Disgust

I was informed today that there is a Nickelback concert that is happening in my area within the next few months.... by a good friend of mine... who for some unknown reason plans to go to it. He won the tickets, so at least he didn't pay to go it, but still... I think I need to get my ears checked because he actually said he liked Nickelback. I am now physically ill because the notion was brought up in an un-ironic fashion. Even if he were being ironic, I still don't think I could accept the words.


I know I'm not the first one to hate on Nickelback, but seriously, why is it still being played on the radio? I'll let the Nickelback fans have their concerts, just as long as I don't have to hear it. I mean...going to a Nickelback concert is like getting anally raped on a mountainside... sure there's some pretty colors, and it's an experience you're never really going to get again (until the next tour at least), but you're still getting raped in the ass.

This also made me realize that Hanson still tours. Hanson.. the kids from like '97 that sang "Mmmbop." Honestly if I had to choose between one or the other I would choose Hanson every time. At least they had the good graces to get off the f***ing radio. Nickelback still harasses my ears if I accidentally leave the radio on for 20 minutes. Not to mention Nickelback is responsible for all sorts of cruddy clone bands, particularly Daughtry... which, mind you, is just a band led by a guy who wishes he could be Chad Kroeger. Chris Daughtry had the chance to be a part of Fuel, a band I can deal with, but instead turns them down and says, "I'm gonna be as gay as Chad Kroeger, 'cause that's where the money is." Daughtry is literally a band designed by a record company, with members that have absolutely no connection to each other. This is brilliant on the part of the record companies because all they have to do is point money at them and they play music. There's no squabbles, no old rivalries, and nothing to push them to do anything but release mediocre music at an interval suitable to their industry. Nickelback perfected that, and now Daughtry can just follow in their footsteps, ushering in a swift demise for rock music.

It's because of these bands that I can't even listen to rock stations anymore, and mix stations are even worse. I've actually been listening to Pop and Hip Hop stations lately and enjoying it. Because it's something different. Is the music industry so pathetic that I have to listen to dance music (which is the same few notes played over a beat for 5 minutes), hip hop (which is the same few notes played over the same beat for about 3 or 4 minutes), or pop/country (Taylor Swift)? As much as I disliked Rap I'd much rather listen to Rap than the popular Rock Music. And even though there's not as much Rap as there used to be, when it comes on, I'm not immediately reaching to switch the station... because the other stations are playing garbage anyway.

Basically, if it weren't for Lady Gaga, I'd have given up on the radio altogether.