Setting aside the band’s repetitive and boring music, cliched lyrics, inauthentically growly lead singer, and cringe music videos, why is it that so many of you are such Nickelback haters? I kid, I kid — but, having said all that, a new documentary about Nickelback, which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, takes a closer look at the widespread hate the band has attracted over the years. It’s even right there in the title of the doc, . The movie, according to the , “doesn’t shy away from the band’s topsy-turvy legacy, but it also finds enthusiastic advocates in the likes of actor Ryan Reynolds and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.
“Throughout, the band speaks candidly about their past highs and lows — and getting energized about the next quarter century of growling vocals, colossal drums, gnarly guitars, and irresistible hard-rock anthems.” Moreover, the documentary from director Leigh Brooks is reportedly headed to exactly one week from this writing. , which has a 43% critics’ score on (lol) and a 100% audience score, is scheduled to begin streaming on Netflix in the US .
That’s according to the Netflix-focused news and commentary site . Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the and have reviewed the The documentary tells the band’s story starting from its early days in Alberta, Canada, including the breakout success of 2001’s .
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