CHEAP TRICK

Rock 

Cheap Trick: The ‘Tide’ is High

November 29, 2025November 30, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2025, All Washed Up, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Dax Nielsen, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

Tom Petersson talks about the band’s boss new album, All Washed Up, and why he’s not a fan of their biggest hit

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Hard Rock 

Tom Werman’s Memoir Chronicles ’80s Excess and Awesomeness

November 3, 2025January 29, 2026 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Book Review, CHEAP TRICK, Mötley Crüe, REO Speedwagon, Tom Werman, Turn It Up!

Book Review: Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music

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Pop Rock 

Robin Taylor Zander Shares ‘Nobody’s Home’

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 Ron Hart 3 Comments CHEAP TRICK, Confidential Records, Jack Douglas, Nobody’s Home, Robin Taylor Zander, Robin Zander, RTZ

Second generation power pop scion releases first single from forthcoming second solo LP

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Punk Soul 

The BellRays Announce New Album Heavy Steady Go!

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Betty Davis, Bon Scott, California, CHEAP TRICK, Fleetwood Mac, Heavy Steady Go!, I Fall Down, Riverside, Sweet Gee Records, The BellRays, Tom Petty

Listen to first single, “I Fall Down,” below

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Rock 

Stranger Than Fiction: A Conversation with Ian Hunter

April 29, 2024May 25, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2024, CHEAP TRICK, Defiance Part 2: Fiction, Fiction, Ian Hunter, interview, Lucinda Williams, Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, Rick Nielsen, Trudi Hunter

The British rock legend talks about his new album Defiance Part 2 and what the future holds

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Rock 

Borderline: Cheap Trick’s Next Position Please at 40

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Craig Peters 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, At Budokan, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Dream Police, Jon Brant, Next Position Please, One On One, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Roy Thomas Baker, Sir George Martin, Todd Rundrgen, Tom Petersson, Tom Werman

Looking back on the band’s Rundgren-produced 7th LP

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Hard Rock Power Pop Rock 

On Top of the World: Cheap Trick’s Heaven Tonight at 45

April 24, 2023April 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Heaven Tonight, Kiss, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Surrender, Tom Petersson

Looking back on the band’s remarkable third LP

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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, 2022February 19, 2024 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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