[katamarimambo]

These post-grunge bands of early 2000 presented a powerful combination of witless lyrics with the cheesiest riffs and hooks a guitar can produce. Nickelback is far from the worst of those, but they were the most popular.

The rock guys in my HS lab would sit at the only PCs with speakers and blast it loud to everyone else's misery. They did the same with Evanescence/Nightwish, bands for which I developed gratitude from sparing me of those guys same deep raspy voice.