The Nickelback hate needs to stop.

[mal paso]

Don't cancel the date, but don't marry her either!









(just kidding Nickelback fans)

[djalt]

You have my permission to tell her my N****back joke. (Much earlier in the thread.)

[ludashoeless]

Originally Posted by gitold

I dont really know anything about Nickelback. I'm sure I've heard one of their songs but??? I'm going out for the first time tomorrow with a lady almost as old as me (58) who is going to see Nickelback next week...Should I cancel the date? Let me know quickly please.

me either

[Tele Bee]

Nickelback and the Spice Girls. Proof that millions of people can be wrong.

[tjalla]

Originally Posted by Scantron08

See attached write-up previewing one of their shows.

I just saw this making its rounds, and came here just to post exactly that

[thorton077]

My little brothers sometimes play them on the computer at full blast. It's a race between my hands and the sound waves of one of their songs to see who can get to my ears faster.

[Omiewise65]

Originally Posted by DeepSouth

Oh damn a dog just Nickelbacked on my lawn.

Ha ha ha i could just throw myself away for this .

[nrand]

Just out of curiosity, is this the official 'Kick a Band when it's down' thread? To be honest I never heard of the band until I read the thread. Any publicity is good publicity they say...

[ScottieHotrod]

Originally Posted by nrand

I never heard of the band

Says the luckiest man alive.

[Tim Armstrong]

Originally Posted by nrand

Just out of curiosity, is this the official 'Kick a Band when it's down' thread? To be honest I never heard of the band until I read the thread. Any publicity is good publicity they say...

They sell a lot of CDs, and probably get a lot of airplay on "modern rock" stations, so they're hardly down.

And they suck.

I'll go a little further and tell you why I say that: they very competently play the most profoundly soul-less and clichéd example of the music currently making commercial radio unlistenable by me.

Tim

[joelstrummer]

I don't think this is really about "hate", but I do think there are some very logical reasons why the majority of folks on a forum such as this would find a band like Nickelback at least mildly offensive. If you are on here, you probably take music more seriously than any random person on the street, and you are likely to have some level of seriousness in pushing yourself in your playing abilities, and/or creative abilities. This band comes across as intentionally going in the opposite direction to that, to making music as bland, inoffensive, and cliched as possible. But that's why it works on the radio- it's filler that won't grate with the general public. The average radio listener isn't looking to have their brain challenged, and no one would ever accuse a band like this of doing that to you!

It's the same reason my girlfriend would much prefer to listen to Neil Diamond than to the music I like when we're in the car- to her, the music I like is "weird." But what she identifies as "weird" I identify as "interesting"- there is something in the music I like that gets my brain fired up- an out-of-the-ordinary rhythm, an exceptional guitar lead, some unique and unexpected sounds, etc., all of which tends to strike her as unpleasant. And none of this is trying to say that she's dumb and I'm smart- we are just looking for different things out of music because of how we individually value music in our lives. She's not looking for the challenge for which I'm looking. She's looking for familiar lyrics, melodies, arrangements, etc., because music is not as high on her priority list- she has other things that are her passions higher on the list than music. But for me, creative music is at or near the top. And fair enough. Different strokes for different folks.

So what this boils down to is this is the last sort of crowd that should have Nickelback pushed on them. I'm sure as a whole we could never agree on liking all the same styles of music, but the majority of us are at least looking for one thing in common in what we listen to, and that is a certain quality level. That "thing" or dynamic that makes the music interesting and valued by you. And for so many in this group it's just too easy to discern a distinct lack of those qualities in a group like Nickelback.

[rolling56]

I want my nickel back for opening this thread.

[nomadh]

I can understand not likeing them I just don't understand all the hate. jerry cantrell of alice in chains seems to be impressed with them. I liked them quite a bit first but they did get repetitive. like almost everybody . I think just save your hate for bruce springsteen britney spears.

[nrand]

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

They sell a lot of CDs, and probably get a lot of airplay on "modern rock" stations, so they're hardly down.

And they suck.

I'll go a little further and tell you why I say that: they very competently play the most profoundly soul-less and clichéd example of the music currently making commercial radio unlistenable by me.

Tim

I must be listening to the wrong/right right radio stations here in OZ, but I rarely listen to commercial radio anyway, not for the past thirty years anyway. Maybe its fair to say that us 50 somethings are not the target audience anyway. I have had a look at a couple of their tunes on u-tube and they are a B-grade band to be sure, kind of where Grand Funk sat along side great bands like the Stones, Creedence, and Zeppelin in their day. Then again, as Ronnie Reagan proved, being a B-grade something is no barrier to immortality. "I'm your Captain, Yeh Yeh yeh yeh Yeah!"

[Tim Armstrong]

Originally Posted by nrand

I must be listening to the wrong/right right radio stations here in OZ, but I rarely listen to commercial radio anyway, not for the past thirty years anyway. Maybe its fair to say that us 50 somethings are not the target audience anyway. I have had a look at a couple of their tunes on u-tube and they are a B-grade band to be sure, kind of where Grand Funk sat along side great bands like the Stones, Creedence, and Zeppelin in their day. Then again, as Ronnie Reagan proved, being a B-grade something is no barrier to immortality. "I'm your Captain, Yeh Yeh yeh yeh Yeah!"

It's funny you should write that, as I was thinking of Grand Funk as being their 70s equivalent also!

[Favaguitars]

Withdrawn.

[soulman969]

Originally Posted by nrand

I must be listening to the wrong/right right radio stations here in OZ, but I rarely listen to commercial radio anyway, not for the past thirty years anyway. Maybe its fair to say that us 50 somethings are not the target audience anyway. I have had a look at a couple of their tunes on u-tube and they are a B-grade band to be sure, kind of where Grand Funk sat along side great bands like the Stones, Creedence, and Zeppelin in their day. Then again, as Ronnie Reagan proved, being a B-grade something is no barrier to immortality. "I'm your Captain, Yeh Yeh yeh yeh Yeah!"

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

It's funny you should write that, as I was thinking of Grand Funk as being their 70s equivalent also!

To the best of my knowledge I've never heard Nickelback but a comparison with Grand Funk is all I need to tell me I don't need to. Who ever let those guys out of their garage should be hung and then face a firing squad. They were a joke.

[elelpe]

I like Daniel Adair when he's not playing with Nickelback.

[marc13]

Aw damn, I'm a huge grand funk fan....maybe cause I grew up near flint and my dad went to school with don brewer? Oh well, I still have some of their vinyls that I really like, at least I still think they were cooler than nickelback :P different strokes...

[teal]

Nickleback was shot down by a brewery. The comments from said brewery are hilarious

"It's obvious that this would be a great opportunity for us and maybe get some mainstream youth into craft beer rather than the swill. However, none of us at the brewery really care for the band (or frat parties) so our knee jerk reaction is 'no thanks'. But how cool would it be to see our beer in a video?"
"Why cant it be some cool band like Slayer? The guy that called said the lead singer is familiar with our brand. What does that mean? Does the lead singer of Nickleback drink craft beer?"
"I absolutely hate that band," ... "It's s--- rock and roll that doesn't deserve to be on the radio."

Linky