American Standard: Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond [Paperback]

Theyve sold more than 20 million albums, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and theyre one of Homer Simpsons favorite bandsbut even today, fifty years after they first formed, Cheap Trick remains to many a club band with a cult following. They certainly started out that way, with a carnival-like stage show featuring four perfectly mismatched characters: guitarist Rick Nielsen, in bowtie, sweater, and baseball cap, stood next to blonde dreamboat Robin Zander, while the mysterious, chestnut-haired bassist Tom Peterson held down the bottom end with drummer Bun E. Carlos, never seen without his cigarette or tie.
American Standard:Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyondtells the unlikely story of the bands path to greatness, from their origins in Rockford, Illinois to their massively successful live album At Budokan to the many, many ups and downs that followed. This is a rollicking tale of artistic genius, rock excess, hilarious misbehavior, chance encounters with musics biggest names, and international stardom that brought new meaning to the phrase big in Japan. Drawing on exhaustive research and interviews, American Standard gives an intimate look at a truly original bandwhether you consider them rock icons or criminally underrated,

Even after finally being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, Cheap Trick remains to many a club band with a cult following. Much like Cheap Trick themselves, American Standard: Cheap Trick From The Bars to the Budokan and Beyond will appeal to the fans who swear that their favorite band is still criminally underrated, connoisseurs of 1970s rock, and anyone who has enjoyed the album in any of its subsequently reissued and expanded formsRoss Warnerhas been writing about the three pillars of popular culture (television, music and film) since high school. His work has appeared in such magazines as American Heritage, Cinema Retro, Hittin the Note, Heeb, and Glidlƒ)