ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Stage a Texas Jam

Seventies headliners reanimate the me decade for the ages

"...night at Circuit of the Americas. Seventies stadium stalwarts Cheap Trick, Bad Company, and ZZ Top count three of..."

May 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

15 Minutes with Cheap Trick's Robin Zander

Watch out ZZ Top!

"...with singer Robin Zander of nearly 40-year-old rock legends Cheap Trick, who open for Aerosmith tonight at the Frank..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Cheap Trick

2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees deliver

"...An hourlong set wasn’t nearly long enough to encapsulate Cheap Trick’s 42 years of rock & roll pizzazz. In..."

Nov. 7, 2015 Music Post

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Roar at Circuit of the Americas

"...Seventies heavyweights ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick played one of three Texas shows at COTA..."

May 20, 2019 Photo Gallery

Cheap Eats: Quickie Pickie

Convenience dating at a convenience store

"...lot of not-a-date dates and have since pulled this trick many times – going somewhere so unassuming that both..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Feature by Mary Bryce

I Still Want You to Want Me

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen on Budokan, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ & Keef

"...and trapped in a small South Texas town – Cheap Trick meant everything to me. That was the case..."

June 25, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention

"...character 'fit – make sure it dooms! – Morgan-Taylor Thomas Cheap Trick, Eric TessmerNutty Brown Amphitheatre, Friday 15..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mobsters

"...Directed by: Michael Karbelnikoff. Starring: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Record reviews Reissues

"...the true turnip-squeezing tradition of RCA/BMG, these albums feature cheapskate two-color cover art and obsequious liner notes rife with..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Cheap Trick

DVDisc

"...Cheap TrickMusic for Hangovers..."

April 5, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...bands and electric guitars for a steady diet of cheap weed, public domain recordings, and sloppily played acoustic instruments...."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Ballroom dancing

SXSW panels

"...SXSW Interview: Cheap TrickAustin Convention Center, Wednesday, March 17..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Live Shots

"...in Waterloo Park, August 31 photograph by John Carrico CHEAP TRICK..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature

Critics Poll

Best Roadshow

"...Hernandez: Sex Pistols/KISS reunions/Canonization of Cheap Trick...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

WTF1? The Aftermath

Checkered flags aren't only for Cheap Trick & Aerosmith

"...and headed to the Frank Erwin Center for the Cheap Trick/Aerosmith show. There was no traffic. None. I zipped..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...Well, those plans have gone the way of the cheap band flier. Man's Ruin rep Janie Wolf says that..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

No Law & Order

"...the Wannabes were around long enough to open for Cheap Trick on a recent three-night stand at La Zona..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...theremin action and a shockabilly stage schtick full of cheap thrills that would do the Butthole Surfers proud. (Bates..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Archaic Relics of Music Biz Past

The Death of Vinyl: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...Pye Studios, Glen Cove, New York, November, 1996: Cheap Trick have almost broken a sweat as they attempt..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...a shot, to the living, providing “closure” to the grief-stricken. Lina’s fed up with the scam, but after she..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cheap Trick

"...Cheap TrickBudokan! (Epic/Legacy)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...three-minute ditties so catchy you'd swear this was a Cheap Trick side project. (Venue, 11pm) -- Andy Langer..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Swag

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...wrong band. Composed of Ken Coomer (Wilco), Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), Jerry Dale McFadden (Sixpence None the Richer), Robert..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Who Bettered, The Who's Best

Reissuing 30 Years of Maximum R&B

"...be serving as a blueprint for future archival releases: Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, who has also long..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Recviews

"...Whomever actually masterminded 1995's Cheap Trick revival is anybody's guess, but every garage band..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter; Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

"...in the case of the surprisingly un-packed crowd for Cheap Trick at La Zona Rosa last week. Oh well...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two: Mad Dreaming

Loud, barely intelligible SXSW incantations

"...do with belief and prayer, even if shallow and cheap, with the slipping off of our mundane, mortal bindings...."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

"...Cheap Tricks..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

"...of production superficiality and textured with open spaces and cheap booze. Save for a stumble in the middle, the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Coup 53

Documentary unpacks America's involvement in the coup that wrecked Iran

"...of the filmgoing public but Amirami has still more tricks up his directorial sleeve, chief among them hiring actor..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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