went to a nickelback concert and started crying when chad sang the line “well we all just wanna be gay pornstars.” you might think i overreacted but you just don’t understand; there were 20,000 people in the audience all singing along, with lighters swaying perfectly in sync
The main sin with Nickelback was not because their music was considered the worst, but that their success led the industry to play actual bad bands such as Theory of a Deadman and Saliva on radio heavily. This caused rock radio to be infested with a lot of mediocrity, and one of the reasons why you don't see a lot of rock songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 anymore.
Bands like Creed, Matchbox Twenty, Buckcherry, and Godsmack opened the floodgates for Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, Three Days Grace, Seether, Shinedown, and 3 Doors Down to explode in mainstream popularity, And then those bands influenced far worse acts such as Trapt, Hinder, Pop Evil, and especially Theory. Theory of a Deadman is by far the worst mainstream rock act, Every criticism people give Nickelback applies to them tenfold.
@@PuddleOfPizza the fact that I know some of the bands in the second level but not on the third one makes me shudder.. Like it can't be worse... can it?
@Brad Casalinuovo. That’s a lot of shit. The reason why you don’t see Hard Rock music in the charts no more is because of music critics hating the bands. Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Crazy Town, Trapt, Adema, Creed, Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, and Staind were all hated by music critics and wanted that scene to die. So that’s why Hard Rock is not popular anymore, because music critics killed it.
@@PuddleOfPizza putting Matchbox Twenty in that first group or really among any of those bands is really weird, Matchbox Twenty never tried to be post-grunge or nu metal like any of the other bands you mention, I always place Matchbox Twenty in the Hootie and the Blowfish, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls category and that era of rock music was pretty short-lived anyway and was overshadowed by a lot of the other bands mentioned
I think they're two sides of the same coin tbh, they both contaminated the radio waves in the 2000s when they didn't deserve the popularity, but I think both are pretty inoffensive and mildly nostalgic for me at least
Ya know, some bands tried to do Nickelback, and failed fucking miserably. The Kroeg and the band can do their brand of bad buttrock in ways others wish they could.
But the bad butt rock is just a shitty, uninspired version of Metallica, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains. Nickelback themselves are a worse copy of better bands, I don't think we need to praise them for that.
@@Finkster5 True, that's like praising them for the bare minimum as a band. It's not even good butt rock, Metal Gear Rising soundtrack is peak butt rock.
IMO, “Side of a Bullet” is probably the best song off of this album and the most emotionally driven as it’s about the on stage shooting of Dimebag Darrell. Also, who wants to see Brad react to Dirt or Superunknown?
Nah, Savin' Me is better. Side of a Bullet is pretty forgettable. Instrumental is generic, production is bland, hook is kind of lame, but the vocals are okay.
For me, Nickelback is a band that just kinda exists. I both ironically and genuinely love Photograph, but everything else is just, "eh". Also, Nickelback is releasing a new album on November 18th called Get Rollin'. You gonna react to it?
this is unrelated to the video,but my dog ran away a couple of days ago. I've been really going through it and this channel and your videos have been really helpful at cheering me up! keep up the good work Brad 👍
"This song tastes like budweiser" I've never heard of a truer sentence ever said, it makes sense for all of their songs on this album (or any album of theirs) also I feel like their earlier albums were actually a lot better in a lot of ways?????
The exquisiteness in Nickelback's first four albums is so immeasurable if they went back to thier old heavy metal style they might gain popularity again with a clean reputation like they always deserved
All the Nickelback hate is the people who keep referencing Photograph, in retrospect some of their songs are bangers and they still have a big following and go on tour all the time. If the band were truly dead they wouldn't be still relatively present.
The funny thing is, this album made Nickelback hated. Nickelback were almost just a 2 hit wonder band before this album. In 2002 their huge hits in How You Remind Me and Hero came out, but by 2006 people had almost forgotten about Nickelback. Until this album came out with Photograph and Rockstar. So this album stopped Nickelback from being a forgotten 2 hit wonder band. So basically Photograph and Rockstar stopped Nickelback having the same careers as Hoobastank.
Literally the only appeal to Nickelback for me is nostalgia for when my parents took me to this bar where my uncle's band used to play shows, and usually they'd be blasting Nickelback and other music like it while I was falling asleep at the table, and idk it's kind of a cool atmosphere despite the fact that i also hate that kind of "southern toxic masculinity" aesthetic
I have a mandela effect with Photograph. I swear first time I heard it, the lyric went "Kims the first girl I kissed, I was so nervous that I nearly pissed"
Hey Brad, have you ever reacted to Bloc Party? they're one of my favourite bands, would love to hear your thoughts on them, Silent Alarm in particular is a great album.
Honestly Nickelback is one of my guilty pleasures. It's probably the definition of a painfully average band but some songs from them are ones I really like. Main thing I don't like about them is the lyrics, like you mentioned they're pretty lame and even creepy at times.
The only song by them I like is far away, purely from nostalgia. Used to listen to that song when I was like 12 and daydream about whatever crush I had. It’s the ultimate melodramatic love song.
i always find it funny when the video speeds through a song and i find the song slightly more enjoyable that way. i end up thinking "oh they just made it too slow that was the problem" half the time
It's bad when the "gay version" remix of a sing is better than the original. My favorite so far (and no, it's nowhere near as good as the original) is "Who Want Smoke ". Brad would love it since he' finds them funny
I have an unbridled hatred for Far Away. It makes me sick to my stomach every time I hear it because it's the only thing my sister would listen to when she was little.
I liked it when you sped up the songs. They improved them in a way. Lyrics still suck, but the sped up-ness worked. They almost feel like Thrash Metal when sped up.
Photograph has a stunningly beautiful chord progression that evokes a powerful sense of nostalgia that enhances the lyrics and makes the song genuinely moving. Unfortunately, Chad Kroeger's vocals and the incredibly overblown/overwrought nature of the song make it tiring to listen to and hard to really enjoy.
I think the biggest reason why Nickleback is hated is largely due to sounding too rock and country at the same time. A lot of rock fans hate the sound of farm emo, and vice versa.
Honestly, a better listen from my memory was Silver Side Up. With the shingles like This Is How You Remind Me and Never Again, as well as other tracks like Side of a Bullet.
The State I bought the same day as From Chaos by 311. Nickelback was for me. 311 was for my sister. I really liked it. I went into one of those " Circuit City Express" on my way to the escallator. Silver Side Up CD in hand. Someone asked me if nickelback was any good. I wish I could have anticipated that interraction. Because. I probably never even asked myself. I just like Nickelback. "Worthy To Say"...ok? Now that I have admitted it. "Where do I hide?" And also. It's "Too Bad" I didn't keep the 311 CD.
Hey mate, I'm wondering if you can review SAMURAIs album from cyberpunk, along with Kerry eurodynes version of chippin in (choose the right one cuz most are poorly mixed by fans). I'm very curious to hear your take on it
Follow you home, its quite simple, A female, she can do anything to you. But you’ll still carry on seeing her, thats the concept and most men have been there. Great song.
I never thought Nickelback were the worst band ever, but their sound pretty much sums up everything I hated about that era of the 2000's. That post-attitude era WWE, Fast and the Furious straight to DVD rip-off Butt Rock sound that somehow combined the worst parts of Nu-Metal, late era Grunge and Bro-country into something that could be played endlessly on mainstream rock radio. The bands that tried to jump on the Nickelback bandwagon like Theory of a Deadman were 1000x worse though.
My take on Nickelback is that you have a pretty talented band instrumentally but the lyrics and songwriting are pretty lame. The sleazy lyrics and playing it safe song writing kills it for me. I don't hate it, but it seems like if they had different creative ambitions they could've created something potentially really interesting and special. I should also say that they did not deserve all the hate they got. No way. Their worst sin is making some cheesy songs that millions of people loved. Dig beneath the surface and the performances are always stellar.
in general, the music itself is well made, its mainly just Chad Kroger's voice that can be too much at times and his lyrics that are super trashy and are frequently pretty creepy
They have some bangers and are not the worst band like people think... yeah they do have some terrible songs absolutely, but I will take them over Five Fingered Death Punch, or Hinder.
went to a nickelback concert and started crying when chad sang the line “well we all just wanna be gay pornstars.” you might think i overreacted but you just don’t understand; there were 20,000 people in the audience all singing along, with lighters swaying perfectly in sync
;(
My childhood dream was to become a gay pornstar. Now I’m just in college
@@nicke.424 There's still time
Did he actually sing that line, because I can't tell if this is a joke or not. If he did then goddamn, props for having a sense of humor
@Lowkey Damn that's rude
The main sin with Nickelback was not because their music was considered the worst, but that their success led the industry to play actual bad bands such as Theory of a Deadman and Saliva on radio heavily. This caused rock radio to be infested with a lot of mediocrity, and one of the reasons why you don't see a lot of rock songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 anymore.
Bands like Creed, Matchbox Twenty, Buckcherry, and Godsmack opened the floodgates for Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, Three Days Grace, Seether, Shinedown, and 3 Doors Down to explode in mainstream popularity, And then those bands influenced far worse acts such as Trapt, Hinder, Pop Evil, and especially Theory.
Theory of a Deadman is by far the worst mainstream rock act, Every criticism people give Nickelback applies to them tenfold.
@@PuddleOfPizza the fact that I know some of the bands in the second level but not on the third one makes me shudder.. Like it can't be worse... can it?
@@manualex16 hinder had one hit “lips of an angel” in the mid 00’s
@Brad Casalinuovo. That’s a lot of shit.
The reason why you don’t see Hard Rock music in the charts no more is because of music critics hating the bands.
Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Crazy Town, Trapt, Adema, Creed, Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, and Staind were all hated by music critics and wanted that scene to die.
So that’s why Hard Rock is not popular anymore, because music critics killed it.
@@PuddleOfPizza putting Matchbox Twenty in that first group or really among any of those bands is really weird, Matchbox Twenty never tried to be post-grunge or nu metal like any of the other bands you mention, I always place Matchbox Twenty in the Hootie and the Blowfish, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls category and that era of rock music was pretty short-lived anyway and was overshadowed by a lot of the other bands mentioned
Nickelback got the reputation that should've went to Train imo
I think they're two sides of the same coin tbh, they both contaminated the radio waves in the 2000s when they didn't deserve the popularity, but I think both are pretty inoffensive and mildly nostalgic for me at least
Fr I can't stand any of Train's songs but I find Nickelback somewhat tolerable
@@Kalitayy I like drops of jupiter well enough, but that's it lol
@@Wuffskers that's because drops of Jupiter is a cover man train stinnnnkkkss
@Bloatus rarely have i agreed with a youtube comment this much
You've done Limp Bizkit and Nickelback, So now it's time for Puddle Of Mudd
and Creed
Should I be ashamed for liking these bands?
@@rynobull yes
@@rynobull I'm an unapologetic Puddle Of Mudd fan, So...
@@rynobull I mean some of the songs are good
Nickelback is the ultimate “light shrug” band.
We say this NOW lol
Honestly whilst the instrumentals are indeed a shrug, I would give them a red headphones for the annoying af vocals alone.
@@marianatheschizoid5912 oh, yes. The songs itself are okay, but overused vocal harmonies make my blood boil
And if you’re Canadian theyre like “oh god this again”
😂
Ya know, some bands tried to do Nickelback, and failed fucking miserably. The Kroeg and the band can do their brand of bad buttrock in ways others wish they could.
But the bad butt rock is just a shitty, uninspired version of Metallica, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains. Nickelback themselves are a worse copy of better bands, I don't think we need to praise them for that.
@@Finkster5 True, that's like praising them for the bare minimum as a band. It's not even good butt rock, Metal Gear Rising soundtrack is peak butt rock.
IMO, “Side of a Bullet” is probably the best song off of this album and the most emotionally driven as it’s about the on stage shooting of Dimebag Darrell. Also, who wants to see Brad react to Dirt or Superunknown?
DIRT PLEASE
Nah, Savin' Me is better. Side of a Bullet is pretty forgettable. Instrumental is generic, production is bland, hook is kind of lame, but the vocals are okay.
I would like he reacting to Nickelback curb, it is a good album
Super unknown yes, dirt, indifferent
Superunknown! So many long road trips ruining my voice trying to keep up with Chris. Still can't do it.
Love how Brad somehow always has funny parodies ready for these song reactions
For me, Nickelback is a band that just kinda exists. I both ironically and genuinely love Photograph, but everything else is just, "eh".
Also, Nickelback is releasing a new album on November 18th called Get Rollin'. You gonna react to it?
God no
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial W
I always felt the same. Like hating them is some strong energy that ought to be reserved for Imagine Dragons lol
@@darnfrick3354 For X Ambassadors 😡😡😡😡😡
@@deft__12 X Ambassadors is aight imo.
LOOK AT THIS NICKELGRAPH
Don't mind me here in the comments I'm just manifesting Brad doing a video about the 1993 hit album Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Me too!
i'm working on a video that i have to wait until their new album is out to finish...
New 10/10?
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial possibly...
Remember when you LPed this album in a Discord call
@@propername4830 yeah, i did that lmao
this is unrelated to the video,but my dog ran away a couple of days ago. I've been really going through it and this channel and your videos have been really helpful at cheering me up! keep up the good work Brad 👍
Sending well wishes your way! I hope your dog finds its way home to you as soon as possible.
@@kareepan3382 thank you❤
Dog's just off on an adventure! Hope they return back to you
10:12 That cs188 compilation was my childhood. Whenever you bring it up like when you mentioned it in Imma Be I lost my shit
I will unironically stan some of their music, it’s not all amazing, but they really have some fucking bops. Butt rock is fun.
The only song my parents banned from listening to as a kid was animals of this album
That song is TRASH
"This song tastes like budweiser"
I've never heard of a truer sentence ever said, it makes sense for all of their songs on this album (or any album of theirs)
also I feel like their earlier albums were actually a lot better in a lot of ways?????
definitely one of the bands of all time
The exquisiteness in Nickelback's first four albums is so immeasurable if they went back to thier old heavy metal style they might gain popularity again with a clean reputation like they always deserved
Patiently waiting for the day for either the vod, or if a fan uploads a video of that full "Deleting Soon" remix.
Brad making YTP/cs188 references just DOES IT for me. I love when he plays those gems
I know Luke over at Rocked referred to a potential common lyrical theme of a "creepy stalker who hangs out at Denny's" on this album.
Never forget that the singer of Nickelback was married to Avril Lavigne.
I feel like Nickleback made decent music but because it didn't get any attention they had to make some pop songs to get popular.
Illmatic>Nickleback in my humble opinion
NickleW > Midmatic
Bold take
nickleback is like stubbing your toe it's not bad, just a minor inconvenience
That's actually Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top doing the deep voice on this album.
All the Nickelback hate is the people who keep referencing Photograph, in retrospect some of their songs are bangers and they still have a big following and go on tour all the time. If the band were truly dead they wouldn't be still relatively present.
The funny thing is, this album made Nickelback hated.
Nickelback were almost just a 2 hit wonder band before this album.
In 2002 their huge hits in How You Remind Me and Hero came out, but by 2006 people had almost forgotten about Nickelback. Until this album came out with Photograph and Rockstar.
So this album stopped Nickelback from being a forgotten 2 hit wonder band.
So basically Photograph and Rockstar stopped Nickelback having the same careers as Hoobastank.
have u ever reviewed Saliva?
Literally the only appeal to Nickelback for me is nostalgia for when my parents took me to this bar where my uncle's band used to play shows, and usually they'd be blasting Nickelback and other music like it while I was falling asleep at the table, and idk it's kind of a cool atmosphere despite the fact that i also hate that kind of "southern toxic masculinity" aesthetic
I have a mandela effect with Photograph. I swear first time I heard it, the lyric went "Kims the first girl I kissed, I was so nervous that I nearly pissed"
GOATed move to not include the back half of the album. We don’t need an entire Nickleback album.
Side of a bullet is good, it was a dimebag Darrel tribute
@@Hermit__ I love dimebag
Don’t click a nickelback video then. Daft cunt
@@Hermit__ yeah IMI that song is one of the only good ones on the album and of course he didn't include it lol
@@Hermit__ The lyrics are laughably bad. The Dimebag solo is so much better than everything else on the album that it sticks out like a sore thumb
AND THEY SAID THAT A HERO CAN SAVE US, I'M NOT GONNA STAND HERE AND WAIT
Hey Brad, have you ever reacted to Bloc Party? they're one of my favourite bands, would love to hear your thoughts on them, Silent Alarm in particular is a great album.
i got so hyped when I saw the illmatic album, then he switch to all the right reasons
nickelback sounds like faint gentrified echoes of alice in chains and stuff like that
It's cool to see someone else revisit this. This was the first CD I bought when I was like 8 along AAR's Move Along
Legit the first track sped up like Bradley did is sounds a lot better than it in real time
*_Look at this- graaaph..._*
*clicks on nickelback video*
*sees illmatic*
10:41 gotta be the funniest lyric ive ever heard in any song that is so golden
Honestly Nickelback is one of my guilty pleasures. It's probably the definition of a painfully average band but some songs from them are ones I really like. Main thing I don't like about them is the lyrics, like you mentioned they're pretty lame and even creepy at times.
It's hard to muster the same hatred for Nickelback when Imagine Dragons exists.
hear them on the radio all the time due to being Canadian
The only song by them I like is far away, purely from nostalgia. Used to listen to that song when I was like 12 and daydream about whatever crush I had. It’s the ultimate melodramatic love song.
Brad bringing YTPs back.
i always find it funny when the video speeds through a song and i find the song slightly more enjoyable that way. i end up thinking "oh they just made it too slow that was the problem" half the time
It's bad when the "gay version" remix of a sing is better than the original.
My favorite so far (and no, it's nowhere near as good as the original) is "Who Want Smoke ". Brad would love it since he' finds them funny
As soon as “Animals” came up I also immediately thought of CS188’s YTP of it. Classic.
They're called Nickelback because after listening to them you'd want a refund
I have an unbridled hatred for Far Away. It makes me sick to my stomach every time I hear it because it's the only thing my sister would listen to when she was little.
As one of maybe 5 unironic Creed fans, I implore you to listen Weathered
Should really do a reaction to beasties boys 1994 album Ill communication, very good shit
I have a suggestion, listen to faith no mores “the real thing” it’s very different and it’s a fun listen to some alt rock. Love the content!
I liked it when you sped up the songs. They improved them in a way. Lyrics still suck, but the sped up-ness worked. They almost feel like Thrash Metal when sped up.
Photograph has a stunningly beautiful chord progression that evokes a powerful sense of nostalgia that enhances the lyrics and makes the song genuinely moving. Unfortunately, Chad Kroeger's vocals and the incredibly overblown/overwrought nature of the song make it tiring to listen to and hard to really enjoy.
I think the biggest reason why Nickleback is hated is largely due to sounding too rock and country at the same time. A lot of rock fans hate the sound of farm emo, and vice versa.
Farm emo 💀
Honestly, a better listen from my memory was Silver Side Up. With the shingles like This Is How You Remind Me and Never Again, as well as other tracks like Side of a Bullet.
if you ever think that nickel back is the lowest of the low as far as radio rock bullshit, just remember that theory of a deadman and skillet exist.
So, are we just so used to 2 minute long Tiktok songs that 4 minute songs from the 00s seem drawn out, or are these songs actually drawn out?
Yes
I listen to long songs. I like songs that are 20 minutes long. Yes this music is just drawn out
most people just have a fried attention span due to growing up with a ipad or constant internet access
@@headstomperproducitons22 no these songs are drawn out due to their constant repeating. It's not because of "low attention spans"
I’m the kind of dude that’ll listen to fifteen minutes prog epics, these songs are definitely drawn out
Dude! Would love you to react to any Dillinger Escape Plan album.
It's mind meltingly complicated and aggressive music.
The State I bought the same day as From Chaos by 311. Nickelback was for me. 311 was for my sister. I really liked it.
I went into one of those " Circuit City Express" on my way to the escallator. Silver Side Up CD in hand. Someone asked me if nickelback was any good.
I wish I could have anticipated that interraction. Because. I probably never even asked myself.
I just like Nickelback. "Worthy To Say"...ok? Now that I have admitted it. "Where do I hide?" And also. It's "Too Bad" I didn't keep the 311 CD.
Hey mate, I'm wondering if you can review SAMURAIs album from cyberpunk, along with Kerry eurodynes version of chippin in (choose the right one cuz most are poorly mixed by fans). I'm very curious to hear your take on it
clicking on this video was more regrettable then clicking on a link in a hackers email🙄
LOOK AT THIS NICKLEBACK
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME
Photograph sounds like chad just got kicked out his emo band. and he just started singing grunge vocal but still trying the emo thing at the same time
Look at this Braaaaaaaad
I always wondered what the anthem was for "You lookin' at my chick bro?" type dudes. Unsurprisingly, and unironically, sung by a guy named Chad.
Leader Of Men is a Nickelback song that I actually like a lot, and I feel no shame for it.
"I'm happy to say that I've actually unironically listened to this gay version of por- of uhm... of Nickelback!" 😂😂😂
You should check out No Fixed Address it's definitely an experimental album by them!!!
You should react to crossfade's debut album. It's like this, but good, it's as good as this genre can be lol 😂
I didn't expect Brad to also think of "I, I'm black, I'm black" during animal
I got a confession to make: while I don't like this album, or Nickelback in general, I unironically like "Savin' Me" and "If Everyone Cared".
i feel the same way about ‘Pornstar’. I spin that shit all the time.
Follow you home, its quite simple, A female, she can do anything to you. But you’ll still carry on seeing her, thats the concept and most men have been there. Great song.
I like Nickelback, they don’t deserve the hate
I never thought Nickelback were the worst band ever, but their sound pretty much sums up everything I hated about that era of the 2000's. That post-attitude era WWE, Fast and the Furious straight to DVD rip-off Butt Rock sound that somehow combined the worst parts of Nu-Metal, late era Grunge and Bro-country into something that could be played endlessly on mainstream rock radio. The bands that tried to jump on the Nickelback bandwagon like Theory of a Deadman were 1000x worse though.
LOOK AT THIS GRAHAAAAM
My take on Nickelback is that you have a pretty talented band instrumentally but the lyrics and songwriting are pretty lame. The sleazy lyrics and playing it safe song writing kills it for me. I don't hate it, but it seems like if they had different creative ambitions they could've created something potentially really interesting and special.
I should also say that they did not deserve all the hate they got. No way. Their worst sin is making some cheesy songs that millions of people loved. Dig beneath the surface and the performances are always stellar.
curious if hes listened to nickelbacks sea shanty cover of rockstar
Am I able to watch the full version of this anywhere?
I'd love to see you react to Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots if you haven't listened to it already.
Side of a Bullet is good though, I remember listening to that heaps when I was a kid
in general, the music itself is well made, its mainly just Chad Kroger's voice that can be too much at times and his lyrics that are super trashy and are frequently pretty creepy
Ok cool, now review the new carly rae jepsen album
thank you for not including tracks 8 to 10 of this album, brad. greatly appreciated 🙏🏽
Travis is a terrible person? No way
LOOK AT THIS GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPH
THANK you for the speed ups lmao these songs draaaaaag
So this is the artist that makes the sonic music
The only “good” Nickleback song is How you remind me
Aw hell yeah I was on this stream!
at least photograph has some really nice chords
HE FUCKING DID IT YEEEEES
I mean, i cant say i missed Nickelback
and thats that, i just didn't miss them
They have some bangers and are not the worst band like people think... yeah they do have some terrible songs absolutely, but I will take them over Five Fingered Death Punch, or Hinder.
Nickelback is the definition of gas station music
how do you find some of the things you feature (like yung garfield)?