He is the man with the baseball cap and the multi-necked guitars: Rick Nielsen founded Cheap Trick in 1973 in Rockford, Illinois. The following year he had his regular formation with Robin Zander, bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos. From the beginning the band fascinated with their energetic concerts. Even the makers of the "WDR Rockpalast" couldn't get past the group any more and invited them to one of their legendary rock nights in the Grugahalle in Essen in 1983.
