Biography
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band, founded by the Kruger brothers in 1995 in the provincial town of Hannah. The love of fans The musicians won the high-quality sound of music, an attractive timbre of the artist Chad Kruger, as well as the deepness of lyrics. Nickelback enters the top of the best rock bands of the beginning of the 21st century according to the magazine about the Music Industry Billboard.The history of creation and composition
The nickelback group is based on the brothers. Certain and Mike Krugovernors. The idea of creating a music team originated at the first, and the second supported the desire to work on a joint creative project. Young people invited to join the team of the cousin Brandon as a drummer, as well as Raland Peak, who became the Rock Banda guitarist.
The history of the group creation began with a neminiga. Flowing about the name for the team, the participants leanned towards Point of View, Village IDIOT or Brick. Illumination came to guys by chance. Mike Kruger worked in a cafe and offered coffee visitors for 45 cents. By providing customers with delivery, he repeated the phrase: "Here's Your Nickel Back". This combination of words has become a fateful. The sound melody liked the musicians, this was born a new rock band.
With the stylistic direction in creativity everything was not easy. Young people were in the search, working on the drives of popular compositions, but it did not attract the listeners. It turned out to conquer the public. Ced Kruger decided to record an album with his own songs. This required financial investments that took care of musicians.
Schi-krunelov did not encourage the idea, but provided the necessary amount to start work. The record of the record took place in Vancouver. Next, it was necessary to broadcast music to a wide audience. The musicians were engaged in advertising and concert activities independently. They organized a flashmob vote to support their brainchild in the radio.
Young people independently visited the radio station, offering a disk. The album "Hesher" became debut in the creative biography of Nickelback. For the development of the group, more space and opportunities were required, so the team moved to Vancouver, where the next record "CURB" was recorded. Together with the already popular team of 3 doors down, the guys gave concerts as part of a tour tour.
Music
NickelBack is lucky: they were noticed by the producers of the Roadrunner Records label, specializing in the direction of heavy rock. The following album "Silver Side Up" came out in 2001 and was presented on the terms of the contract concluded with the musicians. The success of the plate was deafening: it became golden, platinum, and then a multiplatin.
The song "How You Remind Me" was hit and headed the Billboard Hot 100 rating. Nickelback music now listened to Holland, Germany, Australia and Great Britain.
A feature of the group's creativity, which attracted the attention of fans, was the demonstration of personal feelings, emotions and experiences. So, in the composition "Too Bad" Ced Kruger concerned memories of his childhood and shared his thoughts about the Father, who left the family and sons. In 2003, the musicians released the record "The Long Road", which clearly looked through the style fans.
Professional sound brought a group to a new level. Melodic and at the same time, the aggressive tonality of melodies in combination with revelations in the text conquered listeners. After the presentation of the Nickelback plate was not tired with concerts at the venues of various cities in the world, pleaseing the public and gradually occupying a well-deserved place at Rock Olympus.
The soundtrack for the film "Spiderman" was a great achievement for Rock Benda. The composition called "Hero" was based on a clip, which regularly appeared on the MTV channel. The single "Someday" who followed it was upset by fans. The public saw in the work of musicians self-copying and decided that the commercial component for them was more important.
Meanwhile, changes occurred as part of the group. Drummer Brandon Kruger changed Daniel Adair, previously speaking with 3 doors down. The group released the album "All The Right ReaSons". The plate included 5 singles that were removed 5 video clips. In 2008, Nickelback presented "Dark Horse".
The popularity of the group gained momentum. Musicians performed with concerts in different countries of the world, became the chadliners of large festivals and collected stadiums on solo performances. In 2010, Nickelback was invited to sing at the closure of the Olympics in Vancouver. The solemn ceremony was marked by the composition "Burn It To the Ground".
In 2011, Rock Bend fans happily met the "HERE AND NOW" record. The main single singles of the Album were the compositions "Bottoms Up" and "Whe We Stand Together", which immediately began to broadcast on the radio. The group went to meet fans and published songs on the official website, providing free access to them.
After a couple of months, a clip on the song Nickelback "WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER" appeared on the ether of music channels. At the end of 2011 it turned out that the record was taken by the 37th place in the top of the most successful albums of the year. The volume of disc sales amounted to 1, 1 million copies.
In 2013, the musicians began its hard work on recording the next record. In the summer of 2014, Nickelback presented the Single "Edge of A Revolution", and in early September - the composition "What Are You Wating for". The collective discography was replenished with the album "No Fixed Adress". In 2017, the musicians released a disk called "Feed The Machine".
NickelBack now
It is difficult to exaggerate the popularity of Nickelback. This rock bend has become a cult. The photo of the team members regularly appear on the covers of glossy magazines, and the first chords of musical compositions cause trepidation even from those listeners who are not the group fans.
Far Away, Lullaby, IF Today Was Your Last Day, became recognized hits. Nickelback characterizes the music fashion 2000-2010 and does not stop there. Now the musicians develop and experiment.
In 2019, Heavy-Metall fan Mike Kruger spoke in an interview about the desire to record an album with heavier music. The bassist declared his addiction to Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer music, hinting that the next plate could have similar motives with the style of these groups.
Discography
- 1996 - "Hesher"
- 1996 - "CURB"
- 2000 - "The State"
- 2001 - "Silver Side Up"
- 2003 - "The Long Road"
- 2005 - "All The Right ReaSons"
- 2008 - "Dark Horse"
- 2011 - "HERE AND NOW"
- 2014 - "No Fixed Address"
- 2017 - "FEED THE MACHINE"
Clips
- 1996 - "Fly"
- 2001 - HOW YOU REMIND ME
- 2002 - "Too Bad"
- 2004 - "Feelin 'Way Too Damn Good"
- 2006 - "Far Away"
- 2007 - "IF Everyone Cared"
- 2008 - "GOTTA BE SOMEBODY"
- 2009 - "If Today Was Your Last Day"
- 2011 - "WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER"
- 2011 - "Lullaby"
- 2012 - "Trying Not to Love You"
- 2014 - EDGE OF A Revolution
- 2015 - "Get 'Em Up"
- 2017 - "FEED THE MACHINE"