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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For more than 50 years, Cheap Trick have been impressing fans with their rock songs, but some are only just learning how the band got their name. The name was inspired at a Slade concert, where ...

Now that live music is back, with it comes a string of Cheap Trick concerts. It’s something the veteran act has been doing on a consistent annual basis ever since forming in Rockford, IL, in 1973. The ...

Styx and Cheap Trick are teaming up for a week-long series of dates in the Midwest next May. Their joint tour kicks off May 16 in Little Rock and concludes a week later in Lincoln. You can see the ...

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 turned out a Top 20 hit with a single off their 1990 album 'Busted'. That didn't stop them from losing their ...

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 ...