Author Brian J. Kramp joins LC to discuss his book “Cheap Trick: This Band Has No Past” his podcast Rock and/or Roll, and the Rock N Pod Expo.
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Brian Kramp dug deep for the details. After reading his book, my black-and-white memories are now in color. Great work Brian!’
BUN E. CARLOS
‘Brian Kramp’s amazing, forensic investigation into the band’s prehistory and early days does for Cheap Trick what Mark Lewisohn did for The Beatles: unravel myths, pin down elusive details, reveal surprising facts, identify relevant characters, and put it all in historical context. I thought I knew the story, but I learned a lot.’
IRA ROBBINS
‘Brian has meticulously researched the band’s history and reveals fascinating things that even the most ardent Trick fan couldn’t know without this colorful and fact-filled chronicle. It’s a definitive history of a unique and brilliant group—the most talented, clever, and entertaining band I experienced in my thirty years as an A&R man and producer.’
TOM WERMAN
This Band Has No Past tells the story of a bar band from the Midwest—the best and weirdest bar band in the Midwest— and how they doggedly pursued a most unlikely career in rock’n’roll. It traces every gnarly limb of the family tree of bands that culminated in Cheap Trick, then details how this unlikely foursome paid their dues—with interest—night after night, slogging it out everywhere from high schools to bars to bowling alleys to fans’ back yards, before signing to Epic Records and releasing two brilliant albums six months apart.
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