Were they good? Why do I associate them with the awful "I Want You To Want Me" and bad haircuts?
Someone convince me otherwise please.

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ha!

hear the crickets chirp?

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My parents met the drummer and manager in a bar in PEI last summer.
If that's where they're hanging out now they must be pretty terrible.

cricket cricket.

They also sang "mommy's alright, daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird, surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, way, aayy," but then there's kind of a unique/catchy guitar riff after that.

The other songs are similar-sounding. Then they came out with "The Dream Police" song and album, which is also, similar, except lacking the reverberation and exuberant audience enthusiasm.

I swear that "Cheap Trick Live at Budokan" (1979) had some fake audience cheers in it, but this article suggests the contrary and explains that they were a hit in Japan.

Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan

I like cheap trick..hey ill admit it...yes there's other songs past the I want u to want me song. Surrender of course...dream police...the flame...some say they wussed out with that one..they also do in the street..which as based on That 70s show. She's Tight is a cool song too.