For page after page, forum members in the Bands I Hate thread have (for great justice) mocked, laughed at, and pissed on Nickleback for being the garbage ass band that they are.
For those of you out there that actually like Nickleback, please explain to me their appeal. I have rather diverse taste in music, but have never been able to understand why this band is successful as it is. Make an argument for them not being total crap.
I used to do “How You Remind Me” and “Photograph” in the last cover band I was in…
Now, I don’t think Nickelback is awesome, nor am I a fan, but having played those tunes a bunch of times, they have decent riffs and they’re kind of fun to play…
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
I used to do “How You Remind Me” and “Photograph” in the last cover band I was in…
Now, I don’t think Nickelback is awesome, nor am I a fan, but having played those tunes a bunch of times, they have decent riffs and they’re kind of fun to play… [/quote]
Is that you in your avatar?
A guy at my work hates that band with a passion, so i started calling in for requests during work, his misery brought me a sick twisted hilarious happiness, which i associate with nickleback and now enjoy
[quote]Dustin wrote:
For page after page, forum members in the Bands I Hate thread have (for great justice) mocked, laughed at, and pissed on Nickleback for being the garbage ass band that they are.
For those of you out there that actually like Nickleback, please explain to me their appeal. I have rather diverse taste in music, but have never been able to understand why this band is successful as it is. Make an argument for them not being total crap.
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I’m not an immense fan of Nickelback or most modern music for that matter, but I do not understand the vitriol against them. I could list off shittier bands and solo ‘artists’ that make Nickelback look like a group of Jesuses.
I’d love to hear YOUR reasons for the vendetta against them? Canadian? Rich? Play their own instruments/write their own songs? Sing in tune, on beat? Long hair? Content of lyrics? What the fuck? Did they cook and eat your dog? Jesus tittyfucking Christ, it’s a band. Just don’t listen.
Why yes, Nickelback DID cook and eat my dog! BASTARDS!
They are easily digestible and have quite a few catchy tunes. It’s mom rock.
[quote]ADvanced TS wrote:
Is that you in your avatar?
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Lol…yes. Do you even need to ask me that question? ; )
[quote]msd0060 wrote:
I’d love to hear YOUR reasons for the vendetta against them? Canadian? Rich? Play their own instruments/write their own songs? Sing in tune, on beat? Long hair? Content of lyrics? What the fuck? Did they cook and eat your dog? Jesus tittyfucking Christ, it’s a band. Just don’t listen.[/quote]
Okay, they are:
Unoriginal
ghey
All their songs tend to sound the same
lyric themes sound as though they were written by a 14 year old.
the modern day equivalent to the band that John Stamos would have played in (on the show Full House). i.e they aren’t cool/edgy rockers but are just really lame.
played non-stop by radio stations across the US and sometimes even on country music airwaves.
Dustin, like you i have a wide and diverse range of music that i like from enya to hatebreed. Hell i even like some country songs as well.
Animals, gotta be somebody, and never again are awesome songs. Turn the volume up and it’s fucking awesome.
Great songs to workout to. I like the beats, gets me pumped up and energized.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
[quote]ADvanced TS wrote:
Is that you in your avatar?
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Lol…yes. Do you even need to ask me that question? ; ) [/quote]
Then continue your Nickelbacking, sir.
[quote]msd0060 wrote:
I’m not an immense fan of Nickelback or most modern music for that matter, but I do not understand the vitriol against them. I could list off shittier bands and solo ‘artists’ that make Nickelback look like a group of Jesuses.
I’d love to hear YOUR reasons for the vendetta against them? Canadian? Rich? Play their own instruments/write their own songs? Sing in tune, on beat? Long hair? Content of lyrics? What the fuck? Did they cook and eat your dog? Jesus tittyfucking Christ, it’s a band. Just don’t listen.[/quote]
I just don’t like the lead singer’s voice. Get a new front man and I’d listen to them.
I liked them when their first video came out in the States. They make a lot of commercial crap now but I still support them because they were a band I predicted to do well that did. Self-fulfilling prophecy FTW!
it can’t be a self-fulfilling prophecy if YOU’RE NOT IN THE BAND…
It’s the lead singers voice. I can’t even say this about one other band, but it’s just this visceral hatred toward all their music. That wannabe gritty sound bullshit. I also blame another crap band for hating Nickelcrap, Seven Mary Three. If I’m recalling this correctly, right around the time all the Nickelback shit starting being played was around the time Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three) was in heavy rotation. Naming your band after the call sign they used on CHiPs (true story, look it up) is an ass move enough, but their shit sucked; all of it. Then comes along Nickeldick and they sound EXACTLY the same. Don’t listen to those groups back to back with a loaded gun nearby. Oh, and it’s nothing against Canadian music. I get a chub just thinking about Rush.
I highly doubt they write their own songs…
[quote]biglifter wrote:
If I’m recalling this correctly, right around the time all the Nickelback shit starting being played was around the time Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three) was in heavy rotation. [/quote]
Nah - Cumbersome is from 1995.
NickelBack’s 1st radio hit was How you Remind me in 2001 - 6 years later.
Lol…also used to do Cumbersome in that same cover band…
They don’t.
[quote]biglifter wrote:
It’s the lead singers voice. I can’t even say this about one other band, but it’s just this visceral hatred toward all their music. That wannabe gritty sound bullshit. I also blame another crap band for hating Nickelcrap, Seven Mary Three. If I’m recalling this correctly, right around the time all the Nickelback shit starting being played was around the time Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three) was in heavy rotation. Naming your band after the call sign they used on CHiPs (true story, look it up) is an ass move enough, but their shit sucked; all of it. Then comes along Nickeldick and they sound EXACTLY the same. Don’t listen to those groups back to back with a loaded gun nearby. Oh, and it’s nothing against Canadian music. I get a chub just thinking about Rush.[/quote]
That is odd, both bands really do sound similar.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
[quote]biglifter wrote:
If I’m recalling this correctly, right around the time all the Nickelback shit starting being played was around the time Cumbersome (Seven Mary Three) was in heavy rotation. [/quote]
Nah - Cumbersome is from 1995.
NickelBack’s 1st radio hit was How you Remind me in 2001 - 6 years later.
Lol…also used to do Cumbersome in that same cover band… [/quote]
I guess the pain from cumbersome lasted many years. Mid 90’s post-grunge there was a shitload bands all with the same sound. All of that bland lifehouse, default, everclear, sponge, 98 degrees kind of alternative, sans the alternative since it all sounded alike stuff. I kinda feel douchy that I even remember the names.