We bring different elements to the shows. MK: It’s about just trying to do something different every time-coming in with a different kind of show and trying to do things that use technology that people haven’t seen yet or that nobody’s used yet. How hard is it to raise that bar for every new tour? TE: Nickelback is known for having one the biggest stage spectacles on the road. More in touch with what the vocals are doing to contribute to that melodic structure. He pushed me out of that comfort zone of sticking to what the drums are doing and moved me to going to more melodic things and getting a little more in touch with the vocal. The first time he would tell me to try something or he would show me something on the bass I’d just be like, “Oh man, that’s like – I don’t know – that’s like a lot for me, you know.” I’m really simple, a minimalist kind of person, especially as it applies to playing the bass. And he also produced and directed the play of bass players on such a wide variety of music that he brings all these ideas to the table. So the guy’s been playing bass for a long time, and he’s played on such a wide variety of things. I learned a great deal about how to play bass from Mutt. He has literally been there and done that on everything, you know? We call what the producer does ‘steering the ship.’ We co-produced with him, but he’s a been-there- done-that-guy. We were happy to be able to work with the guy. So you know you’re in good hands, I guess you could say. The guy had made records that we loved and that were some of our favorite records. MK: Going into the studio with Mutt was amazing. Did you know what you had when you were in the studio recording with Mutt Lange? TE: Eight singles – two years from release and the album still has life. You can write songs that you think are hit songs, but it’s up to the people. You’re trying to just go and do your best work every album, and if it happens to chart well, that’s kind of the X factor. MK: All of our pressure is self-imposed, you know? You have the pressure to kind of do better than you did on the record before, regardless of what the charts say. What was the pressure like to follow that up? TE: 2005's All The Right Reasons sold 11 million copies worldwide. If we kept at that pace we’d probably have a lot more! But we’ve done a lot more touring as a result of things going blessedly well at the album level-getting some radio and doing a lot of touring, which is a good sign! You know, earlier on we did our records a lot closer together. Mike Kroeger: I guess we’ve slowed down a little bit. How have you changed as a band over the years? Trace Elliot: Nickelback has released six successful albums in 13 years. Trace Elliot sat down with Mike Kroeger backstage in Nashville to discuss Nickelback’s success, their amazing live shows, what it was like co-producing with the legendary Mutt Lange, and what he loves about his Trace Elliot rig. “To be successful in any way is beating the odds right now,” explains Kroeger. Kroeger says this is especially true given the huge transformation that has occurred within the music industry in recent years. “You’re a superstar one day and wake up the next day and you’re anonymous.” “Any artist that is even surviving right now is a dark horse because things change pretty fast,” says Kroeger. But according to founding bassist and Trace Elliot® artist Michael Kroeger, the band doesn’t take their success for granted. Many of the album's songs have hit the Canadian Hot 100, such as "Shakin Hands", "If Today Was Your Last Day" "I'd Come for You", "Never Gonna Be Alone" along with the 2 singles "Gotta Be Somebody" & "Something in Your Mouth".After 13 years, over 27 million albums sold worldwide, and once spending an astounding 112 consecutive weeks in the Billboard Top 30, it might seem ironic that the current album by the band Nickelback is titled Dark Horse. The exclusive Wal-Mart edition of Dark Horse included a link to download an MP3 from their performance of This Afternoon on Walmart Soundcheck. If Today Was Your Last Day was the original planned lead single. The first single from the album was Gotta Be Somebody, which was released on September 2008. It is a follow-up to their multi-platinum selling All the Right Reasons released in 2005. Dark Horse is Nickelback's sixth studio album, released on November 2008.
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