You know the drill: Dugout Chatter is Rock Town Hall’s rapid-fire thread that requires nothing more than your gut answers! Don’t think too long. Don’t think too hard. Perhaps you shouldn’t think at all. No one’s an expert on the topics that follow. Just answer the questions.

Cheap Trick or Bob Dylan Live at Budokan?

Phil Lynott could have been considered a “bridge” from mainstream hard rock to punk rock (eg, jam sessions and partying with members of Rockpile, the Sex Pistols, et al). Who was his mainstream rock American equivalent, an established arena-rock artist who offered a bridge to the US punk scene?

What’s the best “New Wave” album by an established, mainstream American rocker, Billy Joel‘s Glass Houses, Linda Rondstadt‘s Mad Love, something else?

Should all live albums be recorded in Budokan?

Who’s your most disappointing punk/New Wave-era artst, the one you most thought you would like but to this day cannot dig?

We tend to retain trivial knowledge of rock ‘n roll. What rock artist’s birthday do you have no business knowing?

I’m surprised at how many obscure and forgotten rock artists tour Japan when they rarely if ever play in their home country. Is there any artist the Japanese won’t go apeshit over?