History Music / CheapTrick

* MinisculeRocking: "Hello There" only clocks in at 1 minute and 41 seconds.
** Other examples include "O Claire" (1:00), "You Talk Too Much" (1:56), "Sleep Forever" (1:36), and "Everyday You Make Me Crazy" (1:17).

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** One of the most common praises of ''At Budokan'' is that it presents the respective songs in a comparatively "raw", energetic fashion in comparison with Tom Werman's "overproduction" on that period's albums (something for which even the band members criticized ''In Color''). For example, compare the album and live versions of "Surrender": The live one nearly drowns out the synth, cranks up the guitars, gives the drums more punch and ''still'' includes really loud audience cheering, adding to the atmosphere. The ''In Color'' version of "I Want You to Want Me" was released as a single and never charted in the USA, but the ''Budokan'' version of "I Want You to Want Me" was released as a single, peaked at #7 and became one of their best-selling singles.

** The band wised up to this starting in TheNineties (presumably the viciously criticized sound of ''The Doctor'' played a part), and all their albums since ''Woke Up with a Monster'' have returned to that kind of direct sound. They even re-recorded ''In Color'' with Music/SteveAlbini in 1998 to make it sound rawer, but said result was never officially released. It did leak online though.

* WeUsedtoBeFriends: Bun E. Carlos fell out with the band in 2010 and stopped playing with them, primarily because he insulted Robin Zander's family (because Zander wanted a shortened playing schedule that year to spend more time with them). Although he was still listed as an official band member, he was replaced by Rick Nielsen's son, Daxx Nielsen. Nevertheless, when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016, they had him play with them when they performed.

Cheap Trick created a substantial fan base through a hard-edged yet melodic pop sound that combines the tunefulness of Music/TheBeatles with the speed and energy of PunkRock, making them probably the most popular PowerPop band. Their biggest hits include "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", "Dream Police" and "The Flame." Cheap Trick also performed the theme song "That '70s Song" for ''Series/That70sShow'' from the second season onward and the theme song "Baby Muggles" for ''Series/TheColbertReport''. Songs by the band even appear in two of the cult animated films of the early 1980's, ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' with "Born to Raise Hell" and "Send Love Through" with [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] and ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' with "Reach Out".

* WeUsedtoBeFriends: Bun E. Carlos fell out with the band in 2010 and stopped playing with them, primarily because he insulted Robin Zander's family (because Zander wanted a shortened playing schedule that year to spend more time with them). Nevertheless, when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016, they had him play with them when they performed.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Bun E. Carlos fell out with the band in 2010 and stopped playing with them, primarily because he insulted Robin Zander's family (because Zander wanted a shortened playing schedule that year to spend more time with them). Nevertheless, when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016, they had him play with them when they performed.

** The band wised up to this starting in TheNineties (presumably the viciously criticized sound of ''The Doctor'' played a part), and all their albums since ''Woke Up with a Monster'' have returned to that kind of direct sound. They even re-recorded ''In Color'' with Music/SteveAlbini in 1998 to make it sound rawer, but said result was never officially released. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It did leak online though.]]

->''I want you to want me.\\
I need you to need me.\\
I'd love you to love me.\\
I'm beggin' you to beg me.\\
I want you to want me.\\
I need you to need me.\\
I'd love you to love me.''
-->"I Want You to Want Me"

** Plus, momma told me, yeah she told me, I'd meet girls like you -– and father did say, after all, that your mother's right; she's really up on things.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first album is a lot darker (well, it's BlackComedy) than the next two or three, which are generally regarded as their most characteristic output. "ELO Kiddies" is crackling with menace; "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School" is an unbelievably creepy power pop song sung from the POV of a paedophile, complete with recorded playground voices; "He's A Whore" is a brutally unsentimental look at a heartless gigolo, etc. What the hell did teenage Japanese girls see in these songs? (Other than that they seriously rocked.)

* LongRunnerLineUp: The classic lineup of Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, and Bun E. Carlos only lasted from 1973 to 1980, when Petersson left the band and was replaced by a series of bass players. He returned in 1987 and the band has since achieved Long Runner status by never changing their lineup permanently again. Carlos stopped touring with the band in 2010, replaced in concerts by Nielsen's son Daxx, but remains an official band member.

Cheap Trick is an American HardRock[=/=]PowerPop band from Rockford, Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970's. The band's classic lineup consists of Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar, backing vocals), Tom Petersson (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Bun E. Carlos (drums, percussion).

Cheap Trick is an American rock / PowerPop band from Rockford, Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970's. The band's classic lineup consists of Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar, backing vocals), Tom Petersson (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Bun E. Carlos (drums, percussion).

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bun E. Carlos fell out with the band in 2010 and stopped playing with them, primarily because he insulted Robin Zander's family (because Zander wanted a shortened playing schedule that year to spend more time with them). Nevertheless, when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016, they sucked it up and played with him when they performed.

* ThePowerOfRock: ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule''.
* RealSongThemeTune: ''Series/That70sShow''. The theme song, "That 70's Song", is a loose cover of "In the Street" by Music/BigStar.

* VideoGame/RockBand: "Hello There" is ''Rock Band 2'''s intro song. Also, three of their hits were released for ''Rock Band 3'' as DLC (all of them from the ''At Budokan'' live album except for the last one): "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me" and "Dream Police".