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 ...

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 ...

When Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen joins a recent Zoom video call from his Rockford, Illinois home, he’s strumming a beautiful vintage guitar. “This one’s a 1962 Dwight Coronet,” he says. “I have ...