Editing Nickelback (section)

===Formation (1995)===
The band was formed in the early 1990s as a cover band called Village Idiot<ref name=":0">
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 | title= Nickelback Play 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?'
 | website= Loudwire.com
 | date= August 23, 2017
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by brothers [[Mike Kroeger|Mike]] and [[Chad Kroeger]]; their cousin Brandon Kroeger and [[Ryan Peake]] rounded out the band. The band later changed its name to Nickelback, which originated from the [[Nickel (Canadian coin)|nickel]]<!-- The band is from Canada, not the US, do not change their nationality --> in change that band member [[Mike Kroeger]] gave customers at his job at [[Starbucks]]; he would frequently say, "Here's your nickel back."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070706164255/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nickelback/biography Nickelback: Biography]. ''Rolling Stone''</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/features/tempo/from-starbucks-to-stardom-nickelback-riding-wave-of-hit-song/article_3226e331-6113-565c-b01b-f97b5a3f042c.html|title=From Starbucks to stardom: Nickelback riding wave of hit song|work=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=July 12, 2002}}</ref>
The band performed covers of songs from [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[Metallica]]. [[Chad Kroeger]] then asked his step-father to loan him CA$4,000 so that the band could record their first demo, a seven-track [[Extended play|EP]] of original material, called ''[[Hesher (EP)|Hesher]]'' (1996).<ref>
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 | title= Nickelback – Biography on Bio
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 | url= http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/nickelback.html
 | access-date= March 28, 2012
 | url-status= dead
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150313110238/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/nickelback.html
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 | url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/N/Nickelback/2001/10/02/748171.html
 | title= CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Nickelback: First Nickelback CD soars in value
 | publisher= Jam.canoe.ca
 | date= October 2, 2001
 | access-date= February 14, 2010
 | url-status= usurped
 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120709221344/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/N/Nickelback/2001/10/02/748171.html
 | archive-date= July 9, 2012
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The band spent half the money to record the EP, while Kroeger spent the other half on [[Psilocybin mushroom|magic mushrooms]]<ref name=":0" /> to resell.