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Nickelback is a post-grunge/hard rock band formed in Hanna, Alberta, Canada in 1995 by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger and Ryan Vikedal. Their hit single "How You Remind Me" from their third album, Silver Side Up reached the top on the Canadian Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, making them the second Canadian band to accomplish this, the first being The Guess Who with "American Woman".

Ever since their smash hit "How You Remind Me" in 2001 the band enjoyed major commercial (although not critical) success. Nickelback sold over 13.5 million albums in the United States and over 1.7 million albums in Canada, their worldwide albums sales counted near to 20 million.

Nickelback's latest release, All the Right Reasons has already sold more than 3.9 million albums in the United States and over 5.5 million albums worldwide.

History

Although the core of the band hails from San Francisco, California they are now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The name derived from the nickel in change Mike Kroeger's brother frequently had to give customers back in his job at a Starbucks coffee shop in which he would say, "Here's your nickel back".

Nickelback was helped early on by Cancon, the Canadian law requiring a certain percentage of music played on Canadian radio to be from Canadian musical artists. Their second full length album, The State, propelled them to the mainstream with two Top 10 hits (one being "Leader of Men") and the follow up album Silver Side Up, with 2002's most-played single "How You Remind Me", gave them superstar status, scoring multi-format smashes on every album since.

Silver Side Up was released on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On that morning, they were on their tour bus traveling across Pennsylvania less than 10 miles from where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed. Some people believe that the terrorists made the attacks solely because Nickleback were releasing an album on that day.

They have received six Juno Awards and were nominated for five more in 2006. Their single "Photograph" was nominated for best single.

In May and June 2006, Nickelback supported Bon Jovi on the European leg of their Have A Nice Day Tour, playing in Germany, The Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and finishing in the UK.

Nickelback with their latest album, topped the nominees with three, the nominations including Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Pop/Rock Album (All the Right Reasons) and Favorite Alternative Artist, for the 34th American Music Awards which are going to be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Also Nickelback won a World Music Award for best rock group on Novemeber 15 2006

Members

Current members

• Chad Kroeger — vocals, rhythm guitar
• Ryan Peake — lead guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Kroeger — bass guitar
• Daniel Adair — drums, percussion, backing vocals

Former members

• Brandon Kroeger — drums (1996 — 1997)
• Ryan Vikedal — drums (2000 — 2003)

Discography

Albums

• Hesher Demo (1996) Hesher Demo (1996)
• Curb (1996) re-released (June 25, 2002) Curb (1996) re-released (June 25, 2002)
• The State (March 7, 2000)
  Gold
• Silver Side Up (September 11, 2001)
  6x Platinum
• The Long Road (September 23, 2003)
  3x Platinum
• All the Right Reasons (October 4, 2005) 3x Platinum All the Right Reasons (October 4, 2005)
  3x Platinum

DVDs

• Nickelback - Live At Home (October 29, 2002)
• Nickelback - The Videos (September 23, 2003)
• Nickelback - Photo Album (October 4, 2005)
• Nickelback - Pictures (September 12, 2006)

Original songs appear on

• The Scorpion King (March 26, 2002) Yanking Out My Heart *
• Spider-Man (May 3, 2002) Hero, feat. Josey Scott of Saliva (A very short sound clip is contained in the movie. The song received heavy video airplay and is featured on the DVD)
• Live At Home (DVD above) (October 29, 2002) It Ain't Like That (Alice in Chains cover, feat. Jerry Cantrell)
• Live At Home (DVD above) (October 29, 2002) Mistake
• Daredevil (February 4, 2003) Learn the Hard Way *
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (June 24, 2003) Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (Elton John cover, feat. Kid Rock) *
• The Punisher (March 23, 2004) Slow Motion

"Someday" appears in the movie - Torque

* also available as bonus tracks on The Long Road import versions

Singles

*: current position.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Nickelback Grammy Awards History

Chad Kroeger's Grammy Awards History

American Music Awards

Trivia

• Chad is frequently referred to by the Australian nationally syndicated radio program Get This by the nickname of the "Paddlepop Lion", in reference to his long hair and general similarities in looks to the popular Australian ice cream icon. The entire band are also referenced due the hosts' dislike particularly of their song lyrics.

See also

• Music of Vancouver
• List of bands from British Columbia
• List of bands from Canada

External links

• Official website
• Official website at Roadrunner Records
• Nickelback Animals lyrics

References

1. Nickelback Biography AMG
2. Namely Nickelback MusicMatch Guide

• 1995 establishments
• 1990s music groups
• 2000s music groups
• Post-grunge groups
• Hard rock
• Rhythmic Top 40 acts
• Canadian rock groups
• Juno Award winners
• Roadrunner Records artists
• Canadian country rock groups
• Musical groups with siblings