The concept of wild, reckless teenagers rebelling against their dull, joyless parents has served as the impetus for many a great rock and roll song since the inception of the genre. Cheap Trick’s ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, we’re talking about songs we loved from our first favorite bands. Many might have wondered what Cheap Trick, a band ...

Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen, a founding member of the group, once described the band as “America’s greatest pop/rock garage band.” Some would argue that after they conquered Budokan, they ...

Chicago seemed wild last night, and it’s all thanks to Pearl Jam. The band covered iconic power pop song “Surrender,” originally done by Cheap Trick, at their September 5 show to close out their set. ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Cheap Trick burst onto the rock scene with their live album “Cheap Trick at Budokan” in 1978. Recorded in Japan, the album featured the hits “I Want You To Want Me” and ...

If you’ve been lucky enough to see Cheap Trick within the past few years, at Riot Fest, or South By Southwest, or opening for the Foo Fighters, or even their recent sold-out show at Chicago’s ...

WASHINGTON — Might as well surrender. Cheap Trick hits The Fillmore Sunday in Silver Spring. After rattling off a string of rock hits in the ’70s and ’80s — “I Want You to Want Me” (1977), “Surrender” ...

Pearl Jam leaned on one of Illinois' finest to close out their set at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday. Not The First Time Pearl Jam Covered Cheap Trick The band wrapped up the night with a ...

Cheap Trick will be bringing its slew of classic hits to Spokane. Formed in Illinois in the early 70s, within just a few years the rock band had its first international hits and a triple-platinum live ...

“How can you resist the impressive Robin Zander or the charismatic Rick Nielsen?” There he is, Mike Damone, jamming that air guitar, trying to scalp Cheap Trick tickets to the bitty in the bleachers.