Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger said the band has not seriously discussed when to stop playing together, in comments shared via Hive magazine. Kroeger explained how the four-piece approaches its future as a group.
The bassist was asked whether the band members have ever talked about an endpoint for their career. He described the band’s approach to planning and their focus on the present moment rather than distant goals.
“No. I think I tried to bring it up once and it just didn’t go anywhere,” Kroeger said. “It was more, like, ‘Nah, we’re just gonna keep going. We’ll worry about…’ We don’t look back ever, and we don’t look too far ahead. We kind of pay attention to the task at hand and worry about that. That’s kind of the way we work.”
Kroeger acknowledged the band’s achievements over its career. “Well, we had a really great run, obviously. The statistics you were talking about — including being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame and receiving nine Grammy Award nominations — they are really awesome things, and we’re really grateful to have gone through those and got those accolades or whatever.”
He added that Nickelback’s current goal is straightforward. “I think now the goal is just to keep going — to keep making records, to keep going on tour — and as long as the people keep turning up for the rock shows, we’re into it. We wanna keep going, having fun.”
The comments came as Kroeger discussed the band’s outlook on its career length. His remarks show that Nickelback is focused on continuing rather than planning an end date.
Kroeger’s statement reflects a band that has built a long career on consistent commercial success. Nickelback formed in Hanna, Alberta in 1995 and did not break through to mainstream attention until 2000, when their album Silver Side Up included the hit single “How You Remind Me.” Since then, the group has sold 30 million records worldwide and become one of the most commercially successful Canadian bands of all time.
The band’s achievements extend beyond sales figures. Nickelback was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards in Edmonton on March 13. The National Music Centre in Calgary hosted a celebration at Studio Bell with a plaque marking the occasion, and a new exhibit opened to showcase the band’s accomplishments to fans.
Nickelback’s focus on the present, as Kroeger described it, is tied to current creative projects. The band released Everything Under the Sun on October 30, 2026, through Virgin Music Group. The album followed 2022’s Get Rollin’ and came after a record-breaking world tour that was the fastest-selling and highest-attended tour in the band’s history. The new record was co-produced by longtime collaborator Chris Baseford and frontman Chad Kroeger.
