“Now, with that being said, know that the Kensington Police Service will be out for the remainder of year looking for those dumb enough to feel they can drink and drive. “So, the Holiday Season is upon us and that means more social events, staff parties and alcohol based libations,” wrote the Kensington Police Service on Facebook. Poor Chad Kroger and co, they don’t get an easy ride on the Internet, do they? They’re going to force drink-drivers to listen to Nickelback. It reached number one in Canada for three weeks and number seven in the United States. It was released on 5 August 2003 as the lead single from their 2003 album The Long Road. Someday (Acoustic Version) 'Someday' is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. So how do you solve a problem like festive drink driving? Well one Canadian Police Department has drummed up a novel new way to tackle the issue. Someday by Nickelback, released 05 August 2003 1. Like all rock bands with staying power, Nickelback strike a perfect balance between sonic familiarity and measured risk-taking.How do you stop people from drinking and driving over the Christmas period? Show everyone a wikihow guide? Take a leaf out of Sweden’s book and ramp up tax on alcohol? (The Swedes enjoy the highest spirits duty in the EU, and among the highest on beer and wine.)ĭefinitely not.
That's even though the most common critical complaintsChad Kroeger's tawdry lyrics and the band's uncomplicated songwritingcan be found throughout much of modern pop music. Get the latest music news, watch video clips from music shows, events, and exclusive performances from your favorite artists. Seuss, while the album’s title track boasts jackhammering metal riffs. Nickelback have the odd distinction of being the biggest-selling rock band of the '00s and also the most reviled by critics. The Korn-reminiscent “Must Be Nice,” from 2017’s Feed the Machine, for example, interpolates lines from nursery rhymes and Dr. Nickelbacks commercial appeal wasnt lost on the record industry, either, and The States distribution rights were quickly snapped up by Roadrunner Records in the U.S. 1 in multiple countries) by keeping their sound fresh. Nickelback toured ceaselessly in support of The State, logging approximately 200 shows while playing alongside other groups of the burgeoning post-grunge genre.
Even as musical trends changed, the band remained successful (2005’s All the Right Reasons hit No. Early songs show traces of this period-the 2000 radio hit “Leader of Men” takes cues from the stacked harmonies of Nova Scotia power-pop act Sloan-although 2001’s global smash Silver Side Up found Nickelback settling into their rowdy but tender approach to mainstream rock. Unsurprisingly, this gives the Vancouver band widespread appeal: In the 2000s, they crossed over to the pop world with emotionally rich hits, such as “How You Remind Me” and “Photograph,” but kept a firm toehold in the heavier realm with the slashing “Too Bad” and the Southern rock-inspired “Rockstar.” Led by guitarist/vocalist Chad Kroeger, his bassist brother Mike Kroeger, and guitarist Ryan Peake, Nickelback initially coalesced in the early ’90s in Hanna, Alberta, as the cover band Village Idiot, playing alternative songs by Urge Overkill and fellow Canadians The Tragically Hip. Nickelback’s melodic post-grunge embraces the radio-friendly vibe of ’80s Canadian rock (think Bryan Adams and Loverboy) and the introspective bent of angsty ’90s alternative.