The first time Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen heard "The Flame," in 1987, he ripped the songwriters' cassette out of the boom box it was playing on and threw it across the room in a Los Angeles recording ...

Cheap Trick went from hard-working, well-respected journeymen rockers to chart-toppers in the blink of an eye in 1988 with their song “The Flame.” It took a little bit of compromise and ...

Length: Cheap Trick, 1 hour 24 minutes; Rookie, 30 minuts Highlights: Cheap Trick’s “Lookout,” “Ain’t that a Shame,” “The Flame” and “Dream Police;” Rookie’s “Sunglasses” and “Head Over Heels” The ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Poison has guts. Tabbing Cheap Trick to open for the veteran hair metalists takes some gumption. Cheap Trick stole the show from Bret Michaels and the boys by delivering powerful and ...

Cheap Trick may be well into their fourth decade of making music, but they aren’t slowing down anytime soon. Best known for hits like “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me,” “Dream Police” and “The ...