Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, one half of the unholiest of rock matrimonies, recently gave this quote to Radio Nova:
“Mike [Kroeger, Chad's brother and Nickelback bassist] hangs out with James [Hetfield] a lot in Maui. The two of them are hanging out a lot together. And right when you think that you’re the only one who gets it — the backlash — Mike’s like, ‘Oh no. James pretty much thinks the entire world hates him.’
“I’m like, ‘Really?’ Suddenly I don’t feel so bad any more.”
Yes, James Hetfield gets a lot of crap, from us included… I mean we recorded a 2 hour podcast just knocking Some Kind of Monster, but I don't think Hetfield gets anywhere near the hate that Nickelback get. Here are just some highlights of the hate Nickelback have received in recent years:
- Somebody created Nickel-Block, a Chrome extension to block all mentions of Nickelback
- Somebody almost got arrested for just saying "Nickelback" in public
- The world revolted against Chad's terrible collaboration with his wife, Avril Lavigne.
- One dude tried to get the band banned from London.
Metallica don't get nearly as much hate. In fact, "hate Nickelback" gets about 28,000 results on Google, whereas "hate Metallica" gets only 17,000.
Science proves more people hate Nickelback!
