Salli Anttonen of the University of Eastern Finland examined reviews from Finnish music media published between and , finding that in many ways, the band has been stymied by its mainstream popularity. Critics have attacked Nickelback for being too calculated in their artistic approach, she writes, citing some of the harsher reviews:.
Overall, the descriptions imply that the songs are not genuine self-expression written willingly, but instead forced and made for commercial reasons. We might accept the mass appeal in a Katy Perry song, but people expect more artistic purity from non-mainstream genres like metal. The band has embraced this as well, most recently during the Presidential race.
Kroeger told Blabbermouth in And we are harsh. We are really harsh. We make up the best alternate lines to our own songs. And this is some top-shelf stuff. All memes via Quickmeme. We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience. But advertising revenue helps support our journalism. To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker. We'd really appreciate it. Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.
Photo: Facebook A few years back, some friends found a few Nickelback songs on my iPod. Thanks for signing up! Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. James Grebey. Sign up for notifications from Insider! There was even a Kickstarter campaign to try to stop them returning to London. It didn't work. Salli Anttonen looked at more than a decade of Nickelback reviews in her study. And she found that earlier reviews weren't so negative. As their success grew, so did the hate.
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