A few rock albums have been recently released. Namely, the infamous Chinese Democracy by Axl & Friends (fuck off, I'm not calling them Guns 'n Roses) and Nickelback's Dark Horse.
Let's start off with the former shall we? When you haven't released music for a while, you have to make sure that you keep up with the constant changing of the music scene around you. Bands mature and discover new grounds to maintain their popularity. Axl Rose was apparently aware of that. However there's a difference between extending your sound while keeping SOME of your roots and, well, doing something completely new and unrelated to previous works.
You see, if Axl Rose had named the band something else, there wouldn't have to be any connotations with Guns n' Roses' old work. But he had to stick to the damn name, now everyone's comparing the new to the old, and well, Chinese Democracy is the band's own St. Anger. I don't know, maybe die-hard G'n'R fans accept the huge change of sound, but I couldn't stand listening to more than a minute of some of the songs, let alone the whole album. I managed to listen to "Street of Dreams" in its entirety though, that song isn't that bad. I won't say the album SUCKS, because there are those who like it and have every right to. I personally just don't enjoy it. Hell, the new album "Day & Age" by The Killers managed to beat Axl out on the UK charts. On a side note, I think that album is pretty good except for, well, the first single. They could have started out with a song that defines their album more.
Now, Dark Horse. Chad Kroeger's unique voice and band has made the Canadian rockers the most loved and the most hated across the world. For those who love the band, this album is one giant present to you. For the haters, it's a huge FUCK YOU right in your face. Piling up on the success of their previous albums ever since they hit the mainstream with the album Silver Side Up, this album proves that Nickelback still have what it takes, compiling a work of art made up of huge in-your-face guitar riffs (e.g. "S.E.X.") and more mellow heartwarming songs (e.g. "Never Gonna Be Alone"). What makes this album so great is that they managed to maintain their same sound without dishing out the same old formulae over and over again, despite being highly criticised for doing so in the past.
If you're a Nickelback fan, you won't be disappointed. If you know any Nickelback fans, this is the perfect Christmas present. If you like rock n' roll, this album is definitely worth checking out. If you hate the band, you're going to have to deal with hearing them all the time on the radio again (and you were just beginning to enjoy the end of "Rock Star", ha).
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"they managed to maintain their same sound without dishing out the same old formulae over and over again, despite being highly criticised for doing so in the past."
Dude the whole album sounds like one long song - There are more variations in one Queen song than there is on the bloody Nickleback album
You didn't even listen to the whole album. And of course you're gonna think that way if that's what you always thought about them. You're not gonna let yourself change your mind about them when you dislike most of their songs and the singer's voice lol
how can you compare nickleback with queen anyway? different genres, different times and one hell of a difference in testosterone levels lololol.
i think they did a great job in capturing mainstream audiences by the balls and really pulling it off in a technical sense where solos and shit come in, not sacrificing any distortion in the fear of loosing audiences.
i mean, come on how many modern bands still satisfy that many people and dont sound like the beatles? specially on a live set man, they can put just about any other band in their pockets when it comes to giving a kickass concert.
why am i giving a shit about what people think about it anyway? ir rocks in my opinion and comes highly recomended.
p.s. chris, check out def leppard's sparkle lounge and if that dosent put a smile on ur face u might as well jump off a cliff. c u around bro
(my first comment woooo!!)
Who on earth compared Queen to Nickleback. All i said was that when confronted with the musical scene, Nickleback simply phail at anything they try to do.
Following your arguments, you just compared 'modern bands' with Beatles...
And red, I'm simply saying that Nickleback never progressed by an inch. All their music is the same, all the riffs are the same... Well just like Angels and Airwaves, if anything
Angels & Airwaves? Mention an instance where 2 songs sound the same.
And Nickelback have incorporated more country-based guitar riffs, backing vocal dynamics, topics to talk about, acoustic guitar-based songs, etc. How many albums of theirs do you even have for you to know whether they made progress or not?
Joe i think you're so influenced with all that people and media say about Nickleback, in such a way that you probably would have said that Dark Horse is a fail before even listening to the first track. Dude, personal opinion.. Silver Side up and the Long Road.. I have never been able to play the entire albums.. i used to get bored. All the right reasons, i managed to listen up to half of it. Until then i had a bit of a negative impression of Nickleback. But fuck that now.. they improved a LOT and their latest album is (in my opinion) the best one released this year..yes topping even MetallicA (of whom as you all know i'm a die hard fan)'s Death Magnetic.
btw.. LOL at the testosterone level hahaha
I think you 2 need a time out, come on, both of you to your seperate corners -.- Now you can come back out when you learn to play nice.
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