Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen
Nielsen playing at Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" show in Milwaukee, February 2011
Background information
Birth name	Richard Alan Nielsen
Born	(1948-12-22) December 22, 1948 Elmhurst, IL, US
Instruments	Guitar, bass guitar
Associated acts	Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins, Fuse, Foo Fighters
Website	cheaptrick.com
Wikipedia	Rick Nielsen

Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of American rock band Cheap Trick.

Nielsen and Cheap Trick have performed alongside The Smashing Pumpkins several times, and Nielsen provided additional guitar on the Pumpkins track "Blissed and Gone". Billy Corgan also used a white Hamer guitar during the Machina sessions that was given to him by Nielsen.

Relevant studio appearances

• Paraphernalia by Enuff Z'Nuff (1999) – writer of "Everything Works if You Let It", which Corgan played lead guitar on
• Judas O by The Smashing Pumpkins (2001) – additional guitar on "Blissed and Gone"

Touring stats

• Total shows: 9 shows
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-10-23 at Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL, US
• Last performance: Cheap Trick 2008-06-28 (featuring Billy Corgan) at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, US