I think it might be anti-Canadian stuff. Justin Bieber and Céline Dion got some of the same treatment, though Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morrissette did not.

Or it’s just a meme.

Nickelback have never been bad. Boring, maybe. Generic, sure. But a lot of bands are generic and boring sometimes.

I don’t much care for Hero, but I think the hits off All the Right Reasons (Photograph, Far Away, Rockstar, Animals, etc) were all pretty solid. Never Again is a classic to me, especially the spoken part (“Father’s a name you haven’t earned yet / You’re just a child with a temper / Haven’t you heard don’t hit a lady? / Kicking your ass would be a pleasure”)