On April 10th, 2008, an Urban Dictionary definition for the word "Nickelbacking" was submitted by user Chernorizets Hrabr, which defined the term as a game in which a person is forced to listen to a Nickelback song over the telephone. Thanks for the reply," to which Nickelback conceded, "well played, sir. I hope we can agree that we need a freeze on gerrymandering, guys. Schwarzenegger responded in good humor, saying "That's… ice cold. Nickelback responded to the tweet with a gibe about Batman and Robin, a generally reviled film where Schwarzenegger played the notoriously pun-filled character, Mr. On February 14th, 2017, Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted a video about the political practice of gerrymandering, saying "When Congress is less popular than herpes & Nickelback, how do 97% of them get re-elected? Gerrymandering." The video has received over 300,000 views as of February 2012. On August 5th, 2007, the audio recording of "How You Remind Me" and "Someday" was uploaded to YouTube by user crockettjvinson. On May 16th, 2004, a post titled "Nickelback, Recycled songs?" was submitted on the Ebaumsworld forums with a recording of the songs "Someday" and "How You Remind Me" played simultaneously, suggesting that they were very similar in structure. On February 14th, 2012, Modern Primate editor Chris Menning published an article titled "Explaining the Internet’s Hatred for Nickelback to my Step Dad", speculating that some Nickelback anti- fandom is driven by class-ism. On November 1st, 2011, NME reported that Nickelback had been voted the "biggest musical turnoff" on the music-based dating site Tastebuds beating out Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Ke$ha. On April 3rd, 2010, The Montreal Gazette published an article reporting on Nickelback's poor critical reception. News media have often remarked about Nickelback's poor public image. The video accumulated over 3.6 million views in five years. On January 7th, 2007 a video was uploaded to YouTube of Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger getting hit with an object while on stage during a show in Portugal. They were recently exposed recycling their music in their two hit singles, "How You Remind Me" and "Someday", which sound nearly identical when played simultaneously. Guitar consists mostly of easy-to-play power chords that give the band a "tough" sound to the untrained ear, but a closer look reveals a band that has nothing to offer creatively. Lead singer Chad is an extremely nasal "Marlboro Man" type vocalist who sounds constipated on a permenant basis.
Nickelback: Another mediocre somewhat popular nu-metal band, this time, from Canada, which isn't a surprise considering their musical track record (Avril, Celine Dion, Barenaked Ladies, etc). The top voted Urban Dictionary definition for Nickelback was submitted on August 11th, 2004 by user Chenorizets Hrabar and criticized the band's musical ability. Nickelback is commonly criticized for lacking musical ability and failing to innovate.