I semi remember an interview with the guy from nickelback who said (obviously paraphrasing) that he studied the songs that reached number one in the rock chart, and noted that, ok they have this tempo, they have a key change here, etc etc, and set out to make a song that had those qualities. very successfully as it turned out.
there’s the same sort of essential cynicism (and subsequent success) with the oatmeal
They’re a decent band, but they did release some songs that were mostly just rehashes of other songs. They also have released a shitload of great songs that were incredibly unique…
The problem is, they were too popular for their own good. Or rather, their popularity was divisive.
For those who didn’t listen to the radio in the late 90s and early 2000s, there used to be Rock stations covering almost every city in the US.
These stations would play Nirvana, Metallica, Green Day, and toward the end, Nickleback.
Now, because Nickleback albums went platinum, they were given extra radio play. And because some of those early songs were re-hashes of older (and still popular songs) people started getting sick of them, especially the metal heads who never really liked Nickleback or pop-rock in the first place.
This sort of split played out a few ways, but it basically boiled down to alt-rock splintering a bit. This led to a bunch of alternative radio stations going under or being bought out by clearchannel.
And Nickleback sort of caused it. Well, them and Creed. Why do I not see the same hate for Creed?
What’s the deal with both the oatmeal and nickelback?
I semi remember an interview with the guy from nickelback who said (obviously paraphrasing) that he studied the songs that reached number one in the rock chart, and noted that, ok they have this tempo, they have a key change here, etc etc, and set out to make a song that had those qualities. very successfully as it turned out.
there’s the same sort of essential cynicism (and subsequent success) with the oatmeal
id like to see that interview
Nickleback…
They’re a decent band, but they did release some songs that were mostly just rehashes of other songs. They also have released a shitload of great songs that were incredibly unique…
The problem is, they were too popular for their own good. Or rather, their popularity was divisive.
For those who didn’t listen to the radio in the late 90s and early 2000s, there used to be Rock stations covering almost every city in the US.
These stations would play Nirvana, Metallica, Green Day, and toward the end, Nickleback.
Now, because Nickleback albums went platinum, they were given extra radio play. And because some of those early songs were re-hashes of older (and still popular songs) people started getting sick of them, especially the metal heads who never really liked Nickleback or pop-rock in the first place.
This sort of split played out a few ways, but it basically boiled down to alt-rock splintering a bit. This led to a bunch of alternative radio stations going under or being bought out by clearchannel.
And Nickleback sort of caused it. Well, them and Creed. Why do I not see the same hate for Creed?