Midwestern heroes Cheap Trick rose alongside punk, sharing similar values without joining the spiky tumult. Rather, the band wed the Who’s arena-busting power chords with the Beatles’ smart popcraft, a wicked sense of humor and an odd anti-image (glamorpuss singer and bassist, a spastic Huntz Hall on lead guitar and a rumpled, chainsmoking accountant on … Continue reading Essential New Music: Cheap Trick’s “We’re All Alright!”