Nickelback

This article covers the rock band. For the player position in American football, see Nickelback (American Football) .

Nickelback
Nickelback on stage in Dublin (May 2006)
General information
origin	Hanna , Alberta , Canada
Genre (s)	Post-grunge , hard rock , alternative , rock , pop-rock
founding	1995
Website	www.nickelback.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Chad Kroeger
bass	Mike Kroeger
Guitar, backing vocals	Ryan Peake
Drums	Brandon Kroeger (until 1997)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar	Chad Kroeger
Bass, backing vocals	Mike Kroeger
Guitar, backing vocals	Ryan Peake
Drums, backing vocals	Daniel Adair (since 2005)
former members
Drums	Brandon Kroeger (until 1997)
Drums	Mitch Guindon (1997-1998)
Drums	Ryan Vikedal (1998-2004)

Nickelback is a rock band from Hanna , Alberta , Canada , that was formed there in 1995. It consists of half-brothers Chad and Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair and Ryan Peake .

history

Beginning ( hesher and curb )

The band was founded in the early 1990s by Chad Kroeger and his half-brother Mike and his cousin Brandon under the name The Village Idiots . In 1995 they finally renamed themselves Nickelback . The band name originated when Mike Kroeger was still working at Starbucks and there returned change. Since there were five cents as good as ever because of the prices, he said, "Here's your nickel back" ( "Here you have your nickel (5 cents) back"). When his brother Chad heard this, he suggested Nickelback as the band name.

In 1996 the EP Hesher, limited to 5000 copies, was released in Canada . In the same year they released their first studio album, Curb . This album also only brought them regional success. A year later, Brandon Kroeger left the band. He was briefly replaced by Mitch Guindon before Ryan Vikedal was appointed drummer in 1998 .

National Success ( The State )

In 1998, the second studio album, The State , was released on an independent label . Thanks to the single Leader of Men , Roadrunner Records scouts became aware of the band. Roadrunner Records signed the four musicians a year later, which was very unusual as the record company is more known for metal bands. In an interview, Ryan Peake said they signed there because “people are passionate about what they do” and you are not immediately “made a product”. In 2000 the album was re-released, including in the USA . The record received numerous Canadian music awards and achieved gold status there. A few years later, the album finally went platinum. The singles Leader of Men and Breathe reached the Top 10 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks .

International breakthrough ( Silver Side Up )

With the third album Silver Side Up (2001), Nickelback finally achieved their international breakthrough. The album was written before The State and recorded in the same studio. The level of awareness increased tremendously, so that the planned European tour had to be relocated to larger halls. The album reached number 1 in the charts in several countries, including Canada and Great Britain . With over 177,000 copies sold, the album reached number 2 on the US charts. The singles How You Remind Me , Too Bad and Never Again were released one after the other . How You Remind Me is the band's most successful single to date. It reached number 1 on the charts in the United States and Canada and was the most successful single of 2002 in the US. How You Remind Me was the most played single on American radio from 2001 to 2009. The single was nominated for Record of the Year - Grammy in 2003 . The singles Too Bad and Never Again also reached the charts in several countries, but could not build on How You Remind Me . Because of the great success her debut album Curb was re-released. Chad Kroeger achieved additional fame when he and Josey Scott contributed the theme song Hero to the movie Spider-Man in 2002 . Hero was awarded three Grammy nominations. In the same year the band released their first DVD, Live at Home .

Further career ( The Long Road )

After the band had established a permanent position, the album The Long Road was not a great success. Although had Someday a similar radio hit single as How You Remind Me , but the other two released singles, Feelin 'Way to Damn Good and Figured You Out , could not build on the success of previous titles. See You at the Show was just the ZDF title song at EM 2004 .

In 2003, the band did with Kid Rock together to the Elton John -Klassiker Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting for 3 Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle record. The song also appeared on the deluxe edition of The Long Road . A year later, the band received more Grammy nominations for best rock song ( Someday ), best hard rock performance ( Feelin 'Way Too Damn Good ) and best rock album. Because of the similarities between Someday and How You Remind Me , Nickelback has been dubbed "the worst band in the history of music" by Boston Phoenix magazine .

At the climax ( All the Right Reasons )

At the beginning of 2005, the collaboration between Ryan Vikedal and the rest of the band ended because he was "not the right type of drummer the band needs [...]". Frontman Chad Kroeger then sued him for his royalties. His successor was Daniel Adair , who was previously active at 3 Doors Down . The band's fifth album, titled All the Right Reasons , was released in October 2005. It became a mega hit in the United States, being in the top 30 for over 100 weeks in Canada, the United States and New Zealand the album up to number 1, in Australia and the world charts for several weeks at number 2. More than 11 million copies were sold by All the Right Reasons ; this made it the most successful album in the band's history. A total of seven singles were released: Photograph , Animals , Savin 'Me , Far Away , Rockstar , If Everyone Cared and Side of a Bullet . In the singles Rockstar and Follow You Home had Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top with backing vocals. The single Side of a Bullet is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell from Pantera , who was shot on stage during a concert. Side of a Bullet's guitar riff was previously unreleased and played by Darrell himself.

Photograph is structured autobiographically and tells the life story of front man Chad Kroeger. The music video for Rockstar is a rarity of this kind, as known and unknown people sing the song lyrics playback . The personalities included fellow musicians like Billy Gibbons , Gene Simmons , Jerry Cantrell , Kid Rock , Nelly Furtado and Ted Nugent , but also athletes like Wayne Gretzky and Dale Earnhardt junior . A cover version of the Queen classic We Will Rock You was also released on a special edition of the album . The title Savin 'Me is part of the soundtrack of The Death Row , for If Everyone Cared the band received their seventh Grammy nomination.

In 2005, Chad Kroeger founded his own record label called 604 Records . On December 9, 2006, Nickelback appeared at Thomas Gottschalk's TV show Wetten, dass ..? with her single If Everyone Cared on. Nickelback raised $ 74.1 million in 2006 and was the third most successful rock band of the year after the Rolling Stones and Bon Jovi . In 2007 the group received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto . In 2007, Chad Kroeger recorded the song Into the Night with Carlos Santana .

Further top placements ( Dark Horse )

On September 4, 2008 Roadrunner Records announced a new single and album. The album Dark Horse was released on November 14, 2008 and was produced by Mutt Lange . For this purpose, the Dark Horse Special Edition appeared on August 27, 2010 , which is equipped with three additional videos. The singles Gotta Be Somebody , Something in Your Mouth , If Today Was Your Last Day , I'd Come for You , Burn it to the Ground , Never Gonna Be Alone , Shakin 'Hands and This Afternoon were released one after the other . Both the album and the singles reached top positions in the global charts again. Then held Darkhorse 125 weeks in the US charts, of which a total of 97 consecutive weeks in the top 100th

On October 10, 2009, Nickelback appeared in Stefan Raab's TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge in the Veltins-Arena and played Burn It to the Ground there . The song Burn It to the Ground has been the official theme song of the WWE wrestling rooster RAW since autumn 2009 . With Burn It to the Ground , the band received their eighth Grammy nomination, this time for best hard rock performance.

At the end of 2008 Nickelback began an extensive world tour, which was extended several times due to its great success and finally comprised a total of 147 concerts; nearly 1.6 million tickets were sold. Sometimes up to three supporting bands were there, including Hinder , Breaking Benjamin , Papa Roach , Sick Puppies and Shinedown . In Germany, Nickelback played a total of four times as part of their Dark Horse Tour , with Daughtry performing as the opening act. On February 28, 2010, Nickelback performed in front of 60,000 people at the final concert of the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Here and Now and No Fixed Address

The seventh studio album with the name Here and Now was released worldwide on November 21, 2011 and exclusively in Germany on November 18, 2011. For the first time, the album reached number 2. The two singles When We Stand Together and Bottoms Up were previously published simultaneously. In January 2012, Lullaby followed as a single. This Means War has also been the title track of the WWE - Elimination Chamber since March 2012 . An extended world tour was announced on January 11, 2012, with Seether , Bush and My Darkest Days signed as supporting acts . The European part was planned for September and October 2012, and Daughtry was again the support act .

On September 26th, 2013 Nickelback started “The Hits Tour”. The band's eighth studio album, No Fixed Address , was released in Germany on November 14, 2014. The first single Edge of a Revolution was released on August 19th.

The “No Fixed Address” World Tour was canceled on August 13, 2015 due to vocal cord surgery by frontman Chad Kroeger. This was postponed to 2016.

Feed The Machine (2017)

On February 1st, the first single, Feed The Machine, was released for their ninth album, Feed The Machine , which should be released on June 9th. This was delayed by a week, so that it then appeared on June 16, 2017. The Feed The Machine tour of North America began a week later on June 23, 2017. The album was released on BMG Rights Management label, under the direction of producer Chris Baseford.

In 2018, Nickelback toured Europe with Seether as the opening act and stopped in six German halls.

style

The band's musical style is hard rock and the sub-forms alternative rock and post-grunge . But other styles also flow into the songs, especially grunge .

Discography

→ Main article : Nickelback / Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
1996	Curb	DE79 (1 week) DE	-	CH72 (2 weeks) CH	UK- silver UK	US182 (1 week) US	CA- gold CA	First published: May 1st, 1996 Re-release: June 25th, 2002
2000	The State	DE57 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK- silver UK	US130 platinum (18 weeks)US	CA- platinum CA	First published: March 7, 2000
2001	Silver Side Up	DE4th platinum (58 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (39 weeks)AT	CH4th platinum (51 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (84 weeks)UK	US2 × 6 Six-fold platinum (92 weeks)US	CA1 × 8 Eight times platinum (38 weeks)CA	First published: September 11, 2001 Sales: + 10,000,000
2003	The Long Road	DE4th gold (16 weeks)DE	AT4th gold (10 weeks)AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK5 platinum (17 weeks)UK	US6th × 3 Triple platinum (80 weeks)US	CA1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (16 weeks)CA	First published: September 23, 2003
2005	All the right reasons	DE4th × 3 Triple gold (73 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (30 weeks)AT	CH4th gold (87 weeks)CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (61 weeks)UK	US1 diamond (205 weeks)US	CA1 × 7 Seven times platinum (18 weeks)CA	First published: October 4th, 2005 Sales: + 11,000,000
2008	Dark Horse	DE4th platinum (40 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (35 weeks)AT	CH5 (37 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (26 weeks)UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (166 weeks)US	CA1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (63 weeks)CA	First published: November 18, 2008
2011	Here and Now	DE2 gold (28 weeks)DE	AT3 (18 weeks) AT	CH2 gold (41 weeks)CH	UK10 gold (15 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (42 weeks)US	CA1 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)CA	First published: November 21, 2011
2014	No Fixed Address	DE7th gold (20 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (18 weeks)AT	CH3 (22 weeks) CH	UK12 silver (10 weeks)UK	US4 (19 weeks) US	CA2 platinum (12 weeks)CA	First published: November 18, 2014
2017	Feed the machine	DE6 (10 weeks) DE	AT4 (13 weeks) AT	CH2 (21 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (8 weeks)UK	US5 (7 weeks) US	CA2 (9 weeks) CA	First published: June 16, 2017

Awards

Nickelback received the following prizes and awards for their musical publications:

• Comet
  • 2002: for "Rock-Act"
• Billboard Music Awards
  • 2006 Best Rock Album of the Year: All the Right Reasons
  • 2006 Duo / Group of the Year
  • 2006 Hot 100 Artist / Duo / Group of the Year
  • 2009 Best Rock Album of the Year: Dark Horse
• American Music Awards
  • 2006 Best Pop / Rock Album: All the Right Reasons
  • 2007 Best Pop / Rock Band / Duo / Group
• People's Choice Award
  • 2007 best group
• MuchMusic Video Awards
  • 2002 Best Video: Too Bad
  • 2002 MuchLoud Best Rock Video: Too Bad
  • 2006 MuchLoud Best Rock Video: Photograph
  • 2007 Much MoreMusic Award: Far Away
  • 2009 Best Video: Gotta Be Somebody
  • 2009 MuchLoud Best Rock Video: Gotta Be Somebody
  • 2009 Post Production: Gotta Be Somebody
• Juno Award
  • 2001 Best New Group
  • 2002 Best single: How You Remind Me
  • 2002 Best group
  • 2002 Best rock album: Silver Side Up
  • 2003 Songwriter of the Year: Silver Side Up
  • 2004 group of the year
  • 2004 Juno Fan Choice Award
  • 2006 group of the year
  • 2006 Rock Album of the Year: All the Right Reasons
  • 2009 Juno Fan Choice Award
  • 2009 group of the year
  • 2009 album of the year: Dark Horse

Web links

Commons : Nickelback  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Nickelback at laut.de
• Nickelback at Roadrunner Records (German)
• Nickel Back at Discogs (English)
• Video interview Nickelback on Bonedo.de
• Nickelback - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? Loudwire interview from August 23, 2017 on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nickelback Biography - Profile of Rock Band Nickelback
2. ^ G4: A Brief History of Nickelback's Chad Kroeger
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nickelback Biography, thebiographychannel.co.uk ( Memento of March 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory
5. ^ RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America
6. ↑ Nickelback Bio
7. ↑ Nickelback in the Official UK Charts (English)
8. ↑ Nickelback - News ( Memento from August 5, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Nickelback AllMusic
10. ↑ Hot 100 Singles & Tracks . In: Billboard Magazine . December 28, 2002 ( view in Google Book Search).
11. ↑ Eminem Is The Best-Selling Artist Of The Decade . MTV.com
12. ↑ Nickelback Biography. Yahoo! Music, archived from the original on July 25, 2008 ; Retrieved April 27, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Sue's Former Drummer . About.com
14. ↑ Unreleased Dimebag Solo Included On Nickelback's Tribute Song . MTV.com
15. ↑ Star on Canada's Walk of Fame
16. ↑ New Single & Album ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ Album produced by Mutt Lange ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
18. ↑ Gotta Be Somebody first single
19. ↑ Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts Billboard.com
20. ↑ Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts Billboard.com
21. ↑ Nickelback at the TV Total Stock Car Crash Challenge ( memento of the original from September 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ^ Nickelback Announces New 2010 Show Dates with Buckcherry and Three Days Grace. HardRockHideout.com
23. ↑ Nickelback at the Olympic graduation ceremony
24. ↑ Nickelback Announces Release Date, Title for Seventh Album . The Hollywood Reporter
25. ↑ Home: Nickelback
26. ↑ Official WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 Theme Song “This means War” by “Nickelback” ( Memento from June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ Nickelback Announces 2012 North American Tour! ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Roadrunner Records, accessed on November 6, 2015.
28. ↑ Nickelback Announce European Tour 2012 (Full List of Dates, Cities). National Ledger
29. ↑ Nickelback reveal track listing + release date for new album “No Fixed Address” . loudwire.com
    As part of the album promotion , Nickelback made an appearance in Germany at the TV Total Stock Car Challenge and played What Are You Waiting For , the second single from the current album. Retrieved September 4, 2014
30. ↑ nickelback.com
31. ↑ Nickelback. Accessed August 18, 2020 . 
32. ↑ Jamie Taylor: Tours | Nickelback Announce 'Feed The Machine' 2017 Tour. In: Concert Addicts. February 1, 2017, accessed August 18, 2020 (American English). 
33. ↑ Markus Hillgärtner: NICKELBACK on "Feed The Machine" tour. May 14, 2018, accessed on August 18, 2020 (German). 
34. ↑ Chart sources:
    • Nickelback in the German charts at OfficialCharts.de
    • Nickelback in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
    • Nickelback in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
    • Nickelback in the Official UK Charts (English)
    • Nickelback on the US charts at Billboard.com
35. ↑ ^{a b} Scott Kara: Big band theory: who are the brightest stars? In: The New Zealand Herald. October 25, 2012, accessed April 25, 2017 . 
36. ↑ VIVA Comet 2002
37. ^ Billboard Music Awards ( Memento of September 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
38. ^ American Music Awards
39. ↑ People's Choice Award ( Memento November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
40. ↑ MuchMusic Video Awards ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
41. ^ Juno Award