I agree with many of the reasons stated here for disliking Nickelback: boring, unoriginal, insipid lyrics, that horrible Bob Seger imitation of a voice.
I like music that I consider to be good and I won't apologize for it, nor will I apologize for calling something bad when it sounds bad to me.
And it has nothing to do with commercial success. When I was a child (and before), lots of great acts were very commercially successful. Even in the highly reviled disco scene of the '70s cream rose to the top. Increasingly that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. You have to search out the bands that are earnestly trying to make thoughtful, thought-provoking music. The documentary 'X:The Unheard Music' highlights the trend in the late '70s/early '80s when the music industry decided to stop taking risks with music artists.
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