The song remains a highlight of the band's shows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images If Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson was ever taught the “traditional” way to approach bass guitar, it didn't take.

MOORHEAD - Everything you need to know about Rick Nielsen can be learned by watching him for a few minutes. The Cheap Trick songwriter is as much a guitarist as he is a showman. He swaps out a series ...

In Set List, we talk to veteran musicians about some of their most famous songs, learning about their lives and careers, and maybe hearing a good backstage anecdote or two in the process. The artist: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The private event is held each year to raise money and awareness for Guitars for Vets, which helps veterans assimilate back into ...

Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me" has become a classic-rock staple since it was first released as part of In Color in 1977. But it was hardly a sure thing at the time. Producer Tom Werman had an ...

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 ...

Cheap Trick formed in the mid-'70s in Illinois with a bag of power-pop tricks cribbed from bands like the Beatles and Badfinger. But guitarist Rick Nielsen was also a fan and student of the era's ...

ROCKFORD — Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen developed his passion for collecting when he was about 8 years old. His grandmother got him started with coins, stamps and baseball cards — typical subjects for ...

In adolescent terms, we all owe Cheap Trick a couple of year’s worth of summer allowances for a job well done. Of all the American bands that first reached out to us from the pages of Circus and CREEM ...

Ahead of the release of Cheap Trick’s new album In Another World, guitarist Rick Nielsen reminisces about meeting John Lennon, his first performance with Robin Zander, and the first album he ever ...

Gibson Garage in Nashville was packed Wednesday night during the annual Rock to Remember event celebrating Veterans Day and Guitars for Vets, an organization that serves at-risk veterans through the ...