Saturday, January 3, 2009

Nickelback vs the World

Ok...we all have our opinion about the famous rock band, Nickelback. Some people love them and some people absolutely loathe them. We all have our own tastes in music. For example, I have never liked Creed. Remember them? Now don't get me wrong, the band is phenomenal...Mark Tremonti is an amazing guitar player BUT I hate Scott Stapp. In this video, Nickelback is being embarrassed by numerous bands including Green Day and Tenacious D. The best part of it is that Chad Kroeger defends his band.

Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day (you know, those beloved "American Idiots"?) commented on how Chad sounds like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. What a joke. You want to talk about similarities? I have NEVER witnessed a big POSER then Scott Stapp. Go ahead, watch some Creed videos, you'll see the similarities. See? My opinion differs from others. I'm not going to say Creed SUCKS because they don't. I just don't like Scott Stapp. Alterbridge is a great band. Why? Because it's former CREED members plus a great singer, Myles Kennedy. It's just different tastes.

As for Nickelback, I will admit that I've said negative remarks about how some songs are similar in sound. It's true though. Check out the video of "How You Remind Me" mixed with "Someday". It's unreal! I may have even said they were annoying at one point. But I will give Nickelback some credit. This is a band that is swimming in cash. Chad mentions in the video that there are 8 million people who think Nickelback doesn't suck. 8 million? Try 30 million now.

Over 30 million in album sales VS. Critically embarrassed discography (it's a shame)

I like Nickelback. Like, not LOVE.
Do some songs sound the same? Absolutely. It's almost frustrating.
Do they suck? No.
Are they successful? Yup, nobody can touch them.

This video was created back in 2001 after they released "Silver Side Up."

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