know all that much about Cheap Trick, but I don't think those two sound right together on the same bill. Anyway have fun.

Guest LooseCannon
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man, Cheap Trick/GBV is such an awesome, awesome bill...

 

And Swan, i'm a fan; I faded between Mag Earwhig and Isolation Drills, but the new record is really good.

I liked Isolation Drills better than Universal Truths and Cycles. I thought it was their best albums since Alien Lanes, but maybe that's just me.

Guest Eyeball Kid
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man, Cheap Trick/GBV is such an awesome, awesome bill...

 

And Swan, i'm a fan; I faded between Mag Earwhig and Isolation Drills, but the new record is really good.

I liked Isolation Drills better than Universal Truths and Cycles. I thought it was their best albums since Alien Lanes, but maybe that's just me.

No, I loved Isolation Drills, too. "Fair Touching" and "Chasing Heather Crazy" make me feel all gooey.

 

This isn't the first time GBV toured with Cheap Trick, I believe. And, if you consider the latter band's early sound, touring with Pollard and Co. isn't all that crazy a notion.

Guest LooseCannon
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Were Cheap Trick big in the 70's or 80's? I have very vague classic rock connotations to the name, but I can't really remember who they are.

Guest Eyeball Kid
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They did "I Want You to Want Me." Big Black covered "He's a Whore." They had a really bad power ballad in the late 80s called "The Flame."

Guest LooseCannon
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"He's a Whore" is a Cheap Trick song? wow.

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Were Cheap Trick big in the 70's or 80's? I have very vague classic rock connotations to the name, but I can't really remember who they are.

Both. They hit it big in the late 70's with "Dream Police", "Surrender:, and "I Want YOu To Want Me" and their 70's live album "Live at Budokan". They again hit it big w/ "Lap of Luxury" album which had the big hit ballad "The Flame".

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