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 ...

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 ...

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, Illinois, in ...

A song can only do so much on its own in its quest to become a hit single. The recording of the song needs to rise to the occasion and maximize the potential within the words and music. “I Want You To ...

Now that live music is fully back this summer, 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 ...

Power pop legends Cheap Trick have announced their twenty-first album. All Washed Up is scheduled to arrive via BMG on November 14, and is heralded by the release of a new single, Twelve Gates. "Our ...

Cheap Trick played 66 different songs during their four-night Las Vegas residency recently, with only eight repeats among the 84 total tracks. The live run — staged at the city’s STRAT Theater on Feb.

There’s always been a wonderfully defiant quality to Cheap Trick beneath the lovable, albeit kooky-weird, wired personas. It was on full display at Cheap Trick’s first ever appearance at the San ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nearly 50 years after forming and 45 years since its first album, Cheap Trick’s members have come to a realization. “We’re too dumb to quit, and we’re too entrenched in what we do,” ...

For the past seven years, Robin Taylor Zander has been playing rhythm guitar in his father’s band, Cheap Trick. The remarkably versatile musician has also played drums, bass, and lead guitar when ...