{"id":10827,"date":"2016-05-23T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=10827"},"modified":"2016-05-24T10:18:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:18:25","slug":"album-mini-review-cheap-trick-bang-zoom-crazy-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/23\/album-mini-review-cheap-trick-bang-zoom-crazy-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: Cheap Trick &#8212; Bang, Zoom, Crazy&#8230;Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"soundAdviceBody\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10828\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cheap_trick_bang.jpg\" alt=\"cheap_trick_bang\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cheap_trick_bang.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cheap_trick_bang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B019JHWU66&amp;asins=B019JHWU66&amp;linkId=da4fb2529eade8a13bd02f05ac02b942&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nFile next to:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/29\/dvd-review-the-move-the-lost-broadcasts\/\">The Move<\/a>, Boston, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/05\/dvd-review-fountains-of-wayne-no-better-place\/\">Fountains of Wayne<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"soundAdviceBody\">With <i>Bang, Zoom, Crazy&#8230; Hello<\/i>, the Rockford, Illinois, foursome <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/25\/hundred-word-reviews-january-2016-archival-live-albums\/\"><strong>Cheap Trick<\/strong><\/a> sticks to what they know: anthemic, melodic rock. The key elements have been in place since their self-titled 1977 debut: <strong>Robin Zander<\/strong>&#8216;s powerful lead vocals, often doubled (an octave higher) by guitarist <strong>Rick Nielsen<\/strong>; Nielsen&#8217;s mock-heroic (yet underrated) guitar abilities; <strong>Tom Petersson<\/strong>&#8216;s thunderous, eight-string bass and <strong>Bun E. Carlos<\/strong>&#8216; solid-as-rock drumming. But \u2014 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction notwithstanding \u2014 Bun&#8217;s gone, replaced by Nielsen&#8217;s son <strong>Daxx<\/strong>. The difference is subtle but real, and something important has been lost. Some songs sound like rewrites: The intro to &#8220;When I Wake Up Tomorrow&#8221; echoes &#8220;Tonight It&#8217;s You.&#8221; The album offers nothing as immortal as anything they did in their early days (though &#8220;No Direction Home&#8221; comes close), but <i>Bang, Zoom, Crazy&#8230; Hello<\/i> is still a solid if unspectacular addition to the group&#8217;s catalog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File next to: The Move, Boston, Fountains of Wayne With Bang, Zoom, Crazy&#8230; Hello, the Rockford, Illinois, foursome Cheap Trick sticks to what they know: anthemic, melodic rock. 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