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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.
During Cheap Trick's early years, Petersson started playing the 12-string bass guitar, an instrument he conceived and developed in collaboration with luthiers at Hamer Guitars. [4] [5] [6] Petersson left Cheap Trick in August 1980, shortly before the release of the album All Shook Up. He worked with his then-wife Dagmar on material for a solo ...
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 ...
Cheap Trick's 1979 album, Cheap Trick at Budokan, catapulted the band to stardom. [9] The band reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts in 1979 with "I Want You to Want Me" and topped the charts in 1988 with "The Flame". [10] 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 ...
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick.He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar.
Jonathan Edward "Jon" Brant (born February 20, 1955, in Chicago) [1] [2] is an American musician and business owner, best known as the bass player for the band Cheap Trick from 1982 to 1987. Brant was a founding member of the Chicago band D'Thumbs with Tommy Aldridge and Pete Comita and has also played with Chris Spedding , Robert Gordon , Lou ...
Heaven Tonight is the third studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. It was produced by Tom Werman and released on April 24, 1978. It was produced by Tom Werman and released on April 24, 1978. The album was remastered and released with bonus tracks on Sony's Epic / Legacy imprint in 1998.
Although the band intended to perform the song at their concerts, the song was not introduced into the set-list until 1996, when Nielsen and Zander shared vocals on the track. [2] The song was performed with only Nielsen on vocals at the band's 25th anniversary concert at Davis Park, Rockford, on August 28, 1999.