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A massive 62-foot guitar honoring Rick Nielsen is heading to Illinois
The Cheap Trick star's Hamer Standard will be recreated as a monster installation that will sit outside the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford
Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson on how he pioneered the 12-string bass and influenced a generation of players
Having invented the massive 12-string bass sound back in 1978, Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson earned his place as one of the most innovative bassists in rock ’n’ roll
Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me
Anthrax bassist Frank Bello on Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Paul McCartney and more
Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “I’m not a virtuoso. I’m a songwriter that plays rhythm guitar – and once in a while I have to play lead”
The drummer who got addicted to guitar discusses his epic gear collection, working with John Lennon and Jeff Beck, and the making of the Rockford, Illinois rock institution’s storming new album, In Another World
Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “We’ve loved Australia since the first time we went there in 1978”
Neilsen chats LP #20 and Cheap Trick's upcoming Australian tour, and bleeds a whole bunch
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John Lennon wished Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen had played on Cold Turkey instead of Eric Clapton
“God, I wish I’d had Rick on Cold Turkey. Clapton choked up,” Lennon reportedly once said
Foo Fighters bring the noise in an extra-huge new issue of Australian Guitar, out now!
Ready to rock? Well, let's roll...
Slash, Lizzy Hale, Billy Gibbons, Cheap Trick and more to perform at day-long (DE)TOUR Virtual Music Festival
Online fest to benefit NIVA and MusiCares to aid out-of-work touring artists, road crews and independent promotors
