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Book Review – 'This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick'

Book Review – 'This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick'

"They just seem a little weird..."

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1967 radio station questionnaire as answered by teenage guitarist Rick Nielsen:

Q: How will you react to success?

A: I don’t think it would change me much at all.

So… there are four bands in or near Rockford, Illinois. One has a young kid named Robin Zander. And there are a few other musicians of better caliber, notably Rick Nielsen. Heck, his parents OWN …

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