Official Nickelback Thread

[Malcolm]

NICKELBACK's new album, "All the Right Reasons", features a tribute to slain PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrrell Abbott in the shape of the track "Side of a Bullet".

"All the Right Reasons" is scheduled for release on October 4 via Roadrunner Records.

NICKELBACK had previously collaborated with Abbott on a cover of ELTON JOHN's classic song "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)", which appeared on the soundtrack to the movie "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle". The track also features the vocals of Kid Rock.

There current single is Photograph and was just released to radio...Its a pretty good tune but ive always preffered there heavier rock tunes such as Breathe and Do This Anymore

[Malcolm]

Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com is reporting that a previously unreleased solo by late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell will appear this fall in an unlikely place: on NICKELBACK's new album, "All the Right Reasons". The guitar parts for the flailing, 24-second lead were donated by Darrell's brother, drummer Vinnie Paul, and assembled from outtakes from the PANTERA albums "Vulgar Display of Power" and "Far Beyond Driven".

The song, a tribute to Darrell titled "Side of a Bullet", was written three months after the guitarist was killed while performing onstage with DAMAGEPLAN in Columbus, Ohio. NICKELBACK mainman Chad Kroeger first penned the song's aggressive, metallic riff, then wrote call-and-response lyrics from the perspective of a PANTERA fan so enraged over Dimebag's murder that he vows revenge, not realizing the shooter had already been killed by a policeman.

"I was very upset, and for two months, if I saw his picture somewhere I would get angry," Kroeger told MTV.com. "I hadn't lost somebody to a shooting before ? it wasn't as though he'd been killed in some sort of accident. He was taken in such a horrible, malicious way that just made it more painful."

Once Kroeger finished demoing "Side of a Bullet", he called up Paul and played it to him to get his take on the tune. Paul liked what he heard and urged Kroeger to write lyrics about Dime. "I said, 'Well, funny enough, that song is about your brother,' " Kroeger recalled.

Paul volunteered to play on the song, so Kroeger overnighted him the tape and encouraged him to record a new drum track over the one played by NICKELBACK drummer Daniel Adair. "He thought about it for a while," Kroeger said, "then he decided that Daniel had done such an amazing job that we should leave it the way it was. That's when he sent the guitar parts from 'Vulgar Display of Power' and 'Far Beyond Driven', which we used for the solo."

[AxlsMainMan]

I thought Nickelback's 15 minutes of fame were kinda done after "Silver Side Up" but Ive heard the first single and its pretty catchy.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Nickelcrack is still around?

[$$$$]

unfortunetly

[Butch Français]

Im not a fan of those guys.

[mrlee]

i enjoyed there albums "silver side up" and "the long road" but the new single isnt very powerful, sounds a bit "nice".

[R4tfink]

Im ashamed to say i like the new single.

Let the flaming begin!

[Malcolm]

The chorus is pretty catchy..Im a huge Nickleback fan but i cant say i love the new single..I like it

[ClintroN]

I thought Nickelback's 15 minutes of fame were kinda done after "Silver Side Up" but Ive heard the first single and its pretty catchy.

thats what theyre good for, makin' fucked up shit for commercial radio, CHAD, come up with your own style will ya!!!

[Hammy]

Im ashamed to say i like the new single.

Let the flaming begin!

First a Weezer song...now a Nickelback one...you smoking too much?

[R4tfink]

Im ashamed to say i like the new single.

Let the flaming begin!

First a Weezer song...now a Nickelback one...you smoking too much?

Thought that would be a little obvious considering my participation in such a thread!

Weed for Life! 

[D]

I use to absolutely hate this band BUT, I was reading my book last night and had VH1 on in the background and "Photograph" came on, this song made me feel something that music hasnt made me feel in a long time.

I bought this song on Walmart.com just now and I think its one of the best and original songs ive heard in a long time.

[Mr. Sinister]

/\ I noticed the Bon Jovi quote in your sig, and it's interesting - I really think that "Photograph" sounds exactly like "Livin' on a Prayer" 2005 style, and shares a lot in common with Bon Jovi's general lyrical style.

Just a thought...

[Megaguns]

i respect nickelsack, they have wrote some catchy tunes. I like em.

[Kujo]

I didnt expect too much from their new CD, but after listening to a friends copy I have to admit it's a pretty good effort. Although I expect Kid Rock will be pissed that they stole his routine for the song "Rockstar"

[D]

/\ I noticed the Bon Jovi quote in your sig, and it's interesting - I really think that "Photograph" sounds exactly like "Livin' on a Prayer" 2005 style, and shares a lot in common with Bon Jovi's general lyrical style.

Just a thought...

U should check out the song that my Sig came from, its called "Welcome To Wherever you Are" on the new CD, its suppose to be the next single.

[ClintroN]

more shit that i could pull outta my arse any day to please radio cocksuckers!!!

[grendood]

there are some bizzare tastes on this board.. nickleback are hardly what rock n roll is about, again one of the worse bands ever.

[Megaguns]

there are some bizzare tastes on this board.. nickleback are hardly what rock n roll is about, again one of the worse bands ever.

I like lots of bands, Nickelbak are a part time taste for me, They arent a shit band, but they are not great either, I really think they need a better vocalist. That dude looks like such a pansy.