Editing Cheap Trick (section)

===Transitions (1990–2015)===
[[File:Cheap Trick live 2007.jpg|thumb|left|Cheap Trick performing in Baltimore, August 4, 2007]]

''[[Busted (Cheap Trick album)|Busted]]'' was released in 1990.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The band was allowed more creative control, and professional songwriters were only used on a handful of songs. The first single, "Can't Stop Falling Into Love", reached {{Numero|12}} on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History - Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> and {{Numero|4}} on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks chart]].<ref name="billboard1" /> The second single, the [[Diane Warren]]-penned "[[Wherever Would I Be]]", reached {{Numero|50}} on the charts.<ref>{{cite magazine  |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Cheap Trick Wherever Would I Be Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> The single "If You Need Me" was not successful, although the track "Back 'n Blue" reached {{Numero|32}} on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks chart]].<ref name="billboard1">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/rtt/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History - Mainstream Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>

In 1991, Cheap Trick's ''[[The Greatest Hits (Cheap Trick album)|The Greatest Hits]]'' was released.<ref name="LarkinHR"/>

The group left Epic after the disappointing sales of ''Busted''  to sign with [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name="LarkinHR"/> In 1994, the band released ''[[Woke Up with a Monster]]''.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The album's title track was issued as the first single and reached No.&nbsp;16 on the US Mainstream Rock charts. The album's sales were poor, and it peaked at only No.&nbsp;123.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In 1997, Cheap Trick signed with indie label Red Ant Records and released ''[[Cheap Trick (1997 album)|Cheap Trick]]''.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The band attempted to re-introduce themselves to a new generation, as the album was self-titled and the artwork was similar to their first album which had been released twenty years before.<ref name="prodcrs">{{cite web |title=Tom Werman blog |date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=Popdose.com |url=http://popdose.com/the-producers-oysters-cheap-tricks-and-jake-elwood-blues/#more-20497 |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> The album was critically acclaimed and hailed as a return to form.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> Eleven weeks after the release, Red Ant's parent company Alliance Entertainment Corporation declared [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]]. The single "[[Say Goodbye (Cheap Trick song)|Say Goodbye]]" only reached No.&nbsp;119 on the charts, and the band again found themselves without a record label. Two other singles were released from the album, "Baby No More" and "[[Carnival Game (song)|Carnival Game]]".{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Cheap Trick began to rebuild in 1998. The band toured behind the release of ''Cheap Trick at Budokan: The Complete Concert'',<ref name="LarkinHR"/> and the [[remaster]]ed re-issues of the band's first three albums. One of the multi-night stands from this tour resulted in ''[[Music for Hangovers]]'', a live album that featured members of [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] on two tracks. In 1999, the band recorded a cover of [[Big Star|Big Star's]] 1972 song "[[In the Street (song)|In the Street]]" that was used as the theme song for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[That '70s Show]]''. Cheap Trick ended the song with the lyric "We're all all right," which was drawn from their own 1978 song "[[Surrender (Cheap Trick song)|Surrender]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-television-theme-songs-23185/7-that-70s-show-in-the-street-32090/|title=Readers Poll: The Best Television Theme Songs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 21, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Cheap Trick at Gulfstream Park - Robin Zander.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Vocalist [[Robin Zander]] performing at [[Gulfstream Park]] in 1999.]] 
After spending much of 2001 writing songs and about six weeks in pre-production, Cheap Trick went into [[Bearsville Studios]] in [[Woodstock, New York]], in March 2002, where they recorded their first studio album in six years, ''[[Special One]]'' in May 2003.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Cheap Trick released ''[[Rockford (album)|Rockford]]'' on Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records in 2006. The first single from the album was "[[Perfect Stranger (Cheap Trick song)|Perfect Stranger]]" (produced by [[Linda Perry]] and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry). The band also appeared in a [[McDonald's]] advertising campaign called "This Is Your Wake-Up Call" featuring the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.podshowradio.com/?p=38 |title=Podshow Radio |publisher=Podshow Radio |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227151328/http://www.podshowradio.com/?p=38 |archive-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Rick Nielsen playing 1983 Hamer Uncle Dick.jpg|thumb|318x318px|Guitarist [[Rick Nielsen]] in 2007 .]]
In 2007, officials of Rockford, Illinois, honored Cheap Trick by reproducing the ''Rockford'' album cover art on that year's city vehicle sticker. On June 19, 2007, the [[Illinois Senate]] passed Senate Resolution 255, which designated April 1 of every year as Cheap Trick Day in the State of Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/senate/journals/95/2007/SJ095057R.pdf |title=Senate Journal : State of Illinois : Ninety-Fifth General Assembly: 2007 |publisher=Ilga.gov |access-date=September 24, 2012}}</ref> In August of that year, Cheap Trick honored the 40th anniversary of ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' by playing the album in its entirety with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater, along with guest vocalists including [[Joan Osborne]] and [[Aimee Mann]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/press/sgt-peppers-40a-beatles-celebration-features-cheap-trick-hollywood-bowl-orchestra |title="SGT. PEPPER'S AT 40…A BEATLES CELEBRATION" FEATURES CHEAP TRICK WITH THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA |publisher=[[Hollywood Bowl]] |access-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808155817/https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/press/sgt-peppers-40a-beatles-celebration-features-cheap-trick-hollywood-bowl-orchestra |archive-date=August 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 24, 2008, Cheap Trick performed at Japan's [[Nippon Budokan|Budokan]] arena in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], for the 30th anniversary of the 1978 album ''[[Cheap Trick at Budokan]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brasor |first=Philip |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/04/18/music/how-cheap-trick-put-the-budokan-on-the-map/#.WWqEG_krJQI |title=How Cheap Trick put the Budokan on the map |work=The Japan Times |date=April 18, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>

Bun E. Carlos stopped touring and recording with the band, and officially left the band in 2010. Rick Nielsen's son Daxx, who had filled in for Bun E. while he was recovering from back surgery in 2001, became the band's touring drummer.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/16-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-cheap-trick-191379/|title=16 Things We Learned Hanging Out With Cheap Trick|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref><ref name=taylor>{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick (and sons) rock Packard|publisher=The Vindicator|date=November 12, 2021|url=https://www.vindy.com/life/ticket/2021/11/cheap-trick-and-sons-rock-packard/|accessdate=November 13, 2021|author=Gray, Andy}}</ref>

On July 17, 2011, at Canada's Bluesfest in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, a thunderstorm blew through the festival area 20 minutes into the band's set. The band and crew were on the stage when, without warning, the 40-ton roof fell. It fell away from the audience and landed on the band's truck, which was parked alongside the back of the stage. The van broke the fall and allowed everyone about 30 seconds to escape.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cheap Trick lobbies Congress to regulate temporary stages|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/10/03/cheap-trick-lobbies-congress-to-regulate-temporary-stages/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 3, 2011}}</ref>

Carlos filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates in 2013. He claimed that even though they claimed that he was departed from Cheap Trick, he was not being allowed to participate in band-related activities, including recording. The remaining three members of Cheap Trick filed a countersuit, seeking a legal affirmation of their removal of Carlos. Their lawsuit was dismissed in late 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rttnews.com/2183231/cheap-trick-countersue-bun-e-carlos.aspx |title=Cheap Trick Countersue Bun E. Carlos |website=Rttnews.com |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> The legal dispute was eventually settled.<ref name="auto" /> Following the settlement, Carlos did not record or tour with them. The three remaining members decided they would continue Cheap Trick as a trio.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rrstar.com/special/20160411/cheap-trick-new-guy-daxx-nielsen-has-known-bandmates-his-whole-life|title=Cheap Trick: 'New Guy' Daxx Nielsen Has Known Bandmates His Whole Life|work=[[Rockford Register Star]]|last=Curry|first=Corina|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cheap-tricks-bun-e-carlos-on-possible-rock-hall-reunion-62942/|title=Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos on Possible Rock Hall Reunion |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=December 22, 2015|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>