One of these things was not like the other. Photo: Wikipedia In the early s, the band came into its first bit of mainstream success, first with the release of their third album, Silver Side Up , in , and then with, The Long Road , which debuted at number six in and went on to be certified 3X platinum.
It was the only album to sell more than two million copies worldwide that year. Around that same time, something interesting was happening that might have subconsciously turned millions of people into Nickelback haters. It was a panel comedy show where four comedians discussed topical news stories, and the network advertised the hell out of it.
The joke had the same allure of those typically made about Creed, but this one was broadcast over and over again on national TV. People eventually forgot the ad and the exact joke, but the sentiment behind it had the staying power to put Nickelback on the map as a hated band, a joke. From then on, the idea of hating Nickelback definitely grew organically, but the band and its members ended up doing a lot to unintentionally add fuel to the fire.
In July , Nickelback released their fifth U. It saw overwhelmingly negative reviews from music critics, and some have even deemed it the worst song of all time.
Typically, the frontman of a rock band embodies the traits of our idea of what a rockstar is. Most of all, everyone loves them. His notably raspy voice and formerly spaghetti-like long blonde hair are definitely contributing factors too.
Nickelback … anyone? When the viral Internet we know and love today—the one filled with memes , sarcastic petitions and jokey events , full of self-deprecation—got underway, all of the Nickelback jokes transferred to the online world, where they prospered more than ever and even found new outlets. In the month the group was live, the pickle rallied more than 1. And of course, after years of being what can only be considered a real-life meme, Nickelback became an online viral meme sensation.
After years of this, Nickelback simply caved and began embracing their role as a meme. All of Nickelback. Not some Nickelback or a little Nickelback or the selected hits of Nickelback. The complete discography. The deep cuts. Words fail to convey the enormity and full horror of this task so instead I'll let the numbers do the talking. Nickelback has 18 years - years! During this time they have not been coasting.
Their laurels, and Nickelback have acquired many laurels over the past 18 years including nine Grammy nominations, three American Music Awards, a People's Choice award and most bizarrely a World Music award, have not been rested on.
They've sold 50 million records worldwide making them one of the biggest bands in the world. Surprisingly they've never had a number one hit here but they have topped our album charts. They've been busy is what I'm saying. Eight albums with a ninth due in a couple of months.
It's called Feed the Machine , and I believe the irony of this title would not have occurred to the band. Strained earnestness represents a large chunk of their catalogue, self-awareness does not. Combined these eight albums contain 88 tracks. The title track of the new one was released yesterday. This gives us a total of 89 Nickelback songs and I've now listened to them all. You know how time flies when you're having fun? Well, I just resorted to freaking maths to make my Nickelback time pass quicker But while countless naysayers of the post-grunge four-piece will rip apart their music, others will point out a less-frequented topic of debate in the Nickelback sphere: the fact that many of their songs sound almost exactly the same.
Although similarities between artists' own songs have been mainstays in music circles for ages, it was in when Nickelback released their guitar-heavy "Someday" that fans began to pay closer attention to the presumed "self-plagiarism. So I tried to put them together, one on the left speaker, one on the right speaker.
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