Cheap Trick
USA
Formed: 1973
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Punk/New Wave, Power Pop, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Album Rock
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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-liv...
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