Ever since Napster brought free MP3s mainstream — and subsequently garnered the wrath of the Recording Industry Association of America — the music industry has been reeling. No single strategy for ...

Buying headphones can be an investment, and cheap models can struggle with clarity, detail, and balance. Here's why your ...

Pump up the jam: Online music-streaming service Spotify is now available in the U.S. as a free or paid service. The free service offers ad-supported access to over 15 million songs on computers, but ...

Cheap Trick, performing with Peter Frampton at Red Rocks on Tuesday, June 16, occupies a unique place in the history of rock music. The group’s music was almost definitively power pop, but even then, ...

Thu, August 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM UTC No matter what kind of music you love, there is an endless amount of shows to attend. Unfortunately, purchasing tickets can be costly, and that doesn’t take into ...

Let it be known that I’m a massive fan of all things ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. When Drake and Future say “What a time to be alive,” I’m pretty sure they’re really talking about those three decades, because ...

ROCKFORD — Many fans remember the first time they heard Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” blaring over the radio or those high school and college parties when “I Want You to Want Me” blasted from the stereo ...

Cheap Trick are all set to celebrate their history at tonight’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, where the Illinois power-pop legends will take the stage to play a few of their classic songs. If ...

Cheap Trick were one of the best rock bands to emerge in the 1970s but also one of the most confusing, both musically (a combination of power pop and aggressive hard rock) and visually (two dreamboat ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. As a band that has toured on a consistent annual basis ever since forming in Rockford, Ill., in 1973, it ...