Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1974, with Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Robin Zander and Bun E. Carlos. After three studio records, it gained international prominence with the live album Cheap Trick at Budokan, recorded in Japan, and then released Dream Police in 1979. The band went through label and lineup changes, kept releasing records in the following decades and remained active.