It has become something of a cliché: hugely successful artists saying they’d do it all regardless of the renumeration or acclaim. And when Rick Nielsen quips that Cheap Trick are simply too dumb to quit, he surely understands the disservice he’s doing himself and his band. But when the songwriter and guitarist talks of how his dreams have been made simply by being able to make music for so long, you can tell there’s absolutely nothing contrived about it.
Cheap Trick have played a big part in the history of Classic Rock. You’ve allowed us to give away one of your albums with the magazine and you’ve played at one of our Awards shows.