Pick any playlist or compilation of Cheap Trick songs, and you’re bound to be blown away by what you hear. This band has always displayed a knack for ear candy with musical heft and lyrical cleverness ...

Five years ago, Rick Nielsen was sitting in his Rockford, Ill., living room marveling at Cheap Trick’s longevity. “At our age, our career should have been over a long time ago, and maybe it was, but ...