April 1, 2019.
Written by Brin Duggan and Conor Morrissey.
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
1) Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison died aged 27.
While Cobain, Winehouse, Joplin, Hendrix and The Doors made some amazing music, but they don’t each have a back catalogue featuring eight albums and 124 songs.
Throw enough mud at a wall and eventually some will stick, right?
2) They are consummate gentlemen.
They are known to be accessible by their hordes of adoring fans. A story from Joan in Manitoba backs this up. She met them and turned down an autograph from Chad Kroeger, which the band met with hysterics. Anyone who can laugh at themselves is considered a good person, yeah?
Another little tid-bit… They allowed their songs to be used as a deterrent to dangerous drivers in Canada, thoughtful and safe.
3) They aren’t American.
Since Nickelback charged onto the scene, offering a fresh perspective from the Great White North, the Canada has virtually dominated the 21st century, paving the way for compatriots Justin Bieber, Drake, The Weeknd, Avril Lavine and Michael Buble to follow in their footsteps.
Also, hailing from North of the border, they have no connection to Donald Trump and apparently do not even own guns.
4) They’ve donated heaps of money to charity.
They donated 100% of the profits of their iconic song “If Everyone Cared” to Amnesty. Amen.
This is not the only example though, a quick google search shows Nickleback really are a bunch of philanthropists.
5) “Photograph” is the most relatable song ever written.
To quote YouTube user, Renegade3O6, “The reason these guys get so much hate is probably because they speak the truth.” Liked by 1.7 thousand people, democracy rules again.
The first line of photograph is, “look at this photograph, every time I do it makes me laugh.” Who can honestly say they have not looked at a photo and laughed? There is a small to minute amount of circumstantial evidence to suggest Chad Kroeger was actually the pioneer of the humble “meme”, which is potentially what he is referring to here.
Nickelback – Photograph
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6) They have 1.57 billion views on YouTube.
The Beatles have only 1.13 billion views, Elvis has not even cracked a billion with just under 500 million, and in the same boat is the Rolling Stones with 546 million, Pink Floyd with 223 million and jazz supremo Miles Davis with only 28 million.
7) Their true appreciation is still coming.
Just because they are shunned and laughed at now, doesn’t mean big things are not in store.
Posthumous respect is the best kind. Some examples of people who were not appreciated in their own time are Jesus Christ, Vincent Van Gogh, Jesus, Claude Monet, Oscar Wilde and Galileo Galilei. By and large, they rose to prominence and respect long after their deaths, while in their own day they suffered great persecution. Unfortunately, the Nickelback haters of today are probably going to be on the wrong side of history.
8) They carried the post-grunge, grunge-rock torch in the first decade of the 2000’s.
Esteemed music brand Billboard ranked them the most successful rock group of the 2000s – the decade that is, not the century or the millennium.
April Fools! Nickelback suck (in our opinion).
