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  Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump Wants You to Stop Hating Nickelback (and He Isn't Wrong)

  March 4, 2013 – Fall Out Boy's upcoming album, Save Rock and Roll, might have its work cut out to achieve its title, but frontman Patrick Stump is at least trying to save how we talk about pop culture.In a 1,300-word blog post on Sunday morning, Stump compellingly argues that our online pop-culture discourse revolves around what we all ignorantly dismiss rather than what we love. …
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  Now Rise for Japandroids' Non-Nickelback Vancouver Canucks Anthem

  February 27, 2013 – Sometimes wishes really do come true. A couple weeks back, SPIN hoped that Japandroids' glorious Celebration Rock stunner "The House That Heaven Built" would become the official arena entrance theme for Vancouver hockey team the Canucks. …
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  Nickelback Bro Disses Sum 41 Guy for Avril Lavigne Costume

  October 29, 2012 – Nickelback rank high on SPIN's list of The 30 Biggest Punching Bags in Pop Music History, but this is a special kind of low. …
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  Avril Lavigne and Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Are Engaged (Yes, Really)

  August 21, 2012 – In what's either the set-up or punch line for an excellent Canadian joke, pop singer Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger have confirmed their engagement to People. What's that, you say? You didn't realize Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley's ex-wife was even dating one of SPIN's biggest punching bags in pop history? Neither did anyone, evidently. …
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  George Costanza Takes on a New 'Contest' in Nickelback Clip

  August 17, 2012 – Nickelback are indeed one of pop history's biggest punching bags and are possibly a sex repellant, but recently Chad Kroeger and Co. have shown that they have a sense of humor (even as the universe punishes their fans). Last year, they made this video when Detroit football fans petitioned to keep the group from playing its middling hard rock at a Lions halftime show. …
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  Universe Punishes Man for Attempting to See Nickelback

  July 27, 2012 – Sometimes the cosmos demonstrates its musical inclinations quite clearly. A 22-year-old Nickelback fan was made acutely aware of this fact on Tuesday night when, instead of successfully sneaking into a Nickelback show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center as planned, he found himself 40 feet down a neighboring gorge instead. Where does Nickelback actually rank on our list of rock's biggest punching bags? …
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  Pitbull Shipped Off to Alaska Walmart, Will Bring Comedians Responsible for His Voyage

  July 18, 2012 – Pitbull has officially joined Nickelback as a hater-bait artist with a sense of humor. …
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  Nickelback Fans Outed by Facebook Trick

  June 19, 2012 – Apologies in advance to all you conscientious Facebook objectors out there: You might not be able to play this round. Last night, when Nickelback were busy hanging out with Guy Fieri at their show in San Jose, California, the Internet was busy figuring out a way to expose secret fans of the 11th biggest punching bag in pop history, and figure it out, well, of course it did. …
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  Watch Nickelback Try to Have a Sense of Humor (Part 2)

  April 27, 2012 – Nickelback have had a pretty good week, what with the kismet that was playing a New York show on the same night as equally despised Creed and the myriad even-handed and otherwise high-profile press that has ensued. By the looks of this video segment they just did with Fuse (per Vulture), they're still riding high. …
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  Jock Jams: Nickelback Zing Atlanta Brave, 49ers Dance to Drake

  December 5, 2011 – Music collided with sports over the weekend, and not just with official confirmation of Madonna as next year's Super Bowl headliner. Baseball season is long over, but that just means the players have more time to go to rock concerts. …
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