Show Review: Cheap Trick and Blue Oyster Cult at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA

Words & Photos by Greg Jacobs Cheap Trick was my gateway drug to punk rock. When I was a kid, I listened to a steady diet of Cheap Trick. Especially “Live at Budokan”. From there, it was an easy transition to The Sex Pistols’ album “Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols” and punk rock in general. Cheap Trick is known as a great rock n’ roll band, but they are also admired as a great power pop band; influencing legions of bands spanning several genres. So many bands owe so much to Cheap Trick. Kurt Cobain called them one of his favorite bands. “Check Your Head” by Beastie Boys opens with a Cheap Trick sample (“this next one is the first song on our new album”). Green Day, Big Black, Anthrax, Marilyn Manson, Joey Ramone, Bob Mould, Big DRILL Car, NOFX and tons...

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