Why are Nickleback SO hated?

[The Curmudgeon]

Trends and memes come and go, but one recurring theme seems to be the accepted fact that' Nickleback are a terrible band, up there with the likes of Niki Minaj and Justin Bieber for creating awful records.

But why? Unlike those two and the associated shit acts that are lumped aside them, Nickleback can actually put pen to paper and write songs and pick up instruments and play those songs. OK, those songs are cootie cutter, mundane treacle but Bon Jovi have been peddling similar fare for 20 years and when's the last time you saw a crowd of people throw rocks at them on stage? Never gonna happen.

So why have they been signalled out as music's new nightmare? Is it because Chad Kroger has that ridiculous name? Is it because he's married to Avril Lavigne? Ryan Adams married even less talented piece of ass Mandy Moore and he escaped unscathed.

So what is it about Nickleback? Why do YOU hate them?

[Ben]

They're the most cookie-cutter of cookie-cutter rock acts around. They have their signature single about being a rock star (appropriately titled "Rock Star"), most of the rest of their songs are vehicles for Chad to be a misogynistic prick ("she's just a woooooomaaaaan!!!"), and perhaps most important of all, I could play their riffs the first time I ever picked up a guitar. Not that I ever wasted my time learning shitty Nickelback songs... you can just tell by ear they don't do anything on the six-string that'll raise eyebrows, let alone widen eyes or induce head-nodding.

I don't think Avril makes much of a difference one way or the other, either. She hasn't done anything noteworthy for years, and the hate for Chad and Co. was strong long before she showed up. They were slated to play during halftime of the Thanksgiving Day football game in Detroit a year or two ago (which is somewhat of a big deal in America I suppose) and over 20,000 people in Detroit signed a petition to have them replaced. Unfortunately, they took the stage and sucked just the same.

[trashcanman]

You know how you made that thread about how shitty fake country is? Well, Nickelback is essentially the fake rock equivalent. And what's worse is that they're pretty much the biggest thing in rock music because of it so you can't get away from them. They have several songs where the melodies were blatantly ripped off from other people's work, their music is FUCKING BORING, Kroeger's vocals are just laughably corny, and he's possibly the worst lyricist in history. I'm not a Bon Jovi fan either, but they at least have a few songs worthy of being called classics and they're typically considered soft serve pop fare as well. I've never heard a Nickelback song and not been instantly annoyed by it. I'd probably marry Lavigne too, as long as I was drunk enough to get it annulled.