:Cheap Trick

In 1967, Rick Nielsen formed Fuse with Tom Peterson (later known as Tom Petersson), who had played in another Rockford, Illinois, band called the Bo Weevils.{{Cite book|first=Martin C. |last=Strong |year=2000 |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=5th |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh |pages=170–71 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}} With Bun E. Carlos joining on drums, Fuse moved to Philadelphia in 1971. From 1972 to 1973, they called themselves Sick Man of Europe. After a European tour in 1973, Nielsen and Petersson returned to Rockford and reunited with Carlos.{{cite web |title=Nazz biography |publisher=Technicolor Web of Sound|url=http://www.techwebsound.com/playlistdetail.cfm?artist=381}}{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick line-up history |publisher=Classic Webs |url=http://www.classicwebs.com/cheaptrk.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024144442/http://www.classicwebs.com/cheaptrk.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2014}} According to Rolling Stone, the band adopted the name Cheap Trick on August 15, 1973.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-cheap-tricks-unlikely-renaissance-194122/ |title=Inside Cheap Trick's Unlikely Renaissance |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2018}} The name was inspired by the band's attendance at a Slade concert, where Petersson commented that Slade used "every cheap trick in the book" as part of their act.{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-cheap-trick-the-latest1/ |title=Music Review: Cheap Trick – The Latest|publisher=BlogCritics.org |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028195802/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-cheap-trick-the-latest1/ |archive-date=October 28, 2011}}

Randy "Xeno" Hogan was the original lead singer for Cheap Trick. He left the band shortly after its formation and was replaced by Robin Zander.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=95/6}}

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With Robin Zander on vocals, the band recorded a demo in 1975 and played in warehouses, bowling alleys, and various other venues around the midwestern United States. The band was signed to Epic Records in early 1976. The band released its first album, Cheap Trick, in early 1977. While favored by critics, the album did not sell well. The album's lone single, "Oh, Candy", failed to chart, as did the album. Their second album, In Color, was released later that year. The singles "I Want You to Want Me" and "Southern Girls" failed to chart. In Color was ranked No. 443 on the 2012 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/cheap-trick-in-color-36658/ |title=Cheap Trick, 'In Color' |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 31, 2012}}

When Cheap Trick toured in Japan for the first time in April 1978, they were received with a frenzy reminiscent of Beatlemania.{{cite magazine |title=Cheap Trick Biography |magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/cheap-trick/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505003139/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/cheap-trick/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2017}} During the tour, Cheap Trick recorded two concerts at the Nippon Budokan. Ten tracks taken from both shows were compiled and released as a live album titled Cheap Trick at Budokan, which was intended to be exclusive to Japan.{{cite magazine|last=Marsh|first=Dave|title=Cheap Trick: Dream Police|magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=305 |date=November 29, 1979 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dream-police-19791129|access-date=July 12, 2017}}

The band's third studio album, Heaven Tonight was released in May 1978. The lead-off track "Surrender" was Cheap Trick's first single to chart in the United States, peaking at No. 62. It has gone on to become one of the band's signature songs.

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Demand for Cheap Trick at Budokan became so great that Epic Records finally released the album in the U.S. in February 1979.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Cheap Trick at Budokan launched the band into international stardom, and the album went triple platinum in the United States.{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick – At Budokan (album) |publisher=SwissCharts.com |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=40527&cat=a |access-date=November 10, 2007}} The first single from the album was the live version of "I Want You to Want Me", which had originally been released on In Color. It reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became Cheap Trick's best-selling single to date.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/cheap-trick|title=Cheap Trick|magazine=Billboard}} The second single, "Ain't That a Shame", peaked at No. 35. "Need Your Love" had already been recorded for the forthcoming Dream Police album that had already been finished, but after the unprecedented success of Cheap Trick at Budokan, Epic postponed the album's release.

Dream Police was released later in 1979, and was their third album in a row produced by Tom Werman. The title track of the album was a hit single, as was "Voices". Dream Police also found the band taking its style in a more experimental direction by incorporating strings and dabbling in heavy metal on tracks like "Gonna Raise Hell". By 1980, Cheap Trick was headlining arenas.

On August 26, 1980, Petersson left the group to record a solo album with his wife Dagmar, using the band name Another Language. Jon Brant became Petersson's steady replacement, after a year of Cheap Trick touring and recording with Pete Comita.

All Shook Up (1980), produced by former Beatles producer George Martin, reached No. 24 on the charts and was certified gold. However, the album's high-class background did not save it from descriptions like "Led Zeppelin gone psycho".{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |title=Cheap Trick: All Shook Up |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=339 |date=March 19, 1981 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-shook-up-19810319 |access-date=July 12, 2017}}

In July 1981, CBS Inc. sued Cheap Trick and their manager Ken Adamany for $10 million, alleging they were attempting to coerce CBS into re-negotiating their contract and had refused to record any new material for the label since October 1980. The lawsuit was settled in early 1982 and work commenced on the next album: One on One. The album spawned two minor hits with the power ballad "If You Want My Love" (which peaked at no. 45) and the innuendo-laced rocker "She's Tight" (which peaked at no. 65).

Cheap Trick released Next Position Please in 1983. The album's two singles, "Dancing the Night Away" and "I Can't Take It", failed to chart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/a-slowdown-in-hits-from-cheap-trick-i-cant-take-it/2306497/|title=A slowdown in hits from Cheap Trick? I can't take it!|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|last=Wuench |first=Kevin |date=December 15, 2016}} In the same year, Cheap Trick performed two songs for the soundtrack of the adult animated film Rock & Rule, which became a cult classic.{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/rock-rule-blu-ray-release-debbie-harry-and-cheap-trick-vs-cartoon-guitar-mutants-and-lou-reed/|title=Rock & Rule Blu-Ray Release: Debbie Harry and Cheap Trick vs. Cartoon Guitar Mutants (and Lou Reed!)|date=November 10, 2010|author=Connell J., Sean|website=LA Weekly.com|access-date=March 2, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302085905/https://www.laweekly.com/rock-rule-blu-ray-release-debbie-harry-and-cheap-trick-vs-cartoon-guitar-mutants-and-lou-reed/|url-status=live}}

In 1984, the band recorded the title track to the Tim Matheson comedy Up The Creek, which Nielsen later called "one of the worst" songs he'd ever written.{{cite news|last=Krewson |first=John |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/cheap-trick-13461 |title=Cheap Trick |newspaper=The A.V. Club |access-date=July 12, 2017}}

The band released Standing on the Edge in 1985. This album was called their "best collection of bubblegum bazooka rock in years".{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |title=Cheap Trick: Standing on the Edge |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=458 |date=October 10, 1985 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/standing-on-the-edge-19851010 |access-date=July 12, 2017}} The album's first single, "Tonight It's You", reached No. 8 on Billboard{{'}}s Top Rock Tracks chart.

In 1986, the band recorded "Mighty Wings", the end-title cut for the film Top Gun. They then released The Doctor in the fall. The album's lone single, "It's Only Love", failed to chart. The music video for "It's Only Love" made history as the first music video to use captioning for hearing-impaired persons.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUUEAAAAMBAJ&q=cheap+trick+it%27s+only+love&pg=RA1-PA53 |title=Billboard – Google Books |date=December 6, 1986 |access-date=May 7, 2012|page=53}} The Doctor turned out to be the band's final album with Jon Brant as bassist.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Petersson rejoined the group in 1987{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/lifestyles/ct-lns-cheap-trick-st-0303-20170223-story.html|title=Cheap Trick's bass player talks music, luck, family|first=Sheryl|last=DeVore|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}} and helped record 1988's Lap of Luxury, produced by Richie Zito. Due to the band's commercial decline, Epic Records insisted that the band collaborate with professional songwriters on the album. Nielsen said, "Lap of Luxury was a tough record to make. We could lie to you and tell you it was all wonderful and great. It wasn't. It was tough working with other writers. But it was a lesson for us."Billboard, "Talent: Cheap Trick offers new audio treat," Ed Christman, October 6, 1990, page 32

"The Flame", a ballad, was issued as the first single from the album, and became the band's first-ever No. 1 hit. The second single, a cover of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", peaked at no. 4. This song also reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in 1988.{{Cite magazine |last=tolsen |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1988-09-24/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The other singles from the album were "Ghost Town", "Never Had a Lot to Lose", and "Let Go"; "Ghost Town" and "Never Had a Lot to Lose" also charted. Lap of Luxury went platinum and became recognized as the band's comeback album.{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/cheap-trick-lap-of-luxury/|title=30 Years Ago: Cheap Trick Make a Comeback With 'Lap of Luxury'|first=Dave|last=Swanson|date=April 12, 2013 |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock}}{{cite web|url=http://www.classicrockreview.com/2013/07/1988-cheap-trick-lol/|title=Lap of Luxury by Cheap Trick|date=July 25, 2013 |publisher=Classic Rock Review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lap-of-luxury-mw0000651929|title=Lap of Luxury - Cheap Trick - Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic.com}} Billboard commented: "After a long hitless streak, Cheap Trick brings it all back home. This is the quartet's punchiest effort since its mid-'70s heyday."Haring, Bruce, Gett, Steve (July 9, 1988). "Talent: 'Lap' splash no cheap trick". Billboard p. 20.

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Busted was released in 1990. The band was allowed more creative control, and professional songwriters were only used on a handful of songs. The first single, "Can't Stop Falling Into Love", reached {{Numero|12}} on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History - Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}} and {{Numero|4}} on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The second single, the Diane Warren-penned "Wherever Would I Be", reached {{Numero|50}} on the charts.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Wherever Would I Be Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}} The single "If You Need Me" was not successful, although the track "Back 'n Blue" reached {{Numero|32}} on the U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/rtt/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History - Mainstream Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}}

In 1991, Cheap Trick's The Greatest Hits was released.

The group left Epic after the disappointing sales of Busted to sign with Warner Bros. Records. In 1994, the band released Woke Up with a Monster. The album's title track was issued as the first single and reached No. 16 on the US Mainstream Rock charts. The album's sales were poor, and it peaked at only No. 123.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In 1997, Cheap Trick signed with indie label Red Ant Records and released Cheap Trick. The band attempted to re-introduce themselves to a new generation, as the album was self-titled and the artwork was similar to their first album which had been released twenty years before.{{cite web |title=Tom Werman blog |date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=Popdose.com |url=http://popdose.com/the-producers-oysters-cheap-tricks-and-jake-elwood-blues/#more-20497 |access-date=March 5, 2010}} The album was critically acclaimed and hailed as a return to form. Eleven weeks after the release, Red Ant's parent company Alliance Entertainment Corporation declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The single "Say Goodbye" only reached No. 119 on the charts, and the band again found themselves without a record label. Two other singles were released from the album, "Baby No More" and "Carnival Game".{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Cheap Trick began to rebuild in 1998. The band toured behind the release of Cheap Trick at Budokan: The Complete Concert, and the remastered re-issues of the band's first three albums. One of the multi-night stands from this tour resulted in Music for Hangovers, a live album that featured members of the Smashing Pumpkins on two tracks. In 1999, the band recorded a cover of Big Star's 1972 song "In the Street" that was used as the theme song for the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. Cheap Trick ended the song with the lyric "We're all all right," which was drawn from their own 1978 song "Surrender".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-television-theme-songs-23185/7-that-70s-show-in-the-street-32090/|title=Readers Poll: The Best Television Theme Songs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 21, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2018}}

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After spending much of 2001 writing songs and about six weeks in pre-production, Cheap Trick went into Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, in March 2002, where they recorded their first studio album in six years, Special One in May 2003.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Cheap Trick released Rockford on Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records in 2006. The first single from the album was "Perfect Stranger" (produced by Linda Perry and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry). The band also appeared in a McDonald's advertising campaign called "This Is Your Wake-Up Call" featuring the band.{{cite web |url=http://www.podshowradio.com/?p=38 |title=Podshow Radio |publisher=Podshow Radio |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227151328/http://www.podshowradio.com/?p=38 |archive-date=February 27, 2012}}

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In 2007, officials of Rockford, Illinois, honored Cheap Trick by reproducing the Rockford album cover art on that year's city vehicle sticker. On June 19, 2007, the Illinois Senate passed Senate Resolution 255, which designated April 1 of every year as Cheap Trick Day in the State of Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/senate/journals/95/2007/SJ095057R.pdf |title=Senate Journal : State of Illinois : Ninety-Fifth General Assembly: 2007 |publisher=Ilga.gov |access-date=September 24, 2012}} In August of that year, Cheap Trick honored the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by playing the album in its entirety with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater, along with guest vocalists including Joan Osborne and Aimee Mann.{{cite press release |url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/press/sgt-peppers-40a-beatles-celebration-features-cheap-trick-hollywood-bowl-orchestra |title="SGT. PEPPER'S AT 40…A BEATLES CELEBRATION" FEATURES CHEAP TRICK WITH THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA |publisher=Hollywood Bowl |access-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808155817/https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/press/sgt-peppers-40a-beatles-celebration-features-cheap-trick-hollywood-bowl-orchestra |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

On April 24, 2008, Cheap Trick performed at Japan's Budokan arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, for the 30th anniversary of the 1978 album Cheap Trick at Budokan.{{cite news|last=Brasor |first=Philip |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/04/18/music/how-cheap-trick-put-the-budokan-on-the-map/#.WWqEG_krJQI |title=How Cheap Trick put the Budokan on the map |work=The Japan Times |date=April 18, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}

Bun E. Carlos stopped touring and recording with the band, and officially left the band in 2010. Rick Nielsen's son Daxx, who had filled in for Bun E. while he was recovering from back surgery in 2001, became the band's touring drummer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/16-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-cheap-trick-191379/|title=16 Things We Learned Hanging Out With Cheap Trick|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick (and sons) rock Packard|publisher=The Vindicator|date=November 12, 2021|url=https://www.vindy.com/life/ticket/2021/11/cheap-trick-and-sons-rock-packard/|accessdate=November 13, 2021|author=Gray, Andy}}

On July 17, 2011, at Canada's Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario, a thunderstorm blew through the festival area 20 minutes into the band's set. The band and crew were on the stage when, without warning, the 40-ton roof fell. It fell away from the audience and landed on the band's truck, which was parked alongside the back of the stage. The van broke the fall and allowed everyone about 30 seconds to escape.{{cite news|title=Cheap Trick lobbies Congress to regulate temporary stages|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/10/03/cheap-trick-lobbies-congress-to-regulate-temporary-stages/ |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 3, 2011}}

Carlos filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates in 2013. He claimed that even though they claimed that he was departed from Cheap Trick, he was not being allowed to participate in band-related activities, including recording. The remaining three members of Cheap Trick filed a countersuit, seeking a legal affirmation of their removal of Carlos. Their lawsuit was dismissed in late 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.rttnews.com/2183231/cheap-trick-countersue-bun-e-carlos.aspx |title=Cheap Trick Countersue Bun E. Carlos |website=Rttnews.com |access-date=April 17, 2014}} The legal dispute was eventually settled. Following the settlement, Carlos did not record or tour with them. The three remaining members decided they would continue Cheap Trick as a trio.{{cite news|url=http://www.rrstar.com/special/20160411/cheap-trick-new-guy-daxx-nielsen-has-known-bandmates-his-whole-life|title=Cheap Trick: 'New Guy' Daxx Nielsen Has Known Bandmates His Whole Life|work=Rockford Register Star|last=Curry|first=Corina|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cheap-tricks-bun-e-carlos-on-possible-rock-hall-reunion-62942/|title=Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos on Possible Rock Hall Reunion |magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=December 22, 2015|access-date=September 25, 2018}}

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On April 1, 2016, the band released its first album in five years, Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello. They released a single, "No Direction Home", as a teaser for the album.{{cite web |url=http://chicagoist.com/2016/01/22/cheap_trick_announces_1st_album_in.php |title=Here's A Glimpse Of Cheap Trick's First New Album In 5 Years |publisher=Chicagoist.com |date=January 22, 2016 |access-date=January 22, 2016 |author=Tankboy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124184223/http://chicagoist.com/2016/01/22/cheap_trick_announces_1st_album_in.php |archive-date=January 24, 2016 }} The album was the band's first record on a major label in 22 years. Daxx Nielsen played drums on the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.kmuw.org/post/outlaw-kids-lambo-doors-and-portugal-man|title=Outlaw Kids, Lambo Doors And Portugal. The Man|first=Jedd|last=Beaudoin|date=June 23, 2017|publisher=KMUW}}

On April 8, 2016, Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=http://www.rrstar.com/special/20160414/rockfords-cheap-trick-big-hit-all-over-with-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction|title=Rockford's Cheap Trick a big hit all over with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction|work=Rockford Register Star|last=Braun|first=Georgette|date=April 14, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inducts-nwa-cheap-trick-chicago-deep-purple-steve-miller/|title=Rock Hall of Fame ceremony honors diverse acts - then ends on sour note|work=CBS News|date=April 9, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}

On June 16, 2017, the band released the album We're All Alright!.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7775662/cheap-trick-were-all-alright-album-long-time-coming |title=Cheap Trick Debuts 'Long Time Coming' Single From 'We're All Alright!' Album |magazine=Billboard |date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=April 28, 2017}} Daxx Nielsen played drums on the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2017/06/17/listen-to-cheap-tricks-high-energy-new-album-were-all-alright/|title=Listen to Cheap Trick's High-Energy New Album, 'We're All Alright!'|magazine=Rock Cellar Magazine|date=June 17, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111190339/https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2017/06/17/listen-to-cheap-tricks-high-energy-new-album-were-all-alright/|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=dead}} In August 2017, the band appeared on Insane Clown Posse's single "Black Blizzard".{{cite web|url=http://www.faygoluvers.net/v5/2017/08/insane-clown-posse-black-blizzard-ft-cheap-trick/|title=Insane Clown Posse – "Black Blizzard" (ft. Cheap Trick) |date=August 13, 2017 |publisher=Faygoluvers.net|access-date=August 17, 2017}} On October 20, 2017, the band released a Christmas album, Christmas Christmas.{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/cheap-trick-christmas-christmas-album |title=Cheap Trick to Release 'Christmas Christmas' album |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=October 20, 2017}}

On January 29, 2021, Cheap Trick released the single "Light Up the Fire" in the run up to their album In Another World, due for release on April 9, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Colothan|first=Scott|date=January 29, 2021|title=Cheap Trick reschedule tour & premiere new song 'Light Up The Fire'|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/cheap-trick-february-uk-tour/|access-date=January 29, 2021|website=Planet Rock}}

The band was announced as part of the 2021 Australian concert series, Under the Southern Stars, alongside Bush and Stone Temple Pilots. They replaced original headliners Live on the bill.{{cite web |last1=Langford |first1=Jackson |title=NEWS Cheap Trick Joins Under The Southern Stars' 2021 Lineup |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/cheap-trick-joints-under-the-southern-stars-2021-lineup/ |website=Music Feeds |date=February 2, 2021 |publisher=Evolve Media |access-date=February 3, 2021}} In April 2021, the concert series was postponed to 2022.{{cite news |last1=Piovesan |first1=Anthony |title='We are upset': Festival forced to cancel for second year |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/music-festivals/under-the-southern-stars-festival-organisers-cancel-2021-concert-series-over-covid19-fears/news-story/2461e1fc66531931b3068286927c8003 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=NewsComAu |agency=NCA NewsWire |date=April 21, 2021 |language=en}}

When Petersson was sidelined from touring in 2021 due to open-heart surgery. Zander's son, Robin Taylor Zander, filled in for him on tour.

In 2016, Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on April 8, and the band was introduced by Kid Rock. Zander, Nielsen, Petersson, and Carlos were in attendance; with Carlos on drums, the band performed "I Want You to Want Me", "Dream Police", "Surrender" and "Ain't That a Shame".

Cheap Trick have been cited as an influence on several artists in the alternative rock and power pop genre, including Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins.{{cite web |title=Billy Corgan pays tribute to Cheap Trick: 'their place among the greats is secure' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cheap-trick-1193875 |website=NME |access-date=October 8, 2021 |date=April 8, 2016}} X Japan guitarist Pata cited them as the Western band that had the biggest impact on him and as the reason he started playing guitar.{{cite book |author=Pata|author-link=Pata (musician)|title=Pata: Yopparai no Kaikoroku |publisher=Rittor Music |year=2024 |page=38 |isbn=978-4-8456-3968-7}}

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{{Main|Cheap Trick discography}}

• Cheap Trick (1977)
• In Color (1977)
• Heaven Tonight (1978)
• Dream Police (1979)
• All Shook Up (1980)
• One on One (1982)
• Next Position Please (1983)
• Standing on the Edge (1985)
• The Doctor (1986)
• Lap of Luxury (1988)
• Busted (1990)
• Woke Up with a Monster (1994)
• Cheap Trick (1997)
• Special One (2003)
• Rockford (2006)
• The Latest (2009)
• Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello (2016)
• We're All Alright! (2017)
• Christmas Christmas (2017)
• In Another World (2021)

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• Power pop
• Dwight Twilley
• Bad Finger
• Tom Robinson Band

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