Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger admitted to American Songwriter that he was a ‘troublemaker’ as a kid. The singer reminisced about his high school years by saying:

“I was such a troublemaker, God; I was a bad kid. If it was an island, they would have drowned me, or I’d have been voted off real quick like we got to get rid of this one; this one’s causing problems.”

Chad also shared a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s ‘Photograph’ music video and where they shot it. He added:

“Shooting the video for ‘Photograph’ was really cool for us. We played our part in the gymnasium of what was my junior high school, but way back in the day, like 50 years before. It was the actual high school before we built a new one, so it still says Hannah high school and the top.”

Kroeger even confessed to having several criminal records that made it into a lyric in the track. The rocker continued:

“We’re walking into the building, so we get in there, and I broke into that exact school. I think I have 11 counts of breaking an entry on my criminal record, but I say, ‘I think I must have done it half a dozen times’ in the song.”

The frontman finally shared that the shooting of the music video was ‘awesome’ as he had so many people from his previous life there to witness it. He explained:

“Then my principal Mr. Brinton came out, and all the people that were there when all of it went down like it was crazy. Canada’s MTV MuchMusic; had a full camera crew there. The whole town is watching us play in the gym like there were so many people from my past; it was awesome.”

Regarding Chad’s inspiration for the hit, the rocker told Planet Rock that although the lyrics might not have been the best, they came naturally to him. He said:

“It was so random that we just sort of locked our way into it, so you’re talking about the picture. And this is where I grew up, this is where I went to school, and we start listing all those things… We just got so lucky, and then when you listen back to it, you’re like, ‘This is really good. These guys are good songwriters.’ ‘No.[We] just kind of fluked our way into that.'”

You can watch Chad Kroeger’s interview with American Songwriter, Planet Rock and the music video for ‘Photograph’ below.

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During a recent Nickelback show, the arena the band was playing had a power outage. While fans and the band members were waiting for the generators to power up the hall, Chad Kroeger found a way to entertain the audience: his own stand-up comedy show.

While announcing the news with the fans, Kroeger said:

“I feel like Ron Burgundy. This is Justin, powering up the entire building. We’ve got generators, so they’re trying to get us back up and running first.”

Trying to lighten up the mood, Chad continued with a joke about the possibility of men stuck in the bathroom during the outage:

“I feel bad for the dude or the five dudes that are in the bathroom pissing together in the dark. Sh*t just got really f*cking weird for them. Here’s a joke for you, right there. ‘Whose d*ck am I holding?'”

After some laughs, Chad kept the fans updated, saying the generators weren’t running yet:

“Alex, I would say we are not back up and running yet because I got green lights flashing at me here. We are not back to full f*cking power here.”

The singer then said he felt like ‘Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, informing the crew members about a massive hit their ship took, saying they were now relying on the impulse power system.

Sharing Kroeger’s stage show on Twitter, one of the fans described this moment as the ‘Nickelback comedy hour’:

“The arena just lost power at the Nickelback show, and while generators power up, we get the Nickelback comedy hour, apparently. Talented fellas.”

Although the fan didn’t mention where this arena was, the show probably took place at Scotiabank Saddledome on June 25, as it was their latest concert.

Nickelback is currently on the road, with their next show being in Vancouver, BC, at Pepsi Live At Rogers Arena on June 28 and in Auburn, WA, at White River Amphitheatre on June 30. You can get the tickets here.

Below, you can watch those moments via fan footage.

the arena just lost power at the Nickelback show and while the generators power up we get the Nickelback comedy hour apparently

talented fellas pic.twitter.com/84CNkEuGvg

— Pat Dubois (@patdubois) June 23, 2023

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