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Cheap Trick's reappearing act If you're going A vj 4 .1 1 w. There's even a tribute album in the works. Putting together a well-re- ceived box set that was released last year also helped point the band in the right direction. Carlos helped put the set Nielsen listened to it for the first time after it had been released to the public. "1 thought, 'Gee, that's kind of he says.

"If I wasn't in the band, I'd be a fan of band Cheap Trick. Some ofilhe stuff I had forgotten about. With each period of brought back a memory, not 'all of them good. But I think, the music has stood the testof A ft i "c5is Summer's i -vCLASSACTlli Cheap Trick performs 8:30 p.m. Friday, at Electric Factory, Seventh and Willow streets, Phila.

Opening acts are The Muffs and Flipp. Tickets are $17.50. Call 338-90007 tact. The nadir was "The Flame," a power ballad they didn't write or like but which was one of their biggest hits in 1988. But a funny thing happened.

People like Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan and other young rock musicians began talking about how much they loved Cheap Trick the old, loud Cheap Trick. The band was invited to play a date on Lollapa-looza, and members of Sound-garden, Metallica, Rancid and the Ramones watched eagerly from the wings. Alternative rock production god Steve Albini sought out' the band to produce a few songs. MB Iwte 31 A tan M. AA All Shows Before 6PM 4.00 Seniors ft ChildrM 6tMAthittt A6HBCE0F 2:15 4.45 7:15 95(1 WTH1I TO LOSE (B) 12 20 2 40 5:15 745 10 15 C0TACT(P8)flr5 12:10 3:20 7:00 10:20 OPSttTIQH CONDOR (P6-13) 10:20 12:45 2:55 5:05 8 10 10:40 Wen tn Btaefc tP6-13) 07510:25 12:40 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:25 Mm in Black (PG-13! 11:30 2:00 4:20 7:05 9:35 TTrCOLeS (6t 1015 iiti 245 FACEOFF (R) 1:00 4:00 7:10 10:30 OUT TO SEA (P8-13I 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:25 10:00 A SIMPLE WISH (Pfi) 10:40 12:50 3.10 5.25 tATMAH ROBIN (PG-13) 7 40 WILD AMERICA (PC 1035am tUW AIH (H 1035om idols.

It feels like a long time ago that we were playing clubs, but we have learned to try and recreate that intimacy," explains Gillingham. 1 The band, also gathered confidence from the plethora of awards amassed by the six-time platinum August and Everything 'V Garnering a four-star review from Rolling Stone Magazine, the album went on to peak at No. 4 on the Billboard chart and remain on the chart for 93 weeks. They won the American Music Award for favorite alternative artist; and won best video at the MTV Video Awards for their single "Mr. Jones." I I -a' T' it rr- fc.

Geffen Records Soaring: Counting Crows visits the E-Centre during the first arena-size tour in the band's history. iCrows circling for E-Centre show Erf. I MOVWS TO TA1X ABOUT BTI TUT1TEIJ By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Stay in show business long enough and someday you'll be back in style. After a long fallow period, Cheap Trick may be about to prove that axiom. In the past the Midwest power, popsters received the box-set treatment, -were saluted by bands like Smashing Pumpkins who sighted them as, an important musical influence and have prepared their strongest new album in ages.

Cheap Trick wants you to 'want them again. "It seems like people are in a better mood toward us," says guitarist Rick Nielsen. Few knew quite what to make of Cheap Trick when they emerged in the mid-1970s, They weren't punks. Or metalheads. They played Beatlesque pop with guitars amped to the maximum level and the tuneful yowl of vocalist Robin Zander.

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Touring in support of their sophomore effort, Recovering the Satellites (Geffen), Counting "Crows are headlining their first iarena-size tour in their eight-, tyear career. Despite their assent to super- stardom, the Crows don't seem I to be letting it get to their J'heads. "Playing rock music is not brain surgery," says Charles Gil-ilingham, who plays keyboards Sand sings background vocals for the band. fv "We just get out on the stage iand do what we love, but we thave to continue to push the envelope and do new things too," jhe says. Gillingham believes the band's success is due mostly to the insightful lyrics, the majority of which come from lead vocalist Adam Duritz's personal experiences.

"They are a private metaphor Adam's life, but he conveys rthem in such a way that people lean grab a hold of them and r'make them their own," he Counting Crows formed in 1.990 when Duritz and guitarist -Pavid Bryson began writing gongs together. They named the band after an old English divination rhyme, and began perform--ing in small coffee shops around the Bay area. Tonightl 8:00 COMEDY SHOWCASE featuring the Area's Hottest Comics! Comedy Every Friday ft Saturday Saturday 9:30 is smoke free! Comedy Cabaret at the Hilton Rt. 70 Cuthbert Blvd. C609J 665-6581 Tired Of A Good FANTASY Unique 81 Risque Gifts Sexy Unaerie Tfo7 All Sizes Men's I Aathprwnar Erotic If you're' going Counting Crows and the Wallflowers perform 7 p.m.

Saturday, at the Blockbuster-Sony, Music. Entertainment Centre. Opening act is That Dog. Tickets are $35 for reserved seating and $19 for general admission lawn seats. For information, call 338-9000.

Their rags-to-riches story gins in those coffee shops, where in relatively short order, the duo joined forces with local musicians Gillingham, Matt Malley on bass, and Steve Bowman on drums. They soon recorded a demo. Counting Crows were signed to DGC records in X992, and almost immediately began performing with rock legends. They opened for Bob Dylan before their debut album, August and Everything After (DGC) was even recorded. They fdled in for Van Morrison at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and joined the Rolling Stones' on their Voodoo Lounge Tour in 1994.

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