Cheap Trick Silver (2001)

Filmed in the late summer of 1999 Cheap Trick Silver is a 25th anniversary celebration of the Rockford Illinois band famous for marrying British Invasionera pop hooks with the guitar crunch of the Whos Quadrophenia period Shot on a sealedoff Rockford street the concert is an electrifying overview of high points from the groups discography The songs plucked from each of their albums reveal a remarkable powerpop consistency over the long haul despite the bands lengthy periods of commercial rejection and bare survival Visibly thrilled Cheap Trick soar here through monster hits I Want You to Want Me Dream Police and milk every drop of emotion from masterful ballads I Cant Take It While stellar guests include Slash and Billy Corgan its the appearances by less famous folk the Rockford Symphony Orchestra a few offspring of guitarist Rick Nielsen and singer Robin Zander that movingly underscore the populist glories of this American band