Tons of kids wearing black and metal horns high. It's the VH1 Rock Honors baby, yeah! Right now, my iPod is filled with nothing but '80s music and metal. So naturally, the second annual Rock Honors was highly anticipated in the Steed household. Over the past week, I've closed my eyes to not read any reviews of the show by critics who've never gotten near a ZZ Top album. So what you read below is my opinion only. Hell, yeah!!! That phrase could describe many points during the night, so let's run it down from the beginning. I hate Nickelback! I think they are the absolute bottom of the barrel, the point at which all bad music is judged. The Mendoza Line of the music world. Naturally then, you can probably understand that when they opened this broadcast my horns slithered away. But — and Lord, forgive me for saying this, but I promise this will be the only time — Nickelback actually rocked. D'oh. Making that statement almost makes me vomit, but it's true. Their performance of...
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Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Eyed Peas and Nickelback are the favorites heading into this year's American Music Awards, each act having copped three nominations on Tuesday. In the female artist pop/rock category, Mimi will vie with Kelly Clarkson and Nelly Furtado, while Nick Lachey, Sean Paul and Kanye West will duke it out amongst the men. For pop/rock duo/group, it's Nickelback versus the Peppers and the Pussycat Dolls. ABC airs the AMAs Nov. 21.
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