Does Anyone REALLY Hate James Hetfield as Much as they Hate Chad Kroeger?
I did not know this, but Nickelsuck’s Chad Kroeger has a brother, Mike, who is also in Nickelsuck. So the Kroeger parents must be very proud of their sons, who took their complete lack of talent and ability and turned it into one of the 21st century’s most profitable swindles.
Of course, the Kroegers are fully aware that there are as many people who wish them ill as there people who don’t mind listening to their incredibly foul-smelling crap. I mean, how could they not be? A pickle proved to be more popular than they are on Facebook. There’s a campaign to keep them out of London forever. Hell, police in Idaho are arresting people just for saying “Nickelback.” These kinds of things simply don’t happen to other popular-but-crappy bands like, say, Linkin Park (to name one of Nickelsuck’s contemporaries). There’s something about this band that just seems to get people especially worked up.
So how does Chad Kroeger deal with being the world’s whipping boy? I would have guessed he takes solace in his millions of dollars and Avril Lavigne’s little boy body, but it turns out, his brother Mike actually made him all better by telling him a little story about his pal, James Hetfield from Metallica. In a new interview with Radio Nova, Chad says:
“Mike hangs out with James [Hetfield] a lot in Maui. The two of them are hanging out a lot together. And right when you think that you’re the only one who gets it — the backlash — Mike’s like, ‘Oh no. James pretty much thinks the entire world hates him.’
“I’m like, ‘Really?’ Suddenly I don’t feel so bad any more.”
The thing is, as much shit as Metallica and Hetfield take from schmucks like me, I don’t think there’s ANYONE who really hates James Hetfield the way they hate Kroeger. I mean, Metallica HAVE made good albums, even if it’s been some time since they did so. I completely understand how and why Metallica got to be so big, whereas I am totally baffled by Nickelsuck’s popularity (maybe the Kroegers signed a deal with the devil…?). Shit, I’d honestly rather listen to Load or even St. Anger than any given Nickelsuck bums. When people get pissy about Metallica and try to have them banned from places, it’s for ethical reasons; people try to get Nickelsuck banned just because they are fucking terrible. James Hetfield may THINK the entire world hates him… but the entire world actually DOES hate Chad Kroeger. I mean, his fans probably think he’s okay, but their opinion doesn’t count, because they’re Chad Kroeger fans. You can take their taste no more seriously than that of someone who thinks Twilight is great literature but hates the work of James Joyce.
But, hey, I could be wrong. It happens, however rarely. So let’s put it to a vote: does anyone REALLY hate James Hetfield as much as they hate Chad Kroeger? Participate in the poll below so we can find out!
[via Classic Rock]
