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Chad Kroeger - Vocals, Guitar
Ryan Peake - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Kroeger - Bass
Daniel Adair - Drums

By the summer of 2004, Nickelback had been on tour around the globe for the better part of the previous 5 years, at that point supporting their third album, The Long Road (which at the time had sold 5 million copies worldwide). The plan was to take some time off to enjoy the fruits of their labor before even thinking about new songs. But two weeks into their vacation Chad, Mike and Ryan started feeling that old familiar urge, so they gathered in Chad's studio near Vancouver to jam. Once we got in there and started to mess around, we just didnt stop, says Chad.

Since Nickelback used Kroegers studio and co-produced the album with their friend Joey Moi, they were not in a fevered rush to finish up. And, over the next seven months, they spent countless hours making sure every song on their fourth album, All the Right Reasons, was exactly the way they wanted it. The resulting 11 tracks are the most insistent, dynamic and diverse Nickelback has conjured to date. The first single Photograph is reflective and earnest, constructed on a foundation of multi-layered vocals, infectious melodies and guitars that build to a triumphant buzz. Fight For All The Wrong Reasons echoes with textural guitars and evolves from a moody melody into a crunchy, southern-tinged riff. And Savin Me is a call for redemption thats driven by a combination of ringing and fuzzy guitars, undeniable vocals, gliding strings and delicate piano. We were a little scared of using piano, admits Kroeger. We just didnt think it was very rock and roll. It wasnt until we heard piano in a Nickelback song that we all said, Yes, we like this and we want to do more of it. It just complimented the part so well and really showed that we shouldnt be narrow minded about any instrument, no matter what it is or what sort of stigma might be attached to it.

Nickelbacks eagerness to experiment and evolve lights up All The Right Reasons like a bonfire. While the bands music has always been deeply personal, this time not only have they laid it all bare but they also searched every inch of their sonic spectrum to create an album that appeals on many different levels. On The Long Road we went in a heavier direction, but with this album we really wanted to show our range and have songs that work for all the diverse fans that go to Nickelback shows and listen to our records, Kroeger says, giving a window into the impetus for his songwriting making music for real music fans like him. Nickelbacks all-inclusive approach has been a large part of the bands immense success. The Long Road went triple platinum in the U.S. and included the radio hits Someday, Figured You Out and Feelin' Way Too Damn Good. Their previous disc, 2001s Silver Side Up, was even more successful, selling over 6 million copies in the U.S. and containing three number one hits, Too Bad, Never Again and their mega-successful breakout single, "How You Remind Me," which was the number one Most Played Song of 2002.

Joining Nickelback just in time to make All the Right Reasons was new drummer, Daniel Adair. Adairs hard-hitting yet multifaceted style perfectly matched the bands new material, from the foot-to-the-floor stomp and grind of Animals to the lump-in-throat sentiment of If Everyone Cared. Adair jumped right in to the fold and his audition in Chads studio even made its way into the finished album. We are totally thrilled to have Daniel in the band, Chad says. The creativity that went on with him in the studio was really inspiring. Hes a totally amazing player.

Over the years, Nickelbacks music has appealed to listeners of pop, hard rock, alternative and metal. A number of seemingly disparate celebrity artists have also embraced the band, including ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and ex-Pantera members Vinnie Paul and the late Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Both Gibbons and Abbot (albeit posthumously) aided in the creation of All the Right Reasons. Nickelback met Gibbons backstage after one of their shows in Colorado and they all immediately hit it off. When a guitar solo was needed on the track Follow You Home, they asked for Gibbons help, then flew to Los Angeles to record the part. I wanted a real different flavor for that solo, and Billy totally nailed it, Chad says. After he did the guitar part, he actually sang the third verse on the song in that low, gravelly voice of his and we put this distortion effect on it. Its really cool. Gibbons contribution did not end there, he also lent backing vocals to the track Rock Star.

The Pantera connection was more complicated and stemmed from a darker place. Chad became friends with drummer Vinnie Paul and the late guitarist Dimebag Darrell while on tour with Jerry Cantrell, and wound up working with Dimebag on a cover of Elton Johns Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting, which appeared on the Charlies Angels soundtrack. After the legendary guitarist was shot and killed onstage, a devastated Kroeger wrote an aggressive song called Side of a Bullet, as a lasting tribute to his friend. After I put the song together, I really wanted Vinnies blessing, Kroeger says. So, I called him up and played the track for him over the phone. He said, Id love to have you do a song about my brother. Vinnie then sent some guitar outtakes and we pieced together a solo and put it on the song. The result is a new Dimebag Darrel solo.

Side of a Bullet is just one of the many tracks on All The Right Reasons thats rife with compelling narrative. Ever since Kroeger started writing about his personal trials on Never Again and How You Remind Me he has strived to tell stories his fans could simultaneously relate to and be transported by. Animals is about a nice girl and a bad boy who get caught in the act by the girls dad, and Savin Me addresses a man in prison who wants to be saved and a fallen angel who must return to earth to be forgiven for his sins. I really like to tell a story that comes off like a movie inside the listeners head, Kroeger says. And I try to put myself in the scene when Im writing it. That makes it easier for me to look around and see what I can sing about. Otherwise you dont get any details and it doesnt play out very well.

One of the most personal songs on All the Right Reasons, Photograph, is a glimpse back at Kroegers teenage years in which he recalls his first kiss, the friends he used to hang out with and the time he got busted for breaking into his high school. I think I just wanted to take a trip down memory lane, and I wanted to see if I had enough ideas that would make other people take that trip, too, Kroeger says. Its so funny throughout the course of a day how many times you look back and think, I wonder whatever happened to that one girl or I wonder if the house I grew up in is still standing. And after people started listening to it, I was amazed how many of them thought the same thing.

Like all of Nickelbacks albums, All the Right Reasons was born of sincerity, emotional revelation and a genuine love for music, but this time the music also stemmed from necessity not the necessity of making deadlines or getting albums on the shelf. Rather the necessity of an artist to create, explore and try to understand more about the world around him. Hence the album title, which was a play off the track Fight For All the Wrong Reasons.

I really want to make music for the right reasons, Kroeger says. The most important reason is to make music because you love it. And I think thats why we spend so much time on it. On this record, we didnt want to overlook any small detail. Throughout the creation of All the Right Reasons, the band tweaked verses, changed choruses and altered arrangements until the songs passed the band's own litmus test- no song was deemed "done" until it made the hair on the back of their necks stand up. Were perfectionists, he says. If you finish a song and its not stuck in your head, then how will it stick in someone elses head when theyve only heard it once or twice?










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