Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen didn’t take long to show his snappy sense of humor during a recent interview. Asked how the creativity level in the band now compares to where it was when the group ...

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In Color is the second studio album by Cheap Trick, released in 1977 and produced by Tom Werman. Considered a classic of the power pop genre, the album was ranked No. 4 on Shake Some Action: The ...

Glammy powerpop heroes Cheap Trick are keeping the flame alive on tour this summer, playing a mix of headliling dates, some package tour shows with other “heritage” acts and festival appearances, like ...

Life happens to you when you’re busy making other plans,’ John Lennon once sang. And never in a million years could Cheap Trick have imagined how their career would be transformed as the result of a ...

These days, classic rock bands measure their relevance not by the creative health of their recent output, but by the success of their transition into memes. From Blue Oyster Cult becoming synonymous ...

Veteran rockers know the dangers of attaching themselves too closely to nostalgia. Invariably, pop musicians almost always become servants to their past and frequently _ as in the case of recent ...

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and ...