
Rick Nielsen
Department: Acting
Biography
Richard Alan Nielsen is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar.
Known For

Cheap Trick: At Budokan-The 35th Anniversary Performance
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Larry presents: Best of The 80s
2004

Lovesongs Of The 70's
2004

Cheap Trick: Live in Australia
2005

Cheap Trick: Rock Goes to College
1979

Disorderlies
1987

Cheap Trick - Music For Hangovers
1999

Cheap Trick at Budokan
2008

Cheap Trick : From Tokyo to You
2004

Cheap Trick - Silver
2001

Cheap Trick - Live In Australia '88
1999

Cheap Trick or Treat Halloween Ball
2006

Cheap Trick - Sgt. Pepper Live
2009

Sound City
2013

Cheap Trick Live at Red Rocks
2016

The Big One
1997

Rockthology 2
2004

The Goddamn Comedy Jam
2016

Taking the City By Storm: The Birth of Milwaukee's Punk Scene
2023

The Smashing Pumpkins: Graceful Swans of Never
2001

Todd Who?
2016

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8
1990

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 9
1990

Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits: Japanese Single Collection
2018

Cheap Trick: Front Row Center
2012

Cheap Trick Live in Orlando
1999

The Life and Times of Steve Marriott
2000

Daddy Day Care
2003

Cheap Trick - Live in Austin
2010

Cheap Trick: Live at Chicagofest
1981

Cheap Trick: Guitar Center Sessions
2014

Cheap Trick: Every Trick in the Book
2009

Hello Reading: Cheap Trick at Reading Festival
1979

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024

Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar
2008

Disorderlies
1987

Boy Meets World
1993

The Colbert Report
2005

CMT Crossroads
2002

TV Funhouse
2000

The Drew Carey Show
1995

Gibson TV: The Conversation
2020