Originally Posted by Drummer

They really are a raw rock band. Fuck anyone who calls them pop-rock. They are too heavy to be called pop. They are great musicians, too, my god.

Animals is good, but really, there are much better Nickelback songs, like Savin' Me, Never Again, Someday, How You Remind Me, and Woke Up This Morning.

Pop rock is a terrible genre to label these guys as. Seriously. Pop does not sound like Nickelback, AT ALL.



Unfortunately? I guess you expect the music industry to apologize to you for making Nickelback famous, I guess. They pretty much are regular rock anyways. Times have changed. Everyone knows how much different music is today, it's crazy.

Originally Posted by SporeCc

I agree.

And that's not true. Compare Nickelback to another pop-rock band like OAR, Rascall Flats, or even Paramore. In fact, Nickelback is like Paramore with a male vocalist.

They are the definition of "pop-rock", Drummer. That is, commercial "rock" that is only around to produce a series of similar hits and then disappear in a few years. That's the truth. Watch.

Originally Posted by Drummer

I'm not caring if they are commercial or not. What I'm saying is that they don't SOUND like pop-rock. To heavy to be considered that. Finger 11 sounds like pop-rock along with Paramore. I can agree that they are commercial, though.

Sound of pop-rock: Paralyzer - Finger 11. Perfect song for defining the sound of pop-rock.

Originally Posted by SporeCc

You can compare that to any Nickelback song. They sound the same.

Originally Posted by Drummer

You couldn't have been more wrong. I seriously can't stop laughing at that.... X)

They really are a raw rock band.

Originally Posted by Puffbunny

you're an idiot.

If you want raw, try the first album of the The White Stripes.

Nickelback couldnt make it in an alternative genre.

Originally Posted by SporeCc

They do. Don't kid yourself. Similar dynamic male vocalists, cheesy, unoriginal guitar driven riffs... i mean, it's all there.

Originally Posted by Puffbunny

you're an idiot.

If you want raw, try the first album of the The White Stripes.

Nickelback couldnt make it in an alternative genre.

Originally Posted by SporeCc

unoriginal guitar driven riffs

Originally Posted by Drummer

There's nothing new under the sun. You can only arrange so many notes and rythms. Riffs that you have heard and you think are original I guarantee you have been taken from classical pieces and much older bands. There's barely anything that's original, and same for classic bands.

Originally Posted by H4rl3quin

meh

it's not just a melody, it's how you play it, how it sounds. alternative/progressive bands come up with origional stuff all the time, that sounds great. There's not an infinite number of decent sounding riffs, but we sure as hell havent used them all yet, trust me.