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Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger says everyone’s been pronouncing his last name wrong
Chad Kroeger, frontman for Canadian rock band Nickelback, has revealed that everyone has been pronouncing his last name wrong all of these years.Speaking to Loudwire on a recent podcast, Kroeger explained that his surname is often butchered; people have been saying Kroh-ger, like the U.S. grocery store chain.However, the Hanna, Alta.-born musician insists it should be pronounced the same as Freddy Krueger, the terrifying Nightmare on Elm Street serial killer.“It’s Kroo-ger, don’t trust the internet,” the musician said.He says he’s been slow to correct people because he doesn’t want to come across the wrong way.“If I just stop and go, ‘Actually, it’s Kroeger,’ I’m gonna look like such a d**k.