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All in the family

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 Steve Metsch No Comments

All in the family The Nielsen Trust gives Cheap Trick songs new sounds By Steve Metsch Rick Nielsen and his family rewarded the few fans who attended their concert at the Genessee Theatre in Waukegan with plenty of Cheap Tricks songs that were given fresh life. Nielsen, 73, is the lead guitarist, backup singer and…

Energized Cheap Trick impresses

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 Steve Metsch 1 Comment

Energized Cheap Trick impresses Dig deep to rock a packed Genesee Theatre By Steve Metsch Cheap Trick is not ready to hang it up. The veteran band from Rockford, members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, delivered an impressive 19-song concert Friday night, June 7, at the packed Genesee Theatre in downtown Waukegan….

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Cheap Trick perseveres

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Steve Metsch No Comments

Cheap Trick perseveres Weather vocal woes, deliver solid show By Steve Metsch Several times during Sunday night’s concert at Naperville’s Last Fling, held on Rotary Hill. something didn’t sound quite right. The normally impressive, soaring vocals of Robin Zander were seemingly stuck in neutral. There was a flatness and grittiness to his vocals that, frankly,…

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Cheap Trick, Poison shine

June 10, 2018June 13, 2018 Steve Metsch 1 Comment

Cheap Trick, Poison shine “Nothin’ But A Good Time” tour is just that By Steve Metsch After an entertaining nine-song set by Pop Evil, a fan wearing a “Hall & Oates 2018” T-shirt asked me – maybe it was my Cheap Trick T-shirt? – why the band from Rockford would open for Poison. The pairing,…

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