Cheap Trick - late 70s Interview

[@7Lacey]

Here's the facts, from the girl that interviewed "Cheap Trick" in 1977 at 20 yrs. young. This was probably one of my first interviews ever, and my first interview with a famous band. Since the early 90's I have hosted/produced a TV and Radio (LATalkRadio) talk show called "Out of the Blue" on animals, the environment & spirituality. Now, 38 yrs. after the interview with Cheap Trick, I believe I am an ass-kickin' interviewer. So watch the stones you through May bounce back and hit you!😇

[@MOAONAABE]

sounds like a hicksville accent

[@andyfaithnomoreguitarist5444]

You were such a beauty back then,you still are! :D

[@arthurbishop3173]

Deirdre, you look like Nancy Wilson (of Heart) here :)

[@jackies1729]

Deirdre Wilson nice interview

[@Marknelsonize]

I thought you did great, seriously

[@saraenneking4652]

Omg robin is absolutely gorgeous!!

[@sherryd3299]

I know! He is such a sexy singer with an excellent voice.

[@RevAlKhemy]

Robin just sit there and be pretty

[@rachelv_11]

@@RevAlKhemy LITERALLY

[@georgehenderson7783]

How about in this 1978 version of Surrender? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJespWx3odRmb7M

[@ShaunFloyd-ky9nk]

Tom & Robin are trying so hard not to bust up in laughter at Rick's answers. Lol.

[@timmackenzie8145]

I’m one minute into this, the band hasn’t said a word and I’m already excited for it. Thanks for posting.

[@aarondavis4341]

I wish I'd got to see them back then,I just saw them 2 months ago,they where awesome,to see them back in their prime woulda been killer

[@Drewzer154]

This was so early in CT's career, that nobody could warn poor Deirdre that she wouldn't get a straight answer from this group.

[@commercialzone4141]

Robin on one side. Tom on the other. Two classic hotties, nice, humble, great musicians - the complete package. I love Cheap Trick.

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Yeah. They can play too!! ❤😂

[@kjinohio5897]

Rick is such a visionary. Even then he knew that most of their fans would come from Amazon. How did he know in the 70's that fans would get their music from Amazon? Amazing ;)

[@adannarvaez]

He was talking about THE Amazon idiot. There's a river and a rain forest in southamerica named Amazon.

[@shanemartin8904]

Because he is from venuzuela in south America...das where de Amazon is

[@scdevon]

Great footage and rare until now. Thanks! My High School years!!

[@bobbykincannon1613]

They started in ROCKFORD!!!!!!Ricks dad owned Nielson's music on 7th street.

[@Obscured1972]

It's like Aerosmith being a Boston band

[@DavidLee-no9uc]

I saw these guy's open for KISS at The Cow Palace in 1976. ... I thought they were better than KISS personally! 3:)

[@sputnikjr123]

i saw them open up for KISS at Madison Square Garden 78

[@rodneylee4026]

They were/are better than Kiss.

[@olddogcitypound5859]

RodneyLee you are correct, much better

[@davedave6321]

benjamin hoffman ... you are mistaken. They never played MSG with KISS

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@rodneylee4026 hardly.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Best look of a band ever and thats saying a lot... 2 nerdy guys and two 70s lounge lizard pin up boys...just well played by CT

[@antlovesmel]

This is the best worst interview I ever saw. I loved it

[@BonnieK80]

You’ve been doing your homework Dierdre lolol So much BS🤣🤣 Robin checking out the questions and the girl 😍🤣 This is amazing🙌🙌love these guys🖤🤍

[@3impersonators]

Love 3:07 Robin leans over and looks at her other questions. Probably thinking, "Geez, what else is she gonna ask us?"

[@virginiapicker]

Not a bad interview, IMO. You'll have to forgive the written notes - this was before every little podunk station had teleprompters. The interviewer obviously did at least some research before the interview and tried to roll with the non sequitors. She was outnumbered and tried to think on her feet, and actually got some interesting questions out. I think Rick was channelling Lennon and felt he had to answer every question with a witty quip.

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🌹🎸 🎸

[@rodneylee4026]

I wonder what the other three guys in the band thought of Rick's interview.

[@mikerundberg8301]

WOW , Cheap Trick gave her a tough time answering the questions , iam from Rockford Ill where they went to High School

[@gailm9908]

Yeah!!!! Morristown, NJ!!!

[@bluesguitarz]

I just saw the band live a few days ago for the first time.They were beyond incredible!

[@johnheselton411]

I also didn’t know that cheap Trick was this talented musicians excellent

[@marceloromero4515]

Hearing Rick say '1998' is interesting.

[@debt8360]

How sad and pathetic ....you have to make fun of someone who you know nothing about, in order to build up your own self worth and ego..Deirdre is a caring beautiful person inside and out.Next time someone says something about you that is untrue and hurts remember Karma comes in a full circle.

[@udmbfckx2916]

Rick Nielsen was just having plain out fun with this reporter.....I am laughing my ass off.

[@marcbudicin]

so beautiful

[@powderslider]

Ahhh dang it, I remember this interview....that makes me old.

[@cottonmouth8782]

Saw them at the Jax Coliseum, ‘78. Opened for Aerosmith I think. Great fun

[@AceOfHeart2012]

She's trying so hard and they're just eating her alive. I LOVE this!

[@timhoovermusicman]

If you consider being a dickhead eating her alive.

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

I grew up on the Elvis, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys. When I heard "Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird" blasting from my big sisters bedroom when I was a kid in '78 I lost my shit.

[@robinzander4ever]

Hahahaha...thanks for posting made my day!

[@jacquelinec.6785]

I have never seen this interview 🎙️ Well Played▪️Can't always be SO serious ▪️ Fan of Cheap Trick from the start▪️☑️

[@brittdanielrocks]

@🤘🤘🎸 🌹

[@iluvhou]

SPINAL TAP moment. I love this. I watch it now and then for a giggle.

[@medd0ws]

I've been watching this over and over since it's so rare to find interviews of them when they were so young!

[@jimcrackorn]

It is a hard watch tho but huge thanx for posting. The band doesn't have much early stuff to watch. Thx

[@juanrock339]

great old interview.

[@Mark-v7y8t]

The first time I saw Trick was in 1978 in Milwaukee and I've seen them 32 times since then. But I watched this interview for the first time today. I've noticed there is something sinister about Rick in this. I've watched just Rick, mostly, and watching his facial and hand acrobatics/body language- there is a darkness in him that I've noticed here for the first time. I'm not judging Rick, merely observing.

[@microsoftaxell1596]

Near Chicago? ROCKFORD PRIDE

[@shampistols69]

tim hoover must be some psycho replying to all these comments. what's the need? rick nielson wasnt being a jerk either. he was just a sarcasm god.

[@bobbconner1]

Love this

[@TimBlackyBlack]

Neilson's Fucking funny ! Born in Chicago, Grew Up in Venezuela.. Too funny

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@TimBlackyBlack he's as funny as a rattlesnake in your pants

[@59twilli]

This always makes me laugh! Love how she answers her own questions...I thought Robin was the ballroom dancer. He looks bored shitless. Lucky Bun E. is out of shot most of the time, he is probably asleep :P

[@sherrydrake4973]

I think they are all bored to death. Alice Cooper said when on the road, they do around 25 interviews per day.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Same old mindless questions, zero creativity, inspires a flat-line brain activity. On the other hand an off the cuff, spontaneous interview is so novel that you hardly see them. Same thing over and over, no matter what band - ya still hear every dumbfuck ask Mick or Keith how long the Stones are gonna stay together, what about the Beatles, blah, blah, blah....

[@adannarvaez]

I had lotsa fun watching this. A Kane interview by a cute girl. Rock being so nice, tom bored as hell, Robin peeking at her notes and BunE. Just getting along ..

[@karlacamiicamposurrutia4898]

i love robin😣

[@jbjester1]

Don't touch the hat there Deidre.....*Damn* Still laughing!

[@Loki8448]

lol at 3:08 when Robin peeks at the notes

[@carlsaganlives5112]

'I don't know about you guys, but I always wanted to perform in front of a camera!' Rick checks his watch to see if he has time after the show, haha 9:10

[@raydaisiesstudios]

I wonder what Robin was lip saying to Tom?

[@dbrinkm1]

It always amazed me that CT would never acknowledge their Rockford Ill. roots in most of their early day interviews.They must have thought such association would not help them market their image.Now they don't seem to mind but you start to mellow out when you get into your sixties as many of them have.They have had a Rockford base since they started but always associated geographical allegiance to Chicago. Rockford is NOT Chicago but has its own history & identification.

[@72littlesis]

Rick still lives here. He loves his hometown. I think maybe it was an easy answer. He's actually a really good guy. They all are. Bun still lives here too and hangs at a local bar during the week. They're extremely hometown proud and they definitely belong to us🤗👑

[@vindivergilio3482]

I love these old interviews. The band members messed so bad with the interviewers.

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

They all bowed down to Rick it seems, he must have held the keys to the car.

[@grider67]

Rick is tired of the interview about a minute into the interview, LOL

[@timhoovermusicman]

I was tired of him in '76

[@paullevine1813]

@@timhoovermusicman I was sick of him in 69.

[@ericstewart9742]

They played this interview just like Nirvana would have.

[@jimbailey5681]

Bun E. Carlos was friendly in this, but the other three seemed bored. Not a bad set of questions and she'd done her homework on the band

[@user-sm7og6fi3j]

@@timhoovermusicman No. That's just your opinion. You seem a bit jealous.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@user-sm7og6fi3j no,its just fact.you seem pretty douchy too.

[@jbjester1]

LMAO! Gotta love it!

[@ilovegoth]

The question at 5:30 is fun and the badness of the question brings out their great faces, attitudes etc.

[@ivyhope660]

I'd love to have sat that close to Robin Zander! I could be your lover-let's pretend! In my dreams!! 🤗

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸 🎸 😊

[@maggykuhn3387]

It's funny how Rick talks about the future and says 1989. Is when his old Band stuff is going to be released weird huh?

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸 🎸 😊

[@iluvhou]

@Berus7777 polite to an extent. LOL. Robin talks over her mouthing something to Tom at 3:27( LOVE IT...hee hee), that's not polite. He lip reads her notes while she reads out loud, looks at her notes while she looks away, what else....hmmm. He is just naughty. Can't say I would have been much better or worse sitting through the torture. Watch it again. It is hilarious! Tom politely calls her out. Rick is Rick. Bun E. may be trying not to laugh out loud or he is stunned or both.

[@reburos]

Chicago area???? I'm ashamed to be from Rockford too!!!

[@rosem2551]

Shame on you!

[@DelilahDeWylde]

Hahahaha, I love how they are messing with her!!

[@crisrose521]

Robin Zander is fibbing , he collects pistols

[@glitter_rose8887]

Who else could actually see Rick being a math teacher?

[@georgehenderson7783]

What about Bun E. Carlos? 😅

[@theiceman6941]

Rick's a real jerk here. She didn't do anything to deserve that kind of obnoxious treatment.

[@timhoovermusicman]

That's what he's always been .

[@paullevine1813]

Rick is all about being a self centered two faced bastard & he knew he was the weak link in Fuse hence his bitterness.

[@user-sm7og6fi3j]

@Robin Stiff He's obviously jealous. I get the feeling he was in that shitty band fuse.

[@summi510]

/uh! Robin Zander was so cute!

[@THECLARENCES]

The Clarences love & support Cheap Trick!

[@elfhermie]

My favorite part (8:53). : )

[@groofoot]

@reburos --ha! That is funny, isn't it. Back in the 'Sick Man of Europe' days they would sometime say they were from Madison, and, occasionally, Philly, ... but you've gotta admit, they really give props to Rockford these days. I was born and raised in Rockford, and lived there for 40 years, but finally had to leave. It ain't safe anymore.

[@RevAlKhemy]

is their drummer actually Sgt Shulchz ?

[@davidbennett7374]

Should I jump in and give you my opinion of what you did over 30 years ago?

[@jzen1455]

The dude with the hat looks like a hipster who rides a fixie time traveler from circa 2005

[@daryldettmer9160]

Wow , that was a cool interview .. i wonder why they just didnt say they were from Rockford, illinois instead of saying "the chicago area " ? ?????

[@davidsafier6333]

The Amazon? He was fairly prophetic.

[@sputnikjr123]

great footage

[@Adkturn]

I kept waiting for a flicker of comprehension that the band members were obviously pulling the interviewer's leg but it never happened. The lights were on but nobody was home.

[@timhoovermusicman]

Your lights have never been on

[@asdfjkl7430]

302 one-night gigs, in one year? Oi

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Yup. They’ve been doing that for decades. Kid Rock mentions that in his speech when CT was inducted into the RRHoF.

[@TheMagmagoblin]

Fuse was pretty good.

[@timhoovermusicman]

A friend just sent me some of their stuff the other day .

[@WilliamRMize]

Tim. YOU LIAR!!!!!! You said you had never listened to Fuse and here it is in black and white! You otta be ashamed of yourself!!!! Oh sorry for the mispelling. How rude of me. Next thing you know I'll be chewing gum. How rebellious!! Subversive even!

[@paullevine1813]

@@WilliamRMize You told one person Fuse were your favorite band but you have done nothing but bad mouth them , who's the liar . You're a loony bastard with no musical sensibilities. Find your rock & crawl back under it. . Seen your channel & it's like your brain .. EMPTY !!!!!

[@WilliamRMize]

Paul go listen to a 10 min drum solo you Prog Rock / Blues Rock FREAK!!!

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

She is well-intentioned, but the questions are incredibly lame, the guys are bored to death, and it's a moderately tense and awkward situation.

[@hollyhyatt1661]

Oh Robin!

[@pamelllakaye]

it would be nice if someone besides rick could talk in any of these interviews, jeez :/

[@brittdanielrocks]

🤘🤘🌹🎸 🎸

[@loredomattoni6248]

why is bun e.carlos not in the band

[@johnmat4678]

He had some medical problems and missed some shows. They fired him. He sued and won big time.

[@St4r_Z0mb13]

8:59 *vine boom/rock eyebrow raise*

[@yukasimeno4894]

I am a big fan of Cheap Trick. Rick often says his parents were opera singers. Is that really true or is it another one of his many jokes? He even called Sydney Opera house his "apartment"... In one of their songs there is a melody from "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe verdi. Because I am a classical singer that is very amusing to me. In this interview Rick is telling so many jokes and questionable "facts". Now we can laugh about it but was that a "cheap trick"? I presume he was a naughty child. I really believed that Bun.E. was born in Venezuela. Was that also a "cheap trick"? Anyway, I love them and Cheap Trick forever!

[@ilovegoth]

i can see both sides. they are sick of pat questions, esp. Rick and she is trying to do good with her job.

[@the2adventurebros]

Lol Rick is such a goof

[@timhoovermusicman]

You misspelled douchebag

[@PackMuleMonday]

This is a time where the band really could/should have taken control of a very bad/embarrassing interview. Come on, Cheap Trick - you're professionals - take over and talk to your fans!

[@robinbrl]

Now, I know y'all are tired of my comments here. LOL. I love all the guys in Cheap Trick. Everyone one of them. They were one of the if not the first concert I ever attended. In this interview though, I kind of felt that Rick was patronizing. Sorry.

[@sherrydrake4973]

They don't like to reveal much about their personal lives so they just make up nonsense during interviews.

[@constancewessel3906]

I agree. How could it have hurt to just be a tiny bit nice?

[@markoliver6515]

Really great interview of a top band.

[@vincentm614]

Rick is the only one talking. The other 3 seem tied. Its too bad these guys seem like alot of fun. They all are alot more talkative these days.

[@music3874]

Evidently they didn't develop social skills until later on in life. (These days, they're quite fun to to listen to.) At this point in their career, I think a valid question would have been, If you're going to be this aloof, why do any press at all?? I kinda think Rick was putting on an act.

[@timhoovermusicman]

A bad one.

[@bartonfritzinger2177]

Excellent band I've seen them 53 times including 3trickfests ,if you never saw them put them on your bucketlist,and be up front to get a rick pic,goodnite now ladies and gentlemen

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@bartonfritzinger2177 I like the singer and their music but neilson is a Dick.

[@ilovegoth]

to her credit, it was an awkward time. just an awkward time period indeed.

[@TheOuterBoogie]

Wow, this was hard to watch, pretty uncomfortable for her. Very interesting though, thanks for an unusual post.

[@JoeFootball55]

I bet that interviewer grows up to be smoking hot.

[@andrewmcintyre8774]

Click on her image in the description and you'll see exactly how she looks now......

[@ilovegoth]

I wonder did Robin date this girl later? Their seems to be some chemistry between them.

[@marceloromero4515]

You noticed that, too? Robin is a charmer.

[@taylorhannahsupergir]

good interview....cool dudes

[@Benjamin470908]

Come on she did not know the band, so she ask stupid things and they were really young the answers are according to all of this. Robin always cute, hansome but the cloth oh god!!!! I love them all One of the greatest bands ever!

[@shauner1108]

WoW! This lady is about as bright as a cave, and just as dense! Good thing she was wearing a low cut shirt and was cute. I hear coke was pretty damn good back in the 70's. I love it how Robin informs her that she has 4 minutes. Obviously she didn't take the hint that it was four minutes of hell that they had to endure.

[@timhoovermusicman]

I see you have reverend him for a profile pic,he's smarter than you.

[@3impersonators]

@91ROCKANGEL Ha ha ha, you're right!

[@sputnut]

robin was sure enjoying rick toying with this gal. i agree, if she wasn't so pretty she would be a secretary somewhere where nobody cares.

[@timhoovermusicman]

I bet your mother was a HEAD nurse.

[@Mago_arlequín]

Punto para Raulito Nielsen 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@crapple009]

@7:33-7:48- What exactly is Robin up to? Definitely lots of action in those pockets. And then that blatant snort. Hmm....nah.

[@walendxweg]

🧩👍⭕🖐️

[@Saksm113]

"Should have been released in 1998" LOL!

[@timhoovermusicman]

Fuze was good,you can find it on KZbin

[@zipKINGofROCK]

Hello, how ARE you?! (i dreamed of you last night...)