Nickelback Hate

[Chipperz]

I also hate that their name is "Nickelback," that's such a stupid name I mean just shut up already sheesh.

I heard that they got it because Chad used to get a nickle back at a store they liked or something.

Nickle back.... Nickelback...

The retards can't fucking spell nickle.

Probably because "Nickleback" looks like it should be pronounced "Nick Le Back". Which sounds fucking stupid. And before you say start trying to tell me that everyone knows what a nickle is... Fuck, I know it's a type of American coinage, but I don't know what.

OT - I like How You Remind Me. And the video to Rock Star. Never really bothered with the rest of their stuff but I can't really understand the hatred they get. Just like... Well... Watch this site for a bit, Twilight, Justin Beiber (who noone has EVER explained to me who he is or why they hate him. In fact, I ONLY know him through the people on this site who are obsessed with him), hell, I'm thinking Tyra Banks is looking like a likly candidate to join the pantheon.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Funny that everyone seems to hate them and yet they're ridiculously famous. Hypocrites.

Dude, I'm pretty sure there's a lot of people who like Nickelback and don't post on the Escapist. I am not one of them, as I both post on the Escapist and hate Nickelback. It's mostly the lyrics. "If Everyone Cared" is the smarmiest, sappiest, most gut-wrenchingly happy song I've ever heard. Here's the chorus, if memory serves: (and please don't ask me why I know this. I also know that the man who gives Hurley his electronic wheel chair in the Lost season 1 finale also played a priest in an early Charlie flashback episode. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I KNOW EITHER OF THOSE THINGS.)

"If everyone cared, and nobody cried,
If everyone loved, and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Then we'd see the day when nobody died."


THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE!!!!!

Oh yeah, and after that, the douche proceeds to say "Amen" a bunch of times. What a douce-nozzle.

 

[imaloony]

But really, what I don't understand is why you would be so bothered or curious enough to start a thread about it. You like Nickelback. So tonnes of people don't? fuck 'em, just listen to whatever you want.

The reason I started this thread is that I wanted to understand the hatred for them. There has to be some reason that people state that they're one of the worst bands ever when they're clearly not THAT bad.
Plus, no one has really been able to legitimately convince me that someone can hate Nickelback for their reasons. I'm getting much better points and I'm able to see the logic behind the hate much better this way.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Meh, they have some good songs and some bad songs just like every band...

For the record, "All the right reasons" is a fucking awesome album. Apart from "Dark Horse" the rest are so-so. I'm not a massive fan of the more radio friendly hits but I'm not stupid enough to hate Nickelback with a passion armed only with a vague knowledge of their most popular and over-played singles and the opinions of people from the Internet.

 

[The Thief]

I also hate that their name is "Nickelback," that's such a stupid name I mean just shut up already sheesh.

I heard that they got it because Chad used to get a nickle back at a store they liked or something.

Nickle back.... Nickelback...

The retards can't fucking spell nickle.

Probably because "Nickleback" looks like it should be pronounced "Nick Le Back". Which sounds fucking stupid. And before you say start trying to tell me that everyone knows what a nickle is... Fuck, I know it's a type of American coinage, but I don't know what.

Actually, "Nickel" is the proper spelling for the Canadian 5 cent coin. I thought it was the same spelling for its American counterpart, seeing as the coin was named after the element. Strange.

I do like some of their stuff, like that song they did for spiderman, but most of it is pure garbage. I don't really hate them, but I do resent them for being Canadian; There are many Canadian rock bands who deserve more attention than these hacks have received.

 

[Acidwell]

At least 2 of their songs are proven to be the exact same with different lyrics at a different pitch. That is why I hate them, they are so unoriginal they copy their own songs.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Funny that everyone seems to hate them and yet they're ridiculously famous. Hypocrites.

So, by that logic, we're all hypocrites for not liking Hannah Montana, Paris Hilton or Westlife?

And we are also hypocrites for liking people that are not ridiculously famous.

Sorry Furb, but apparently I'm a hypocrite for liking you.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

It's not *them* that I hate.

It's the complete tidal wave of crap-copycats that followed them.

Yeah, we get it. You can sing in a gravelly voice too. Get over yourself.

 

[Cherry Cola]

It's not *them* that I hate.

It's the complete tidal wave of crap-copycats that followed them.

Yeah, we get it. You can sing in a gravelly voice too. Get over yourself.

I'd make the argument that Nickelback are part of the crap-copycat wave rather than being the guys that started it.

Cause Foo Fighters had the gravelly voice before them!

 

[sunburst]

I listened to a song of theirs on my friend's ipod in high school and really enjoyed it. I then listened to several more of their songs only to discover they all sounded more or less the same with little variation. I stopped caring after that.

They're not the worst band in the world or anything, Brokencyde wins that no contest, but they're just boring. Between people bringing up topics like this, I honestly forget they exist.

 

[deth2munkies]

Well I just hate the whole "whiny" movement that surrounds them. On 2/3 of their songs, the leader sounds like he's being constantly punched in the gut with his low whines.

That and they are schizophrenic: can't decide between slow or fast songs or if they want to be sappy or irreverent. All their slow songs are utterly horrible, the only song I do like by them is one of their faster, irreverent ones, I believe it's called "Animals".

 

[8-Bit Grin]

It's not *them* that I hate.

It's the complete tidal wave of crap-copycats that followed them.

Yeah, we get it. You can sing in a gravelly voice too. Get over yourself.

I'd make the argument that Nickelback are part of the crap-copycat wave rather than being the guys that started it.

Cause Foo Fighters had the gravelly voice before them!

They're a little bit different from the Nickelback style.

I'm thinking more Theory of a Dead Man and other bull crap.

Your opinion is validated though for your appraisal of Foo Fighters.

 

[Cherry Cola]

It's not *them* that I hate.

It's the complete tidal wave of crap-copycats that followed them.

Yeah, we get it. You can sing in a gravelly voice too. Get over yourself.

I'd make the argument that Nickelback are part of the crap-copycat wave rather than being the guys that started it.

Cause Foo Fighters had the gravelly voice before them!

They're a little bit different from the Nickelback style.

I'm thinking more Theory of a Dead Man and other bull crap.

Your opinion is validated though for your appraisal of Foo Fighters.

Theory of a Dead Man...

Oh wait, they were in the game Fahrenheit!

Why couldn't they have gone with some good music instead of that?

 

[Doctor VonSexMachine]

We had a cook come into work who had just moved to Toronto from Paris, France. He told us that one Canadian band that was popular in France was Nickleback. I had to break it to him that they were a national shame. We then went around asking people in the cafe if they liked Nickleback... and proved my point.

 

[Eyelicker]

The reason everyone hates on them, is because they have become an embodiement of mainstream rock music.

People simply hate on them because they want to prove how "alternative" they are, and ingratiate themselfs in a particular group of people. One of the best ways to gain acceptance with one group is to attack another.

If it was just a matter of them being bad, people who didnt like them would just ignore them, but now, if you want people to think you have musical credibility, you have to reject the mainstream, and hating on bands like Nickleback is one way to do that.

"Hating" music is a symbolic gesture more than anything, if it was simply not liking the music then you would just ignore it

 

[George Palmer]

Because their music is boring, bland, unoriginal, lame, lowest common denominator, redneck, hillbilly bullshit that has gotten way more attention than it deserves.

Then again they have sold a billion albums and made a shit load of money so good for them.

But yeah, their music is shit.

'course thats just my opinion, I could be wrong. But Im probably not in this case.

 

[Julianking93]

Because they suck.

It's that simple.

They have horrible music, can't write a song for shit and they're just a bunch of douchebags.

THe last part of your post gets me - you know them personally then?
And how is their music horrid? Are the lyrics incoherent?

What about them being douches? Just look at them! Watch one interview and you'll see they're just a bunch of arrogant pricks.

And their music is horrid because of its bland, boring simplicity the music's repetitive nature.

It's all the same 1-2 power chords that pretty much anyone can play. This is all my opinion, but mainstream music like Nickleback that use that simple power chord/shouting vocals mix all suck

 

[elvor0]

Funny that everyone seems to hate them and yet they're ridiculously famous. Hypocrites.

I don't think you know what Hypocrite means.

Being a hypocrite in this situation would be me saying "nickel back are rubbish" and then going and buying all of their albums.

In this case, everyone is saying "nickelback" are rubbish. and nothing else, so I'm going to assume that they don't already have their albums otherwise they wouldn't be saying they're rubbish.

 

[Matt-the-twat]

I've been somewhat curious about this too. I've been following them for just about 8 years now though, Silver Side Up was the first proper album I ever bought and they were the first band that I really wanted to listen to, so obviously they hold an individual spot in my heart. I'm not as fond of their newer stuff because they have become more mainstream and kinda cheesy, but it's still fun, and if people like them and Theory of a Deadman left that kind of red-neck rock genre then there'd just be a whole horde of alternative rock and heavy metal left.

I love my music and have a wide taste, if I hear some R&B or something I don't like it just goes in one ear and out the other; so it is somewhat annoying to bear the brunt of a hate-storm against your first favourite band.

 

[anaphysik]

Nickle back.... Nickelback...

The retards can't fucking spell nickle.

Ummm.... "nickel" IS the correct spelling of the metal and coin...


Anyway, I listened to Dark Horse one time and I think I died. I've listened to some total shit in my time, and that was definitely part of it.