Ryan Vikedal says he was “fired” from Nickelback.

The former drummer from the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated band says he doesn’t know why he is no longer a member of Nickelback.

“When I got back from the holidays, I was told I was fired,” he told The Edmonton Sun. He says the band met at their manager’s house on January 3 and was told that his heart wasn’t in it.

“And then they went on to say that I’m not quite the rock drummer that they were looking for – and this after three albums and 17 million records sold,” he told the Sun. “I had to direct the meeting because they kept blabbing about my playing and that I wasn’t happy with the band. It was just a bunch of lame excuses because no one could tell me the deal. I had to tell them to cut the s— and get to the point. And even then they couldn’t bring themselves to tell me I was done.”

His rumoured replacement, as first reported by andPOP, is Daniel Adair, the Three Doors Down drummer.

No official announcement had been made, but Adair sent a message to his mailing list Thursday confirming that he is in Nickelback.

“I have been offered the position as drummer in the band. But, moreso than a hired drummer, as band member,” he wrote.

He will continue playing with Three Doors Down until they find a new drummer, and is already working with Nickelback, recording in a Vancouver studio.

Three Doors Down and Nickelback toured together last year. Vikedal told the Sun that he thinks the change was in the works back then.






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