Nickelback Name New Album

Nickelback recently announced "Dark Horse" as the title for their new album, set for release on November 18th on Roadrunner Records. Starting at 6AM on Monday, September 29th, the first single "Gotta Be Somebody" has been available for free download for a 24-hour period via participating radio station websites spanning all pop and rock formats, and via Nickelback.com or at nickelback.roadrunnerrecords.com. Additionally, the single was digitally delivered to radio on September 29th. Following the free download, the single was available for purchase via all online retailers. "Dark Horse" is co-produced by Nickelback and famed rock producer Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard).

A true modern success story, Nickelback has sold upwards of 26 million records worldwide, with 2005's "All The Right Reasons" accounting for 10 million of that total. In addition, the six singles from the album totaled 9.3 million downloads and 5.5 million ringtones. All proceeds of digital single and video sales for the song "If Everyone Cared" between February 1 and July 31, 2007 were donated to charity, equally distributed between Amnesty International and International Childrens' Awareness Canada. Each of the five videos from All The Right Reasons has reached #1 on VH1's playlist: "Photograph," "Savin' Me," "Far Away," "If Everyone Cared" and "Rockstar." In 2006 Nickelback was awarded a World Music Award for "World's Best Rock Group," a Billboard Touring Award for "Breakthrough Artist," an American Music Award for "Favorite Pop/Rock Album" and a People's Choice Award for "Best Rock Group."

Nickelback plans to embark on a worldwide tour in 2009.

Thanks for the info to Thegauntlet.com.

Comments

[FirstBlood1973]

The new song is pretty sweet I think.

[Smoothy333]

Should have named it "Mainstream Horse" instead.

[Noah1982]

INJUSTICE:
(n) a misdeed or wrong doing. i.e:
Nickelback is allowed to record more terrible music and sell it with serious faces. Yet, if I killed a man today, I would be put in jail.

[Vauxite]

I think it sounds pretty good.

[cambo187]

This article hurts my stomach...I feel like I need to go take a nickelback and wipe my Kroeger

[lewis_grey]

"Words Best Rock Group" hahaha, that's some funny s**t....

[GreenSaosiner]

lewis_grey wrote:

"Words Best Rock Group"

hahaha, that's some funny s**t....

[raasbo]

I can't believe that I used to like these guys like 6 years ago.

[sowhat360]

There are no words to describe this.....i feel embarrassed to be part of a world where this band can be as big as they are. This sounds like every other song I hear in the dentist office.

[Ducky-Kun]

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

[jcthomasva]

Dark Horse was a George Harrison album. Does Nickelback go out of their way to be unoriginal, or does it come naturally?

[Lin]

What the? We only just got their last shitty single off the air, and now we have another ALBUM?

[CamelToeJoe]

terrible, terrible band. i'd rather read youtube comments.

[Msu_Man04]

OLD Nickelback was good, like Silver Side Up.

When they could actually rock.

Their new music is bull.

[lewis_grey]

hahaha, that's some funny s**t....

lol my bad dude, I'm in a bit of a dyslexic mood right now :P

[chris0186]

The single sounds like a country song sung by a fat redneck with a hernia. Canada should be ashamed of themselves.

[Kelicon]

raasbo wrote:

I can't believe that I used to like these guys like 6 years ago.

Yeah really. When I first heard them they were being played on the hard rock station at home in between ****ing metallica and pantera! they weren't bad. then the second album happened....

[korbhag]

What most of you don't know is that almost every Nickelback song that doesn't get played on the radio is pretty kickass. Listen to a whole album before bashing them please...

[GuitarShredder+]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

hides behind flame shield? dude wtf are you smoking

[thedarkblues06]

GuitarShredder+ wrote:

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

hides behind flame shield? dude wtf are you smoking

Dude flame shields are effin' sweet. And I'm the same way, I don't care about mainstream, if it sounds good to me, I like it.

Probably only qualm is I would like their music, as far as guitar comes, to be something a little more complex. Other than that, I think their are a decent group.

[thedarkblues06]

they are* sorry for the typo. :P

[Disposable-Hero]

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

[Galvatron]

They couldn't make it as a metal band.
So they made it as a poor mans Pearl Jam.
This is how you remind me of how Nickelback sucks.
This is how you remind me.

[Tenacious Z]

I still don't understand why Billy Gibbons appeared on "Rockstar"

[Noverion]

Their singer has a really great voice, and theyve written some really great songs, Someday and Photograph i love.

[noodlegts]

Disposable-Hero wrote:

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

Seriously, if you ran a business like Nickelback runs their writing, you would make millions! Never invest a penny in research & development, and sell the same thing over and over.

Since I saw the youtube Some day / How you remind me video, I can't take this band seriously. Actually, I could never really take them seriously. Chad Kroeger takes himself waaayy too seriously!

[SSDDPunkRocker]

To Nickelback flamers: if you're in a band, I hope you folks make it big so UG can post articles about you, resulting in flaming.

[fr33t0m]

Terrible band. I hope they all die horrible deaths to make up for the pain they have inflicted to the world through their trendy garbage "music". Fake people in a fake band playing fake crap.

[jmetalf]

Appraisal of "Gotta be Somebody": Simple enough for people who know little about music in general: check. Gruff vocals that guarantee rock radio play: check. Feel good lyrics that parents can approve of but simultaneously still make 12 year old girls wet: check. I think we can all agree that this single is going to make them a sh*t load of money.

[RandomHeroXJack]

Noah1982 wrote:

INJUSTICE:
(n) a misdeed or wrong doing. i.e:
Nickelback is allowed to record more terrible music and sell it with serious faces. Yet, if I killed a man today, I would be put in jail.

+1

[jmetalf]

Seriously though. I think it's unfair to expect a band like nickleback who is so connected to the music industry and making so much money off of it to try to do something revolutionary. I mean they've obviously proven that they can keep a fairly consistent sound and make hits even out of their filler tracks, honestly if you're viewing it from a business standpoint... why would you ever want to change?

[insurgentsteve]

travlnmn41 wrote:

"Sh*t Sandwich" would have been a more appropriate name for an album made by the biggest phonies in the history of rock.

lawl, nice one

it was because of nickelback i learned that you can usually tell if a song is going to be a piece of crap by the first line:

"I'm through with standing in lines to clubs I'll never get in" NEXT!
"Look at this photograph" NEXT!
"Never made it as a wise man" This might be decent
"I like your pants around your feet" Cheesy but... I can dig it.

[ironman316]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVA0vHrG89U

they're pretty good live and they do a hell of a sad but true cover.

[getts182]

Tenacious Z wrote:

I still don't understand why Billy Gibbons appeared on "Rockstar"

Money.

[Philly.D.S.]

typical first single.. hopefully they have a couple good tracks on the album

[Kapalen]

ironman316 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVA0vHrG89U

they 're pretty good live and they do a hell of a sad but true cover.

They cover Sad but True? That should be an offense punishable by death

[WyldeMan666]

dude they do the same brand of rock as Van halen,Motley Crue, and many other good time bands of the 80's only thier a modern band, so my question is if you dont like Nickleback, and we all know you dont like Nickleback why say it at all

[Metallicam]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

+1

Not a big Nickelback fan, but I agree with your opinion of mainstream.

[Johnonon]

NOBODY CARES!

Their music is sterile, the lyrics make me cringe, and Chad is trying to be a family-friendly Cobain. Complete tools

[Sonic Blast]

what's wrong with them? just cause they can put out an album that sells well doesn't mean they're bad. sure they use the same 4 chords all through the song, but they're a mainstream band that i can respect.

[mnhockey99]

So Nickelback made it, they're repetitive, they're cliched and they made it mainstream? Honestly, isn't that what mainstream is all about? They've sold 26 million albums, someone is buying them and I bet 90% of you at least have one Nickelback mp3, although you might not admit it. Hell, I'd take 1% of their fans if I could!

[pogo_punkr]

Spanky McGrits wrote:

they should have named the album "We Suck Balls"

Thank you!

[_GoingBlind_]

Disposable-Hero wrote:

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

WORD! my sentiments exactly. If your going to do it, do it well, these guys are recycling masters, and if I could get away with I would do it too, but my brain won't let me. But now that they are being replicated by another Canada Kroeger produced/discovered band Theory of a Gayman, why aren't we makin fun of them?

[KtuluCalls]

Noah1982 wrote:

INJUSTICE:
(n) a misdeed or wrong doing. i.e:
Nickelback is allowed to record more terrible music and sell it with serious faces. Yet, if I killed a man today, I would be put in jail.

true. but Ill tell you what. I saw them in concert and they did a metallica cover, sad but true, and they actually sound better as a truly heavy band instead of the crap they put out. side of a bullet aside cause that was a tribute and it had a solo....ha anyway they just need a different sound then what they have now. but i agree +1000

[KtuluCalls]

_GoingBlind_ wrote:

Disposable-Hero wrote:

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

WORD! my sentiments exactly. If your going to do it, do it well, these guys are recycling masters, and if I could get away with I would do it too, but my brain won't let me. But now that they are being replicated by another Canada Kroeger produced/discovered band Theory of a Gayman, why aren't we makin fun of them?

dont ever...EVER...say WORD again -100000

[KtuluCalls]

Kapalen wrote:

ironman316 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVA0vHrG89U

they 're pretty good live and they do a hell of a sad but true cover.


They cover Sad but True? That should be an offense punishable by death

no. seriously it was good. like my last post. said (done posting sorry for the triple post.)

[KtuluCalls]

ok forget the triple post. dude, you need to chill. every band has haters just deal with it. even metallica does (i dont know how) but they do. just grow up and stop name calling, o' ye of low intelligence.

[5_Strings]

Lol these guys talking about how seriously they're taking themselves are funny .. I don't understand .. How do you want them to be

[KtuluCalls]

Disposable-Hero wrote:

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

ac/dc?

[p1nh34d]

Few minutes ago I was listening Meshuggah - Contradiction Collapse but after all post where you were bitchin' about Nickelback I stopped and now play Nickelback
I'm not big fan but I like them. I don't care if they use 2,3,4 or 10 chords their songs are catchy and easy to remember.
My question is what is mainstream ?
Im from europe, in 2001 I was in USA and people were telling me that Oasis is awesome and that they are alternative. Nope in Europe they were and are just brit pop and what plays most became later mainstream.
So what is the problem ? Mainstream or not if you like it you like it if you dont than dont buy their music and dont support them.

Sometimes I feel that people in discussion are only to complain and posting negative comments.

[ragethetool]

Nickelback is proof you don't have to be good at anything to sell millions of records to 16 year old girls.

Maybe I should practice guitar LESS and I'll get famous and have enough jail bait to last me til I'm as old as Keith Richards.

Heroin addiction and blow jobs here I come!

[roketsox23]

old stuff was awesome and even some of the harder new stuff. but that new single just scared the shit out of me ever even thinking of downloading the album. even over limewire. not even worth the time.

Checked.

[_GoingBlind_]

this is just for KtuluCalls, WORD! word? Word?! "dude chill" it's just a .....word. okay I'm done now ...word. I guess its -200000 douche points for me. I must go cry myslef to sleep on my plush nickelback pillow

[shredguy]

lol whats with all the bashing. I hate metal heads who think you have to be able to shred on your instrument to write a decent song. You wonder why your band hasnt made it after 10 years. My favourite bands are like Arch Enemy and CoB but I still like Nickelback. Its just easy listening. I love to light up a dube and chill to some Nickelback. It usually is earlier nickelback but there new stuff is good.

[punkforlife93]

This band's alright, or at least some of their songs are. I can definitely dig Believe It Or Not, Too Bad, Good Times Gone, Savin' Me, Follow You Home - some songs are crap, but these are some pretty sweet shit.

[wickbone73]

at least theyre not as horrible as hinder. Nickelback does suck, but Hinder is watered down nickelback. wow, thats just bad

[ShadesOfNight]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

il agree with you on that one.
i mean, if you like it then who gives a ****?
its just narrow minded, judgemental wankers on here that are "disgraces to society". not nickelback fans. not even mcr of fob fans. as much as i hate them, i dont go flaming them coz unlike you losers....i have a life

[lilherby]

Wasn't Crazy Town's second album called Dark Horse, and didn't those catchy guys flop. Maybe the same will happen to this nickelback album, then everyone can stop complaining. Or mabe it'll do really well, in which case your complaints won't matter anyways. There's a customer for everything in this world. I will never understand why when people ask why other people who arent interested in a band read their news and make spiteful comments, never get an answer, they just get yelled at for liking a band that millions of people like. Clearly they're not out of place in the world.

[JahCohBee]

Why Dark Horse? Why not something a little less ambiguous.. Like "Poorly Lit Horse" or "Well Shaded Horse" or "Unbathed Equine" I dunnoooo!!!

[rebreh]

NickelBack is an ok sounding group but they aren't very original. They basically took all the cliches of the grunge and post grunge scene.

[kennedys1]

all you bashers need to stop judging Nickelback on all the stuff that they play on the radio, they actually rock it out, ex. Side of a Bullet, All The Wrong Reasons, Follow You Home, Pusher, Where?, Because Of You, Woke Up This Morning, Good Times Gone, Breathe, Leader Of Men... put down your flame throwers for a second, take a listen, and stop being so close minded

[travd92]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

+1000. they are pretty damn good live also. i really don't care if they are mainstream or unoriginal. i enjoy their music.

[FrayedSanity]

korbhag wrote:

What most of you don't know is that almost every Nickelback song that doesn't get played on the radio is pretty kickass. Listen to a whole album before bashing them please...

This.

[dieloony2]

Like the George Harrison record? very original guys.

[scud1987]

it really pis$es me off when a band makes some money and then all of a sudden everyone says their music "sucks" and their "old stuff is better." to be honest, i would love to make millions for doing something i love and id wanna acheive it with my band. nickelback are awesome and got better with every album. yea i know rockstar is possibly one of the most annoying songs in existance...but has anyone actually LISTENED to the whole album without immediately dismissing it? i doubt it...and ur missing out...

[G0dzilla]

Well, i like there earlier albums but the new single is not good...

[uberphreak]

Honestly, A lot of their stuff sounds the same... but their last album was actually decent, I didn't mind it. A couple of the singles were kind of corny (Animals? Come on.) but overall the album was pretty good. I'll at least give this one a listen.

[uberphreak]

Sorry for the double post, but I meant 'Rockstar', not 'Animals'.

[TheJudasKiss]

The truth is, they write catchy songs.

[scott316]

the new song is gash. i like the heavier stuff, but if the new single is a sign of things to come it will be a very forgetable album

[shotgunjoe]

Noah1982 wrote:

INJUSTICE:
(n) a misdeed or wrong doing. i.e:
Nickelback is allowed to record more terrible music and sell it with serious faces. Yet, if I killed a man today, I would be put in jail.

Yeah that sounds like a logical comparison.

But yeah, I hate Nickelback.

[VertigodowN]

why God? why?

[Notoriousdoc]

Everybody should go listen to Curb and put all the new stuff to the back of their minds for a while.

[lockedandlogan]

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride...

Then this shitty band wouldn't exist.

[SmileOfHavok]

Notoriousdoc wrote:

Everybody should go listen to Curb and put all the new stuff to the back of their minds for a while.

I could swear they said they were going to take a really long break after touring for All the Right Reasons? It seemed like they never went away...and yeah, their old stuff is pretty baller.

[qotsakyuss]

they should have named the new album " we suck and we're gonna break up for good and we're not even actually gonna release another album cos we suck that bad" they should go buy themselves some led zep and qotsa albums and listen to worlds REAL best rock bands...

[KILLAGORILLA700]

p1nh34d wrote:

Few minutes ago I was listening Meshuggah - Contradiction Collapse but after all post where you were bitchin' about Nickelback I stopped and now play Nickelback
I'm not big fan but I like them. I don't care if they use 2,3,4 or 10 chords their songs are catchy and easy to remember.
My question is what is mainstream ?
Im from europe, in 2001 I was in USA and people were telling me that Oasis is awesome and that they are alternative. Nope in Europe they were and are just brit pop and what plays most became later mainstream.
So what is the problem ? Mainstream or not if you like it you like it if you dont than dont buy their music and dont support them.

Sometimes I feel that people in discussion are only to complain and posting negative comments.

well my idea of mainstream is music that is made especially for album sales and radio airplay that has little or no artistic merit and is basically a pile of formulated money-grabbing bullshit. oasis (like them or not, im not a big fan) were actually just recording what seemed cool to them at the time but that caught on and eventually got played to death on radio, tv etc. i dont consider that mainstream, their music just caught on. nickelback probably have more financial meetings than they do band practices. infact their music, image and appeal are probably planned on graphs. basically im just trying to explain that nicklelback suck hippopotamus balls.

[patrick102793]

OK serioulsy. You ow i read all these negative comments and I'm like wtf. Nickelback is great and you have to respect them. I will admit SSU was the best but if your just gonna dog on them then get a f**king life. call some chicks or something jesus christ

[lockedandlogan]

patrick102793 wrote:

OK serioulsy. You ow i read all these negative comments and I'm like wtf. Nickelback is great and you have to respect them. I will admit SSU was the best but if your just gonna dog on them then get a f**king life. call some chicks or something jesus christ

Great? You poor, confused man. I don't have to respect them I think they're awful.

By the way my girlfriend is busy and Jesus hasn't been answering my calls.

[Aidan93]

Meh.. i dont hate nickleback like most people here,but this single isnt doin anything for me

[patrick102793]

see if u think nickelback is soooo awful then why click on the friggin article?
just so u can flame or talk s**t on someones opinion

and dont tell me im confused i know good music
metal is the greatest thing ot ever happen to music but bcuz i like metal i get criticized by people i probably neer will meet?

[strat0blaster]

Msu_Man04 wrote:

OLD Nickelback was good, like Silver Side Up.

When they could actually rock.

Their new music is bull.

Yeah, becuase "Side of a Bullet" is so much more mellow than "Breathe," right?

If you like them, cool. If not, cool. But you're all acting like morons, flinging around terms like "mainstream" when it's every musician's goal to have his/her vision heard by as many people as possible.

I don't often use the term, but you're all just a bunch of HATERS.

Yo.

Sorry. I felt the 'yo' was necessary.

[stratele]

huh? I swear there last album was only just released? Like this summer?

[patrick102793]

so let me ask you something metalheads of UG
metallica sold probably waaaayy more records than nickelback

so theyre mainstream too i guess?
y know last time i checked it was a good thing to make great money doing what you love

[patrick102793]

stratele wrote:

huh? I swear there last album was only just released? Like this summer?

2005 bud

[southern_stylin]

It's pretty common in Canada to see/hear about work boots getting chucked at the band when they play live.

[kamjam7]

wow "World's Best Rock Artist"? they can come up with pretty catchy melodies and everything popular, but man, their lyrics are a MESS! i like them, and i've got all 5 cd's, but i really don't think World's Best Rock Artist really describes them. They really need to develop some more style, and mix it up a bit (mostly the lyrics). that would maybe suggest them as a candadite.

[sorrykid77]

ehhhhh bleg

that is all

[earlscourt95]

Chad's voice keeps getting better. He sounds great on Gotta Be Somebody (although he sounded great back on Silver Side Up so whatever...)

[JackMonty]

You know, the bottom line is they've sold 26 million records, which is probably 26 million more than any of us have sold. And they get to party like rock stars, while we just get to bash on them (or not).

I've seen them live, and while they are not my favorite, it was a good show. And the live performance is where all the fun of playing is anyway.

[ThatCostsMoney]

this is like a week old

[katanaking]

Smoothy333 wrote:

Should have named it "Mainstream Horse" instead.

i was at nickelback live in odyssey arena belfast and they were sick... dont matter if they mainstream or watever it matters if they make good music

[Carlson-online]

dont forget nickel only release there more "poppy" songs to radio.

so peoples perception of the band is wrong.
they have a lot of heavier stuff on there albums

[That-Funny-Guy]

they remind me of radiohead. like alot.

[Discouraged]

Disposable-Hero wrote:

Ah I respect Nickelback. Not because of their talent, because in all honesty they lack anything origional, but because of their ability to basically replicate the same song over and over and they still some how manage to sell it.

I respect you in the same way. For replicating the same old bullsh*t comment that gets posted on every article about this band, and still somehow managing to think you're smart/cool.

Anyway, Nickelback are mainstream for a reason. Because people like their music. Trying to argue that a mainstream band/artist sucks because their music is mainstream is pretty ignorant and redundant.

[Discouraged]

Dr. No wrote:

Nickelback sucks, the only good Canadian band is Rush. God, I love Rush.

What you mean to say is:

'I don't like Nickelback. Of the Canadian bands that I've actually listened to, Rush is the only band that I've liked. God, I love Rush.'

It sounds alot less ignorant when you refrain from stating your opinion as though it's fact. When it's not.

Also, I love Rush too.

[MaAal_MaAan]

I shamelessly listen to and like Nickelback. I can't wait for this new album and I will happily go out and BUY it.

Who cares if they are "mainstream"
The Beatles were pretty mainstream...

[tona_107]

thedarkblues06 wrote:

GuitarShredder+ wrote:

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

hides behind flame shield? dude wtf are you smoking

Dude flame shields are effin' sweet. And I'm the same way, I don't care about mainstream, if it sounds good to me, I like it.

Probably only qualm is I would like their music, as far as guitar comes, to be something a little more complex. Other than that, I think their are a decent group.

It doesn't matter that they're mainstream. They just plain suck. They are the most generic sounding unoriginal band I have ever heard make it big.

[MaAal_MaAan]

strat0blaster wrote:

Yo.

Sorry. I felt the 'yo' was necessary.

It's always necessary

[DrPooh]

MaAal_MaAan wrote:

I shamelessly listen to and like Nickelback. I can't wait for this new album and I will happily go out and BUY it.

Who cares if they are "mainstream"
The Beatles were pretty mainstream...

The Beatles were once the greatest band in the world, Nickelback are currently the worst, Mainstream works the market, like they've done with Nickelback, Beatles sold themselves because their music was so good.

tona_107 wrote:

thedarkblues06 wrote:

GuitarShredder+ wrote:

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

hides behind flame shield? dude wtf are you smoking

Dude flame shields are effin' sweet. And I'm the same way, I don't care about mainstream, if it sounds good to me, I like it.

Probably only qualm is I would like their music, as far as guitar comes, to be something a little more complex. Other than that, I think their are a decent group.
It doesn't matter that they're mainstream. They just plain suck. They are the most generic sounding unoriginal band I have ever heard make it big.

^ This guy is getting it!

[Guitar_Hero2]

Hmm...I really dunno what to say. I haven't heard the new single. But it's pretty normal to see people bash Nickelback. I like 'em. But I really don't wanna hear their songs on the radio. That's why I don't really listen to the radio that much. I think people should just stop bashing. All they say is "Nickelback sucks balls" and shit. Uh, last time I checked...they were in a ****ing Playboy Magazine doing interviews. And they are a lil bit grunge, considering the fact that they are good friends with Jerry Cantrel from Alice in Chains. So...really? Nickelback sucks? I loved Side of a Bullet. Pantera is one of my fav. bands. And I like Nickelback. So FUCKIN' SHOOT ME. Get over yourselves...and get a better musical spectrum. Holy crap. Why just listen to metal? Why not spread out different bands? Different styles of music, and different melodies? Is that what music is about? Putting your heart into the music and the influences you had listeing to other bands as you grow and mature musically? I thought soo...maybe I'm wrong. Oh, well.

[Discouraged]

DrPooh wrote:

^ This guy is getting it!

Neither of you are getting it. Who gave you the right to define what good music is? It's down to individual taste. The majority of the population happen to like Nickelback, hence they are a mainstream band. Just because you don't like them, doesn't mean that they suck.

[everlong12]

i like some of there stuff, like animal and flat on the floor but this song is just.....eeww

[slashedaxl103]

ragethetool wrote:

Nickelback is proof you don't have to be good at anything to sell millions of records to 16 year old girls.

Maybe I should practice guitar LESS and I'll get famous and have enough jail bait to last me til I'm as old as Keith Richards.

Heroin addiction and blow jobs here I come!

LOL, just LOL!

[shadow__666]

Discouraged wrote:

xXa7Xx wrote:

lol, nickelback

Lol, Avenged Sevenfold. Every 14 year old boys favourite metal act. Not only are your posts un-original, but your personality is aswell.

Avenged Sevenfold have some talent. Nickelback don't.

[pootoob]

I liked Nickelback, till one of their songs was played on the radio every 15 minutes... Now I can't stand them.

Anyone else notice how this was announced like last week?

and, Chad Kroeger looks like a dork with his Cobain-esque hair and beard. He takes himself too seriously. Music is supposed to be FUN! Not cultivating an image to sell to millions of people.

[Guitarfreak777]

This song blew, not the Nickelback I love.

[KyuNaynne]

Well, I love this band.. and in my country they aren't that mainstream, so I don't get tired of them
Nickelback rocks!

[motleycrew92]

so youll seriously put some crap about nickleback on here and not even mention the PHISH REUNION!!!!!

[Austyn6661]

shredguy wrote:

lol whats with all the bashing. I hate metal heads who think you have to be able to shred on your instrument to write a decent song. You wonder why your band hasnt made it after 10 years. My favourite bands are like Arch Enemy and CoB but I still like Nickelback. Its just easy listening. I love to light up a dube and chill to some Nickelback. It usually is earlier nickelback but there new stuff is good.

This guy gets it.

And to Discouraged, Sevenfold are a great band, so please gtfo.

Thanks.

[Spankyx2]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

got more room back there, i also like nickelcback. I mean, its still good music, and i don't care if its simple and mainstream. good music

[deathbyawesome]

Wait, did they steal the title from george harrison?

Checked.

Band flaming results in a warning.

[ViperScale]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F3O6WYfHQ&feature=related

[dann_blood]

Butthurt metal fans can't handle good mainstream bands. Lol.
Hope this album has more a feel of The Long Road than All the Right Reasons. Hell, even if they put on an extra 5-songs to accomodate the singles that they are required, by their contracts, to produce would make me happy.

[SoftParade1967]

Fuck yes!! I cant wait for the Nickelback album! I need some new Nickelback meterial. i love the new song. Amazing as usual.

[Shredslayer]

Ok just cause there not from some remote norwegian village or because they dont dont play music that makes your ears bleed does not make them shit.

Fuck i get sick of some of your retarded anti "mainstream" bullshit. Sometimes mainstream isn't always a bad thing.

[TooFast]

Ducky-Kun wrote:

I quite like nickelback... I really don't care if somethings mainstream or not... If it sounds good who cares =_= *hides behind flame shield*

I'm with this guy.

[Ktool The Girth]

Most of you people need to get over yourselfs. Seriously, dont like it? dont listen. Every band you hate isnt the worst thing since hitler. Theres other genres out there besides brootal metulz.

[Matt Doreen]

They're not bad.

I'm just so sick of them. I hear a song by them on the radio once a day, without fail, every single day.

[Moose1309]

For you haters, you'll enjoy this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F3O6WYfHQ

Anyway, to the guy who said to listen to their whole album before you judge, he's got a point. I was filling in with my parents' country band (everyone together now, "Country! Boo!") and all the crowd wanted to hear was Nickleback. While packing up that night, we felt a lot like Nickleback probably did in this video, but they cranked some Nickleback out of the jukebox I've never heard, and it was alright. I totally agree that they seem to reinvent the same song over and over, but from what I've heard, at least they have some killer tone. I don't know, I guess what I'm trying to say is no, I'm not a Nickleback fanatic, but hey their stuff, no matter how basic, is still some overdriven rock n' roll that can be catchy at times. I don't mind his voice either.

[metal4me]

jcthomasva wrote:

Dark Horse was a George Harrison album. Does Nickelback go out of their way to be unoriginal, or does it come naturally?

Dark Horse is also the name of a book, a movie, and a comic book.

someone really needs to destroy nickelback. we need to petition to congress to make nickelback completely illegal in the united states.

[Hash4you]

Galvatron wrote:

They couldn't make it as a metal band.
So they made it as a poor mans Pearl Jam.
This is how you remind me of how Nickelback sucks.
This is how you remind me.

HAHAHA, clever as ****!

[Ktool The Girth]

metal4me wrote:

jcthomasva wrote:

Dark Horse was a George Harrison album. Does Nickelback go out of their way to be unoriginal, or does it come naturally?

Dark Horse is also the name of a book, a movie, and a comic book.

someone really needs to destroy nickelback. we need to petition to congress to make nickelback completely illegal in the united states.

Why dont we destroy everything that isnt metal while we're at it?

[Haunted_Shell]

Lol I'd rather listen to nickelback than Metallica or AC/DC these days...

[gibson-sg-rocks]

SELLOUTS. FKING HELL. i used to love this band. wtf. why make songs for the radio????? stay true to yourself and your music, stop writing songs for the radio. jesus christ.

[Jondy]

Ktool The Girth wrote:

metal4me wrote:

jcthomasva wrote:

Dark Horse was a George Harrison album. Does Nickelback go out of their way to be unoriginal, or does it come naturally?

Dark Horse is also the name of a book, a movie, and a comic book.

someone really needs to destroy nickelback. we need to petition to congress to make nickelback completely illegal in the united states. Why dont we destroy everything that isnt metal while we're at it?

starting with coffee, we will make everything metal, blacker than the blackest black, TIMES INFINITY!

[tbarrettl]

WyldeMan666 wrote:

dude they do the same brand of rock as Van halen,Motley Crue, and many other good time bands of the 80's only thier a modern band, so my question is if you dont like Nickleback, and we all know you dont like Nickleback why say it at all

Van Halen, are you kidding me these people aren't near the caliber of Van Halen.

[cloud041089]

insurgentsteve wrote:
"I'm through with standing in lines to clubs I'll never get in" NEXT!
"Look at this photograph" NEXT!
"Never made it as a wise man" This might be decent
"I like your pants around your feetCheesy but... I can dig it.

oh man, i completely forgot about that song! i was too busy getting choked by their lame shit ballads on the radio.

[GREENWARRI0R]

The new album is entitled "Shit", just like every other album they've made.

[Rajah]

For those who jump on the bandwagon and say all their songs sound the same, do yourself a favor and listen to their entire catalog and get the facts. They are very diverse, but I guess it's just another case of the green-eyed monster. They are successful - get over it!

I caught the end of the new AC/DC song on an oldies station a month ago, not knowing it was new, and wondered which album it was off. It could have been taken straight off Back In Black and you wouldn't know the difference. It sounded exactly like every other song they've recorded over the last 30 years. Where's the bashing?

[faint_spirit]

Msu_Man04 wrote:

OLD Nickelback was good, like Silver Side Up.

When they could actually rock.

Their new music is bull.

i concur. well, it wasn't great, but it had a couple of half-decent ones, at least

[faint_spirit]

also, i can't decide which is worse...

bono or more nickelback albums?

yeah, it's definitely bono

[mitch311]

lewis_grey wrote:

"Words Best Rock Group" hahaha, that's some funny s**t....

Haha nickelback aren't even a rockband they are a pop group. They're pretty much a boyband

[Jimmy5790]

Nickleback aren't that bad, yeah the radio stations play out their singles(if i hear photogragh or rockstar one more time i might kill someone) but there non-singles are pretty good, listen to their tribute to Dime, Side Of A Bullet its one of the most metal songs ever, and yeah the solo was recorded by dime but they can play it live, thus proving they have at least some talent.Oh and that video on youtube about them plagiarising themselves was edited so the timing and everything synced up right

[g-tarist]

dann_blood :
Butthurt metal fans can't handle good mainstream bands. Lol.
Hope this album has more a feel of The Long Road than All the Right Reasons. Hell, even if they put on an extra 5-songs to accomodate the singles that they are required, by their contracts, to produce would make me happy.

lol ahahahahahahahah funniest thing ever written..... its also funnier knowing your actually serious wen writing that ahahahahahaha please... stop... ur killing me bahahahahahaha.....

[b-rock34]

I will, for the life of me, never understand why so many people hate Nickelback so much! First of all, let me say this... I am not a Nickelback fan. However, I just don't get why they inspire so much animosity. To me, they are just a harmless rock band. I don't get a sense that they are faking anything or trying especially hard to be popular. They never claimed to be hardcore. Right from the beginning they have released songs with a hook. If it's not for you, it's not for you. But, why do you people get so violent and aggressive over them. I'm sorry they get airplay and sell records, but I'd rather it be a rock band (of any kind), than one more monotonous rap or R&B act. Lighten up a little people. Look around, the world is crumbling below your feet. There are more important things to get worked up about... peace!

[Slash_1985]

Most of you think that Nickelback's songs are simple and you also think they plagiarize themselves. I wonder, did you ever heard of a rock band which is called ACDC? I guess you call them gods for doing the same thing (taking into account the differences)that Nickelback does. Ain't it right?

[piecies_81]

I have a belly button.

[pootoob]

Still, better than one man, two note R&P bull.

[kennethdave]

Galvatron wrote:

They couldn't make it as a metal band.
So they made it as a poor mans Pearl Jam.
This is how you remind me of how Nickelback sucks.
This is how you remind me.

This made me laugh the $hit out of me...wahahahaha...

[Richee]

I truely cannot wait for this album...finally got to see Nickelback a couple weeks back... Ive seen LOADS ofbands live, including metallica, RHCP,etc and Nickelback have BY FAR been the best and most entertaining.... Im liking the new song. Granted Rockstar got WAY overplayed, but to everyone who hates them just cause its familiar, HA losers Chad Kroegers one of the best songwriters of this generation.

[The_Trooper14]

Rockstar is probably the worst song ever written and considering how similar every Nickelback song sounds that would put them all in that category, in my oppinion, Nickelback is the worst band in the world, I would rather listen to new AFI then that, or Lil Wayne, and as far as being a gifted "Song Writer" goes, a robot could write those songs, in fact theyre probably mass produced on some assembly line somewhere to keep people's minds numb with bland music that has no feeling and the same song structure every single time

[PanteraRapesYou]

A new Nickelback album?! RUN AWAY!!

[playinbass1432]

World's best rock group?

I'm rarely speechless, but ****.

[KtuluCalls]

kennethdave wrote:

Galvatron wrote:

They couldn't make it as a metal band.
So they made it as a poor mans Pearl Jam.
This is how you remind me of how Nickelback sucks.
This is how you remind me.


This made me laugh the $hit out of me...wahahahaha...

They arent that bad...when they want to be. again think about this, metallica made under par music with bob rock if nickleback was pushed in the right direction they wouldnt be as bad. they arent bad musicians they just do what they know how to. they dont take risks.

[KtuluCalls]

The Beatles were once the greatest band in the world, Nickelback are currently the worst, Mainstream works the market, like they've done with Nickelback, Beatles sold themselves because their music was so good.

MCR, ICP, Fallout boy. to me, nickleback is like metallica compared to these guys.

[RockerD416]

Hmmm...

Has any of you flamers actually listened to anything but the shitty ass radio singles?

I agree I wasn't too horribly impressed with the new single but I'm certain it's gonna be a hit.

Listen to The Long Road, especially "Because of You" and "Throw Yourself Away." Their non-singles actually are pretty rockin'.

[Slash181]

i think anyone who just slates off these guys have just lost all artistic traits in their blood, im sorry but ive just read through all the bullshit u guys have posted and i think wait.....your sitting at home doing nothin in your lives while these guys are ****in doin somethin' decent. havnt even listened to the album properly and your already out with your guns. sorry but your all very norrow minded people and thats what makes the difference between you and them.
btw this was not aimed at people who have a proffesional opinion and not 'Troll' all over the interent.
:@ :@ :@

[fashanu]

Despite the amount of nickelback love, this wall of hate for nickelback has restored my faith in humanity

[pogo_punkr]

fashanu wrote:

Despite the amount of nickelback love, this wall of hate for nickelback has restored my faith in humanity

They still suck

[DarkDekk]

Good band...dont care what all ye "i hate nickelback" people think..if you actually lisetned to their stuff that wasnt on the radio id bet you'd like them!

[crank-the^bass]

Everyone keeps knocking Nickelback's music and everything, personally I'm not that huge of a fan either, but I give them credit for being one of the most successful rock bands to come from Canada. Seriously, they've done pretty good for a crappy, unoriginal Canadian band, right?

[TheSuffering08]

they are the absolute worst band out there today bar none.