Photos of the band members regularly appear on the covers of glossy magazines, and the first chords of musical compositions cause awe even in those listeners who are not fans of the group. Nickelback became a part of the musical trends of and did not stop there. Now the musicians are developing and experimenting.
In , heavy-metal fan Mike Kroeger spoke in an interview about the desire to record an album of heavier music. The bassist stated his passion for Metallica , Megadeth, and Slayer, hinting that the next record may have a sound similar to these bands. Toggle navigation Logo Biography News About. Name: Nickelback Nickelback. Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada. Tags: band , rock. More info: show.
Nickelback: biography Nickelback is a Canadian rock band founded by the Kroeger brothers in in the provincial town of Hanna. Singer Chad Kroeger The history of the band began with naming. Bassist Mike Kroeger The guys had difficulties deciding on the style of their art.
Guitarist Ryan Peake Kroegers' stepfather did not think much of the idea but provided the necessary amount to get started. The band Nickelback The young people went from one radio station to another, offering their record. Music Nickelback were lucky: they were noticed by the producers of the label Roadrunner Records, specializing in the direction of hard rock.
Nickelback - "Hero" The professional sound brought the band to a new level. Drummer Daniel Adair Meanwhile, some changes appeared in the line-up of the band. Nickelback - "When We Stand Together" In , the musicians began to work hard to record the next album. Nickelback now It is difficult to exaggerate the popularity of Nickelback. After years of this, Nickelback simply caved and began embracing their role as a meme.
In January , the band started posting sarcastic responses to insults they received on Twitter. The band has embraced this as well, most recently during the Presidential race. Kroeger told Blabbermouth in And we are harsh. We are really harsh. We make up the best alternate lines to our own songs.
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To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker. We'd really appreciate it. Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain. It was crowned the most played song of Some time later, it was named the most played song of the decade by Nielsen Soundscan. Since its release in until the end of , the damned thing was played 1. On the strength of that single, Silver Side Up sold , copies in Canada, 6 million copies in the U.
Then the song became too big. It never stopped playing. It was everywhere. Its legacy is that it introduced people to Nickelback. In doing so, it became a signpost — a specific moment in time when you met the thing you hate. Now, it's hated by association. But when it finally did, it was undeniable: The band would soon become a parody of itself. Maybe Kroeger was fascinated by the success of his first hit and was testing out whether he could do it again. It was a simple idea, a mashup of the slightly adjusted songs, with each one playing out of a different audio channel.
The results are astonishing: The two songs line up so perfectly, rising and falling in the same spots to a near-identical chord progression.
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