1 00:00:13,596 --> 00:00:16,891 You want to see everyone who came this evening? 2 00:00:17,976 --> 00:00:19,019 Light up! 3 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:26,985 Nickelback! Nickelback! 4 00:00:27,068 --> 00:00:28,611 At the beginning of the 2000s, 5 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:31,239 Nickelback has become very popular. 6 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,117 He was all the rage around the world. 7 00:00:34,492 --> 00:00:36,786 I always wanted to live like this, 8 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:38,747 but at this point, it's crazy. 9 00:00:40,957 --> 00:00:43,877 I always loved being on stage 10 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,211 in front of an audience. 11 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:48,590 We lived 12 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:50,842 lots of things together. 13 00:00:52,093 --> 00:00:56,306 I spent half my life to scream into a microphone 14 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:57,515 on a stage. 15 00:00:57,599 --> 00:01:00,518 If this is taken away from me, who am I? 16 00:01:00,602 --> 00:01:03,396 In the 2000s, no group was 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,607 more broadcast than Nickelback. 18 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:06,900 NICKELCOUAC 19 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:09,360 It had consequences. 20 00:01:09,444 --> 00:01:10,612 UNCHECTABLE 21 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:13,156 Why is everyone Hate Nickelback? 22 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:16,826 Nobody chooses to be a guitarist in a hated group. 23 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:18,286 Nickelbeurk. Nickel joke. 24 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:23,833 This group was a precursor of cancel culture, before the name existed. 25 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:25,460 It's like a meme. 26 00:01:25,543 --> 00:01:27,462 A sort of endless meme. 27 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:28,713 Who, Nickelback? 28 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:33,092 We have nothing to prove to anyone. 29 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:36,679 "How You Remind Me" is one of the songs most widely distributed in America. 30 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:37,639 #1 Rock 31 00:01:37,722 --> 00:01:41,059 At its peak, it was broadcast every 3.2 minutes in the USA. 32 00:01:41,142 --> 00:01:42,727 He's a wonderful singer. 33 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:43,728 He assures. 34 00:01:43,812 --> 00:01:47,190 What the group is accused of is quite common. 35 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:49,234 His songs are clichés. 36 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:52,654 But sometimes people appreciate meaningless shit songs. 37 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:55,115 Everyone has an opinion on him. 38 00:01:55,198 --> 00:01:58,993 But it's normal, it's supposed to piss people off. 39 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:01,788 Sell 50 million albums, it's an achievement. 40 00:02:01,871 --> 00:02:04,791 And if someone hates you, you are right. 41 00:02:04,874 --> 00:02:07,043 It's time to accept the facts. 42 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,462 Nickelback is a fucking band. 43 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:15,593 NICKELBACK COMPLETE 44 00:02:19,931 --> 00:02:20,890 nickelback songs 45 00:02:28,189 --> 00:02:31,651 Between Hate and Love: Nickelback 46 00:02:31,734 --> 00:02:33,153 Hate - Love 47 00:02:49,377 --> 00:02:51,212 I'm from Hanna. Do you know? 48 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:55,592 I wonder if it has changed over time. 49 00:02:59,971 --> 00:03:01,264 WELCOME TO HANNA 50 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:04,601 Hanna was a very quiet small rural town. 51 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:09,022 When you're a teenager 52 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:10,815 in a small town, 53 00:03:11,399 --> 00:03:13,526 we want to see something else, 54 00:03:13,651 --> 00:03:14,611 or simply 55 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:16,988 to get the hell out. 56 00:03:19,908 --> 00:03:24,203 But it was the perfect place to spend his childhood there. 57 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:30,043 I still have friends there. 58 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:31,836 This has a reassuring side. 59 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:32,795 COMMUNITY CENTER 60 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,006 In this kind of peaceful place, 61 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:37,550 it's quite easy 62 00:03:37,675 --> 00:03:38,968 to get into trouble. 63 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:51,481 Mike was rather calm. 64 00:03:51,606 --> 00:03:52,565 Never any worries, 65 00:03:52,690 --> 00:03:56,653 but Chad was constantly attracted problems. 66 00:03:56,778 --> 00:03:57,612 CHAD’S FATHER 67 00:03:59,614 --> 00:04:01,991 It's not really his fault. 68 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,703 I think he inherited that from me. 69 00:04:08,623 --> 00:04:11,501 You could say we were inseparable. 70 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:18,508 Chad and I have always been a duo, Mike and Chad. 71 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:21,803 Chad and Mike, we were always together. 72 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:32,605 Oh, no, why is it backwards? 73 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,607 Classified by year. 74 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:39,946 It dates from 2006. 75 00:04:40,905 --> 00:04:42,907 It was often the three of us. 76 00:04:44,617 --> 00:04:47,870 Michael took care of Chad. 77 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:48,955 MOTHER OF CHAD AND MIKE 78 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,583 He always tried to help me. 79 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:55,628 Mike has always been protective. 80 00:04:55,753 --> 00:04:58,423 Often, the elders attack the younger ones. 81 00:05:02,218 --> 00:05:03,636 With us, it was the opposite. 82 00:05:03,761 --> 00:05:07,098 I bothered Mike more often that he was bothering me. 83 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:08,349 He always protected me. 84 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,771 He often got into trouble. 85 00:05:13,896 --> 00:05:18,776 He got away with talking. 86 00:05:19,610 --> 00:05:20,778 At ten years old. 87 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:25,616 It really benefited him. 88 00:05:28,369 --> 00:05:31,998 A long time ago, when I was a teenager, 89 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:35,293 I was taught that Chad's father was not mine. 90 00:05:37,086 --> 00:05:41,549 No one said to me: “Sit down, 91 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:43,092 “I have something to tell you.” 92 00:05:43,217 --> 00:05:47,388 It happened during a heated exchange. 93 00:05:48,473 --> 00:05:51,267 It's a sad story, I handled that badly. 94 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:54,604 My mother told me: 95 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,316 “Your father is not really your father.” 96 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,819 Their father had to collect them 97 00:06:03,112 --> 00:06:05,281 to take them somewhere. 98 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:07,450 We rarely saw him. 99 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:12,163 Michael was furious. He was losing his temper. 100 00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:15,333 I shouldn't have said that 101 00:06:16,084 --> 00:06:19,754 about his father. 102 00:06:23,257 --> 00:06:26,177 He has always been my son. 103 00:06:26,302 --> 00:06:28,346 I love my two sons. 104 00:06:29,847 --> 00:06:33,684 We don't always do the right thing, even when trying. 105 00:06:34,602 --> 00:06:36,354 He told me: 106 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:38,898 “I raised you as my son.” 107 00:06:39,023 --> 00:06:40,942 But he didn't raise anyone. 108 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,027 He was still absent. 109 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:46,948 And I understand that it's because of things 110 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,366 who had nothing to do with us. 111 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:54,413 My grandfather shot Chad's father 112 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:56,707 With a gunshot, he chased him away. 113 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,001 It was going badly. 114 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:00,461 He was told to leave. 115 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:03,297 The facts don't matter. I was made to take the blame. 116 00:07:03,422 --> 00:07:05,466 The best thing to do, 117 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:08,594 it was to leave this community. 118 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:15,935 It didn't create a distance between Chad and me. 119 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:19,772 But I understood that we were different. 120 00:07:19,897 --> 00:07:21,232 Oh, Chad. 121 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:26,446 He always had problems. 122 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:29,490 I was a thug. I was breaking in. 123 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:31,784 I talk about it in the song Photograph, 124 00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:32,952 the break-in at my school. 125 00:07:33,077 --> 00:07:37,123 It's ironic, I never wanted go there during the day. 126 00:07:37,248 --> 00:07:39,250 Why enter it at night? 127 00:07:40,334 --> 00:07:41,210 COUSIN OF CHAD AND MIKE 128 00:07:41,335 --> 00:07:42,628 This earned him a stay 129 00:07:42,753 --> 00:07:44,172 in a reformatory. 130 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:48,843 The cops wanted to chase me away. 131 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:50,303 That's for sure. 132 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:52,555 When my parents took him in, 133 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,682 we were able to get closer 134 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:56,392 and develop our music. 135 00:07:58,686 --> 00:08:00,271 Music saved him. 136 00:08:00,938 --> 00:08:05,067 Without her, I don't know what would have happened to him. 137 00:08:05,193 --> 00:08:07,528 The next step was prison. 138 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:10,156 It was when I moved to Hanna 139 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:12,366 that I started listening to rock. 140 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:21,375 At first, it was kind of a challenge. 141 00:08:22,376 --> 00:08:25,463 Would I have the courage to perform in public? 142 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:29,133 It's not my type to be at the front of the stage 143 00:08:30,134 --> 00:08:32,762 or perform in public. I don't like attention. 144 00:08:35,264 --> 00:08:36,349 In seventh grade? 145 00:08:37,099 --> 00:08:40,394 My father was a dealer during the day and musician in the evening. 146 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,104 Music was everything. 147 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:45,483 My parents were metal fans 148 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:47,068 in their youth. 149 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:48,819 RYAN’S PARENTS 150 00:08:48,945 --> 00:08:52,073 Especially from Slayer. 151 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:53,991 I didn't want to be influenced. 152 00:08:54,116 --> 00:08:59,622 Chad, Mike and I, We weren't friends when I arrived. 153 00:08:59,747 --> 00:09:01,374 We met different people. 154 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:06,754 It is by searching other musicians in town 155 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,590 that we ended up establishing a connection. 156 00:09:10,591 --> 00:09:11,592 Ryan was a guitarist. 157 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,720 It was our common point. 158 00:09:16,847 --> 00:09:18,099 We had learned 50 titles, 159 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,934 the bare minimum 160 00:09:20,059 --> 00:09:21,227 to go on tour. 161 00:09:21,352 --> 00:09:23,104 At the time, I was the soloist. 162 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:31,696 It's great that we started like that. 163 00:09:36,075 --> 00:09:38,160 We took our marks. 164 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:39,412 We say to ourselves: “What will happen? 165 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:40,454 “We will go on stage 166 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,290 “Are we going to screw up? 167 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,958 "Will the public hate us?" 168 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,466 We heard everything. Nothing destabilizes. 169 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:54,135 And we begin 170 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,804 to repeat the same thing. 171 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:58,514 By the end of the evening, 172 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,975 we will have done what we came to do. 173 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,852 Those who didn't love us, 174 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,729 they had to be convinced. 175 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:08,649 It was our singer who taught me that. 176 00:10:09,984 --> 00:10:12,862 If the public hated us, he licked himself. 177 00:10:14,071 --> 00:10:17,241 It made us better musicians. 178 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:29,128 One summer, Chad wanted to record songs 179 00:10:29,253 --> 00:10:30,463 in the studio. 180 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,507 Mike, Chad, Ryan and me. 181 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:36,469 It was natural evolution of our music. 182 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:40,139 We recorded Hesher, our first EP, in Vancouver. 183 00:10:42,516 --> 00:10:45,269 In a day and a half. Mixing took a day. 184 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:49,815 It was the birth certificate of the group. 185 00:10:49,940 --> 00:10:53,569 It was fantastic. Our first single, Fly, worked. 186 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,627 Mike called us: “We have concerts!” 187 00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:13,631 We went on tour. 188 00:11:13,756 --> 00:11:17,927 Four guys in a crappy van. 189 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:19,804 They made their dream come true. 190 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:24,683 We were worried for the safety of the boys on tour. 191 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:28,646 Just our security? 192 00:11:28,771 --> 00:11:32,441 Not the complexity of the music industry, 193 00:11:32,566 --> 00:11:34,735 our career, drugs 194 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,195 - No. - Girls, alcohol. 195 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,989 I knew all this, thanks to your father. 196 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:51,168 The evolution was very slow. 197 00:11:51,293 --> 00:11:53,421 “Are we able to compose?” 198 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,590 "Yes." “To give concerts?” "Yes." 199 00:11:56,715 --> 00:12:00,177 “Are we finally going to attract the public?” 200 00:12:00,302 --> 00:12:01,720 It took a long time. 201 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:03,556 You played in Banff. 202 00:12:04,181 --> 00:12:05,641 No audience, no fee. 203 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:06,725 Nobody came. 204 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:09,478 I told you: “I don’t know how you do it. 205 00:12:09,603 --> 00:12:13,190 "No way I'm playing for less than $150." 206 00:12:13,315 --> 00:12:17,069 You answered me: “This is the way to go 207 00:12:17,945 --> 00:12:19,155 “to make oneself known.” 208 00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:23,159 I was damn good at the time. 209 00:12:25,703 --> 00:12:27,621 Do you have our disk? 210 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,167 Seven people. 211 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:34,753 We played in lousy venues. 212 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:38,674 Trendy punk rooms, where it stank of booze and cigarettes. 213 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:40,759 It had its charm. 214 00:12:40,885 --> 00:12:42,470 At the beginning, we refuse nothing. 215 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:46,223 We needed these concerts, we had to give them away. 216 00:12:46,765 --> 00:12:48,267 In a room, 217 00:12:48,392 --> 00:12:51,103 someone had written: "Don't take the melon, 218 00:12:51,228 --> 00:12:52,980 “and we’ll be nice.” 219 00:12:55,357 --> 00:12:57,359 Their sound was raw. 220 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,653 We play groove rock. 221 00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:02,031 Quite heavy rock. 222 00:13:02,156 --> 00:13:03,949 - Full of energy. - Yes. 223 00:13:04,492 --> 00:13:07,536 Guitars with full distortion. 224 00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:11,540 Ubiquitous battery. 225 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:13,876 And Chad screaming. 226 00:13:18,255 --> 00:13:22,426 He is an excellent singer, his voice carries. 227 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:24,595 It is thunderous, even without a microphone. 228 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,028 The hardest part of this job 229 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:43,572 As with many groups, 230 00:13:43,697 --> 00:13:44,615 this is the beginning. 231 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:49,828 Six or seven guys in a minivan, a trailer, 232 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:52,706 eight hours drive. 233 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:55,292 We install, we play, we dismantle. 234 00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,836 The group plays 235 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:00,464 in front of 10 or 20 people. 236 00:14:12,768 --> 00:14:15,521 Canada is a huge country, but sparsely populated. 237 00:14:15,646 --> 00:14:16,647 AREA: 9,984,670 KM� 238 00:14:16,772 --> 00:14:19,984 Most often, the climate is not ideal. 239 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,360 PROMOTER 240 00:14:21,485 --> 00:14:24,488 Just that, This discourages many groups. 241 00:14:25,406 --> 00:14:29,451 The geographical aspect, it's a huge obstacle. 242 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:31,787 Thank you for coming. 243 00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:33,414 Local band releases CD 244 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:37,835 For our first demo, Chad borrowed money to his father-in-law. 245 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,214 My mother gave us $5,000 for albums, 246 00:14:42,756 --> 00:14:44,383 for their pressing. 247 00:14:45,968 --> 00:14:47,428 That got us started. 248 00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:50,639 But when you have debts, 249 00:14:50,764 --> 00:14:55,311 the only way to make money, is to continue. 250 00:14:55,769 --> 00:14:58,188 Nobody considered to take it easy. 251 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,111 Nickelback contacted me to review 252 00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:05,487 LAWYER 253 00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:06,614 his contract. 254 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:10,200 The group had contacted another lawyer. 255 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:13,662 But his fees were inaccessible. 256 00:15:13,787 --> 00:15:17,291 I had just started, I was cheaper. 257 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:21,795 This is how we distributed the tasks. 258 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:24,632 Naturally, I took care from the commercial aspect. 259 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:27,092 Mike was in charge of distribution. 260 00:15:27,217 --> 00:15:28,761 If they went to Ontario, 261 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:30,596 he took boxes of CDs 262 00:15:30,721 --> 00:15:34,183 and canvassed record stores, provided with a classification, 263 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:36,852 saying: “This week, we are 18th. 264 00:15:36,977 --> 00:15:39,021 “Could you sell our CDs?” 265 00:15:39,146 --> 00:15:40,773 Chad managed the communication. 266 00:15:40,898 --> 00:15:42,149 He contacted the radio stations. 267 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:45,194 On the phone, he was spieling: 268 00:15:45,319 --> 00:15:49,448 "Hi, it's Joe Flynn, of Vancouver Indy Promo. 269 00:15:49,573 --> 00:15:51,992 “Do you have the Nickelback CD?” 270 00:15:52,117 --> 00:15:56,956 Ryan was promoting, because they had no promoter. 271 00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:59,458 When a local radio broadcast us, 272 00:15:59,583 --> 00:16:00,834 we played there. 273 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:05,255 We were subsidized for our second album, Curb. 274 00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:11,303 It attracted attention, 275 00:16:11,428 --> 00:16:14,515 but it became obvious that the next step 276 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,850 would be a long tour. 277 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,187 That didn't interest me. I left the group. 278 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:24,733 I found my replacement. 279 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:27,361 Mitch was part of the group. 280 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,154 DRUMMER (1996-1998) 281 00:16:29,613 --> 00:16:33,033 He went on tour with the group, but the rhythm of the tours 282 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:35,202 didn't suit him either. 283 00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:38,080 We love them, 284 00:16:38,205 --> 00:16:40,290 they are some of our best friends, 285 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,918 but when we embark on such a project, 286 00:16:43,043 --> 00:16:47,089 At some point you have to look yourself in the face 287 00:16:47,214 --> 00:16:51,593 and decide if this is what we want. Otherwise, you have to move on. 288 00:16:52,469 --> 00:16:54,263 After that, we took a big risk, 289 00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:57,975 we wanted to hire a renowned producer 290 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,857 a blender that would help us find our sound. 291 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:08,777 We borrowed $30,000. 292 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,990 Ryan called several times. He really needed 293 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:17,411 additional funding, so we contacted the bank 294 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,039 for a loan. 295 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:23,959 It was a big sum, I was nervous. 296 00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:27,504 I was hoping to get my money back. 297 00:17:27,629 --> 00:17:32,885 Often, these groups are confronted personal problems, 298 00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:37,514 a member decides to do something else, and the group goes into a tailspin. 299 00:17:37,639 --> 00:17:40,059 That would have been the worst scenario. 300 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:44,605 From time to time Chad would call me 301 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,941 to tell me that despite their efforts, they stagnated 302 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,819 and they were considering quitting. 303 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:56,241 I owed a lot of money, $5,000 to my grandmother 304 00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:58,660 and $4,000 to my father-in-law. 305 00:17:58,786 --> 00:18:03,165 I even borrowed from a dealer. 306 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,001 I paid them back first. 307 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:18,847 We stood together and we pulled in the same direction. 308 00:18:18,972 --> 00:18:20,349 A group is creating a buzz 309 00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:25,395 Those who think that members of this group are sold, 310 00:18:26,146 --> 00:18:26,980 Fuck you. 311 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:36,281 Ryan Vikedal was the band's drummer just before we sign a contract. 312 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:38,200 Hi. 313 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:44,248 He played like a jazz drummer, 314 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,542 but he had potential. 315 00:18:48,585 --> 00:18:50,254 I know Ryan Peake 316 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:51,338 DRUMMER (1998-2005) 317 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:52,881 for a long time. 318 00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:56,844 Since I was five. 319 00:18:56,969 --> 00:19:00,472 Ryan gave me a drum as a birthday gift, 320 00:19:00,597 --> 00:19:04,476 and I had played so much that I had demolished it. 321 00:19:06,353 --> 00:19:07,604 We didn't have a manager. 322 00:19:07,729 --> 00:19:10,607 We got into debt for the album The State. 323 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:18,532 The only one who answered us, It's Ron Burman from Roadrunner Records. 324 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,701 I had to find a group 325 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:24,288 capable of filling stadiums. 326 00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:28,208 Nickelback and its members met all the criteria. 327 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:30,460 They had the songs, the attitude. 328 00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:34,798 They knew the music industry 329 00:19:34,923 --> 00:19:36,800 and its workings at that time. 330 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:40,137 They knew what they wanted 331 00:19:40,262 --> 00:19:44,975 and they were focused on their goals and how to achieve them. 332 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:48,353 They thought: "If these idiots sell 20,000 albums in Canada, 333 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:51,231 “There’s a way to make money.” 334 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,613 In New York, I told my boss: 335 00:19:57,738 --> 00:19:59,072 “We have to engage this group. 336 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,824 “It’s going to be a hit.” 337 00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:05,370 We took the plane to New York, to go to Roadrunner. 338 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:08,749 We didn't have a manager. 339 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:13,253 Even if we were lost, we represented the group 340 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:14,671 as if we knew 341 00:20:14,796 --> 00:20:15,923 what we were doing. 342 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,091 We didn't understand anything. We talked. 343 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,594 To tell the truth, it wasn't easy 344 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:22,137 FORMER PRESIDENT OF ROADRUNNER 345 00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:23,513 to have them signed. 346 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:27,809 Our label was known in the world of metal. 347 00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:38,987 Sign with a metal label, it was weird. 348 00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:42,449 We weren't really in our place there. 349 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:44,201 Not even at all. 350 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,211 For us, it was great. 351 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:58,840 Many of the label's metal bands were surprised when they learned 352 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:01,051 that Nickelback had signed. 353 00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:09,893 At meetings, 354 00:21:10,018 --> 00:21:12,312 knowing the label and its specialty, 355 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:14,690 what were we doing there? 356 00:21:14,815 --> 00:21:17,317 We didn't become a rock label. 357 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:20,237 We remained a metal label. 358 00:21:20,362 --> 00:21:22,739 Even at the height of Nickelback, 359 00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:25,742 metal represented 90% of our activity. 360 00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:29,663 Their biggest group, it was Type O Negative. 361 00:21:32,082 --> 00:21:36,420 I believe there was also Coal Chamber, Machine Head and Slipknot. 362 00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:39,506 Slipknot was the biggest group on the label at the time. 363 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:45,178 Slipknot didn't like it Nickelback's signature. 364 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:47,973 Nickelback was a godsend for metal. 365 00:21:48,056 --> 00:21:50,684 Nickelback didn't destroy Roadrunner. 366 00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:53,687 Nickelback helped Roadrunner to stay in business. 367 00:21:53,770 --> 00:21:58,734 The success of Nickelback allowed the label to continue, 368 00:21:58,817 --> 00:21:59,985 until this day. 369 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:10,412 For our first album with them, they have invested enormously 370 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,291 and they lost a lot of money. 371 00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:18,795 You should never be stubborn when you lose. 372 00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:19,921 But they insisted. 373 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:22,382 If it was a major, 374 00:22:23,091 --> 00:22:25,093 we would have been fired for poor sales. 375 00:22:26,636 --> 00:22:31,641 But to get his money back, 376 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:35,353 Roadrunner wanted to record another album. 377 00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:38,148 Finished composing, you have to play. 378 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:39,566 I have to run. 379 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:42,152 I just finished the chorus. 380 00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:49,076 Chad came to my house. He said: "I composed a song. 381 00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:53,205 “I would like you to listen to it.” And he played it. 382 00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:55,499 And I liked her very much. 383 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:57,834 Without finding it special. 384 00:22:57,918 --> 00:23:01,296 My wife was on the mezzanine. 385 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:02,798 She said, “It’s a hit.” 386 00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:05,342 She knew it would work. 387 00:23:06,593 --> 00:23:11,681 We got together to rehearse and decide on production. 388 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:13,141 Just me. 389 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,483 Don't waste the tape. 390 00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:23,944 We have plenty. 391 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:30,909 It was a normal title. 392 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:33,912 We liked him. 393 00:23:34,037 --> 00:23:35,914 Mike didn't want it as the first single. 394 00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:37,833 He wanted it to be Never Again. 395 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:46,049 The song has been sent to radio stations. 396 00:23:46,174 --> 00:23:48,385 They broadcast it, 397 00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:51,012 and suddenly we heard it everywhere. 398 00:24:40,437 --> 00:24:43,982 We went from theaters with 2,000 seats 399 00:24:44,107 --> 00:24:46,776 to full stadiums all over the world. 400 00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:50,155 We could no longer go out on the street 401 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:51,907 without being recognized. 402 00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:56,411 The week the album was released, 403 00:24:56,536 --> 00:25:01,791 we sold 240,000 or 250,000 CDs. 404 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:04,586 For me, it was huge. 405 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:13,678 I took full advantage of it, believe me. 406 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:19,226 I wish this madness lasts even longer. 407 00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:26,191 Right after that, I composed a song called Hero 408 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,151 for the Spider-Man soundtrack. 409 00:25:34,616 --> 00:25:38,662 We heard these songs on the radio permanently. 410 00:25:39,746 --> 00:25:41,289 Nickelback is a hit. 411 00:25:41,414 --> 00:25:42,374 JOURNALIST 412 00:25:42,499 --> 00:25:47,128 We hear it everywhere. At first, it was okay. 413 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:48,672 There are crowds. 414 00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,926 As if they were waiting for the Beatles. 415 00:25:53,551 --> 00:25:56,596 “How You Remind Me” barely out of the Top 10 416 00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,225 when Too Bad walked straight in in the Top 10. 417 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:09,734 There were three songs in the Top 10. We heard them constantly. 418 00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:12,279 It was impossible to escape � Nickelback. 419 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,406 They should have hidden on the Moon. 420 00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:19,452 Some critics think they can recognize good music. 421 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:23,540 Nickelback was a mainstream band, it was undeniable. 422 00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:24,916 At this level, 423 00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:29,087 artistic content didn't even count anymore. 424 00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:33,091 Nickelback fans therefore had bad tastes. 425 00:26:33,216 --> 00:26:35,260 They didn't understand anything about rock. 426 00:26:35,385 --> 00:26:38,179 I've been to so many concerts in this room. 427 00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:41,433 Standing here or there. 428 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:42,392 Over there. 429 00:26:43,727 --> 00:26:45,061 Metley Creates. 430 00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:48,898 Metallica. 431 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,946 It's thanks to you that we are on stage 432 00:26:55,071 --> 00:26:57,240 and let's play here. Thank you. 433 00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:05,206 We didn't know what awaited us, 434 00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:06,916 because we had never experienced that. 435 00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:12,088 We had surfed this wave 436 00:27:12,213 --> 00:27:14,883 and we didn't know where it would lead us. 437 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:19,679 Overnight, we were playing in Europe, in Australia, in many countries. 438 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:21,556 It's nice to document that. 439 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:23,099 It's really crazy. 440 00:27:23,224 --> 00:27:24,934 Come and have a beer instead. 441 00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:34,319 They supported tours absolutely exhausting. 442 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,364 They were constantly on the road. 443 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:41,284 It's a beautiful day... Where are we? 444 00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:45,997 People wrongly think that a tour, it's glamorous. 445 00:27:46,122 --> 00:27:47,749 In reality, it's strange. 446 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,463 It's like exercise. 447 00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:56,132 Sometimes we don't want to move. 448 00:27:56,257 --> 00:27:57,175 Summer 449 00:27:57,300 --> 00:27:59,010 - But it is necessary. - Yes. 450 00:27:59,135 --> 00:28:04,349 We have the impression to live the same day over and over again. 451 00:28:05,266 --> 00:28:07,977 On tour, the worst time is leaving. 452 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:14,067 We abandon the people we love for his passion. 453 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:18,113 It's impossible to have both. 454 00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:20,281 I saw him receive his first guitar. 455 00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:21,366 RYAN’S WIFE 456 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,118 I was there when the group 457 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:26,329 tried to steal his records to small record stores. 458 00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:28,415 Silver Side Up is a hit 459 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,291 So, when they experienced success, 460 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:33,086 I said to myself: “So much the better. It’s deserved. 461 00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:36,005 “Get on the bus and discover the world." 462 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,008 He was often absent. 463 00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:41,928 He was gone for months. 464 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:45,890 I had the impression that it was years. 465 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,350 I have often written. 466 00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:52,772 When you have a family, it's even worse. 467 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:55,525 Your kid wants to stop you from leaving. 468 00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:59,237 He doesn't understand, it's horrible. 469 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:02,574 every time, our tours lasted two years. 470 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,582 At the time, I was addicted to work, 471 00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:12,709 I was always in the studio. 472 00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:15,295 He composed for himself, for others 473 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:17,130 or for Nickelback. 474 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:20,759 He is progressing. He is capable to relax and stop. 475 00:29:20,884 --> 00:29:25,180 But at the time, he didn't know how to occupy himself otherwise. 476 00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:26,890 Generally, we go to town 477 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:29,934 and we see what needs to be done. 478 00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:34,397 He was going out, he went out partying ten days in a row 479 00:29:34,522 --> 00:29:39,068 and became unbearable. Then he rested, 480 00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:40,820 and we got back to work. 481 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:44,157 We had barely come to reunite with our families. 482 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:46,785 We wanted to spend more time together. 483 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:53,416 At the end of the tour, we had a repertoire of songs 484 00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:55,502 ready to record. 485 00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,755 I don't know if it was important. 486 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,298 It was for the label. 487 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,093 He introduced us to this as our most important album. 488 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:06,554 He told us that every time. 489 00:30:06,679 --> 00:30:09,641 For me, it was nonsense. 490 00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:12,602 We thought that the group could aim higher. 491 00:30:12,727 --> 00:30:16,523 Often, groups know a huge success, 492 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:17,482 or an artist knows 493 00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:19,192 a huge success, 494 00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:20,610 before disappearing. 495 00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:24,364 We put pressure on ourselves to release the best album possible. 496 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,908 For us, each album is important, 497 00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:30,286 no matter the success from the previous album. 498 00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:36,668 We were starting to get burned. 499 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:41,548 The Silver Side Up tour lasted 18 months, and towards the end, 500 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:42,924 we began to feel 501 00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:44,676 that we needed to stop. 502 00:30:46,469 --> 00:30:49,180 The next album sold for half as much, 503 00:30:49,305 --> 00:30:50,557 It was a failure. 504 00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:54,769 They could have disappeared completely. 505 00:30:56,229 --> 00:31:00,149 It was a cold shower. 506 00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:03,653 We played in front of fewer people, 507 00:31:03,778 --> 00:31:06,614 It was hard to swallow. 508 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:12,287 When we are in the eye of the storm and we work so hard, 509 00:31:12,912 --> 00:31:15,415 we don't necessarily realize 510 00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:19,335 of what is happening around you. 511 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:24,007 When The Long Road came out, we traveled a lot. 512 00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:30,638 I was starting to get burnt out. 513 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:35,810 You have to take care of yourself, sleep well, that kind of thing, 514 00:31:35,935 --> 00:31:38,354 but we traveled so much. 515 00:31:40,189 --> 00:31:43,443 My head was elsewhere 516 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:45,653 at this time. 517 00:31:45,778 --> 00:31:48,615 It started to affect everything else, 518 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,868 and when it got out of hand, 519 00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:56,289 we decided it was better to separate. 520 00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:02,962 It's difficult to talk about it. 521 00:32:05,673 --> 00:32:11,262 I didn't suspect it, or in any case, less than the others, 522 00:32:11,387 --> 00:32:14,682 so, it was a surprise for me. 523 00:32:16,893 --> 00:32:19,312 Sometimes there is no point in arguing. 524 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:23,608 I was close to Vik, because it was I who hired him. 525 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:26,861 See him leave, 526 00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:30,698 That was one of the things the most difficult ones I have ever had to do. 527 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:33,493 I had to tell him 528 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:37,789 that we wanted to change certain things and that he had to leave. 529 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:43,002 For us, he was a brother and a comrade, 530 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:45,880 He was our brother in arms for a long time. 531 00:32:46,005 --> 00:32:48,007 But we were at the point 532 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:50,468 where he was only a shadow of himself. 533 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:55,807 We had to make a decision as a group, 534 00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:57,225 et� 535 00:32:58,142 --> 00:33:01,396 In a certain way, it's like a divorce. 536 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:06,859 After that, we didn't speak for years. 537 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,779 After a while, Ryan took the initiative 538 00:33:09,904 --> 00:33:11,948 to come see me. 539 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:17,286 It always bothered me that we didn't discuss it. 540 00:33:17,412 --> 00:33:19,580 I like to talk about these things. 541 00:33:19,706 --> 00:33:23,668 I like to empty my bag. I wanted to speak to Vik. 542 00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:26,504 I went to his house accompanied by my son. 543 00:33:26,629 --> 00:33:29,716 I knocked on the door. 544 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:35,430 He opened it, and I said: "Hi, I was in the area. 545 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:38,182 “Do you have time to chat?” 546 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:40,601 He replied: “No.” 547 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:46,399 I continued: “I understand completely.” 548 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:49,110 He told me: “I’m having some work done. 549 00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:52,530 “Come back in half an hour. Is that okay with you?” 550 00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:55,867 I replied: “Half an hour works. 551 00:33:56,409 --> 00:33:58,286 “We’ll have a coffee and come back.” 552 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:02,623 I thought for a moment. 553 00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:05,501 I didn't expect that. 554 00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:06,669 Summer 555 00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:08,588 I came back. 556 00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:13,176 I gave him the group's point of view, our decision-making. 557 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,596 He expressed his point of view, his perspective. 558 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,598 I wanted to hear that. 559 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:21,601 For me, it was the missing element. 560 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,605 I'm glad this conversation 561 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:28,608 allowed us to turn the page. 562 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:32,737 Because this kind of situation doesn't always end like this. 563 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:37,825 Looking back, it’s true that there was tension 564 00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:41,454 and everyone felt different things, 565 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:45,249 but life is too short for grudges. 566 00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:49,962 You don't have to be obsessed by certain situations. 567 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,590 Ryan Peake showed up at my house. 568 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:54,342 We went out and talked. 569 00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:59,013 It took a weight off my shoulders. That relieved me. 570 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:03,601 It was a special moment 571 00:35:03,726 --> 00:35:06,646 which brought everyone together. 572 00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:10,233 We do so many things together, 573 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:14,403 It’s normal that we are friends for life. 574 00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:16,739 He is one of the best drummers in the world. 575 00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:19,742 He comes from Vancouver, 576 00:35:20,743 --> 00:35:21,953 This is Daniel Adair. 577 00:35:22,078 --> 00:35:23,329 Daniel Adair. 578 00:35:26,749 --> 00:35:28,209 Am I a rockstar? 579 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:32,463 Yes, it seems. 580 00:35:32,588 --> 00:35:33,589 An idiot. 581 00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:35,424 A hell of an idiot. 582 00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:39,470 Can I say that? 583 00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:43,808 I was with 3 Doors Down. 584 00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:48,563 We toured with Nickelback in the United States. 585 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:52,984 Chad watched my solo every night, he loved my style. 586 00:36:02,118 --> 00:36:04,829 I had to decide to leave 3 Doors Down, 587 00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:07,498 who then had a number 1 single. 588 00:36:07,623 --> 00:36:10,459 Nickelback was finished The Long Road tour. 589 00:36:12,211 --> 00:36:13,880 Around me, I heard: 590 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:17,508 “You know, Nickelback, it’s over. You have a good group.” 591 00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:20,720 “What if the next album was a failure?” 592 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:24,348 I will have to find work elsewhere. 593 00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:26,851 A good drummer. 594 00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:29,604 A great guy. Very funny. 595 00:36:30,605 --> 00:36:31,856 I wanted him in my group. 596 00:36:35,234 --> 00:36:37,904 Daniel has arrived for All the Right Reasons. 597 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,697 The ideal album to start with. 598 00:36:39,822 --> 00:36:42,909 The first group will set the fire. 599 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,620 Coming from Alberta, he has sold millions of albums. 600 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:49,123 His album All the Right Reasons is ranked #1. 601 00:36:49,957 --> 00:36:51,042 The winner 602 00:36:52,293 --> 00:36:55,213 Nickelback, All the Right Reasons. 603 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:07,183 We came, because a reward had to be given. 604 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:11,646 We didn't expect it. 605 00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:14,732 We thought that the Red Hot were going to take everything. 606 00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:45,805 If the group has become huge and commanded respect, 607 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,515 it's thanks to All the Right Reasons. 608 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:50,726 One of the best sellers of all time. 609 00:37:50,851 --> 00:37:52,895 Yes. The class. 610 00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:56,274 Diamond disc. 611 00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:58,776 We didn't expect such success. 612 00:37:58,901 --> 00:38:00,861 How many number 1 singles on this album? 613 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,239 Five hits: 614 00:38:03,906 --> 00:38:07,827 Photograph, Far Away, Savin' Me, If Everyone Cared, 615 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:11,372 and above all, the biggest hit from the album, Rockstar. 616 00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:25,511 Touring is fun. 617 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,389 The lodge was always open. 618 00:38:28,514 --> 00:38:30,808 They always took time to chat. 619 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:32,143 It was family. 620 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:38,816 We don't do everything together, 621 00:38:38,941 --> 00:38:42,445 because everyone likes different things. 622 00:38:43,362 --> 00:38:45,865 My wife doesn't really like it 623 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:47,283 my outings with Chad. 624 00:38:48,075 --> 00:38:53,039 So, I avoid, because I don't want to divorce. 625 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,004 We never would have believed 626 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:02,173 that we would have our own buses. 627 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:03,424 When it happened 628 00:39:03,966 --> 00:39:06,802 We raised our children and our dog on the road. 629 00:39:06,927 --> 00:39:08,929 - Dad ! - Good night. 630 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:10,723 - Hello, dad. -Hey, Dax. 631 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,725 - Hello, mom. - Hi. 632 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,602 - Hi, Cadie. - Good morning. 633 00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:17,730 There was the family bus and the party bus. 634 00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:18,814 MIKE'S WIFE 635 00:39:18,939 --> 00:39:21,067 Chad and Mike broke up 636 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:22,860 and used different buses. 637 00:39:23,569 --> 00:39:24,445 Call your bosses. 638 00:39:24,570 --> 00:39:26,364 You will be absent tomorrow. 639 00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:28,324 You're going to get drunk with us. 640 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:32,745 There is an entourage. 641 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:36,665 On tour, there are between 50 and 70 people 642 00:39:36,791 --> 00:39:38,376 to prepare for the concerts. 643 00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:41,170 This tour was monumental, 644 00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:44,423 it was worthy of U2. 645 00:39:44,548 --> 00:39:46,467 It was gigantic. 646 00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,530 It's gone into a tailspin. 647 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:08,656 NOBODY LIKES NICKELBACK 648 00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:10,408 The hatred they suffered 649 00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:13,619 became excessive. 650 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:19,375 The most cynical strongly criticized the group, 651 00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:23,170 said the group was bogus 652 00:40:23,295 --> 00:40:24,588 RADIO HOST 653 00:40:24,713 --> 00:40:31,011 and unworthy of respect, unlike other groups. 654 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:32,471 That was my point of view, 655 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:36,684 I found their music stereotypical, 656 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:41,981 designed for maximum radio broadcasts, 657 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,567 to please as many people as possible. 658 00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:49,780 It's Nirvana syndrome. 659 00:40:49,905 --> 00:40:53,284 Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, all this movement. 660 00:40:53,409 --> 00:40:55,744 All these Seattle bands 661 00:40:55,870 --> 00:41:00,875 had inspired other groups to favor the sound of the guitars. 662 00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:06,839 The public started to complain of the broadcast of Nickelback. 663 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,340 We didn't understand why. 664 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,384 Bad music sours. 665 00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:13,804 Nickelback makes me want to kill Nickelback. 666 00:41:16,515 --> 00:41:21,312 It coincided with the advent of social networks. 667 00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:24,148 Facebook, MySpace, then Twitter. 668 00:41:24,231 --> 00:41:25,065 NICKELBRAQUE 669 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,192 BETTER THAN NICKELBACK 670 00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:29,612 This gave rise to an explosion 671 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:30,696 CRIME AGAINST MUSIC 672 00:41:30,821 --> 00:41:32,448 of the number of memes. 673 00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:35,409 This site is also bogus than a Nickelback song. 674 00:41:35,534 --> 00:41:37,411 There were millions of them. 675 00:41:37,536 --> 00:41:40,372 It was the group the most hated in the world. 676 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,875 It's like Nickelback produced the Beatles. 677 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,835 It's music, but rubbish. 678 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,629 I don't understand this hatred. 679 00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:48,214 It's beyond me. 680 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:52,301 The more successful a group is, the more people want it to fail. 681 00:41:52,426 --> 00:41:55,387 Congress is less popular 682 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,806 as hemorrhoids, Nickelback, 683 00:41:57,932 --> 00:41:59,600 cockroaches, dental treatments, 684 00:41:59,725 --> 00:42:02,102 colonoscopies, herpes 685 00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:04,021 Herpes is more popular than Congress. 686 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:10,903 But I admire Chad Kroeger. 687 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:13,030 He is aware of what he represents. 688 00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:15,908 I asked him the question. 689 00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:20,996 He said he wouldn't be human if he wasn't disappointed 690 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:25,000 and frustrated by this situation. 691 00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:29,004 But this pain was lessened 692 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:32,007 by his enormous success. 693 00:42:32,841 --> 00:42:34,260 In the 2000s, 694 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:38,180 no group has been more widely distributed than Nickelback. 695 00:42:39,014 --> 00:42:41,183 More than the Beatles, 696 00:42:41,308 --> 00:42:42,601 more than the Rolling Stones. 697 00:42:42,726 --> 00:42:46,063 No one chooses to be a hated group, 698 00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:47,481 a hated artist, 699 00:42:47,606 --> 00:42:50,442 a hated composer. 700 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:54,280 At one point, I suffered a lot. 701 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:55,573 We tried to laugh about it. 702 00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:58,659 But there are things that hurt. 703 00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:00,160 It hurt. 704 00:43:00,286 --> 00:43:01,996 Stunning music 705 00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,206 Everyone loved us, 706 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,711 and suddenly, no one loved us anymore. 707 00:43:09,128 --> 00:43:10,588 But it sucks. 708 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:11,922 But you have to accept it. 709 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:13,841 It was difficult at first 710 00:43:13,924 --> 00:43:15,467 My spaghetti is delicious. 711 00:43:15,551 --> 00:43:17,928 - But they don't please everyone. - Yes. 712 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:19,305 I like my spaghetti. 713 00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:23,267 We had a blast, 714 00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:25,853 more than any other group, 715 00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:29,940 and no one can dispute it. 716 00:43:34,028 --> 00:43:35,654 Something happened. 717 00:43:35,738 --> 00:43:38,324 I forgot what triggered it. 718 00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:43,537 Chad lost his temper in the dressing room, and Mike said to him: 719 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:44,955 “Take it upon yourself.” 720 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:46,915 “I don’t care what anyone thinks of me.” 721 00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:48,792 So, I said: 722 00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:50,961 “I hadn’t thought about that.” 723 00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:52,588 He continued: 724 00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:54,173 “I’m the lead singer of Nickelback. 725 00:43:54,256 --> 00:43:56,008 "Everywhere I go, 726 00:43:56,091 --> 00:43:58,218 "people tell me: 727 00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:00,846 'Your group sucks! Fuck Nickelback!’” 728 00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:03,015 That caught my attention. 729 00:44:04,016 --> 00:44:05,851 He said, “I am who I am. 730 00:44:05,934 --> 00:44:09,021 “You can live your lives. Not me.” 731 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:12,274 It hurt him. 732 00:44:13,734 --> 00:44:15,736 I wish he was less touchy, 733 00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:18,530 May he not be hurt so easily. 734 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:25,537 I think Mike is suffering from this more than he admits. 735 00:44:27,706 --> 00:44:29,416 It is their life's work. 736 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:34,213 To experience such enormous success, 737 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:39,635 and then be mocked and ridiculed, 738 00:44:39,718 --> 00:44:42,221 I think it affects us all. 739 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:45,557 The children were naughty. 740 00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:47,267 Everyone hated the group. 741 00:44:47,351 --> 00:44:48,227 MIKE’S CHILDREN 742 00:44:48,310 --> 00:44:49,436 And hated us. 743 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,273 We use this at concerts. 744 00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:56,652 I overcame that forgetting this situation. 745 00:44:56,735 --> 00:44:58,070 New caps. 746 00:44:59,238 --> 00:45:00,239 Thank you, goodbye. 747 00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:05,035 I accept people's opinions regarding my group. 748 00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:08,497 But I refuse to let my son be harassed Because of that. 749 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:11,041 I asked him if we were bothering him. 750 00:45:11,625 --> 00:45:14,628 He replied: “People make fun of the band.” 751 00:45:14,711 --> 00:45:16,004 He defended us, 752 00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:19,675 like any child would do. 753 00:45:20,717 --> 00:45:23,512 I always said: “You don’t have to defend us. 754 00:45:23,595 --> 00:45:26,974 “I don’t want you to get mixed up in this.” 755 00:45:27,433 --> 00:45:33,605 He was undergoing this treatment Because of us, because of the criticism. 756 00:45:34,273 --> 00:45:38,152 It's hard to accept. I find it unfair. 757 00:45:38,277 --> 00:45:39,653 People don't understand that. 758 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:47,161 The pressure is different when we represent the group. 759 00:45:50,205 --> 00:45:53,584 Marrying a celebrity is even worse. 760 00:45:54,877 --> 00:45:57,671 This magnifies the problem. 761 00:45:57,796 --> 00:46:00,090 Lavigne and Kroeger divorce 762 00:46:00,299 --> 00:46:01,383 You have to deal with it. 763 00:46:01,508 --> 00:46:02,509 They want to stay friends 764 00:46:02,634 --> 00:46:04,303 But we realize 765 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:07,764 that it's us who complicate our lives. 766 00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:11,351 In the music industry, everything is public, 767 00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:13,228 successes as well as failures. 768 00:46:14,354 --> 00:46:16,607 When something goes wrong, 769 00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:20,527 it's horrible, as if the world rejoiced over your misfortune. 770 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:26,033 But when everything is going well, we have the impression of being at the top. 771 00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:27,075 CLIP DIRECTOR 772 00:46:27,201 --> 00:46:29,244 Their success rests 773 00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:31,914 partly on the fact that they are hated. Never mind. 774 00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:36,668 Many people love their music. 775 00:46:48,764 --> 00:46:50,432 Seriously? Nickelback? 776 00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:53,519 Without kidding? It's bullshit. 777 00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:54,478 Stuck in 2005 778 00:46:54,770 --> 00:46:56,813 I'm going to annoy my colleagues 779 00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:03,612 It's superb. It's peaceful. 780 00:47:03,737 --> 00:47:05,739 keep it up 781 00:47:06,323 --> 00:47:09,618 First listening to Photograph, by Nickelback 782 00:47:09,743 --> 00:47:11,995 These are the risks of the job. 783 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,414 Guys in black t-shirts will be hated 784 00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:16,625 by the guys in white t-shirts. 785 00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:22,965 It is rare to have a linear career, 786 00:47:23,090 --> 00:47:25,801 to string together hits and be at the top 787 00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:28,303 for ten years, like Nickelback. 788 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:32,432 Our fans are loyal and unconditional, 789 00:47:32,558 --> 00:47:34,476 They don't care about the criticism. 790 00:47:37,145 --> 00:47:40,482 Hi. Shall we take a photo? Ready? 791 00:47:44,778 --> 00:47:46,655 It's my passion. 792 00:47:46,780 --> 00:47:51,910 I am no one else. I follow my heart and what I love. 793 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:53,996 It's nice to be a Nickelback fan. 794 00:47:54,121 --> 00:47:56,498 Insults won't change anything. 795 00:47:56,623 --> 00:47:58,875 It won't change what I like. 796 00:47:59,001 --> 00:48:01,253 I will love this group until I die. 797 00:48:03,297 --> 00:48:06,174 As an Albertan, you can succeed 798 00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:07,926 and fulfill his dream. 799 00:48:08,051 --> 00:48:10,971 There are still artists who care about their fans, 800 00:48:11,096 --> 00:48:13,181 who are attached to their community. 801 00:48:13,307 --> 00:48:15,726 They are not stars who deny us, 802 00:48:15,851 --> 00:48:17,102 who have changed their style 803 00:48:17,227 --> 00:48:18,186 and personality. 804 00:48:18,312 --> 00:48:20,897 They are true to themselves 805 00:48:21,023 --> 00:48:22,107 and to their fans. 806 00:48:22,232 --> 00:48:24,818 Their fans wear Oilers jerseys 807 00:48:24,943 --> 00:48:26,028 at their concerts. 808 00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:29,323 I feel much better about myself. 809 00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:34,453 Now it doesn't bother me anymore. 810 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,332 I play Nickelback songs to fans. 811 00:48:39,291 --> 00:48:40,667 That's what they want. 812 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,170 I want to sing them. 813 00:48:44,212 --> 00:48:48,467 I'm not trying to convince people who don't like my group. 814 00:48:49,718 --> 00:48:56,642 It's a form of torture, no one wins. 815 00:48:58,101 --> 00:49:00,062 That's enough. 816 00:49:00,187 --> 00:49:02,314 I'm tired of people criticizing Nickelback. 817 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:04,483 Do you think this will make you popular? 818 00:49:04,608 --> 00:49:06,360 - No, but I'm right. - No. 819 00:49:06,485 --> 00:49:09,446 Their music is stereotypical and overproduced. 820 00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:12,199 Really ? You know who disagrees? 821 00:49:12,324 --> 00:49:13,367 The facts. 822 00:49:14,326 --> 00:49:15,911 Fifty million albums sold. 823 00:49:16,036 --> 00:49:18,288 Eleventh largest seller. 824 00:49:18,413 --> 00:49:20,374 The group of the decade. 825 00:49:20,499 --> 00:49:22,334 Nominated for Grammy and Juno Awards. 826 00:49:22,459 --> 00:49:23,335 It counts. 827 00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:25,962 Billboard Music, American Music, 828 00:49:26,088 --> 00:49:27,172 People's Choice, 829 00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:30,759 Canadian� Really, the total. 830 00:49:54,741 --> 00:49:56,827 Chad is an excellent composer. 831 00:49:56,952 --> 00:49:59,496 Pop is addictive. 832 00:49:59,621 --> 00:50:00,831 It got me high. 833 00:50:01,540 --> 00:50:04,292 But how did you get high? 834 00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:07,421 The next composition 835 00:50:08,630 --> 00:50:10,966 that you are going to hear 836 00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:18,056 contains the deepest lyrics 837 00:50:18,181 --> 00:50:21,101 never written! 838 00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:31,862 For example: 839 00:50:34,823 --> 00:50:38,034 “You look more beautiful with your mouth full.” 840 00:50:39,703 --> 00:50:42,998 I read reviews which were justified. 841 00:50:43,123 --> 00:50:47,961 References to strip clubs, to blowjobs, 842 00:50:48,086 --> 00:50:50,380 At the holidays, it's a bit stupid. 843 00:50:50,505 --> 00:50:51,757 It's not false. 844 00:51:04,853 --> 00:51:08,648 I'm not the first To talk about it in songs. 845 00:51:24,581 --> 00:51:27,876 But sometimes people appreciate meaningless songs. 846 00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:54,569 Nickelback sucks? 847 00:51:57,989 --> 00:52:01,326 No, this group doesn't suck. 848 00:53:06,516 --> 00:53:08,393 Come on ! 849 00:53:46,014 --> 00:53:50,310 We were recording in Los Angeles. 850 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:55,815 We rented a house with projection room, 851 00:53:55,941 --> 00:53:58,360 benefiting from acoustic treatment. 852 00:53:58,485 --> 00:54:00,362 We moved all the furniture 853 00:54:00,487 --> 00:54:02,489 and we used it as a studio. 854 00:54:06,159 --> 00:54:08,995 I had stopped drinking alcohol 855 00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:11,373 and I was exercising. 856 00:54:12,374 --> 00:54:16,795 It saves me from going crazy on tour, in the studio, 857 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,214 or at home with my family. 858 00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:22,384 If I don't something pathetic every day, 859 00:54:22,509 --> 00:54:24,052 I don't live. 860 00:54:25,762 --> 00:54:30,266 I felt a strange feeling on the left side of my head. 861 00:54:30,392 --> 00:54:31,351 A sort of 862 00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:33,770 Like a drop of water. 863 00:54:34,396 --> 00:54:36,815 I crawled on the ground, 864 00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:39,484 I started to shake and sweat. 865 00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:43,238 I was blind and paralyzed. 866 00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:48,118 The left hemisphere of my brain was screwed. 867 00:54:49,703 --> 00:54:51,329 Emergencies in LA, 868 00:54:51,454 --> 00:54:52,747 it’s striking. 869 00:54:53,873 --> 00:54:56,876 I saw nothing, I closed my eyes because of dizziness, 870 00:54:57,836 --> 00:55:00,839 but I could hear the other patients� 871 00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:03,216 There were people dying. 872 00:55:04,676 --> 00:55:08,304 It was frenetic. 873 00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:11,725 In the emergency room, we are told: “We believe he had a stroke.” 874 00:55:11,850 --> 00:55:15,061 - Yes. - at 40 years old. 875 00:55:15,812 --> 00:55:18,356 The first three days, 876 00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:23,236 the doctors were unable to tell me if he was going to survive. 877 00:55:23,987 --> 00:55:29,534 It was terrifying, I was in shock. 878 00:55:32,704 --> 00:55:36,624 They didn't know why he suffered a stroke 879 00:55:36,750 --> 00:55:39,753 At such a young age, while he was in good health. 880 00:55:39,878 --> 00:55:45,717 I couldn't speak for Mike, because I was traumatized 881 00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:48,303 and in shock. 882 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:50,430 Shit. 883 00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,849 It was a bad move. 884 00:55:54,601 --> 00:55:57,645 It was Chad who answered to all questions, 885 00:55:57,771 --> 00:55:59,731 filled out the forms, 886 00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:04,027 moved him to the rolling bed 887 00:56:04,152 --> 00:56:05,862 during transfer. 888 00:56:06,696 --> 00:56:10,283 Chad was a hero to Mike and me. 889 00:56:14,370 --> 00:56:15,413 His wife was there. 890 00:56:15,538 --> 00:56:18,041 She was always by his side. 891 00:56:19,417 --> 00:56:22,837 They brought him food. She refused to leave him. 892 00:56:24,255 --> 00:56:25,423 After a stroke, 893 00:56:26,466 --> 00:56:27,842 you have to learn to walk again. 894 00:56:28,426 --> 00:56:31,846 You have to learn 895 00:56:32,472 --> 00:56:34,849 to walk straight while looking sideways 896 00:56:36,351 --> 00:56:37,435 or in the air. 897 00:56:38,603 --> 00:56:41,815 It's like a sobriety test, but without drugs or alcohol. 898 00:56:41,940 --> 00:56:46,528 My whole body does not react correctly. 899 00:56:46,653 --> 00:56:48,196 At the beginning, 900 00:56:48,321 --> 00:56:50,323 I fell while trying to walk. 901 00:56:51,533 --> 00:56:54,869 For weeks I paced the aisle 902 00:56:55,703 --> 00:56:57,247 20 times a day. 903 00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:04,838 Many people live without ever thinking about death. 904 00:57:06,881 --> 00:57:08,716 For me, Chad is a mystery, 905 00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,718 because he understands mortality, 906 00:57:10,844 --> 00:57:15,598 but I don't know if it's something 907 00:57:15,723 --> 00:57:17,142 who interests him. 908 00:57:17,267 --> 00:57:18,184 I don't know. 909 00:57:19,477 --> 00:57:20,478 Difficult to say. 910 00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:50,341 I was very ill. 911 00:57:50,467 --> 00:57:51,426 We had ten days 912 00:57:51,551 --> 00:57:55,680 before the rest of the stadium tour in the United States. 913 00:57:55,805 --> 00:57:59,934 We were on the west coast, I was warming up. 914 00:58:00,101 --> 00:58:04,397 When I started to sing, my voice was strange, I sang out of tune, 915 00:58:04,522 --> 00:58:06,691 it was horrible. 916 00:58:08,902 --> 00:58:11,154 Sore throats happen. 917 00:58:11,279 --> 00:58:14,407 But it's not insurmountable. 918 00:58:14,532 --> 00:58:17,785 Hearing his voice, I knew it was serious. 919 00:58:18,536 --> 00:58:21,122 It sounded like a whisper. 920 00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:25,502 Without notes. He couldn't sing. 921 00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:29,881 He said, "I can't sing." 922 00:58:32,759 --> 00:58:34,135 I panicked. 923 00:58:34,260 --> 00:58:36,721 We immediately stopped. 924 00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:40,558 This concert had to be canceled. 925 00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:44,312 while 20,000 people were waiting. 926 00:58:44,437 --> 00:58:48,441 Three hours before the doors open. 927 00:58:49,067 --> 00:58:50,568 I really panicked. 928 00:58:50,693 --> 00:58:53,279 It was necessary to cancel the last dates 929 00:58:53,404 --> 00:58:54,656 and the world tour. 930 00:58:54,781 --> 00:58:56,199 Without his voice, 931 00:58:57,534 --> 00:58:59,869 the group does not exist. 932 00:59:02,664 --> 00:59:05,208 The question 933 00:59:05,333 --> 00:59:07,168 I never asked you 934 00:59:07,293 --> 00:59:09,379 out of fear 935 00:59:09,504 --> 00:59:12,382 During your healing, you did not speak, 936 00:59:12,507 --> 00:59:14,467 because that was forbidden to you. 937 00:59:15,176 --> 00:59:18,930 At one point you were afraid 938 00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:20,181 to be able to sing anymore? 939 00:59:20,306 --> 00:59:22,183 Have you ever thought about that? 940 00:59:23,643 --> 00:59:24,811 It lasted a month. 941 00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:29,148 He was forbidden to speak, 942 00:59:29,274 --> 00:59:30,316 to express themselves. 943 00:59:31,067 --> 00:59:33,111 During this period, 944 00:59:34,070 --> 00:59:35,071 he obviously thought about it. 945 00:59:35,196 --> 00:59:37,115 Like anyone else, right? 946 00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:39,659 “Will my voice come back?” 947 00:59:40,535 --> 00:59:41,953 I was scared. 948 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:44,205 I was shitting myself. 949 00:59:44,330 --> 00:59:46,082 I hid from them what was happening. 950 00:59:48,543 --> 00:59:50,587 I didn't want to talk to you about it, 951 00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:52,797 because I'm supposed to be the leader. 952 00:59:53,548 --> 00:59:55,466 I can't show my fear. 953 00:59:58,136 --> 01:00:01,431 I have to play a fucking role 954 01:00:01,556 --> 01:00:03,308 so as not to scare you. 955 01:00:08,563 --> 01:00:10,023 - I have the weather forecast. - Should I tell him? 956 01:00:10,148 --> 01:00:11,691 Between 10 and 13. 957 01:00:11,816 --> 01:00:13,901 No, he will hit me. 958 01:00:14,027 --> 01:00:15,278 No. He can't. 959 01:00:15,403 --> 01:00:16,946 Yes, but he won't hit me. 960 01:00:19,574 --> 01:00:21,200 - THANKS. - Thank you so much. 961 01:00:22,368 --> 01:00:23,411 Sit down. 962 01:00:24,746 --> 01:00:26,539 Your presence here intrigues you. 963 01:00:27,332 --> 01:00:28,166 I'm firing you. 964 01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:30,251 I'm the new one. 965 01:00:30,376 --> 01:00:32,795 They have known each other forever. 966 01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:34,881 They grew up together in Alberta. 967 01:00:35,506 --> 01:00:36,758 It's like that. 968 01:00:36,883 --> 01:00:39,594 These three form a family. 969 01:00:40,345 --> 01:00:44,015 I'm part of the group, more or less. 970 01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:45,141 We form a family, 971 01:00:45,266 --> 01:00:47,935 but I'm a distant cousin and weird. 972 01:00:48,061 --> 01:00:51,230 We are facing a rare situation. 973 01:00:52,607 --> 01:00:56,194 We deserve a prize for never giving up. 974 01:00:56,903 --> 01:00:58,488 I'm in Birmingham. 975 01:00:58,613 --> 01:01:00,782 - It was nothing. - They are releasing a new album. 976 01:01:00,907 --> 01:01:02,659 New album in December. 977 01:01:02,784 --> 01:01:03,785 If you're interested. 978 01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:07,622 It will be great. One of the group's best albums. 979 01:01:07,747 --> 01:01:08,790 Really great. 980 01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:11,000 A very aggressive album. 981 01:01:11,125 --> 01:01:13,461 We have to play one song from each album. 982 01:01:13,586 --> 01:01:16,172 A repeat. Sex Farm Woman? 983 01:01:21,844 --> 01:01:24,138 - It will be a hit in Estonia. -Spinal Tap. 984 01:01:24,263 --> 01:01:25,139 Spinal Tap. 985 01:01:25,264 --> 01:01:26,474 I don't know anything about it. 986 01:01:26,599 --> 01:01:27,433 Break Like The Wind? 987 01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:28,351 -Smell The Glove. - I know. 988 01:01:28,434 --> 01:01:30,061 -Smell The Glove. - Yes. 989 01:01:30,561 --> 01:01:32,146 A very sexist cover. 990 01:01:32,271 --> 01:01:33,147 - Sexy. -Shark Sandwich. 991 01:01:33,272 --> 01:01:35,400 There's nothing wrong with being sexy. 992 01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:37,902 Lots of people think that this group 993 01:01:38,027 --> 01:01:39,904 is a dictatorship. 994 01:01:40,029 --> 01:01:43,032 Because of Chad's strong personality. 995 01:01:43,908 --> 01:01:46,035 being "new", 996 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:49,080 I don't give my opinion on the commercial side, 997 01:01:49,205 --> 01:01:50,581 That's their business. 998 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:52,917 But in terms of songs, 999 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:54,794 it is truly a democracy. 1000 01:01:54,919 --> 01:01:57,380 Those who come to see six concerts in a row 1001 01:01:57,505 --> 01:01:58,673 want change. 1002 01:01:58,798 --> 01:01:59,882 - That's the problem. - Yes. 1003 01:02:00,007 --> 01:02:00,883 Do you understand? 1004 01:02:01,008 --> 01:02:02,885 Shall we play Leader Of Men? 1005 01:02:03,010 --> 01:02:04,429 At least it's different. 1006 01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:05,513 I don't care. 1007 01:02:05,638 --> 01:02:07,014 We have 33 singles. 1008 01:02:07,765 --> 01:02:09,976 We can't play them all every night. 1009 01:02:10,101 --> 01:02:13,146 There are some who fall by the wayside. 1010 01:02:13,271 --> 01:02:15,523 Imagine not playing Rockstar. 1011 01:02:17,233 --> 01:02:18,192 Impossible. 1012 01:02:18,317 --> 01:02:20,153 “How You Remind Me” or “Rockstar”. 1013 01:02:20,278 --> 01:02:21,237 FORMER MANAGER 1014 01:02:21,362 --> 01:02:23,906 The manager shakes his head: “No. 1015 01:02:24,031 --> 01:02:25,742 “Never in life.” 1016 01:02:25,867 --> 01:02:27,577 It's the same for Savin' Me. 1017 01:02:27,702 --> 01:02:29,579 When we start to say to ourselves: 1018 01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:30,872 "The fans want 1019 01:02:30,997 --> 01:02:33,916 "listen to these songs at every concert", 1020 01:02:34,041 --> 01:02:37,378 the song list never changes. 1021 01:02:37,503 --> 01:02:39,922 We release new albums without playing 1022 01:02:40,047 --> 01:02:41,716 the new songs? 1023 01:02:41,841 --> 01:02:43,718 It's a fragile balance. 1024 01:02:45,011 --> 01:02:47,889 It's like a family dynamic not very healthy. 1025 01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:50,725 We say to ourselves: “Fuck, I’m sick of this. 1026 01:02:50,850 --> 01:02:51,809 “I want to forget about it.” 1027 01:02:51,934 --> 01:02:53,144 Let's say we stop. 1028 01:02:55,980 --> 01:02:57,732 When it's time to speak, 1029 01:03:00,234 --> 01:03:03,696 to discuss seriously with my friends, 1030 01:03:03,821 --> 01:03:07,325 they always end up asking me: 1031 01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:09,827 “When are you going on tour?” 1032 01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:13,873 It's normal, it's the common point between lots of people, 1033 01:03:13,998 --> 01:03:16,751 that's it. 1034 01:03:21,589 --> 01:03:24,509 Nickelback is his identity and his life, 1035 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:25,885 not just her baby. 1036 01:03:26,010 --> 01:03:28,513 It doesn't just replace children. 1037 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:31,224 Without Nickelback, 1038 01:03:31,349 --> 01:03:37,522 I think Chad completely loses its identity. 1039 01:03:38,272 --> 01:03:39,982 Without this group, I have no identity. 1040 01:03:40,858 --> 01:03:47,240 I'm the one who's supposed to be represent the group, 1041 01:03:49,075 --> 01:03:52,912 but without him, who am I? 1042 01:03:53,579 --> 01:03:56,165 We've been doing this for 22 years. 1043 01:03:56,958 --> 01:04:00,711 I spent half my life 1044 01:04:00,837 --> 01:04:03,464 to scream into a microphone at the front of a stage. 1045 01:04:03,589 --> 01:04:06,425 If I'm not that, who am I? 1046 01:04:07,593 --> 01:04:11,639 The guy who tells the most jokes during the holidays? 1047 01:04:14,809 --> 01:04:17,687 Chad always seemed isolated to me. 1048 01:04:19,897 --> 01:04:22,483 Even when people are around him. 1049 01:04:22,608 --> 01:04:24,610 It's indescribable. 1050 01:04:27,613 --> 01:04:30,825 As if he always needed a little more. 1051 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:41,836 He is caring and loving, 1052 01:04:42,837 --> 01:04:44,171 very open. 1053 01:04:44,297 --> 01:04:46,799 He is easily injured 1054 01:04:47,550 --> 01:04:49,844 by people capable of hurting him. 1055 01:04:54,849 --> 01:04:56,100 He's a good guy. 1056 01:04:56,893 --> 01:04:58,519 You love escaping from prison. 1057 01:04:58,644 --> 01:05:00,897 You love it. It's his thing. 1058 01:05:01,022 --> 01:05:01,939 For this, I am gifted. 1059 01:05:02,064 --> 01:05:05,735 Getting into trouble and avoiding it, it's your specialty. 1060 01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:06,861 Avoid trouble. 1061 01:05:07,653 --> 01:05:09,697 - You love it. - avoid trouble? 1062 01:05:09,822 --> 01:05:12,283 - Yes. - This is what I prefer. 1063 01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:13,993 - I know. - I'm good. 1064 01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:26,172 Question: what next? 1065 01:05:26,714 --> 01:05:29,926 What's the next step? 1066 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:31,928 - Well - Shall we continue? 1067 01:05:32,053 --> 01:05:34,722 We are recording an album, are we going on tour? 1068 01:05:34,847 --> 01:05:36,807 An album, a tour? 1069 01:05:36,933 --> 01:05:39,852 Or will we only release compilations? 1070 01:05:39,977 --> 01:05:42,730 I don't know. Good question. 1071 01:05:42,855 --> 01:05:45,274 And then? What are you doing ? 1072 01:05:46,108 --> 01:05:47,777 I'm preparing the studio. 1073 01:05:48,819 --> 01:05:50,071 He is ready. 1074 01:05:53,658 --> 01:05:56,285 The album paradigm. Good question. 1075 01:05:56,869 --> 01:05:58,788 We have been asking this question for ten years. 1076 01:05:58,871 --> 01:06:00,748 There are warning signs. 1077 01:06:00,831 --> 01:06:07,797 At some point, albums will no longer exist. 1078 01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:09,966 We are witnesses to it. 1079 01:06:10,049 --> 01:06:13,135 Who doesn't want to make a living from their music? 1080 01:06:13,219 --> 01:06:15,721 When you no longer want it, you have to stop. 1081 01:06:15,805 --> 01:06:17,431 All right. But you know what? 1082 01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:21,727 We played for a long time music from other artists. 1083 01:06:23,020 --> 01:06:24,355 Do you understand? 1084 01:06:24,438 --> 01:06:26,399 We always said to each other: 1085 01:06:27,525 --> 01:06:30,695 "We should compose and play our own music." 1086 01:06:30,778 --> 01:06:32,488 Everything has an end, you know. 1087 01:06:35,992 --> 01:06:38,953 I don't know what the future holds � Nickelback. 1088 01:06:39,036 --> 01:06:42,415 But there you go. It's been like that from the beginning. 1089 01:06:44,542 --> 01:06:47,044 Nickelback plays a huge role in my life. 1090 01:06:48,504 --> 01:06:49,755 But that's not all I have. 1091 01:06:55,052 --> 01:07:00,975 In spring 2020, we had to tour North America, 1092 01:07:01,058 --> 01:07:03,811 but it fell through. 1093 01:07:03,894 --> 01:07:05,354 Coronavirus news. 1094 01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:07,982 The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, 1095 01:07:08,065 --> 01:07:13,571 announced the closure of the borders to non-resident foreigners. 1096 01:07:13,654 --> 01:07:15,197 There will be exceptions, 1097 01:07:15,281 --> 01:07:18,034 but Canada took drastic measures. 1098 01:07:22,538 --> 01:07:24,790 It was a strange time, 1099 01:07:24,874 --> 01:07:26,959 the group no longer played. 1100 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:29,211 The group stopped and so did the world. 1101 01:07:30,212 --> 01:07:32,298 None of us really knew 1102 01:07:32,840 --> 01:07:34,383 if we would ever start again. 1103 01:07:41,599 --> 01:07:43,309 It was a difficult time. 1104 01:07:45,519 --> 01:07:47,396 My hand was frozen. 1105 01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:52,026 My shoulder was lifting to compensate. 1106 01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:53,778 My hip hurt. 1107 01:07:54,570 --> 01:07:55,780 The nerve that 1108 01:07:57,323 --> 01:07:58,908 The ulnar nerve. 1109 01:07:59,867 --> 01:08:03,412 From this side of the hand to the elbow. 1110 01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:05,081 He goes around. 1111 01:08:05,748 --> 01:08:08,834 I would say it's been between 10 and 15 years, 1112 01:08:08,959 --> 01:08:11,754 since the recording of Dark Horse. 1113 01:08:12,213 --> 01:08:16,884 A slight loss of control with the right hand. 1114 01:08:17,009 --> 01:08:18,928 - If I cry - I'll help you. 1115 01:08:19,053 --> 01:08:20,304 It's no better than yesterday. 1116 01:08:20,429 --> 01:08:21,639 I'll bring some tissues. 1117 01:08:22,264 --> 01:08:23,557 One more concert. 1118 01:08:23,974 --> 01:08:26,477 The more I trained, the more pain I got. 1119 01:08:29,897 --> 01:08:31,774 I didn't control the bass drum 1120 01:08:31,899 --> 01:08:33,943 nor my right hand. 1121 01:08:34,068 --> 01:08:36,654 Damn! Shit ! 1122 01:08:36,779 --> 01:08:41,617 It's a neurological problem, task-related focal dystonia. 1123 01:08:43,869 --> 01:08:45,788 I repressed my feelings. 1124 01:08:45,913 --> 01:08:47,915 That's what guys do. 1125 01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:52,753 We don't talk about it, we say we will manage. 1126 01:08:52,878 --> 01:08:54,505 It really sucked. 1127 01:08:55,589 --> 01:08:58,592 I had to fix it before they fired me. 1128 01:08:58,717 --> 01:09:01,095 This situation stressed me out. 1129 01:09:03,973 --> 01:09:07,434 We were asked to play before the Super Bowl. 1130 01:09:08,602 --> 01:09:11,856 It was eight days later. 1131 01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,440 I was shitting myself. 1132 01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:19,280 In the studio, I started with Animals, 1133 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:22,908 because we like to start by a powerful piece. 1134 01:09:23,742 --> 01:09:28,539 I couldn't get to the second chorus, my arm was paralyzed. 1135 01:09:31,417 --> 01:09:34,587 I'm not even 50 years old. Am I going to retire? 1136 01:09:37,673 --> 01:09:38,966 What am I going to do? 1137 01:09:40,634 --> 01:09:42,011 I drank a lot during COVID. 1138 01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:47,099 It was a bad time. 1139 01:09:49,143 --> 01:09:51,562 I express myself better when I can think. 1140 01:09:51,687 --> 01:09:53,939 It is common to write a letter 1141 01:09:54,064 --> 01:09:56,442 when you feel so many emotions. 1142 01:09:56,567 --> 01:09:59,904 I couldn't see myself announcing that during a video conference, 1143 01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:02,281 tell them it was over 1144 01:10:04,950 --> 01:10:09,538 I wrote an email, sent it to them 1145 01:10:09,663 --> 01:10:12,958 and I said to myself: “I left Nickelback. 1146 01:10:13,083 --> 01:10:14,627 “I left the group.” 1147 01:10:17,254 --> 01:10:18,380 My wife and I, 1148 01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:20,674 we were discussing it, 1149 01:10:20,799 --> 01:10:23,802 we were thinking of moving, or even leave the country, 1150 01:10:23,928 --> 01:10:26,931 completely change your life. 1151 01:10:30,476 --> 01:10:31,602 My wife was called: 1152 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:34,104 “It’s Chad, shall I answer?” 1153 01:10:34,230 --> 01:10:37,024 I said I would call him. 1154 01:10:38,817 --> 01:10:41,070 I parked, 1155 01:10:41,195 --> 01:10:43,989 I called him, and he answered: 1156 01:10:44,114 --> 01:10:45,282 “Hey, buddy!” 1157 01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:47,576 I wondered what he was going to say. 1158 01:10:47,701 --> 01:10:48,994 That would be horrible. 1159 01:10:49,119 --> 01:10:50,287 He was jovial. 1160 01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:53,040 “It seems you broke your tail.” 1161 01:10:53,832 --> 01:10:54,833 Bon� 1162 01:10:55,793 --> 01:10:57,586 I immediately thought: 1163 01:10:57,711 --> 01:11:00,798 “It relaxes the atmosphere.” 1164 01:11:04,134 --> 01:11:05,719 Chad was surprised. 1165 01:11:06,470 --> 01:11:08,806 The group wanted me to stay. 1166 01:11:10,557 --> 01:11:12,518 “We have been brothers in arms for 18 years. 1167 01:11:12,643 --> 01:11:13,727 “We are a family. 1168 01:11:15,729 --> 01:11:17,731 "You will be able to consult 1169 01:11:17,856 --> 01:11:19,692 "the best specialists. 1170 01:11:19,817 --> 01:11:22,027 “We will find a solution. 1171 01:11:22,152 --> 01:11:23,696 “We’ll take care of you. 1172 01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:26,699 “In the meantime, we will hire a replacement. 1173 01:11:26,824 --> 01:11:28,701 “We will wait six months, two years. 1174 01:11:28,826 --> 01:11:31,829 "It's you we want. No one else." 1175 01:11:34,039 --> 01:11:35,708 His words surprised me. 1176 01:11:39,295 --> 01:11:40,754 I was the new one. 1177 01:11:41,505 --> 01:11:45,175 But they considered me like one of them. 1178 01:11:48,679 --> 01:11:51,557 I was almost in tears while talking to Chad. 1179 01:11:52,599 --> 01:11:56,770 The veil was lifted, doubt was no longer possible. 1180 01:11:57,813 --> 01:11:59,481 “I’m part of the family. 1181 01:12:00,316 --> 01:12:01,734 “We’re a group.” 1182 01:12:03,736 --> 01:12:05,654 And that, 1183 01:12:07,156 --> 01:12:09,450 It took the pressure off me. 1184 01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:12,411 I'm not afraid anymore. 1185 01:12:12,536 --> 01:12:14,288 I'm more stressed. 1186 01:12:14,413 --> 01:12:16,749 I will do my best, 1187 01:12:16,874 --> 01:12:18,208 the group is happy with me. 1188 01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:19,293 It's me he wants. 1189 01:12:19,418 --> 01:12:20,961 If I make mistakes, 1190 01:12:22,087 --> 01:12:23,130 it doesn't matter. 1191 01:12:23,839 --> 01:12:27,051 If I had lost my arm, like Rick Allen, 1192 01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:28,385 They would say, “Okay. 1193 01:12:28,510 --> 01:12:30,554 “You can sing the harmonies.” 1194 01:12:31,347 --> 01:12:34,767 In fact, they banned me to leave the group. 1195 01:12:49,156 --> 01:12:50,324 Nice car. 1196 01:12:51,867 --> 01:12:53,327 How are you? 1197 01:12:53,452 --> 01:12:55,454 Your car looks like mine. 1198 01:12:55,579 --> 01:12:57,373 I know. Mounted. 1199 01:12:58,874 --> 01:13:00,459 Chad was at an impasse, 1200 01:13:01,377 --> 01:13:03,837 he was lacking inspiration. 1201 01:13:05,547 --> 01:13:06,757 I compose better 1202 01:13:06,882 --> 01:13:08,634 when I'm on the verge of madness. 1203 01:13:08,759 --> 01:13:11,261 I am more creative to the limit 1204 01:13:11,387 --> 01:13:12,763 - Chaos. - Yes. 1205 01:13:13,639 --> 01:13:15,516 This is its function, its purpose. 1206 01:13:18,018 --> 01:13:20,479 We have recorded many albums here. 1207 01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:24,024 He lives here, it's a stone's throw from his house. 1208 01:13:24,149 --> 01:13:26,402 He does a lot of the work. 1209 01:13:26,527 --> 01:13:28,779 He can devote all the time he wants. 1210 01:13:33,867 --> 01:13:36,870 Chad is an exceptional composer. 1211 01:13:37,538 --> 01:13:39,373 If Nickelback didn't use these songs, 1212 01:13:39,498 --> 01:13:40,833 he could sell them, 1213 01:13:40,958 --> 01:13:42,876 because they are excellent. 1214 01:13:48,424 --> 01:13:51,093 He is very prolific. 1215 01:13:51,218 --> 01:13:53,053 He always has ideas. 1216 01:14:00,394 --> 01:14:02,938 After five years of waiting, 1217 01:14:03,063 --> 01:14:04,523 Nickelback releases an album. 1218 01:14:04,648 --> 01:14:07,651 He's great. This is their tenth album. 1219 01:14:07,776 --> 01:14:08,819 FAN OR LIAR? 1220 01:14:08,944 --> 01:14:11,613 He tears. We're going to listen to a new song. 1221 01:14:11,738 --> 01:14:12,865 This is San Quentin, 1222 01:14:12,990 --> 01:14:15,659 Rock Hard with Phil and Tish, 89.7 PBA FM. 1223 01:14:17,619 --> 01:14:19,455 Here's the group, it's coming. 1224 01:14:19,580 --> 01:14:21,582 - All right. - Come on, let's go. 1225 01:14:36,638 --> 01:14:39,475 We took a long break. 1226 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:43,353 We wanted to compose new songs for fans. 1227 01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:46,190 It was something that we considered necessary. 1228 01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:47,774 We wanted to go to the studio, 1229 01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:49,776 make our instruments scream 1230 01:14:49,902 --> 01:14:52,237 and bellow into microphones. 1231 01:14:52,905 --> 01:14:56,241 We stopped for three years, and our fans were 1232 01:14:56,366 --> 01:14:58,744 - Yes. - overexcited. 1233 01:14:59,328 --> 01:15:01,538 For three years, I was just a father. 1234 01:15:01,663 --> 01:15:03,165 I was stuck at home. 1235 01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:06,710 Returning to the stage was hard, but it was great. 1236 01:15:09,505 --> 01:15:12,341 This generation of fans 1237 01:15:12,466 --> 01:15:14,134 discovered Nickelback on TikTok, 1238 01:15:14,259 --> 01:15:18,013 Instagram, YouTube and other social networks. 1239 01:15:18,639 --> 01:15:20,516 They love this group, 1240 01:15:20,641 --> 01:15:22,184 because his music is timeless. 1241 01:15:22,309 --> 01:15:23,435 It's a Canadian group. 1242 01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:27,231 I'm a Canadian rocker, so, he inspires me. 1243 01:15:27,356 --> 01:15:29,525 I listened to and played their music. 1244 01:15:29,650 --> 01:15:30,651 And here I am. 1245 01:15:30,776 --> 01:15:32,528 I'm sweating. 1246 01:15:32,653 --> 01:15:35,072 It's hot, and I'm in black for Nickelback. 1247 01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:37,282 This group matters to me. 1248 01:15:37,407 --> 01:15:41,870 Thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming 1249 01:15:41,995 --> 01:15:43,539 on this scorching day. 1250 01:15:43,664 --> 01:15:45,040 This is rare in Vancouver. 1251 01:15:46,041 --> 01:15:48,502 Fortunately it's not raining. 1252 01:15:48,627 --> 01:15:49,836 We're going to film a music video 1253 01:15:49,962 --> 01:15:51,838 for you, on this magnificent day. 1254 01:15:52,506 --> 01:15:55,676 It's nice to see not only fans, 1255 01:15:55,801 --> 01:15:59,513 but also a young generation of artists 1256 01:15:59,638 --> 01:16:01,807 influenced by this group. 1257 01:16:01,932 --> 01:16:05,102 My favorite song by a Canadian artist, 1258 01:16:05,561 --> 01:16:06,812 it is certainly 1259 01:16:08,272 --> 01:16:10,107 Rockstar, from Nickelback. 1260 01:16:10,649 --> 01:16:12,442 Chad Kroeger himself! 1261 01:16:16,655 --> 01:16:18,865 I found myself funny on stage. 1262 01:16:18,991 --> 01:16:20,534 You can give me lessons in humor. 1263 01:16:20,659 --> 01:16:22,452 - Thin ! -Thank you, Chad. 1264 01:16:23,662 --> 01:16:25,497 The fans are wild. 1265 01:16:25,622 --> 01:16:26,790 It's just online. 1266 01:16:26,915 --> 01:16:29,710 It's not a music group adult contemporary. 1267 01:16:29,835 --> 01:16:30,919 - It's crazy. - Yes. 1268 01:16:31,044 --> 01:16:33,505 Today, Nickelback is 19th in this ranking. 1269 01:16:33,630 --> 01:16:36,675 This is the oldest group in the ranking. 1270 01:16:39,303 --> 01:16:41,888 It's time to accept the facts. 1271 01:16:42,180 --> 01:16:44,224 Nickelback is a fucking band. 1272 01:16:44,349 --> 01:16:47,811 This group deserves its place in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. 1273 01:16:51,648 --> 01:16:56,236 Congratulations Nickelback for his induction 1274 01:16:56,361 --> 01:16:58,155 presented by TD. 1275 01:16:59,323 --> 01:17:03,994 We love our job, because music brings people together. 1276 01:17:04,119 --> 01:17:06,371 It transcends pettiness. 1277 01:17:06,496 --> 01:17:09,916 Music allows you to live different things. 1278 01:17:10,042 --> 01:17:13,378 Music shows us what we have in common. 1279 01:17:13,503 --> 01:17:14,671 There you go. 1280 01:17:14,796 --> 01:17:17,257 And it's thanks to you, the fans. 1281 01:17:17,382 --> 01:17:18,842 The fans! The fans! 1282 01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:22,846 Thank you so much. We owe it all to you. 1283 01:17:22,971 --> 01:17:24,389 Thank you so much. 1284 01:17:24,514 --> 01:17:26,558 They appreciate each other enormously. 1285 01:17:27,684 --> 01:17:29,269 They grew up together. 1286 01:17:30,562 --> 01:17:32,814 Their understanding is real. 1287 01:17:32,939 --> 01:17:34,566 It is palpable. 1288 01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:37,319 If one of the members of the group 1289 01:17:37,444 --> 01:17:38,904 was replaced, 1290 01:17:39,029 --> 01:17:40,947 That wouldn't work. 1291 01:17:41,073 --> 01:17:44,534 I'm really happy for them, 1292 01:17:44,660 --> 01:17:47,496 after everything they have suffered. 1293 01:17:47,621 --> 01:17:54,503 This renewal of love and respect, it's extraordinary. 1294 01:17:54,628 --> 01:17:56,505 It's crazy to see all these people, 1295 01:17:56,630 --> 01:17:59,299 hockey players, athletes 1296 01:17:59,424 --> 01:18:03,303 - Other musicians, artists. - Actors. 1297 01:18:03,428 --> 01:18:05,138 “Listen to these words.” 1298 01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:08,850 Chad thought that the critics were going to start again. 1299 01:18:08,975 --> 01:18:11,895 But now it's different. 1300 01:18:12,562 --> 01:18:14,606 - Everything is positive. - Yes. 1301 01:18:15,899 --> 01:18:18,527 Someone already told you: “Nickelback is shit”? 1302 01:18:18,652 --> 01:18:20,028 - No. - Never 1303 01:18:20,153 --> 01:18:22,364 That's not true. Once I got into a fight. 1304 01:18:22,489 --> 01:18:26,201 You laugh about it, because you always talk about it. 1305 01:18:26,326 --> 01:18:28,036 It remains present on the Internet, 1306 01:18:28,161 --> 01:18:30,872 and it shows resilience members of the group. 1307 01:18:30,997 --> 01:18:32,040 Do you need a job? 1308 01:18:32,624 --> 01:18:34,126 She's our press officer. 1309 01:18:34,459 --> 01:18:36,294 Dave Coulier? 1310 01:18:36,420 --> 01:18:38,255 - This is ridiculous. - I'm breaking. 1311 01:18:38,380 --> 01:18:40,924 - Don't go. - I keep the Robocop costume. 1312 01:19:14,249 --> 01:19:15,417 Rockstar - Sailor Song 1313 01:19:21,715 --> 01:19:24,634 SPECIAL REGIONS OF ALBERTA BADLANDS OF CANADA 1314 01:19:29,598 --> 01:19:31,600 Hi, it's Sean. listen. 1315 01:19:31,725 --> 01:19:33,435 Studying your tour, 1316 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:36,605 I discovered a few days of rest. 1317 01:19:36,730 --> 01:19:40,901 Would this interest you? to come play Hanna? 1318 01:19:41,026 --> 01:19:43,528 For a fundraiser. 1319 01:19:43,653 --> 01:19:45,530 Under the name of Village Idiot, 1320 01:19:45,655 --> 01:19:47,616 to play the music we loved. 1321 01:19:48,366 --> 01:19:50,118 And have a blast. 1322 01:19:50,243 --> 01:19:52,245 Tell me if you're interested. 1323 01:19:52,996 --> 01:19:54,206 Call me. 1324 01:19:54,331 --> 01:19:55,916 Come on. See you more. 1325 01:20:08,303 --> 01:20:11,306 WELCOME � HANNA 1326 01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:26,988 It's crazy. Look at that. 1327 01:20:27,906 --> 01:20:28,990 The covers. 1328 01:20:29,115 --> 01:20:30,826 Frescoes. 1329 01:20:31,493 --> 01:20:33,453 Without graffiti, it’s crazy! 1330 01:20:33,578 --> 01:20:34,788 It's true. 1331 01:20:36,122 --> 01:20:37,666 - Wow. - It's cool. 1332 01:20:40,126 --> 01:20:45,507 This is the garage where everyone played. 1333 01:20:45,632 --> 01:20:46,800 This garage there. 1334 01:20:46,925 --> 01:20:49,386 It was deafening. 1335 01:20:50,095 --> 01:20:52,264 - We'll see - Fuck, yes. 1336 01:20:52,389 --> 01:20:55,517 - our old house? - Yes. What's left of it. 1337 01:21:03,108 --> 01:21:05,986 I had forgotten it was so small. 1338 01:21:06,111 --> 01:21:08,113 - It's tiny. - It's a box. 1339 01:21:14,661 --> 01:21:15,704 Break down the door. 1340 01:21:15,829 --> 01:21:18,206 This won't be my first break-in. 1341 01:21:18,915 --> 01:21:20,083 It's crazy. 1342 01:21:20,208 --> 01:21:22,085 I can still open it. 1343 01:21:22,878 --> 01:21:25,171 There was a barn there. 1344 01:21:25,297 --> 01:21:26,590 Here, yes. 1345 01:21:27,841 --> 01:21:28,758 The bathroom. 1346 01:21:28,884 --> 01:21:30,343 And there, my room. 1347 01:21:30,468 --> 01:21:31,386 Mike's room. 1348 01:21:31,511 --> 01:21:35,098 I wouldn't say it was Spartan. 1349 01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:38,393 It really is 1350 01:21:39,603 --> 01:21:42,397 A marathon full of emotions. 1351 01:21:42,522 --> 01:21:44,858 It's really great. 1352 01:21:48,153 --> 01:21:49,863 - Mike is here! - We're all here. 1353 01:21:49,988 --> 01:21:51,323 - We're all here. - Really ? 1354 01:21:51,448 --> 01:21:53,575 - With a film crew. - Yes. 1355 01:21:53,700 --> 01:21:55,035 We are filming a video. 1356 01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:56,119 Scott! 1357 01:21:56,244 --> 01:21:57,245 ChristieDavid. 1358 01:21:57,370 --> 01:21:58,580 CHILDHOOD FRIEND 1359 01:21:58,705 --> 01:22:00,707 It was my 1360 01:22:00,832 --> 01:22:02,000 - Neighbor. - Yes 1361 01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:03,209 A house separated us 1362 01:22:03,335 --> 01:22:05,086 We come from the same neighborhood. 1363 01:22:06,004 --> 01:22:09,966 You can make Angus or Malcolm move 1364 01:22:10,091 --> 01:22:13,178 He was the great AC/DC specialist. 1365 01:22:13,303 --> 01:22:14,179 We played together. 1366 01:22:14,304 --> 01:22:16,222 We knew you would be a star. 1367 01:22:16,348 --> 01:22:17,307 We knew it. 1368 01:22:17,432 --> 01:22:18,558 I would have liked someone to tell me that. 1369 01:22:18,683 --> 01:22:20,060 It's about Nickelback. 1370 01:22:20,185 --> 01:22:22,604 It's a sanctuary. Daryl is here. 1371 01:22:22,729 --> 01:22:23,813 Look at that. 1372 01:22:24,940 --> 01:22:25,774 Look at that. 1373 01:22:25,899 --> 01:22:31,863 When I was young, I was stubborn, I was overflowing with rage. 1374 01:22:31,988 --> 01:22:34,199 I thought I knew the world, 1375 01:22:34,324 --> 01:22:36,785 I thought I knew everything. 1376 01:22:37,911 --> 01:22:40,830 I wanted to achieve my goals, nothing would stop me. 1377 01:22:40,956 --> 01:22:43,792 I saw everything in a binary way. 1378 01:22:43,917 --> 01:22:46,378 People were my friends or my enemies. 1379 01:22:48,088 --> 01:22:49,464 No safety net. 1380 01:22:51,091 --> 01:22:52,092 We evolve. 1381 01:22:53,176 --> 01:22:56,096 But I wanted at all costs prove myself. 1382 01:22:57,430 --> 01:22:59,891 It's confusing to go home 1383 01:23:00,016 --> 01:23:01,935 imagining that nothing has changed. 1384 01:23:02,769 --> 01:23:05,021 Obviously, this is not the case. 1385 01:23:05,605 --> 01:23:08,358 It's like your song about Hanna. 1386 01:23:08,483 --> 01:23:10,860 It's hard, but we have to say goodbye. 1387 01:23:11,820 --> 01:23:13,488 We never really go home. 1388 01:23:14,114 --> 01:23:16,116 That’s what we felt when we came back. 1389 01:23:17,325 --> 01:23:18,535 That said, 1390 01:23:18,660 --> 01:23:20,996 the friendliness of the people here, 1391 01:23:21,121 --> 01:23:22,205 That hasn't changed. 1392 01:23:23,081 --> 01:23:25,333 Even if the city has changed, 1393 01:23:25,875 --> 01:23:29,587 the next generation appreciates this city so much 1394 01:23:29,713 --> 01:23:31,840 that we appreciate it. 1395 01:23:35,427 --> 01:23:37,053 It's still my home. 1396 01:23:37,178 --> 01:23:41,558 This is where we created our most important memories. 1397 01:23:41,683 --> 01:23:42,934 Watch your balls. 1398 01:23:48,314 --> 01:23:49,649 The first time 1399 01:23:50,942 --> 01:23:52,694 - It's fucked up. - Yes. 1400 01:23:52,819 --> 01:23:54,946 - Play it well. - Obliged. 1401 01:23:55,071 --> 01:23:57,323 These tables are equipped with a small button. 1402 01:23:57,449 --> 01:23:59,492 Few people know this. 1403 01:23:59,617 --> 01:24:01,703 - A free game? - There is a button. 1404 01:24:01,828 --> 01:24:03,246 Do you see it? 1405 01:24:06,166 --> 01:24:07,667 Yes, there it is. 1406 01:24:11,629 --> 01:24:13,173 WELCOME TO “IDIOT VILLAGE” 1407 01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:15,884 You have come to see Village Idiot. 1408 01:24:16,009 --> 01:24:17,177 FORMER DRUMMER IDIOT VILLAGE 1409 01:24:17,302 --> 01:24:20,722 It's been a long time that we were not reunited. 1410 01:24:20,847 --> 01:24:21,973 I don't know since when, 1411 01:24:22,098 --> 01:24:24,017 in any case, not since 1991. 1412 01:24:25,518 --> 01:24:26,603 We will play songs 1413 01:24:26,728 --> 01:24:28,646 that we haven't played since 1414 01:24:30,607 --> 01:24:32,484 maybe 20 years. No. 1415 01:24:32,609 --> 01:24:33,985 - Yes. - Thank you. 1416 01:24:34,110 --> 01:24:36,654 For those in the back who smoke crack. 1417 01:24:36,780 --> 01:24:38,156 It's not Nickelback. 1418 01:24:38,281 --> 01:24:40,575 Village Idiot is here! 1419 01:24:46,873 --> 01:24:49,709 We came from England to Hanna 1420 01:24:49,834 --> 01:24:50,960 to see Nickelback. 1421 01:24:59,344 --> 01:25:02,972 I vaguely remember for playing here. 1422 01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:05,433 This time I will play sober. 1423 01:25:07,852 --> 01:25:11,481 This is one of the first times that I play sober in this town, 1424 01:25:11,606 --> 01:25:12,899 counting the repetitions. 1425 01:25:13,858 --> 01:25:15,693 - So - We can fix that. 1426 01:25:15,819 --> 01:25:17,779 This can change. 1427 01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:25,161 It's nice to watch the crowd and see people 1428 01:25:25,286 --> 01:25:28,748 who I haven't seen in years. 1429 01:25:28,873 --> 01:25:30,083 Whom I knew in high school. 1430 01:25:31,251 --> 01:25:35,630 People who surrender in a small town 1431 01:25:35,713 --> 01:25:38,716 maybe don't understand what it represents 1432 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:40,969 for the people who grew up here. 1433 01:26:30,351 --> 01:26:33,938 The people present at our concerts, are our reason for playing. 1434 01:26:36,232 --> 01:26:38,067 I will continue to compose. 1435 01:26:38,151 --> 01:26:40,904 The group wants to continue. Why stop? 1436 01:26:56,169 --> 01:26:58,087 I am very happy 1437 01:26:58,171 --> 01:26:59,881 that the other three members 1438 01:27:00,506 --> 01:27:02,425 be faithful friends, 1439 01:27:02,508 --> 01:27:05,929 because they are down-to-earth 1440 01:27:06,012 --> 01:27:09,349 and humble, it is a great opportunity. 1441 01:27:09,474 --> 01:27:13,311 We truly accept ourselves as we are, 1442 01:27:13,394 --> 01:27:14,646 as we are. 1443 01:27:16,940 --> 01:27:20,443 It's futile to want to change others, 1444 01:27:20,526 --> 01:27:21,736 you might as well stop. 1445 01:27:21,819 --> 01:27:24,405 Enjoy people as they are, 1446 01:27:24,489 --> 01:27:27,367 accept and enjoy the things you like. 1447 01:27:29,369 --> 01:27:32,497 It's nice to understand that it was the right time. 1448 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:36,084 The situation has changed a lot, 1449 01:27:36,167 --> 01:27:38,419 and I am deeply convinced 1450 01:27:39,379 --> 01:27:41,464 that COVID stole that from us, 1451 01:27:42,799 --> 01:27:44,634 and so people want 1452 01:27:44,717 --> 01:27:48,137 to find that again, to see concerts again. 1453 01:27:49,889 --> 01:27:51,474 I love their company. 1454 01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:54,519 We're really having a blast. 1455 01:27:54,602 --> 01:27:56,479 What does the tour have in store for us? 1456 01:27:58,564 --> 01:27:59,983 The future looks bright. 1457 01:28:01,526 --> 01:28:05,071 I would like to say that Nickelback does not define me, 1458 01:28:05,154 --> 01:28:08,032 but a certain element of the group defines us all. 1459 01:28:08,116 --> 01:28:11,577 This is especially true for Chad. 1460 01:28:12,829 --> 01:28:14,205 But also for us. 1461 01:28:14,789 --> 01:28:16,958 Being on stage and hearing the audience, 1462 01:28:18,167 --> 01:28:20,128 it's great. 1463 01:28:20,837 --> 01:28:25,174 I wave to Chad and tell him: “It’s a great job.” 1464 01:28:26,342 --> 01:28:27,593 It's true. 1465 01:28:27,677 --> 01:28:31,306 I hope that during my life, 1466 01:28:32,056 --> 01:28:36,185 I wrote songs or music 1467 01:28:36,269 --> 01:28:38,104 that people like. 1468 01:28:38,604 --> 01:28:44,193 And I hope to have beautified people's lives, 1469 01:28:46,112 --> 01:28:47,572 even briefly.