Report: CHEAP TRICK - Back To Budokan, Ahead To New CD
October 31, 2008, 15 years ago
Billboard.com's Gary Graff has issued the following report:
As it prepares to remember its breakthrough with the upcoming "Live at Budokan: 30th Anniversary" boxed set, Cheap Trick is also readying the release of its next studio album, which guitarist Rick Nielsen says is in the can and ready to go -- although no label, title or release date are set yet.
"It sounds cool," Nielsen tells Billboard.com about the set, which the group worked on with producer Julien Raymond and which he calls a "continuation" of Cheap Trick's 2006 album "Rockford." "There are a lot of strong songs. I think (frontman) Robin (Zander) sounds great on it. I mean, the thing starts with Robin singing a cappella, which we've never really done for a whole song."In a way it's like 'The Who Sells Out.' We don't have commercials, but some songs are long, some are short but they all flow right into one another. It's pretty interesting."
Read the full report at Billboard.com.
