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Rockstar by Nickelback
Nickelback
Artist Biography For Nickelback
Nickelback Is A Rock Band Which Formed In Hanna Alberta Canada In 1995. Nickelback Is One Of The Most Commercially Successful Canadian Groups Having Sold 50 Million Records Worldwide. Nickelback Ranks As The 7th Best Selling Music Act Of The 2000s And The 2nd Best Selling Foreign Act In The US Behind The Beatles For The 2000s. The Band Consists Of Chad Kroeger Vocals Guitar Ryan Peake Guitar Vocals Mike Kroeger Bass And Daniel Adair Drums . The Band's Original Drummer Brandon Kroeger Left The Group In 1997 And Was Replaced First By Mitch Guidon From 1997 To 1998 And Then Ryan Vikedal From 1998 To 2005. The Band Has Released 10 Studio Albums "Curb" 1996 "The State" 1998 "Silver Side Up" 2001 "The Long Road" 2003 "All The Right Reasons" 2005 "Dark Horse" 2008 "Here And Now" 2011 "No Fixed Address" 2014 "Feed The Machine" 2017 And "Get Rollin'" 2022 . Early Years 1995–2000 The Band Was Formed In The Early 1990s As A Cover Band Called The "Village Idiots" By Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger And Brandon Kroeger. The Band Performed Covers Of Songs From Led Zeppelin And Metallica. Nickelback's First Release Was A Seven-Track EP Called Hesher In 1996. In The Same Year Nickelback Recorded Their First Full-Length Album Curb. "Fly" Was Released On Hesher And Curb And Was The First Single Produced By Nickelback. It Did Not Chart And Was Only Played On Local Radio Stations. The Following Album The State Was Recorded In 1998 And Was Released As An Independent Record The Same Year. Nickelback Signed A Record Deal With EMI And Roadrunner Records. The State Was Then Re-Released In 2000 By EMI And Roadrunner Records. Two Singles From The Album "Leader Of Men" And "Breathe" Were Fairly Successful And Resulted In The Album Being Certificated Gold In Canada And The United States. It Was Certified Platinum In 2008. Mainstream Success 2001–2007 In 2001 Nickelback Released The Silver Side Up Album Which Propelled Them Into The Mainstream. The Single "How You Remind Me" Was A Huge Success Peaking At #1 On Both The American And Canadian Charts At The Same Time. In The U.S. It Was A #1 Single On The Mainstream And Modern Rock Charts As Well As The Pop Chart. It Also Peaked At #2 On Adult Top 40. "How You Remind Me" Became The Billboard Hot 100 #1 Single Of The Year For 2002. The Next Single Was "Too Bad" Which Also Hit #1 On The Mainstream Rock Chart And Had A Small Amount Of Success On The Pop Chart. The Final Single From The Album Was "Never Again" Another #1 Hit On Mainstream Rock. In 2002 Chad Kroeger Collaborated With Josey Scott And Gaige Corvo Who Played The Lead Guitar On The Spider-Man Theme Song "Hero." This Also Featured Tyler Connolly Mike Kroeger Matt Cameron And Jeremy Taggart. In 2003 Nickelback Released The Long Road. The Lead Single Was "Someday" And The Album Went On To Sell Five Million Copies Worldwide. The Band Also Released "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" As A Single Which Peaked At #3 On The Mainstream Rock Charts. "Figured You Out" Was Also Released As A Single And Topped The Mainstream Rock Charts For 13 Consecutive Weeks. Nickelback's Fifth Studio Album All The Right Reasons Produced Five U.S. Hot 100 Top 20 Singles "Photograph" "Savin' Me" "Far Away" "If Everyone Cared" "Rockstar". Three Of These Became U.S. Hot 100 Top 10 Singles. All The Right Reasons Has Sold 7 163 130 Copies In The US As Of June 13 2009. In Total All The Right Reasons Has Sold Abut 11 Million Copies Worldwide Since Its 2005 Release. Aside From All The Success Of All The Right Reasons Lead Singer Kroeger Began His Own Label Named 604 Records In 2005 And Holds The Position Of Executive Producer. Dark Horse 2008-2010 After Taking Much Of 2007 Off The Band Started Recording A New Album In Earnest. In July 2008 The Band Signed With Live Nation For Three Touring And Album Cycles With An Option For A Fourth. On September 4 2008 Roadrunner Records Announced That The First Single From Their Upcoming Album Was Originally Going To Be "If Today Was Your Last Day" And Was To Be Released September 30 2008. However The Song Was Scrapped As The First Single And "Gotta Be Somebody" Was The Lead Single Instead. The New Album Titled Dark Horse Was Released On November 18 2008. The Album Was Produced By Mutt Lange. Something In Your Mouth Was Released As The Second Single To Rock Radio Only On December 15 Where It Reached #1. "If Today Was Your Last Day" Was Released As The Second Major Single Instead. Two More Singles Have Been Released "I'd Come For You" And "Burn It To The Ground". The Album Also Remained In The Top 20 On The Billboard 200 For Weeks After Its Release. The Album Was Certified Two Times Platinum In April 2009 And Had By April 2010 Sold Over 3 Million Copies In The U.S. However Critical Reception Of The Album Has Been Mostly Mixed To Negative. In 2009 The Band Won Three Juno Awards For Juno Fan Choice Award Group Of The Year And Album Of The Year The Band Performed Their Single "Something In Your Mouth" At The Ceremony. In 2010 Billboard Year End Charts Listed Dark Horse As The Top-Selling Rock And Metal Album Of The Year. The Band Was Also Listed At The Top Selling Hard Rock Artist. On January 29 2010 They Released A Tap-Tap Rhythm Game For On The App Store Contrary To The Band's Prior Comments Against Other Music Related Video Games Such As Guitar Hero. On February 28 2010 Nickelback Gave A Performance At The Beginning Of The Concert Portion Of The 2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Performing "Burn It To The Ground". On October 2010 Nickelback Finished Their Dark Horse Tour. Here And Now 2011-2013 Chad Kroeger Said In An Interview With Billboard.Com In September 2010 That Songwriting For The Next Nickelback Album Was Planned To Commence As Early As February 2011 With "about Four Tunes" Already In Mind. Adair Mentioned That The Band Wanted To Go Back To The Musical Style Of All The Right Reasons Which He Described As "more Organic". Nickelback Announced Their New Album Here And Now On September 8 2011 Along With Its Two Lead Singles "Bottoms Up" And "When We Stand Together". Kroeger Said "We're Four People Who Love Making Music The Way We Like To Make It. We Entered The Studio This Year With A Vision And It All Came Together. We're Extremely Happy With The Results And Can't Wait To Share Them With Our Fans." The Album Was Released On November 21 2011 With The Band Calling It "Nickelblack Monday" A Play On Nickelback And Black Monday. Two Singles Were Released To Radio Stations On September 26 And September 27 For Purchase On ITunes. Here And Now Peaked At #2 On The Billboard 200 Selling 226 714 Copies In Its First Week Of Release With Christmas By Michael Bublé Taking #1 By A Margin Of Only 419 Copies. As Part Of Promotion For The Album Nickelback Was Booked To Perform At The Halftime Shows For Both An NFL Thanksgiving Day Game At Ford Field In Detroit On November 24 And The 99th Grey Cup In The Band's Hometown Of Vancouver On November 27. Also As A Promotion The Band Played To Jimmy Kimmel Upon The Album's Release. The Band Was Nominated For Four Juno Awards In 2012 And Performed At The Ceremony. Nickelback Announced Their Here And Now Tour On January 11 2012 They Are Going To Tour With Seether Bush And My Darkest Days. The Band Released A Music Video For Their Fourth Single Off Of The Album Lullaby. The Band Officially Announced The Compilation Album The Best Of Nickelback Volume 1 Through Social Media On October 3 2013. Frontman Chad Kroeger Had Previously Stated In An Interview That The Greatest Hits Album Was To Feature Songs From Previous Albums Along With New Songs But The Unveiled Track Listing Ultimately Contained Only Previously Released Material. No Fixed Address And Feed The Machine 2014–2018 According To An Interview With Chad Kroeger On CFOX-FM The Band Planned To Release Their Eighth Studio Album Before The End Of 2014. The Lead Rock Single Was Also Announced "Edge Of A Revolution" Was Released In August 2014. The Track Was Described As A "departure" For Nickelback And A Political Song. Frequent Collaborator Chris Lord-Alge Returned To Mix Some Of The Tracks On The Album. It Was Also Announced The Band Had Signed To Republic Records. The Lead Single From The Album Was Titled "Edge Of A Revolution" And Was Scheduled To Be Sent For Adds On Rock Radio And Be Released To ITunes On August 18. The Lead Pop Single And Second Overall Was Announced To Be "What Are You Waiting For?" And Was Released In September. "What Are You Waiting For?" Was Released As A Single On Digital Retailers On September 9 2014. On August 22 2014 Nickelback Announced The Album's Title To Be No Fixed Address And Released It On November 17 2014. No Fixed Address Tour Was Their Fifth Headlining Concert Tour In Support Of No Fixed Address. The Tour Was Announced On November 5 2014 As Well As The Pretty Reckless Pop Evil And Lifehouse As The Support Act For The Majority Of The Shows In North American While Monster Truck Was Support Act In Australia And Europe 2016 . The Second North American Leg Of The Tour Had To Be Canceled When Lead Vocalist Chad Kroeger Required Surgery For A Cyst On His Voice Box. The Entire Leg Of The European Tour Was Postponed Until Autumn 2016. On August 19 2016 Nickelback Released A Cover Of Don Henley's Song "Dirty Laundry" To Streaming Services. On January 23 2017 A New Single "Feed The Machine" Was Announced To Be Released On February 1 Alongside Specific Details Of A 2017 Tour. On January 25 Nickelback Signed With BMG Rights Management To Release Their Ninth Album Also Titled Feed The Machine. The Album Was Released On June 16 2017. The Band Released Their Second Single From The Album "Song On Fire" On April 28 2017. Shortly After The Release Of The Album The Band Began A 44-City Tour On June 23 2017 In North America Co-Headlined With Daughtry Shaman's Harvest And Cheap Trick As Supporting Acts. Get Rollin' 2019–present In Early 2019 Band Members Spoke Of Recording A Tenth Studio Album Though Chad Kroeger Conceded There Was No Timetable Or Rush For The Band To Complete It. Mike Kroeger Spoke Of His Personal Desire To Move In More Of A Heavy Metal Direction Or Wanting To Do An Album Of Slayer Cover Songs. On August 14 2020 The Band Released A Cover Of The Charlie Daniels Band Song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" Featuring Dave Martone. In A July 2021 Interview Bassist Mike Kroeger Commented When Asked About The Band's Progress On New Music Saying "That Is Happening Right Now Music Is Being Composed And Recorded Up In Canada. We Were Out There And Something Came Up And Our Producer Had To Take Some Time Off. So I Took That Opportunity To Return Home To Los Angeles With Family And Spend A Little Time At Home But I'll Be Headed Back Up There In A Couple Of Weeks To Pick It Up Again." When Asked About A Potential Timeframe For A Release Date Kroeger Said "it'll Be Done When It's Done" Explaining That The Band Would Rather Not Be Confined To A Timescale For Fear Of Making "a Shitty Record". "Release Dates Are Primarily Arrived At By Business Interests Like Record Labels And Whatever. We Don't Have One Of Those" He Said. "We've Been Managing Ourselves For About A Year. So The Answer Is No. We're Doing It On Our Schedule At Our Own Pace And It'll Be Done When It's Done. 'Cause We've Blown Up Deadlines In The Past Lots Of Times. Because We Feel That You Can Make A Good Record And Be Late But You Can't Or You Shouldn't Make A Shitty Record To Be On Time. So We Won't Be Pressed For Time. In August 2022 Nickelback Began Posting Small Snippets And Teasers Of New Music Via Their Official Social Media Accounts With The Date "09.07.2022" Being Branded On The Posts. On August 26 2022 Students Attending School At Simon Fraser University In Burnaby British Columbia Received A Newsletter Stating They Were Invited To Attend And Participate In A Video Shoot Nickelback Would Be Hosting On August 30 2022 For Their Single Outside The Convocation Mall On Campus. The Album Title Was Revealed To Be Get Rollin'. The Lead Single "San Quentin" Was Released On September 7 2022. The Band Is Set To Embark On Its "Get Rollin' Tour" With Opening Acts Brantley Gilbert And Josh Ross. They Will Perform On 38 Dates In Canada And The United States From June To August 2023. List Of Nickelback Band Members Current Members
* Chad Kroeger – Lead Vocals Lead Guitar 1995–present * Ryan Peake – Rhythm Guitar Keyboards Backing Vocals 1995–present * Mike Kroeger – Bass Guitar Backing Vocals 1995–present * Daniel Adair – Drums Backing Vocals 2005–present Former Members
* Brandon Kroeger – Drums 1995–1997 * Mitch Guindon – Drums 1997–1998 * Ryan Vikedal – Drums 1998–2005
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Rockstar
Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
"Rockstar" Is The Fifth U.S. Single Although Later Re-Released By The Canadian Rock Band Nickelback From Their 2005 Fifth Studio Album All The Right Reasons. It Was Only Released In The U.S. And Canada And Has Since Been Re-Released Worldwide. Spoken-Word Vocals Between Each Verse Are Provided By Billy Gibbons Of ZZ Top. During The Song's Original Release "Far Away" Was More Successful On The U.S. Hot 100 And U.S. Pop Charts While "Rockstar" Instead Found Moderate Success On The Rock Charts. It Peaked At #4 On The Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart And #37 On The Modern Rock Tracks Chart. It Entered The Billboard Hot 100 Peaking At #54 During Its Original Run. Because The Song Was Released So Close Together With "Far Away" The Band Opted To Shoot A Video For "Far Away" And A Video For "Rockstar" Was Not Originally Made. The Song Was Re-Shipped To Radio For Ads On 5 June 2007 And A Video Was Made To Accompany The Re-Release. Since Its Re-Release The Song Has Experienced Great Mainstream Success And Has Become Active On Most Charts Again Reaching New Peaks On Numerous Charts Like The Hot 100 The Adult Top 40 And Pop 100. It Has Also Registered On Charts It Didn't The First Time Such As The Pop 100 Airplay. The Song Climbed As High As #3 On ITunes Top 100 Selling Songs As Well As #1 On The Chart Of The Most Downloaded Music Video On ITunes. When ITunes Released Their Top Sellers Of 2007 "Rockstar" Was The 14th Best Selling Digital Song Of 2007 And The "Rockstar" Video Was The #1 Selling Music Video On ITunes For 2007. "Rockstar" Is Now The Band's Best Selling Digital Single To Date In The U.S. Currently With U.S. Digital Sales Of Over 2 Million. On 12 September 2007 "Rockstar" Reached A New Peak Of #6 On The Billboard Hot 100 Peaking Higher Than "Far Away" Did Becoming Nickelback's Third Top 10 Hit From All The Right Reasons Their Fifth Career Hot 100 Top Ten Overall. "Rockstar" Was A Success In The United Kingdom And The Most Successful Single Overall Of Nickelback's Career There Where It Peaked At #2 In The UK Singles Chart And #1 In The UK Official Download Chart. The Song Was Released In Physical Form In The Country After Becoming Popular Online And Climbing Into The Top 50 On Downloads Alone. Over Two Years After The Release Of All The Right Reasons It Became The Band's Highest Charting Single In The Country Beating The Peak Of Their Breakout Hit "How You Remind Me" Which Reached #4 In 2002 Though "How You Remind Me" Remains Slightly Nickelback's Biggest Selling Single In The United Kingdom To Date . The Release Of "Rockstar" Also Helped All The Right Reasons Achieve A Top 10 Position In The UK Albums Chart For The First Time Becoming Their Third Top 10 Album There. It Also Pushed Sales Of The Album There From Under 200 000 To Over Half A Million. In The UK It Was One Of The Biggest Selling Singles Of 2008. The Song Remained On The UK Singles Chart For 50 Consecutive Weeks Before Falling Off In October 2008 Making It One Of The Most Successful Songs On The Chart In Years In Terms Of Longevity. It Fell Out Of The Top 40 On 6 July 2008. On 10 August 2008 The Song Re-Entered The UK Singles Chart At #27 And Stayed In The Chart For An Extra Four Weeks Taking Its Current Total Of Weeks Inside The UK Top 40 Up To 35. Many Fans Believe That The Re-Entry Was A Result Of The Song Being Featured On A DFS Sofa's Advert. The Song Received The Record Of The Year Award In The UK For 2008. The Song Was The 5th Biggest-Selling In The UK In 2008 Despite Not Reaching Number One. This Song Was #100 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 100 Best Songs Of 2007 Despite The Fact That The Band Has Been Consistently Criticized By The Publication. The Lyrics Can Be Taken As A Satirical Commentary On The Lifestyle Or Perceived Lifestyle Of A Rockstar Or As A Glorification Of Material Success At The Expense Of Artistic Integrity. The Material Desires Of The Rockstar Are Listed But The Practice Needed To Become Proficient At Rock Music Is Never Mentioned. For Example "I Want A Brand New House/ On An Episode Of Cribs/ And A Bathroom I Can Play Baseball In ... I Want A New Tour Bus Full Of Old Guitars/ My Own Star On Hollywood Boulevard" The Song Echoes A Similar Sentiment Expressed In Earlier Satirical Odes To The Rockstar Lifestyle Including The Dire Straits Song "Money For Nothing" Which Was A Hit In 1985 As Well As The 1978 Joe Walsh Single "Life's Been Good " Dr. Hook's "Cover Of The Rolling Stone" In 1973 And The Byrds' 1967 "So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star". The Song Makes Several References To American Popular Culture MTV Cribs Chad Kroeger The Band's Frontman Appeared On An Episode Of The Show The Playboy Mansion And Playmates And A Spot Between James Dean And Cher On Hollywood's Walk Of Fame Nickelback Is Already On Canada's Walk Of Fame . When The Song Was First Released In August 2006 A Music Video Was Not Made For The Single. Dori Oskowitz Who Directed The Band's "If Everyone Cared" Video Returned To Direct The Music Video For The Song's Re-Release. The Video Would Go On To Become The Top Selling Music Video Of 2007 On ITunes. 1. Boy At A Baseball Field "I'm Through With Standing In Line To Clubs I'll Never Get In" 2. Lindsey Shaw In Front Of The Cloud Gate "It's Like The Bottom Of The Ninth" 3. Man In Front Of The Flatiron Building "and I'm Never Gonna Win" 4. Cindy Taylor On A Pool Float "This Life Hasn't Turned Out" 5. Old Woman On The Millennium Bridge London In Front Of St Paul's Cathedral "quite The Way I Want It To Be" 6. Billy Gibbons From ZZ Top "Tell Me What You Want" Voiceover 7. Wayne Gretzky "I Want A Brand New House" 8. Three Women In Times Square "on An Episode Of Cribs" 9. Kendra Wilkinson In Front Of The Playboy Mansion "And A Bathroom I Can Play Baseball In" 10. New York City Policeman "And A King Size Tub" 11. Gene Simmons In Front Of His Wall Of Gold And Platinum Records "big Enough For Ten" 12. Paul Wall In Front Of A Highway "plus Me" 13. Billy Gibbons Again "Yeah So Whatcha Need" Voiceover 14. Park Ranger At Jay Pritzker Pavilion In Millennium Park "I'll Need A A Credit Card" 15. Dominique Swain In A Bubblebath "that's Got No Limit" 16. Three Men One US MP One East German Border Guard And One Civilian At Checkpoint Charlie Facing The American Sector "And A Big Black Jet" 17. Twista Mayz From The Speedknot Mobstaz And Unknown Man Riding In A Limo "with A Bedroom In It" 18. Man In Grand Central Terminal "Gonna Join The Mile High Club" 19. Holly Madison In The Playboy Mansion Grotto "at Thirty-Seven Thousand Feet" 20. Woman In Los Angeles "Been There Done That" Billy Gibbons Voiceover 21. Street Musician In Union Square "I Want A New Tour Bus" 22. Same Street Musician With Performers In Union Square "full Of Old Guitars" 23. Three Girls On The Bank Of The Chicago River In Front Of Marina City "My Own Star On Hollywood Boulevard" 24. Gene Simmons Again "Somewhere Between Cher" 25. Paul Teutul Sr. Of Orange County Choppers "and James Dean Is Fine For Me" 26. Billy Gibbons Again "So How You Gonna Do It?" Voiceover 27. John Rich On A Pool Table With A Banjo "I'm Gonna Trade This Life" 28. Woman In Union Square "for Fortune And Fame" 29. Chuck Liddell "I'll Even Cut My Hair" 30. Man In A Chinese Restaurant "and Change My Name" 31. Two Blazin' Saddles Employees In Front Of A General Lee-Inspired RV "'Cause We All Just Wanna Be" 32. Eight Kids In Front Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge "big Rockstars" 33. Wayne Gretzky Again "and Live In Hilltop Houses" 34. Parking Valet At Jones Hollywood In West Hollywood "driving Fifteen Cars" 35. Brian Walton On Lambeth Palace Road In Front Of The Houses Of Parliament "The Girls Come Easy And The Drugs Come Cheap" 36. Jenna Westerbeck Sunbathing "We'll All Stay Skinny" 37. Kid Rock "cause We Just Won't Eat/And We'll" 38. Twista Mayz And Unknown Man Again "hang Out In The Coolest Bars" 39. Jessie Coleman In Grand Central Terminal "In The VIP" 40. Eliza Dushku "with The Movie Stars" 41. Dale Earnhardt Jr. In Front Of A Union 76 Gas Station "Every Good Gold Digger's" 42. Taryn Manning "Gonna Wind Up There" 43. Paul Wall Again "Every Playboy Bunny" 44. Two Women In The Middle Of Davie Street "With Her Bleach Blond Hair" 45. Jerry Cantrell Under Chicago's El Tracks And In Front Of Double Door "And We'll/Hey Hey" 46. Liam Lynch In Union Square "I Wanna Be A" 47. Nelly Furtado On Tour Bus "rockstar" 48. Man In Front Of The Same Highway As Paul Wall Above 49. Man In Union Square 50. Two Women In Grand Central Terminal "Hey" 51. Chuck Liddell Again With Elliot Segal From DC101 In A Headlock "hey" 52. Boy In Grocery Store "I Wanna Be A Rockstar" 53. Paul Teutul Jr. Paul Teutul Sr. And Mikey From Orange County Choppers Flexing Muscles 54. Man In Front Of Marina City "I Wanna Be Great Like Elvis" 55. Elvis Impersonator "without The Tassels" 56. Federico Castelluccio From The Sopranos "Hire Eight Body Guards" 57. Chuck Liddell Again Expletive Deleted 58. Grant Hill Signing Basketball "Sign A Couple Autographs/So I Can" 59. Man In Union Square Again "eat My Meals For Free" 60. Billy Gibbons Again "I'll Have The Quesadilla" Voiceover 61. Paul Wall Again "Ha Ha" Billy Gibbons Voiceover 62. Man And Woman In The Middle Of Davie Street "I'm Gonna Dress My Ass" 63. Ted Nugent "with The Latest Fashion" 64. Man And Woman In Front Of The Cloud Gate "Get A Front Door Key" 65. Kendra Wilkinson Holly Madison And Bridget Marquardt From The Girls Next Door "to The Playboy Mansion" 66. Man In Front Of The Flatiron Building "Gonna Date A Centerfold" 67. Two Teenagers In Washington Square Park "that Loves To Blow My Money For Me" 68. Billy Gibbons Again "So How You Gonna Do It?" Voiceover 69. Paul Teutul Jr. Paul Teutul Sr. And Mikey From Orange County Choppers Again "I'm Gonna Trade This Life" 70. Man And Woman In Front Of The Reichstag Building "For Fortune And Fame" 71. Jordan Carlos Overlooking Los Angeles "I'd Even Cut My Hair" 72. Man In Front Of The New York Stock Exchange "And Change My Name" 73. Man At A Pink Bus-Stop Bench On Davie Street "'Cause We All Just Wanna Be" 74. Lupe Fiasco On A Table "big Rockstars" 75. Woman In Front Of The Brandenburg Gate "And Live In Hilltop Houses" 76. Woman In Front Of The Chicago Theater "driving Fifteen Cars" 77. Two Women At The Beach "The Girls Come Easy" 78. Taryn Manning Again "and The Drugs Come Cheap" 79. Eliza Dushku Again "We'll All Stay Skinny" 80. Woman In Front Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge "'cause We Just Won't Eat" 81. Three Women Dancing "And We'll Hang Out In The Coolest Bars" 82. Gene Simmons Again "In The VIP" 83. Dominique Swain Again "with The Movie Stars" 84. Lupe Fiasco Again "Every Good Gold Digger's" 85. Chuck Liddell Again "gonna Wind Up There" 86. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Again "Every Playboy Bunny" 87. Two Girls In Times Square "with Her Bleach Blond Hair" 88. Man In Front Of Beverly Hills High School "And We'll Hide Out In The Private Rooms"' 89. Eliza Dushku Again "With The Latest Dictionary" 90. Federico Castelluccio Again "and Today's Who's Who" 91. Riki Lindhome At The Beach "They'll Get You Anything With That Evil Smile" 92. Kid Rock Again "Everybody's Got A Drug Dealer On Speed Dial/Well" 93. Steel Worker "Hey Hey I Wanna Be A Rockstar" 94. John Rich Again Smashing A Guitar 95. Three Women In The Middle Of Davie Street "I'm Gonna Sing Those Songs That Offend The Censors" 96. Te'DeVan Rocketman Wacha Kurzweil In Union Square "Gonna Pop My Pills From A Pez Dispenser" 97. Lupe Fiasco Again "Get Washed-Up Singers" 98. Boy In Front Of A Mixing Console "writing All My Songs" 99. Gwenno Pipette Overlooking Los Angeles "Lip Sync 'em Every Night" 100. Daniel Self At City Market In Raleigh "so I Don't Get 'em Wrong" 101. Man On Street Corner In New York City's Chinatown "Well We All Just Wanna Be" 102. Man In Front Of Big Acorn In Raleigh "big Rockstars" 103. Eight Blazin' Saddles Employees At City Market In Raleigh "And Live In Hilltop Houses" 104. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Again "driving Fifteen Cars" 105. The Naked Cowboy In Times Square "The Girls Come Easy And The Drugs Come Cheap" 106. Woman At The Beach "We'll All Stay Skinny" 107. Brandon Berman In Times Square "'cause We Just Won't Eat" 108. Cindy Taylor Again "And We'll Hang Out In The Coolest Bars" 109. Woman In Front Of Buckingham Fountain "In The VIP" 110. Grant Hill Again "with The Movie Stars" 111. Jayson Woolley In Union Square "Every Good Gold Digger's" 112. Ted Nugent Again "gonna Wind Up There" 113. Holly Madison Again "Every Playboy" 114. Bridget Marquardt In A Pink Bed "bunny With Her Bleach" 115. Kendra Wilkinson Again "blond Hair/And We'll" 116. Laurie Picken Standing Next To City Hall In Front Of Tower Bridge "hide Out In The Private Rooms" 117. Nelly Furtado Again "With The Latest Dictionary And Today's" 118. Two Women In Front Of The Sydney Opera House And Sydney Harbour Bridge "Who's Who/They'll Get You Anything" 119. Kid Rock Again "with That Evil Smile/Everybody's" 120. Ted Nugent Again "got A Drug Dealer On Speed Dial/Well" 121. John Rich Again "hey" 122. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Again "hey" 123. Worker In Front Of Marina City With A Michigan State University Sweatshirt "I Wanna Be A Rockstar" 124. Wayne Gretzky Again Splashing A Pool With A Hockey Stick 125. Kendra Wilkinson Again Dancing 126. Nelly Furtado Again "Hey" 127. Gene Simmons Again "hey" 128. Nickelback Fans At Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts Concert Singing "I Wanna Be A Rockstar" 129. Pan To Chad Kroeger Pan To Mike Kroeger And Ryan Peake The Video Features B-List Celebrities Mostly Rednecks And Non-Celebrities Lip Synching To The Lyrics. The Non-Celebrities Are Often Filmed In Front Of Iconic Landmarks Such As Times Square In New York And Millennium Park In Chicago. Celebrities Include Billy Gibbons Who Voices His Lines In The Song Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell Taryn Manning Dale Earnhardt Jr. Eliza Dushku Gene Simmons Wayne Gretzky Big & Rich's John Rich The Cast Of The Girls Next Door The Naked Cowboy Kid Rock Lupe Fiasco Riki Lindhome Nelly Furtado The Crew From American Chopper Paul Wall Ted Nugent Twista Juicy J Grant Hill And Numerous Others. Sometimes The Lyric They Are Lip Synching Relates To Themselves. At The End Of The Video Nickelback Is Shown Playing Live On Stage This Shot Was Filmed 13 July 2007 At The Comcast Center For The Performing Arts In Mansfield Massachusetts. The Shot Outside The Reichstag Building In Berlin Was Filmed On 23 July 2007.
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Biography - Nickelback
Nickelback Is A Rock Band Which Formed In Hanna Alberta Canada In 1995. Nickelback Is One Of The Most Commercially Successful Canadian Groups Having Sold 50 Million Records Worldwide. Nickelback Ranks As The 7th Best Selling Music Act Of The 2000s And The 2nd Best Selling Foreign Act In The US Behind The Beatles For The 2000s. The Band Consists Of Chad Kroeger Vocals Guitar Ryan Peake Guitar Vocals Mike Kroeger Bass And Daniel Adair Drums . The Band's Original Drummer Brandon Kroeger Left The Group In 1997 And Was Replaced First By Mitch Guidon From 1997 To 1998 And Then Ryan Vikedal From 1998 To 2005. The Band Has Released 10 Studio Albums "Curb" 1996 "The State" 1998 "Silver Side Up" 2001 "The Long Road" 2003 "All The Right Reasons" 2005 "Dark Horse" 2008 "Here And Now" 2011 "No Fixed Address" 2014 "Feed The Machine" 2017 And "Get Rollin'" 2022 . Early Years 1995–2000 The Band Was Formed In The Early 1990s As A Cover Band Called The "Village Idiots" By Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger And Brandon Kroeger. The Band Performed Covers Of Songs From Led Zeppelin And Metallica. Nickelback's First Release Was A Seven-Track EP Called Hesher In 1996. In The Same Year Nickelback Recorded Their First Full-Length Album Curb. "Fly" Was Released On Hesher And Curb And Was The First Single Produced By Nickelback. It Did Not Chart And Was Only Played On Local Radio Stations. The Following Album The State Was Recorded In 1998 And Was Released As An Independent Record The Same Year. Nickelback Signed A Record Deal With EMI And Roadrunner Records. The State Was Then Re-Released In 2000 By EMI And Roadrunner Records. Two Singles From The Album "Leader Of Men" And "Breathe" Were Fairly Successful And Resulted In The Album Being Certificated Gold In Canada And The United States. It Was Certified Platinum In 2008. Mainstream Success 2001–2007 In 2001 Nickelback Released The Silver Side Up Album Which Propelled Them Into The Mainstream. The Single "How You Remind Me" Was A Huge Success Peaking At #1 On Both The American And Canadian Charts At The Same Time. In The U.S. It Was A #1 Single On The Mainstream And Modern Rock Charts As Well As The Pop Chart. It Also Peaked At #2 On Adult Top 40. "How You Remind Me" Became The Billboard Hot 100 #1 Single Of The Year For 2002. The Next Single Was "Too Bad" Which Also Hit #1 On The Mainstream Rock Chart And Had A Small Amount Of Success On The Pop Chart. The Final Single From The Album Was "Never Again" Another #1 Hit On Mainstream Rock. In 2002 Chad Kroeger Collaborated With Josey Scott And Gaige Corvo Who Played The Lead Guitar On The Spider-Man Theme Song "Hero." This Also Featured Tyler Connolly Mike Kroeger Matt Cameron And Jeremy Taggart. In 2003 Nickelback Released The Long Road. The Lead Single Was "Someday" And The Album Went On To Sell Five Million Copies Worldwide. The Band Also Released "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" As A Single Which Peaked At #3 On The Mainstream Rock Charts. "Figured You Out" Was Also Released As A Single And Topped The Mainstream Rock Charts For 13 Consecutive Weeks. Nickelback's Fifth Studio Album All The Right Reasons Produced Five U.S. Hot 100 Top 20 Singles "Photograph" "Savin' Me" "Far Away" "If Everyone Cared" "Rockstar". Three Of These Became U.S. Hot 100 Top 10 Singles. All The Right Reasons Has Sold 7 163 130 Copies In The US As Of June 13 2009. In Total All The Right Reasons Has Sold Abut 11 Million Copies Worldwide Since Its 2005 Release. Aside From All The Success Of All The Right Reasons Lead Singer Kroeger Began His Own Label Named 604 Records In 2005 And Holds The Position Of Executive Producer. Dark Horse 2008-2010 After Taking Much Of 2007 Off The Band Started Recording A New Album In Earnest. In July 2008 The Band Signed With Live Nation For Three Touring And Album Cycles With An Option For A Fourth. On September 4 2008 Roadrunner Records Announced That The First Single From Their Upcoming Album Was Originally Going To Be "If Today Was Your Last Day" And Was To Be Released September 30 2008. However The Song Was Scrapped As The First Single And "Gotta Be Somebody" Was The Lead Single Instead. The New Album Titled Dark Horse Was Released On November 18 2008. The Album Was Produced By Mutt Lange. Something In Your Mouth Was Released As The Second Single To Rock Radio Only On December 15 Where It Reached #1. "If Today Was Your Last Day" Was Released As The Second Major Single Instead. Two More Singles Have Been Released "I'd Come For You" And "Burn It To The Ground". The Album Also Remained In The Top 20 On The Billboard 200 For Weeks After Its Release. The Album Was Certified Two Times Platinum In April 2009 And Had By April 2010 Sold Over 3 Million Copies In The U.S. However Critical Reception Of The Album Has Been Mostly Mixed To Negative. In 2009 The Band Won Three Juno Awards For Juno Fan Choice Award Group Of The Year And Album Of The Year The Band Performed Their Single "Something In Your Mouth" At The Ceremony. In 2010 Billboard Year End Charts Listed Dark Horse As The Top-Selling Rock And Metal Album Of The Year. The Band Was Also Listed At The Top Selling Hard Rock Artist. On January 29 2010 They Released A Tap-Tap Rhythm Game For On The App Store Contrary To The Band's Prior Comments Against Other Music Related Video Games Such As Guitar Hero. On February 28 2010 Nickelback Gave A Performance At The Beginning Of The Concert Portion Of The 2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Performing "Burn It To The Ground". On October 2010 Nickelback Finished Their Dark Horse Tour. Here And Now 2011-2013 Chad Kroeger Said In An Interview With Billboard.Com In September 2010 That Songwriting For The Next Nickelback Album Was Planned To Commence As Early As February 2011 With "about Four Tunes" Already In Mind. Adair Mentioned That The Band Wanted To Go Back To The Musical Style Of All The Right Reasons Which He Described As "more Organic". Nickelback Announced Their New Album Here And Now On September 8 2011 Along With Its Two Lead Singles "Bottoms Up" And "When We Stand Together". Kroeger Said "We're Four People Who Love Making Music The Way We Like To Make It. We Entered The Studio This Year With A Vision And It All Came Together. We're Extremely Happy With The Results And Can't Wait To Share Them With Our Fans." The Album Was Released On November 21 2011 With The Band Calling It "Nickelblack Monday" A Play On Nickelback And Black Monday. Two Singles Were Released To Radio Stations On September 26 And September 27 For Purchase On ITunes. Here And Now Peaked At #2 On The Billboard 200 Selling 226 714 Copies In Its First Week Of Release With Christmas By Michael Bublé Taking #1 By A Margin Of Only 419 Copies. As Part Of Promotion For The Album Nickelback Was Booked To Perform At The Halftime Shows For Both An NFL Thanksgiving Day Game At Ford Field In Detroit On November 24 And The 99th Grey Cup In The Band's Hometown Of Vancouver On November 27. Also As A Promotion The Band Played To Jimmy Kimmel Upon The Album's Release. The Band Was Nominated For Four Juno Awards In 2012 And Performed At The Ceremony. Nickelback Announced Their Here And Now Tour On January 11 2012 They Are Going To Tour With Seether Bush And My Darkest Days. The Band Released A Music Video For Their Fourth Single Off Of The Album Lullaby. The Band Officially Announced The Compilation Album The Best Of Nickelback Volume 1 Through Social Media On October 3 2013. Frontman Chad Kroeger Had Previously Stated In An Interview That The Greatest Hits Album Was To Feature Songs From Previous Albums Along With New Songs But The Unveiled Track Listing Ultimately Contained Only Previously Released Material. No Fixed Address And Feed The Machine 2014–2018 According To An Interview With Chad Kroeger On CFOX-FM The Band Planned To Release Their Eighth Studio Album Before The End Of 2014. The Lead Rock Single Was Also Announced "Edge Of A Revolution" Was Released In August 2014. The Track Was Described As A "departure" For Nickelback And A Political Song. Frequent Collaborator Chris Lord-Alge Returned To Mix Some Of The Tracks On The Album. It Was Also Announced The Band Had Signed To Republic Records. The Lead Single From The Album Was Titled "Edge Of A Revolution" And Was Scheduled To Be Sent For Adds On Rock Radio And Be Released To ITunes On August 18. The Lead Pop Single And Second Overall Was Announced To Be "What Are You Waiting For?" And Was Released In September. "What Are You Waiting For?" Was Released As A Single On Digital Retailers On September 9 2014. On August 22 2014 Nickelback Announced The Album's Title To Be No Fixed Address And Released It On November 17 2014. No Fixed Address Tour Was Their Fifth Headlining Concert Tour In Support Of No Fixed Address. The Tour Was Announced On November 5 2014 As Well As The Pretty Reckless Pop Evil And Lifehouse As The Support Act For The Majority Of The Shows In North American While Monster Truck Was Support Act In Australia And Europe 2016 . The Second North American Leg Of The Tour Had To Be Canceled When Lead Vocalist Chad Kroeger Required Surgery For A Cyst On His Voice Box. The Entire Leg Of The European Tour Was Postponed Until Autumn 2016. On August 19 2016 Nickelback Released A Cover Of Don Henley's Song "Dirty Laundry" To Streaming Services. On January 23 2017 A New Single "Feed The Machine" Was Announced To Be Released On February 1 Alongside Specific Details Of A 2017 Tour. On January 25 Nickelback Signed With BMG Rights Management To Release Their Ninth Album Also Titled Feed The Machine. The Album Was Released On June 16 2017. The Band Released Their Second Single From The Album "Song On Fire" On April 28 2017. Shortly After The Release Of The Album The Band Began A 44-City Tour On June 23 2017 In North America Co-Headlined With Daughtry Shaman's Harvest And Cheap Trick As Supporting Acts. Get Rollin' 2019–present In Early 2019 Band Members Spoke Of Recording A Tenth Studio Album Though Chad Kroeger Conceded There Was No Timetable Or Rush For The Band To Complete It. Mike Kroeger Spoke Of His Personal Desire To Move In More Of A Heavy Metal Direction Or Wanting To Do An Album Of Slayer Cover Songs. On August 14 2020 The Band Released A Cover Of The Charlie Daniels Band Song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" Featuring Dave Martone. In A July 2021 Interview Bassist Mike Kroeger Commented When Asked About The Band's Progress On New Music Saying "That Is Happening Right Now Music Is Being Composed And Recorded Up In Canada. We Were Out There And Something Came Up And Our Producer Had To Take Some Time Off. So I Took That Opportunity To Return Home To Los Angeles With Family And Spend A Little Time At Home But I'll Be Headed Back Up There In A Couple Of Weeks To Pick It Up Again." When Asked About A Potential Timeframe For A Release Date Kroeger Said "it'll Be Done When It's Done" Explaining That The Band Would Rather Not Be Confined To A Timescale For Fear Of Making "a Shitty Record". "Release Dates Are Primarily Arrived At By Business Interests Like Record Labels And Whatever. We Don't Have One Of Those" He Said. "We've Been Managing Ourselves For About A Year. So The Answer Is No. We're Doing It On Our Schedule At Our Own Pace And It'll Be Done When It's Done. 'Cause We've Blown Up Deadlines In The Past Lots Of Times. Because We Feel That You Can Make A Good Record And Be Late But You Can't Or You Shouldn't Make A Shitty Record To Be On Time. So We Won't Be Pressed For Time. In August 2022 Nickelback Began Posting Small Snippets And Teasers Of New Music Via Their Official Social Media Accounts With The Date "09.07.2022" Being Branded On The Posts. On August 26 2022 Students Attending School At Simon Fraser University In Burnaby British Columbia Received A Newsletter Stating They Were Invited To Attend And Participate In A Video Shoot Nickelback Would Be Hosting On August 30 2022 For Their Single Outside The Convocation Mall On Campus. The Album Title Was Revealed To Be Get Rollin'. The Lead Single "San Quentin" Was Released On September 7 2022. The Band Is Set To Embark On Its "Get Rollin' Tour" With Opening Acts Brantley Gilbert And Josh Ross. They Will Perform On 38 Dates In Canada And The United States From June To August 2023. List Of Nickelback Band Members Current Members
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"Rockstar" is the fifth U.S. single (although later re-released) by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their 2005 fifth studio album All the Right Reasons. It was only released in the U.S. and Canada, and has since been re-released worldwide. Spoken-word vocals between each verse are provided by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
During the song's original release "Far Away" was more successful on the U.S. Hot 100 and U.S. Pop charts, while "Rockstar" instead found moderate success on the rock charts. It peaked at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #37 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It entered the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #54, during its original run. Because the song was released so close together with "Far Away" the band opted to shoot a video for "Far Away" and a video for "Rockstar" was not originally made.
The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release. Since its re-release, the song has experienced great mainstream success, and has become active on most charts again, reaching new peaks on numerous charts like The Hot 100, the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100. It has also registered on charts it didn't the first time, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. The song climbed as high as #3 on iTunes top 100 selling songs as well as #1 on the chart of the most downloaded music video on iTunes. When iTunes released their Top Sellers of 2007, "Rockstar" was the 14th best selling digital song of 2007, and the "Rockstar" video was the #1 selling music video on iTunes for 2007. "Rockstar" is now the band's best selling digital single to date in the U.S., currently with U.S. digital sales of over 2 million. On 12 September 2007, "Rockstar" reached a new peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking higher than "Far Away" did, becoming Nickelback's third Top 10 hit from All the Right Reasons, their fifth career Hot 100 Top Ten overall.
"Rockstar" was a success in the United Kingdom, and the most successful single overall of Nickelback's career there, where it peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in the UK Official Download Chart. The song was released in physical form in the country after becoming popular online and climbing into the top 50 on downloads alone. Over two years after the release of All the Right Reasons, it became the band's highest charting single in the country, beating the peak of their breakout hit, "How You Remind Me", which reached #4 in 2002 (though "How You Remind Me" remains slightly Nickelback's biggest selling single in the United Kingdom to date). The release of "Rockstar" also helped All the Right Reasons achieve a top 10 position in the UK Albums Chart for the first time, becoming their third top 10 album there. It also pushed sales of the album there from under 200,000 to over half a million. In the UK it was one of the biggest selling singles of 2008. The song remained on the UK Singles Chart for 50 consecutive weeks before falling off in October 2008, making it one of the most successful songs on the chart in years in terms of longevity. It fell out of the top 40 on 6 July 2008.
On 10 August 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #27, and stayed in the chart for an extra four weeks, taking its current total of weeks inside the UK Top 40 up to 35. Many fans believe that the re-entry was a result of the song being featured on a DFS Sofa's advert. The song received the Record of the Year award in the UK for 2008.
The song was the 5th biggest-selling in the UK in 2008, despite not reaching number one.
This song was #100 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007, despite the fact that the band has been consistently criticized by the publication.
The lyrics can be taken as a satirical commentary on the lifestyle (or perceived lifestyle) of a rockstar, or as a glorification of material success at the expense of artistic integrity. The material desires of the rockstar are listed, but the practice needed to become proficient at rock music is never mentioned. For example:
"I want a brand new house/ on an episode of Cribs/ And a bathroom I can play baseball in
... I want a new tour bus full of old guitars/ My own star on Hollywood Boulevard"
The song echoes a similar sentiment expressed in earlier satirical odes to the rockstar lifestyle, including the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" which was a hit in 1985, as well as the 1978 Joe Walsh single, "Life's Been Good," Dr. Hook's "Cover of the Rolling Stone" in 1973, and The Byrds' 1967 "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star".
The song makes several references to American popular culture: MTV Cribs (Chad Kroeger, the band's frontman, appeared on an episode of the show), the Playboy Mansion and Playmates, and a spot between James Dean and Cher on Hollywood's Walk of Fame (Nickelback is already on Canada's Walk of Fame).
When the song was first released in August 2006, a music video was not made for the single. Dori Oskowitz, who directed the band's "If Everyone Cared" video, returned to direct the music video for the song's re-release. The video would go on to become the top selling music video of 2007 on iTunes.
1. Boy at a baseball field: "I'm through with standing in line to clubs I'll never get in"
2. Lindsey Shaw in front of the Cloud Gate: "It's like the bottom of the ninth"
3. Man in front of the Flatiron Building: "and I'm never gonna win"
4. Cindy Taylor on a pool float: "This life hasn't turned out"
5. Old woman on the Millennium Bridge (London) in front of St Paul's Cathedral: "quite the way I want it to be"
6. Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top: "Tell me what you want" (voiceover)
7. Wayne Gretzky: "I want a brand new house"
8. Three women in Times Square: "on an episode of Cribs"
9. Kendra Wilkinson in front of the Playboy Mansion: "And a bathroom I can play baseball in"
10. New York City policeman: "And a king size tub"
11. Gene Simmons in front of his wall of gold and platinum records: "big enough for ten"
12. Paul Wall in front of a highway: "plus me"
13. Billy Gibbons again: "Yeah, so whatcha need" (voiceover)
14. Park ranger at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: "I'll need a, a credit card"
15. Dominique Swain in a bubblebath: "that's got no limit"
16. Three men (one US MP, one East German border guard, and one civilian) at Checkpoint Charlie facing the American Sector: "And a big black jet"
17. Twista, Mayz from the Speedknot Mobstaz, and unknown man riding in a limo: "with a bedroom in it"
18. Man in Grand Central Terminal: "Gonna join the mile high club"
19. Holly Madison in the Playboy Mansion grotto: "at thirty-seven thousand feet"
20. Woman in Los Angeles: "Been there, done that" (Billy Gibbons voiceover)
21. Street musician in Union Square: "I want a new tour bus"
22. Same street musician with performers in Union Square: "full of old guitars"
23. Three girls on the bank of the Chicago River in front of Marina City: "My own star on Hollywood Boulevard"
24. Gene Simmons again: "Somewhere between Cher"
25. Paul Teutul, Sr. of Orange County Choppers: "and James Dean is fine for me"
26. Billy Gibbons again: "So how you gonna do it?" (voiceover)
27. John Rich on a pool table with a banjo: "I'm gonna trade this life"
28. Woman in Union Square: "for fortune and fame"
29. Chuck Liddell: "I'll even cut my hair"
30. Man in a Chinese restaurant: "and change my name"
31. Two Blazin' Saddles employees in front of a General Lee-inspired RV: "'Cause we all just wanna be"
32. Eight kids in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge: "big rockstars"
33. Wayne Gretzky again: "and live in hilltop houses"
34. Parking valet at Jones Hollywood in West Hollywood: "driving fifteen cars"
35. Brian Walton on Lambeth Palace Road in front of the Houses of Parliament: "The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap"
36. Jenna Westerbeck sunbathing: "We'll all stay skinny"
37. Kid Rock: "cause we just won't eat/And we'll"
38. Twista, Mayz, and unknown man again: "hang out in the coolest bars"
39. Jessie Coleman in Grand Central Terminal: "In the VIP"
40. Eliza Dushku: "with the movie stars"
41. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in front of a Union 76 gas station: "Every good gold digger's"
42. Taryn Manning: "Gonna wind up there"
43. Paul Wall again: "Every Playboy bunny"
44. Two women in the middle of Davie Street: "With her bleach blond hair"
45. Jerry Cantrell under Chicago's El tracks and in front of Double Door: "And we'll/Hey hey"
46. Liam Lynch in Union Square: "I wanna be a"
47. Nelly Furtado on tour bus: "rockstar"
48. Man in front of the same highway as Paul Wall above
49. Man in Union Square
50. Two women in Grand Central Terminal: "Hey"
51. Chuck Liddell again with Elliot Segal from DC101 in a headlock:"hey"
52. Boy in grocery store: "I wanna be a rockstar"
53. Paul Teutul, Jr., Paul Teutul, Sr., and Mikey from Orange County Choppers flexing muscles
54. Man in front of Marina City: "I wanna be great like Elvis"
55. Elvis impersonator: "without the tassels"
56. Federico Castelluccio from The Sopranos: "Hire eight body guards"
57. Chuck Liddell again: (expletive deleted)
58. Grant Hill signing basketball: "Sign a couple autographs/So I can"
59. Man in Union Square again: "eat my meals for free"
60. Billy Gibbons again: "I'll have the quesadilla" (voiceover)
61. Paul Wall again: "Ha ha" (Billy Gibbons voiceover)
62. Man and woman in the middle of Davie Street: "I'm gonna dress my ass"
63. Ted Nugent: "with the latest fashion"
64. Man and woman in front of the Cloud Gate: "Get a front door key"
65. Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt from The Girls Next Door: "to the Playboy mansion"
66. Man in front of the Flatiron Building: "Gonna date a centerfold"
67. Two teenagers in Washington Square Park: "that loves to blow my money for me"
68. Billy Gibbons again: "So how you gonna do it?" (voiceover)
69. Paul Teutul, Jr., Paul Teutul, Sr., and Mikey from Orange County Choppers again: "I'm gonna trade this life"
70. Man and woman in front of the Reichstag building: "For fortune and fame"
71. Jordan Carlos overlooking Los Angeles: "I'd even cut my hair"
72. Man in front of the New York Stock Exchange: "And change my name"
73. Man at a pink bus-stop bench on Davie Street: "'Cause we all just wanna be"
74. Lupe Fiasco on a table: "big rockstars"
75. Woman in front of the Brandenburg Gate: "And live in hilltop houses"
76. Woman in front of the Chicago Theater: "driving fifteen cars"
77. Two women at the beach: "The girls come easy"
78. Taryn Manning again: "and the drugs come cheap"
79. Eliza Dushku again: "We'll all stay skinny"
80. Woman in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge: "'cause we just won't eat"
81. Three women dancing : "And we'll hang out in the coolest bars"
82. Gene Simmons again: "In the VIP"
83. Dominique Swain again: "with the movie stars"
84. Lupe Fiasco again: "Every good gold digger's"
85. Chuck Liddell again: "gonna wind up there"
86. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again: "Every Playboy bunny"
87. Two girls in Times Square: "with her bleach blond hair"
88. Man in front of Beverly Hills High School: "And we'll hide out in the private rooms"'
89. Eliza Dushku again: "With the latest dictionary"
90. Federico Castelluccio again: "and today's who's who"
91. Riki Lindhome at the beach: "They'll get you anything with that evil smile"
92. Kid Rock again: "Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial/Well"
93. Steel worker: "Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar"
94. John Rich again, smashing a guitar
95. Three women in the middle of Davie Street: "I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors"
96. Te'DeVan Rocketman Wacha Kurzweil in Union Square: "Gonna pop my pills from a Pez dispenser"
97. Lupe Fiasco again: "Get washed-up singers"
98. Boy in front of a mixing console: "writing all my songs"
99. Gwenno Pipette overlooking Los Angeles: "Lip sync 'em every night"
100. Daniel Self at City Market in Raleigh: "so I don't get 'em wrong"
101. Man on street corner in New York City's Chinatown: "Well we all just wanna be"
102. Man in front of Big Acorn in Raleigh: "big rockstars"
103. Eight Blazin' Saddles employees at City Market in Raleigh: "And live in hilltop houses"
104. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again:"driving fifteen cars"
105. The Naked Cowboy in Times Square: "The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap"
106. Woman at the beach: "We'll all stay skinny"
107. Brandon Berman in Times Square: "'cause we just won't eat"
108. Cindy Taylor again: "And we'll hang out in the coolest bars"
109. Woman in front of Buckingham Fountain: "In the VIP"
110. Grant Hill again: "with the movie stars"
111. Jayson Woolley in Union Square: "Every good gold digger's"
112. Ted Nugent again: "gonna wind up there"
113. Holly Madison again: "Every Playboy"
114. Bridget Marquardt in a pink bed: "bunny with her bleach"
115. Kendra Wilkinson again: "blond hair/And we'll"
116. Laurie Picken standing next to City Hall in front of Tower Bridge: "hide out in the private rooms"
117. Nelly Furtado again: "With the latest dictionary and today's"
118. Two women in front of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge: "Who's Who/They'll get you anything"
119. Kid Rock again: "with that evil smile/Everybody's"
120. Ted Nugent again: "got a drug dealer on speed dial/Well"
121. John Rich again: "hey"
122. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. again: "hey"
123. Worker in front of Marina City with a Michigan State University sweatshirt: "I wanna be a rockstar"
124. Wayne Gretzky again, splashing a pool with a hockey stick
125. Kendra Wilkinson again dancing
126. Nelly Furtado again: "Hey"
127. Gene Simmons again: "hey"
128. Nickelback fans at Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts concert singing: "I wanna be a rockstar"
129. Pan to Chad Kroeger, pan to Mike Kroeger and Ryan Peake
The video features B-list celebrities (mostly rednecks) and non-celebrities lip synching to the lyrics. The non-celebrities are often filmed in front of iconic landmarks, such as Times Square in New York and Millennium Park in Chicago. Celebrities include Billy Gibbons (who voices his lines in the song), Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, Taryn Manning, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Eliza Dushku, Gene Simmons, Wayne Gretzky, Big & Rich's John Rich, the cast of The Girls Next Door, The Naked Cowboy, Kid Rock, Lupe Fiasco, Riki Lindhome, Nelly Furtado, the crew from American Chopper, Paul Wall, Ted Nugent Twista, Juicy J, Grant Hill and numerous others. Sometimes the lyric they are lip synching relates to themselves. At the end of the video Nickelback is shown playing live on stage; this shot was filmed 13 July 2007 at the Comcast Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The shot outside the Reichstag building in Berlin was filmed on 23 July 2007. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.