Two Fridays ago, Nickelback released their 11th studio effort, Everything Under the Sun (Virgin), which will surely add to the nearly 65 million albums that the band has already sold across the globe since forming 31 years ago. Each band member apparently has a new worth in the double-digit millions of dollars, with frontman Chad Kroeger valued at $80 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. But as staggering and nauseating as those numbers may be, Nickelback have also born the butt of more jokes about a rock band than any other over the years.
It’s time for the ridicule (we won’t go so far as to call it abuse) to stop. Here’s why.
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