Conclusion: Nickelback blow!...are not inspiring young bands

vedpunk
vedpunk Posts: 960
edited April 2010 in Other Music
I was just sitting at home bored on a Sunday night and I ventured onto the Tickemaster website. I decided to check out Nickelback demand and available tickets in the same cities that Pearl Jam is playing. Nickelback has sold out almost all of the same cities. WTF!

THIS IS A SAD DAY IN MUSIC!!!!

Is the midwest full of mindless music enthusiasts? Do they not understand good music?
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    • hopethatuchoke
      hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
      1. Radio play
      2. Record promotion
      3. Cheaper tickets? (Not sure about that one)
      4. They tour regularly everywhere
      5. I hate to say this because I hate that band with every fiber of my being but they are much more relevant than Pearl Jam is.
    • airblue1
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    • vedpunk
      vedpunk Posts: 960
      edited April 2010
      Nickelback will NOT be remembered in 20 years. This isn't a band, it is a manufactured "rock product". They shouldn't be allowed to play at the same venues as Pearl Jam. They should at least pay Pearl Jam royalties for destroying rock music.

      Pearl Jam will be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and will be remembered as one of the top American Rock Bands EVER!!!

      JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED in the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    • mickeyrat
      mickeyrat Posts: 44,604
      hopethatuchoke wrote:
      1. Radio play
      2. Record promotion
      3. Cheaper tickets? (Not sure about that one)
      4. They tour regularly everywhere
      5. I hate to say this because I hate that band with every fiber of my being but they are much more relevant than Pearl Jam is.
      HOW are they relevant or more relevant as you put it? just curious is all. not looking to start something.
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    • jubilairesjl
      jubilairesjl Posts: 498
      I don't think more relevant is the word to use here...more like "popular" maybe.
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    • hopethatuchoke
      hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
      By relevant I mean...I feel like there are a lot of up and coming bands who probably look up to Nickelback and would cite them as an influence (bad bands). I don't see a lot of bands talking about Pearl Jam. I could be completely wrong and I hope it's not the case.

      As for them being remembered in 20 years, I disagree. They will absolutely be remembered but remember as one of the worst bands of our generation.
    • vedpunk
      vedpunk Posts: 960
      Hopethatuchock....You're an idiot.

      Sorry, had to say it....If you think up and coming bands are looking at Nickelback and NOT Pearl Jam for inspiration you are missing half your brain.

      Dude, stay off the bong for a few days.
    • Ms. Wes C.addle
      Ms. Wes C.addle Posts: 2,559
      vedpunk wrote:
      Hopethatuchock....You're an idiot.

      Sorry, had to say it....If you think up and coming bands are looking at Nickelback and NOT Pearl Jam for inspiration you are missing half your brain.

      Dude, stay off the bong for a few days.
      Not that I would ever want to agree with HTYC, but most bands (especially young and dumb upcoming ones, that care nothing about the music, just wanna be rockstars! haha- get it?) want the money, fame, glory, sell-out crowds, becoming sell-outs themselves for the sake of fame...

      And good for them! Keeps the riff-raff from all of our shows... ;)
    • vedder_soup
      vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
      up and coming bands are looking at nickleback as a band that they do not aspire to be.
      sure they are popular, sell a shit load of records, sell out shows all over the world, but they are also very widely hated
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    • Vedder_Girl77
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      It is sad to say...but Nickelback is more popular than Pearl Jam. They are much more commercial and their songs get more radio play. :twisted:
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    • arq
      arq Posts: 8,101
      vedpunk wrote:
      Hopethatuchock....You're an idiot.

      Sorry, had to say it....If you think up and coming bands are looking at Nickelback and NOT Pearl Jam for inspiration you are missing half your brain.

      Dude, stay off the bong for a few days.

      wow :shock: why that level of bad vibe bro? take it easy...
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    • mysticweed
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      vedpunk wrote:
      I was just sitting at home bored on a Sunday night and I ventured onto the Tickemaster website. I decided to check out Nickelback demand and available tickets in the same cities that Pearl Jam is playing. Nickelback has sold out almost all of the same cities. WTF!

      THIS IS A SAD DAY IN MUSIC!!!!

      Is the midwest full of mindless music enthusiasts? Do they not understand good music?

      All the better for us. Besides, if everybody loved pj as most of us do, we would have no one to joke about :lol:
      fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

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    • RiotAct10
      RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,639
      yeah, nickelback is more popular right now, in that they are played at crappy pop stations and stuff like that, and people who have no taste in music like them, and people who only listen to what the radio tells them to like them, you can't really argue that PJ is more popular in that respect.

      But as for relevance, and more importantly, influence, PJ is way above Nickelback. I have actually been really surprised to see some of my favorite younger bands recently mention listening to Pearl Jam, and I think even a lot of people who might not love PJ's music, at least respect and look up to their path and outlook on how to approach a career in music. And like someone else said, I think Nickelback is more of a band that a lot of people look at and would prefer not to be like.
      words seem so out of place.

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    • TheGossman
      TheGossman Posts: 1,120
      people today like shit music, if pearl jam toured every summer they'd probably sell just as many tickets. As for albums, its clear, sadly nickelback sells more than any band, but i've never seen such hatred for a succesful rock band, they are not a band, i bet they dont even write there own songs. they are as bad as the backstreet boys.
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    • vedpunk
      vedpunk Posts: 960
      Just kidding bud.......Not trying to be hostile, I just despise Nickelback and the music that they manufacter. Viva Pearl Jam!

      It just sucks when business men started becoming rock stars instead of truly talented artists. In this day and age, its almost all about how you market and sell yourself rather than how music has organically been created.
    • mookieblalock
      mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
      Sadly...many posters in this thread are correct....


      http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2330688
    • Ms. Wes C.addle
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      mookieblalock wrote:
      Sadly...many posters in this thread are correct....


      http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2330688
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    • loveboatcaptain10
      loveboatcaptain10 Posts: 36
      That Nickelback concert will be full of Ed Hardy, Tapout and Affliction shirts. The pre-show discussion will mostly be about Dane Cook, MMA and tribal armband tattoos. Keep in mind, this is the same country that made Weird Al Yankovic a millionaire. I think you would all agree with me, but I would rather have 500 people that appreciate good music and creative energy, than an arena full of those pathetic DBs.
    • vedpunk
      vedpunk Posts: 960
      Like I said before, Nickelback are manufactured by their record label to SELL records. They write songs for one purpose only: to sell records, to sell merchandise, to make money for their record label. They are NOT a rock band....they are a preCALCULATED pop group. Don't let them fool you. They write sappy ballads now to appease middle aged soccer moms to SELL records. Don't let them pull the wool over your eyes.
    • mookieblalock
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      ms. wes c.addle wrote:
      mookieblalock wrote:
      Sadly...many posters in this thread are correct....


      http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2330688
      I, for one, LOVE Michael Bolton...


      Thats only because you have eyes, ears, and a brain....

      Nickelback < Pearl Jam < Michael Bolton

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