Nickelback Biography

When he was 14, Chad Kroeger once put his own penis in his mouth in front of two people to win a case of beer. He also drank 13 Coronas at a go in a race against another kid.

Chad was arrested for drink driving, getting into a fight outside a Vancouver strip club, and punching a heckler outside a nightclub – all in an 11 month period after ‘All The Right Reasons’ (2005).

The name Nickelback comes from Mike Kroeger, who was working in Starbucks, where everything was $2.95, $3.95 or $4.95, so he was constantly saying to people “Here’s your nickel back,” referring to the five-cent change the customer received in return for a coffee. Some have facetiously remarked that this accurately describes Nickelback’s music as well.