The Five Funniest Things that Happened to Nickelback

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Let's be real here: There's no band in the world more hated than Nickelback is. In fact, hating the band is a more popular trend than listening to Nickelback. I'm going to count down the five funniest things that has ever involved Nickelback. Well, this may be the five funniest, or the five saddest, if you're one of the three people that love Nickelback.

Frankly, I don't think Nickelback is the worst band in the world, but I'm not a fan of them, either. It isn't that they're talent-less, it's that they're boring, and bland. Maybe that's the reason they are so hated, though. They're just a generic, bland, corporate manufactured radio-rock band and no real rocker is into that. Only pop-music fans truly love Nickelback.

Anyways, it was hard enough just picking five things, but without further ado, here they are:

Number 5: The Twitter Meltdown

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Have you ever been trolled online? Of course, we all have. Not many people have a complete nervous breakdown on Twitter that leads to more people jumping on them, but when they do hilarity ensues. This exact thing happened to Nickelback, who apparently thought they were having a war of words with people that didn't like them. In reality they just came across as whiny and thin skinned.

Sure, people have a right to use social media without being harassed, I can understand that. I am not
defending cyber-bullying of any kind, nor do I find it funny. However, as an artist criticism is something you face daily. Going on a warpath and not using people's criticism to make yourself better is just, well, douchey.




Number 4: Dave Grohl Attacks!

Since I'm not ready to leave the Twitterverse just yet, another instance of Nickelback hating comes to us from another post-grunge musician (one with actual talent, too), Mr. Dave Grohl. In case you've never seen it, here's the Tweet:

Yes, that does sound scary, but the insults didn't end there. Dave Grohl had more to say:

Of course, maybe this one isn't so "funny" because of the way Nickelback has been ruining music. It isn't like Dave Grohl is the only musician that has hated on Nickelback for their music. Patrick Carney of the Black Keys had this to say in an interview in Rolling Stone Magazine:

“Rock ’n’ roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. Rock ’n’ roll is the music I feel most passionately about and I don’t like to see it f---ing ruined and spoon-fed down our throats in this watered-down, post-grunge crap, horrendous s—t. When people start lumping us into that kind of s—t, it’s like f—k you, honestly.”

Okay, so maybe the threat to music that is Nickelback should be taken seriously. After all, they are ruining rock n' roll for all of us. Oh, but this list isn't over yet.

Number 3: Nickelback Loses Popularity Contest to a Pickle

You read that right. Back in 2010 a Pickle received more Facebook "likes" than Nickelback did.

You might think to yourself, "But Facebook has pages that have a lot more "likes" than Nickelback. What does this prove?" The thing is this pickle was designed to get more Facebook "likes" than Nickelback, so it wasn't an accident.

Of course sense then Nickelback has gotten a lot more Facebook interactions. A lot of that can be credited to Facebook's growing community. The pickle has also since been lost from Facebook. What's happened to it? Who knows.

Actually, people started hating it once it
started calling itself "Pickleback".

Number 2: Australian Police Put Out a BOLO on Nickelback

Remember that first image that greeted you once you opened this blog? Yeah, that was a real thing. It was Tweeted by Queensland's Police Department in May of 2015. If you were wondering, no, this was not a parody account. This came from the official Twitter account of the Queensland Police.

Yes, Nickelback's music is so bad that police are putting out warnings when they come into town. For those that want to see the original Tweet, you can find it here.

Number 1: Chicago Mayor Forced to Deny Nickelback Fandom

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Back in 2012 then Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel was accused of liking Nickelback by a protester during the teacher's strike. These charges were so severe that a spokesperson for Rahm Emanuel had to deny that he liked the band.

Politico reporter Daniel Strauss took to Twitter claiming that this attack had shown civility had "disappeared in Chicago Teachers Union protests."

You know your band is hated when listening you is considered a severe political attack.