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Friday, April 27, 2012

Teh Internets The Nickelback Challenge (Isn't Much of a Challenge At All)

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Zach Pino, a writer and guitarist in Los Angeles, is forcing himself to partake in what he calls the "Nickleback Challenge":

One music writer. One terrible band. 7 studio albums by Nickelback. 77 Nickelback songs. Can I handle listening to one Nickelback song per week, eventually listening to their entire catalogue?

Booooorrrrring. One song a week? Do it one song a day. Or one album a day for a week. Or one song every hour for the next 77 waking hours (IT CAN BE DONE). A song a week is not a challenge! Nickelback's average song is around, what 3:45ish long? And you're listening to it just once a week? You will be spending .03% of each week listening to something you don't like. (Someone check my math, I'm a college dropout.)

I get a higher shitty music percentage every week just by walking by the downtown Forever 21 everyday on my way to the bus stop.

But whatever. You can follow his progress here.

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Yeah, that's hardly a challenge.

Posted by metardtard on April 27, 2012 at 2:53 PM

I don't know. I think 7 days is a reasonable amount of time to restore one's faith in humanity after listening to a Nickelback song - on purpose.

Posted by Erin Resso

on April 27, 2012 at 3:15 PM

One Nickleback song per lifetime is too much as it is. I think he deserves a little more credit than you are giving him. Also, he does a pretty indepth review of each song. Your post adds nothing useful, and just seems like lame trolling.

Posted by 211 on May 22, 2012 at 3:38 PM