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===Cheap Trick=== {{Main|Cheap Trick}} In 1974, Zander accepted an invitation to join Cheap Trick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/cheaptrickmilw.html|title=Cheap Trick comes full circle in Milwaukee|date=March 1, 2007}}</ref> Along with Zander, the band consisted of guitarist [[Rick Nielsen]], bassist [[Tom Petersson]], and drummer [[Bun E. Carlos]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rrstar.com/article/20160411/SPECIAL/160419971|title=Cheap Trick: 'New guy' Daxx Nielsen has known bandmates his whole life|first=Corina|last=Curry|website=Rockford Register Star}}</ref> Cheap Trick's 1979 album, ''[[Cheap Trick at Budokan]]'', catapulted the band to stardom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick β At Budokan (album) |work=SwissCharts.com |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=40527&cat=a |access-date=2007-11-10}}</ref> The band reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts in 1979 with "[[I Want You to Want Me]]" and topped the charts in 1988 with "[[The Flame (Cheap Trick song)|The Flame]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/cheap-trick |title=Cheap Trick |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref> As of 2018, Cheap Trick had been a band for over 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/5-reasons-to-see-cheap-trick-in-concert-131041#slide=1|title=5 reasons to see Cheap Trick in concert}}</ref> Cheap Trick has performed more than 5,000 shows<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/03/29/cheap-trick-rock-hall-induction-bang-zoom-crazy-hello/82360494/|title=Cheap Trick: 'We don't want to do wimp versions of ourselves'|website=USA TODAY}}</ref> and has sold more than 20 million albums.<ref name="naplesnews.com"/> Zander was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Cheap Trick in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-cheap-trick-concert-preview-2016jun01-htmlstory.html|title=Cheap Trick is having a banner year|date=June 1, 2016|website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref>
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