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Cheap Trick
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Dave Steed
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We’ve got a ton more from the letter C this week, as we take a look at the songs that hit the rock charts in the ’80s but never crossed…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
If this was June of 2006 and you told me that Vince Neil had a solo record out, honestly I wouldn’t have cared less. Although there were parts of MÁ¶tley…
Rob Smith
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Popdose’s Rob Smith Can’t Say No to recent kid’s music from Birdie and Milkshake. Watch him connect with his inner five-year-old at Popdose.com.
Popdose Staff
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When Alex Chilton died, it left a gaping hole in the hearts of music fans everywhere. The Popdose staff remembers Chilton’s life, music, and legacy.
Ann Logue
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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…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes uncovers a power pop goldmine in Seattle when he finally meets The Tripwires’ John Ramberg in Episode 23 of Parlour to Parlour.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane reviews a release that will have power-pop lovers drowning in ecstasy for the rest of the year: the new Big Star box set from Rhino Records.
Tom Werman
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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.
Dw. Dunphy
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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…
Tom Werman
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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.
Tom Werman
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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…
Tom Werman
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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.
Tom Werman
2 Min Read
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 with Eddie Money!
Scott Malchus
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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…
Rob Smith
2 Min Read
Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap TrickÁ¢€â„¢s Robin Á¢€Å“The VoiceÁ¢€ Zander?Á‚ I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover…
Matchup Monkey
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… And there was another one, posted right on the front of the checkout desk, that struck a chill as deep as January down SamÁ¢€â„¢s back. It showed a dismayed…
David Medsker
2 Min Read
The fantasy of owning a time machine is a fun one, isn’t it? Most people would go back and stop Hitler. Patton Oswalt would go to 1983 and kill George…
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
The Wall Street Journal wonders if Irving Azoff is the man who can save rock ‘n’ roll, and heralds the return of the green-haired animated superhero known as Captain Planet;…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Cheap Trick – BUDOKAN! (Sony/Legacy, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) On the surface, I grant you, this looks like a terrible idea, especially if you’re a Cheap Trick fan. Sony…
Popdose Staff
1 Min Read
Cheap Trick – “Surrender” The Who – “The Kids Are Alright” — n n n {democracy:13} — Last week, Dire Straits absolutely demolished Melanie Safka by the greatest margin in…
Dave Steed
2 Min Read
Last week I talked about Á¢€Å“the Shrink,Á¢€ the guy at the record show who thinks he knows everything about every artist that ever recorded. This week we move on to…
John C. Hughes
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Here we go again — John C. Hughes and the world’s foremost Belinda Carlisle impersonator, a.k.a. his buddy Matty (or “Bearlinda,” if you prefer), knock back some booze and review…
Darren Robbins
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When I was a kid, my heroes were, at the very least, deserving of adoration. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cheap Trick, Dan Pastorini (the one non-musician of the bunch) Á¢€”…
Darren Robbins
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Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well…
Darren Robbins
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This column is dedicated to featuring those bands that arenÁ¢€â„¢t household names but, to my ears, should be. Growing up in a small town in southern Michigan, the closest major…
Darren Robbins
3 Min Read
With Popdose having just rolled off the showroom floor all shiny and new, still full of that Á¢€Å“new car smell,Á¢€ I am chuffed to the Á¢€Ëœnads to be a part…
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