ContactMusic — CHAD KROEGER's former housekeeper has accused the NICKELBACK frontman of punishing her kids following her dismissal by refusing to give them free concert... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Nickelback is the most hated rock band in history -- OK, the 2000s -- because every music critic who writes about them says they are. It's as simple as that. more info

CMT — CMT just put a Nickelback video into the rotation. Normally, that might piss me off because I'd rather see only the countriest country videos. But this is a band with the sexy, raspy-voiced Chad Kroeger as their frontman. And he did write Tim McGraw'... more info

Metalsucks — The announcement that Swedish trad metallers Grand Magus had signed with Roadrunner Records was a tad surprising given that label’s recent inclination towards either a) already developed acts with a legacy (Korn, Ratt), or b) more mainstream hard r... more info

MTV.com News — 'Princess (Reprise)' went to Chicago stations last week; no other 'Idol' contestant has had a song on radio before the finale.By Gil Kaufman Lee Dewyze Photo: Fox Plenty of "American Idol" finalists have independently released albums or sin... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Vinnie Rattolle said... John Barry - King Kong Soundtrack http://vinnierattolle.blogspot.com Simon666 said... MONGO SANTAMARIA - "Mongo Magic" (1983). Never on CD, never before in the blogosphere - here's a new vinyl rip of this funkjazzlatino reco... more info

Guardian Music — Some words are understandably censored from songs but sin and bitch? Rebecca Nicholson on the new puritanism invading pop musicBackwards scratch! Doink! ---! When you hear those sounds on the radio it usually means the pop star whose record is playin... more info

Crazed Hits — Look for this Nickelback single to become one of the biggest summer hits and a multi-format smash at Radio. more info

Altsounds — *BLACK SONIC* hail from the small European principality of Liechtenstein, nestled in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria. Their unique sound is similarly wedged somewhere between the rocky peaks and gorges of Guns 'N' Roses, Nickelback and... more info

XFM.co.uk — The troubled golfer deals with the most shocking claims yet – that he's a Nickelback fan. more info