Chad Kroeger Will No Longer Address Negativity Aimed At Nickelback ‘From This Day Forward’
09.09.2023 - 21:33
/ etcanada.com
Nickelback is on hand for the 2023 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the Canadian rockers are the focus as the new documentary “Hate to Love: Nickelback” makes its TIFF debut.
Not only does the documentary recount the band’s rise to the top of the rock genre, “Hate to Love” also takes an unsparing look at the backlash that’s dogged the band for years.
Interviewed by People during TIFF, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger says the documentary will be the last word on the subject, and he has no plans to ever address it again.
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According to Kroeger, at first he was hesitant to address the hatred toward Nickelback in the documentary, until bandmate Ryan Peake convinced him it needed to be done.
“We get to take the narrative. We get to actually tell our version — it’s like you turn the cheek for as much as you can, and then at some point it’s like, here’s our take on it,” Peake said.
Asked about his hesitancy, Kroeger grabbed the reporter’s recorder, as if he were conducting the interview, in order to make a point.
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“If somebody stuck that thing in your face every single day and said, ‘The whole world hates you like this, the whole world hates you. What do you have to say about that?’ Every single day. Every day. Would there be reluctance on your behalf to talk about it? Would you get pissed off? Would you be over it after a while?” he asked.
“I’m over it,” he said. “We made a documentary, everybody can watch it. And now from this day forward, if anybody asks that