Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? Announces Two FREE Shows and a Crowd Funding Protest!

"I believe there are two types of people in this world. Those who believe that Cheap Trick should be in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and those heretical unbelievers who shall be cast into a fiery pit of Rock and Roll Damnation to burn for eternity."  

- Lou Brutus, 2013 & 2014 Radio Contraband Award Winner: Best Nationally Syndicated DJ in USA (And Degenerate Cheap Trick Fan).

 

Hey gang, Colin here, I have a question and I know you have it too: Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? Certainly somebody must have the answer, so please come forward if you or anybody you know has any clues to solving this puzzle. In the meantime, the band "Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?" returns for the third straight year hoping to shed some light on this most mysterious of all mysteries.

Saturday April 18th:  Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH.  Afternoon show!  Doors, 1pm. Teenage Fanclub Fanclub opens the show at 1:30 with WICTITRNRHOF  following.

We scheduled an afternoon show to avoid any conflict with the actual Rock Hall induction ceremonies being held that evening just down the road.  Rumor has it members of Green Day may attend as they too are trying to find the answer to this question. 

Click here to purchase a "Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?" t -shirt and help us raise money for a FULL PAGE AD in Cleveland Scene magazine running the entire week of the induction ceremony. (April 15th)

Friday April 17th:  Ace of Cups Columbus, OH.  Doors, 8pm.  Teenage Fanclub Fanclub on at 9pm.  WICTITRNRHOF on at 10:15.

As always, shows are FREE and we will be playing a set of all Cheap Trick covers that will surely make you long for the real Cheap Trick.  Haters please piss off as I am a fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and visit with my son every year.  Just trying to make a cool place even cooler.  And spare me who YOU think should be inducted.  Don't care.  If it bugs you so much, start a band called "Why Isn't BTO in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?"  PLEASE help us spread the word and together we can finally find the answer to this troubling question.  Thanking you in advance, Colin Gawel.

Please note the band, "Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?" is NOT affiliated with the real Cheap Trick or any other "Induct Cheap Trick" movement though we applaud and support our comrades in arms. Please visit the Facebook page "Induct Cheap Trick" hosted by Patricia Zander by clicking here or click here for the fabulous Cheap Talk with Trick Chat Podcast hosted by Ken Mills. 

Click here for press and previous Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

Click here to read my Complete Cheap Trick Song Rankings. (It takes 3 days to do it right.)

That's me holding a copy of Hitless Wonder when Watershed opened for Cheap Trick Oct 2014 

Record Store Day At Lost Weekend Records, by Scott Carr

Record Store Day 2015 is happening this Saturday April 18th. If you are not familiar with Record Store Day, it is a day set aside on the third Saturday of April every year to celebrate and bring attention to independent record stores all around the globe. Over 400 exclusive releases will be available for this year's Record Store Day, many of them in very limited quantities. Some of the most anticipated are releases from The White Stripes, Grateful Dead, Foo Fighters, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Decemberists, Metallica, David Bowie, Brand New, Father John Misty, Public Enemy, The Flaming Lips, The Kinks, Jeff Beck, The Dead Milkmen, Johnny Cash, Gov't Mule, The Lemonheads, Lydia Loveless, The Replacements and the list goes on and on. There will be something for everyone.

I will be working at Lost Weekend Records along with owner Kyle Siegrist for this year's Record Store Day and to quote Kyle "It's gonna be huge!".  Lost Weekend Records will be open at 8am Saturday morning and we will be ready to get the music to the people. We will have tons of Record Store Day Exclusives including one that you will only find at Lost Weekend Records, the new Psychic Wheels 7" released on Lost Weekend Records own record label. 

Besides all the great music that is being released for Record Store Day this year, Lost Weekend Records will have tons of other fun stuff going on including Sticky Fingers Food Truck, PromoWest Productions will have a tent in the parking lot with cool stuff and Alison Rose will be doing custom screen-printed shirts and record bags while you wait. The first 65 people in line at the store Saturday morning will receive a swag bag full of great stuff and we will also have a drawing you can enter to win some great prizes including a signed Blackberry Smoke LP, tickets to see Styx at The LC, weekend passes to Nelsonville Music Festival, a test pressing of Columbus Blood LP and more. Also there will be a big 4 day sale beginning on Friday April 17th, see the flyer below for all the details.

As an avid music lover and collector I consider myself lucky to live in a city that is so rich with record stores. At last count Columbus has upwards of 12 or 13 independent record stores and they all have something different to offer. Most of the stores will have special events going on for Record Store Day, so I would suggest making a day of it and hit as many as you can. 

I started buying records at a very early age, I always spent my birthday money on Kiss and Cheap Trick records and not much has changed over the years. I was recently recognized at a Stevie Wonder concert and this lady walked over to me and said "aren't you the vinyl guy?", I kinda laughed and said "yeah, I work at Lost Weekend Records". She had been in the shop a few weeks back with her son who was spending his birthday money on records. We talked for a few minutes and she told how much her son loved coming to Lost Weekend Records and couldn't wait to get home and play his records. 

For me record store day is everyday but it's nice to have a day that brings so much attention to independent stores that really need the support. It will be a fun day and the hope is that we will make some long lasting relationships with people who have never been to our store or a record store at all. 

Hope to see you this Saturday April 18th.........

Hey, notice the sly Cheap Trick reference!

Scott Carr is a guitarist who plays in the Columbus, OH  bands Radio Tramps and Returning April. Scott is also an avid collector of vinyl records and works at Lost Weekend Records. So...if you are looking for Scott....you'll either find him in a dimly lit bar playing his guitar or in a record store digging for the holy grail.

Psychic Wheels Record Store Day release only available at Lost Weekend Records.

People waiting in line at Lost Weekend Records last year for Record Store Day...........

A Picture of Robin Zander, Bun E Carlos and Bon Scott Drinking and Shooting Pool?

Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? is playing two FREE shows this weekend. Click here for info.

 Click here to purchase your very own, limited edition "Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?" T-Shirt to help the cause. 

I ranked every single Cheap Trick song with links and videos. It takes five hours to finish. Call off work and then click here to see that.    

Click here to hear me on Ken Mills' very cool Cheap Trick podcast discussing Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

and..       #inductcheaptrick   

Now, have your rock 'n' roll loving eye-holes got a load of this…..You are welcome. - Colin G.

              How cool is that? The bands were very tight and big fans of one another. I think Robin just talked some trash.

Reelin' and Rockin' @ the Gateway: "Revenge Of The Mekons" by Ricki C.

The Mekons have been around since 1977, and yet I don’t really know that much about them: which is why I’m really happy that Colin and Brian Phillips are bringing the documentary feature “Revenge of The Mekons” to the Gateway Film Center this Wednesday, April 15th at 8 pm as this month’s Reelin’ and Rockin’ @ the Gateway presentation.  

I do know this much about The Mekons:

1) Their 1989 album “The Mekons Rock ‘n’ Roll” is one of the most fiercely intelligent punk-rock records of all time.  For those of you scoring at home, the Ricki C. acid test for whether something is genuine punk-rock is if it makes me wanna break stuff when I listen to it real loud, and – by those standards – “The Mekons Rock ‘n’ Roll” is right up there with The Clash’s first record Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ “This Year’s Model.”  (Also, I find it cool and appropriate that The Mekons fall right beside The MC5 in my vinyl collection, speaking of fiercely intelligent rock & roll.)  

2) I saw The Mekons live at Stache's in 1989 when they were touring that record, and talk about packing A LOT of magic into a really small space: Langford, Timms, Greenhalgh & company blistered the paint off Dan Dougan's walls.    

3) I know that The Mekons’ “Ghosts Of American Astronauts” (see video below) showcases one of the most subversive lyrics and simultaneously one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs in all of rock & roll; from a punk band.  Go see the movie.  Make a new friend, love an old band.  – Ricki C. / April 11th, 2015   

Reelin and Rockin' @ the Gateway admission is $5 (CHEAP!) and  benefits CD102.5 For The Kids children's charity; happy hour begins at 7 pm in the Torpedo Room bar, "Revenge of The Mekons" follows at 8 pm.

Colin Appears on Cheap Talk with Trick Podcast. Bucket List Complete. Listen Here!

There have been some big moments in my life: seeing the birth of my son, hearing one of my songs on the radio for the first time, and winning my second fantasy baseball championship are just a few highlights that jump to mind. But it will be hard to top what happened this week, I was finally a guest on the popular Cheap Trick Podcast, "Cheap Talk with Trick." 

Click here to listen. I come at 21 minutes     

Sure, it would have been nice to spend an hour or three discussing side two of "Woke Up With A Monster" or Tom Petersson's solo cassette release, "Another Language" but host Ken Mills was kind enough to invite me on an episode asking.....

Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

Beggars can't be choosers and as a founding member of the band of the same name, I suppose it does make sense. Anyway, give it a listen, I think it turned out pretty darn well myself.  And....make sure to join Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? at one of our upcoming shows April 17th & 18th. Click here for details on the gigs and the cause.   

Thanks to Ken once again and remember  #inductcheaptrick  - Colin G.

Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Drops Indiana from Tour

For immediate release: Following the lead of our rock n roll brothers in Wilco, Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? will also not be performing any shows in the state of Indiana this year. The rest of the tour remains unchanged. 

For further details and ticket info please click here.

Why Isn't Cheap Trick in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? is a band in addition to a damn good question.