S.O.D. "She's Tight" by Cheap Trick

5/20/2015     Just a really fun tune here with simple guitar riffs and head bopping rhythms.  That's actually what most of the critics and music publications wrote- fun fun fun and a bit loose.  It only peaked at #65 on the U.S. charts but the video received heavy airplay on MTV and references Rod Stewart's "Hot Legs" video several times.  The group is known for its constant touring, having played more than 5000 shows in four decades.  

     Cheap Trick has been an influence to many bands in all the genres of rock including Guns N' Roses, KISS, Motley Crüe, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins.  They have appeared separately as guest musicians with other groups and exceed at owning and playing rare and vintage guitars and bass guitars.  Lead guitarist Rick Nielsen owns more than 400 guitars.  Their first three albums did not make it to the top 40 but all went Gold.  

     In 1978 they did a tour in Japan and were received by their loyal fans resembling something close to Beatlemania. Live at Budakon is the album they recorded there and not only went Triple Platinum but launched the band to International stardom.  They have often been referred to in the Japanese press as the American Beatles.