Perez Hilton — At least they're self-aware! During a recent interview, Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger acknowledged to the world that his band is NOT trendy. Here's what he had to say about it: "We don't look at what all the popular artists are doing. We're not... more info

Stereogum — You might remember that Black Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney said some stuff about Nickelback. So Nickelback furiously fires back with … nah, they just kind of shrugged it off. See: Somewhere in an East Village loft, filled with cigarette smoke and... more info

411 Mania — They aren't worried about it... more info

Gigwise — Band respond over Twitter... more info

Impose Magazine — We awoke to 2012 late in the morning after attempting to manually forget about the bulk of 2011 within an evening's time. Upon awakening we heard faint Black Keys and Nickelback beefs, Katy Perry and Russell Brand divorce buzz back to back with t... more info

USA Today Music — Patrick Carney, drummer for the Black Keys, blames Nickelback for why 'rock & roll is dying.' But Nickelback doesn't care. more info

Gigwise — Band say people became happy to here that band... more info

Starpulse — The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney has sparked a New Year war of words with rockers Nickelback after blaming the much-maligned Canadian band for the current state of music. In the new issue of ... more info

411 Mania — And it's because of Nickelback... more info

KEXP Seattle — In The Black Keys’ recent cover story in Rolling Stone Magazine, drummer Patrick Carney had some choice words on Nickleback and the state of Rock in general. Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in th... more info