Talk:Nickelback

Vandalism

I came to this article to read about the notable amount of vandalism it received before being locked. I found, however, no mention of such. As this is an important part of Wikipedia's cultural history and also information relevant to the band, I expected there to be some note of that issue. 149.150.236.189 (talk) 19:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to contribute, and if I do something incorrect, I'm sorry. I got redirected here from "World Funniest Joke" page. Admittedly, I laughed since Nickelback really sucks, but however, I guess that's kind of vandalism. I like Wikipedia and just wanted to say it. Don't know if its intentional, though ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.63.38.85 (talk) 17:54, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

undo weight

The main portion of this article is a Criticism of the band ....i will be removing most soon as per Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Undue weight just giving time for others to clean up first Moxy (talk) 17:04, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Criticism

I have moved this here..as we will have to trim it down due to WP:NPOV WP:UNDUE, WP:ATP.

At various points in their career, Nickelback has received widespread negative reviews from various sources. However, they are the best band ever. Review aggregator Metacritic reports that three of their six most recent studio albums since becoming a mainstream act, The Long Road, All the Right Reasons and Dark Horse, have scores of 62%, 41% and 49% respectively.

They have, at times, been ridiculed for their lack of originality.. In 2001, Rolling Stone criticised the band's musical style, saying, "If you're looking for originality, you might want a full refund instead of a Nickelback." Rolling Stone also said their 2003 release, The Long Road, was "[b]razenly consistent, if unimaginative", while Allmusic also stated, "Nickelback can now afford a little more time in the studio and a little more time to indulge themselves, and they turn out the same record, only slicker, which only highlights just how oppressively and needlessly sullen this group is." Harmonix, developer of the video game Rock Band, gave its Rock Band Network the internal codename "Rock Band: Nickelback", "on the theory that the name of the quintessentially generic modern rock group would be enough to deflect all curiosity" according to The New York Times.

In 2005, Rolling Stone said "All the Right Reasons is so depressing, you're almost glad Kurt [Cobain]'s not around to hear it." Tiny Mix Tapes also expressed concern over the release; "Like all Nickelback releases before it, All The Right Reasons was made for all the wrong ones and follows all the formulas and clichés you should be bored to death of by now." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic reviewed Dark Horse, claiming that "Nickelback are a gnarled, vulgar band reveling in their ignorance of the very notion of taste, lacking either the smarts or savvy to wallow in bad taste so they just get ugly, knocking out knuckle-dragging riffs that seem rarefied in comparison to their thick, boneheaded words."

In 2007, USA Today reported that "few bands inspire such intense hatred as Nickelback." The article questioned whether Nickelback's commercial success made "critics wrong", and published several statements from various sources within the music industry. Nathan Brackett, a senior editor at Rolling Stone said, "There are some bands that, let's face it, are critic-proof." Both Brackett and Craig Marks, editor in chief of Blender, credit a lot of the band's success to young people who are introduced to them on the radio and "very casual music fans who don't buy a lot of CDs". Marks complimented Nickelback's popularity despite the critical response, saying "it is a tribute to their success."

Despite a barrage of criticism, Nickelback has still managed to please some reviewers with each of their mainstream albums. Allmusic reviewer Liana Jones complimented Nickelback after their commercial breakthrough, Silver Side Up; "what gives the group an upper hand over its peers is intensity and raw passion... Nickelback ups the ante by offering realistic storytelling that listeners can relate to." Following their 2008 album, Dark Horse, ChartAttack credited the band's success to knowing their target audience: "Chad Kroeger is a genius because he knows exactly what people want and precisely how far he can go. He turned out an extremely racy album that's loaded with songs about gettin' drunk and doin' it all without breaking any taboos, and with enough love and moral authority to grease its passage into the mainstream. Rejoice, North America. This is your world." Billboard also praised the band: "The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times." Also various fellow musicians like Chris Martin of Coldplay as well as R&B singer Timbaland support the band, and cites Nickelback as a major influence in their music.

In 2009, The Word magazine readers voted Nickelback "Worst Band In The World", receiving 19.8% of the vote.

Jam! Canoe columnist Darryl Sterdan named lead singer Chad Kroeger the second worst singer of all time, behind Taylor Swift saying: "Nickelback's frontman may not have invented that post-grunge moose-in-heat bellow he relies on, but nobody does it better than he does. And by better, I mean worse".

Rock Group Link Missing

I don't know anything about editing Wikipedia, but when I looked up the list of Canadian rock groups on Wikipedia [Category:Canadian_rock_music_groups], Nickelback was not on it, even though the lead paragraph says they are a Canadian rock band. Is there some kind of link missing? Or am I missing the distinction between a band and a group? 69.231.157.55 (talk) 01:10, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Please see --->List of bands from Canada that is under Category:Canadian musical groups :) ....Moxy (talk) 01:14, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

So why are they in the list under Category:Canadian musical groups and they are a rock band but they are not in Category:Canadian rock music groups? I spent quite a while looking through the latter list before I went on to Google... Just curious, now that I found them. :) 69.231.157.55 (talk) 01:23, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

good question ....i say if you wish to add it ..i dont see y not...but then again i dont deal with Categories.Moxy (talk) 01:26, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

why is a page on Nickelback protected of all things? i tried to edit ... 69.231.157.55 (talk) 01:31, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I will ask the guy (Extra999) that takes care of cats for the music project and see what can be done...Moxy (talk) 03:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

:) Solved. Added both the categories. And it is protected because there was a huge sum of vandalism last month. Thanks for telling. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Seventh album

Daniel Adair mentions the band's plan to make a seventh studio album after the Dark Horse tour. This interview was from earlier this year. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/hit_the_lights/nickelback_i_guess_the_bigger_you_are_the_more_haters_you_have.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Husachi (talk • contribs) 06:04, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Nickelback heavy metal?

Other then a poorly sourced article that happens to contradict it's self listing nickelback as pop/rock then listing nickelbacks "style" as heavy metal/grunge it doesn't make any sense.Someone care to explain what makes them "heavy metal"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metalpurity (talk • contribs) 20:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

They're called heavy metal here because that's what a reliable source says they are, and per the verifiability policy, that's what's added to the article. C628 (talk) 22:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Has anyone bothered to listen to Nickelback then compare it to an actual heavy metal band like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Helloween, Iron Maiden, etc...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.2.165 (talk) 16:19, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Omission of Criticism Section

I believe the criticism section is quite unnecessary. It is easily the largest section on the page, as well as having the most sources (10 sources cited). Sure, the information is cited and sourced, and shows both sides of view, but honestly it isn't necessary. There are these little to mid-sized sections on their background, history, and such, but then there's this huge section on how they are criticized by critics. Call me crazy, but that doesn't seem fair and balanced. I believe it is best to omit the section altogether, because critics are irrelevant when a band is at this point of success, and are not part of the band in any way. A Thousandth Sun of a Gun (talk) 21:31, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

• Considering that the section you refer to has ten sources, perhaps the way to improve the article is to beef up the other sections with reliable sources and more text--that would be a good idea either way. I read the Criticism section, and it is not unnecessary or redundant or one-sided: valid points are raised from reliable sources, and that criticism is irrelevant when a band is successful, that is simply not a valid point. Drmies (talk) 21:44, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Never said it was one-sided, man. I said it shows both sides of view. These so called "reliable sources" do not even raise "valid points." It's all in opinion. A critic's opinion on a band does not belong to a band's biography.A Thousandth Sun of a Gun (talk) 22:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia articles are not biographies. Please keep your 'man' to yourself. Drmies (talk) 00:56, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
      • Obviously, due to your pedantic and P.C. nature this debate is going nowhere. I'm thinning out on this one, man.A Thousandth Sun of a Gun (talk) 18:10, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
        • All bands have a section on Wikipedia about their reception by both critics and the pulbic. It is not Wikipedia's fault that everyone thinks that this bands sucks. Sbrianhicks (talk) 23:33, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

"Criticism" sections are typically avoided on Wikipedia. There's got to be a more balanced way to cover unfavorable remarks about the band (which, by the way, is a group I personally dislike). WesleyDodds (talk) 14:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Honestly guys...

Nickelback isn't a heavy metal band.

Just because the guys at Allmusic.com think they can call Nickelback heavy metal, doesn't make them so.

Please do yourselves a favour and listen to Nickelback's albums, then a few true heavy metal albums, and you'll soon notice the difference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.2.141 (talk) 09:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Sadly (in this case), wikipedia is a encyclopedia and must be able to link to reliable sources. As long as you don't have a reliable source stating the opposite, it will stay like this. -- 84.74.42.77 (talk) 22:09, 29 March 2011 (UTC

Sadly, you are mistaken! Wikipedia isn't "a encyclopedia", it's "an encyclopedia." - Signed by The Devil.

Here is your "realiable source"

This is proof that Nickelshit isn't a heavy metal band.It is a great band and has many fanns. :)

http://v2.metal-archives.com/search?searchString=Nickelback&type=band_name

Also, my ears and their expertise in the wondrous genre of heavy metal are a reliable source. Ask the millions of true metal fans out there, too! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PikkoroDaimao (talk • contribs) 08:39, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, none of those things qualify as a reliable sources on wikipedia... Sergecross73 msg me 22:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

"Musical evolution" section

There has got to be a better section title than that. Nothing in that section, or in their last album, suggests anything about evolving. "Mainstream success", "Early Years", those type I'm fine with, but this one seems like a poor choice on a number of levels. Wasn't sure what would be better though, so I thought I'd open it for discussion here. Sergecross73 msg me 13:25, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

On going problems

We have some Wikipedia:Disruptive editing here that is not benefiting anyone. Besides the fan fare in the new section we have unsourced assertions. We need this fixed d before the material is added again. So lets break this down sentence by sentence - PS we use the word Nicklback alot in this one section that needs some grammar fix ups to (but not a concern or reason for reversal). So to be clear the removal of the section is due to verification problems as per Wikipedia:Verifiability not for grammar as per WP:IMPERFECT.Moxy (talk) 20:18, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

• Nickelback's songs are in Rock Band as Downloadable-Content. Nickelback's single How You Remind Me is the most played song of the decade.
• Nickelback's songs are in Rock Band as Downloadable-Content. Nickelback's single How You Remind Me is the most played song of the decade. Nickelback's album All The Right Reasons is listed as the 13th albums as the decade, Nickelback's Silver Side Up is listed as the 47th album of the decade, Nickelback's The Long Road is the 157th album of the decade, as well as Dark Horse which is the 191th album of the decade. Nickelback's All The Right Reasons album, spawned five top twenty Hot 100 singles in the U.S., (Photograph, Savin' Me, Far Away, If Everyone Cared, and Rockstar), making it one of only a handful of rock albums to ever produce five or more top twenty U.S. hits. "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar" were all top ten singles on the Hot 100, making Nickelback the first rock band of 2000s to have three top ten hits from the same album. - all sourced to a page that redirects so (worlds longest sentence)
• In 2002, Chad Kroeger collaborated with Josey Scott and Gaige Corvo who played the lead guitar on the Spider-Man theme song, "Hero". - this should not be to hard to find
• This also featured Tyler Connolly, Mike Kroeger, Matt Cameron, and Jeremy Taggart. - - this should not be to hard to find
• Nickelback's Burn It To The Ground appeared in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and Nickelback's Never Again is going to appeared in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. -
• Nickelbacks' Burn It To The Ground is the theme song for WWE Raw. - - this should not be to hard to find
• Nickelback got an award in 2006 for World's Best Selling Rock Artist - beating some well known artists suck as Green Day and Cold Play (not relevant).
• Nickelback was named #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats. - huge assertion with no ref
• Nickelback was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2007. - is sourced all good.
• Nickelback is name the most successful Canadian and Rock group of the decade. - sounds reasonable but no ref!
• Nickelback's album All the Right Reasons was the 4th best selling album of 2006. -
• In the same year received an award for People's Choice Awards for the category Favorite Group. -
• Nickelback has received 27 awards from 67 nominations. - sourced but not sure all that good ( think we could do better if its all true should be able to find all over the net )
• Nickelback's Dark Horse Tour sold a total of more than 1.6 million tickets sold as of July 2010. - - [lost ref] ref does not work - i take it this was a copy and pasted from else were - the FULL ref should be were this originally came from and can be transferred here.
• According to the Billboard Magazine, Nickelback played in front of 1,046,973 people on the 2009 section of the tour. In the same section, Nickelback grossed $49,908,542 from the tour. - all good its sourced
• Nickelback's front man Chad Kroeger started his own label company - (should be easy to find a ref for) in 2002 because of the success of the band. - (just because he had cash he did this?)
• . On February 28, 2010, Nickelback gave a performance at the beginning of the concert portion of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, performing "Burn It to the Ground". - sourced so ok i guess.

I'm sorry if my changes goes against anything you were going for here. It looked like "Nickelbackrules" did all sorts of things that went against what most people wanted, so I did a big revert. He made so many poor changes, and you listed so many things here, that it's hard to tell if I messed up any of your work. It was not intentional if I did... Sergecross73 msg me 23:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Section titles

So, there's also a lot of arguing over the section titles. So here's the place to hash that out. Some points to start off with:

• They kept on being changed to sections that have every word capitalized. You're only supposed to capitalize the first word. So, for example, if used, it should be "Early years", not the proposed "Early Years".
• It doesn't make sense for one section to include "Mainstream Success" and the other one to be "Continuing Mainstream Success". If we're going to categorize certain time frames as the same thing, there's no reason to split them up...
• "Recent Years and Dark Horse" also doesn't make sense. Dark Horse came out in 08, so I would assume that the Recent Years refers to the tie after Dark Horse. So the order should be reversed. That being said, it doesn't seem both are necessary to begin with... Sergecross73 msg me 03:38, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

The editor who keeps making the changes hasn't yet come to the talkpage, but for the record, apart from the WP:MOS problems these changes clearly have very little logic and make navigation much more difficult.--SabreBD (talk) 08:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. It's be nice to see more documentation against his changes, in addition to the fact that he refuses to discuss things here. The only valid point "Nickelbackrules" makes, in my opinion, is that it could be said that they're mainstream success started in 2001, not 2003. However, what he keeps changing it to is far worse, and he refuses to discuss any alternatives. (Or anything for that matter.) Sergecross73 msg me 12:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Changing Nickelback Wikipedia

Ok I'm want to change the timelines in Nickelback wikipedia because Nickelback didn't got their mainstream success in 2003. Ok here it is

• Formative years (1995-1999)
• Rise of fame and mainstream success (2000-2007)
• Recent years (2008-present)

User:Nickelbackrules1518 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:18, 7 June 2011 (UTC).

Why 1999? as a turning point? Given that Silver Side Up is the breakthrough shouldn't it be 1995-2000, 2001-7 and 2008+?--SabreBD (talk) 23:27, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, 1999 was not a turning point for the band. Curb, while I guess did have some singles that did well, didn't really sell all that well until the band brokethrough with Silver Side Up... Sergecross73 msg me 23:41, 7 June 2011 (UTC)