Cheap Trick

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Cheap Trick is an honorary local band. The group came out of Rockford, Ill., in the mid ’70s, but they played so often in Milwaukee clubs that they felt like a local band. They were hometown heroes here and throughout the Upper Midwest from Champaign-Urbana, Ill., through La Crosse, Wis. Their 1977 self-titled debut LP was greeted with jubilation in these parts (even if it sold few copies outside the region) and vindicated a Midwest work ethic of hard-touring, play-every-bar rock ’n’ roll. Though their late-career sales haven’t matched those of some of the other goliaths of their era, Cheap Trick has stood the test of time better than most bands spawned by the ’70s’ hard rock movement. Last year, they released a chipper new album, their 18th, We’re All Alright!