Nickleback Canadas Most Hated Band

 Nickelback, the band that represents Alberta and all of Canada. The band emerged in the late 90s. Much of their singles failed to capture any attention. Then in 2001 they caught the eyes of many with, "How You Remind Me," they topped the charts in many countries. This got them four Grammy nominations and four Juno Awards and the beginning of their fame.

Nickleback has sold almost 50 million records, won junos and they play packed concerts but these boys can't find the respect of the public. It was announced they were playing at the 99th Grey Cup game in Vancouver and the Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers game, this did not please many. Thousands of Detroit fans started a petition, asking why of all bands they chose such an awful one.



The band then decided to answer back to all the hate with a bit of humor. They made a video parody, poking fun at themselves, for being Canadian etc. In the video they had an image-improvement specialist trying to get to the bottom of why they were so hated. As much as I dislike the music played by Nickelback, I love when someone can poke fun at them-self. My respect goes up for the members of the band, it is bold to do what they did. For example a Canadian band "The Stereos," use a lot of auto-tune, which I don't like but one day the lead singer posted about it jokingly. The respect went up just as it has for Nickelback now.


-Writen by Sarah Ganton

Grey Cup Photo's of Nickelback:
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Photos+Grey+half+time+show+features+Nickelback/5775599/story.html
 Nicklback's Parody Video:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5166240802/nickelback-responds-to-NFL-petition?playlist=featured_videos
Links that helped me write this article:

Jessica Wong
November 23, 2011 12:29 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/things-that-go-pop-blog/2011/11/nickelback-tackles-most-hated-rep-on-funnyordiecom.html

Band Biography:
http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Nickelback/Biography/