The Canadian singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger was born in Hanna, Alberta in
1975 into a family descended from German Mennonites. He began his career in
music playing in a band called Village Idiot which Kroeger formed with his
brother Mike, his cousin Brandon and Mike Peake.
Village Idiot started out life as a grunge covers band but in the mid-1990s
morphed into what music fans now know as Nickelback. The group went on to become
one of Canada's most successful musical exports, selling over 50 million albums
worldwide and are best known for their 2005 album 'All the Right Reas...