In adolescent terms, we all owe Cheap Trick a couple of year’s worth of summer allowances for a job well done. Of all the American bands that first reached out to us from the pages of Circus and CREEM ...

How did Cheap Trick become famous? Cheap Trick was formed in 1973. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Cheap Trick started performing at bowling allies and small concert venues around the band’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dragway 42 Music Festival in July has added Cheap Trick to an eclectic lineup featuring Big & Rich, Ted Nugent, Warrant and ...

Cheap Trick are once again keeping it in the family, as guitarist Rick Nielsen will be stepping away from the road for this coming week due to undergoing "a minor procedure." But in his place will be ...

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 ...

Illinois-born rock band Cheap Trick first started releasing music in the 1970s, when their debut self-titled album came out. By the 1980s, songs like “I Want You to Want Me” (originally released in ...

Since its debut, Cheap Trick has been blending Beatlesque pop with elements of arena/classic rock, hard rock, punk, modern rock and even a touch of blues. Its sound is instantly recognizable, its ...

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 ...

Cheap Trick has unveiled plans to release its 21st studio album, All Washed Up, on November 14. Along with the announcement, the veteran power-pop band from Rockford, Illinois, has debuted a lead ...

As someone who moved to Yakima in September, my first event at the Yakima Valley SunDome should have been obvious. Let’s see … a Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame band, from my home state, whose first five ...

The Dragway 42 Music Festival in West Salem is July 28-29. The event features Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Warrant, Big & Rich and Jon Langston. Tickets range from $80 to $130 and are available in two-day ...