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He was born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1948, a small town whose name was predestined for the future six-string madman. In the ...

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 ...

Cheap Trick’s 12-string bass legend on the joys of multiple amps, and why bass players should never use effects ...

Cheap Trick, Rockford, Illinois’s greatest musical export, released their fourth studio album, “Dream Police” on Sept. 21, 1979.