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THE STATE
SONG REVIEWED: "Diggin' This " FUCKING CANADIANS... LEAVE IT TO THEM TO
KEEP THESE GUYS UNDER WRAPS, TUCKED AWAY IN THE SHADOWS, WAITING TO BE
STUMBLED UPON BY SOME UNSUSPECTING JOE IN A RECORD STORE... ACTUALLY,
I'M TALKING COMPLETELY OUT OF MY ASS. NICKELBACK ARE IN FACT A BUNCH OF
CANADIANS...THAT PART IS TRUE. TODAY, DURING ONE OF MY REGULAR
CD-BUYING BINGES (I'VE CUT WAY BACK, I SWEAR... NO, REALLY.. PUT AWAY
THE PLIERS, DOCTOR), I HEARD THE COOLEST RIFF PLAYING ON THE STORE'S
STEREO SYSTEM... IMMEDIATELY, I WENT UP TO THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER
AND ASKED, "WHAT IS THIS?!?!"... SHE POINTED TO THE NICKELBACK CD ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE RACK BEHIND ME. I QUICKLY BOUGHT IT, POPPED IT IN THE
OL' CAR CD PLAYER, AND TWO SONGS IN, I WAS HOOKED.
LEAVE IT TO THE FUCKING CANADIANS TO GIVE BIRTH TO NICKELBACK (Chad
Kroeger - guitars/lead vocals Ryan Peake - guitars/vox Mike Kroeger -
bass Ryan Vikedal - drums), A STRAIGHT-AHEAD, NO BULLSHIT, ROCK BAND
WITH JUST ABOUT THE BEST SONGWRITING IVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME. PICKING
JUST ONE SONG TO REVIEW WAS FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN I ANTICIPATED, BUT
I FINALLY DECIDED ON TRACK 6: "DIGGIN' THIS". IT STARTS OFF WITH A
FIERCE RIFF THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE REST OF THE SONG, AND RYAN'S
VIKEDAL'S KICK CRACKS YOUR RIBS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. FROM WHAT I CAN
GATHER ON THE LYRIC SHEET, IT'S A TUNE ABOUT A GUY NOT GETTING ALONG
WITH A SELFISH CHICK (GEE, GO FIGURE). OF COURSE, THIS WHOLE REVIEW
CAN'T BE ALL ASS-KISSING. MY FIRST CRITICISM IS THAT RYAN PEAKE'S
VOCALS SOUND A LOT LIKE GAVIN ROSDALE FROM BUSH (WHICH IS WHO I HAD
INITIALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS)...BUT THAT'S A MINOR CRITICISM CONSIDERING
HOW WELL-WRITTEN THE SONGS ARE. SECONDLY, AND THIS ISN'T A CRITICISM OF
THEM, BUT IT'S A FRIGGIN' SHAME THEY'RE ON ROADRUNNER. FROM WHAT I'VE
SEEN OF THAT LABEL, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO PUSH NEW BANDS
(OR EVEN ESTABLISHED ONES FOR THAT MATTER). NICKELBACK HAS BEEN PLAYING
WITH THE LIKES OF CREED, GODSMACK, 311, AND 3 DOORS DOWN, SO HOPEFULLY
BEING ON THOSE BILLS WILL HELP GET THE WORD OUT.
FINALLY... HMMM, HOW TO SUM THIS ALL UP... GO OUT AND BUY THIS GODDAMN
CD. GO NOW!!!
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