If critics gave up on authenticity, they merge with the mainstream, thus losing their counter cultural capital.' So the violent disapproval of Nickelback is an inauthentic pose. A band is a corporate enterprise and while Nickelback are duller than most, all their inauthenticity does is to show that music performances are performances What people really want is a pretense of pure authenticity that doesn't come off as a pose. 'I would argue,' Anttonen continues 'that, by nullifying Nickelback's authenticity, critics are in fact authenticating themselves. 'Nickelback provokes anger' Anttonen concludes 'because of what it is not - honest, self-expressing, anti-commercial, and dangerous - what music should be.' In addition to this, she also addresses the intrinsic ridiculousness of this complaint. Second, they seem perfectly calculated to appeal to soccer moms who aspire to appear edgy.Īs the title suggests, the crux of the discourse was that in the wake of grunge music and all the baggage of authenticity that came with it, Nickelback was perceived to be an essentially inauthentic band. First, their music carries the same turgid songs throughout, always sounding like a reference to another band. His main takeaway from his reexamination was that there were two strikes against the band.

In March, Nico Lang attempted to articulate on the Daily Dot why so much vitriol was still directed towards a band that hadn't had a hit since 2006. Of course someone created a browser plugin called Nickelblock that eliminates 'all mention of Alberta's finest swamp heshers from your web browser'!

The direct, personal hatred of the Canadian band Nickelback is one of those aspects of popular culture that seem to simply exist. You don't drink and drive and we won't make you listen to it.' As expected, people found this highly amusing.

So please, lets not ruin a perfectly good unopened copy of Nickelback. In a Facebook post, as quoted by the BBC, they wrote 'And when we catch you, and we will catch you, on top of a hefty fine, a criminal charge and a year's driving suspension we will also provide you with a bonus gift of playing the offices copy of Nickelback in the cruiser on the way to jail.

In an attempt to dissuade the people of Kensington from drunk driving, the local police decided to threaten them with drastic measures.

Nickelback album 2016