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https://wgnradio.com/dave-plier/rock-roll-hall-of-famer-rick-nielsen-of-cheap-trick-new-album-in-another-world/ Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about new album ‘In Another World’, his writing technique, his guitar collection, and the band’s rise to fame from the late 70’s to today

GARY GRAFF Cheap Trick and “underrated” kind of go in hand. The quartet from Rockford, Ill., is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — but it took nearly 15 years of eligibility to achieve what should have been a slam dunk honor. Perhaps too ubiquitous for their own good, Cheap Trick have been, quite wrongly, easy

By:Patrick Ryan USA TODAY Cheap Trick is responsible for many of your favorite karaoke staples: “The Flame.” “Ghost Town.” “Dream Police.” “I Want You to Want Me.” But Rick Nielsen – the band’s co-founder, guitarist and chief songwriter – is almost overly modest when asked about the group’s longevity. “I just like what I do. We’re not the greatest but

BY: STEVEN HYDEN TWITTER CULTURAL CRITIC 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 landmark live album, Cheap Trick At Budokan, in 1979. But the band always had an acerbic, sneakily subversive edge

Light up the Fire (download / stream / buy): https://cheaptrick.lnk.to/LightUpTheFire Cheap Trick have announced their 20th studio album In Another World, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ first LP since 2017. To preview their upcoming album, the band also dropped the first single “Light Up the Fire,” boasting the big riffs and stadium-ready

Cheap Trick lead guitarist and lyricist Rick Nielsen was 26 when he transported himself back 12 years to get into the head of a 14 year old witnessing an eye-opening encounter stumbling in on his parents “rolling around on the couch, rolling numbers,” and listening to his favorite records? while composing “Surrender”, The masterful epic

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When the live entertainment industry shut down in MARCH due to the coronavirus pandemic, 12 million people lost 100% of their income — from artists and entertainers to crews, ticket-takers, and concession workers. In an interview with ROLLING STONE that same month, KEITH LEVENSON, music director and conductor of THE WHO, called the situation “a

The Rockstar Dad Show is inviting a rockstar family to the air this week! Listen in as Rick, Miles, and Daxx Nielsen join Jaret and Gary for a conversation. As the lead guitarist of Cheap Trick, Rick Nielsen has lived an interesting life and his sons have followed in his footsteps with their own careers

Cheap Trick were one of the best rock bands to emerge in the 1970s but also one of the most confusing, both musically (a combination of power pop and aggressive hard rock) and visually (two dreamboat rockers and two ridiculously attired misfits). And even at their peak, with classics songs like “Surrender,” “Dream Police,” “Southern