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Black Keys strike out at Nickelback

The Black Keys
Jan 10, 2012 Updated Jan 11, 2012

Being the first band to hit the cover of Rolling Stone in 2012, Black Keys taken the opportunity strike out at their musical colleagues.

Drummer Patrick Carney in particular expressed his passionate distaste for Canadian rock band Nickelback "Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world," he said.

"So they became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be s*** – therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world. F*** that!"

Meanwhile, Nickelback took to twitter to thank the Ohio duo for the compliment "Thanks to the drummer in the Black Keys calling us the Biggest Band in the World in Rolling Stone. Hehe."

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The Black Keys are an American rock band formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The group began as an independent act founded after the duo dropped out of college, and they eventually emerged among a second wave of popular garage rock revival artists from the 2000s. Through October 2011, The Black Keys had sold over 2 million...

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