South by Southwest 2010: Cheap Trick talks Lennon, Beatles and fixing 'Budokan'
AUSTIN, Texas -- Interviewed Cheap Trick on Wednesday afternoon as part of South by Southwest with my Sound Opinions partner Jim DeRogatis. Rick Nielsen was, as usual, in excellent self-deprecating form. Among the highlights, he pulled out his cellphone, where he had stored a sound bite from Yoko Ono describing how working with Cheap Trick in the studio "inspired John," referring to her late husband, John Lennon. Nielsen smiled proudly, then followed that up with a sound bite from his daughter proclaiming, "You're annoying."
"Just when you start feeling good about yourself," he cracked.