"All their music sounds the same." Pfft. Whatever. This same criticism was leveled at Journey back in the day. Guess what? The band is still part of the pantheon of classic rock and they're still touring after 40 years.
"They're sellouts." Dude, what does that even mean? Is it their fault they didn't stay some garage band in the Canadian hinterlands? Go away and take your grunge tie-dye T-shirt and hipster frappuccino mocha latte with you.
"Chad's voice is way too raspy." This has more validity. However, from the nanny goat bleating of Stevie Nicks to the nasal loopiness of Bob Dylan, rock and roll is full of unusual vocals that have become iconic by their sheer uniqueness.
"They're from Canada." Yeah. OK. I've got nothing. Our northern neighbor graced us with Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Rush, and Rock-tober alumni, The Guess Who and Bryan Adams. However, America's Hat is also the same nation that foisted on us the likes of Celine Dion and Justin Bieber. Canada's street cred balance with me is still undecided.
Look, I'm not their biggest fan, but I've got to tell you, I own several of their albums and several of their singles are permanently on my portable players.
"Photograph" is one of those songs with a nostalgic bent that always pepper my playlists. "Figured You Out" with its innuendo is just barely on this side of the raunch scale and something you have to be in the mood for - if you know what I mean. "Rockstar", today's feature, is a satirical look at the rock and roll lifestyle with guest vocals done by awesome Rock-tober alumnus, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
In the end, "haters are gonna hate," but Nickelback worldwide has multiple gold and platinum albums. It's kind of hard to argue with success.
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