Nickelback Members Apologized For Chad Kroeger’s Comments Towards Corey Taylor, Distances Themselves From Kroeger

The gossip in Hard Rock continues between Stone Sour/Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. As you might remember, Chad Kroeger called Corey Taylor out in an interview a few weeks back, stating that Corey Taylor has said some nasty things about him in the past, and that he needs gimmicks to be relevant. 

Corey Taylor has now stated in a new interview that right after that interview went live, the members from Nickelback gave him a call to clarify that they have nothing to do with Chad Kroeger’s words. Here’s what Corey Taylor shared in a new interview with 93.3 WMMR: (Transcribtion via AltPress)

“That just tells you the level of ego you’re dealing with,” Taylor says of Kroeger. “And I’ve said this since day one—it’s not the [rest of his] band. Because the [other guys in the] band turned around… As soon as that story hit, the band called and apologized. They were like, ‘It’s not us. We promise. It’s this guy. We don’t…’ And I had hung out with the band before, and they’re super cool dudes. So I was, like… Well, I figured it wasn’t them. So I don’t want people holding it against the band, because it’s not them. It’s Captain Ego from Planet Douche.”
Corey Taylor also claims that he hasn’t spoken ill on Chad Kroeger in over a decade:
“No, not really,” Taylor says. “I mean, I said something maybe, like, fifteen years ago, but I was drinking then; nobody was listening to me then. And I hadn’t said anything since; I don’t even think about him. … This came so far out of left field that I woke up to everyone, like, blowing me up. And I was, like, ‘Really?'”