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There’s nothing ‘Mickey Mouse’ about my Van Halen thesis

Letter: Asking specific questions about culture and answering them with care is what universities have been doing for a long time, writes Greg White

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Hold up your phone, hang on to your tissues, we're going in: The 40 greatest power ballads of all time

Break out the inflatable guitars, let those smartphones beam like galaxies of stars: These are the greatest, most heart-stirring, most life-affirming power ballads of them all

Louder · Jun 4

Jack Douglas, celebrated producer for Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, John Lennon and more, dead at 80

Jack Douglas also worked on recordings by James Gang, Alice Cooper, Montrose, Mountain, The Who, Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, New York Dolls, Starz and many more

Louder · May 13

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“You hear voices in your head or somebody’s messing with your brain. Somebody, your mind’s eye, has some talking to do to you”: The power-pop classic that finally turned four Chicago misfits into 70s rock superstars

1979’s Dream Police was Cheap Trick‘s last truly classic album

Louder · Apr 25

"Their record label couldn't figure out whether they were the next Poison or the first Guns N' Roses." The story of Jetboy, the band who could have saved glam metal but didn't

Jetboy had the hooks, but record company indecision, an overdose and an unlikely haircut hampered their rise

Louder · Apr 8

"We've lasted so long because we were never friends": Fifty years in, Cheap Trick might not hang out with each other, but musical glue binds them together

Cheap Trick's Robin Zander on Anglophilia, AC/DC, and the song no one else wanted on the album

Louder · Jan 15

“I once had a flirtation with heavy metal, and I regretted it very much. It didn’t seem to have any sense”: The British hellraisers who put legendary Beatles producer George Martin off working with hard rock bands

This is what happened when two worlds collided in the Caribbean

Louder · Oct 23, 2025

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“He thought: ‘I’m just going to do an over-the-top pop song’ – a heavy metal pop song”: The flop single that became a power-pop classic thanks to one of the greatest live albums of the 70s

It finally launched the career of one of rock’s greatest bands

Louder · Oct 4, 2025

“They Clearly Hated Each Other”: Fans Reveal 47 Concerts They Wish They’d Skipped

Do you think anyone from these crowds requested a refund?

Bored Panda · Sep 16, 2025

Ten times Billy Corgan collaborated with his heroes

The Smashing Pumpkins leader has racked up some impressive guest spots over the years

Louder · Mar 23, 2024

Watch Nancy Wilson and Sammy Hagar join forces for a stellar cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb

Sammy Hagar joined Nancy Wilson onstage at Alice Cooper’s 21st Annual Christmas Pudding Fundraiser in Phoenix, AZ

Louder · Dec 12, 2023

Cheap Trick and The Angels bring Red Hot Summer Tour detour to Civic

The glam-rockers are best known for their classic single Dream Police.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 11, 2023

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