{{Short description|Canadian guitarist (born 1973)}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{for|the golfer|Ryan Peake (golfer)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ryan Peake | background = solo_singer | image = Ryan Peake Nickelback (cropped).jpg | caption = Peake performing in 2006 | birth_name = Ryan Anthony Peake | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|03|1}} | birth_place = Brooks, Alberta, Canada | instruments = {{flatlist| * Guitar * keyboards * vocals }} | genre = {{flatlist| * Post-grunge * hard rock * {{nowrap|pop rock}} * alternative rock * alternative metal }}<!--All genres sourced in the "Nickelback#Musical styles" section.--> | years_active = 1995–present | occupation = {{flatlist| *Musician *songwriter }} | current_member_of = Nickelback | website = }}
'''Ryan Anthony Peake''' (born March 1, 1973)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ryan-peake-mn0000273373/biography | title=Ryan Peake | work=AllMusic | access-date= March 3, 2015 | last1=Apar|first1=Corey}}</ref> is a Canadian musician who is the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the 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, Peake sings the vocal parts originally performed by Josey Scott.<ref name="emg">{{cite web|title=Ryan Peake, Nickelback|url=http://www.emgpickups.com/artist/index/view/id/18#info|website=EMG Pickups|publisher=EMG, Inc.|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref name="emg" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Erickson|first1=Anne|title=Nickelback's Ryan Peake Says Reliability is Key with Gibson|url=http://www2.gibson.com/news-lifestyle/news/en-us/nickelback-ryan-peake-reliability-gibson.aspx|publisher=Gibson Guitar Corporation|access-date=March 5, 2015|date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> When Nickelback performs their song "Photograph", he uses an acoustic guitar once owned by his father.<ref name="emg" />
Peake "grew up with solid metal", listing such bands as Anthrax, Megadeth, and Metallica as early favorites.<ref name=book>{{cite news|last1=Book|first1=Ryan|title=Nickelback's Ryan Peake on Dodging Wikipedia, Building 'Circles of Doom' and Battling U2 for Most Loathed|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/29786/20150225/nickelbacks-ryan-peake-dodging-wikipedia-building-circles-doom-battling-u2.htm|access-date=March 5, 2015|work=Music Times|date=February 25, 2015}}</ref> 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."<ref name=book /> 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.<ref name=genius>{{cite news|last1=Paynter|first1=Ben|title=Genius: The Nickelback Story|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-11-08/genius-the-nickelback-story|access-date=March 5, 2015|work=Bloomberg Business|date=November 8, 2012|page=2}}</ref> Early in his career, Peake primarily played Fender Telecasters.<ref name=emg />
Peake is married to Treana Peake, a Mount Pleasant, Vancouver-based fashion designer and philanthropist, actively involved in her charity-based fashion company, Obakki.<ref name=treana>{{cite news|last1=Rino|first1=Luisa|title=Designer Spotlight: Treana Peake|url=http://www.vanmag.com/Shopping/Fashion/Designer_Spotlight_Treana_Peake|access-date=March 5, 2015|work=Vancouver Magazine|date=September 1, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132830/http://www.vanmag.com/Shopping/Fashion/Designer_Spotlight_Treana_Peake|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> The couple met in high school and have two children together.<ref name=treana /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Talmazan|first1=Yuliya|title=Vancouver fashion label Obakki turns 100 per cent humanitarian|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/442712/vancouver-fashion-label-obakki-turns-100-per-cent-humanitarian/|access-date=March 5, 2015|work=Global News|date=March 31, 2013}}</ref> Peake tests new music he's working on with his wife, son, daughter, and brother.<ref name=book />
==Discography== * Nickelback discography
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==External links== *{{cci}} * {{IMDb name|1416605}} {{Nickelback}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Peake, Ryan}} Category:Living people Category:1973 births Category:Canadian rock guitarists Category:Canadian rock keyboardists Category:Canadian male musicians Category:Canadian male songwriters Category:Nickelback members Category:People from Hanna, Alberta
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