ROCKFORD (WREX) — Cheap Trick is well-known around the world, and the iconic band got its start in Rockford. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers released their 21st album, 'All Washed Up,' and record stores around Rockford are jumping in to make sure fans have a great experience picking up the new record.

Culture Shock Clothing and Records, along with Toad Hall Books and Records, leaned into the album release, offering things like signed copies and old newspapers from when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rick Nielsen is still a staple around town, with his fingerprints all over the Hard Rock Casino Rockford, and to have his sound endure after almost 50 years is special.

"Obviously, he's very well known around town with the checkered guitar, even represented on the

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