How prominent is Schon on this album? It's one of the few albums he's on that I haven't heard.
Um, I couldn't really tell you. He's one of four guitarists on the album, so I'm sure he would have been pushed into the background to some degree. However, I don't know just how prominent he is on the album; I'd have to go back, listen to it again, and look into it.
Meh, solid album. Nickelback don't deserve half the shit they get, their just the "cool" band to hate.
Yes, thank you, I absolutely agree. I will actually admit to liking
Nickelback and to having a couple of their albums in my collection. Why? Because I think the band just writes some pretty good rock songs. I mean, they're not really amazing musicians
(well, their drummer actually sort of is), but it doesn't mean I can't get enjoyment out of the music that they write. I think that the reason for all of the hate is,
a) because it's cool to hate them (as
ACID_FOX said), and
b) because all that anybody really judges them off are their singles, which are almost invariably boring or just plain crappy. But on their albums, I find that they've actually got some pretty enjoyable material.