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Robin Zander ( born January 23 , 1953 ) is the ___MASK27___ singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock ___MASK28___ Cheap Trick . Cheap Trick is an American rock ___MASK28___ from ___MASK97___ , Illinois , formed in 1973 . As of 2016 , the ___MASK28___ currently consists of Robin Zander ( lead vocals , rhythm guitar ), Rick Nielsen ( lead guitar ), Tom Petersson ( bass ) and Daxx Nielsen ( drums ). Their biggest hits include " Surrender ", " I Want You to Want Me ", " Dream Police " and " The Flame ". " I Want You to Want Me " is a song by the American rock ___MASK28___ Cheap Trick from their second album " In Color ", released in September 1977 . It was the first single released from that album , but it did not chart in the United States . Dream Police is the fourth studio album by American rock ___MASK28___ Cheap Trick . It was released in 1979 , and was their third release in a row produced by Tom Werman . It is the ___MASK28___ ' s most commercially successful studio album , going to No . 6 on the " Billboard " 200 chart and being certified platinum within a few months of its release . ___MASK27___ guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines , instrumental fill passages , guitar solos , and occasionally , some riffs within a song structure . The ___MASK27___ is the featured guitar , which usually plays single - note - based lines or double - stops . In rock , heavy metal , blues , jazz , punk , fusion , some pop , and other music styles , ___MASK27___ guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar , which consists ___MASK95___ accompaniment chords and riffs . Rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination ___MASK95___ two functions : to provide all or part ___MASK95___ the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments ; and to provide all or part ___MASK95___ the harmony , i . e . the chords , where a chord is a group ___MASK95___ notes played together . Therefore , the basic technique ___MASK95___ rhythm guitar is to hold down a series ___MASK95___ chords with the fretting hand while strumming rhythmically with the other hand . More developed rhythm techniques include arpeggios , damping , riffs , chord solos , and complex strums . Thomas John Peterson ( born May 9 , 1950 ) , better known as Tom Petersson , is an American musician who is ___MASK19___ known for being the bass guitar player for the rock ___MASK28___ Cheap Trick . Richard Alan " Rick " Nielsen ( born December 22 , 1948 ) is the ___MASK27___ guitarist , backing vocalist , and primary songwriter ___MASK95___ the rock ___MASK28___ Cheap Trick . He is well known for having many custom - made guitars from Hamer Guitars , including his famous five - neck guitar . ___MASK97___ is the third largest city in the U . S . state of Illinois , the 171st most populous city in the United States , the largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area , and the city of the 148th most populous metropolitan area in the United States . It is the county seat of Winnebago County and is located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois . According to 2010 census data , the City of ___MASK97___ had a population of 152 , 871 , with an outlying metropolitan area population of 348 , 360 , which was estimated to have decreased to 150 , 251 and 344 , 623 , respectively , by July 2013 .