Probably Nickelback. I’m no fan, but they seem to get the most hate of anyone just for being mediocre.
I read somewhere once that their agent would book them at any festival that would accept them. That lead to them getting booed a lot where they didn’t match the rest of the lineup. People began to anticipate them and became a heel type character to avid concert goers.
Comedy Central destroyed Nickleback. There was a comedy special or show, I don’t remember. Anyway, they promoted the show with a clip from a stand-up bit that was at Nickleback’s expense. I you watched The Daily Show, or South Park, you would have seen that ad a hundred times. After that, liking Nickleback was an embarrassment.
What follows is my bad recollection of the joke.
People say that music can incite violence and I think that’s true because every time I listen to Nickleback I want to hurt… Nickleback.
I barely remember that… Christ…that seems so long ago.
I don’t mind their one song. But that’s the thing, they only have one song (they all sound the same).
I suspect the real reason a lot of people hate them is because they have mastered the earworm. One line from any of their songs will ruin your day.
For me it’s “Photograph.” Such an aggressively sappy and mediocre song. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of an essay I would have written on the bus on the way to school in 6th grade.
I kind of like “Never Again”, it’s a bit heavy-handed but it’s got crunchy guitar and the message is good, don’t put up with abusive shit.
But seriously, what the hell IS on Joey’s head?
Imagine Dragons. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is:
They picked up hate for being marketed like they’re some kind of super hard rock, even though they’re not. But their music is good for the genre it is. The lead singer was raised Mormon, but is now an activist for LGBT youth.
i think they picked up the hate for being played everywhere and a lot of their songs sound the same. Interesting lore on the lead singer, that does make me like them more
I’m sure “most hated” has already been covered, so I’ll go farther down the list and pick one that’s a little hated and IMHO more than “not bad”: Crash Test Dummies.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm gets clowned on by people who remember it, but (1) it’s pretty good, and (2) CTD’s first three albums are full of super catchy folk-pop-rock with decent lyrics. Some of the third album, and then subsequent stuff gets deeper and deeper into Brad Roberts’ then-current interests and generally doesn’t grab me, but more power to him.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm itself was undoubtedly picked to be sonically polarizing and grab more attention than some of the slightly less “Crash Test Dummyish” tracks.
Justin Bieber. He can play like 5 instruments incredibly well. He didn’t handle fame very well and they kinda forced him to be what he is.
At least in the thrash scene, Anthrax gets shit on a lot for being part of the Big 4, however I fucking love them, even though they had a period where every release was dogshit. Their early stuff is peak thrash, which is good because nowadays they mainly stick to playing their early stuff. Still deserving of their position. Though sometimes I wonder if it should be a Big 5, including Exodus, who were one of the first.
Testament > Exodus
Taylor Swift, the modern version. She used to be a genuinely talented singer songwriter but has gone way too far into the popstar life. I remember her playing solo songs on an acoustic guitar, and she was good.
Lana Del Rey?
I think her music is OK but she got a lot of hate for pretending she was raised poor when in reality she is a trust fund nepo baby (I think?)
The Monkeys were disrespected for being a “fake band” by many but created some good music.
Lars Ulrich?
Justin Bieber and BTS
How long before we post bands we are suprised that nobody mentioned?
Maybe Michael Jackson for being pedo.
I think it’s clear now that, at least in America, everybody pretends to hate pedophiles when in reality they could not give less of a fuck
People really really hate him. I remember when I was a kid, e,g pre 2020s, everyone seemed to love him. Now he’s like a kind of Hitler. Interesting how people literally only tune into the mainstream stuff, i.e refused to accept he was dodgy until the evidence became overwhelming around this year
Eh, everyone does that to some degree. Not enough time in the day to keep up with everything. I’ve gone years without knowing an artist I liked did something bad. Even longer if it’s an artist I don’t like!
