mAbout the Band

mChad Kroeger

mMike Kroeger

mRyan Peake

mDaniel Adair

mAlbums

mTrivia
RCanadian band

RCame together in the mid-90·s

RChad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, and Ryan

Peake were in cover band called
´Village Idiotµ in Alberta, Canada

RMoved the band to Vancouver to

record self-released albums

ROriginaldrummer Ryan Vikedal stayed

with the band through 2004

RNew drummer is Daniel Adair

RRoadrunner Records in 1999

RSold 27 million albums worldwide

RBornChad Robert Turton
on November 15, 1974 in
Hanna, Alberta

ROlderhalf-brother Mike
Kroeger

RLead vocalist and guitarist

for the band

RHelpsto co-write songs for

other artists or films
RChad·s older half-brother

RBorn in 1972

RBass player for the band

RResponsible for the band·s

name

RNickelback came from the

amount of change he would
give back to customers for a
cup of coffee while working at
Starbucks
RBorn
in Brooks, Alberta,
Canada March 1, 1973

RSecond guitarist for the band

RBefriendedthe Kroeger
brothers when in school when
he moved to Hanna

ROne of the original members

of the band
RBorn and raised in Toronto

RStarted playing drums at 13

RMade a name for himself by

playing for local cover bands

RJoined
3 Doors Down in 2002
& made 2 albums with them

RLeft
3 Doors Down to join
Nickelback in 2005

RReplacedthe band·s former

drummer Ryan Vikedal

RAlsorecorded albums with

Theory of a Deadman,
Martone, and Bo Bice
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V Before they became superstars,
Nickelback opened for acts like Creed
and 3 Doors Down.
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 was released on September
11, 2001, the same day as the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon.
V Chad Kroeger collaborated on Santana's
2002 album  , singing on the song
"Why Don't You & I.´
V "Side of a Bullet" from 6
 

was written in response to the 2004
onstage murder of Pantera guitarist
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was a
friend of Nickelback.
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Îhttp://rock.about.com/od/nickelback/p/nickelback.htm

Îhttp://www.ask.com/music/artist/Daniel-Adair/612898

Îhttp://www.ask.com/music/artist/Ryan-Peake/415174

Îhttp://www.starpulse.com/Music/Mike_Kroeger-
P252028/Biography/

Îhttp://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chad+kroeger/biography.html

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