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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 ...
Cheap Trick signed a five-year contract with Epic on August 1, 1976. [19] [20] Cheap Trick played a last concert at the Second Chance club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in October 1976, then headed for New York City to record an album. [21] The band began work on its debut album at the Record Plant recording studio in New York City in November 1976.
"The Flame" was written by British songwriters Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham in November 1987. [4] It was one of two tracks that the pair wrote for English singer Elkie Brooks and her 1988 studio album Bookbinder's Kid, but Brooks disliked "The Flame" and chose only to record the other song, "Only Love Will Set You Free". [5]
1998: Hits of Cheap Trick (import) 1998: Don't Be Cruel (Collectables label) 2000: Authorized Greatest Hits; 2004: The Essential Cheap Trick; 2005: Collection (Cheap Trick/In Color/Heaven Tonight) 2005: Cheap Trick Rock on Break Out Years: 1979 (Madacy Records) 2007: Super Hits (Sony Musical Special Products) 2007: Discover Cheap Trick (Epic ...
Robin Wayne Zander (born January 23, 1953) [1] is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick, but is also a solo artist.
Over the past few years, Robin Taylor Zander — the 28-year-old son of Cheap Trick's frontman — has played drums, bass, and lead guitar in the band when other members weren't available
"Surrender" is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I. Generation parents. His mother frequently warns him about the girls he will meet, as he will never know what diseases he will catch from them, as exemplified by a rumor about "a soldier's [penis] falling off" as a result of "some Indonesian junk that's going around".
GREEN BAY - Rock N Roll Land is getting a visit by a Cheap Trick member with a familiar first and last name but take special note of the middle name. Robin Taylor Zander, the son of lead singer ...