Originally Posted by Mighty Salami

Let's be honest: if you are going for bands that are worse than Nickelback, then there's a whole range of them. There must be hundreds of gruff, angry garage metal bands who really try and copy the mainstream metal scene.
The reason Nickelback gets so much attention is the fact that they write pop-rock songs with [intended] universal appeal.
Let's be honest, if they didn't have the straining voice of Chad Kroeger for vocals, they'd be much better.