Nickelback a Rock band?

[Osterra]

actually, i beleive their genre is either "Gay" or "Prue dick" but im not quite sure.

That's quite offensive to homosexuals; what did they do to you?

[The Batorys]

Yes. They are.

That doesn't mean you have to like them, though. Even if Band A that you hate is part of the same genre as Band B that you love, it doesn't really matter. It's not like you have to like every single band that plays rock.

[Condunum]

actually, i beleive their genre is either "Gay" or "Prue dick" but im not quite sure.

That's quite offensive to homosexuals; what did they do to you?

Actually, we don't care. Gay and Queer have been taken as our words. They hold little weight on most of us.

[Wazkyraque]

Sorta.
I rather dislike them though, too repetitive.

[Zeth Rekia]

Never heard em'.

I'm rather specialized when it comes to music. I tend to shut out anything that's not familiar.

[Corrian]

Nickleback gets so much hate, but it's actually a really good band. It has a unique sound.

I respected your opinion until you said they were unique sounding.

Me and my dad like to refer to bands like Nickelback and many others that sound similar to it as "Butt-Rock"

[Ermonte]

I like them, they have some great songs, some not so great, like the majority of other bands. Some people like them, some people hate them, like all other bands.
I dont like pop music or r'n'b that much but i dont go off complaining about it, because i have better things to do like listening to music i like.

[Terra Regni]

Nickelback not Rock? Is Arch Enemy not metal, Escape the Fate not Post-Hardcore, Amon Amarth not Death Metal, and Alan Jackson not Pop Country?
Seriously, just because you don't like them does not mean they aren't Rock. They are Rock. Sorry, fella.

I never said i didn't like them. I'm just not that fond of them.
They are a mixture of Pop Alternative, and rock.
That is why i call them alternative.

[North Wiedna]

Nickelback not Rock? Is Arch Enemy not metal, Escape the Fate not Post-Hardcore, Amon Amarth not Death Metal, and Alan Jackson not Pop Country?
Seriously, just because you don't like them does not mean they aren't Rock. They are Rock. Sorry, fella.

I never said i didn't like them. I'm just not that fond of them.
They are a mixture of Pop Alternative, and rock.
That is why i call them alternative.

the fuck is that logic

[Meryuma]

Nickelback not Rock? Is Arch Enemy not metal, Escape the Fate not Post-Hardcore, Amon Amarth not Death Metal, and Alan Jackson not Pop Country?
Seriously, just because you don't like them does not mean they aren't Rock. They are Rock. Sorry, fella.

Escape the Fate aren't post-hardcore. They're pop-punk with breakdowns, and neither pop-punk nor breakdowns are really relevant to post-hardcore.

[SaintB]

Yes they are, like them or not - and millions of people do like them.

[Terra Regni]

I never said i didn't like them. I'm just not that fond of them.
They are a mixture of Pop Alternative, and rock.
That is why i call them alternative.

the fuck is that logic

They're on every pop and alternative station more than rock.
Thats my logic.

[Kaizerxisiv]

By technicality, they are a pop-rock band...type...thing. I don't like 'em, and I don't know any one who does.

[Bratoslovoukia]

Only when we stand together.

[Forster Keys]

Alternative is a form of rock. It spun off from punk a couple decades back.

Alternative? I've always wondered WTF is Alternative?

[Meowfoundland]

Nickelback is only a "rock" band in the way that the lead singer seems to have eaten mounds of gravel.

[Chinese Regions]

Rock covers a wide range of genres; Hard Rock, Alternative, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Progressive, Rap Rock etc. and spawned many other genres, particularly metal.
Would you consider Linkin Park to be a rock band?

[Chinese Regions]

Alternative is a form of rock. It spun off from punk a couple decades back.

Alternative? I've always wondered WTF is Alternative?

Alternative (different) from other genres of rock, it's like they couldn't think of a name for the genre so they called it alternative.

[1000 Cats]

Alternative is a form of rock. It spun off from punk a couple decades back.

Alternative? I've always wondered WTF is Alternative?

If I recall, it was an alternative to punk. People who liked the sound, the idea, but not the culture of it.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Rock covers a wide range of genres; Hard Rock, Alternative, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Progressive, Rap Rock etc. and spawned many other genres, particularly metal.
Would you consider Linkin Park to be a rock band?

Reluctantly.

[Forster Keys]

Alternative? I've always wondered WTF is Alternative?

Alternative (different) from other genres of rock, it's like they couldn't think of a name for the genre so they called it alternative.

It's a stupid name. Classical's alternative to rock.

[Forster Keys]

Alternative? I've always wondered WTF is Alternative?

If I recall, it was an alternative to punk. People who liked the sound, the idea, but not the culture of it.

So punk without the fighting?

[1000 Cats]

If I recall, it was an alternative to punk. People who liked the sound, the idea, but not the culture of it.

So punk without the fighting?

And the more cacophonous elements. If you want to look at the beginnings of alternative, R.E.M. was sort of the first band to solidify it. Have a look at their earliest stuff.

[Condunum]

Nickelback not Rock? Is Arch Enemy not metal, Escape the Fate not Post-Hardcore, Amon Amarth not Death Metal, and Alan Jackson not Pop Country?
Seriously, just because you don't like them does not mean they aren't Rock. They are Rock. Sorry, fella.

Escape the Fate aren't post-hardcore. They're pop-punk with breakdowns, and neither pop-punk nor breakdowns are really relevant to post-hardcore.

Oh hush, your semantics are showing. One could make an argument for Escape The Fate being Post-Hardcore, really. That genre is rathe blended in with pop-punk.
/hypocracy

[Meryuma]

And the more cacophonous elements.

Not necessarily. Sonic Youth were more cacophonous than much of the punk that was contemporary to them.

Escape the Fate aren't post-hardcore. They're pop-punk with breakdowns, and neither pop-punk nor breakdowns are really relevant to post-hardcore.

Oh hush, your semantics are showing. One could make an argument for Escape The Fate being Post-Hardcore, really. That genre is rathe blended in with pop-punk.
/hypocracy

It's not semantic. There are two genres called "post-hardcore" and they are pretty much completely unrelated. They sound nothing like each other.