Nickelback, Michael Brown

Chad Kroeger, the front man for the band Nickelback and a Canadian by birth, has said that the latest hit for the band titled Edge of a Revolution was inspired by the Michael Brown case as well as politics in America today. The band was working on the latest album called Fixed Address when the Michael Brown case hit the news. Media saturation on the case was very high when unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the attention has not dies down since the incident. After the shooting the streets of Ferguson were full of rioters, and many were upset that police used what appeared to be military vehicles and equipment to stop the protests.

The grand jury in the Michael Brown case is expected to release the results of their investigation soon, and many believe that officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted and that further protests will occur. The court has promised to alert police to the verdict when it is delivered, and to keep the verdict secret from the public for 48 hours so that police have time to prepare for any expected protests. According to Nickelback member Chad Kroeger in an interview with Yahoo Music “The issue of the black boy who was shot by the white cop in Missouri was a major story and there was rioting like crazy. This was all happening right when we were working on the music. It definitely seemed like the seeds of revolution were being planted, and I wanted it to feel that way in the song.”