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Cheap Trick is an American rock and roll band from Rockford, Illinois that gained popularity in the late 1970s. The band members are Rick Nielsen (guitarist and main songwriter), Bun E. Carlos (born Brad Carlson) (drums), Robin Zander (vocals and guitars), and Tom Petersson (bass guitar). Nielsen and Petersson formed the band after their former band called Fuse broke up shortly after they had released their debut album Fuse in 1969.
The band was signed to Epic Records and released Cheap Trick in 1976. Cheap Trick's most famous album is At Budokan, which was recorded at Tokyo's famous Nippon Budokan Hall. The album went triple platinum.
In 1977 they opened for KISS in CA where KISS was to record their "KISS Alive II" album. Bun E. Carlos said that before the show started KISS' drummer Peter Criss was so wasted that he almost had to put on make up and take his place.
Eddie Van Halen replaced Rick Nielsen in the band for six months in 1983. No one in the band noticed because Eddie always wore a baseball cap.
Cheap Trick wrote and performed songs for the animated 1983 movie Rock & Rule .
They released Cheap Trick , another eponymous album, in 1997.
More recently, the band recorded the theme song for the FOX television series That '70s Show.
Bassist Tom Petersson is credited for having the idea for a 12-string bass. The instrument was actually first built by Hamer Guitars. According to Bun E. Carlos, Robin Zander also plays the Hamer 12-string in addition to a Gibson Firebird, Chandler "Telecaster" and Rickenbacker 325. Rick Nielsen frequently plays a 5-necked guitar (!).
Cheap Trick is currently managed by Silent Partner Management.
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Last updated: 05-24-2005 08:13:35
