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Nothing But A Good Time Tour
The Nothing But a Good Time Tour was a concert tour headlined by the American glam metal band Poison. Cheap Trick and Pop Evil provided support throughout the tour. The tour began May 18, 2018 at Five Points Amphitheatre in Irvine, California and ended July 1, 2018 at the Hard Rock Events Center in Hollywood, Florida. Setlists The following setlists were taken from the June 30, 2018 tour date at the Daily's Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida and may not be representative of all dates on the tour: Pop Evil setlist # Boss's Daughter # Ex Machina # Deal With the Devil # Be Legendary # 100 in a 55 # Take It All # Footsteps # Waking Lions # Trenches Cheap Trick setlist # Hello There # You Got It Going On # Big Eyes # California Man (The Move cover) # Blood Red Lips # Southern Girls # The Summer Looks Good On You # Bass solo # I'm Waiting for the Man (The Velvet Underground cover) # The Flame # I Want You To Want Me # Dream Police # Never Had a Lot to Lose # Surrender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison (American Band)
Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist and pianist Bobby Dall, and lead guitarist and backing vocalist C.C. DeVille. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and has sold 16 million records in the United States and over 50 million albums worldwide. The band is perhaps best known for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hit single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", and other top 40 hit singles in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Won't Forget You", "Nothin' but a Good Time", "Fallen Angel", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Unskinny Bop", " Something to Believe In", " Ride the Wind", and " Life Goes On." The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', was released in 1986, followed by '' Open Up and Say... Ahh!'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Man (song)
"California Man" is a song by British rock and roll band The Move. It was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood, who has said he wrote it as a pastiche of Little Richard (Wood's favorite musician of the time) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Move pianist/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne's favorite musician at the time). Release Though the band's popularity would continue to be milked with bootleg singles throughout the 1970s, this was The Move's last officially released single. It was released in April 1972, bearing " Do Ya" and "Ella James" as a double B-side. A pastiche of Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Larry Williams, the composition is recorded in a high-energy rock and roll style, with lead vocals by both Wood and Jeff Lynne, who were at the time jointly leaders of both the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and The Move. "California Man" reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1972. The ELO issued its first single, "10538 Overture", a month after this track. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride The Wind (song)
"Ride the Wind" is a song by American glam metal band Poison. It was the third single from the group's 1990 studio album '' Flesh & Blood'', released on Capitol. Background The track is one of several that reflects ensemble's maturing songwriting of the time. It has been described as one of Poison's best songs. The lyrics are similar to those found in Western music. "Ride the Wind" reached number 25 on the mainstream rock charts and the 38 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Music video The music video for the song consists of footage from the Poison's ''Flesh & Blood'' tour. It features sequences of the band performing onstage, as well as backstage scenes and shots of the audiences (especially of female fans). Albums "Ride the Wind" appears on the following albums: * '' Flesh & Blood'' * ''Swallow This Live'' (live version) * ''Seven Days Live'' (live version) * '' Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996'' * '' The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock'' * '' Flesh & Blood - 20th An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want Action
"I Want Action" is the third single from Glam metal band Poison, originally from the album ''Look What the Cat Dragged In''. The song was released as a single in 1987 on the Enigma label of Capitol Records, and peaked at number 50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "I Want Action" was the first party anthem from the band and was followed by their first ballad, the top 20 ''Billboard'' hit single "I Won't Forget You". Reception ''Cash Box'' said that the song has Poison "at their resounding best," saying that "the tune is every bit as suggestive as its title, pouring on sex and incendiary guitars with a trowel." Music video The music video begins at a diner where a waitress is serving food to the band. After a groupie asks for a backstage pass, the band performs on stage. Albums On the 2006 re issue of ''Look What the Cat Dragged In - 20th Anniversary Edition'' the 7" single remix of the song was released. "I Want Action" is on the following albums. * ''Look What the Cat Dragged I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look What The Cat Dragged In
''Look What the Cat Dragged In'' is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Poison (band), Poison, released on May 23, 1986 through Enigma Records. Though not a success at first, it steadily built momentum and peaked at #3 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 on May 23, 1987. The album spawned three successful singles: "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You". ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'' was certified gold in 1987 and 3x multi-platinum in 1990 by the RIAA. It has also been certified silver by the BPI, and platinum in Canada. Production and marketing The record was described by vocalist Bret Michaels as a "glorified demo". It was recorded in twelve days at Los Angeles' Music Grinder Studios with producer Ric Browde, for a cost of US $23,000, part of which was funded from the pockets of the band members and their families. Background It originally included only one single, "Cry Tough (song), Cry Tough"; however, ''Look What the Cat Dragg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodnight Now
"Hello There" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and first released on Cheap Trick's 1977 album, '' In Color''. The song was also often used as the first song of Cheap Trick concerts, and as a result was the first song on the band's seminal live album ''Cheap Trick at Budokan''. "Hello There" is a frantic, energetic, raucous hard rock song. As performed on ''In Color'', the song starts with Nielsen playing a frenzied, fuzzy guitar part for two and a half bars, then Bun E. Carlos' strong drum beat appears, and finally Tom Petersson's bass and Robin Zander's vocal join in. The entire song lasts 1 minute and 41 seconds. Annie Zaleski of ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' described it as having "razor-edge riffs, a frenzied drum solo and ragged exhortations of 'Would you like to do a number with me?'" Cheap Trick also released the song on its compilation albums ''Sex, America, Cheap Trick'' and ''The Essential Cheap Trick''. A live video of Cheap Trick performing "Hello There" at the Budokan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrender (Cheap Trick Song)
"Surrender" is a single by Cheap Trick released in June 1978 from the album ''Heaven Tonight''. It was the first Cheap Trick single to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 62. Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding singles "Clock Strikes Ten" and "I Want You to Want Me", paved the way for Cheap Trick's concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 which were recorded for ''Cheap Trick at Budokan'', the group's most popular album. Composition "Surrender" begins in B-flat major, with a key change to B major following the instrumental intro, with a key change to C major after the second chorus. Content "Surrender" is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I. Generation parents. His mother frequently warns him about the girls he will meet, as he will never know what diseases he will catch from them, as exemplified by a rumor about "a soldier's enisfalling off" as a result of "so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Had A Lot To Lose
"Never Had a Lot to Lose" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1989 as the fifth and final single from their tenth studio album ''Lap of Luxury'' (1988). It was written by lead vocalist Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson, and produced by Richie Zito. The song reached No. 75 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background Recalling the writing of the song, Petersson stated in the Cheap Trick biography ''Reputation is a Fragile Thing'' that he and Zander "sat down nddid a track. We put the lyrics together as we were doing it in a demo studio. That was fun." Music video The song's music video was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery for FYI. It achieved medium rotation on MTV. Critical reception Upon its release, ''Billboard'' listed the song as a recommended single under the "Pop" category and described it as a "lively power rocker" and a "definite highlight" from ''Lap of Luxury''. In a review of ''Lap of Luxury'', Ira Robbins of Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Police (song)
"Dream Police" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and originally released in 1979 by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is the first track on the group's album of the same name. The single peaked at #26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Nielsen has stated that the song "is an attempt to take a heavy thought - a quick bit of REM snatched right before waking up - and put into a pop format." He also stated that "the song was about Big Brother watching you." Reception and legacy Cheap Trick biographers Mike Hayes and Ken Sharp describe the song as "a magnificent tour-de-force, characterized by an addictively infectious chorus and jarring bursts of dissonance. ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Dave Swanson similarly stated that "From the in-your-face power chord riff to Tom Petersson's surging bass lines, it is a tour de force". Swanson also points out that the strings play a similar role on "Dream Police" as the synthesizer did on Cheap Trick's earlier song "Surrender" and the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want You To Want Me
"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is originally from their second album '' In Color'', released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United States. Nineteen months later, a live version from the band's successful ''Cheap Trick at Budokan'' album was released as a single and became one of their biggest hits, peaking at number seven in the US, number two in Canada, and number one in Japan. It has since become Cheap Trick's signature song. Background "I Want You to Want Me" was a number-one single in Japan. Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding single "Clock Strikes Ten", paved the way for Cheap Trick's concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 that were recorded for the group's most popular album, ''Cheap Trick at Budokan''. A live version of "I Want You to Want Me" from the album ''Cheap Trick at Budokan'' was released in 1979 and became their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame (Cheap Trick Song)
"The Flame" is a power ballad written by British songwriters Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham. The song was released in 1988 by the American rock band Cheap Trick and the first single from their tenth album ''Lap of Luxury''. "The Flame" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in July 1988, becoming the band's only number one hit. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Background During the recording of the ''Lap of Luxury'' album, Epic Records asked Cheap Trick to work with outside songwriters, a request which guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band's main songwriter, was apprehensive about. Prior to being offered to Cheap Trick, "The Flame" was first offered to British blues rock singer Elkie Brooks, who turned it down. "The Flame" was written by Nick Graham, a former member of the British rock band Atomic Rooster, and Bob Mitchell. Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos recalled that "The Flame" was offered to the band by the vice president of Epic Records along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965, who played on most of the band's recordings. Their integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during the group's existence, but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. The group's provocative subject matter, musical experiments, and often nihilistic attitudes also proved influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music. The group performed under several names before settling on the Velvet Underground in 1965, inspired by the book of the same name. In 1966, pop artist Andy Warhol became their manager, and they served as the house band at Warhol's studio, the Factory, and his tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
