Nickelback 'Burn It to the Ground' -- Premiere

Posted on Jul 10th 2009 11:30AM by Carlos Ramirez Comments


Nickelback sure do love their 1980s arena rock. Not only do they write some of the most anthemic rock you'll hear on radio these days, on their most recent album, 'Dark Horse,' the Canadian superstars hired Robert "Mutt" Lange to sit in the producer's chair. "The cool thing about Mutt is that he always envisions a band playing in an arena and the dynamics that should go behind that." says Nickelback guitarist/vocalist Chad Kroeger when Noisecreep caught up with him this week. Known for his sonically groundbreaking work on classic albums by AC/DC, Def Leppard and Foreigner, Lange has been one of the most influential guys working in the business for over four decades.



"Working with him was a change because I always approach songwriting from an almost movie or storytelling angle but Mutt doesn't really get into that. He told me that he wants the "bumper sticker" quality to come out in our songs which was funny but I totally understood what he meant, " revealed the frontman. "He wants lines and choruses that jump out at you so I actually had to re-write "Burn it to the Ground" three times." We asked Chad if the third time was the charm and he laughed and offered, "I looked at this way, no news is good news!"

Noisecreep asked Kroeger about Nickelback's brand new video for the aforementioned 'Burn it to the Ground,' "The song's vibe just fits the setting an arena show gives off so we filmed it at the O2 Arena on our last UK tour. Matthew Amos did a fantastic job of capturing the energy of our live show," says Kroeger. The song comes off 'Dark Horse' but is also available on the brand new 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' soundtrack.


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vincentfishdad

killer band keep rocking nj

September 10 2009 at 6:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chrisie

Love it, Love it, Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 31 2009 at 9:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
chris

uhhh nickelback is not metal. why is dark horse the number 1 metal album at billboard.com?

August 18 2009 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Wayne

u rock wow

August 17 2009 at 8:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
carterjagusch

i like this song and i am going to the concert

August 12 2009 at 12:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ab7045757

THEY ROCK!!!!

August 11 2009 at 12:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
davpounds

Kick ass video!

August 09 2009 at 11:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alence4

that is a kick ass song love it would love to see you all in person never been to hear you play live would love toooo i love all your music keep writing those good tunes love them all jana from cape coral fl

July 27 2009 at 10:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kailua Fan

Never gets old ... I've watched it over and over. Love it!

July 26 2009 at 7:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sweetamanda1977

vid was totally awsome!!!! cant wait to see them in concert!!

July 22 2009 at 4:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply