Genres: Hard Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Punk/New Wave, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1975 in Chicago, IL
The Raspberries, The Who, The Move, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Velvet Underground, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, The Nazz, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Big Star, Roy Wood, Terry Reid, Marc Bolan, The Sex Pistols The Flamin' Groovies, Off Broadway, 20/20, Blondie, Enuff Z'nuff, Supergrass, The Police, The Ramones, The Runaways, The Sex Pistols, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, UFO, The Knack, Nancy Wilson, Roy Wood, Stone Temple Pilots, Heart, Poison Quick, The Posies, Billy Corgan, Redd Kross, Wonderdrug, Pills, The Smithereens, Supergrass, Rumble Fish, Damn Personals, Eugenius, Great Lakes Myth Society, Urge Overkill, Enuff Z'nuff, The Paybacks, The Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Mars, The Lashes, Nash Kato |  |
Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between '60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band's early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of the Beatles, the sonic assault of the Who, and the tongue-in-cheek musical eclecticism and humor of the Move. Their sound provided a blueprint for both power pop and arena rock; it also had a surprisingly long-lived effect on both alternative and heavy metal bands of the '80s and '90s, who often relied on the same combination of loud riffs and catchy melodies.
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Release: 2009
Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Record, Big3 Records
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Release: August 25, 2009
Label: Big3 Records/Cheap Trick Unlimite
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