Curb (1996):
1. Little Friend
2. Pusher
3. Detangler
4. Curb
5. Where?
6. Falls Back On
7. See Grove
8. Fly
9. Just Four
10. Left
11. Window Shopper
12. I Don't Have


The State (1999):
1. Breathe
2. Cowboy Hat
3. Leader of Men
4. Old Enough
5. Worthy to Stay
6. Diggin' This
7. Deep
8. One Last Run
9. Not Leavin' Yet
10. Hold Out Your Hand
11. Leader of Men (Acoustic)


Silver Side Up (2001):
1. Never Again
2. How You Remind Me
3. Woke Up This Morning
4. Too Bad
5. Just For
6. Hollywood
7. Money Bought
8. Where Do I Hide?
9. Hangnail
10. Good Times


The Long Road (2003):
1. Flat On The Floor
2. Do This Anymore
3. Someday
4. Believe It Or Not
5. Feelin' Way To Damn Good
6. Because of You
7. Figured You Out
8. Should've Listened
9. Throw Yourself Away
10. Another Hole In The Head
11. See At The Show


All The Right Reasons (2005):
1. Follow You Home
2. Fight For All The Wrong Reasons
3. Photograph
4. Animals
5. Savin' Me
6. Far Away
7. Next Contestant
8. Side of A Bullet
9. If Everyone Cared
10. Someone That You're With
11. Rockstar
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 didn’t stop," says Chad.
Since Nickelback used Kroeger’s 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 that’s 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 didn’t think it was very rock and roll. It wasn’t 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 shouldn’t be narrow minded about any instrument, no matter what it is or what sort of stigma might be attached to it."

Nickelback’s eagerness to experiment and evolve lights up All The Right Reasons like a bonfire. While the band’s 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. Nickelback’s all-inclusive approach has been a large part of the band’s 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, 2001’s 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. Adair’s hard-hitting yet multifaceted style perfectly matched the band’s 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 Chad’s 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. He’s a totally amazing player." Over the years, Nickelback’s 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. It’s 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 John’s "Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting," which appeared on the "Charlie’s 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 Vinnie’s blessing," Kroeger says. "So, I called him up and played the track for him over the phone. He said, ‘I’d 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 that’s 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 girl’s 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 listener’s head," Kroeger says. "And I try to put myself in the scene when I’m writing it. That makes it easier for me to look around and see what I can sing about. Otherwise you don’t get any details and it doesn’t play out very well."  One of the most personal songs on All the Right Reasons, "Photograph," is a glimpse back at Kroeger’s 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. "It’s 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 Nickelback’s 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 that’s why we spend so much time on it. On this record, we didn’t 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. "We’re perfectionists," he says. "If you finish a song and it’s not stuck in your head, then how will it stick in someone else’s head when they’ve only heard it once or twice?" (-taken from the Official Nickelback Site www.nickelback.com)  

Fuel combines muscular, precise rhythms with passionate and commanding lyrics bound by solid hooks. The four-member Central Pennsylvania band creates emotive music, reflective of an era of confusion and heightened self-awareness.



Fuel began with Carl Bell and bass player Jeff Abercrombie, who both grew up in a small rural Western Tennessee town, called Kenton in 1989. Brett Scallions, who was from a nearby town, called Brownsville, also joined. However, they knew they wanted to play all originals, so they decided to move to a larger area to get more exposure. Harrisburg, PA seemed like a logical choice. In Harrisburg, they had already started to develop a fan base and its relative proximity to New York City and other large markets allowed for greater exposure to label executives. Kevin Miller, formerly of the Armadillos, joined Fuel in December 1997 and began playing shows shortly thereafter.



Phone requests, increased airplay and sold-out gigs led to Fuel's signing with Sony 550 Records on May 6, 1997. They started recording Sunburn on July 28, 1997. The EP Hazleton was released by Sony 550 for sale in the fall. The band's major label debut LP on 550 Music, Sunburn, was produced by Steven Haigler (Local H) and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge (The Wallflowers, Dave Matthews Band). Recorded in a pastoral setting surrounded by 1,500 acres of farmland, Sunburn's 11 tracks belie its bucolic birthplace at Long View Farms in Massachusetts. Fuel's major label debut, Sunburn, was released on March 31, 1998. With Sunburn and a hit single, "Shimmer," Fuel is now poised for the next step






Sunburn (1998) Tracks:
1. Untitled
2. Bittersweet
3. Shimmer
4. Jesus or A Gun
5. Sunburn
6. New Thing
7. It's Come To This
8. Song For You
9. Mary Pretends
10. Ozone
11. Hideaway



Something Like Human (2000) Tracks:
1. Last Time
2. Hemorage (In My hands)
3. Empty Spaces
4. Scar
5. Bad Day
6. Prove
7. Easy
8. Down
9. Solace
10. Knives
11. Innocent
12. Slow



Natural Selection (2003) Tracks:
1. Quarter
2. Down Inside of You
3. Millions of Miles
4. Falls On Me
5. These Things
6. Wont Back Down (Bring You Hell)
7. Running Away
8. Most Of All
9. Getting Thru?
10. Die Like This
11. Luck
12. Days With You