Cheap Trick - Tour of Rick Nielsen's House

[tacoland2000]

Rick's a lot more normal than he ever puts on for the rock and roll circus... kinda funny. Then again, at a certain age, you either adapt or burn out.

[JackNCokeIV]

The only thing I like is the checkerboard plate under the roses. BLECH. What a hideous house. Too many prints & brown. I would have guessed some boring lounge singer or old soap opera queen lived here. Rick is too cool for this decor.

[twilliamsusmc]

MY HOUSE IS LOADED WITH GUITARS, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEM

[trident1702]

Maybe inspired by europe, but way over the top. And where's the guitars?

[nickerz65]

the decor is depressing lol

[robfaught]

Nice crib. Now they just need to hire a decorator!

[bluzkat13]

Somehow this reminds me of Graceland...

[juliano66]

Nice house, pretty wife, money--why not--Rick deserves it more than a lot of those shithead fucks you see on shows like this. But those floral curtains and animal print pillows--yeesh!

[zapwatt]

Oh, so ROckford is two hours SOUTH of Chicago? Glad to know that Nancy Glass has a crack team of investigators working for her.

[carpetman4273]

OH MY GOD!!!!Thats an UGLY House!

[VegasRocksMagazine]

Why didn't they show the most important room? The one with all of Rick's guitars? Are they under the bed?

[GRILLBUOY101]

@VegasRocksMagazine i know i was waiting to see a shitload of cool ass guitars and al i see is some butt ugly kitchen with shit all over the place.

[chris221gm]

Rick's Wife is way Hot. Good for him, he's a stud & deserves a smokin chick.

[emidore]

@chris221gm His wife just looks like any bottle-blonde entertainment tv host. She doesn't even come close to matching his uniqueness. He deserves MUCH better. Do you actually think she would stick with him if he didn't have all that money?

[TopockArizona]

So... How much, did they pay the interior decorater? Oh, that's right... They didn't. 

[gregmm1960]

awful. just awful.

[gregmm1960]

what a dump

[smurph666]

Rockford is 2 miles NORTH of Chicago

[Fishtale63]

@smurph666 Yeah, Rockford is about an hour WNW of Chicago!

2 miles north? Check a map.

[longhorn2615]

when was this filmed in 1988? Shit

[MissGreenie]

what a butt ugly house. 

[acholl980]

Rick looks more like Bun E Carlos.

[matt17na]

wow, why can't they match up the audio and picture?

[skilletmonsterock]

really rick? you look so weird now..

[pnz6969]

Rockford.....2 hours South?? of Chicago?? Don't think so.

[balancepiston]

great guitar player, butt ugly house lol

[Supertzar999]

I liked the dining room table area the best, didn't care for much else. Was hoping to see the studio room where Rick keeps his collection of amps and 9 necked guitars.

[gailmckennag]

nothing matches

[sinborn41214]

no wonder they still tour, if I came home to that boring ass house, I'd wanna get the fuck out

[superlou1s]

MY EYES, ZE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!

[OSDCrusher]

It looks like Rick Nielsen's sense of style went out the window when Cheap Trick came together in the 1970's

[axekicker78]

Well, they're from the midwest, whaddya expect?

[royalsteven]

It is rumored they sold their soul to the devil and got their band name through a ouija board. It all makes sense now O_O

[mjakowski]

My God it is ahouse of horrors. They aged the Victorian tiles ?? And that awful glass table I'd be scared to put my legs under itthose floral curtains and animal prints give me the creeps.It's a typical rockstat house but it was nice of them to share really nice people and great music. I wonder what Robin Zander's house is like he looks like an Ikea type hihihi

.

[ianhunterfan]

well it is a bit busy isnt it??? but beautiful wife and son!

[AwesomeBeatles]

What can you say. Great song writer, singer, guitarist. Cool house, and a pretty wife. I have always loved Cheap Trick.

[kevykev38]

Someday I will have a place like this palace

[stevenlennon12]

its tacky like his guitars and sweaters but hes a hell of a song writer

[pooie0116]

I don't get how tranquility and beauty are reflected in this house. OMG the colors, those curtains and that lamp at 4:25. Ick!

[Cancon2011]

Some very nice parts, but far too busy.

[ThisSheetB4RealYo]

Jip! I only watched this cuz I wanted to see a room of 68 guitars, like I saw in Guitar World when I was a kid. He had millions of guitars, incl his customer Hamer, 6-headed, checkered monster! lame not showing Rick's jam-room, studio or equipment

[oldnornry]

You wish you had a house this nice, other than the scary dining room table. Its a wonderful home. I am a contractor and work in the home remodeling industry. I would be happy to live in a home like theirs. love the ceiling in the bedroom.

[oldnornry]

you wish you had a house this nice, other than the scary dining room table. Its a wonderful home. I am a contractor and work in the home remodeling industry. I would be happy to live in a home like theirs. love the ceiling in the bedroom.

[Benjamin470908]

please don't criticize we love the band what they do beside that is their private life don't say no more

[stockliskirep]

hmmmmmmmmmm well Rockford is 2 hrs West not South of Chicago! One of the Best 'Local' Chicago Bar Bands !

[Dietpepsivanilla]

I sorta like it.  Very eclectic and very Rick.

[SydbarF]

Looks like 50 different designers threw up...but it sure suits Rick...thank heavens his songwriting is more tasteful! LOL!

[acrovader]

Liberace was their interior decorator.

[drno2150]

@acrovader I've Known Robin and Tom for A Long time. This is the worst house of a midwestern couple, I have ever seen. I was scared for the kids...LOL Dax plays drums for Trick now, so things must have been alright

[Deanocub]

Very Weirdly designed house. The colour combinations are so loud they give me a headache. Its more gaudy-ier than an antique store. Strangly it fits Rick tho!

[kutzbill]

I fail to see why everyone thinks they have to do a critique on somebody else’s home. If you don’t like it, don’t live there, oh wait, you don’t!

Rick made his money, and can spend it any damm way he pleases. If they are happy with it, it’s none of your business. Wish them the best and go live your life.

[Xenofanatic]

Wow. Which takes you on the bigger trip?: "Heaven Tonight" or their house? I certainly understand, now, why Rick and Karen are so compatible!

[stmalachy]

@DumbSnowGuy: It doesn't matter whether it looks like that anymore -- it shouldn't have ever looked like that!

[rubicon1983]

Rick, you are VERY wealthy.! Don't sweat the small stuff. Damn!

[tommy1975]

Somebody needs to go back to geography class or at least look at a map. Rockford is NORTH of Chicago, not south like the narrator says at 1:16.

[kutzbill]

@tommy1975 Yeah, I grew up in Illinois, in Peoria, and everything according to the new people is "near Chicago"

Rockford is about 2 hrs away. Peoria is about 3.5, I guess Chicago is the only town some people have ever heard of in Illinois. Rockford is a very pretty town with the river going thought it.

[hdryve4]

this is the worst residence I've ever seen! tiny celings, terrible fabrics, awful table, terrible stained glass and no continuity--reminds me of someone who has lived in a trailer home all their life!!! Worse yet--i'm a huge trick fan!!!!! OK as good as he is at music, he's awful at home taste!!! Id rather die than live in that.

[kutzbill]

@hdryve4 You couldn't afford to live there anyway, no one forced you to watch this, and no one is going to force you to live there. Why worry about it?

I love how people are so down on trailer homes. My friends live in a new one, it's over 2000 sq. ft, and is really nice. They have a full basement and 5 acres. What’s so bad about that? Quit judging, it's not your job.

[7WordsET]

Love the table!!! They say they couldnt afford the lamp? Are you kidding me?

Saved 10%?? Is Rick Jewish?

The low ceiling and thick curtains that block out all light...I would feel like I was living in a box. I am claustrophobic and there is NO way I could live in this box/house.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

I like it. Very eclectic. Not a fan of the table, but otherwise I like the style. One thing for sure, it's Rick.

[fegfarm]

Ick.

[AudiophileTubes]

Very classy and unique! Thanks for sharing Nielsens!

[MrPaulwaters]

if ya get get it in sync, dont fucking bother

[vjd968]

Holy mother of SHIT !

[vimmo]

The house is rocking with domestic problems...

[pumkinbreath]

live and let live . the man and women have there own tastes . I want a Rick Nielsen sweater for my little doggy

[zeprulz1]

To each his own....not for me, but I don't live there.

[mc2NY]

No one here gets it! Go live in a yupie townhouse.

Oh man....Rick would love my place. Similar ecclectic tastes. Hey, I LOVE the monkey light!

[adater]

I feel bad for saying this, but that's an ugly house.

[iwanttoholdyourbigkn]

Hahahaa.........the master bedroom has that "mens club-feeling".........good god what a dump!!! Hopefully the interior decorator who helped her has changed professions.

[1kingcreole]

Rick Neilson's crib is right up there with

Elvis's. Wheres the jungle room. Great band,  bad decorators.

[kliff215]

Wholly ugly!

[lugwig27]

Wheres the fucken guitars!?!

I would have guitars all over the damn house!

[starstarstar42]

I want you to redesign me, I need you to redecorate me. I'd love you to trash me. Im begging you to fix me.Shine upthat old brown lamp, put out that loud plaid rug, I'll get out the Home Depot card, just to say, redecorate me.

Doesn't this doesn't this doesn't place look like Zion? Oh doesn't it doesn't it doesn't it make you feel like crying?? Feeling all alone without some plaids oh my eyes are frying, Oh, doesn't this doesn't this doesn't this house make you feel like crying?

*Chorus*

[3impersonators]

@starstarstar42 Oh my gosh, you are hilarious!

[kc7fys]

I love Rick's band, and I think he's a great guy--but holy crap! This house is insanely bad. Wow. These people need to be poor for awhile, just to get some of this junk onto craigslist and out of their house. Yuck!

[superterrorizer67]

pretty sure they designed to serve their lifestyle....not you bunch of critics...probably trailer dwellers....i'm sure poor mr. nielsen is losing sleep while nobodies critique what he has worked for...douchebags...

[paulieSTYLE]

wow man. I love CT and RN but this is a nightmare. Karen needs a new hobby.

[dragstedtl]

Now I know why the band has endured 35 years on the road!!!!

[YYZDRUMR]

I think she is color-blind. 

[951Alpha]

Rick & Karen: thank you for sharring this with us, very nice home indeed! I have been a fan of Ricks for 30 years or more and have one request: Would like to see you do some work with Alex Lifeson sometime. Would be incredible.  Thanks again for posting this------------>>Hemet California

[SuperDachshund]

I think the dining room table is pretty cool!

[sgtpepper1138]

I love Rick, but their house reminds me of Beetlejuice when Winona Ryder's family moved in and started ruining the house with their bad taste.

[acrovader]

They need to hire an interior decorator. Did they move into Liberace's home?

[jk9010]

Rockford's south of Chicago now?

[marcecheap]

jajaaa ta mas loco que la mierda!!jaja no podes tener esa casa !!da miedo hijo de puta !! ahora te entiendo man!!! tas reloco jajaaa ..lo mismo sos mi maximo rock and roll idolo!!jujaaa

[cagwa]

They have impeccably bad taste.

[bfnputz]

@cagwa get a life

[mrnighthawg]

Been to Wis.Rockford dont want to be in Wisc. either works out great.

[Andreasleon27]

rick whatta man

[Goatsby]

strewth!!! How about a tour of Australia RicK/? It keep your mind off the floral curtains.for a couple of weeks.

[Flickerstruck]

Thanks Danny

[getchasumm]

quick, call the dream (fashion) police !!!

[mrnighthawg]

UMMMM Rockford is 2 hours NORTH of Chgo must have had a fucked up gps

[ProfessorIgor]

@mrnighthawg rockford is north now ??? in WI ??? we don't want it.

[bizzmarky76]

he's a weirdass guy so it makes sense that his home is pretty wack.

[bleaufire]

Holy crap! That's just all sorts of wrong!

[thedps1998]

Pee Wee's Playhouse!

[sobuliak]

their is no accounting for bad taste.what a house of horrors i would be on the road forever if i had to come home to that dump.those curtain are hiddeous

[bfnputz]

@sobuliak who cares?

[bigsamdog1]

@sobuliak It's their house not yours. Who cares. They like it and that's what matters.

[deniseguzzardo]

@sobuliak

ok that made me bust out loud laughing this morning

[bellanita]

Love Rick & Cheap Trick, think it's awesome they haven't had a typical "showbiz" marriage that lasts five minutes but DAYUM am glad they live there & I don't...fugly mish mash styles all through the house.

[bruceflyer]

i LOVE rick neilsen's guitar playing...one of the reasons why i ever started to play...

but his house is the fuckin' ugliest i've ever seen.

guitar collection: yes

shitty antiques: no

fruity drapes: HELL NO!!!

[pilesovinyl]

@bruceflyer Great comments-totally agree

[TooManyGoldfish]

Thanks for posting Danny.

From one of Europe's no. 1 CT fans!

[cagwa]

Rick, get some new curtains.

[patmix]

too classy for me and for the world of rock n roll

[oiyabastard]

rick is PUSSYWHIPPED sits there like a little boy . fuck that bitch checker the fuckin living room rick

[Moviegod37]

On what planet is Rockford two hours south of Chicago. Get a map people.

[frase1234]

Rick.... Maaaaaaate  Come round sometime and let sandra show you our Dining Room...

We have decked it out in Salmon Calico & Pale Mauve Velour :) Ya should see the way the morning sun peeks through & hilights the feature wall

btw CHERRIE SUNBURST ROCKS :)

[RokDAWG1]

I wanna see his guitars too...what the fuck!?!?

He's also known for having some of the most incredible guitars

[EJG5150]

Why didn't they show Ricks guitars at all?

[aplaceinfrance]

Fortunately, he has better taste for music composition. And always fortunately, his wife doesn't compose music ( just lyrics on "Stop that thief ").

It's a joke. Rick we love you.

[mileshye]

Have you ever been to Graceland? This is Rockford's version!

[Rawego]

you can't take the boy out of Rockford and you can't take Rockford out of the boy :)

i like his music, that's what he's all about to me. where and how he lives is his business alone.

i lived in Rockford and went to Guilford High, same as Rick. no one knows him there, even back when Cheap Trick was on top in the early eighties no one talked about him being the famous alum. but lots of people wore those raggedy Cheap Trick t-shirts and went to their concerts in the area :))

[tkungfool]

seriously, everybody who is ripping on his house. The man lives in Rockford, IL is proud of it  and has never left. So don't expect Beverly Hills.

[heaventonight90]

Oh Rick, Rick, Rick.. I guess they like it, though. That's all that matters.

[gramboluke]

Tacky.

[asphinkter1985]

bloody crap folks

love the leopard pillows

hahaha

[chimptor50]

Stunningly mundane.

[OhClaire714]

I'm gonna give Karen the benefit of the doubt on this one and hope she's redecorated since this show was filmed. :)

[1michelemichele1]

Love the ceilings, floors, *fireplace** (wow)... just about everything but the patterns & prints on the walls & stuff.

Looks welcoming

[1herp1]

It's not very rock star, is it?

[sgtpepper1138]

well he doesn't ACT like a rock star, he seems pretty down to earth.

in fact, him and the rest of the band are like anti-rockstars, just normal guys who made it big

not everyone needs mansions with 2 benz's rolling on 22s

crips it is not, haha

[oiyabastard]

THATS CUZ WIFIE IS THERE

[sgtpepper1138]

yeah, I bet she didn't want everything checkerboard, AND also, where's his guitar room, if the wife didn't want it, i'd be like "umm these things put food on the table"

I'm a drummer and my wife actually doesn't mind my drums in the garage. but she's a musician too and understands .

[kevinocooldaddy]

Damn that is one UGLY house. To each their own. Oh well he still writes great songs, good thing cos he would starve as a interior decorater

[dlw422]

Hey ... Hey! I wanna be a rockstar!

[Dietpepsivanilla]

Love the checkerboard dish in the dining room.

[siouxsie3345]

This place is dead ugly! But we still love you Rick....Man, you dig it all up Danny! I love it, thanks!

[Lotush]

Rockfor is NW, not south of Chicago...

[cagwa]

Tacky!

[CheapTrick94]

yeah!!

[matthews257]

were was the guitars at?????????