Nickelback

Nickelback became the most popular rock band to come out of Canada in the 2000s and one of the most commercially successful bands of the decade by relying on a hit-making formula of hard rock combined with melody and extremely catchy hooks. Sometimes described as post-grunge, a throwback to the grunge subgenre of 1990s alternative rock, Nickelback is better understood as a band inspired by 1980s metal and 1970s hard rock as well as grunge, with an ear for pop songcraft. Lead singer Chad Kroeger, with an unrelenting vocal delivery and dramatic hairstyle and goatee, has become one of the decade’s omnipresent rock stars.

With Brantley Gilbert & Josh Ross