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Sweet Cheater

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About Me


Sweet Cheater was very popular in the late 1980's, and played to many packed houses at some now defunct rock clubs like The Channel, Narcissus and Bunratty's. The band was featured in many national as well as local magazines during that time, and was managed by Dee Anthony (Peter Frampton, J. Geils, Joe Cocker, and Tony Bennett.) The band members went their separate ways in 1990, and until a few moths ago, had not had any contact with each other. After a 15 year hiatus, the 5 original members, Tom Flaherty, Mark Rahilly, Mike Chappel, Tom Leger and brother Charlie Leger recently played a reunion gig at The Paradise Lounge in Boston, MA. The band recorded the show, and some live material may be available in 2008.
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Member Since: 6/22/2005
Band Website: users.adelphia.net/~flahertyfamily/index.htm
Band Members: Charlie Leger - Guitar & Harmonica / Tom Flaherty - Guitar / Mike Chappel - Vocal / Mark Rahilly - Bass & Keys / Tommy Leger - Drums

Influences: Def Leppard, UFO, Dokken, Ratt, Aerosmith
Sounds Like: Aerosmith, Crue, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Dokken, Ratt
Record Label: Perris Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wow a review where someone is compared to us

SMASH ALLEY - Too Late to Say No This is some of the best 80 s Sleazy Hair Metal you will hear. Smash Alley sounds a lot like a mixture of KIX, RATT, LA GUNS, BLIND DATE, and SWEET CHEATER. Smash All...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

August 4th

Hi, We are getting together next week to start rehearsing for show on Aug 4th at the Paradise.  We are excited to see a lot of familiar faces we have not seen in years.  Should be  a lo...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:41:00 PST

From Someone who bought cd

Customer ReviewsAverage Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.  Search Customer Reviews (What's this?)        &nb...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:29:00 PST

Welcome to 2007

Happy New Year We got a call the other day from Tom Mathers at Perris Records.  He wanted to let us know we were one of the top 10 sellers for Perris in 2006.  With that we would like to tha...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:38:00 PST

A few more cool reviews

SWEET CHEATER - Eatin' ain't cheatin' (Perris records) Total Time: 41:03 According to their CV, SWEET CHEATER comes from the glorious 80's days when to be a rocker or a transvestite in LA was quite c...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:36:00 PST

Nice Review

SWEET CHEATER"EATIN' AIN'T CHEATIN'"(Perris)  Allow me a minute to take a look at my calendar& yes, it says it right here& year: 1988. Why I thought that I was living in 2006? Am I a time travele...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:30:00 PST

Glenn Says "These cats have definitely got it"

Sweet Cheater  Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'(Perris Records  2006) A band from the 80's who reformed  good ole classic glammy hair rock done in the best way possible with songs that have delectable arrange...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:01:00 PST

More Reviews

SWEET CHEATER 'EATIN' AIN'T CHEATIN' (PERRIS RECORDS)   Back to the late 80s American mainstream melodic rocksound of DOKKEN, DANGER DANGER, FIREHOUSE, DIRTY BLONDE, WINGER, WARRANT, RATT, SKID R...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:04:00 PST

Pretty Funny Review

Sweet CheaterEatin' Ain't Cheatin' Release date: September 29th 2006Label: Perris RecordsProvided by: Perris RecordsWebsite: -Style: Glam Hard Rock Rating: 75/100Cover artwork rating: ...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:33:00 PST

Part2 Of Mike Interview... Segment6

THIS WEEK IN THE HEADBANGERS BASEMENT It's part 2 of our role reversal this week with Kid Ego in the Backstage area of the Headbangers Basement and Sweet Cheater in the HBB's New Metal. With the ...
Posted by Sweet Cheater on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:50:00 PST