Surrender – Cheap Trick (1978)

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Additional information about this, Cheap Trick vinyl art.

Cheap Trick – The Artist/s

Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1970 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. Their work bridged elements of ’60s guitar pop, ’70s hard rock, and the emerging punk rock sound, and would help set the template for subsequent power pop artists. Cheap Trick released their self-titled debut album in 1977 and, later that year, found success in Japan with the release of their second album, In Color. 1978’s Heaven Tonight included the power pop classic “Surrender”. The band achieved mainstream popularity in the United States in 1979 with the triple-platinum live album At Budokan and a Top 10 single, a live recording of “I Want You to Want Me”. They followed with Dream Police (1979), their most commercially successful studio album, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart. After struggling with declining popularity and lineup changes in the 1980s, Cheap Trick experienced a major resurgence toward the end of the decade when they topped the US charts with the power ballad “The Flame” (from 1988’s Lap of Luxury). The band’s other hits include “Dream Police”, “She’s Tight”, “I Can’t Take It”, “Tonight It’s You”, “Mighty Wings”, a cover version of Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel”, “Ghost Town”, and “Can’t Stop Fallin’ into Love”. Cheap Trick has continued releasing new music into the 21st century and maintains a constant touring schedule, having performed live more than 5,000 times since their formation. Cheap Trick has sold more than 20 million albums and built a dedicated cult following. Their influence has been cited by a diverse range of rock artists from both the mainstream and underground. The current lineup of the band consists of Zander, Nielsen and Petersson.

Surrender – The Song

‘Surrender‘ is a single by Cheap Trick released in June 1978 from the album Heaven Tonight and also the album’s opening track. It was the first Cheap Trick single to enter the American charts. 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. “Surrender” is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I. Generation parents. 

Rick Neilson’s 5 Neck Guitar – The Shape

This record has been carefully crafted into  Rick Neilson’s 5 Neck guitar. A multi-neck guitar is a guitar that has multiple fingerboard necks. They exist in both electric and acoustic versions. Examples of multi-neck guitars and lutes go back at least to the Renaissance. Today, the most common type of multi-neck guitar is the double-neck guitar, of which the most common version is an electric guitar with twelve strings on the upper neck, while the lower neck has the normal six. Combination six-string and bass guitar are also used, as well as a fretless guitar with a regular fretted guitar, or any other combination of guitar neck and pickup styles. There are also acoustic versions. Two necks allows the guitarist to switch quickly and easily between guitar sounds without taking the time to change guitars.

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