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Pete Comita was a guitarist who joined Cheap Trick in 1980 as a bass player after Tom Petersson left. He played 12-string bass on some songs and toured with the band for a year before quitting.
Jon Brant became Petersson's steady replacement, after a year of Cheap Trick touring and recording with Pete Comita. All Shook Up (1980), produced by former Beatles producer George Martin, reached No. 24 on the charts and was certified gold.
Brant was a founding member of the Chicago band D'Thumbs with Tommy Aldridge and Pete Comita and has also played with Chris Spedding, Robert Gordon, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, Lesley Gore, Jason & the Scorchers, Micki Free, and others.
Jul 12, 2012 · USSA were a brief-lived Chicago-based band that existed for about seven months in 1982 and featured former Cheap Trick member Pete Comita on guitar, ex-Montr...
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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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Nov 25, 2021 · His name was Pete Comita. Well, Pete didn’t last long and was replaced rather quickly during the early recordings of the album. In fact, he doesn’t appear on any of the album. They replaced him with bass player, Jon Brant. Jon came in so late, he is only on three of the songs.
This song was written by Comita and appeared on the Heavy Metal sound... Cheap Trick from Navy Pier Chicago, 8/5/1981 during Pete Comita's brief tenure at bass.
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