Nickelback sounds too generic for most hard rawk fans to like...too produced, no edge or swagger and non-authentic. Sabbath, VH, Pantera..bands like this come from the rock'n roll dream. Nickelback comes from the rock'n roll career. It's wuss rock based on a formula for mass consumption directed by record company executives. The ol' "hey kids, it's on the radio all the time..we paid clear channel out the yin-yang so it's cool..no really! It's what you *should* be listening to! Go buy it and impress your pimply friends!" It's not just Nickelback..it's every one of those bands that parents would give money to their kids to buy. It's safe. Safe and lame.