Nickleback

Today I listened to a Nickelback CD.  I'd heard of them, but had no idea what sort of music they make.  I'm still not sure how to categorize it.  The sound is hard-driving, certainly not as much as Megadeath, but forceful and powerful.  The lyrics, though, at least to the first three songs (all I've listened to so far), are full of yearning and regret, even nostalgia.  I gave up on Megadeath pretty quickly; it's really not my kind of music, and I am obviously not the intended audience.  But I'm going to continue to listen to Nickelback, go through the entire CD at least once, maybe twice, then decide if it's a keeper or not.

Okay, I've looked them up on Wiki.  They are a Canadian band, known for post-grunge, hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock, alternative metal.  That's quite a list of categories, which may explain why I had a difficult time figuring out what kind of music I was listening to.  Like Megadeath, they've been around for a long time and have at times been soundly successful.  

It's a bit strange to think of all the bands, singers, and composers who have been working during my lifetime, been very successful, and yet I've never come in contact with them.  I guess I have tended to stay with those soloists or groups I already know or ones I've heard and quickly recognized them as doing "my kind of music".  I'm really glad I've taken on this stretching exercise.  It's exciting to think of the discoveries ahead (8 CDs to go), some of which I may fall in love with, some of which will quickly go into the "nice try but no thanks" pile.