[1] Nickelback's fourth album, The Long Road, was released in 2003 and spawned five singles, including Canadian number one "Someday", which also reached No.

[2] In 2005, the band's best-selling album to date, All the Right Reasons, produced three top-10 and five top-20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar", the latter of which was their biggest success in the United Kingdom.

[3] Nickelback released eight singles from their sixth album Dark Horse (2008), including the United States top-10 track "Gotta Be Somebody".

Chad Kroeger then asked his step-father to loan him CA$4,000 so that the band could record their first demo, a seven-track EP of original material, called Hesher (1996).

Roadrunner A&R Ron Burman told HitQuarters that one of his West Coast scouts sent him the self-released album and, suitably impressed, he travelled to Vancouver to see them perform live.

Despite this, it still took Burman three months for him to convince his label bosses to approve the signing, a decision that would mark Roadrunner's first move into mainstream rock.

Kroeger said that Nickelback's single "How You Remind Me" sold so well because it was about romantic relationships, a universal subject, and contained memorable hooks.

After wrapping up the band's tour in support of The Long Road on New Year's Day 2005, drummer Ryan Vikedal was fired after a royalty dispute.

[28] Kroeger later sued Vikedal to prevent him receiving any further royalties from Nickelback's music, though the lawsuit was later settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.

It included appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, who played a guitar solo on the song "Follow You Home" and sang backing vocals on "Rock Star"—and a posthumously sampled appearance by Chad Kroeger's friend Dimebag Darrell from Pantera, culled from guitar outtakes.

Dark Horse was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 9, 2008, only three weeks after its North American release.

Live Nation produced the tour and the band kicked off in Nashville, Tennessee, with Seether, and Saving Abel as their opening acts.

[citation needed] The band then announced the second leg of the tour of North America with the opening acts being Hinder, Papa Roach, and once again, Saving Abel.

[43] The third leg of the North America tour kicked off with Breaking Benjamin, Sick Puppies and Shinedown opening up for the band.

[55][non-primary source needed] 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.

[68][non-primary source needed] According to an interview with Chad Kroeger on CFOX-FM, the band planned to release their eighth studio album before the end of 2014.

[69] The lead single from the album is titled "Edge of a Revolution", and was scheduled to be sent for adds on Rock radio and be released to iTunes on August 18.

[76][77] 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.

[82] On January 25, Nickelback signed with BMG Rights Management to release their ninth album, also titled Feed the Machine.

[84] 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.

[86] 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.

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".

[119] Nickelback have cited bands and musicians such as Creedence Clearwater Revival,[120][121] Bob Marley,[121] Metallica,[121] Nirvana,[122] Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozzy Osbourne[121] and U2 as influential or inspirational.

[9] Despite their commercial success, Nickelback has been subjected to numerous jokes and a vocal negative response for some audiences,[123][124][125][126] some of which is attributed to the perceived derivative, repetitive and formulaic nature of their music,[127][128][129] as well as their over-use of hedonistic themes involving strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, and alcohol consumption.

[131][132][133] Several sources, including CBC News and The Telegraph, named Nickelback the "most hated" band of the internet world.

Various fellow musicians, like Chris Martin of Coldplay[138] as well as producer Timbaland[139] and singer Keyshia Cole,[140] have publicly shown support for the band.

He turned out an extremely racy album that's loaded with songs about gettin' drunk and doin' it all without breaking any taboos, and with enough love and moral authority to grease its passage into the mainstream.

"[141] Billboard praised the band in a review of Dark Horse by saying: "The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times.

[143]Journalist Sage Lazzaro claimed that Nickelback's negative reputation began when the band signed to Roadrunner Records and was disliked by the label's followers, which at the time was known for heavy metal music.

In addition, Lazzaro also cites a frequently-aired 2003 commercial for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn insulting Nickelback which gained mass exposure.