People fucking love drama. There's the odd one out here and there but for the most part, they'll overreact to anything they possibly can. This is no different. Sure, if Chad has some soaring, horrible vocal solo in one of the songs, we'll talk. Otherwise, the ones acting like this is some heinous crime need to wait for their balls (or eggs) to drop before they open their mouths (or move their fingers).
Pretty sure it's more or less confirmed he's nothing more than backing vocals. Now, how that collaboration came to be is much more interesting to me than the fact that the man himself is on the album. I'm just not sure how that connection was made unless Chad and Devy know one another and I have no idea.
I don't like Nickelback or Chad Kroeger's singing. I don't mind that he's on the album. It definitely made me raise an eyebrow and I'm pretty curious to hear how he's used (if I even notice).
This. You can not like the man or his singing or the band in general but having him on the album doesn't make Devy any less great, it doesn't make Chad any better, and it doesn't mean anything at all until we hear the album. I'm fairly certain, like others have said, that the second Devy had his name in connection with Chad's that he knew what was going to happen in some capacity. There's no fucking way he didn't. Zero chance. So I'm going to assume it's a tiny role and/or he uses Chad's voice the way he needs to. Or both. Either way, it's not nearly as big of a deal as the people who clearly are way too bored have made it out to be.