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Jon Brant became Petersson's steady replacement, after a year of Cheap Trick touring and recording with Pete Comita. [14] All Shook Up (1980), produced by former Beatles producer George Martin, [14] reached No. 24 on the charts and was certified gold.
After Tom Petersson left Cheap Trick in 1980 he was replaced on 12-string bass by Pete Comita. Comita toured with Cheap Trick for just over a year. We tracked Pete down and had a chance to chat with him.
Pete Comita. Pete Comita briefly played bass for Cheap Trick after Tom Petersson’s departure in 1980. Although his tenure with the band was short, he contributed to the recording of several tracks, some of which appeared on the album “One on One” (1982).
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Background information. Right around the time of All Shook Up' s release, bassist Tom Petersson announced that he was leaving the band. He was replaced by Pete Comita. Petersson later told Billboard in 1984: "We were playing 300 nights a year and we'd record two albums a year on our time off.
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The single is the only release from Cheap Trick to feature Pete Comita as bassist. Comita had replaced original bassist Tom Petersson in 1980; however, Comita would also leave the band a year later, following the completion of the 1980-81 World Tour to promote All Shook Up.
Nov 10, 2016 · As a result, the only new Cheap Trick music issued in 1981 came on the soundtrack to Heavy Metal. “Reach Out,” which was written by Comita, was released as a single, with Nielsen’s “I Must Be...
Apr 9, 2016 · After Petersson’s departure in ’80, Pete Comita stepped in, and after him Jon Brandt; both of them had played around Chicago in the ’70s in the oft-forgotten d’Thumbs and were from the ...
