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Public recordCompiled from 11 credited sources · Updated Sep 28, 2026

Cheater Slicks

Rock band from Boston, MA · formed 1987

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Cheater Slicks photo
Photo: Bandcamp
Shows on record
6
Rooms played
5
Cities
4
Releases
51
Last show
Oct 1, 2025Café Bourbon Street

About

Cheater Slicks is a band from Boston, MA, formed in 1987, tagged garage, garage psych noise, Garage Punk by its sources. Shows on record run from 1996 to 2025, across 5 rooms in 4 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

6 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 19962 shows
  2. 19971 show
  3. 20161 show
  4. 20241 show
  5. 20251 show
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 1, 2025Café Bourbon Street · ColumbusSupportwith The Cherubs
Jul 5, 2024Ace of Cups · ColumbusSupportwith The Spits, Generacion Suicida
Sep 15, 2016Ace of Cups · ColumbusSupportwith Guitar Wolf, Hans Condor
Oct 28, 1997The Empty Bottle · ChicagoSupportwith The Nomads, Bouncing Balls
Mar 10, 1996Zug · ZugSupportwith The Nomads
Mar 9, 1996L'Usine · GenevaSupportwith The Nomads

Where they play

5 rooms in 4 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Columbus3 shows
  • Chicago1 show
  • Geneva1 show
  • Zug1 show

Releases

51 releases, 1989–2026

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 6 plays, 2006-04-28–2023-08-19 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Sonic Reducer' (Brian Foss) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Shake the Shack' (Mike Fuller) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Cheater Slicks — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Cheater Slicks — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Cheater Slicks — Union Pool Live - 8/6/26
Release art · Union Pool Live - 8/6/26 — release
Cheater Slicks — Cheater Slicks - The Nook 8/9/26
Release art · Cheater Slicks - The Nook 8/9/26 — release
Cheater Slicks — Cheater Slicks Bourbon St 06/26/26
Release art · Cheater Slicks Bourbon St 06/26/26 — release
Cheater Slicks — Quatrillion Revelations
Release art · Quatrillion Revelations — release
Cheater Slicks — I Am Low
Release art · I Am Low — release
Cheater Slicks — Rock n Roll
Release art · Rock n Roll — release
Cheater Slicks — Live at the Rat, Boston 7/6/90
Release art · Live at the Rat, Boston 7/6/90 — release
Cheater Slicks — WERS Boston radio broadcast June 18, 1989
Release art · WERS Boston radio broadcast June 18, 1989 — release
Cheater Slicks — Ace of Cups, 2024-07-05
Poster · Ace of Cups, 2024-07-05 — Songkick
Cheater Slicks — Ace of Cups, 2016-09-15
Poster · Ace of Cups, 2016-09-15 — Songkick
Cheater Slicks — The Empty Bottle, 1997-10-28
Poster · The Empty Bottle, 1997-10-28 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
Cheater Slicks on BandcampArtist facts
BandcampArtist facts, Releases, Photos
Cheater Slicks on Last.fmArtist facts
Cheater Slicks on DiscogsArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikipediaCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.