You wanna hear a band about to explode? In June 1977, CHEAP TRICK was in Los Angeles to record their second album, ‘In Color’. To get the band in shape for the record, they booked 5 gigs at the Whisky a Go Go the weekend of June 3.
The result: a series of fire-breathing shows that you can still hear reverberating on the Sunset Strip to this day. KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer introduced the band at the shows, and his memories are clear: ““The Whisky was packed for every show. A lot of girls showed up. It was like the ‘new’ Beatles had arrived.”
Indeed, this concert stand takes its place alongside The Doors in 1966, Led Zeppelin in 1969, and Van Halen in 1977 as among the most notorious shows hosted by the venerable ven