Cheap Trick News

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.

Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

There's a new music label--myKaZoo Music-- and its premiere release is Nature Jams by Farmer Jason and Buddies, a collection of kidsongs that encourages children to get outside and discover what nature has to offer.

Slipknot star Corey Taylor has fulfilled his dream of working with Dave Grohl after the Foo Fighters frontman invited him to record a collaboration for his new documentary.

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.

Birthdays: Robin Zander is 59 The late Danny Federici was born on this day in 1950 On This Day: In 1973, Neil Young interrupted a New York concert to read a message handed to him regarding the Vietnam war: "Peace has come." The audience went into an ecstatic frenzy of hugging and kissing before Neil launched into a blistering version of "Southern ... (more)

JUNE 12: Singer Robin Zander of Cheap Trick performs in "Sgt Pepper Live" Rocks Paris Las Vegas at the Paris Las Vegas June 12, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The organizer of an Ottawa music festival where the stage collapsed during a sudden storm, scurrying thousands of fans who were watching the band Cheap Trick, called the accident "a freak situation" at a press conference Monday.

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.