Cheap Trick's Journey: From Fame to Drummer Lawsuit 🎸

The Rise and Fall of Cheap Trick: From Superstardom to Suing Their Own Drummer

In the mid-1970s, Cheap Trick was invisible in America, grinding through 200 shows a year while radio stations ignored them. But across the Pacific, they were greeted with hysteria usually reserved for The Beatles. This video tells the incredible story of how a live album recorded for the Japanese market—Live at Budokan—accidentally exploded in the US, transforming a struggling blue-collar band into global superstars overnight.

However, the band that conquered the world would eventually turn on itself. From being forced to record a comeback hit they hated ("The Flame") just to survive the 80s, to a terrifying stage collapse in Ottawa that nearly killed them, the drama behind the scenes was relentless. We also dive into the bitter legal war that saw drummer Bun E. Carlos sue his own bandmates, leaving Cheap Trick legally unified but emotionally divided forever.

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