Nickelback In the early 1990s, Kroeger was part of a
grunge cover band, Village Idiot, with his cousin Brandon Kroeger and future Nickelback members bassist
Mike Kroeger (his half-brother) and singer
Ryan Peake. In 1995, Kroeger, Peake,
Mike, and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger, formed the band
Nickelback. Kroeger has continued to record and tour with this band for more than 25 years.
The Suits XL In 2001, Kroeger founded the band The Suits XL. Band members included Sam Loubier-Demers and Yohann Gosselin on vocals and guitars, drummer Patrick Paquet, keyboardist Felix-Antoine Berube and singer Oliver Roy de Belleval. The next year, he co-founded the
Vancouver-based
604 Records. The next year the band was nominated for a Canadian Indie Award.
Collaborations Kroeger produced music for the bands
Default,
Theory of a Deadman, and
Bo Bice. Kroeger, along with
Saliva vocalist
Josey Scott,
Theory of a Deadman lead vocalist (serving as guitarist for this track)
Tyler Connolly and
Pearl Jam drummer
Matt Cameron, performed the theme song titled "
Hero" for the hit movie
Spider-Man in 2002. Also in 2002, Kroeger wrote and sang on "
Why Don't You & I" for
Santana's
Shaman. However, when
Arista decided to release the song as a single in Summer 2003, Kroeger's label,
Roadrunner, refused permission, citing concerns that Kroeger appearing on a "high-profile single" would compromise the excitement over Nickelback's fall 2003 release
The Long Road. Kroeger recommended
The Calling's
Alex Band, another Arista artist, as a replacement for re-recording the single. In 2003, Kroeger won an International Achievement Award for the song "Hero" at the
SOCAN Awards in Toronto. In 2007, Chad Kroeger worked with Santana for a second time, when he co-wrote and recorded guitar and vocals parts for a new song meant to appear on the compilation album
Ultimate Santana. The track is called "
Into the Night" and was released as a single on October 2, 2007. The album
Ultimate Santana was released in October. Besides working with Santana, Kroeger also recorded with
Travis Tritt on his album
The Storm, where Tritt did a cover of Nickelback's "Should've Listened" track from
The Long Road. Kroeger also wrote and played guitar on
Bo Bice's ''
You're Everything''. Chad Kroeger,
Eric Dill,
Rune Westberg and
Chris Daughtry wrote the debut single of
Daughtry's new album. The single, titled "
No Surprise", was debuted on
American Idol Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Kroeger also contributed writing to another song from the album titled "Life After You." He and
Brett James co-wrote
Tim McGraw's 2009 single "
It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You." Kroeger featured on the
Timbaland album
Shock Value 2 with the song "Tomorrow in the Bottle", which also features
Sebastian. In 2010, he provided guest vocals, along with
Ludacris and guest lead guitarist
Zakk Wylde, on the
My Darkest Days single "
Porn Star Dancing". In 2011, Kroeger was featured on the
Steel Panther album
Balls Out with the song "It Won't Suck Itself." In early 2012, it was confirmed that Kroeger was working with
French-Canadian pop rock singer
Avril Lavigne on her
fifth studio album. ==Personal life==