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Props to Nickelback for spoofing their own “Photograph” for a Google Photos commercial

December 23, 2020December 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Google, Google Photos, Nickelback

Nickelback has endured an unfair amount of abuse (in my opinion, anyway) but at least they have a sense of

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A Nickelback song has been repurposed so that it sums up 2020 pretty much perfectly.

October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Nickelback, Parody

This year has been nothing short of wretched. And while I’ve posted plenty on Nickelback over the last couple of

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WTF? 

Well, that escalated quickly. Check out this batshit response to my column asking about the origins of Nickelback hate.

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Alan Cross 7 Comments Nickelback

Yesterday (October 11), my weekly column for Global News was built around a seemingly simple question: Why does Nickelback get

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Opinion 

Why do so many people say they hate Nickelback? I sourced the crowd and here’s what came back.

October 12, 2020October 11, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Nickelback

[This was my Sunday column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The concept of musical taste is one of the most subjective

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Why is Nickelback so despised?

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Alan Cross 62 Comments Nickelback

One of the things that’s always baffled me is the universal hate that’s directed towards Nickelback. When the band first

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Interesting: Nickelback covers the Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Charlie Daniels, Cover Version, Nickelback

For those into country, Charlie Daniels was a legend. When he died on July 6 at the age of 83,

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Funny/Weird 

It’s funny whenever you can compare Donald Trump to Nickelback–like this.

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, Nickelback

So the Tulsa rally didn’t go so well, huh? Just last year Nickelback played a sold out show at the

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020May 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andy Gill, COVID-19, Death Angel, Facebook Live, Fyre Festival, Gang of Four, Guns N'Roses, Ice Cube, Instagram, Kendall Jenner, Live Nation, Marianne Faithfull, Mister Rogers, New Zealand, Nickelback, U2, Vinyl, Virtual Concerts, Wu-Tang Clan, YouTube

Remember when the US Memorial Day Weekend used to be a big time for blockbuster movies? This has already been

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Cool! 

Can AI write a Nickelback song? Yes. Yes, it can. And here it is.

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Funk Turkey, Nickelback

A guy who operates under the name Funk Turkey fed a database of Nickelback lyrics into an AI called Markov

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Music News 

John Oliver praises Nickelback for being brave because they stood up to Donald Trump

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, Nickelback, Photograph

In case you missed it last week, Donald Trump tweeted out a Nickelback meme involving the song “Photograph” to make

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, October 7, 2019

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Elton John, Glastonbury, Green Day, Hanson Brothers, Keith Flint, Mariah Carey, Metallica, Nickelback, Prodigy, Rob Halford, Tom DeLonge

It was on this day in 2001 when the US invaded Afghanistan. They thought it would be a quick war.

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