MOORHEAD - Everything you need to know about Rick Nielsen can be learned by watching him for a few minutes. The Cheap Trick songwriter is as much a guitarist as he is a showman. He swaps out a series ...

He's one of rock's most distinctive axemen, but even when he isn't slinging riffs and peeling off licks, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen is a bona fide guitar hero. A new profile piece in the West ...

If Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson was ever taught the “traditional” way to approach bass guitar, it didn't take. As a founding member of Illinois's most celebrated rock outfit, he has long been a model ...

Rick Nielsen's guitars -- up to and including that crazy-cool five-necked one -- are as much a part of Cheap Trick lore as their power-pop hits. So, it's not too surprising that fans would love a ...

Gibson Garage in Nashville was packed Wednesday night during the annual Rock to Remember event celebrating Veterans Day and Guitars for Vets, an organization that serves at-risk veterans through the ...

In Set List, we talk to veteran musicians about some of their most famous songs, learning about their lives and careers, and maybe hearing a good backstage anecdote or two in the process. The artist: ...

In adolescent terms, we all owe Cheap Trick a couple of year’s worth of summer allowances for a job well done. Of all the American bands that first reached out to us from the pages of Circus and CREEM ...

Rockford, Ill., band Cheap Trick has played Milwaukee and Wisconsin so much since forming in early '70s that it's been like a home away from home. The band will do it again Thursday night at 9:45 p.m.

The just-announced inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next spring include one of the biggest acts of the Seventies and Eighties, a group that also revealed that their next album will be ...

MOORHEAD - Everything you need to know about Rick Nielsen can be learned by watching him for a few minutes. The Cheap Trick songwriter is as much a guitarist as he is a showman. He swaps out a series ...