> figure out how something that used to be a signifier of having absolutely no taste in music has become so popular with music connoisseurs. A) They make good

> figure out how something that used to be a signifier of having absolutely no taste in music has become so popular with music connoisseurs. A) They make good music. B) They are ignorant of the popular opinion about bands who haven't been relevant in at least 20 years. Like with Nickelback: it's popular to hate them so everyone hates them. In another 10-15 years, young people who never learned that they were supposed to hate Nickelback will judge them on their merits alone, and maybe they will see a brief surge in popularity. Also, I think most of the hate in music industry is manufactured anyway. Popular bands earn too much sway with audiences and start dictating terms to record labels, so the execs put together an anti-marketing campaign to knock them down a few pegs.