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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
I wish we would have had Nickelback and Theory of a Deadman when I was a teen.
You want some bands to hate? Don't get me started on Journey, Styx, Loverboy and their like. I suspect Chad Kroeger understands enough about the music industry that he'll make money on stage right now and then at some point he'll make it off other bands. Meanwhile many of those "artists" from the 80s are touring county fairs and casinos in Oklahoma hoping someone remembers them.
Rock and Roll is entertainment, not art.
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I hate labeling genres when it comes to pop because it represents a sound and an "art form". so when I say "pop-rock" I mean the sound, not all popular rock and roll.
See I don't hate Journey, Styx, and Loverboy et al. Because Pop-Rock can be good. If it is done well. In fact POP IS GOOD. Good pop consists of melodies, lyrics, and instrumentals that are GOOD.
Nickelback has a monotonous sound that comes off as lazy; acoustic beginning, drums pick up on the second verse, chorus the wall of "rock guitars" crash in (which is just four power chords over and over again). They remind me of a phony Ramones. The Ramones weren't making music with their three chords, they were making noise. But they didn't pretend to be musicians. Nickelback does.
On the entertainment front: Chad's tone is so flat. The guitars are monotonous. The bass line singular. The drumming predictable. There is nothing dynamic about it. How is it even entertaining? I just don't get it. There are no hooks because all of their stuff is so dissonant sounding. I don't get it.
I'm not of the persuasion that is amused when pyro goes off. So maybe it's just not my thing. I like some substance.