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 ...

Following up 1978’s career-changing At Budokan was never going to be much of a problem for Cheap Trick – given that they’d ...

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. Life happens to you when you’re busy making other plans,’ John Lennon once sang. And never in a million years could Cheap Trick ...

The story behind Dream Police, Cheap Trick’s last truly classic album ...

Pick any playlist or compilation of Cheap Trick songs, and you’re bound to be blown away by what you hear. This band has always displayed a knack for ear candy with musical heft and lyrical cleverness ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...