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Karma? Man trying to sneak into Nickelback gig falls down gorge

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You know who I love? Nickelback. Not as musicians or anything, but as an entity. I like to think that the band are this sort of nebulous entity encapsulating everything a bit awkward and shitty about modern music (in an oddly endearing way, I mean). It also helps that pretty much every story they’re involved [...]

Photos: Nickelback @ Philips Arena

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Chad Kroeger and company played Atlanta’s Philips Arena last week. Check out photos courtesy of Artist Xposure’s Allen Ross Thomas.

Black Keys’ Drummer Apologizes to Nickelback

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The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has backtracked a little on the comments he made about Nickelback in an January interview with Rolling Stone. During the Rolling Stone cover story Carney stated, “Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world… So they became OK with [...]

Nickelback Engages in Embarassing Twitter War With Haters

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Add the following to the “list of things I never thought I’d type”: Poor old Nickelback. They’ve been having a hard time lately. No seriously, I mean it. From being voted the biggest musical turn-off to people protesting their gigs out of sheer hate for them, to being called the death of Rock music by [...]

Nickelback Responds to The Black Keys’ Comments

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Nickelback responds to the diss by The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney.

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Disses Nickelback

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When finger-pointing ensues for who exactly killed rock & roll, The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney has a clear figurehead in mind. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Carney attacks Nickelback and their influence on people’s indifference towards the mainstream: “Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in [...]

Surprising no one: Nickelback voted greatest turn-off

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Poor old Nickelback can’t seem to catch a break today, huh? Coming as a shock to literally no one on the entire God-damned Earth, Nickelback were recently voted the number one sexual turn-off, musically speaking, by users of tastebuds.fm. The way the site works is you enter your favorite artists and it looks for people [...]

Detroit Lions Fans Say No to Nickelback Performance

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A group of Detroit Lion fans have started a petition to get Nickelback uninvited to perform during the Lion’s half-time game show.