Ryan Peake
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Peake performing in 2006
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Birth name
| Ryan Anthony Peake
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Born
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1973-03-01
)
March 1, 1973
(age 51)
Brooks, Alberta
, Canada
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Genres
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Occupation(s)
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- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
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Instruments
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- Guitar
- vocals
- keyboards
- piano
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Years active
| 1995?present
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Member of
| Nickelback
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Musical artist
Ryan Anthony Peake
(born March 1, 1973)
[1]
is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band
Nickelback
. He has been with the band since their inception and is best known for his prominent vocals on the Nickelback songs "
Savin' Me
", "Hollywood", and "
Gotta Be Somebody
". He has performed lead vocals on a range of different cover songs at live Nickelback concerts such as "
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
", "
Use Somebody
", "
I Ran
", "
Everlong
" and "
Super Bon Bon
". When Nickelback performs Chad Kroeger's solo hit "Hero" live, Ryan sings the vocal parts originally performed by
Josey Scott
.
[2]
Peake has writing credits for several Nickelback songs such as "Someday", "Savin' Me", "Miss You", and "Edge of a Revolution". Peake's instruments have included
Gibson Flying Vs
,
Gibson Explorers
, and
Gibson Les Pauls
.
[2]
[3]
When Nickelback performs their song "
Photograph
", he uses an acoustic guitar once owned by his father.
[2]
Peake "grew up with solid
metal
", listing such bands as
Anthrax
,
Megadeth
, and
Metallica
as early favorites.
[4]
He subsequently grew interested in Canadian
country rock
group
Blue Rodeo
, mentioning that their music "really got me thinking about what fits together. Chord-wise, melody-wise, where harmonies feel good and feel right."
[4]
Along with brothers
Chad
and Mike Kroeger, Peake cofounded Village Idiot, a cover band with a playlist consisting primarily of Metallica songs. The band mostly played in bars in and around Peake and the Kroegers' hometown of
Hanna, Alberta
,
Canada
. Later, the group reformed as Nickelback and Peake was responsible for the early funding of the band, borrowing $30,000 from a local bank on a
line of credit
.
[5]
Early in his career, Peake primarily played
Fender Telecasters
.
[2]
Peake is married to Treana Peake, a
Mount Pleasant, Vancouver
-based fashion designer and philanthropist, actively involved in her charity-based fashion company, Obakki.
[6]
The couple met in high school and have two children together.
[6]
[7]
Peake tests new music he's working on with his wife, son, daughter, and brother.
[4]
Discography
References
- ^
Apar, Corey.
"Ryan Peake"
.
AllMusic
. Retrieved
March 3,
2015
.
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a
b
c
d
"Ryan Peake, Nickelback"
.
EMG Pickups
.
EMG, Inc.
Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
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Erickson, Anne (March 4, 2015).
"Nickelback's Ryan Peake Says Reliability is Key with Gibson"
.
Gibson Guitar Corporation
. Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
- ^
a
b
c
Book, Ryan (February 25, 2015).
"Nickelback's Ryan Peake on Dodging Wikipedia, Building 'Circles of Doom' and Battling U2 for Most Loathed"
.
Music Times
. Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
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Paynter, Ben (November 8, 2012).
"Genius: The Nickelback Story"
.
Bloomberg Business
. p. 2
. Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
- ^
a
b
Rino, Luisa (September 1, 2011).
"Designer Spotlight: Treana Peake"
.
Vancouver Magazine
. Archived from
the original
on April 2, 2015
. Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
- ^
Talmazan, Yuliya (March 31, 2013).
"Vancouver fashion label Obakki turns 100 per cent humanitarian"
.
Global News
. Retrieved
March 5,
2015
.
External links
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- Brandon Kroeger
- Mitch Guindon
- Ryan Vikedal
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