Creed or Nickelback?
Spiritual_Chaos
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oh so I cant have my own tastes and refuse to listen to what I dont care for? thanks for letting me know. I have been doing it wrong all this time.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Side stories - When Creed were in Edmonton for Edgefest they stayed at a hotel I worked at and I booked a golf tee time for them and got them a car to get them there. I saw Nickelback open for The Tea Party at a tiny club for a secret show hosted by Pepsi. Nickelback were complete unknowns at the time. I remember not liking them very much but for one song they had their cousin come up and play drums and they did a rap cover which was kind of fun.
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Saw Nickelback open for Bon Jovi once. Good solid opening band. Great at what they do, just what they do is very meh to me.
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But I have been going back and giving some bands a chance, and I will say, I like Creed now. They had a lot of hits, and the music is pretty good. My wife likes Nickelback, and while some of their songs are heavy, it just sounds so bland to me, so I can't get into them.
I don't see much of a difference between what Nickelback does to many of the hair bands of the 80s.
Creed? I think I liked the opening guitar riff of once. Other than that I never heard anything at all I enjoyed from them...
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Curb and The State, albums almost no one knows, were above average hard rock albums by Nickelback. They hit it big on their next album and went completely cheesy, but I still listen to those first two often. It of course helps I was coming of age then, live in Vancouver, where they played countless small clubs, so I have good memories.