Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of American rock band Cheap Trick.
Rick Nielsen | |
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Nielsen playing at Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" show in Milwaukee, February 2011 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Alan Nielsen |
Born | Elmhurst, IL, US | December 22, 1948
Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar |
Associated acts | Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins, Fuse, Foo Fighters |
Website | cheaptrick |
Wikipedia | Rick Nielsen |
Nielsen and Cheap Trick have performed alongside The Smashing Pumpkins several times, and Nielsen provided additional guitar on the Pumpkins track "Blissed and Gone". Billy Corgan also used a white Hamer guitar during the Machina sessions that was given to him by Nielsen.[1]
Album appearancesEdit
- Live At The Riviera – (1995 bootleg of The Smashing Pumpkins) – guitar on Cheap Trick covers, from the October 23, 1995 performance
- Paraphernalia by (1999 Enuff Z'Nuff album) – writer of "Everything Works if You Let It", which Corgan played lead guitar on
- Judas O (2001 The Smashing Pumpkins compilation) – additional guitar on "Blissed and Gone"
Touring stats
- Total shows: 9 shows
- First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-10-23 at Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL, US
- Last performance: Cheap Trick 2008-06-28 (featuring Billy Corgan) at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, US
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Christopher Scapelliti, "Machina Shop: The Tools of Billy Corgan and James Iha's Trade", Guitar World, April 2000.