Why do people dislike and make fun of the band Nickleback?

The vocals are shit, and it all sounds the same and generic .I am not even trolling, anyone with ears can tell you this.

I don’t know, but i can’t wait til they water down their next album.

because they’re rubbish?

I don’t know. I am not certain what they sound like. A lot of those guys sound pretty much the same to me.

Vocals are pants , instruments are boring . Boring song writing . An they think they are teh best , when clearly they are balls deep along with the xbox360 users :)
Best video ever
Oh and they tried to coin in on the death of dimebag by writing a song , when clearly they don’t listen to his music .

Never heard of them.

@rebbel Lucky you keep it that way :)

“Why do people dislike… Nickleback?” Music tastes are subjective.
“Why do people… make fun of the band Nickleback?” Easy enough target. They don’t really do anything special.

I searched in youtube for nickleback. The first result was a video uploaded by a guy named “Dragonballz fan 1234”. I think that says enough.

Fuck Post-grunge. Worst genre ever next to screamo/metalcore/deathcore and other scene kiddy bullshit
And FUCK pop punk!

also, i think it’s because the lead singer looks like a child pornographer.

They’re just so easy to make fun of. Their lyrics are an absolute joke. The singer’s voice is forcedly gruff and, like @teh_kvlt_liberal said, generic. Take this song for example. Filled with cheesy, overused sentiments, absolutely nothing special about the instruments. And it’s hilarious because they take themselves so seriously. They’re so try-hard. And thus they become the butt of every joke about crappy music.

They’re very cliche and too poppy for most rock fans. Unoriginal.

i bet Nickelback are really big fans of Dave Matthews’ Band.

Nickelback= Redneck Pop.

@Noel_S_Leitmotiv I thought that was Pantera :P

@eponymoushipster Ah, DMB. It’s just one letter away from “DUMB”

Eww, Pantera..

Nickelback, the Official Band of Rural Florida.

Sample of some comments from that youtube link I posted:

DemonofRock24 writes,
This really has a meaning if today was my last day I would forgive me enemies and apoligize to all I have hurt there feelings.

Poignant.

And here we have weddingstar100:
if today was my last day i wont do my homework!!!!XD!!!!
With 4 thumbs up from her 12 year old peers.

Nickleback’s fan base is pretty much children age 8–13 and women over 40.

they’re an embarrassement to your neighbors North of the border.

I remember a movie review for the Last house on the left remake compared the movie to “Nickleback covering a Ramones song”. That convinced me enough not to watch it

@jmah worse than anne murray?

@eponymoushipster, up there with anne murray and celine dion.

every single one of their songs sounds the same. It’s beyond predictable. If that’s your thing, than I guess to each their own.

*@eponymoushipster He also looks like Jesus , hence the nickname creeping Jesus.Gives an ever better name to Jesus eh

Sloan makes up for it, sorta.

And, Geddy”.

Ozzy lookin motherfucker!

Anyone read Chad Kroeger’s (the lead singer) interview in Playboy? What a tool.

I remember a lot of Bush hate in the late ‘90s, but NIckelback makes Gavin Rossdale and crew look like The Beatles.

Figures, everyone hates the Bush family

I think @le_inferno sums it up the best. It’s not as if they’re the only mediocre band out there. It’s just that they’ve somehow become the poster children for mediocrity in music. I personally can’t think of any specific song they’ve done that I can distinguish from any other song they’ve done, and yet they still manage to stay above the radar. Therefore, fans of more individualistic music (at least me) are frustrated by their constant radio airplay and come up with (as is evidenced by this feed) a variety of ways to mock them and their fans. sorry.

I think they’re ok, I’ve seen them in concert and they put on a decent show. I wouldn’t say they were favorites of mine but I’ve heard much worse.

Because they’re awful. Their voices are like nails on a chalkboard. Of
course that’s just my personal opinion. Not everybody will always like the bands you like. Or the foods you like, or clothes, or tv shows, or books…catch my drift?

On behalf of the nation of Canada I’d like to take this moment to apologize to the great people of the United States of America for unleashing Nickleback on them.

(a recent bill passed by parliment requires that Canadians say this whenever Nickleback comes up in an online conversation. Similar bills have been passed for Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne)

@potrick Ha!

This parody still makes me lol, in fact I like it better than the original.

Hmm, did you know Wikipedia claims: Nickelback ranks as the 11th best selling music act of the 2000s, and places as the 2nd best selling foreign act in the US behind The Beatles for the 2000s. @potrick, I forgive Canada, but shame on you America!

Or what about the Dutch Wikipedia that claims: Nickelbacks musical breakthrough was helped by a Canadian law, which stated that a fixed percentage of music played on national radio should be made in Canada.

The posterchild of mediocrity alright, just listen to there song: Someday you remind me.

cause theyre lame lame lame and that blond guy is fugly

@potrick Take back Bryan Adams, too!

Aside from the mediocrity, they’re constant air play is probably the second biggest reason. I don’t like to have things shoved down my throat and I’m tired of chocking on Nickleback’s lameness.

I don’t have any personal bias against them, but I don’t really like them and I can see why other people don’t as well. A lot of people don’t like the voice for one thing. Half the people I meet who talk badly of Nickelback complain about the main voice. It’s not a very good sound to a lot of people. Not to mention their songs are pretty generic with not very interesting lyrics. Of course, that doesn’t usually bother me since I listen to dance music…

My brother said Nickelback is part of the “Big Four” of hated bands: Nickelback, Creed, Insane Clown Posse, and Limp Bizkit.

Insane Clown Posse is hated? WTF?

Slightly off topic, but Nickelback reminds me of Creed for some reason…..

They both remind me of Hinder.

@DominicX, your bro should have a “top 5”, and throw Hinder in there..

@Noel_S_Leitmotiv Rednecks don’t even like Nickelback. trust me, I know a lot of rednecks

I wrote the following in response to another question asking about no talent bands:

Re Nickelback: It seems popular to bash these guys and I guess I’m about to do the same. Does their songwriting suck? Yes. Have they progressed as a band ands shown growth and improvement over time? Hell no. If one were not familiar with them and I played their releases to you, you would be hard pressed to put them in chronological order. What we have here is a band that early on found a formula for moderate success and they plan on sticking to it until everyone comes to their senses and stays away from their repetitive nonsense and immature “lyrics.” Is their sound fun at all? Yes, to a degree. Are they a solid performing band? Absolutely. Would I spend my concert dollar to see them as opposed to proven greats like Depeche Mode or R.E.M. or Coldplay or Radiohead or others like The Fray, Snow Patrol, Blue October, or even Keane, The Shins or Modest Mouse? Hell fluckin NO!

I might add that I saw them live at the Greek Theatre (an outdoor venue) here in Los Angeles several years ago. The most memorable part of that concert was the excessive fireworks and band members throwing large paper cups of beer into the audience. I suspect that was the highlight of the concert to even the many unfortunate concert-goers that unwittingly got soaked in beer. See ya….Gary/wtf

If you like Nickleback, then you should do the rest of the world a favor and just kill yourself.

@jmah Sloan. i remember Sloan. Do you like Our Lady Peace, too? :P

@eponymoushipster nope, a fan. :) although, rainn is all sorts of pretty. Do you like Sloan?

@jmah i had a few sloan songs back when. One was on a DGC rarities album i had in 8th/9th grade. “Stove” i think was the title of the song.

For me, grade 8/9, it was Grapes of Wrath as far as Canadian bands (but, I’m old ;-)). I did see Sloan perform at some dive bar. They actually put on a good show

As far as Canadian bands go I liked the Guess Who. I guess I’m even older.

@Darwin As far as performers go, Neil’s not bad either”

im a big New Pornographers fan (and associated acts Immaculate Machines, Destroyer, etc), as far as Canadian bands are concerned. Tokyo Police Club are good, too

@jmah – Saw him in concert in Miami in the early 1970’s. I liked the GW stage presence better.

@jmah Harvest Moon is one of my favorite songs. I love Neil Young. :)

Let’s not forget the best act to ever come out of Canada.

and these guys too.

@Likeradar LOL!

“all aboot”.

@Likeradar i’m gonna assume you meant to put a ~ at the end of that.

@jonsblond “fuck you uncle fucker”

@eponymoushipster What, you doubt my love and admiration for Robyn Sparkles? Ok, fine. ~ :)

@Likeradar no, i understand. i have a love affair ongoing with Stacy Q

when i perform my “handsome man” services, i play this song

But then there is this.

ooo, bad Canadian hair band.

because Chad Kroeger kicked my dog once.

@Likeradar i can;t believe you could have overlooked this

i personally don’t like them because i think most of their songs sound the same, and not in a very positive way. i don’t like their lyrics. i don’t really like the guy’s voice. also, that song ‘animal’ makes me cringe in a way that very few other songs do.

but it doesn’t really matter what other people think if you like them.

@tiffyandthewall i’m with ya… i much preffer listening to in bed all day over any nickleback song.