Does anyone else think that Nickelback is one of the most obnoxiously terrible bands of all time?

[Danger Mouse]

Their music is utter shit, on so many levels I can hardly begin to fathom it.
Chad is a godawful excuse for a singer.
He doesn't even sing. He wails. Wails like he is in pain, like he has a rusty nail in his sphincter or something.
Their lyrics are painfully idiotic.
'Animals' makes me wretch. 'Photograph' made me hate music.
They're so awful they even rip themselves off.
The horrible, misbegotten offspring of Creed, which was a bad enough band to begin with.
Ugh.
I cannot put into words how much loathing i have for Nickelfuckingback.

[AlCzervik]

1. like the Canadian Creed.

[Danger Mouse]

7. I prefer to think of them as the

mutant offspring of creed...uglier, malformed, and stunningly idiotic.

[LeftyMom]

2. Most of the stuff on the radio is shit, but Nickelback stands out as the shittiest shit ever shat.

In your enumerating their many crimes against the auditory sense, you neglected to mention "Rockstar" another steaming turd of bad lyrics and shoddy musicianship.

[Danger Mouse]

9. I think 'Animals' stands out as their worst...

which takes some doing.
'I'm driving like I'm black.'
Did you write these lyrics after suffering a head injury, or are you just NATURALLY this dumb?

[ghostsofgiants]

3. I share in your loathing.

[Danger Mouse]

12. Word

=)

[u4ic]

4. I haven't heard any of their music

Sounds like I'm lucky that way...:shrug:

[Scarlett17]

5. I agree 110%.

Can't stand Nickelback and I absolutely detest Creed. Almost as bad as Live. I'm sorry, but the word "placenta" has no place on a Top 40 station.

[S n o w b a l l]

13. Love Creed too

:P Their concert was rawked.

[Danger Mouse]

15. I can't understand how anyone can stand to listen to

Chad Kroeger's awful caterwaul that he calls a voice.

[S n o w b a l l]

23. It's not easy to be a pariah ..

but I am! And proud of it! :)

[Danger Mouse]

25. Does Chad's voice move you?

It certainly moves my bowels.

[S n o w b a l l]

28. I've never wanted to have kids...

but find myself wanting to have his babies. :P

[Danger Mouse]

32. You are either...

A.) Trying to get under my skin for your personal amusement

B.) Full of it

C.) Totally serious about everything you are saying, in which case you frighten me.

D.) A + B or A + C combined

:)

[S n o w b a l l]

37. that would be B

[Danger Mouse]

39. I thought so...you were too flippant to be for real.

And I happen to like you.
And noone that I like can find value in the singing of Chad, who sings like he's being assraped by the spiked dildo of satan himself.

[Scarlett17]

27. And following in the Nickelback tradition:

Hinder, "Lips of An Angel". Makes me want to hurl everytime I hear it. I saw the video once, I nearly had to be hospitalized for dehydration.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Danger Mouse]

30. Haw haw haw, 'Lips of an Angel'

That's one of the most pathetic song titles I've ever heard.
Thankfully, I've never heard that song.

[Scarlett17]

33. Oh, it's a touching song of infidelity. . .

Honey why you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And, yes, I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a clue

Well my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's really good to hear your voice say my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

Honey why you calling me so late?


:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

Not to mention the blatant Joe Cocker rip-off of a stage persona.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Danger Mouse]

34. OMG, that's the song!!!

This girl I'm sort of not kinda involved with told me that she really loved this song, and I read the lyrics and wanted to :puke:
See, she was 'the other woman' in a relationship and trying to make herself feel validated, so she identified with the song

Yes, that is some awful garbage. Nothing like a song encouraging stupidity, cheating, stupidity, disloyalty, stupidity, chauvanism, stupidity, and did I mention stupidity?

And 'lips of an angel' is still a godawful song title.

[Scarlett17]

38. I told you it was wretched.

My daughter (13) hates it, thankfully. My step-daughter (11) loves it. Therefore, my maximum exposure it every other weekend. Still way too much. What can you do? Her mom loves it, too. Great. Now I need to drink.

[Danger Mouse]

40. Wretched is the word for it.

Some of the worst song lyrics I've ever seen.
Stay strong...horrible music can hurt us, but that does not kill us makes us stronger!
That being said, I think hearing this song too many times might make you become too stupid to live, and the brain might self-destruct to save what's left of its dignity.
I've heard that once literate people, after too much exposure to nickelback, will suffer from this phenomenon.

[gbate]

65. It's such a terrible song, now it's been covered by Rascal Flatts. Double gag.

[Danger Mouse]

68. Are you series???

Ugh, that song needs to be 'covered' alright.
It needs to be taken to a junkyard in new jersey, covered with an old blanket, and beaten with a sack full of doorknobs till it can no longer offend anyone with its awfulness.
Then its bloody corpse can be dumped in the sea, a fine repast for the fishies.

[Liberal Veteran]

93. I heard it on a country station......

It's amazing that two very different styles of music can make a song suck equally bad.

Both versions are crap.

[Danger Mouse]

103. Doesn't matter how you much you polish a turd, or how pretty its packaging is

A turd is still a lump of shit, no matter how you present it.

[S n o w b a l l]

31. omg, i LOVE that song

:P You guys are so much fun to play with. :)

[LostInAnomie]

6. My Chemical Romance sucks much more ass...

... and does it much harder.

[S n o w b a l l]

8. Nope...

Sorry Elrond...I love Nickleback! :P

[Danger Mouse]

10. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[S n o w b a l l]

17. YES, OH YES!!

HAHAHA! Suffer the thought!

:P

[Danger Mouse]

22. You even made Darth Vader yell.

Look what you did :P

[AlCzervik]

11. you do not!

[suzbaby]

14. Hearing one of their songs on the radio warrants an immediate change of station.

I can't stand them either!

[Danger Mouse]

18. I immediately put on a cd of GOOD music after nickelback exposure

It's sort of like exorcism. My car stereo needs cleansing after being subjected to such impure filth.

[NC_Nurse]

16. What I've heard isn't much...

but pretty unimpressive as I recall.

So of course they're huge sellers, right? That would figure somehow. :eyes:

[Danger Mouse]

19. Of course. Their music is utter drek, so people buy it by the ton.

I'll never fathom how the public thinks, or if they think at all.
Elitism city, baby!

[Generic Brad]

20. Those are fighting words at my house

I once made the mistake of saying that they sucked on a comparable level with Hootie and the Blowfish. My wife and daughter would not speak to me for the rest of the day. They adore Nickelback. I have learned to keep my mouth shut and wince through their music in silent suffering.

[Danger Mouse]

24. I feel your pain, brother, I feel your pain.

My little sister likes Hannah Montanna...I shit you not, I would rather listen to the entire Hannah Montanna cd than ONE fucking Nickelback song.
I just hate it that much.
And don't insult Hootie and the Blowfish like that! Sure they sucked hard, but even THEY laugh at Nickelback.

[S n o w b a l l]

36. Well, anyway...to me..it's like beauty...

it's in the eye of the beholder. I may not like your choice but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile or beautiful. I appreciate all kinds of music..there's not really much I'd bash. It's all good. Better than I could do that's for sure.

[Danger Mouse]

41. There are some things I have great difficulty finding beauty of any sort in.

For instance, I find no beauty in Ann Coulter. I find her to be thoroughly rotten to the core.
The same goes for the music of Nickelback. Rotten to the very depths of its empty soul.

[S n o w b a l l]

44. well when you put it that way!

LOL...i guess i don't take it so seriously. I'm glad I don't take music as seriously as Ann Coulter..I'd be hating on everything! Sorry, it's hard for me to compare the two.

[Danger Mouse]

46. Not so hard for me.

They're two things that I find to be hideously ugly, through and through
:)

[Generic Brad]

21. Self delete

[Shakespeare]

26. In the other thread about sucky lead singers, I noted....

...that Chad sounds like he's dry-heaving his way through every song. Ergo, I agree with you completely.

[Danger Mouse]

29. I noted and appreciated that. And dry-heaving is pretty much spot-on.

That's pretty much the best analogy for Chad's loathsome singing I've ever heard, as a matter of fact.
:puke:

[Tektonik]

35. agreed wholeheartedly

they are simply dreadful

[Danger Mouse]

42. They are the Kings of Corporate Music Whoredom.

'photograph' is one the most shameless songs i've ever heard.

[S n o w b a l l]

43. I think you should ask yourself why such loathing Elrond?

That's a pretty intense negative feeling. Have you considered why such negative thoughts? Is it something in your childhood or early adulthood.... developmental challenges or setbacks?

Was there an adult influence that maybe sounded like Nickleback that you relate to negatively? An Aunt or Uncle? Think back..Elrond. You can tell me. Let it all out.



:P

[Danger Mouse]

45. I hate you

:cry: yes, it's true, when my dad yelled at me, it sounded exactly like chad kroeger's singing.
actually, it's just that i react negatively to terrible music
but your concern is appreciated

[S n o w b a l l]

47. awww, baby..i'm sorry

:hug: :hug: I'm totally here for you...you can tell me all about it.

I really hope you know I'm kidding and having fun with you Elrond. :) I really don't get too bent out of shape about people's music choices. :)

:hug:

[Danger Mouse]

48. Of course I do know that you're kidding and I'm kidding right back.

:)
:hug:
I'm having fun, too, so it's all good ;)

[fizzgig]

49. there are no words to describe how much they suck

his voice grates on me like (insert metaphor of choice)

[Danger Mouse]

51. Hey kagehime

good to see you =)
:hug:
how's it going?

[fizzgig]

53. good to see you too dear

it's been a marginal day. could have been better, could have been worse.

how are you?

:hug:

[Danger Mouse]

54. I am okay...tired...the day was alright...

most days are at least somewhat long...it was so miserable most of the day...cold and raining hard...
glad the weekend is here...more sleep, no work, lots of rest...

[fizzgig]

56. sounds icky

i'll take our cold and wind over cold and rain any day, although i'm having a fuck of a time getting warm.

but yes, it is the weekend and i have a feeling i'm going to be a lazy bastard all weekend.

[Danger Mouse]

61. Hooray for being a lazy bastard =)

Hope your weekend of being a lazy bastard is a good one, dear friend
:hug:

[Jamastiene]

50. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Nickelback? Nah, they can keep it.

[Danger Mouse]

52. Always wondered what 'Nickelback' meant. Was it some sort of misguided attempt to be witty?

Or just a really stupid band name?

[Jamastiene]

55. They probably were named something else before they released

their first demo (back before anyone had the misfortune of hearing them yet.) They probably had a big sale to get rid of the tapes of their first demo and sold them for a nickel each. After people heard the demos, they asked for their nickel back so often the band changed their name. If it's not true, it sure would fit anyhow in their case. :puke:

[Danger Mouse]

62. Actually, the urban legend is that their first demo...

had the power to claim the life of whoever heard it.
Upon listening to the song, its sheer awfulness would make the listener become suicidally depressed.
Many lives were lost to the infamous demo.
Chad would place nickels on the eyes of his victims, as a show of contempt for them, and then piss all over their bodies.
This is where the name nickelback came from.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

57. Is Nickelback the group that did the Spiderman theme

By ripping off the tune from Seal's "Kiss From A Rose". If that's who you are talking about then, yes, I agree with you that they do suck. And they are massively overplayed on commercial radio

[Danger Mouse]

60. That is indeed them.

Chad Kroeger is the rock n' roll antichrist

[Evoman]

58. The lead singer looks like a goat

My gf thinks he's hot, so naturally I hate him. But I hate their music too...


On edit: He is actually eating that microphone, much like a goat would.

[Danger Mouse]

59. Don't diss that cute goat like that!

She thinks he's HOT?
God, how could she get past his voice alone?
Bobcat Goldthwait could sing better than him!!

[flvegan]

63. In Portugal, they get rocks thrown at them (video link)

Not that I think people should have rocks thrown at them, and I'm glad that no talentless hacks were injured. Even I had to laugh when the oh-so-unpredictable "Do we have any Nickelback fans in Portugal?!" was asked, it was met with almost silence with a smattering of "No!"

http://www.goyk.com/video.asp?path=1051

Note: the above site has the usual links to adult material, so the site might not be work safe or kid-appropriate.

[Danger Mouse]

64. I agree that they shouldn't rocks thrown at them.

That's just cruel, and someone could get hurt.
Now rotten vegetables, that would be just fine :evilgrin:
Thanks for the link, fivegan

[AshevilleGuy]

77. Unburied, really nasty remains of animals would be appropos.

Still not as bad as their "music"...

[gbate]

66. Yes they do suck. While we're on the subject of suck, here's something pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nM9M8xsNyw

[Danger Mouse]

71. Emo kid!

This song is far better than anything nickelback has ever done.

[Lady Effingbroke]

67. Nickelback sucks!

And Chad Kroeger does look like that goat, except the goat is much cuter!

I hate Nickelback

[Danger Mouse]

69. I see...so this means that Chad Kroeger is related to goatboy!

Can't you see the resemblance?

[S n o w b a l l]

70. He looks like jesus to me

}(

[Danger Mouse]

72. DId I mention that I hate you?

If he's our Messiah, the entire world is screwn :P

[S n o w b a l l]

78. yeah but that's ok...

i'm still here for you :hug:

[Danger Mouse]

82. Ah, stop it...

:hug: you're making me love you too much to hate you :P

[SmileyBoy]

73. This country needs more bands like At The Drive-In, Flyleaf, Sevendust, etc. right away.

Bands like Nickelback and almost everything else are ruining music in America.

[lildreamer316]

76. Have you heard Dark New Day?

Old friends that got back together again. Includes former members of Sevendust and Still Rain.
Dunno if you would like them or not; but try "Brother" for a good sample.

[aquaman]

74. Horrible band.....

Utter horse shit and I apologize to all the horseshit out there for the comparison.

[Danger Mouse]

83. I think a pile of utter horse shit down the road...

took offense to your remarks!!!
The rancid, ancient, crusty horse shit, however, finds no fault with you.
'You've got it about right' the foul pile of feces remarks.

[lildreamer316]

75. Sorry. Love them. So much I think that album deserves an award.

I've defended them several times on here. So, I won't bore you with it again.
We will have to agree to disagree.
:shrug:

[S n o w b a l l]

79. woohooo!!!

haha!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[lildreamer316]

80. "Side of a Bullet" left me breathless..

...and I saw them on tour last year. They opened with my favorite of all their other songs-"Woke Up This Morning". KICK ASS live show-they did not disappoint. A true performance. I was impressed.

All about Follow You Home, Fight For All The Wrong Reasons; every track on that album rocks balls. Some people don't listen to the lyrics very well. People here actually thought that "Figured You Out" was misogynistic. Ya have to look deeper and understand human sexuality more than that. Also, anyone who sings about the fact they want to defend their mother from getting the shit beat out of her is not mysoginistic...but I don't need to tell you that, do I?

Don't waste your breath trying to get most here to understand-it's just not their thing. Believe me; I've tried.:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

81. Chad could be an effing poet

and i'd still hate the music.
:)
we will have to agree to disagree, indeed.

[mvd]

84. IMO they are one of the worst in the whole

Creed, Nickelback, Linkin' Park, Live, Daughtry, Three Doors Down, Staind, Hinder, KoRn, etc. trend. I'm just not a fan of this kind of music.

[Danger Mouse]

85. I think Nickelback is not quite the bottom of the barrel.

As Roger Ebert once said of the movie 'Freddie Got Fingered,' that would be an insult to barrels.
Nickelback is not grade B music, nor is it even grade F music.
It is purely grade Z music, the kind that worthless and braindead garage bands aspire to make, yet lack the production equipment.
It is every last bit of sentimental angst, false emotion, shameless corporate whoredom, and lack of musical ability, mashed together to make a crude sort of Frankenstein's monster.

[mvd]

86. Sometimes that's the worst kind, though

It's like on American Idol, sometimes the ones you don't remember get voted out. Good to see you again, Elrond!

[Danger Mouse]

91. Thanks, mvd!

:hi:
I think Americans have a fascination with utter garbage entertainment.
It's the only possible explanation I can think of for the popularity of bands like Nickelback.

[mvd]

94. I'm no music snob, and I still find Nickelback to be shameless

BTW, Hinder is bad, too. Not quite as bad as Nickelback, but bad. Probably the best in this sound is early Live and 3 Doors Down, but that's lukewarm praise.

I really have to sign off now. Good night, Elrond! :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

97. Goodnight!

On second thought, Hinder indeed is truly terrible.

[Initech]

87. They are one of the worst pieces of shit bands ever to exist.

Creed is a close second.

[Liberal Veteran]

88. Where does Hinder fit in?

I've gotten to where I really can't stand Hinder.

[Danger Mouse]

90. I am glad to say I have no idea who Hinder is.

But they sound like awful douchebags.

[Liberal Veteran]

92. They sing "Lips of an Angel"

I really don't like that song.

[Danger Mouse]

96. Oh, right, I keep forgetting that those are the bloody simps...

responsible for inflicting that godawful song on us.
Hinder sucks slightly less than nickelback, but only slightly. That song is an abomination.

[Initech]

98. Ooh, Hinder is pretty horrible. A knockoff of Nickelback.

[Danger Mouse]

89. Nickelback is a knockoff of Creed. Creed is a knockoff of Pearl Jam.

I shudder to think of what a knockoff of Nickelback will sound like.
Probably something akin to the wailing of a soul in torment as a spiked truncheon is repeatedly crammed up its arse.

[Initech]

99. Hinder is what a knockoff of Nickelback would sound like. At least PJ still rocks.

I've been listening to Pearl Jam's most recent release quite a bit lately.

[Danger Mouse]

101. I like Pearl Jam. Creed isn't fit to lick their boots.

You're right about Hinder.

[BulletproofLandshark]

95. That "Rock Star" song

makes me wants to run a power drill right through my temple!

[Danger Mouse]

100. Don't give in to the urge, or you fulfill their purpose.

Nickelback - our music is designed to KILL

[Danger Mouse]

102. I have come to the conclusion that Hinder deserves an honorable mention.

For the song, 'Lips of an Angel,' which I declare the MOST HORRIBLE SONG OF ALL TIME (that wasn't produced by some kind of white supremicist psycho).
Nickelback envies you, Chad Kroeger admires your songwriting talents.
Chad had this to say about Hinder: 'I have to say, they've touched upon a level of awfulness that we can only hope to aspire to. I guarantee that Nickelback's next single will be 10x as whiny, 10x as lame, and pretty much directly lifted from another one of our hit singles.'
He could not finish his statement because he was hit in the head by a brick thrown by Who frontman Roger Daltry, who mumbled something about Kroger being a 'fucking wanker.'

Where was I? Oh yes.
Hinder's 'Lips of an Angel' worse than anything that Nickelback could hope to produce.