Comments on: Live Nation Gets Its Nickelback

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:58:36 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: I have learned more about Nickleback in your post than I ever wanted to know. LOL

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:55:54 +0000

I’d still hit it.

By: Kate Richardson

Kate Richardson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:14:40 +0000

@GhostOfDuane: They look like their moms shop for them at JC Penney.

By: derby

derby — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:12:40 +0000

I’d be remiss if I didn’t chime in and say that I think Nickelback is awful. Just awful.

By: saltwater

saltwater — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:25 +0000

I worked on a video shoot of theirs years ago in Toronto, before they exploded. I can’t begin to tell you what hodads Chad and his brother were. Chad kept calling “Cut! CUT!” when the camera angle lead him to believe that his profile was featured. The director had his hands full with this no-name primadonna. I used to be obesessed with trying to figure out what makes them so lame and clueless… but I sorted out an enlightening theory; take FANS of Nickleback. Then take MEMBERS of Nickleback. These are, simply, the same people. Kind of a satisfying truth.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:00:37 +0000

@Rob Murphy: You may be on to something...

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:33:17 +0000

Ooh ooh ooh!!!

Weird Al Yankovic.

By: GhostOfDuane

GhostOfDuane — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:54:06 +0000

I just can't get over how cool these guys look in their press photo. I mean gawd - the ripped jeans, the belt buckles, the icy stares to nowhere, the all-with-hands-in-pockets-except-for-Chad bit. It's just too much cool for one pic.

And let's not forget the badass quotient. Taken at eye level, this pic would make them look like a bunch of normals. But the angle from the ground just makes them so damn cool. I just want to stare upwards at them forever.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:05:44 +0000

@Captain Wrong: You must mean their third album. All their big hits, save 2001's "How You Remind Me," came from the unkillable All the Right Reasons (not their third career album but their third after gaining major distribution), which is still riding the upper half of the Billboard charts two and a half years after its release.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:50:31 +0000

RE: the name thing. If that is the story, it's even dumber than using the football term.

And wouldn't the next (assuming they have fulfilled their current contract) three Nickleback albums be the definition of diminishing returns? Correct me if I'm wrong, but has radio even moved past their first album yet?

By: alec_baldwin

alec_baldwin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:50:03 +0000

Well, at least WMG still has Ben Brewer, Bronfman’s talented son…This just might be enuf to remove LYV off the shyte-y stock watch. Rapino is wise to keep the cost of the deal away from the media for as long as he can.

By: Rock You Like An Iracane

Rock You Like An Iracane — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:27:57 +0000

Clearly it will be Vampire Weekend and Taylor Swift.

...actually, Taylor Swift, if she weren't under a decent contract already, would make sense.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:24:03 +0000

Jazz. Herbie Hancock is ready to cash in on his big win at the Grammys back in February.