CHEAP TRICK

Hard Rock New Wave Rock 

Swinging for the Fences: Cheap Trick Live in 1977

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Heaven Tonight, In Color, Los Angeles, Out to Get You! Live 1977, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Whisky A Go Go

A new four-disc set showcases the band’s ferocity on the concert stage

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Punk Rock 

The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Nik Turner By Celebrating Hawkwind

November 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2022, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Cherry Red Records, Dave Brock, Elvis Costello, Hawkwind, Lemmy, Nik Turner, Paul McCartney, Remembrance, Stereolab, Steve Miller, Voivod, We Are Looking In On You

As we mourn the loss of an archival Hawk, we revel in the brilliance of their new album

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Indie Rock Power Pop 

Smash a Glass and Shout: Too Much Joy Rocks Cambridge

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments All These Fucking Feelings, Cambridge, CHEAP TRICK, Gang of Four, Hugo Burnham, Jay Blumenfield, Massachusetts, Mistakes Were Made, Tim Quirk, Tommy Vinton, Too Much Joy

Inside the third and final stop on the reunited band’s mini-tour

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Hard Rock Rock 

Joe Perry: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, CHEAP TRICK, Dave Davies, Gibson Es 335, guitar, Guitarist, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, Rick Nielsen, Rolling Stones, Sam Kinison, The Kinks

A lengthy chat with the Aerosmith guitar great

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Films New Wave Punk Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Giving the Kids a Voice: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 40 

September 1, 2022September 4, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Elvis Costello, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, The Go-Gos, Van Halen

A look back at the book, the movie and the soundtrack 

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Hard Rock Power Pop 

ELO Kiddies!: The First Cheap Trick LP at 45

February 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Epic Records, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

The Rockford rock legends’ eponymous debut is an infectious blast of energy from a band coming into its own

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Music Journalism 

The Rock & Roll Globe Presents: Book Lit, Volume One

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Aerosmith, Books, CHEAP TRICK, Darryl W. Larson, Hachette Books, Hollywood Eden, House of Anansi Press, Joel Slevin, Kiss, LGBTQ, Omnibus Press, Starz, The Velvet Mafia, The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties, They Just Seem a Little Weird, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS

An occasional column on music-related books

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adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk 

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

All You Need to Know About Van Halen by Someone Who Was an Actual Teenager in the 1970s

October 9, 2020October 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Billy Joel, Blondie, Bread, CHEAP TRICK, CSN, James Taylor, Kansas, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little River Band, Neu!, Styx, The Ramones, Van Halen, Wilko Johnson, Wire

A remembrance of the era that gave us Eddie Van Halen from someone on the ground during their ascension to superstardom

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Hard Rock Power Pop Records Rock 

Gonna Raise Hell: Cheap Trick’s ‘Dream Police’ at 40

September 20, 2019January 6, 2023 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Dream Police, From Tokyo to You, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Rockville, Tom Petersson

The RNR Globe looks back at Mike Damone’s favorite Trick album

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Hard Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Cheap Trick Want You To Want Their Archives

May 31, 2019June 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

Into the vaults we go with a third volume of big hits and fazed cookies from America’s hardest working band

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Hip Hop Punk Rock 

30 Great Sub Pop Records Over 30 Years

May 7, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 4 Comments AFGHAN WHIGS, Band of Horses, BILLY CHILDISH, Bruce Pavitt, Chad VanGaalen, CHAPPAQUIDDICK SKYLINE, CHEAP TRICK, Clipping. Splendor & Misery, COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, DUM DUM GIRLS, Endless Now, Fleet Foxes, FRANKIE COSMOS, Green River, Iron and Wine, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, Jonathan Poneman, Kurt Cobain, MARK LANEGAN, Mother Love Bone, MUDHONEY, Mudhoney Pearl Jam, Nirvana, POSTAL SERVICE, RED RED MEAT, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Seattle, SEBADOH, SIX FINGER SATELLITE, SLEATER-KINNEY, Soundgarden, STRANGE WILDS, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, SUPERSUCKERS, The Shins, The Thermals, THE VASELINES, Washed Out, Wolf Parade

Pioneering Seattle label celebrates three decades atop a brutal game

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