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 ...

Blue Oyster Cult Cheap Trick performs Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, the opening day of the Allentown Fair, which continues through Monday. Blue Oyster Cult opened for Cheap Trick. (April Gamiz/The Morning ...

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 hails from Rockford, Illinois. But many here would be excused for thinking the group is a hometown band. Read Brian J. Kramp's new book, 'This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became ...

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 ...

From their mid-’70s debut to 2016’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petersson and Cheap Trick knew how to harness the power of pop. Except for his hiatus from the band from 1980-87 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. : Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform at Ascend Amphitheater on August 14, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo ...

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Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the salon Daxx and Heather Nielsen own. ROCKFORD — Daxx Nielsen may be "the new guy," sitting behind the drum kit on stage with ...