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Nickelback is a Canadian
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band formed in 1995 in
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. It is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist
Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger ( Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaboratio ...
, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist
Ryan Peake Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...
, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair. It went through several drummer changes between 1995 and 2005, achieving its current lineup when Adair replaced Ryan Vikedal. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. In 2009, ''
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'' ranked it the most successful rock group of that decade; "
How You Remind Me "How You Remind Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by lead singer Chad Kroeger and composed by the band, the track was released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Silver Side Up'' (2001). ...
" was the best-selling rock song and the fourth-best overall. The band ranked at No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' top artist of the decade list, with four albums among the publication's top albums of the decade. The band signed with
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in 1999 and re-released its once-independent second studio album ''
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''. This album was commercially successful, as was its follow-up, ''
Silver Side Up ''Silver Side Up'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 11, 2001. According to AllMusic, ''Silver Side Up'' continued Nickelback's tradition of "dark high-octane rock" from the band's first two albu ...
'', in 2001. The band then released its biggest hit, "How You Remind Me", a No. 1 on the Billboard and
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s. The fourth album, ''
The Long Road ''The Long Road'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 23, 2003. Recorded at the famed Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band's last album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer, a ...
'', was released in 2003 and spawned five singles, including Canadian No. 1 " Someday", which also reached No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2005, the band's best-selling album to date, ''
All the Right Reasons ''All the Right Reasons'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005, on Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in Ja ...
'', produced three top-ten and five top-twenty singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including "
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", " Far Away", and "
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". ''
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'' sold well in 2008, producing eight singles, one cracking the top ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and two in the top twenty. In 2011, the seventh album, '' Here and Now'', topped the charts. The eighth, '' No Fixed Address'', was released in 2014, followed by ''
Feed the Machine ''Feed the Machine'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, and was released on June 16, 2017. It is the band's first release through record label BMG. ''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' ...
'' in 2017. On September 7, 2022, the band released their first single in five years, "
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". It serves as the lead single for their tenth studio album, '' Get Rollin''', which was released on November 18, 2022. Nickelback is based in
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, British Columbia. It published through EMI Canada before signing a global distribution deal with
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. For ''Here and Now'', it left EMI Canada for
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.


History


Formation (1995)

The band was formed in the early 1990s as a cover band called "Village Idiot" by brothers Mike and
Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger ( Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaboratio ...
with their cousin Brandon Kroeger and Ryan Peake. The band later changed its name to Nickelback, which originated from the
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in change that band member Mike Kroeger gave customers at his job at
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; he would frequently say, "Here's your nickel back." The band performed covers of songs from
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and
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.
Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger ( Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaboratio ...
then asked his step-father to give him $4,000 so that the band could record their first demo, a seven-track EP of original material, called '' Hesher'' (1996). The band spent half the money to record the EP, and spent the other half on
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.


''Curb'' and ''The State'' (1996–2000)

In 1996, the band recorded and released their first full-length album, ''
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''. "Fly" was included on both ''Hesher'' and ''Curb'' and was the first single produced by Nickelback. In 1997, Brandon Kroeger left the band and the band searched for a new drummer. Later that year Mitch Guindon joined the band, but he decided to leave in 1998. While initially reported due to him starting work at a car company, Guindon's departure came due to him "not eingmeant for the road". Chad Kroeger stated that his skin was not able to handle cold weather and they convinced him to leave. In Summer 1998, Ryan Vikedal joined the band. Roadrunner A&R Ron Burman told
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that one of his
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scouts sent him the self-released album and, suitably impressed, he travelled to Vancouver to see them perform live. Although an unknown property in the industry at the time, the venue was packed out. In Burman's words: "I immediately got the chills! I thought their song "Leader of Men" was a smash hit." Off the stage he was impressed by their industry and initiative in managing their career. Despite this, it still took Burman three months for him to convince his label bosses to approve the signing, a decision that would mark Roadrunner's first move into mainstream rock. Nickelback signed a record deal with EMI and
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in 1999. ''
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'' was released by Nickelback in 2000 by
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and EMI Canada, followed by its release in Europe in 2001. It spawned 4 singles: "Old Enough", "Worthy to Say", " Leader of Men" and " Breathe", the last two being Top 10 rock hits. The album was the band's first album to be certified gold status and it later went into platinum status in 2008, after the success of their later albums. The album entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 130 and peaked at number 3 in the Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Independent albums chart.


''Silver Side Up'' and ''The Long Road'' (2001–2004)

Around 2001,
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started "studying every piece, everything sonically, everything lyrically, everything musically, chord structure. I would dissect every single song that I would hear on the radio or every song that had ever done well on a chart and I would say, 'Why did this do well?'" Kroeger said that Nickelback's single "
How You Remind Me "How You Remind Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by lead singer Chad Kroeger and composed by the band, the track was released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Silver Side Up'' (2001). ...
" sold so well because it was about romantic relationships, a universal subject, and contained memorable hooks. To record their third album ''
Silver Side Up ''Silver Side Up'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 11, 2001. According to AllMusic, ''Silver Side Up'' continued Nickelback's tradition of "dark high-octane rock" from the band's first two albu ...
'', Nickelback collaborated with producer
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. The album was written before the release of ''The State'' and was recorded at the same studio. The album was released on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The album peaked at number two on the ''
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'' 200 with over 177,000 copies sold in its first week and peaked at number one at the Canadian albums chart, making it the band's first album to do so. The single "
How You Remind Me "How You Remind Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by lead singer Chad Kroeger and composed by the band, the track was released on July 17, 2001, as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Silver Side Up'' (2001). ...
" was a number one single on the Mainstream and Modern rock charts, as well as the pop chart. It also peaked at number two on
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and became the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single of the year for 2002. The next single was "
Too Bad "Too Bad" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 27, 2001, as the second single from their third studio album, ''Silver Side Up'' (2001). The song reached number 42 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Chart, number one o ...
", which also reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Chart. The final single from the album was "
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", which also hit number one on Mainstream Rock. In 2002,
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collaborated with
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on the ''
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'' theme song, "
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". This recording also featured
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, Mike Kroeger,
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, and
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. In 2002, Nickelback released their first DVD ''Live at Home''. On August 19, 2002, an incident occurred while the band was performing at the Ilha do Ermal festival in
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. While performing the second song of their set, Chad Kroeger was sprayed with a full bottle of water hurled from somewhere within the audience. After finishing the song, Chad asked the crowd, "Do you want to hear some rock 'n' roll or do you want to go home?" A person in the audience then threw a rock at Chad's head. The band then left stage, with Chad and Vikedal giving
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to the audience as they left. The band's label, Roadrunner, posted video footage of the entire incident on their website. In 2003, Nickelback released ''
The Long Road ''The Long Road'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 23, 2003. Recorded at the famed Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band's last album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer, a ...
''. The album was certified 3× Platinum by the
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in March 2005 and it had sold 3,591,000 copies as of April 2011. It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and, in 2003 alone, the album sold 2 million copies worldwide. It debuted at No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200. This was their first album produced by
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, a former classmate of the band's. ''The Long Road'' was ranked No. 157 on ''Billboards ''200 Albums of the Decade''. It spawned five singles. The lead single was " Someday". The band also released "
Feelin' Way Too Damn Good "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Lead vocalist Chad Kroeger wrote the lyrics while the entire band composed the music. It was released on March 15, 2004, as the third single from their fourth studio album, ' ...
" as a single, which peaked at number three on the Mainstream Rock Charts. "
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" was also released as a single and topped the Mainstream Rock Charts for 13 consecutive weeks.


''All the Right Reasons'' (2005–2007)

Just after New Year's Day 2005, drummer Ryan Vikedal was replaced by 3 Doors Down's drummer Daniel Adair. Nickelback promptly went into the studio with their new drummer from January through May 2005. The sessions resulted in their fifth studio album, ''
All the Right Reasons ''All the Right Reasons'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005, on Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in Ja ...
'' which was released on October 3, 2005. It peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 323,350 copies in its first week in the United States, as well as producing five U.S. Hot 100 top 20 singles: "
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", " Savin' Me", " Far Away", "
If Everyone Cared "If Everyone Cared" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Nickelback. It was released in November 2006 as the sixth single from the album ''All the Right Reasons''. It was released in Australia on November 13, 2006, and in the US on January 7 ...
" and "
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". Three of these became U.S. Hot 100 top 10 singles. Also, the album peaked at number one on the Canadian albums chart. The album sold more than 12 million singles and over 9 million ringtones. The album also made Nickelback the first band in
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history to have 5 singles on the CHR charts. It included appearances by Billy Gibbons of
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, who played a guitar solo on the song "Follow You Home" and sang backing vocals on "Rock Star"—and a posthumously sampled appearance by Chad Kroeger's friend
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from
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, culled from guitar outtakes. ''All the Right Reasons'' had sold over 7 million copies in the U.S. to June 19, 2010. The band spent much of 2006 and 2007 touring across the globe. In the fall of 2006, the band opened for
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on the European leg of the
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. Over 2 million fans attended Nickelback's shows during those two years. The band played at
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to over 35,000 people at the 2006
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. The performance was filmed with 15 high-definition cameras. They released the DVD and Blu-ray of it in 2009, several years after the performance. In November 2006, the band won an
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for best pop/rock album, surprising the band itself. "We just kinda showed up because we were supposed to give one of these away tonight,"
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said after receiving the award.
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added he had thought the
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would win the award.


''Dark Horse'' (2008–2010)

After taking much of 2007 off, the band started recording a new album in earnest. In July 2008, the band signed with
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for three touring and album cycles, with an option for a fourth. On September 4, 2008, it was announced that the first single from the upcoming album would be "
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", to be released on September 30, 2008. This announcement was however never confirmed: Roadrunner Records actually chose to release another song, "
Gotta Be Somebody "Gotta Be Somebody" is the first official single released from Canadian rock band Nickelback's sixth studio album, '' Dark Horse''. It reached number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their sixth and final top-10 hit. Background ...
," as the first single. It became Nickelback's 5th and so far final single to hit the No. 1 spot on the U.S.
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chart. The new album, produced by
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and titled ''
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'', was released on November 18, 2008. "
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" was released as the second single to rock radio only on December 15, 2008, where it reached number one. "
If Today Was Your Last Day "If Today Was Your Last Day" is the third single from Nickelback's sixth studio album ''Dark Horse''. It was originally planned as the first single, to hit all U.S. radio formats September 30, 2008, but was scrapped as the first single in favou ...
" was eventually released as a single after all on March 31, 2009: it became the third single from the album. Four more singles were released later in 2009, " I'd Come for You", "
Burn It to the Ground "Burn It to the Ground" is the fourth U.S. single (fifth single in Canada after " I'd Come for You") released from Canadian rock band Nickelback's sixth studio album '' Dark Horse''. The song has been used extensively for various promotional use ...
" and "
Never Gonna Be Alone "Never Gonna Be Alone" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Nickelback for their sixth studio album, '' Dark Horse'' (2008). It was written by frontman Chad Kroeger with the record's producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. "Never Gonna Be Alo ...
" released in September and "
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" as the seventh single on November 16. Its eighth single, " This Afternoon", was released on March 23, 2010. ''Dark Horse'' was certified
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by the
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(RIAA) on December 9, 2008, only three weeks after its North American release. All eight singles were major hits which finished at or near the top of at least one high-profile chart. On November 26, 2008, the band announced the tour for the support of the album.
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produced the tour and the band kicked off in
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, with
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, and
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as their opening acts. The band then announced that they were about to tour in the UK with
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as their opening act. The band then announced the second leg of the tour of North America with the opening acts being
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,
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, and once again,
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. The band then went on tour around Australia and New Zealand with
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as their supporting act. For the second leg of the Europe tour, the band played with their opening act Daughtry. The third leg of the North America tour kicked off with
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,
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and
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opening up for the band. The band concluded their tour with the fourth leg in North America which included
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and
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. The tour was very successful and the band sold over 1.6 million tickets with 146 shows. The album also remained in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 for weeks after its release. The album was certified two times platinum in April 2009, and had by April 2010 sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. However, critical reception of the album has been mostly mixed to negative. In 2009, the band won three
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for Juno Fan Choice Award, group of the year, and album of the year; the band performed their single "
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" at the ceremony. In 2010, Billboard year end charts listed ''Dark Horse'' as the top-selling rock and metal album of the year. The band was also listed at the top selling hard rock artist. On January 29, 2010, they released a Tap-Tap rhythm game for on the
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, contrary to the band's prior comments against other music related video games such as ''
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''. On February 28, 2010, Nickelback gave a performance at the beginning of the concert portion of the
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, performing "Burn It to the Ground". In October 2010 Nickelback finished their
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.


''Here and Now'' (2011–2013)

Chad Kroeger said in an interview with Billboard.com in September 2010 that songwriting for the next Nickelback album was planned to commence as early as February 2011 with "about four tunes" already in mind. Adair mentioned that the band wanted to go back to the musical style of ''All The Right Reasons'', which he described as "more organic". Nickelback announced their new album, '' Here and Now'', on September 8, 2011, along with its two lead singles, " Bottoms Up" and "
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". Kroeger said "We're four people who love making music, the way we like to make it. We entered the studio this year with a vision, and it all came together. We're extremely happy with the results, and can't wait to share them with our fans." The album was released on November 21, 2011, with the band calling it "Nickelblack Monday", a play on Nickelback and Black Monday. Two singles were released to radio stations on September 26, and September 27 for purchase on
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. ''Here and Now'' peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 226,714 copies in its first week of release, with ''Christmas'' by
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taking number one by a margin of only 419 copies. As part of promotion for the album, Nickelback was booked to perform at the halftime shows for both an NFL Thanksgiving Day game at
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in Detroit on November 24, and the
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in the band's hometown of
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on November 27. Also, as a promotion the band played to
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upon the album's release. The band is nominated for 4
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in 2012, and scheduled to perform at the ceremony. Nickelback announced their Here and Now Tour on January 11, 2012, they are going to tour with
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,
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and
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. The band released a music video for their fourth single off of the album
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. The band officially announced the compilation album ''
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'' through social media on October 3, 2013. Frontman Chad Kroeger had previously stated in an interview that the greatest hits album was to feature songs from previous albums along with new songs but the unveiled track listing ultimately contained only previously released material.


''No Fixed Address'' and ''Feed the Machine'' (2014–2018)

According to an interview with Chad Kroeger on
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, the band planned to release their eighth studio album before the end of 2014. The lead rock single was also announced, "Edge of a Revolution", was released in August 2014. The track was described as a "departure" for Nickelback and a political song. Frequent collaborator
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returned to mix some of the tracks on the album. It was also announced the band had signed to
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. The lead single from the album is titled "
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", and was scheduled to be sent for adds on Rock radio and be released to iTunes on August 18. The lead pop single, and second overall, was announced to be " What Are You Waiting For?", and was released in September. "What Are You Waiting For?" was released as a single on digital retailers on September 9, 2014. On August 22, 2014, Nickelback announced the album's title to be '' No Fixed Address'', and released it on November 17, 2014.
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was their fifth headlining concert tour, in support of '' No Fixed Address''. The tour was announced on November 5, 2014, as well as
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,
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, and Lifehouse as the support act for the majority of the shows in North American while
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was support act in Australia and Europe (2016). The second North American leg of the tour had to be canceled when lead vocalist
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required surgery for a cyst on his voice box. The entire leg of the European tour was postponed until Autumn 2016. On August 19, 2016, Nickelback released a cover of
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's song " Dirty Laundry" to streaming services. On January 23, 2017, a new single, "
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" was announced to be released on February 1, alongside specific details of a 2017 tour. On January 25, Nickelback signed with
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to release their ninth album, also titled ''
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''. The album was released on June 16, 2017. The band released their second single from the album, "
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", on April 28, 2017. Shortly after the release of the album, the band began a 44-city tour on June 23, 2017, in North America, co-headlined with Daughtry,
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and
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as supporting acts.


''Get Rollin (2019–present)

In early 2019, band members spoke of recording a tenth studio album, though Chad Kroeger conceded there was no timetable or rush for the band to complete it. Mike Kroeger spoke of his personal desire to move in more of a heavy metal direction, or wanting to do an album of
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. On August 14, 2020, the band released a cover of
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song "
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", featuring Dave Martone. In a July 2021 interview bassist Mike Kroeger commented when asked about the band's progress on new music saying "That is happening right now, music is being composed and recorded up in
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. We were out there, and something came up and our producer had to take some time off. So I took that opportunity to return home to Los Angeles with family and spend a little time at home but I'll be headed back up there in a couple of weeks to pick it up again." When asked about a potential timeframe for a release date, Kroeger said "it'll be done when it's done", explaining that the band would rather not be confined to a timescale for fear of making "a shitty record". "Release dates are primarily arrived at by business interests, like record labels and whatever. We don't have one of those", he said. "We've been managing ourselves for about a year. So, the answer is no. We're doing it on our schedule, at our own pace, and it'll be done when it's done. 'Cause we've blown up deadlines in the past lots of times. Because we feel that you can make a good record and be late, but you can't, or you shouldn't, make a shitty record to be on time. So we won't be pressed for time. In August 2022, Nickelback began posting small snippets and teasers of new music via their official social media accounts with the date "09.07.2022" being branded on the posts. On August 26, 2022, students attending school at
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in
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,
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received a newsletter stating they were invited to attend and participate in a video shoot Nickelback would be hosting on August 30, 2022, for their single, outside the Convocation Mall on campus. The album title was revealed to be '' Get Rollin'''. The lead single "
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" was released on September 7, 2022.


Musical style and influences

Nickelback has been described as various genres, including
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,
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
,
pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
,
alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
, heavy metal,
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, and
nu metal Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu met ...
. Their earlier sound has been classified as
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. Nickelback have cited bands and musicians such as
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,
Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...
,
Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
,
Nirvana ( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo.' ...
,
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, and U2 as influential or inspirational.


Reception

Review aggregator
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reports that five of Nickelback's six most recent studio albums since becoming a mainstream act—''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Here and Now'', and '' No Fixed Address''—have scores of 62, 41, 49, 51, and 54, respectively, out of 100, indicating generally mixed reviews.
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reviewer Liana Jones gave their first commercially successful album, ''Silver Side Up'', 3 stars out of 5, and complimented their "intensity and raw passion" and realistic storytelling. Despite their commercial success, Nickelback has been the subject of numerous jokes and a vocal negative response for some audiences, some of which is attributed to the perceived derivative, repetitive and formulaic nature of their music, as well as their over-use of
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themes involving strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, and alcohol consumption. However, in a review for the band's latest album ''Feed the Machine'',
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reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that they had mostly done away with the crude and vulgar lyrical content they'd become known for, and praised the band for evolving their sound. In the 2010s, Nickelback became the subject of
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that were critical of their music, a status that the band came to embrace. In May 2013, the readers of ''
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'' magazine named Nickelback the second-worst band of the 1990s, behind only
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. In November 2011, users of the music-oriented dating site Tastebuds.fm voted Nickelback as the number one "musical turnoff". In March 2019, U.S. representatives
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and Rodney Davis got into a friendly debate on the merits of the band while speaking on the floor of the
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. In an interview in 2014, Kroeger commented that the criticism helped him "grow a thick skin", and that without it, they would be "this just whatever band". Following their 2008 album, ''Dark Horse'', ''
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'' credited the band's success to knowing their target audience: "
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is a genius because he knows exactly what people want and precisely how far he can go. He turned out an extremely racy album that's loaded with songs about gettin' drunk and doin' it all without breaking any taboos, and with enough love and
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to grease its passage into the mainstream. Rejoice, North America. This is your world." ''
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'' gave praise to the band: "The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times." Various fellow musicians, like
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of
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as well as producer
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and singer
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, have publicly shown support for the band.


Band members

Current members *
Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger ( Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaboratio ...
– lead vocals, guitar (1995–present) *
Ryan Peake Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...
– guitar, backing vocals (1995–present); keyboards (2002–present) * Mike Kroeger – bass (1995–present) * Daniel Adair – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2005–present) Former members * Brandon Kroeger – drums (1995–1997) * Mitch Guindon – drums (1997–1998) * Ryan Vikedal – drums, percussion (1998–2005)


Timeline


Discography

Studio albums *''
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'' (1998) *''
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'' (2001) *''
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'' (2003) *''
All the Right Reasons ''All the Right Reasons'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005, on Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in Ja ...
'' (2005) *''
Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, or a contestant that on paper should be unlikely to succeed but yet still might. Origin Th ...
'' (2008) *'' Here and Now'' (2011) *'' No Fixed Address'' (2014) *''
Feed the Machine ''Feed the Machine'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, and was released on June 16, 2017. It is the band's first release through record label BMG. ''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' ...
'' (2017) *'' Get Rollin' ''(2022)


Awards

*2003 – Won
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
International Achievement Award for the song "How You Remind Me" *2004 – Won
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
International Achievement Award *2005 – Won
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
International Achievement Award *2007 – Won
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
International Achievement Award *2008 – Won
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
International Achievement Award


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