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Numberscruncher: Cheap Trick Takes On Nielsen SoundScan
Cheap Trick, the pride of Rockford, has a new CD out called The Latest. It’s been released through Tunecore , a service that makes it easy for bands to sell downloads of their music
Read More »Parlour to Parlour, Episode 23: The Tripwires
Michael Fortes uncovers a power pop goldmine in Seattle when he finally meets The Tripwires' John Ramberg in Episode 23 of Parlour to Parlour
Read More »The Producers: Macca, Supersuckers, 0 for 4, and Life on Wilshire
In this week's column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-'90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 8/14/09
Read that headline and weep, folks. In just two more weeks, the summer of ’09 will be finito. Yeah, I know technically summer has a few more weeks of life but, who are we
Read More »The Producers: Molly Hatchet, the Nuge, and Missing “Budokan”
In the latest installment of his Popdose series, Tom Werman looks back at a very busy 1978 -- including two Ted Nugent albums, some Cheap Trick, and fun with Molly Hatchet
Read More »The Producers: Ted Nugent Babysits, a Meaty “Free-for-All,” and Tom Werman’s “Greatest Misses”
The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I thought that before we
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Six
He's been on vacation for two weeks, but now Tom Werman is back with another installment of the series that looks back at his multiplatinum career
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Five
Tom Werman's ongoing look back at his storied career returns for its fifth installment, in which he is bossed around by Jan Hammer, meets George Harrison and Cheap Trick, and narrowly avoids a brush
Read More »CD Review: Tinted Windows, “Tinted Windows”
The mark of any great power pop album is its ability to not only stick in your head after the music has stopped, but its ability to make you want to listen to it
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