Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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M l f d lilt to bo a proachor when I grow up,” Choop Trick lead linger Rick Noilson, laid. ROCKIN’ CUBBY FANS by Alison Hall A bunch of midwest yo-yos appears before a crowd of 4,400 fans. It s Homecoming weekend and Cheap Trick is ready to perform. The yo-yos ' a name dubbed by Cheap Trick ' s singer guitarist Rick Nielson, are avid Chicago Cub fans, and on Oct. 5, their heroes competed in the National League Baseball Playoffs. After refreshing the memories of many fans with their hits I Want You to Want Me, Ain ' t that a Shame, and Dream Police ’ the four band members quickly disappeared and came back to sign autographs only after all nine innings had been played. When you ' re born in Chicago, being a Cub fan is inb reded, Neilson said. You have to like them or get beaten up. Besides, is there anything else (other than being a Cub fan)? Neilson, who was the most active of the group, used dozens of guitars, including o 1 2-string guitar, a guitar with five arms, and o guitar shaped like his caricature. According to Robin Zander, lead singer guitarist, the band’s music is motivated by sexual undertones. Sex inspires a lot of our music ’ he said. Although he sings of sexual urges, Nielson said jokingly, I ' d like to be a preacher when I grow up. He added that being a nuclear physicist wouldn ' t be bad either. Nielson ' s life-long dream is to sing the opening song backwards, The band has been together since 1973, Zander said. Zander, Nielson, and Bun E, Cazlos, drummer, are the three original members of the group, Jon Brant, bass player, joined the band three years ago. Before coming to Cheap Trick, Brant played with bands in Los Angeles, t was on tour with Diana Ross right before I joined the band, he said. Cheap Trick is held together with crazy glue, bubblegum, and lots of spit, Nielson said. The band has been boosted by their fourth album, ' Live from Budokhan It was a real good album for us, well liked overseas, Cazlos said, ft featured 1 Want You to Want Me The album wos also popular in Japan. We had the same popularity all over the world, Zander said. Cheap Trick does not frequent the Top 40 because they are more of an album band, Zander said. He would like to see radio stations go back to being album- oriented by playing com- plete albums. The band prefers live concerts to the rising popularity of videos. You get a reaction from the crowd. We had a great crowd here, Bryant said. The Rail opened for Cheap Trick performing their popular song, 1, 2, 3, 4 Rock and Rolf. The Seattle-based band was the winner of Music Televisions Basement Tapes competition. They have also warmed up for Night Ranger and Sammy Hagar.

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The FHS marching band took to the streets to lead the Homecoming Parade down Main, The Homecoming Parade Committee promoted a drawing for prizes to help make the parade bigger and better. Young and old alike enjoyed the twelfth annual Oktoberfest celebration at Frontier Park, The Volga German celebration began at 9:30 a.m. with the ceremonial tapping of the first keg. HOMECOMING 15

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