Cheap Trickzine

 
 

Cheap Trickzine - by & for fans of cheap trick

 

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  • Cheap Trickzine

  • USA

  • No. 15

  • Sept - Oct 1993

Cheap Trickzine was a bi-monthly fanzine created by fans of Cheap Trick. Published in Tennessee, USA, it included typical fan magazine content such as band photos, tour schedules, editorials, song lyrics, stories and letters from band followers / stalkers, etc. The magazine is small 8½” by 5½” size.

In addition to the cover photo and several other photos of Tom Petersson and his 12-string basses, this issue also includes an interview with Cheap Trick’s live show keyboard player Tod Howarth. Howarth later played a Waterstone 12-string bass in his own band.

The Hamer “Planets” B12A 12-string bass is pictured in this issue.

A nearly identical color photo (not included in this article) presumably taken at the same show by the same photographer.

The centerfold displays an ad from 1978 which includes the Hamer Quad 12-string bass.

Cheap Trickzine - Vol. 16

This issue from November-December, 1993 includes a couple of small photos of Tom Petersson’s Hamer B12A 12-string basses.

Cheap Trickzine - Vol. 17

This issue published in early 1994 includes a photo from the same concert as the picture published in Volume 15 which shows Tom Petersson and his Hamer “Planets” B12A 12-string bass. Also included is a review of the band’s Budokan II album. The reviewer writes, “‘Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace’ is a showcase for Tom’s thundering and innovative 12-string bass which embodies the Cheap Trick live sound…” and, “Rounding up the collection comes ‘Auf Wiedersehen’, showcasing Cheap Trick at its most devastating. Petersson’s phenomenally powerful bass intro mutates into the familiar metallic riff…”

CHEAP TRICKZINE - VOL. 20 - Fall 1994

The Hamer “Planets” B12A 12-string bass is pictured.

CHEAP TRICKZINE - VOL. 21 - Dec 1994

The Hamer “Elvis” checkerboard B12A 12-string bass is included.

CHEAP TRICKZINE - VOL. 8 - July / August 1992

This issue of Cheap Trickzine includes an ad for the Busted album, a view of the Hamer Quad 12-string bass, plus a commentary from Rob Ruiz about his attempt to become Cheap Trick’s new bassist after Tom Petersson left the band.

CHEAP TRICKZINE - VOL. 23 - 1995

Several photos of Tom Petersson and his 12-string basses appear in this issue. Most of them were previously published in earlier issues of Cheap Trickzine.