Guest Blogger: Robin H2

Nickelback is a popular rock band with a lot of edge. The band started in 1995 in Hanna Alberta. The band plays mainstream rock with a little attitude to them. Nickelback often sings about real thing that are happening in the world, they have a realistic story telling style. They have relaxed feel to them but also they have some intensity to them. The band sings a variety of songs topic that range from getting wasted with your buddies, to a friend’s overdose. They have had to multimillion selling albums which are silver side up and the most recent, the dark horse. A song from silver side up was, How You Remind Me, this was a top hit. The lyrics talk about how someone reminds him of how he really is. I also think the song is about a break up and maybe he or his significant other got cheated on. Think this because a line from the song goes; it’s not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story, this time I’m mistaken, for handing you a heart worth breaking. So to me this means he broke someone’s heart or got his heart broken. It’s a memorable song because it has powerful lyrics that everyone can relate to. A song from Nickelbacks most recent album, Dark Horse, is, Somethin in your mouth. This song is about a girl who is a wild child and is about the glitz and glamour of life instead of the thing that are most important. The girl does have much self respect for herself and can be with anyone who gives her money. The band sounds like a lot of rock band out their but the band Theory of a Dean Man reminds me of Nickelback just because they also have a realistic story telling style. A lot of the critics criticize the band for being unoriginal and to mainstream. Rolling stone had this to say about Nickelback. “If you're looking for originality, you might want a full refund instead of a Nickelback.” So critics were very heavy on the band. But with their new alum despite have an overall negative review got a positive review from Rolling stone. The album went platinum twice and continues to be a big hit. In my opinion the band is worth listening to and their music is worth buying because they have such a great sound to them and great lyrics.