PAGE b10 THE STATE JOURNAL Ap RiL 20, 2012 Friday ALMANAC 50 YEARS AGO Nickelback is ready to rock Three Frankfort High School records were lowered in a dual track meet with M.M.I., but it wasn’t enough for the victory. The Panthers Best-selling band of the decade back with ‘over the top’ tour were edged out by the Cadets 59.5 to 56.5 at the Kentucky State College Alumni field. ing hard-rock journey nearly By Brian MccolluM Tommy Harp, Artist Mont- two decades ago in a rural d eTroiT Free Press fort and Robert Davis set farm and mining region of DETROIT – Before Nickel- new standards for Frankfort Alberta. It helps that Nickel- back became the best-selling High in hurdles, shot put and back is something of a fam- band of the past 10 years, re- broad jump, respectively. members Mike Kroeger, they ily affair, with a core that in- were four guys in a cold van cludes Kroeger’s half-brother Chad Kroeger on vocals and 25 YEARS AGO slogging across Canada with Former Frankfort In- longtime buddy Ryan Peake a small set of songs and big dependent School Dis- on guitar. Drummer Dan- dreams of a break. trict superintendents F.D. iel Adair (ex-3 Doors Down) Since then, there have Wilkinson, Lee Tom Mills, joined in 2005. been plenty of surreal, down- Jim Pack and Ollie Leathers “We try hard not to be dif- the-rabbit-hole moments, as joined current superinten- the bassist calls them: Like ferent,” says Mike Kroeger. “I know the reality doesn’t al- dent Al Osborne in a cere- learning that “How You Re- monial ground-breaking for mind Me” had hit No. 1 in ways count – in our business, perceptions (of rock star- Second Street School’s reno- summer 2001. Or hearing a vation and addition. few months later that it was dom) can be reality. But the the most-played radio track. fact is, we really are just the same guys who used to drive tYOdA in hiStORY Of the entire year. In the en- By The AssociATed Press tire world. ourselves around in the dead But Kroeger insists that of winter. We still say and do Today is Friday, April 20, the press-shy guys of Nickel- the same things.” the 111th day of 2012. There back are still the same hard Not all the same things, of are 255 days left in the year. working but easygoing play- course. There’s that matter of On April 20, 1912, Bos- ers who kicked off this roar- stratospheric sales, for start- courtesy LDe ton’s Fenway Park hosted its ers: 21.5 million in the U.S. Nickelback attends the 2004 radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. first professional baseball Bargain Matinees Daily Until 6pm alone for the band’s seven game while Navin Field (Ti- albums, including last fall’s grandest live show yet, with “rock ‘n’ roll is dying.” dard- bearer for party rock ger Stadium) opened in De- Chakeres “Here and Now.” a set that reinserts some Such friction reflects a ‘n’ roll – like some martyr troit. (The Red Sox defeated Franklin Square Cinema 6 Nickelback’s first tour older material while mak- basic split that goes way figure – it’s more that we just the New York Highlanders Frankfort ~ 502-875-9000 since 2010, Kroeger says, ing room for the aggressive back, probably to about the know what we do well.” 7-6 in 11 innings; the Tigers Toll Free: 800-668-4354 is far and away the band’s energy of new songs such as time “rock ‘n’ roll” morphed He concedes that Nick- beat the Cleveland Naps 6-5 THE LUCKY ONE (PG13) in 11 innings.) Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 “This Means War.” into “rock” in the 1960s. It’s elback is cautious not “to Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 “Calling it ‘over the top’ as much a cultural tension be that band that suddenly In 1812, the fourth vice Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 would be putting it mildly,” as anything else – which left-turns on its dedicated president of the United Mon - Thu 4:30, 7:15 THE GREAT ESCAPE he says of the production. clique sits where in music’s group of fans.” Kroeger re- States, George Clinton, died THE THREE STOOGES (PG) “It’s not at the Lady Gaga high-school lunchroom. gards such moves as self-in- in Washington at age 72, be- Fri 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 STADIUM 8 IN SHELBYVILLE coming the first vice presi- Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 04/20/12 to 04/26/12 level of tour expenditures. “There’s a lot of interper- dulgent, and says his four- Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 SHOW SCHEDULE But it’s pretty good.” sonal politics that go with some works hard to balance dent to die while in office. Mon - Thu 4:15, 7:00 In 1836, Congress voted to LUCKY ONE* (PG-13) Let’s be honest: The very being a fan of an artist,” says audience expectations with THE HUNGER GAMES (PG13) (2:20) 5:00 7:30 10:00 interview you’re reading Kroeger. the group’s own creative establish the Wisconsin Ter- Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 THINK LIKE A MAN* (PG-13) ritory. (1:35) 4:20 7:00 9:45 is an anomaly. In a classic You can put Nickelback’s restlessness. Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 In 1861, Col. Robert E. Lee Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 THREE STOOGES* (PG) case of once-bitten-twice- work firmly on the rock ‘n’ For now Kroeger’s eyes Mon - Thu 4:00, 7:00 (2:35) 4:55 7:10 9:20 shy, Nickelback has become roll side of the ledger. That are fixed on the year ahead, resigned his commission in CABIN IN THE WOODS* (R) the United States Army. (Lee AMERICAN REUNION (R) (2:50) 5:10 7:45 10:10 famously standoffish with doesn’t always sit well with which will take Nickelback went on to command the Ar- Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 AMERICAN REUNION* (R) the press in recent years, those purists who take a ro- around the globe and back. Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 (1:40) 4:35 7:20 9:55 routing around tradition- mantic view of rock as art, Ask him about the real long- my of Northern Virginia, and Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 MIRROR MIRROR (PG) eventually became general- Mon - Thu 4:45, 7:30 (2:25) 4:50 al media to engage directly dismissing Nickelback’s term picture – say, life as a in-chief of the Confederate CABIN IN THE WOODS (R) HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) with fans. music as calculated hit for- 60-year-old rocker – and the Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 (1:30) 4:40 6:35 7:40 9:40 That includes a growing mula – just as they scorned 39-year-old bassist pauses. forces.) Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13) In 1889, Adolf Hitler was 7:15 9:35 embrace of social media, Creed, Bon Jovi and oth- “It’s a hard question to Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 born in Braunau am Inn, Mon - Thu 4:45, 7:30 DR. SEUSS’S THE LORAX (PG) particularly Twitter, where er mega-successes before answer. Would I be happy (2:20) 4:30 Austria. MIRROR MIRROR (PG) the group has even taken to them. Kroeger resists the with that kind of life? I don’t (Bracketed) will play on Saturday & Sunday Only. In 1912, author Bram Fri 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Underlined times play Friday & Saturday Only. good-natured sparring with notion that Nickelback is know,” he says. “This is all Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 All other times play daily. Stoker, the creator of Dracu- • Gift Cards are available at the box office. * No Passes critics – including high-pro- carrying any torches. we’ve ever done. But that’s Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 la, died in London at age 64. www.greatescapetheatres.com file ones like the Black Keys’ “I think it’s just what we kind of a weird thought, to Mon - Thu 4:15, 7:00 In 1968, Pierre Elliott Patrick Carney, who recent- do,” he says. “As much as it do something in your 20s (502) 633-3376 Trudeau was sworn in as www.chakerestheatres.com 250 Breighton Circle, Shelbyville ly cited Nickelback’s mas- would probably make good and still be doing it three prime minister of Canada. Find Us On Facebook I-64, Exit 32 toward Taylorsville sive success as evidence that copy to say we’re the stan- decades later.” In 1972, the manned lu- nar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon. 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