Cheap Trick - RnR Hall of Fame Acceptance Speeches - full, uncut

Way overdue. This band should've been in HOF long time ago. Will never forget the first time I heard Live in Budokan. Congrats to Cheap Trick.

Took too many years for them to be inducted. These guys are one of the hardest working bands I've ever seen. Always a great live show.

So happy to see Bun E. He’s a legend! He deserves respect. ❤️👍

Hands down, to one of the greatest live band of all time....love them like hell....

I fb Bun and congratulated him on his award.He thanked me back.How fn cool is that!

It's so great to see Cheap Trick finally voted into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations guys!

Bun E. Carlos is the #1 reason I started playing the drums and eventually professionally (for a brief few years). I’ll never forget meeting him and the band when I was 14y old. Tom is absolutely right, rock has been a constant connection for both my son (who has autism) and myself. Never has a band been so deserving of an induction.

Cheap Trick= Still of the hardest working bands in the past 45 years, if there's any band that through non stop touring and paying their dues to make it in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame it's this band!

This band has got C-L-A-S-S. Saw them at a County Fair, at a Street Festival and Pine Knob/Detroit and will never forget Rick taking the time to recognize the greatness of his singer, Robin. "Isn't he just the finest singer, what an amazing voice..." or something laudatory like that. All hail to a great rockin' band.

There is no one who rocks a pink suit like Robin! Cheers to one of the greatest bands to come out of the 70"s! Hugz from V.A.

As a person hailing from Rockford, this both touched my heart and encouraged me to keep following my dreams! Thank you Cheap Trick, may God continue to bless you! :)

F*ckin' Bun E. Carlos!!!!!!!!

I thank you for being in my life....Thank you Cheap Trick

It's funny how Bun E looks way younger than the rest right now, when back in the day he used to look like their dad

Robin Zander--timeless, well spoken, aged well...Still can sing

Classy speech by all the guys... They definitely deserve to be there!

I remember the buzz of Cheap Trick came on strong in my San Diego neighborhood.  The year around1978 and I was around 12 years old.  There must have been around 10 kids from my neighborhood who went to see them in concert at the Civic Center.  My brother caught one of the many picks Rick flung out to the exalted audience.  Leslie, the hot chick, on somebody’s shoulders.  It was like the kids from the Sandlot go to their first good rock n roll concert.  It was pre-teen bliss.  I’ve been to a lot of concerts since then: The Who, The Stones, Elvis Costello, Wilco, to name a few.  But I’ll always remember that Cheap Trick concert as one of the best.  They are a great live band.

Geez Tom Petersson has got a great memory and can really give a great speech! I'm impressed almost as much as by his bass playing.

Love Cheap Trick. My first concert in 1982. Great to see them in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

They just made it to the Library of Congress; “Live At Budokan” is now part of the National Recording Registry. And the honors keep coming, and coming, and coming...