Canada’s greatest export Nickelback is the topic today, and we can’t wait to talk about the fresh maple syrup that is their legendary track, “Photograph.”

In this episode:

- Chad Kroeger, the original Tiger King? The lead singer’s obsession with big cats and holding live tigers while he tracks vocals.

- Finding inspiration in the grimy places: using a thesaurus and words like “sludge” and “scumbag” to create the songs and aura of Nickelback

- How many cigarettes does Chad Kroeger smoke before each onstage performance? (Answer: it’s more than you think.)

-  Hold up, NONE of the band ever wear underwear?

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And if you’ve read this far, you deserve to know that this episode is NOT about “Photograph,” or Nickelback at all, and all of the bullet points about them are totally made up. It is, in fact, our April Fools’ Day episode about Rick Astley’s hit pop classic, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and yeah, we hope we got you pretty good. In this episode:

- The origin and phenomenon of Rick Rolling 

- The happiest minor song ever?  

- “Bass Patch 1” and Synths, synths, and more synths! 

- 1980’s Brit-pop Motown and Rebecca Black’s Friday

- We play “Which Rick is Older?”