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Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1973 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. [ a ] [ 3 ] Their work bridged elements of '60s guitar pop , '70s hard rock , and the emerging punk rock sound, and would help set the template for subsequent power pop ...
In the summer of 1974, Hogan left Cheap Trick to join The Litter, a Minneapolis-based band. A few days later, Carlos and Nielsen asked Zander to sing for Cheap Trick. [11] Zander was able to get out of the last year of his contract [13] and joined Cheap Trick in October 1974. [19] In 1973 or 1974, Carlos gained a major insight into his drumming.
On July 17, 2011, Magic Cristian was onstage with Cheap Trick as they were performing at Blues Fest in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 20 minutes into Cheap Trick’s set, a thunderstorm blew through the festival area, causing the 40-ton roof to fall on and destroy much of the band's equipment. [9]
As of 2018, Cheap Trick had been a band for over 40 years. [11] Cheap Trick has performed more than 5,000 shows [ 12 ] and has sold more than 20 million albums. [ 5 ] Zander was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cheap Trick in 2016.
Cheap Trick at Budokan (or simply At Budokan) is the first live album by American rock band Cheap Trick, and their best-selling recording. Recorded at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo , the album was first released in Japan on October 8, 1978, and later released in the United States in February 1979, through Epic Records .
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"High Roller" is a song written by Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, and Tom Petersson that was first released on Cheap Trick's 1978 album Heaven Tonight.It later appeared on a number of Cheap Trick live and compilation albums, and was covered by Scrawl on their 1991 album Bloodsucker.