Nickelback Showcases Eclectic Roots on New LP ‘Get Rollin”
Chad Kroeger, frontman for the multi-platinum-selling band Nickelback, remembers pressing his ear up to the stereo speaker. His mother worked at a tavern and so she would sleep in late most mornings to prepare for the long night ahead. As a kid, this meant free time for Kroeger, who familiarized himself with her record player and vinyl collection. At around five years old, he’d turn the volume up to one or one-and-a-half so that she couldn’t hear it but he could if he pushed the side of his head up to the speakers. Then he would play all kinds of music, he says. From Dolly Parton and the Beatles to the Smurfs and Led Zeppelin. Fast-forward some decades later and the music his band writes and releases shares the same eclectic nature. The band’s new LP, Get Rollin’, which is out Friday (November 18) begins with rough-and-tumble metal. But as the songs commence, the listener hears country aspects, alt-rock, and more. A feast of sounds and songs.