Bun E Carlos Cheap Trick Interview 1998

[@Geotubest]

I really miss him in the band. He adds a super cool dimension and vibe.

[@jimgardner5129]

Yup. Me too.

[@laudarevsonhunt]

not the same without him

[@jimgardner5129]

This man seems sweet and genuine. No swollen ego, no apparent drug abuse. He seems like the kind of person you'd like to have as a friend or neighbour. Quite down to earth. I miss you, Bun. I hope you're doing well.

[@Slickmickyoyo97]

And a deceptively amazing drummer. Such a lick and groove master, irreplaceable.

[@stevedrum50]

BRING BUN E CARLOS BACK IN CHEAP TRICK , HE'S THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF THAT BAND, GREAT DRUMMER

[@torahislife]

Bun E. is super cool. Down to earth too

[@guybaker7162]

very down to earth only rock star to speak to me said thank you when i said great show bun

[@SSGTStryker]

Bun E Carlos is literally the reason I became a drummer and later professional musician. I had the honor of meeting him when I was 14 years old at a show back in 1985.

[@CanYouSeeTheRealMe63]

Bun looks much younger here than he did on the album covers. He sounded great at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and enjoyed his comments as well. Cheap Trick is not the same without him!

[@mattskustomkreations]

This interview was recorded in 1998.

[@petebentley3156]

And never will be now and forever with bun e. On the drums,no one can ever replace him!!!!!

[@tetedemarc]

What a Great interview . Thanks !! Bun E Carlos one of the coolest drummer ever .

[@greensombrero3641]

I love Bun's drumming. Really get's the band moving.

[@jsalrulz7021]

I'd like to make a wish that he plays with Cheap Trick again.

[@goodmaro]

+Jsalrulz I'm sure he will some time, ceremonially. They pretty much gotta. He hasn't retired from performing AFAICT, but there are probably plenty of other bands hoping he'll sit in with them when they're nearby.

[@NightOwlie]

ok, I making the same Wish.

[@afterburner2869]

Why is he not? What happened?

[@56dinosaur]

Six years ago, Robin Zander issued an ultimatum: Either he( Bun.E) goes or I go. Bun E. refused to surrender his shares in Cheap Trick's corporation and claimed that he was illegally fired. Bun E. & Cheap Trick sued each other. Bun E. won his case. He gets to keep his shares, but Rick Neilson's son Daxx is the new Cheap trick drummer. Aside from a brief reunion for the Rock n'Roll hall of fame, Bun E's involvement with Cheap Trick has ended.

[@truedodgerblue2000]

56dinosaur What was the beef between Bun E. & Robin in the first place?

[@brianrichards7518]

PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK THE BUN! BRILLIANT DRUMMER LEFT HANDED BUT CAN PLAY THE KIT LEFT AND RIGHT! AS A DRUMMER MYSELF HE IS UP THERE WITH THE GREATS BONHAM, MOON, POCARO!!!!! PLEASE BRING THE GREAT MAN BACK!!!!!!!!

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Bun E. was great both times I met him. Such a nice guy.

[@jeffreycarroll5920]

One of the best true drummers I’ve ever seen

[@changingnames83]

Bun is one the greatest rock drummers of all time. And he's ambidextrous! He is also a dead ringer for my youngest brother :)

[@briangendron8878]

Bun E and Ringo are my favorite drummers of all time!

[@billtolles7406]

@@briangendron8878 And they're both left handed!!! #Ludwig

[@PinkPumpkin529]

Ok, will admit it, drummers are usually my fav band members! Enter Cheap Trick & BUN, WOW!!! Was hearbroken when I found out about Ellen! 😢 Is that the reason he wanted to stop touring? Miss you mucho, mucho Bun! ❤ The latest Cheap Trick CD just isn't the same! Will pick up CD of your new band! True Rocker Bun, thanks for all the memories! ❤ 4 ever! 🤘

[@vincentcalcopietro6970]

He plays dream police with a basic 3 piece kit awesome. All these drum covers use kits with more drums than a fuel refinery in Saudi Arabia and still carnt master it. Bun your a legend and you make those Ludwigs talk.

[@toddhoffer631]

4 pc.

[@drumboogie66]

Word 👍🇨🇦

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Mike Damone would be confused.

[@ognir66]

Agreed. That swing on "The House is Rocking(with domestic problems)" is just unmatched. Easily one of rocks greatest drummers.

[@gerald4133]

Great drummer Cool dude. Missed seeing him playing drums.

[@BKCook-ye2np]

Favorite drummer. PLAY ONE MORE TIME PLEASE

[@Dr.Morticia]

Love you, Bun. You rock always, man.

[@officialmarzomccutter]

great drummer!

[@bettycogswell9851]

Such an awesome drummer. He could make them sing..

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@burpvom]

he looks younger now than on 70's. Funny

[@duffbaker9554]

Bear in mind that this was taped in 1998.

[@arthurlindquist6500]

Bun E Carlos is a true rocker. If you listen to him talk in interviews he really knows his sh** because he is a true music lover and historian. His experience and respect for those that came before him are second to none. We miss him on the road. They may copy his work but they didn't invent it! See you at Mary's soon.

[@SwenR]

I enjoyed talking to him once. He is a really nice guy!

[@mboots957]

I remember bun with a cigarette always hanging out of his mouth when playing the drums.

[@goodmaro]

+MICHAEL How often did he do that at performances, as opposed to on film?

[@goodmaro]

+MICHAEL I get the point: exaggerated nonchalance, making it look easy. Some drummers have even drunk ostentatiously during a gig. But on video you can make things look a lot easier with editing than they actually are.

[@mboots957]

+Robert Goodman They where just inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame and Rick Nielson said he was a chain smoker in the Beggining he might have quit by now.

[@mboots957]

+Robert Goodman Pretty much.

[@goodmaro]

MICHAEL Well, it is a laugh, so he should've kept up just smoking one during a show; not much effect on health from that, like actors smoking on stage. Maybe he could vape, but not as impressive since no need to flick ash.

[@mckjewel]

I adore this drummer...man!

[@STVG71]

He is a legend!

[@u.s.patriot3415]

I had the HONOR of watching these ROCK LEGENDS live, front row back in 1987 or 88. When "THE FLAME" was a big hit! Have been a fan since the Live at Budukon record! Love tne hits from summer '82 big-time!🙏🇺🇸👍

[@jamesaiello8127]

Saw Cheap Trick without him learned one thing There is no Cheap Trick without him

[@richtygart6855]

I wish I would have been a little bit older. I was born in 1970 but I was in the 80s MTV generation kid so that was my introduction to Cheap Trick and then you didn't see them for a few years until a kind of hooked up with that glam-rock look which I didn't really like.

[@jzking2]

Bun, embrace where you came from. I know you are who you are man but, damn, I'm in awe of your stage presence and how tightly you held CT together. Speaking from personal sentiment, if I knew you were going to perform with them I would buy tickets to that show!

[@denisecontreras1635]

lots of love Bun E Carlos. but you got a few friends I know too

[@paulshamblin6260]

I don't care what it takes and I don't care what this happened, Bun E Carlos is the drummer for cheap trick and should be in the band. They should play at all performances and on all recordings if he is physically capable. I'm glad Rick's son can cover for him in case of emergency but I want him back in the band. Money comes and goes. I'm quite sure there is enough Cheap Trick money to go around.

[@KnightOnBaldMountain]

The members of Cheap Trick are all so cool and are gracious to those asking questions.

[@rosem2551]

I wonder if he still ever hangs out at Mary's bar downtown Rockford on the Rock River?

[@saturnjill]

Thanks for the Make A Wish donation. You are helping my son fulfill his Make A Wish! Loved seeing you at a couple New Jersey clubs when you're still the band awesome!!

[@Drumguitarman]

Yeah , miss bun . Great job in this interview Bun ! Congrats on the hall of fame .

[@themaulers3953]

I met Bun e (brad) at a cheap trick concert in miami in 2001 and he was a nice guy, a regular guy that hung out and chatted, Rick? took a picture and walked off....Robin? too cool to mix with regular people

[@frankdiscussion2069]

saw them 2 times in the 70's when they opened for Boston and KISS...both times they blew away the headliners

[@moemanncann895]

They absolutely 100% upstaged Kiss up here in Canada 1977.

[@camarocarl7130]

One of THE Best!

[@MrLion64]

Saw them in Charlotte NC in 1987 in their come back tour at a small club called Kid Nappers, I think Carlos is and was the best live drummer I ever saw, he always kicked the hell out his drums.

[@doublecut5872]

Cheap Trick didnt' just do great rock...they were FUN....and without Bun.......it aint' no fun...

[@Shell6424]

He gave CT their iconic look.

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@10ampsloblo21]

met him in 1980 did a 4 gig tour december 1980 with cheap trick. great guy.

[@therugburnz]

CT wasn't wasn't my kind of music probably ever but as a rock entertainer I find these guys are real players that rocked gooder live than the rest.

[@SGH-rt6ci]

love the way he played with Cheap Trick !!!

[@woodman8261]

He is the coolest drummer ever.

[@rockheadesq.8720]

Seen Cheap Trick twice. 1977 in Seattle they opened for KISS and then Dec. 1979 they were the main act in San Bernardino. Fun show.

[@tonymuratori5896]

When I was starting out on drums in 1982, I could only afford a small Ludwig kit. My tom toms were small, when all the rock bands had drummers with big tom tom’s , and I thought what drummer could play with a small drum set, well, bun E Carlos played with small drums, and he kicked ass. I was inspired.

[@acrovader]

Bun's a great guy and great drummer. Wish you were still drumming with Cheap Trick.

[@iggypopisgod9]

saw cheap trick in Kalamazoo in the 70s...bun e had a smoke the whole show...bada$$!

[@maysinpile5561]

Yeah Bun smoked Tareytons....he'd much rather fight than switch!

[@brenttaylor4785]

Wing's or the bar off of 131 in the hotel. Can't remember the name of the place (on West Main hill) too long ago.

[@luvyesmusici4886]

Back in 81 or 82, which would have been my first half of my junior year in high school, I was living in Amman,, Jordan for six months. My father had a new co-worker ( when we lived in Austria in the early 70s another co-worker was Cat Steven's brother in law, and since they had no kids, they were over at the house often, they got my parents to a Cat Steven's concert, and soon we had all his records to my chegrin) and he and his wife came over for dinner. They were from Rockford, Illinoise, and we're actually two of the twelve people at Brad's/ Bun E Carlos' wedding. Years later I met an old friend in Chicago before seeing a couple of YES- shows, where I had to drive by the Rockford exit.

[@JillDinardo-mb6ii]

Love ya, Bun!!!

[@sandyhancock5521]

Absolutely love Bun!! Never really understood why he's not with the band any longer?😢

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@hugoflores6866]

Spent 40 years of marital bliss raising kids buying homes and cars and the like all the while I had no idea that some of my favorite rock and roll bands were disintegrating it's a shame bun you the f****** man nobody plays the skins like you dream police forever baby!!!

[@TighelanderII]

They were the first band I saw live. I was 14 when I saw them open for KISS at the Forum. It was 1977, and they hadn't hit the big time with their "Budokan" album yet. 20 years later I talked to the band and what they said about that concert was surprising. They told me that Peter Criss was so wasted that Gene Simmons told them that Bun might have to put makeup on and sit in for Peter. They also said that the sound from the show was unusable. The show's purpose was to record "KISS Alive II", but the sound was bad, so the live album was recorded in a NJ studio.

[@simonrankin9177]

What a sweet fella..

[@morbidmanmusic]

HE understands how to play a song!

[@monkfry]

A true legend uses the word Bugus!! Love this guy, what a ripper on the skins.

[@lucyterrier7905]

Bun looks exactly the same the last 40 years.

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@u.s.patriot3415]

He's aged very well! Cool dude indeed and great drummer!

[@stevenfoster5123]

Saw cheap trick a week after seeing yes.they suckt.bun e not that good of a drummer.

[@dbest4541]

Bun had a "stand in "for a few pictures and autograph sessions. Nobody had a clue. I worked with Dan for years.😉

[@hashysh13]

One of the great drummers of rock. I like at the end he mentions wanting to meet some guy from a band called Liquor Giants with the name Dotson....well I had a suspicion so I looked it up and lo and behold, my suspicion was correct....he's speaking of Ward Dotson, who played with Gun Club for a period of time and is a really great guitarist. I'm gonna see if the Liquor Giants are any good cause Dotson is a great player. Gun Club were an amazing band if you've never heard or even heard of them....a great cross section of blues, country, punk/cowpunk. I highly recommend their first 4 records....Fire Of Love, Miami, Death Party (live ep) and The Las Vegas Story. I'm less familiar with the albums after Las Vegas Story, but I'm sure there's some good stuff on them. Their singer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, was an enigmatic character who died in, I believe, around '96. Definitely, by my measure, one of the great 80's underground bands. Kid Congo Powers played guitar with them off and on, before and after he played in The Cramps.

[@hanabuttahb.1951]

Sooo polite Shellyesk. My uncle Bun. Aloha

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@362chop]

Great band

[@carloslozada2121]

Great drummer

[@ankili54]

I`ve still have the XXL-Cheap Trick Plektrum ;)

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@brittdanielrocks]

@ankili I know it's surprising. How are you doing today?

[@Martythemortician1]

Bun's back..I saw him last year in Beloit, having dinner..I waited, walked by said hello and asked..."The back, Marty...Its better, thanks"..He is a great guy..We leave him be in the Rockford area. Us Back problem folks, are kinda a "Group" lol...

[@JCHaywire]

There's a real interviewer gem, "Looks like he's running out of steam." Who responds well to that?

[@nurknanker6105]

He's the greatest.

[@chriswright8464]

Bring back Bun E Carlos.

[@vincentcalcopietro6970]

Not the same without Bun and never will be

[@19211265]

Absolutely agree 👍🏻

[@joe22589]

I am not from USA. What did Cheap Trick do from 1990 until now?

[@bartonpercival3216]

Pretty much touring and doing about 250 live shows a year and still putting out studio albums (20th studio album in 2022) Oh and inducted into the RRHOF in 2016. Still touring in 2023 for 50 years now!!!!!!! 👍🎸

[@jeffandersen7397]

so Cool.

[@davidmckenzie3398]

Bun E.....Cooler than Ringo! ( And Ringo is pretty f~ing cool! ) 🎶❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️🎶

[@twotone9908]

in bun e still alive

[@rosssillly]

In 1996 I was 1 of 100 But! For the 1996 KISS Alive World Wide Tour Concert at Saskatchewan Place Saskatoon Canada I was 1 of 150 Local Concert Working Crew & I was also 1 of only 8 Local Concert Show Call Stage Hand Working Crew & in 2004 Cheap Trick opened for Aerosmith I personally thought That Aerosmith! Should have opened for Cheap Trick! Hahaha & at the end of working What's called The IN Right after I was done With helping set up Aerosmith's 2 drum sets I was asked to help w Cheap Tricks drum set as well For Bun E Carlos If I remember correctly & what a show it was! I even bought a Cheap Trick t-shirt As I already knew That we'd be getting Aerosmith Local Crew T-Shirts as our Working Stage Hand gratuity & in the Spring of 2022 & it was the 1st time Since retiring as a Working Stage Hand This spring My girl paid for my ticket For us to go see Cheap Trick open for ZZ Top & ZZ Top is another awesome band Who I also worked for Hahaha & we gave Cheap Trick a standing ovation! During the whole set! & we did the same through ZZ Top's set &! We all stood up All through both shows! The only thing That made me a lil sad was Bun E Carlos was not there! I didn't even know! That he left the band! & or why! & so all know I'm still a big Bun E Carlos fan! & now I'm a Daxx Nielsen fan as well & that does not mean That I'm no longer a Bun E Carlos fan! On the contrary! I'm now a bigger fan! Of Bun E Carlos! & I hope Cheap Trick & Bun E Carlos & Daxx Nielsen Are ok w me Ole Rosssillly & posting on KZbin my Cheap Trick drum covers Hello There & Ain't That A Shame 2 of my favorite all time tunes Soooooo Thank You Cheap Trick Hope to see you in Saskatoon again & if Cheap Trick ever needs a sub drummer Or a drum tech I'm your guy! & my # is in my Facebook about me😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Very cool channel. Cheers

[@oneanddone7992]

Wait. Is he aging _backwards_? WT good god F. As a drummer and when I was a teenager, Cheap Trick, especially Live at Budokon, was bigger than life. They were international super stars. And Mr. Carlos is so amazingly solid and tasteful. My gawd, his 2 and 4 is legendary. Listen to "Flame". Each 2 and 4 snare hit is a canon.

[@TighelanderII]

Bun is a GOAT

[@bytwyzz]

WAYTOODAMMCOOL !!

[@michaels4841]

Cheap Trick is nothing without Bun E. No idea what happened there and what the dispute is about, but no one else plays drums as dynamic and explosive as he does. Just the first bars of "Surrender" at live gigs are brilliant. With the new drummer it sounds like nothing.

[@A1Authority]

I met Cheap Trick in Austin, TX, in 4/15. They were all great guys, including Rick's son, playing drums. It's unfortunate, but it's unlikely Bun will ever be with the band again, from all I've read. The thing that bums me, is due to contractual stipulation, Cheap Trick is not allowed to play their two songs from the Heavy Metal Sound Track, which are great, but which they do not have the rights to. (If you're younger, and want to hear a fantastic sound track, one of the best ever, the Heavy Metal sound track (Based on the Animated film, based on the magazine) is awesome. A surprisingly good mix from those years. Truly.

[@LNClubsTheaters]

Cheap Trick goes into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame this week, and in 1997 we had the honor of speaking with band on the eve of their 2nd self-titled album release. Check out this never before seen interview! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYecopiqbbWJntE

[@80srockandmetal76]

Like it a lot

[@angelamcmillan74]

Bun E is the best

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@luisdiegocarmona9269]

un baterista de rock and roll!!!

[@HensleyDon]

I've waited for years and this has never come up. I guess I may be the only person to have noticed this resemblance. The first time I saw Cheap Trick (it was at the moment I saw and immediately bought their first LP) I suspected that, since Rick Nielsen and Bun E were more or less the comic book characters vs the stereotypical "Rock Star" look of the other two on the cover, that Bun E had based his look on a classic comic character from the cult niche named Herbie Popnecker (first appearance in Forbidden Worlds #73 published by American Comics Group). I would be curious to know if he is even aware of Herbie. Replace the ever present cigarette drooping from the corner of his mouth with a lollipop and shorten the tie drastically and you have the Bun E "Look." Herbie's constant deadpan is also a perfect fit. (Herbie was also an oddball super hero of sorts...) Maybe, being a comic nerd born in the '50s, I am the only one to have ever noticed this synchronism. Do an image search.... If it wasn't intentional then it is one heck of a coincidence!

[@goodmaro]

I never thought of that resemblance until you brought it up, but...yeah! I can't quite picture the drummer floating and bouncing around like Herbie, but then who *could* fit that aspect? Rick Neilsen's Huntz Hall imitation was obvious, though.

[@davidlanham99]

Damn, was the building on fire or something? They sounded like they had to evacuate.

[@boomertees]

Who would know that this guy is an accomplished drummer? LOL ( I first thought he was the guy dressed as a clown making balloons at Colonial. ) He kicks ass.

[@andrewstruzyk9954]

"Kieth-Who" ??? Meet, one, of,,thee, most, "underated*, drummers, ever !!!

[@bluehappyscrap]

Did Bun E Carlos Quit smoking, Anybody Know?

[@omcdude64]

I hope so.

[@qubitz5906]

I read he quit in the 90s, but don't know for sure of thats correct.

[@feellucky271]

Yes. Wish I could. 20 years sober tho.

[@bartonpercival3216]

Yes he quit cold turkey in 1990

[@jerrykant6484]

My hometown brother 🥁🙏🥁

[@erikshen1107]

Why did he leave??? Remember....NO BUN NO FUN!

[@countvond233]

Bun has held up the best. What a cool cat. Why did he get the boot again?

[@BluesLicks101]

Las Vegas wanted Cheap trick for a multi-month contract and he got in a huge fight with Robin because Robin wanted to stay home and take his kid to school (Robins 1st marriage failed because he was gone from the wife and kids too much). Apparently the fight escalated to the point Robin told Rick "its him or me". Lawsuits followed. They have settled the legal actions, and I did see Robin and Bun E. Shook hands at the Hall Of Fame. Hopefully they will get past it, because his drums simply are 1000X better than Dax Nielson's.

[@johnclough2561]

I was wondering what had happened between Bun and the band. I find it hard to believe that they would kick him out of the band over a disagreement between him and robin. As far as bun being a 1000 times better on drums than DAX? I think that is a stretch. I just seen them this past Sunday at the xfinity center in mansfield ma. and Dax sounded good to me.I think what we all really miss is Bun's original look with the butt hanging out of his mouth, it's like a cheap trick logo

[@andrewyoung2796]

He looks Good

[@MicrophonicFool]

Bun E here is the only one with his shit together. Excellent interview despite the shitty interview

[@DS-ss396]

Does Bun still smoke?

[@bartonpercival3216]

No

[@djroxanne4429]

well AC/DC had their own imagine!!

[@lamper2]

the interviewer didn't prepare AT ALL!??

[@Creativeworxmotionmedia]

thats right... our interviewer was a no show that day... so the publicist and one of the camera guys proceeded...

[@jimgardner5129]

@@Creativeworxmotionmedia Ouch.

[@Creativeworxmotionmedia]

@@jimgardner5129 yup.. but Bun still gave a great interview..

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Without him they’re just Cheap