January 2000 saw the arrival of The State, Nickelback's second independent release. By 1998, the bandmates were managing themselves Chad courted radio stations, brother Mike handled distribution, Vikedal booked shows, and Peake maintained the band's website. Nickelback officially took shape in 1996 and quickly set to work, releasing two albums - the Hesher EP and full-length album Curb - before the year was up. Mike Kroeger, Chad's bass-playing sibling, decided to join his brother's band, as did fellow Vancouver transplants Ryan Peake (a guitarist who had befriended the Kroegers in middle school) and Ryan Vikedal (a drummer from Peake's hometown of Brooks, Alberta). After growing tired of playing other people's songs, he borrowed money from his stepfather and relocated to Vancouver, where he recorded his first batch of original material. By the time the band released their ninth long-player, 2017's Feed the Machine, they had sold over 50 million albums worldwide.Ĭhad Kroeger honed his frontman skills by performing with cover bands in Hanna, a small Canadian town 215 kilometers northeast of Calgary. Nickelback's popularity only grew as the decades progressed, with chart-topping albums like The Long Road and All the Right Reasons effectively eclipsing those acts that had once informed their sound. After a handful of singles failed to gain much traction in Canada, "How You Remind Me" caught hold in 2001, eventually topping the charts in several countries while gathering four Grammy nominations and four Juno Awards. Led by vocalist Chad Kroeger, the band initially emerged in the late '90s as Canada's answer to Creed, prizing a blend of gruff vocals and distorted (yet radio-friendly) guitars. Canadian rockers who fit pop sensibilities into their sonic onslaught, ensuring plenty of airplay and a rabid fan base, few bands did more than Nickelback to establish the force of slick, commercially minded post-grunge in the 2000s.
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