1978's Heaven Tonight is where it all came together for this Rockford, Illinois group. Combining elements of each aforementioned genre with a classic British style and a knack for absurd, tongue-in-cheek humor, Cheap Trick epitomized, if not invented, the sub-grenre of power-pop. Even though they were misfits in the music world, through their passion and authenticity towards what they did they turned that into their very identity. As a band they never fit into the "rock god"/"guitar hero" type of thing, but they were too clean to really be punk and too edgy to really be pop. They came about in the transitional period of the late-70s, which in hindsight manages to work in their advantage. Review Summary: A rockin', tongue-in-cheek classic from Illinois' rock and roll misfits.Ĭheap Trick is most definitely one of the bands the forged an entirely new approach to no holds barred, take it for what it is rock and roll.
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