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Creed or Nickelback?

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,523
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If you had to go to one show. Or listen to one album by them on your commute to work.


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Creed or Nickelback? 24 votes

Creed
58%
SpartanacushalvmookieblalockLukinFanBrainofBGADewieCoxJT167846May 30theddiecjeff2040nicknyr15OffSheGoes35drakeheuer14hihobibo 14 votes
Nickelback
41%
GibsonchittygoldrushComeToTXOf The AggieZodBLACK35EarlWelshtempo_n_groovemschostok 10 votes

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  • ZodZod Posts: 10,587
    Nickelback
    Technically I've seen both.   Creed was at the Edgefest festival in '98, and one of my best friends friends used to drum in nickelback so we used to go see shows in their indie days.

    I vote nickelback in their indie days before they went bland and generic with their rock.  I still like the album Curb which is a few albums before the one that made them famous :)
  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,467
    Creed
    I like Creed more
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    no
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  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creed
    mickeyrat said:
    no
    You're cool, we get it.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    no
    You're cool, we get it.

    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.
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    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
  • OffSheGoes35OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,514
    Creed
    mickeyrat said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    no
    You're cool, we get it.

    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.
    You're welcome.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,306
    I vote Default. A band in the middle of these two! 
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  • halvhalv Posts: 701
    Creed
    Creed because I kind of dig the songs Little Sister and One and every once in awhile I can appreciate With Arms Wide Open. Don't really care for any Nickelback songs that i can think of. Too bad as they are from my hometown.

    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. 

  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,027
    Hmmm, a manifesto or small change.  Gotta give that one some more thought.
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  • JT167846JT167846 Posts: 935
    Creed
    Creed riffs are fun as to play. It's more Stapp that makes you want to dislike the band than the other guys-Alter Bridge is awesome and the other three lads definitely regained some cool points there. Add one of the best singers in the business, some ridiculous guitar wankery and tune down a half step (with a few exceptions of course) and you have a kickarse band.

    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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  • hihobibohihobibo Posts: 1,092
    Creed
    I didn't care for either band when they were both popular. As a person who bought every CD, had numerous BMG/Columbia House memberships, I still never bought one of either band's albums. I've never knocked anyone who has, or made fun of either band, I just couldn't get into their generic rock when I could listen to STP, AIC, PJ, etc.

    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. 
  • GibsonGibson Posts: 2,646
    edited November 2021
    Nickelback
    Nickelback has a solid first 3-4 albums, and I stand by that. Ya just need to remember that they're all about sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Their  formula of making a cash cow out of one rock style never really broke, so there was no need to fix. The major reason the public hates the band is because they became larger than life. Yeah - they're a parody of themselves now, but there are a lot of fans that go see a lot of bands for the first half of a musical career.

    I don't see much of a difference between what Nickelback does to many of the hair bands of the 80s.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Nickelback
    I first remember Nickelbacks song Too Bad.  It was a good song.  I still enjoy it.  Then I heard that Something in your Mouth song years later, that was really cringe worthy.  How the hell that got air time was beyond me...

    Creed?  I think I liked the opening guitar riff of once.  Other than that I never heard anything at all I enjoyed from them...
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    I'd honestly stay at home. I don't know a lot about either band, but I know that I haven't been a fan of what I've heard. Just my opinion...not trying to be cool or a snob at all.
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,535
    Nickelback
    Nickelback… if they were opening a festival and there were a bunch of other bands after them to cleanse my soul
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  • chittychitty Posts: 609
    Nickelback
    Zod said:
    Technically I've seen both.   Creed was at the Edgefest festival in '98, and one of my best friends friends used to drum in nickelback so we used to go see shows in their indie days.

    I vote nickelback in their indie days before they went bland and generic with their rock.  I still like the album Curb which is a few albums before the one that made them famous :)

    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.
  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 4,857
    The music itself for Nickelback isn't too bad, it is just the singing that makes it a no for me. There is just something about that guy's voice that I just can't take.
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