Vocalist/guitarist Chad Kroeger's cringe-worthy stage banter employed not-so-original lines such as 'Toronto kicks ass' and 'This is a song about weed,' and he reminded us repeatedly about his big plans to get drunk and pass out in a bar later on that night. I don't know how the band got a reputation for being great showmen, unless standing on top of the speakers while throwing water on the crowd passes for showmanship these days. It was almost a relief to hear their encore, the annoyingly catchy hit single How You Remind Me.

Then came Nickelback's onslaught of generic chord changes and predictable melodies. The highlight of their dreadful set came when vocalist Dallas Smith provided some unintentional humour by introducing a number called Seize The Day as a blues song, possibly because halfway through it the band broke into the whitest-ever version of Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker. Vancouver's Default set the tone for a night of endless four-chord guitar drones and constipated Creed-style vocals, complete with the mean faces and rock posturing common among groups stuck in 1992. The kids in attendance bashed, thrashed and flashed the universal 'this rocks!' hand signal while Nickelback roared their way through another of their soulless nu-metal tunes last Friday night at the Kool Haus. Nickelback with Default at Kool Haus, February 1. Here's some cold hard facts for the fans. EMPEROR - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Rage Against The Machineĥ. GUNS N ROSES - Appetite For Destructionħ. JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming For Vengeanceġ0. OZZY OSBOURNE - No Rest For The Wickedġ4. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - Calculating Infinityģ7. POISON THE WELL - The Opposite Of December…Ĥ9.

HATEBREED - Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desireĥ6. REVOLVER MAGAZINE's Top 69 Heavy Metal Albums Of All TimeĦ2. Here's a list that might amuse|disgust|anger some of the more agressive music lovers. Watch Seigbran's Head Explode in Blind Rage!

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