Let us therefore consider the title track from their new album, Feed the Machine. It describes a society in which conformity is enforced and dissent is punished. It depicts a tyrant who rules at first with an iron fist and, later on in the song, with a mediocre guitar solo.
The merciless despot delivers his decree of pitiless oppression and ends it with a fluttering lullaby? Feels pretty off-brand.
If we lived in a just society, every rock star who writes a song about writing a song would be forced to listen to a dozen office workers hold a meeting about their next meeting. Most sensible women would gently point out to Chad that planes are incapable of travelling to the moon. And why tie the pages to the aircraft, anyway? The album topped the sales charts upon its release in both Canada and the US and was certified double-platinum in Canada within two weeks of its release and quadruple-platinum south of the border by the end of the year.
Nickelback launched a cross-Canada tour in support of the album in early , when it was nominated for 6 Junos. Nickelback Listen to Nickelback on iTunes.
Search The Canadian Encyclopedia. Remember me. I forgot my password. Why sign up? Create Account. Suggest an Edit. He also noticed that Chad Kroeger, with his striking long hair and goatee, had become a charismatic rock frontman, noting that the lead singer easily got the crowd to scream when he wanted them to and that his performance of a more sensitive song, "Too Bad," addressed to Kroeger's father, "drew shrieks from the numerous females in the crowd.
The band's next album, The Long Road , arrived in and sold five million copies, while the single "Someday" hit the top ten. As fans embraced the album, some critics recoiled. Stephen Thomas Erlewine dismissed the band as "heavy-rock hucksters" who were aping grunge bands such as Nirvana or Alice in Chains but not bringing any fresh creativity to their expressions of angst.
The final track, the party anthem "See You at the Show," only led Erlewine to doubt the sincerity of the somberness on the rest of the album. Chuck Arnold of People dismissed the album as "light on ingenuity" and songs such as "Someday" as built on shallow hooks that are initially catchy but ultimately forgettable.
Chad Kroeger emeged not only as a frontman on stage and on record, but also as a sort of musical entrepreneur, a calculating businessman, and songwriter. Reporters noted that the members of Nickelback started managing themselves between their first and second albums, with Chad Kroeger tracking radio airplay of their songs.
Interviewers often found him talking at length about how he had studied what makes a popular song a hit. I would dissect every single song that I would hear on the radio or every song that had ever done well on a chart and I would say, 'Why did this do well? Between albums, in , drummer Ryan Vikedal left the band. He claimed the rest of the band had pushed him out because he was not the type of drummer they wanted.
Daniel Adair, formerly of 3 Doors Down, replaced Vikedal as drummer. The group's next album, All the Right Reasons , was released in October of It included guest appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top—who played a guitar solo on the song "Follow You Home" and sang backing vocals on "Rock Star"—and a posthumously sampled appearance by Chad Kroeger's friend Dimebag Darrell from Pantera, culled from guitar outtakes.
The band also explored a more acoustic sound on some songs. The critical debate over Nickelback grew even more intense with the new album's release. Erlewine of All Music Guide noted that Kroeger evoked sadder emotions and the band responded with more acoustic instrumentation, but complained that the band still repeated the same chords, melodies, and harmonies too often; still played "clumsy, plodding riffs"; and included little humor in their lyrics.
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly stuck up for Nickelback again. Reviewer Whitney Pastorek gave the album a B, praising the band's "richer, more diverse sound" and describing the single "Photograph" as "dreamy.
Nickelback spent much of touring.
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