Talk About Rock Music

Has there ever been a band that divided rock lovers’ as much as Canadian band Nickelback do? Rock critics can’t stand them while the mainstream rock fans can’t get enough of them.

The steady mix of grunge and the softer side of hard rock, Nickelback has been one of the most successful and most loathed bands of the decade. There are certainly a lot of Nickelback fans on this blog - see previous post.

Nickelback have dominated the charts with four consecutive multi-platinum discs and they have won Juno awards, several Grammy nominations and a handful of American and Billboard Music Awards.
And yet, the rockers have still met with a barrage of criticism about all the band represents and the most bland and generic qualities of the mainstream music business.

It doesn’t help that while the band seem to poke fun at the “Rockstar” lifestyle in the song of the same name, they still continue to indulge in all these perks.

Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger who has increasingly isolated himself from the media, even admits to enjoying the commercial viability of the music business: “(The music business) truly is a popularity contest and when lots of people enjoy your stuff, it’s difficult for me to see the downside in that.”

Whatever your views on this band, Nickelback continue to make rock music albums and they have a loyal worldwide fan base that defies the critics.