Who is playing drums for cheap trick

It also includes a cover of John Lennon's protest song "Gimme Some Truth," which Nielsen believes is as relevant now as it was then. Between "the pandemic and the politics of the last five years, it was not exactly an inspiring time, which is one of the reasons we added 'Gimme Some Truth,' " he says.

Question: What sorts of ideas or themes were you drawing from for "In Another World? The chorus, "Here comes the summer," suggests something good and positive that's coming.

The summer could be a metaphor for change, a new idea, something fresh, looking forward. So some of those words were in our mind and kind of flowed out as we wrote the new music. We try to be a bit dark but then at the same time uplifting. Uplifting is a better thing than doom and gloom.

Q: You and Bun E. Your son, Daxx, was born while you were in the studio, right? Nielsen: My wife knew that John Lennon was my favorite, so I got a hall pass. If it was Paul McCartney, I would've been back at the hospital.

And by then, it was her third baby, so she knew what was going on. I'm probably no comfort anyhow. And actually after that, we had talked about Cheap Trick being the band for John Lennon. We were big fans of Plastic Ono Band and all the other spinoff bands he had, and we thought we'd be good at it.

We're not session guys, but we knew that stuff. It was kind of second nature to us. Not the huge arrangements that the Beatles had later , but the Cavern Club mentality from when they started out because we had played so many shows in clubs.

Robin and I were going to do harmony on the record, which turned out to be "Double Fantasy. Q: Cheap Trick opened for Kiss on tour in The s had many influential bands, but few made a bigger impact than Cheap Trick.

Carlos were out of the ordinary for their time, with Zander and Petersson as typical long-haired rock stars, Nielsen wearing a cap, bow tie and sweater vest, and Carlos looking like a sales clerk, with his buttoned-up shirt and tie. Hop to it: Beers you need to try at 21 RI taprooms and brewpubs. Nielsen owns more than 2, guitars, including custom-made ones with multiple necks and one that has five necks.

He started collecting guitars before the days of Craigslist and Amazon, building his collection by looking through catalogs and papers while also being willing to trade a few guitars to get the one he wanted.

I gotta do it. That actually makes it more powerful. The simpler the part, the more important the sound when cutting drum tracks. He asked the instrument rental company Drum Paradise to deliver a selection of kits, snares, and cymbals, from which he, the band, and their coproducer Julian Raymond chose what to use on each cut.

We tuned the head down so it was like a tom feel with snares on it. Band: Cheap Trick. Website: daxxnielsen.