I see a lot of hatred for Nickelback...just curious why?
I can understand why people would dislike Nickelback, but whenever the topic comes up with friends, I'll readily admit I listen to them/have some of their tunes in my library.
Is their music great? No, but it's very catchy and often fun to listen to. Would I rank it next to my albums of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen? Of course not, but that's not the point.
Part of the problem is that it's become social suicide amongst young people to profess any liking of Nickelback.
It's like how in kindergarten, liking Sesame Street and Barey was okay, but by the time you got to first grade all the boys were too "cool" for that baby stuff and you had to profess to hating Barney and Sesame Street. :-p
I've had friends say "It's uncool to like Nickelback dude, you better drop that." If I run into random strangers and they see me playing Nickelback, I'll be judged for my taste.
So there is a lot of pressure out their to dislike Nickelback.
Which is ironic, because the anti-Nickelback movement is based around the idea that 1) Nickelback sucks and 2) this is the music industry force feeding you bad music.
And just like the music industry, this anti-Nickelback movement is telling you/pressuring you what not to listen to.
At the end of the day, I say to each his own, like what you like. I also loved Creed back in the day. No shame.