Nickelback
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Always liked them and their early stuff was awesome. Chad had some really bad hair back in those days....lol
Good on them!
Good on them!
Don't they only have one song?
They just re-brand it and make a new video, but their stuff all sounds exactly the same.
They got lucky that rock music in "the decade" was dominated by mascara wearing boy bands and emo douchebags. Any other decade in history they wouldn't crack the top 50 bands.
Of course, the list was compiled by Billboard, who have as much credibility as Maury Povich, so take it with a grain of salt.
All of AC/DC's songs sound the same and look how popular they are. Nickelback is obviously doing something right to be as successful as they have.
Popularity and commercial success is different than quality music though.... just ask the popular and successful Jonas Brothers.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them, any band with local ties that makes it big is good for the local music scene. They have been marketed well, and will continue to have success.
My point is, their music is fairly forgettable and will not stand the test of time. It says a lot about the current state of popular Rock music that they could be considered the best of the bunch while some great Indy bands can't get airplay.
Billboard bases their rankings on album sales. A list of the decades best bands, from a musical standpoint would look much different than the top album sales list.
A quick look at the other artists who topped their lists proves my point...
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It's ok not to like their music or anyone elses but please don't compare them to the Jona's Bro's to try and prove a BS point. Chad K has made more hitPopularity and commercial success is different than quality music though.... just ask the popular and successful Jonas Brothers.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them, any band with local ties that makes it big is good for the local music scene. They have been marketed well, and will continue to have success.
My point is, their music is fairly forgettable and will not stand the test of time. It says a lot about the current state of popular Rock music that they could be considered the best of the bunch while some great Indy bands can't get airplay.
Billboard bases their rankings on album sales. A list of the decades best bands, from a musical standpoint would look much different than the top album sales list.
A quick look at the other artists who topped their lists proves my point...
songs than you've had clients(said in jest, don't get your g-string in a knott
). They aren't some fabricated rock band as they've had many hits and write their own material................In short, you know nothing of what you speak.....HATER 
Perhaps they are not fabricated by someone else, but they have fabricated their own sound and repeated it ad nauseum. I give them kudos for their ability to sell records and knowing their market, but confusing that with qualilty is a long shot. And you're right about the comparison with the Jonas Brothers -- if the Jonas Brothers can be successful for more than a decade with exactly the same sound, then the comparison will be fair.It's ok not to like their music or anyone elses but please don't compare them to the Jona's Bro's to try and prove a BS point. Chad K has made more hit
songs than you've had clients(said in jest, don't get your g-string in a knott
Mariah Carey has had a lot more hits than Nickelback and also writes her own songs. Does that make her even better? Arguing that success equals quality is a losing proposition always. Success is due to marketing; quality in music has to do with having some soul and a smidgen of originality.
Nickelback has been around twice as long as the Beatles' entire career -- to compare, The Beatles would have had to stay together until 1977 and only make 5 albums during that time, all of which followed the exact formula of "Meet The Beatles."
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Gotta agree with Inamorato & Hank on this one. IMO, there is something missing in their songs. They sound formulaic and homogenous to me.
While the above may be true, I challenge you to name five (just five) AC/DC songs. Now try to do the same with Nickleback.
Their early stuff was decent, and I even had the chance to see them live before they became popular. Had they grown and changed as musicians I probably would still be saying the same thing about them. Instead, it seem they took the easy way and made songs purely for commercial success (i.e. without substance). Because of that, they will be forgotten soon enough.
Besides, Chad Kroeger is a douchbag.
Now my Jonas Bros reference as obviously an extreme example, and intended as a joke.It's ok not to like their music or anyone elses but please don't compare them to the Jona's Bro's to try and prove a BS point. Chad K has made more hit
songs than you've had clients(said in jest, don't get your g-string in a knott
You are still confusing "hits" with quality. As I said, they are marketed well, and I'm happy for them, but there are dozens of better bands out there who don't get the airplay that Nickelback does. They are a good band, but the best of the decade? Hardly.
I agree. Good band, for what they do. They are very formulatic (is that a word?) as are a few of the other bands on their label ( Theory of a Deadman)....it's about sales. Band of the Decade? Again, no way.
nice to see all you guys shut Hubba up...
or maybe he hasn't had a chance to reply because he's at the gym...
or maybe he hasn't had a chance to reply because he's at the gym
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