Member Nicklmaniac wrote:
Nickelback has spent years dodging the slings and arrows -- not to mention knives, bottles, bricks and small mammals -- launched at them by an outraged music press.
Despite the insistence of music press tastemakers that Nickelback is quite simply the worst thing ever to be recorded on to any audio format, the band continues to sell boatloads of CDs. Why? you ask.
Chad Kroeger told me back in 2000 when Nickelback was touring its second album, The State, people just want to hear something they can sing along to in the car. That's really it; the group's songs are catchy.
Simplistic, sure, but he was onto something as almost a decade later Nickelback is one of the most successful rock bands of the past 20 years.
Last night's show featured a few songs from Nickelback's latest release, Dark Horse, which rode off with Album of the Year at last weekend's Juno Awards.
But it was the hits that the crowd came to hear and Nickelback delivered them -- Photograph, Savin' Me, Figured You Out and Far Away were just a few that got the audience on their feet during the first half of the show.
The band loves its pyrotechnics and used them several times throughout the show, including the first song, Something In Your Mouth.
Chad, along with brother and bass player Mike Kroeger, guitarist Ryan Peake and drummer Daniel Adair played with an impressive energy and confidence.
It's really funny. The band really does have some of the worst lyrics in modern rock history. Something In Your Mouth and Figured You Out are the worst offenders, bearing the brunt of Kroeger's ham-fisted double entendres and somewhat sexist humour. But I will give Kroeger credit for standing his ground and making music for the everyman when he's been told time and again it's not the cool thing to do.
The "Meet and Greet" with the band was a little shorter than I would have liked, but I enjoyed the time very much and was able to catch up with them about what's been happening over the last 9 years.
I've read a couple of reviews here recently where the writer forget to give props to BackstagePassDirect. Not me. BPD - you're Numero Uno!
Back atcha Nicklmaniac.
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