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 ...

The band members initially didn't like the song that would become their only No. 1 hit.

Few bands were in a better position to dominate the ‘80s than Cheap Trick. Typically for them, they instead went through their darkest period before eventually rising to the occasion shortly before ...

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 ...

Cheap Trick's “Surrender” had a modest chart run in 1978, but its legacy became much bigger.

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 ...

After a decade-long slump that culminated in 1994's widely ignored Woke Up With A Monster, Cheap Trick began to look to its own past for the inspiration that was lacking on albums like Busted, The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Cheap Trick at Budokan – Live in Las Vegas' admat/(courtesy of Live Nation) Cheap Trick is revisiting their iconic live album ...

One thing you can say about Cheap Trick: After five decades of making music, the Rockford, Illinois, quartet has been pretty consistent. There have been a few slight detours along the way, such as in ...

Just last week, the remaining members of KISS, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss, traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. Celebrating the rich history of the ...

CHEAP TRICK guitarist Rick Nielsen will miss the band's shows this weekend after recently undergoing a "minor" medical procedure. He will be temporarily replaced by Robin Taylor Zander, the ...