There are always going to be bands that aren't like every other, that bring something new to the table, who almost always are treated with respect- Nirvana's raspy, lyrically brilliant brand of grunge, Queens of the Stone Age's softly spoken songs filled to the brim with metaphor and endless intelligence, Metallica's... everything. These are all bands who didn't follow the crowd, and changed music for the long-term. Not to mention that with every successful band there are a series of bands that follow with a similar style yet a few brilliant twists, and some who are almost exact copies. For instance, when Fall Out Boy made a splash in the pop-punk scene, out came Panic! at the Disco who took what Fall Out Boy did and give it a personal twist. Once Panic! gathered speed, out came All Time Low, who took what Panic! did, who took what Fall Out Boy did, who took what Blink-182 did, and gave it their own splash of personality. Then, All Time Low gathered recognition, out came 5 Seconds of Summer, in their attempt to be exactly like ATL except with far less moral principles on selling out.
Anyway, after Nirvana's grand splash, out came Canadian Nickelback, who weren't from the Seattle grunge scene, yet repeatedly declared they
were in fact, grunge rock. Perhaps they aren't. Perhaps they are. Despite the genre argument, they haven't brought anything new to the table either. I don't hate Nickelback. Their music is perfectly fine. They seem like nice blokes.
But there's been a thousand and one Nickelback's before and they'll be a billion and one after.
ALSO.
I'm sure you've heard all about Avril Lavigne's supposedly racist antics, but you haven't heard that her husband, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger co-wrote that song!
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