Wednesday 22 October 2014





#BRINGBACKNICKLEBACK

In this day and age we are all under the illusion our freedom of speech is used for the better. Like our opinions, voice, will have an effect on the better. Let’s face it, for the most part were wasting our breath, opinions are twisted, and only the negative shine through threw. Believing worldwide press,  again we as individual’s have allowed this to come through. In what should be a time of absolute togetherness, instead of fighting for good, against war, or against what needs to be done to better our world. We stand yet again allowing the ignorance and the unintelligence to be recognized. This time in the form of a rock band, what’s next?

                #DontletNickleback has become not only and opinion but an international movement. How this began and why is still unclear, I’ve done weeks of research on this matter and come to the conclusion this became because of a small group of people. A group that had apparently had a grudge against Chad Kroeger’s hair, so called derogatory lyrics, and repetitive music! Well today I not only write this as a complete and faithful Nickleback fan, but as a music fan in general, and a concerned citizen of Canada, and the world! First of all, let’s just state the facts shall we. Nickleback is one of the best and most commercially successful bands in Canadian groups, selling more than 50 million albums worldwide. They are the second best-selling foreign acts inside the U.S, Only falling behind the Beatles. So first and foremost KUDOS NickleBack! They have had amazing hits, making soundtracks, top billboard spots, and multiple musical awards! British Columbia residents, shame on you~ For allowing this campaign to start in your own province when NickleBack is your home band, not only has this band not only supported communities and musical talent out of Vancouver but also helped put you on the map worldwide! Before you try to judge me, yes I have spent many, many years living in both, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and the U.S. so trust me when I say you weren’t known for nothing until Nickleback! I was also blessed to know such band before they became a worldwide phenomenon.

                THE TRUTH: NickleBack,is a talented group of men, who have exceptional song writing talent, musical talent, an insight to reach all, and have fought through the adversity not only in the musical industry but as being a Canadian band to accomplish more than most will in a lifetime! Instead of given them credit for all they have done, we have persecuted and tried to destroy all they have. Here we stand ready to rip apart a band, a man for his hair? We want to complain about derogatory lyrics? Or so called repetitive music? Well then every other artist beware! Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Eminem, Lil Wayne, jay Z, Hedley, and ACDC….prepare yourselves, you shall be next because you all fall under these categories. I am a huge fan of all of these artist’s but let’s not pretend, that other’s don’t find their lyrics  derogatory, their music  repetitive, and their costumes obscene. Nickleback like many other’s write truth, writes honesty, which can be hard to accept! They write about honesty, worldwide issues, hope, belief, and the faith to become all you want too. Call me crazy but is this not what we as a society should want? Expect of our artists? Let’s not even mention they have always been great men, wonderful supporters of Canadian and worldwide communities, great to fans, and exceptional performers!

                The newest campaign against this band has started with a Brit, Craig Mandell, severely upsets me and disturbs me. His newest extension to this campaign is why I have started my own #Bringbacknickleback. Mr. Mandell has taken it upon himself to try and stop all NickleBack performances in the UK, and the boycott of their music. Craig Mandell has even gone as far as to raise money for on an international site, crowdfunding.com to raise money for charity in the hopes of stopping them from ever touring in the UK. CROWDFUNDING, what the hell? You are going to accept such ignorance? Good, you should love my new fundraiser, which by the way shall not be consisted of giving up our hard earned dollars, or supporting such a site! I was lead to believe crowdfunding was based off of morals, and the right to raise awareness for business’s, social and community needs?! Instead like most businesses and social sites, they have showed their ass and allowed for such things to be considered “fundraiser’s”. Crowdfunding claims to be a site that will not support or tolerate any personal gain or support, however has exactly done such for Craig Mandell!  YES I HAVE EXPOSED YOU! Anything for money right? To the CEO of crowdfunding.com, do you feel proud of your company now? Are you revealing in the success of the whole $339.00 as of tonight? Do you feel at ease that you have allowed such ‘causes’ as they claim to be to publically supported by your site? Once again anything for hits, publicity and money right, you are shameful, you are not in any way here to support our communities you are out there for yourself, and it’s disgusting! Reality and facts for both you and Craig Mandell with only days to hit your deadline $339.00, has not given you a clue, you never will meet your end goal of $1000.00. However thank you for exposing yourself and forever ruining your own reputation.

                Craig Mandell has started a campaign on crowdfunding.com that will allow you to show your support for #nonickleback by donating money to charity. Sorry, let’s all take a moment to laugh!....Now to continue on, $1 will donate obviously a dollar to charity (p.s. thanks for the huge contribution to charity!) anyways a dollar donated and an e-mail to NickleBacks manager kindly requesting NickleBack not play or book a gig in the UK!  $5 dollars allows you to donate that amount, and a slightly more forceful e-mail with the same request. $10 gets you a donation and a ‘slightly’ more forceful e-mail. $50 dollars will get you an explicit e-mail requesting the same, with an attached MP3 of Nicklebacks music to show the band how horrible they are.

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                OK so let’s break this down, for those of you who have yet to catch on, prepare for truth to smack you right in the face. To Mr. Mandell directly, I was unaware you knew NickleBack member’s so personally you feel you may pass such judgement! Since you are allowed to pass such judgment on Chad Kroeger and his band, I suppose we may pass judgement on you for the way you look, sound and act? Just a little head’s up your hair game isn’t all that either, I am fairly sure they have barbers in Britaian…go see one, they’ll fix you right up! Now on to real facts Mr. Craig Mandell if you took the time to listen to all of NickleBack’s music you would notice every song has a different meaning, most of which are incredibly positive compared to most! You are sir, what we call a music skimmer! You have got to be the most ignorant, most unintelligent, musically uneducated person I have had the pity of coming across.  

                Now onto those supporting such ignorance, and unintelligent values. Are you that illiterate that you have to pay a random man write an email for you? You are that unintelligent to realize that you are not forced to buy their CD’s or listen to the radio stations playing their songs? You are never forced to watch Youtube videos, download, or record such songs, if you so choose not to. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it, plain and simple…obviously common sense has escaped your realm though. However were you not raised with enough morals or fight to know that freedom of speech, expression, cultural/musical/ and theatrical diversity are a must? I PITY YOU! Let’s face it, you are either to cowardly to reach out to Nicklebacks manager yourself, or your trending followers. Personally if I was going to write an explicit e-mail to someone or try to voice my opinion, I’d rather have my own words heard than someone else’s duplicated! In case this hasn’t been clear enough, if you share the same opinions as Craig Mandell, by having him send an explicit DUPLICATED e-mail on your behalf is not being an individual is not voicing your opinion it’s voicing his! BRAVO for allowing someone else to speak on your behalf and becoming a pawn in a pansy scheme, you done exceptionally great at that!

                So let’s reassess, our world has gone to shit, we have no money left to support our countries, no money to support our social programs, families or ourselves. We are at war across the world! We have multiple community, country wide, and global issues, murder, homelessness, disease, adversity, political destruction, and we are going to focus and donate our HARD EARNED dollars to such a ridiculous cause, we are going to support such a person?  Well if that’s the case, we had all mine as well surrender to hell now, because that’s exactly where were heading in this direction. This is only the beginning of people trying to raise money on their behalf, should we allow it? Should we boycott bands, or musicians because a few people don’t like them? Like this is the biggest issue we have to face right now? Support mass greed, mass ignorance….or support freedom of speech, life and culture, unlike Craig Mandell. I leave the choice up to you.  

                If only someone such as you crowd funder would help fight Ebola, what a novel idea huh? But no let’s raise E-mail’s to a rock bands manager, whom can erase them at the click of a button, because boycotting NickleBack deserves worldwide coverage!
 If you support NickleBack, no links, no facebook pages just put #BRINGBACKNICKLEBACK! I take no Political, financial or social gain from this and never will!
 
 
 

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