Creed, Nickelback, Nirvana, Limp Bizkit Voted Worst Bands of 90s
... Creed won this poll - it wasn't even close. This is a band so hated that their own fans sued them after a famously bad show in Chicago in 2003. "Scott Stapp is so despised that when a video surfaced of him getting a blowjob next to Kid Rock, Kid Rock said he was mainly embarrassed people learned he was hanging out with Scott Stapp. Creed is basically as popular as Alter Bridge right now." more on this story Classic Rock Magazine is an official news provider for antiMusic.com. Copyright Classic Rock Magazine- Excerpted here with permission. Creed,
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[ read more ]Steel Panther To Play At Nickelback Singer and Avril Lavigne's Wedding
... (hennemusic) Steel Panther have confirmed that the band will perform at the upcoming wedding of
Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and pop singer Avril Lavigne. Guitarist Satchel and bassist Lexxi Foxx posted a video announcing the news. The date and location of the Kroeger-Lavigne wedding remains top secret. Kroeger contributed guest vocals to and collaborated on the song "It Won't Suck Itself" from Steel Panther's 2011 album, "Balls Out." Steel Panther have been in the studio working on a new album with producer Jay Ruston; the band head out on their "Spreading The Disease (S.T.D.) Tour" starting April 13 in Orlando, Florida at WJRR's Earthday Birthday. Watch the video here. hennemusic is an official news provider for antiMusic.com. Copyright hennemusic - Excerpted here with permission. Steel Panther To Play At
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[ read more ]A Motown Tribute To Nickelback?! Ugh.
... It's almost as tragic as Chuck Norris shaving his beard. Why can't Motown be more like the Lullaby Versions of Pantera, Slayer, etc.? Instead it's "A Motown Tribute To
Nickelback". If in New York, recommend you swerve at all costs. How headache inducing is this? A Motown Tribute To
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Nickelback
(1996-)
Chad Kroeger (vocals, guitars)
Mike Kroeger (bass)
Ryan "Nik" Vikedal (drums) 1996-2005
Ryan Peake (guitar)
Daniel Adair (drums) 2005-
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Ever wondered where they can up with the name Nickelback? Mike Kroeger was working at Starbucks. The coffee products would cost $1.95 CAD, so he said to the customer when giving change: "Here's your nickel back." (thanks, Jeanette - Dublin, Ireland)
Chad, Mike, and Ryan all met and started playing together in Hannah, AB. Daniel is from Vancouver, BC.
They recorded a couple of independent records between 1996 and 1998. They spent those years touring the country and building a strong fan base.
Chad produced an album by Default, also Canadian (Vancouver), called Fallout (2001).
Chad Kroeger: "I was thrown into a juvenile detention center when I was 14 for breaking into my junior high school 11 times ... this really pissed me off!"
Mike Kroeger faves: golf, coffee, The Big Lebowski. They are all pretty big hockey fans, especially Mike, and performed/presented at the 2002 NHL Awards in Toronto. They gave Best Goalie to Patrick Roy.
There are a wide variety of influences at work in this band. Vikedal is into jazz, whereas Mike loves "heavy stuff."
They toured with several bands, including Creed, Sevendust, 3 Doors Down, and Fuel.
They went through three drummers before settling on Vikedal. The first was a cousin of the Kroegers, who was in it for the family not the "rock and roll dream," according to Chad.
Nickelback really benefited from Canadian Content. It's a policy in Canada that ensures 35% of everything on the radio is Canadian. The band is grateful, because it helped make room for them.
Chad loves video games, and Role Playing Games. His favorite is Fable for the Xbox, as he stated in an interview with Electric Playground.
Chad Kroeger was born Chad Robert Turton on November 15, 1974, in Hanna, Alberta, Canada Kroeger is the surname of Chad's half-brother, Mike, and was used by Chad from childhood. Chad's stepfather is Mike's father. (thanks, liz - toronto, Canada, for above 2)
In 2008, they signed what's known as a 360 deal with Live Nation, leaving Roadrunner Records, which is owned by Warner Brothers. Their contract covers recording, touring, and merchandising, and is estimated to be worth about $60 million. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
Chad Kroeger began dating fellow Canadian
Avril Lavigne after they got together to co-write a song. The Nickelback frontman admitted to Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest it was clear he and Lavigne had feelings for each other when they started working together in the studio. "I think it evolved into this wonderful thing," he said. "When you're sitting there, singing across from somebody into the microphone and singing love songs and you start developing these feelings for that person, and it just blossomed into this thing."
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i would ask
1. Are you engaged yet ?
2. If so who are you engaged to ?
3. Do you love your band ?
4. Are you a big fan of any other bands ?
5. When are you getting married ?
6. What is your whole name ?
7. Have you ever missed your familey on the first tour you did ?
8. Do you have a concert this week ?
9. Could you name your whole bands name age birth date and who their parents are ?
10. Where did your band meet ?
There is more questions i would defintley ask so if you want to see thim look on my blog at www.myspace.com/chad_kroeger_rocks
thats all !!!!!!!!!!
sorry Lauryn your wrong about how the band got their name.
I am not a Nickelback fan, because every single of theirs that has played on the radio, with the exception of one, has sounded extremely similar. I am able to sing any melody of any of their singles over any of their other singles..and it fits. Have any of you downloaded that MP3 where someone combines two of their singles into one song, and they sync perfectly?
Granted there was some editing of that involved, but still. The fact that these guys write the same song over and over again pisses me off. I read in an interview with Chad that he feels they "have found a good formula for writing songs".
You're damn right they have:
1. find catchy chord progression
2. Use it over and over and over.
3. Hope no one notices.
Some of their songs are catchy, I'll admit. But they are all VERY similar, so that would make sense. I am not bashing their playing skills, or saying they simply "suck"...I just think that they are in it for the money..have found something that works..and are totally exploiting it.
That is why I think they are a bad band.