Live at Budokan: Full Show!

[Saul Goodman]

Back when Rick N could actually lift his 5 neck Hamer by himself. 

 

[hamerhead]

Back when bands weren't autotuned/pitchcorrected/computerized into a steaming pile and still sounded fucking great. I always forget just how good these guys were live.

[RobB]

I don’t know why CT never played, “Heaven Tonight”, live. It’s easily their best song. I like, “Need Tour Love”, and, “Can’t Hold On”, from the Budokan sets. 

[Bluesking]

Sometimes I forget what a freight train rock band Cheap Trick was back in their prime.

I'm breaking out my Budokan CD tomorrow and cranking the shit out of it.

[topekatj]

@RobB

 

[RobB]

Such a cool, sinister riff. Toodled along nicely until Uncle Dick had to muck things up. 

[Dave Scepter]

Custom bound Blitz 8 string?

Edited October 22, 2025 by Dave Scepter

[stobro]

Mandocello!

[bry4321]

1 hour ago, topekatj said:

@RobB

 

I liked this then unliked it so I could like it again. 

[Jakeboy]

Need Your Love blew my mind when Budokan came out.  The whole album did but that song was such a rocker.

[Steve Haynie]

On 10/21/2025 at 5:32 PM, RobB said:

I don’t know why CT never played, “Heaven Tonight”, live. It’s easily their best song. I like, “Need Tour Love”, and, “Can’t Hold On”, from the Budokan sets. 

They did play Heaven Tonight live.  

[RobB]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

They did play Heaven Tonight live.  

That very well may be. I seen them a couple dozen times since 1979. In 1997 I saw them play a three night stand at the great American music Hall in SF. They played the first three albums. Of course, “Heaven Tonight”, was in one of the shows. Only time I can recall them playing that song. 

Edited October 23, 2025 by RobB

[Steve Haynie]

Just look click on the song title to see how many times Heaven Tonight was reported as being played.  The count is 502 so far.  

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/cheap-trick-23d6d4b3.html 

[RobB]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

Just look click on the song title to see how many times Heaven Tonight was reported as being played.  The count is 502 so far.  

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/cheap-trick-23d6d4b3.html 

Okay, Haynie, you win. You’re the girl with the most cake…

[tommy p]

On 10/21/2025 at 5:32 PM, RobB said:

I don’t know why CT never played, “Heaven Tonight”, live. It’s easily their best song. I like, “Need Tour Love”, and, “Can’t Hold On”, from the Budokan sets. 

They do.  I've seen them about 10 times and I know they've played at least twice, possibly 3 times that I've seen.  It's always a treat to hear that one.  What I've always wanted to hear (and never have) is several of their soundtrack songs like I Must Be Dreamin', Reach Out, Up the Creek, Spring Break, and Everything Works if You Let It.  They play That 70's Song all the time, so why not these others?   Oh, and If You Want My Love.  There are songs from every album that I'd like to hear that as far as I know, they've never done.  One cool thing: I went to a Kix show one time and the support band opened with Love Comes a Tumblin' Down.  I was listening and loved it, but I guess I was so stunned I couldn't think of where I had heard it before until halfway through the song!  For you folks who know Kix or are from the DMV area, the band was Vollmer.

[RobB]

1 hour ago, tommy p said:

For you folks who know Kix or are from the DMV area, the band was Vollmer.

Featuring HFC bassist Turdus!

Edited October 24, 2025 by RobB

[alantig]

23 hours ago, RobB said:

Okay, Haynie, you win. You’re the girl with the most cake…

And his tits are pretty nice, too.

Edited October 24, 2025 by alantig

[tommy p]

10 hours ago, RobB said:

Featuring HFC bassist Turdus!

Shoot!  I wish I had known that back then.

[DarkHammer]

On 10/21/2025 at 12:49 PM, hamerhead said:

Back when bands weren't autotuned/pitchcorrected/computerized into a steaming pile and still sounded fucking great. I always forget just how good these guys were live.

They still sound great, I saw them live in March and they were amazing!

[DarkHammer]

On 10/22/2025 at 5:06 PM, topekatj said:

@RobB

 

same song from 1978...it's incredible they've been playing this for almost 50 years!

 

[cmatthes]

On 10/24/2025 at 12:47 PM, RobB said:

Featuring HFC bassist Turdus!

Ed Rechts (Jay Toland) was also in that band - there's a story about how he was unceremoniusly dismissed going around.  They used to play quite often at JAXX' in Springfield, and I caught them there a number of times, mostly when Chris/Turdus was in the band.  The club had framed pics of the bands/artists that played there all over the walls.  The Vollmer pic was taken on the JAXX' stage during the Rechts year/months.  I saw Jay in there once (maybe an Ace Frehley show?), and pointed out that somebody had broken the glass on the Vollmer pic and Sharpied him out of the pic.  He thought that was funny as hell!  You could barely make out the Hamer FBIV he was playing at the time.

Turdus still plays with the remnants of the Vollmer band around NoVA - it's been a while since I've been over that way to see a show, but they're still a really solid hard rock cover band, and I'm long overdue for catching them.

 

[bry4321]

I thought I saw Cheap Trick at JAXX there once or twice. A.I. says "no!" LOL

 

Cheap Trick never actually performed a standard public concert at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia. [1]

While Jaxx was famous for hosting rock and metal legends—ranging from Ace Frehley and Steven Adler to White Lion—Cheap Trick consistently played much larger arenas and theaters when touring the Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia regions. [1]

Edited 2 hours ago by bry4321

[bry4321]

Getting thread back on track