davidl Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Cheak Trick had just finished their 5th song and a freak storm blew in Sunday evening. In a matter of seconds the main stage (where they were playing) came crashing down. The storm was very localized in that there were two giant screens on either side of the stage that remained intact. No twisters apparently. Just huge wind. We had a large tree come down at home too. Only 3 or 4 injured and sent to hospital and released the next day. Another sad part of the story that I read this morning is that apparently some rare and vintage guitars may have been casualties. A roadie was seen pulling one guitar out of the debris and speculation is that there were more guitars still in there. The drum kit was still erect. There are some pictures on their website http://www.cheaptrick.com/. Bummer of a way to end the festival. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow that sucks. Glad to see nobody got seriously hurt. Bummer for the equipment, but I suppose they have insurance, however some things are not replaceable. Thanks for sharing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Glad their OK. Very under rated band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 i think but not sure a roadie got minor injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Very under rated band. You think so? I always hear people talking highly of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I posted this story on Face Book yesterday and got a bunch of "Too bad they didn't die" and "Finally a Cheap Trick show that wasn't boring! comments. Haters gonna hate I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 . I saw the news yesterday. Glad there was no loss of life. That could've been much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagerfanny Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Shoot man, that looks real bad. Glad no one was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I love Cheap Trick.........Quite the freak accident........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE9ewbmCxsg&feature=fvwrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 I don't understand why people crap on Cheap Trick. They have done something right. I saw them open for KISS in the late seventies and here they still are. My brother won back stage passes and got a tour jacket and boy was I one envious 16 year old. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Tom Petersson lives across the street from my jamming friend, I've met him a couple of times. He is good friends with the Long Players, if he is in town you will see him at the LP shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Glad they are all right. Are the guitars going to be okay, little Tommy? I hope Rick can get the money together to build his guitar museum soon. I can't wait! Think of it, a Car museum and a Guitar museum less than a half hour apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I posted this story on Face Book yesterday and got a bunch of "Too bad they didn't die" and "Finally a Cheap Trick show that wasn't boring! comments. Haters gonna hate I guess. Clearly the person that said they were boring has never been to one of their live shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Their early ad campaign was on the very edge of magazine pages, Hit Parader, Creem, Circus, stuff like that. MAY have even been Guitar Player, but I don't think so. "We're going to play a Cheap Trick on you" was all it would say, and there'd be Bun or Rick or maybe two of them if they could fit it on the very edge of the page. Can't find it on the intarwebz, so if any of you magazine Kollektor FreeKz got one, scan it up please. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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