Why is 101 WRIF playing Nickelback???

[ChrisWL1980]

I heard "Rockstar" on WRIF a while back.

Their producer (Joey Moi) went on to work with marginally "country" artists like Florida-Georgia Line and Morgan Wallen. Given that fact, I'm shocked Nickelback hasn't done a so-called "country" album yet. In that sense, Nickelback's success is partly to blame for the bro-country boom, another reason to despise them.
Remember Default, another Chad Kroeger protege? Their lead singer (Dallas Smith) became a bro-country artist under Joey Moi and has had quite a bit of success in Canada, albeit none in the U.S.

[Mega Hertz]

I heard "Rockstar" on WRIF a while back.

Their producer (Joey Moi) went on to work with marginally "country" artists like Florida-Georgia Line and Morgan Wallen. Given that fact, I'm shocked Nickelback hasn't done a so-called "country" album yet. In that sense, Nickelback's success is partly to blame for the bro-country boom, another reason to despise them.
Remember Default, another Chad Kroeger protege? Their lead singer (Dallas Smith) became a bro-country artist under Joey Moi and has had quite a bit of success in Canada, albeit none in the U.S.

Taking My Life Away was a good song.

See, that's the bitch of being such a music need. Aside from Bob Seger, Foreigner and maybe one or two other bands, I can pick out at least ONE song that I like or can tolerate. The vast majority of mainstream rock around that time was terrible. Small Cock Rock. Shit like Trapt.

[blizzard]

Because why would WRIF not play Nickelback?
NICKELBACK is the 11th best-selling musical act of all time, counting over 50 million units sold and over 4.7 billion career streams to date. Among their numerous accolades the band has also achieved 12 consecutive sold-out tours, with nearly 10 million tickets sold worldwide.
At this point, there is no need to jump on the hate Nickelback bandwagon.

[CurlyHoward]

Because why would WRIF not play Nickelback?
NICKELBACK is the 11th best-selling musical act of all time, counting over 50 million units sold and over 4.7 billion career streams to date. Among their numerous accolades the band has also achieved 12 consecutive sold-out tours, with nearly 10 million tickets sold worldwide.
At this point, there is no need to jump on the hate Nickelback bandwagon.

By this logic they should also play Taylor Swift and NSYNC.

[MWmetalhead]

Trapt is indeed a fucking awful band. Good call, Mega Hertz.

[Deleted User 15408]

Oh someone hates Nickelback. It's so cool to hate Nickelback. But, they've also sold a ton of cd's, and their streaming has been through the roof. In fact, mathematically if you were to be stuck in traffic during the holiday season at the airport 1 in 3 cars would hypothetically have a Nickelback cd in it.

[Mega Hertz]

A theory I would like to throw out.

Am I wrong, or does it seem that a station like WRIF starts to dismiss music from the prior decade and then start pulling music from 2 decades prior?

In the 90s, a lot of 80s songs got put away. In the 00s, 90s stuff went away and they pulled from the 80s more for gold selections. Then in the 10s they turned down on the 00s stuff and cranked up the 90s. And now I expect more stuff from the 00s to get put back in rotation in the next couple of years.

I mean, I don't ever remember hearing fucking Weezer on WRIF until the last few years. Or Sum 41. Am I nuts or is this what happens?

[Mega Hertz]

I hope I explained that right.

[Deleted User 15835]

Trapt is indeed a fucking awful band. Good call, Mega Hertz.

Hate Trapt

[Deleted User 15835]

Weezer is meh to me. I do like some of Sum 41's music, at least it's not a whine fest like Yellow card and Simple Plan.

[ChrisWL1980]

Speaking of Default... I heard "Wasting My Time" on WRIF this evening.
That one I can tolerate at least. Dallas Smith's voice is not nearly as grating as Chad Kroeger's, who sounds like he's gargling with broken glass.

[stopnswop2]

Speaking of Default... I heard "Wasting My Time" on WRIF this evening.
That one I can tolerate at least. Dallas Smith's voice is not nearly as grating as Chad Kroeger's, who sounds like he's gargling with broken glass.

I loved this song

[Mega Hertz]

Suddenly, a lot of that generic sounding rock doesn't quite bother me as much. I think it has to do mostly with nostalgia. But I do expect more 00s gold selections here in the next few years, at a minimum in teriary. A7X, Coheed & Cambria, that kind of stuff.

And with any luck, a lot of the 80s butt rock will start getting put back on the shelf. Or in the drawer, I should say.

[Deleted User 15835]

I forgot about Default! Yeah I like that song. I've heard Dallas Smith was trying to stake out a country music career.

[48125er]

Speaking of Default... I heard "Wasting My Time" on WRIF this evening.
That one I can tolerate at least. Dallas Smith's voice is not nearly as grating as Chad Kroeger's, who sounds like he's gargling with broken glass.

I remember 89x used to play the shit out of that often

Audioslave like a stone is probably the worst rock song to me of the 2000s