Chad Kroeger

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Chad Kroeger after a concert in Stuttgart in September 2005

Chad Robert Turton , better known as Chad Kroeger , (born November 15, 1974 in Hanna , Alberta ) is a Canadian musician who became known as the singer and guitarist of the band Nickelback .

Life

Chad Kroeger performing in Dublin in May 2006

Kroeger taught himself to play the guitar at the age of 13. Shortly afterwards, he was sent to an educational institution for young people for a year because he had broken into his school several times and stolen small amounts of money. He talks about it in the Nickelback song Photograph , which he wrote and appeared on the album All the Right Reasons (2005). He was a drug dealer for a living.

From December 2002 to August 2009 he was in a relationship with Marianne Goriuk, whom he met at a concert in Edmonton . She owned a hairdressing salon and receives $ 25,000 a month in maintenance from her common-law marriage with Kroeger . He was in a relationship with Kristen DeWitt from Salem , Ohio, until the spring of 2012 , when he turned to rock singer Avril Lavigne . After the two got engaged on August 8, 2012, the wedding took place on July 1, 2013, Canada's national holiday . In September 2015, Lavigne announced the split.

In the summer of 2015, a Nickelback tour through North America had to be canceled because Kroeger suffered from a cyst on his larynx that had to be operated on.

Career

After graduating from high school , he began touring guitar for a cover band in the early 1990s . Also in the band were his half-brother Mike Kroeger as bassist and Ryan Peake as guitarist. They performed numerous songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers .

After the tour, the band broke up and Chad was able to convince his brother Mike, their mutual cousin Brandon Kroeger (as drummer ) and Ryan Peake (as singer and guitarist) to visit a recording studio in Vancouver and record a few songs he had written . In 1995 he finally founded the band Nickelback in his birthplace Hanna (Alberta). Since the founding, the group's drummers have changed several times; after Ryan Vikedal , Daniel Adair has played in the band since 2005 .

In 2002, Chad Kroeger sang the theme song Hero for the comic book adaptation of Spider-Man with Josey Scott . Also in that year Kroeger founded the music label 604 Records together with the lawyer Jonathan Simkin , with which the Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman signed. The Nickelback front man also supports bands like Default and Daughtry . He gives tips, sells and advertises their records and writes lyrics.

The track Why Don't You & I (feat. Carlos Santana) was recorded for his album Shaman . Due to concerns on the part of Kroeger's record company in relation to sales of the Nickelback album The Long Road , which was released at the same time , the title for the single was recorded again, this time with Alex Band from The Calling as the singer.

music

Kroeger once played on electric guitars of the brand PRS (PRS primarily Singlecuts) and acoustic guitars from Yamaha and Gibson . Since mid-2010 he has been playing a Gibson guitar made for him, the "Blackwater" Les Paul.

He uses Mesa / Boogie amplifiers . His musical influences include a. Bands like Metallica , Red Hot Chili Peppers or Alice in Chains .

Awards

  • He was ranked 17th in a ranking of the most influential musicians by British magazine Q.

Singles and guest posts

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US CA CA
2002 Hero
Spider-Man (Soundtrack) 		DE8 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (21 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (24 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		US3 (22 weeks)
US 		CA1 (32 weeks)
CA
First release: March 2002
feat. Josey Scott
2007 Into the Night
Ultimate Santana 		DE19 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT24 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH49 (8 weeks)
CH 		- US26th
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)US 		CA2 (31 weeks)
CA
First published: October 2nd, 2007
Carlos Santana feat. Chad Kroeger
2011 It Won't Suck Itself
Steel Panther 		- - - - - -
Guest Post
2013 Let Me Go
Avril Lavigne 		DE63 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH63 (1 week)
CH 		UK66 (1 week)
UK 		US78 (2 weeks)
US 		CA12
gold
gold

(20 weeks)CA
First published: October 15, 2013
Avril Lavigne feat. Chad Kroeger

swell

  1. ↑ Rob Tannenbaum: Playboy Interview: Chad Kroeger. (No longer available online.) Playboy.com, March 7, 2012, archived from the original on November 7, 2015 ; accessed on November 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playboy.com
  2. ↑ Nickelback's Kroeger ordered to pay ex $ 25,000 a month. theglobeandmail.com, May 25, 2011, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Amber Goodhand: Chad Kroeger Cheated On Ohio Girlfriend With Avril Lavigne, Claims Ex. Radaronline.com, August 24, 2012, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Avril Lavigne: Avril Lavigne is getting married on Canada's National Day. focus.de, July 2, 2013, accessed on November 1, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger: Separation after only two years. spiegel.de, September 3, 2015, accessed on November 1, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Extended Vocal Rest Forces Cancellation of 2015 No Fixed Address World Tour. nickelback.com, August 13, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 .
  7. ^ Gibson website
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US1 US2 US3 US4 CA
  9. ↑ Awards: UK CA
  10. ↑ Hero in the Canadian single charts

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kroeger, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turton, Chad Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 15th November 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanna , Alberta , Canada