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  • People hate Nickelback for the same reasons anyone hates any musician: Their popularity. For some reason, it seems the more popular a band gets, the more people hate them. Don't believe me? Look at Justin Bieber: his music is good, but people hate him because of how popular he is. People think its cool to follow bands while they're not noticed, but trash and disown them the minute they start getting platinum records. Most hate comes from either metal elitists or people who wanna be "cool".

  • @JeremyWootenOFFICIAL Well, The Red Hot Chili Peppers is one of the greatest and most famous band of all the time and they aren't many haters...

  • @UnholyJF I think about that a lot to, and I think its just for more modern bands. For example, we all know Metallica is HUGE and no one rips on them (well, except for St. Anger and Lulu), same with RHCP. A think a good theory on why people hate Nickelback and Creed are the same reasons people hate Justin Beiber: They're all the epitome of mainstream music of their genres. It's a childish mindframe considering good music is good music, regardless of what bandwaggon haters say

  • @JeremyWootenOFFICIAL Actually a shitload of people rips them after the black album

  • @UnholyJF Correction: Metal Elitists rip on everything after the Black Album. Real fans at least commend their efforts, even if you didn't like any of the albums. The only album Metallica themselves put out that I didn't care for was St. Anger. And I highly disliked Lulu, not because of Lou Reed, but the fact that they really slacked on the writing and production of the album. Other than that, I love Load, Reload, and I thought Death Magnetic was okay.

  • i've got a answer to your question. because they're awesome!

  • knickelback is like transformers only listened to by 12 yeear old boys

  • i used to like nickelback back in the day "somebody", "photograph", and "rockstar" were cool.......until they started repeating those 3 songs over and over and over again with each album they release to the point that they are now my most hated band of all time. F@Ck Nickelback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • How many records this guy had recorded?? None? Oh...

  • @bettosdmf doesn't matter. One doesn't need to be superior to criticize.

  • The Long Road isn't a half bad album to be honest (Because of You and Another Hole in the Head come to mind). But they are the greediest money-makers in the rock industry.

  • 1. I don't listen to music because it can/can't get me laid. I listen to it because I like it.

    2. Why hate Nickleback? Taste in music is relative. There are lots of "horrible" bands and even art that people love.

    I've heard a lot of music thats much worse off than Nickleback.

  • ive asked myself this question sooooo many times!...i dont get it!...am i retarded??? or am i out of touch???, I consider myself a very knowledgable person when it comes to music, and i think i have taste,,,,,,,,,,,(but wtf!)

  • nickelback has fans bc they are catchy and accessable (as you said). i caught on to them early on (when i was in 4th grade) when their song photograph was still a huge hit. they (alongside kiss, motley crue and green day) got me into rock music. its like weed, its catchy and many people love it but many hate it and it can often lead to other things (either more types of drugs or hatred/indeference towards them). now i like nickelback only bc i recall where i was as i was growing up hearing thei

  • I can honestly say, I do like a few Nickelback songs, as far as pop music goes, they're great, far as rock music goes, they are generic, manufactured garbage, meaning pop music directed towards a demographic inside a capitalist country of confused, ignorant people. I can honestly say without flinching that I like Creed more than Nickelback, Creed is "Christian Rock", which combines two things that are polar opposites, though they have released some good songs if not for the "God" emphasis. Money

  • Listening to Nickelback is like masturbating, its fun and all when you're alone but its the most embarrassing thing when you get caught.

  • Look.. I'm a fan of Nickelback, and of course I get made fun of by pretty much everyone for it. But hey, I listen to pretty much all kinds of music. (NO, JUSTIN BIEBER DOES NOT COUNT). I mean.. it shouldnt really matter to other people what youre listening to (as in style, etc), so whatever! like what ya like and hate what ya hate! The end :)

  • i'll give you the answer right NOW!!

    because their fans are 13 year old girls who also 'listen' to justin bieber,katy perry,lady/man/mady gaga!!!

    they know apsolutely nothing about music,except u should dance to it.....

  • I agree 100% with the way he described nickel back.

  • The real question that should be asked is... Why do *you* have subscribers? ;-)

  • @kevinwaynesongs u obviously like nickleback! lol

  • @MySundin13 Don't own a single CD or download. The Black Keys, now that's a different matter. Those guys Rock!

  • @jshowa5 OH MY GOOOOD!! Are you serious? You could get your youtube account blocked just for mentioning Nickelback and Pearl Jam in the same comment. Pearl jam (alongside a bunch of other bands) CREATED GRUNGE! Nickelback and Creed are post-grunge, which is just a sad corrupted genre of music...

  • @jshowa5 Yes, Creed and Nickelback sound very alike, but Pearl Jam? No way, Pearl Jam is way better band than Nickelback and Creed combined...In fact, I think it is wrong to even compare Pearl Jam to the other two.

  • @jshowa5 NEVER compare Nickelback and Creed to Pearl Jam. That's blasphemy. Eddie Vedder and PJ are legends and are nothing like those two shitty bands.

  • I can think of like 16 or so bands that could have shaped music BETTER and that simply sounded better than Nickelback that came out at their time, that continues to be good and not poppy TO THIS DAY!

  • @jshowa5 dontc compare pearl jam to nickelback. they are nothing alike, not even close.

  • Why is it that when people hate on a band the people who like the band attack the individual that is insulting rather than coming up with a cohesive argument for the bands talent?

  • Nickledick has just regurgitated what Creed did 10 years ago!

    SDMF

  • NICKELBACK IS THE GREATEST BAND OF THE 2000'S!!!!!!!!!

  • @1969DayTripper according to your username, one might thing you have a good taste in music.... that is until you spoke.

  • I'd rather listen to Nickelback than the musical abortion that is Brokencyde....

  • They have fans because they are an amazing band, Chad's voice is ridiculously hot. I have every song they've brought out including some covers, I'm a die-hard fan who will defend them if someone talks shit, but seriously can I ask exactly WHY they're so hated? Really some people need to shut the fuck up, honestly they are incredible. Nickelback rule, love them to bits & I will defend them as I stated above. Nickelback haters are probably all Bieber fans who don't know shit about good music.

  • @WhisperedAngelMel good one

  • asif this is even a video SHUT THE FUCK UP YOUR A CUNT everyone already knows there shit

  • So, who's the worst of the three below? List them in order...

    Nickelback

    Justin Bieber

    Lady Gaga

    

  • I just found out that they are the best selling rock act in the USA seance The Beatles. Do you have any idea how much that makes me want to go to Canada and punch all their puppies in the face and throw all their first borne in a blender.

  • I can agree that they sold out with Dark Horse, but honestly before that I don't get what's not to like about them. Loud songs about sex, drugs, and rock n roll. What. that's not good enough anymore?

  • @senorjiveturkee completely agree man. except id say everything after silver side up sucked. All that shit after sounds the same cookie cutter sound

  • that band realy sucks

  • They have fans cause alot of us love their music but ppl find it cool to hate on them anyways i personally love their music but hey we all have different tastes.

  • Nickelback is the Justin Bieber of rock.

  • Why does Nickelback have fans? Because they make good music :P

  • @jfesmire2 nickelback has fans because they make generic, cookie cutter rock that applies to the largest target group to sell cd's. Most(if not all) there fans are just casual music listeners that dont really care about creativity or uniqueness. They just want to hear another generic fist pump song and get on with there lives. Simple as that

  • @jfesmire2 *shivers* dark times

  • @jfesmire2 DAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH AH AHA AHA ah ah ha

  • To be honest I have no idea why Nickelback has so much hate? They are not the only crappy band out there. Now I like their older albums I think each album had a few really good songs. But the new stuff is probably why they have so much hate. Because believe it or not they did sell out. And I think why they have such a big fan base is because they all fell in love with their first few albums and are just waiting for them to go back to their roots. I'm not dissing on the band it is just my though

  • If you listen to their first 3 albums, you can hear the talent. some great songs on thise discs, but now they have sold out sadly

  • Really!! Really!! Have you seen Nickelback live? I've been going to concerts for almost 25 years and they put on the best show I have EVER seen. Songs have meaning and cover a wide spectrum from love songs to hard, heavy rock. Chad Kroeger has a great voice and his song writing ability is crazy. All the haters need to shut up - you're just jealous!!

  • @TheDonnieAnderson I feel sorry for you...

  • dude your a hater to good music, make a good video, asshole

  • i like nickelback because they make great music! i can agree that the new albums are shit, but if you listen to the older ones, theres a lot of brawling rock hits!

    gives me a kick. thats why

    like them or not, i will allways be a fan of their music

  • @ErlendRagnaMusic

    LOL.. no just no.. you are so wrong.... go listen to your generic crap.

  • @Afireinside912 i will! i love my generic crap! im sure you love yours too ;)

  • i disagree with the bieber thing. i'll be 23 next month, and if an attractive guy was listening to jbiebs, i'd probably want to jump him more than if he weren't.

  • @3:45 = describing most commercially successful bands.

  • Look at the comments of this section and you'll get the answer quickly.

    They're lame just like their band is.

  • i wanna know why nickelback has so many haters...

  • Nickelback is hated for a few reasons.

    1. It's cool to hate them. It gives some people a sense of musical elitism.

    2. Their own popularity killed the general love for them. Think back to 2001-2003. Everybody seemed to love them, with Silver Side Up being their springboard to being played incessantly. Rockstar and Photograph were so overplayed that any love for them was lost.

    3. They strayed from having decent material to completely generic. The "inspirational" songs are rarely good.

  • hey sami, i had a friend who likes nickelback and creed after i saw this i told him to look it up. he has a bad ear and hates the beatles and rhcp and led zepplin and everthing good

  • @LucDaRocka1 your friend's a dick

  • @mrgoodbar1997 yeah hes always been one.........

  • Totally Sketch Originals: The Morning After (feat. Jenna Marbles) copy and paste on search bar if u wanna know if nickel back has fans

  • Why does Nickelback still have fans? Well how about why does your video have 7000 views or why do people think Justin Bieber is hot? ITS A PERSONAL OPINION.

    However i am curious to know why you are searching what bands are most likely to get you laid... I personally am not using Nickelback to get sex but to actually listen to some music.

  • If It wasn't for Nickelback I probaly wound be watching shity pop music.

  • @ncrocker100 Nickelback *is* shitty pop music

  • seeing that Death Megnetic picture in the back makes me wanna try and draw it

  • I can't understand why people hate this band so much. They've become quite successful with a slew of radio hits in a time where rock bands are not as popular as they use to be (Take a peek at the billboard charts!). The fact that a group of people don't want them to play at a football game is stupid. Then again it's in Detroit and Detroit is a major amercian music city. They take their shit serious there. I'm not a Nickelback fan but i am Canadian...Sorry!

  • Eminem sucks by the way. people in detriot have a shitty taste in music

  • Nickelback has fans because theyre awesome!

  • It's funny how you say you don't like Nickelback because of the content of their songs and music but you yourself interview people like that douchebag from Steel Panther... that's what I call thinking music, right.

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  • I dont like nickelback as much as the next guy but honestly they have 3 good songs (because of you, flat on the floor, and side of the bullet). Other than that every single one of there songs are garbage.

  • @moko9hoko Have you heard Good Times Gone?

  • I used to like Nickelback when I was younger. I admit that. The big reason I liked them was because I could relate to songs like "Someday," or "Too Bad." I listened to them for the lyrics. But as I got older, it didn't relate to me anymore, so I stopped listening to them and got into Metallica, Megadeth, and Avenged Sevenfold. Fucking heavy stuff like that. Since then, I've heard songs on the radio that Nickelback have put out, and to me, they sound like pure shit. I absolutely hate Nickelback.

  • My deaf uncle loves Nickelback.

  • whyyy men! i like nickelack and i am a diehard metal head i think its catchy and i like a lot the music

  • @MrSlashnumber1fan You like nickelback? Then no, you are absolutely not a diehard "metal head".

  • hey man i live in detroit

  • Its not too late to grind every celebrity into food for our livestock. Take back human dignity.

  • Well, I think Nickelback has fans because the songwriting is decent and the guitar work is decent. I think they have gotten a bad rap and they don't deserve it. Mind you, Chad Kroeger is a big doofus. I think he is the one who gives Nickelback a bad name. He really sucks.

  • @burnindownthehouse They've gotten a bad rap because their music is a pathetic embarrassment in every conceivable way. They ought to be mocked relentlessly until they either stop making music or commit suicide.

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  • @burnindownthehouse I don't WISH that they would commit suicide, I just believe that society should force them to if they don't stop polluting our culture.

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  • Here's a theory I've found with shitty rock music over the years. U2 started as a great band with a lot of great potential, that went completely to the wasteside around the 90's, then they took a giant shit and Creed came out of it. They wrote some great instrumental stuff and the lyrics were fairly inspiring IMO, but then after they broke up, they took a shit and Nickelback came to be and started killing what was once known as hard rock music. Nickelback is a disease and needs to just go away!!

  • Nickelcrap

  • Nickelback sucks.

    All there songs sound the same.

    And there lead singer looks like Nicholas Cage. Nuff said.

  • "Hell! I'd take Kid Rock before Nickleback!" Hahah. XD

  • Infact Sammi, Go on a Nickelback song from their official Youtube and look at The Like/dilike Ratio, Then compare them to this video.

  • Lol Sammi, you don't really know much. People who hate a band will flame on the internet. But the people who like a band arent going to go on about how much they love them. Hence it will seem like everyone hates them, ever heard of Justin Bieber? And Universal Hate? wow how Naive can you get? Yes Hard rock fans hate them because of how popular they are and how they have the Pop side the them. And that song structure you said matches hundreds of bands out there. Unsubscribed.

  • @MrDuncan117 But you can't deny that the hate towards Nickelback is...more important. Mainly within the Rock Community

  • @ldrslucas Well, i can deny that because whats important is that people enjoy music and I enjoy Nickelback :).

  • NICKELBACK BEST BAND EVER <3 F*CK TEH H8RZ HERE AND NOW GON BE SICK!!! <3

  • Why does Nickelback have fans? They don't!

  • I now recognise Nickelback as a terrible, commercial, primitive, terrible grunge imitating band, however, I first got into music in the early 00s when How You Remind me was everywhere and I liked it a lot. I hate them now but that song takes me back to primary school.

  • I don't see how sammi likes or respects lady gaga and such and not nickelback. TBH i only heard like 2 song from Nickelback.

  • I have no idea man, Nickelback is the most awful crap I've ever heard.

  • Nickelback can lick my balls. but i did see a video of the drummer on youtube and he can play like a beast

  • because some people dont listen to music to be cool

  • It's call bubble-gum pop for a reason. It's fun to chew, but you don't swallow it. The "popular" music right now is fun to listen to, but clearly cannot be compared to the classics and can in no way be criticized in the same way. Gaga is a show piece, Nickelback is fun to jog around the block to. But it would be a waste of time to dissect either of these artist's work, as it is very shallow.

  • Well, why do you type in all caps? Because you want too. You like it. It appeals to your sensibilities. All cap writing annoys the hell out of some people, but some people dig it. It's the same for NB. People like NB because they want too. They like it. It appeals to their sensibilities. NB annoys the hell out of some people dig it, but some Pretty simple.

  • good music? simples

  • Coldplay definitely has some songwriting talent, people only hate on them because they're popular. Nickelback does not, I have no clue why they're popular at all. I think they just cater to the built-in audience of people who don't know shit about music and can't find better things for themselves, so they settle for what they can get with the radio.

  • @CLander270 coldplays hated on because they sold out

  • @midgetrocker36 I still think they're good. Their only album that I really didn't like was Viva La Vida, but it still had some great songs on it still. And Mylo Xyloto is a pretty solid album, I gotta say

  • my mate got to go to a nickleback gig for free.

    he wants his nickle back.

  • I think Nickelback sucks the fattest of dicks, but they did write a tribute song about Dimebag and he gave them the solo before he died, so that's one cool thing they've got.

  • Are you retarded or something? Can you not understand that it might not be good music, but people do enjoy it? Not everyone is looking for deep music.

  • If you can't figure out why Nickelback (and any other mainstream musician, really) has fans, you aren't too bright. They write catchy, easily digestible three-minute pop tunes. Most people don't take music too seriously, and for this reason, these kinds of songs are what they eat up.

    That's why Nickelback has fans.

  • @davethehostage That's basically what he says in the video. He's asking the question to Nickelback FANS. Why are they fans, is the question.

  • @wolborg105 Oh, I wasn't directing that comment at him. Just the people who can't seem to understand the reasons behind their success.

  • @davethehostage - dude I think he made that point very clear in his rant/blog and that is no excuse for a band to continue to pump out the kind of crap that NB spews. However, I can't really say that I can name one single NB song.  I never listen to commercial radio and get all of my music from streaming sources, so really this is a non-issue for me.

  • @genekied I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I wasn't directing that comment towards him. It was meant for anyone who couldn't grasp the reasons for Nickelback's success.

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  • @davethehostage Uhm isnt that what he said in the video?

  • @tkmaster17 Almost exactly word for word.

  • @davethehostage That's what he said dumb ass.

  • @davethehostage Well writing catchy Pop tunes isn't a bad thing. I hate the band for moronic cliche lyrics also they just suck! it's simple their music is boring!

  • you answered the question yourself, they write easily accessible generic radio songs that anybody who doesnt know much about music can bob their head to without feeling an overwhelming feeling of guilt/asscancer.

  • Worst. band . ever. period. along with our lady peace, bare naked ladies, creed and bieber. they just suck.

    every person that i know who likes music will always, without fail, turn the radio off the second they hear a nickelback song. just a fact of life.

  • I don't understand how people can continuously bash this band. I can absolutely say that I'm not a fan, but that's because of my personal musical tastes. If another person just happens to have interest in that kind of music, then so be it. People just need to grow the fuck up and let people be themselves. I don't like Nickelback because the last few albums were 50% polluted with songs about drinking/having sex/etc and that gets boring after a while. But their earlier stuff was great. +1 Un-Sub

  • I think you just hate them because they're Canadian.

  • Even though alot of people don't like nickelback I stand by the fact that Chad has an unreal voice haha

  • @Pinkblues94 I can agree on that as well.

  • Oh and go Pack!

  • Half time show hasn't even started on Thanksgiving in Detroit and we're already booing!

  • ask "how can ANYONE be a fan of so and so?" because I realize it's just a difference of musical taste. There are so many factors that determine why a person likes a certain band or style of music that it would break my feeble little mind to try and comprehend them all.

  • I think the better question to ask is why so many people HATE nickelback. And don't give me that they're 'generic' or 'shallow' or that they haven't 'evolved musically'. I can think of a ton of bands that those adjectives apply to yet they don't recieve nearly the same amount of hatred as Nickelback. Do i like Nickelback? No. But I don't like like a lot of music; Bon Jovi, Lil Wayne, peruvian pan flute music, polka, Lil Wayne's new album of strictly peruvian pan flute music. You'll never hear me

  • My question back to you is...why do you care?? Who cares if I like Nickelback....I personally could give a big sh*t about what people think about who/what I like. If you don't like them thats your choice...turn them off but don't try to piss in my Cherrios because I do.

  • @MrSplatterPlatter I thought this discussion was about how Nickelback has fans; not why people don't like Nickelback fans? Don't count my vocabulary for every other Nickelback fan, I speak for myself. Now, go make me a sandwich.

  • i like nickelback because they're just a simple rock band and you know what to expect

  • Thats the only fault I find with you Sammi you think just because a band is generally hated on (like nickleback and creed) that they should not have a fan base. Where there are people that actually like their songs and go to their concerts. The truth is there are people that like them and go to their concerts because they do not have anything wrong with them. your so big on respecting all kinds of music so why cant you just respect the fact that people like the bands that you dont like.

  • @chainsawshredsbass I absolutely respect people's taste in music. I never said their fans should stop listening to them. It's just a question I wanted to raise.

  • @RockItOutBlog I found Nickelback to be like a poorly done black album and every album nickelback comes out with sounds like the black album. Just really bad but o k . Thats my opinion

  • one word ... hipsters

  • @chainsawshredsbass One ought to TOLERATE others tastes, not necessarily respect them. I respect someones right to think that Chad Kroeger isn't an embarrassment to humanity as a whole, but I certainly don't respect the belief itself. I wouldn't outright physically assault them, but if they were about to be hit by a bus and I could save them I certainly wouldn't. If Chad Kroeger died I would feel good and laugh, but I respect his right to live.

  • @version191 Eh?

  • I hate them because they have poppy soft rock radio singles but yet play Metallica covers at their concerts. They pretend to be something that they are not on either spectrum. Pick a side Nickelback.

  • I have a question. Why do people hate Iickelback so muck??? I mean Im not a fan but I dont hate them. I dont see many reasons to hate them. I mean I understand when people hate on Maroon 5 for being ear rape or 3OH3 for being at warped tour when they so clearly dont belong but I really dont see a reason to hate Nickelback. Can someone please explain to me why people hate them so mutch???

  • I put it down to laws of averages. There are something stupid like 7 billion or so people on the planet. I GUARENTEE that if someone even as musically untalented as myself (I cannot carry a tune) released or attempted to start doing music, If i tried hard enough, and had the cash to eventually put an album out, I could get a fan base. Why? Cause with that many people, law of averages dictates SOME of em are gonna like it. No matter how bad, or generic, or just plain terrible it is.

  • @maalbe987 well i dont listen to them and im only 14 so i sont kno what their older music is like. i just read thro the comments on here (and from what ive heard) it seems like they get new fans (who are usually younger) all the time but also lose a lot of fans who get sick of them and move onto other rock bands

  • You see, people like different music.

  • theyre not really anything special in my book, but a few of their songs really arent bad. creed on the otherhand.......wtf

  • They are crap.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 To be fair, Gaga can sing and play some mean piano.

  • @RockItOutBlog

    True.

    But she's too much of a pseudo intellectual AND regardless of what she chooses to do, no matter is it good or bad - she has to utter something along the lines of "It's all about the music" then make a Queen reference.

    Thus redeeming the only worthwhile trait she has, because it somewhat shows that she's 'different' to the other popstars.

    She's really nothing spectacular, just knows how to make a scene.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 Lady Gaga is really good actually.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 I'm sorry but Coldplay does not deserve to be grouped with those... they are my favorite band, and their music, especially their older stuff is freaking awesome. Sorry about your life.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 Because Nickelback is a manufactured pop-shit-grunge band. Gaga is popular because she's a unique songwriter. Nickelback doesn't exactly have much original ideas.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 Gaga is talented, biass.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 Gaga is one of the most talented pop performers out there today. Except... Born This Way...Ugh.

  • @TheTrooper9169666 Jumping on other bands and artists and asking how they have fans does not contribute anything to the subject at hand. That's kind of like getting in trouble with your mom and saying "YEAH WELL JACK AND LISA DID IT TOO WHY AREN'T THEY GETTING IN TROUBLE I HATE YOU MOM."

  • @TheTrooper9169666 plus live they have playback.

  • lol so nickleback is for morons?

  • i know nickelback isnt the best band in the world. LOL but c'mon!! they cant possibly be the worst right? idk where all the hate comes from, they write their owns songs, they actually play instruments. i hated bieber becuse hes an autotune using, singer who doesnt even write his songs. people just like to hate because they like to hate. FYI that nickelback song photograph is not that bad....

  • nickelback kinda sucks i admit! but would u guys prefer the black eyed peas???!?! HAHHAHA NO!!!! nickelback over any shitty pop, and hip hop crap......

  • ok im seeing nickelback sucks and creed sucks. dont drag DAVE FUCKEN GROHL and radiohead into this. they ARE ALL LEGENDS compared to that trash....

  • @LukeGriffths121 Listen to their first 2 albums Curb & The State & tell me there isn't some post-grunge in there.

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  • Dear Sami,I listened to two bands you hate (Hollywood Undead,and Black veil brides) and I'm not sure if I like them or not so tell me what your real thoughts on those two band are they okay,do they completely suck,are they ahead of their time,or behind in their time

  • @MrKurtKocain I got no interest in listening to either of those bands.

  • @MrKurtKocain Both of those bands suck bro. And I take offence to your name..

  • @MrKurtKocain wow. black veil brides, i can't imagine what kind of bands you are actually afraid of admitting to liking.