From the Bun E's Basement Bootlegs Collection (I looked on the Cheap Trick site for them but I guess they're all sold out now). This is from the volume entitled Beertown '75 . Yes, I said '75. I always kinda figured that Cheap Trick were like a normal 70's rock band that heard Punk Rock and adapted (like the Only Ones), but I think this recording proves that Cheap Trick were exactly the same band before and after Punk Rock. This ended up on the 1st LP (if you've never heard the 1st LP you've never heard Cheap Trick-that's the one Nirvana ripped everything off of) as The Ballad Of TV Violence . UPDATE : Before someone quibbles with my Nirvana comment here's a quote …We sound just like Cheap Trick only the guitars are louder - Kurt Cobain, Rolling Stone magazine. Cheap Trick-The Ballad Of Richard Speck [Milwaukee 1975].mp3 The Ballad Of TV Violence-Cheap Trick [Alternate Version - live].mp3
