Genres: Hard Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1975 in Rockford, IL
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Who, The Move, The Raspberries, The Yardbirds, The Velvet Underground, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, The Nazz, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Big Star, Wizzard The Flamin' Groovies, Off Broadway, Blondie, 20/20, Enuff Z'nuff, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Joan Jett, Roy Wood, Stone Temple Pilots, Poison, The Police, The Ramones, The Runaways, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, UFO, The Knack, Van Halen The Goo Goo Dolls, The Lashes, Urge Overkill, Great Lakes Myth Society, Quick, Eugenius, Nash Kato, The Paybacks, Damn Personals, Enuff Z'nuff, Wonderdrug, Pills, Rumble Fish, Billy Corgan, Chris Mars, The Smithereens, The Posies, Jellyfish, Redd Kross |  |
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 also relied on the combination of loud riffs and catchy melodies.
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Release: October 28, 2008
Label: Sony BMG Europe, Sony/BMG
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Release: February 1, 2008
Label: Sbme Special MKTS.
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