Nickelback writes tribute to Dimebag? How natural.
When I think of the razor sharp guitar playing of Dimebag Darrell, several synapses fire off in my cranium like a lost badger stuck in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. I think of Texas. I think of ribeye steaks. I think of "We're Taking over this Place" (by the way, that line doesn't work with the ladies). What I don't think of is Chad Kroeger. It seems that the king of crock rock wrote a song a few months after the shooting death of Dimebag Darrell. The guitar riff is Dime-inspired. There is also a guitar solo pieced together from several unpublished Dimebag demos. In theory it is not inherently bad.
That is where the buck stops my friends. Captain Canada has a habit of taking a shit idea, and making it shittier. Not to say that a Dimebag Darrell tribute isn't a good idea, but when it's being done by Nickelback, well, we must take a stand. The song has the same whiny Nickelback vocals, the same lack of subtlety, and the same overproduced, undercooked creative machine working for it. For your viewing displeasure, here is a video from a live performance. I warn you that some of what you are about to see may not be appropriate for anybody who isn't a 13 year old adolescent.
That is where the buck stops my friends. Captain Canada has a habit of taking a shit idea, and making it shittier. Not to say that a Dimebag Darrell tribute isn't a good idea, but when it's being done by Nickelback, well, we must take a stand. The song has the same whiny Nickelback vocals, the same lack of subtlety, and the same overproduced, undercooked creative machine working for it. For your viewing displeasure, here is a video from a live performance. I warn you that some of what you are about to see may not be appropriate for anybody who isn't a 13 year old adolescent.






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