Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California (2005)
Background information
Origin	Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Rock hard rock power pop
Works	Discography
Years active	1973–present
Labels	Epic Warner Bros. Red Ant Big3 Big Machine
Spinoff of	Fuse
Members	Robin Zander Rick Nielsen Tom Petersson
Past members	Bun E. Carlos[a][1][2] Jon Brant Pete Comita Randy Hogan
Website	cheaptrick.com

Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1973. The band's work bridged elements of 1960s guitar pop, 1970s hard rock, and the emerging punk rock sound, and helped set the template for subsequent power pop artists.^[3]

Cheap Trick released its self-titled debut album in 1977. Later that year, the band found success in Japan with the release of its second album, In Color. In 1979, the band released the triple-platinum live album At Budokan and a Top 10 single, a live recording of "I Want You to Want Me".^[4] The band followed with its most commercially successful studio album, Dream Police (1979), which reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[5] After experiencing declining popularity in the 1980s, Cheap Trick enjoyed a major resurgence toward the end of the decade, topping the US charts with the power ballad "The Flame" (from 1988's Lap of Luxury). The band's other hits include "Surrender" (1978), "Dream Police" (1979), "Voices" (1979), "She's Tight" (1982), "Tonight It's You" (1985), a cover version of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" (1988), "Ghost Town" (1988), and "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" (1990).

Cheap Trick has continued releasing new music into the 21st century. The band has performed live more than 5,000 times since its formation^[6] and has sold more than 20 million albums.^[7] The band's influence has been cited by a diverse range of rock artists.^[8] Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).