<P> The band signed with Roadrunner Records in 1999 and re-released their once - independent album The State . The band achieved commercial success with the release of their 2000 album The State and then they achieved mainstream success with the release of their 2001 album Silver Side Up . Following the release of Silver Side Up the band released their biggest and most known hit today, "How You Remind Me" which peaked number 1 on the American and Canadian charts at the same time . Then, the band's fourth album The Long Road (2003) spawned 5 singles and continued the band's mainstream success with their hit single "Someday" which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 at the Canadian Singles Chart . Afterwards, the band put out their biggest album to date, All The Right Reasons (2005) which produced 3 top 10 singles and 5 top 20 singles, on the Billboard Hot 100 example of songs like "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar". The band's album Dark Horse (2008) was a success which produced eight singles, one of which peaked on the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and two of which peaked on the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 . In 2011, the band released their seventh album Here and Now which again topped the charts . Their eighth studio album No Fixed Address was released on 17 November 2014, and their ninth studio album, Feed the Machine, was released on June 16, 2017 . </P> <P> The band is based in Vancouver, Canada . The band's original domestic signing was with EMI Canada . They subsequently obtained an American deal with global distribution via Roadrunner Records . For the release of their seventh album, the band parted from EMI Canada and signed a new Canadian domestic distribution deal with Universal Music Canada . </P> <P> The band was formed in the early 1990s as a cover band called "Village Idiot" by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger, and Brandon Kroeger . The band later changed its name to Nickelback, which originated from the nickel in change that band member Mike Kroeger gave customers at his job at Starbucks; he would frequently say, "Here's your nickel back ." The band performed covers of songs from Led Zeppelin and Metallica . Chad Kroeger then asked his step - father to give him $4,000 so that the band could record their first demo, a seven - track EP of original material, called Hesher (1996). The band spent half the money to record the EP, and spent the other half on magic mushrooms . </P> <P> In 1996, the band recorded and released their first full - length album, Curb . "Fly" was included on both Hesher and Curb and was the first single produced by Nickelback . In 1997, Brandon Kroeger left the band and the band searched for a new drummer . Later that year Mitch Guindon joined the band, but he decided to leave in 1998 because he started working in a car company . In Summer 1998, Ryan Vikedal joined the band . </P>

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