Who decided we all hate Nickelback?

Ashley Herzog
5 min readJun 2, 2022

I don’t know where it started, but sneering at Nickelback is lemming-like, high school behavior at its worst.

Me (right), an award-winning high school journalist who loved Nickelback.

Few names inspire canned sneers and derisive laughter more than “Nickelback.” Nobody knows exactly why, but we all know one thing for certain: we all hate Nickelback. Admitting to liking even one song is a hallmark of horrible taste. There’s no reasoning behind it; everyone just knows they’re…

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Ashley Herzog

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