Cheap Trick were at a crossroads as As the '80s began. After years of building a following and finally reaching major success with the albums At Budokan and Dream Police, things were suddenly changing ...

Better the devil you know, or so the saying goes — and after leaving their longtime label Epic following 1990's Busted LP, Cheap Trick received a firsthand lesson why. Although Epic had certainly ...

Cheap Trick is an American rock ‘n’ roll institution. Formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1973, they were grouped with the era’s reigning arena-rock kingpins by the time they went multi-platinum with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studio album number 21 in a career of half a century and counting, All Washed Up finds Cheap Trick on killer form, dispensing ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. These are dark days for classic rock. The creators of some of the most transcendent and popular music ever made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior to the release of the album in 1979, Cheap Trick was a Chicago quartet that was having trouble gaining traction in America, ...

They’re all alright. Actually, Cheap Trick sounded more than just OK Sunday at a sold-out Metro, where the veteran band headlined the Wrigleyville venue’s 40th-anniversary celebration finale with a ...

Classic rock icons Cheap Trick are known for many things — infectious tunes, tongue-in-cheek humor, and Rick Nielsen’s wild guitar antics and original drummer Bun E. Carlos’ anachronistically cool ...

Cheap Trick has announced their new album, the cheekily titled All Washed Up, which they’ll release on Nov. 14. The classic rock giants have previewed their 21st LP with the single “Twelve Gates,” a ...

Rick Nielsen has been home from tour for two days, but his battered red suitcase still sits packed near the front door of his Rockford, Illinois, home. The Cheap Trick guitarist just returned from ...

Sure, This Band Has No Past might seem like an odd (and incongruous) title for a book that is very much about the distant past of its subject. But it makes sense if you view it through the slightly ...

Cheap Trick at Budokan is not only considered one of the best live albums ever released, it broke the band in America. Prior ...