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“It’s our Stairway To Heaven, our Hotel California. It’s a song that we’re never going to able to duplicate”: The No 1 rock anthem inspired by a “nasty” breakup – written by a singer who dreamed of being in Metallica

“I’m being so sarcastic in that song, I can’t believe so many people don’t get it”

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“I think I have 11 counts of breaking and entering on my criminal record": How Nickelback's nostalgic Photograph spawned a flood of memes and the unwanted attention from a soon-to-be-impeached American President

This 2005 Nickelback hit single just won't go away, so you may as well read about it

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"I went into a coma!" Jack Black's spontaneous take on Nickelback's biggest hit single is every bit as entertaining as you're already imagining

Jack Black channels his inner Chad, and why not

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"I was trying to be nasty, then she opened the door and was like: 'What's that? I really like it!'" Inspired by domestic tension, Nickelback's breakthrough hit was defined by a climax suggested by their drum roadie

Chad Kroeger tells the story behind Nickelback's enormo-hit How You Remind Me

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“Brian Johnson was screaming. A producer working in the studio next door came in and said to Mutt, ‘You’re gonna kill him!’ Mutt said, ‘Yeah! But doesn’t it sound great?’”: How AC/DC’s singer suffered during the making of the classic Back In Black

Producer Mutt Lange told the story to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger

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Watch Nickelback's Chad Kroeger serenade Sammy Hagar with Metallica's Enter Sandman for his birthday

Sammy Hagar's birthday bash featured performances from Jerry Cantrell, Chad Kroeger and Belinda Carlisle

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"We were just hanging out on the beach and sipping cool libations; Keith Richards was totally living the rock’n’roll lifestyle": Billy Gibbons’ wild tales of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters and Ministry

Meet the only man to have played with Hendrix, the Stones and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback

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“There was chicken-wire around the stage. Al Jourgensen was climbing around like a caged beast. I knew this was a guy for me”: Billy Gibbons’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters and Ministry

Meet the only man to have played with Hendrix, the Stones and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback

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The Lottery Winners and Robbie Williams teaming up for new song

The Lottery Winners frontman Thom Rylance has revealed the band are "working on ideas" for a track with Robbie Williams.

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"About ten years later I just needed to get rid of the leg, it was just too much pain": Six things you need to know about Shaman’s Harvest

Shaman's Harvest's Nate Hunt on surviving workplace falls, deadly tornados and Chad Kroeger parties

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“Chad Kroeger called me in the middle of the night and was cursing me because he couldn't get the song out of his head. I was like, ‘now you know everyone else felt with How You Remind Me!": We speak to the Lottery Winners

The Leigh four-piece's frontman tells us about how being diagnosed with ADHD led to the creation of the band's new single

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“The last time I saw Dimebag Darrell, he hands a bottle of JD over, I take a huge pull off it and throw up. I think I told him I loved him”: Why Nickelback are the rock band all other rock bands secretly wish they were

In 2005, Nickelback were already one of the biggest rock bands in the world – and All The Right Reasons was about to make them even bigger

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“The pinnacle of dad rock”: This survey claims to have identified the ultimate dad rock band – but there was some surprising competition

New analysis has created the ultimate dad rock playlist, and revealed which band each US state thinks is the dad-iest of them all

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"Fans would talk s**t about Avril to me. I got a lot of negativity and backlash": Sum 41's Deryck Whibley on the unexpected challenges thrown up by his six-and-a-half year relationship with Avril Lavigne

Not everyone was happy when Sum 41's Deryck Whibley and Avril Lavigne fell in (and out of) love

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Leave Nickelback alone! Why our hatred of the inoffensive Canadian rock band makes no sense

Ahead of the new documentary Hate to Love, it’s time to stop resisting Chad Kroeger and co’s ear for a straightforward stadium banger

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"Nobody picks up a guitar to be the most hated band in the world." Nickelback: Hate To Love isn't likely to win over the haters, but does shine a light on why you should never bet against one of rock's most surprising underdogs

Our take on Nickelback's interesting - if hardly explosive - new documentary

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The 35 greatest songs made for movies

They're cheesy, they're catchy, they're what make us love our favorite movies even more

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Set aside your music snobbery and forget the memes – Nickelback are actually good

The Canadian band may be seen as the face of bland car-commercial rock but they have produced some deeply affecting music

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"I was like, 'I've never heard any of these songs!'" Mike Portnoy almost drummed for Nickelback

Prog metal legend and Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy almost bagged a very unlikely gig

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"These will be incredibly special shows": Nickelback announce UK/Europe Get Rollin' dates across 8 countries in 2024

Canadian radio-rock arena-fillers Nickelback will be rollin' into Europe next spring/summer

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This cover of Alice In Chains' It Ain't Like That performed by Jerry Cantrell and Nickelback in 2002 packs more meat than a butcher's shop

Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell joined Nickelback on the road in 2002, and joined the Canadian rockers onstage for their mega-beefy Facelift-era cover

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From mugshot to mugs and memes: Trump picture fuels internet frenzy

Users had fun after Republican frontrunner became the first former American president to sit for a mugshot

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"I can't do this": Watch Chad Kroeger halt Nickelback show due to "absolutely destroyed throat"

"I cannot, in good conscience, stand up here and sing these songs and have my voice crack and everything sound like ****" - Chad Kroeger

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Chad Kroeger says Pantera's Dimebag and Vinnie Paul always defended Nickelback against critics in the metal scene

Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger says Pantera's Dimebag and Vinnie Paul would often defend his band from haters: "It was really, really lovely"

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Chad Kroeger on Nickelback receiving less hate: "It's really nice to not be Public Enemy Number One"

Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger says that there has been a "softening" of hate towards his band

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