loved this interview! im so glad the hate is dying down, i genuinely like some of their older tracks. they just seem like good dudes i loved all the classic canadian rock talk
every story i've heard from my friends in the music business who have worked with or run into nickelback over the years confirms what this interview confirms, Nickelback are very nice, smart, funny, and down to earth people.
The fact that nardwuar remembers everything from each conversation perfectly like 5 years later is just wild to me, I wish I could have that kind of memory for motivational quotes
Saw these guys about 10 years ago in concert, went to see daughtry, very glad these guys were headlining. Super entertaining show. Chad can play the guitar!
So many wholesome stories out of these guys! That call to Mike was also a great addition (the 'breaking eggs' bit made me laugh so much), awesome interview!
Nickelback isn’t a bad band imo, I watched a video recently where a guy did a study on why they were so hated & it basically stems from the radio playing their songs back to back (these guys made some great songs but were overplayed) which annoyed everyone & someone on the internet started a trend that “hating nickelback is cool” & whoever trashed them is part of the “meme”. People love being a part of the mob & are afraid of being left out.
They were overplayed but from what I remember, it was songs like SEX and Animals that were just a little too on the nose and cemented them as a kind of pop rock band, who, with songs like Rockstar, were trying too hard to be actual rock stars. They probably wouldn’t have had deeper album cuts get popular as singles if it wasn’t for their success more generally, but that’s what I remember being the thing that pushed them from band that makes decent ballads/jams to the meme choosing them as the poster child of the dated-sounded 00s rock era.
Nardwuar is so F-ing sick! He literally makes anyone he’s interviewing open up cause he brings them down memory lane. They seemed to just be happy talking about stuff they never talk about……lol….apparently not even to each other. Amazing. Thank you.
Shoutout to poison City Records, on Ryans Shirt. Based in Melbourne Australia and have put out some great albums. One of the driving forces keeping Alt/Punk music alive in Melbourne.
All of Nardwuar's interviews are researched to this depth, dude is a true Journalist. If you haven't watched any of his other interviews I'd highly recommend it, there's an amazing back catalogue.
This is hands-down the best Nickelback interview I've ever seen. I've been an obsessive fan for years, consuming and remembering every bit of information on them I could find, but I didn't know half of the details they talk about from their early days. How Nardwuar knew any of these things is incredible.
Never got the Nickelback hate - always liked their songs here and there since the 2000s. And that phonecall was hilarious. This whole interview felt like two guys just going down memory lane.
I’ve seen these guys live 10 times and they kill it every time 🔥 I grew up just like them in a rural Canadian town playing in cover bands, even a few of their songs. So this was great to see, awesome interview
Not my go-to band but they're great at what they do, and much respect to anyone who gives Nardwuar the respect he deserves. This was very Canadian - can we get a long-form roundtable interview with say, Chad, Alanis, Celine and Alex Lifeson? I wish you had gotten to interview Gordon Lightfoot.
Amazing interview as always, loved that they had the opportunity to be interviewed by the legend himself! :D (Nardwaur, Please Sign My Evaporators Record!!)
I would recommend watching the whole interview. Chad even calls his brother and puts him on speaker, and it's just an awesome wholesome interview in total
I don't mind " how you remind me" but I hate everything else they did. Especially the try-hard ultra edgy period they went through. Chad can be quite the annoying fkn diva , But GOD-DAMN IT THIS WAS A WHOLESOME INTERVIEW.
Wow. I did not think I would come away from a nickel back interview having a genuine respect and affection towards Nickelback of all bands. I genuinely cannot find the words to praise the art you do, and what you provide me personally.
@@burgermind802 Is it the lyrics? I am peruvian and of course as a spanish speaker i didn't really understood any song but tbh i liked and still like their sound and i think many ppl from this part of the world (Latinoamerica) love Nickelback... I'm guessing the reason yall hate their music is because of the cheesy lyrics maybe?
