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4 Tragically Cringey Rock Songs You’ll Have To Pry From My Cold, Dead Hands

Actually, I lied, you won’t take these songs from me even if I’m dead.

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First of all, I’d like everyone to know that the following cringey rock songs were sourced from a personally curated playlist called “music for middle school boys” (self-explanatory).

Now, I like to consider myself somewhat of an expert on this flavor of rock song (grain of salt included). Not because I was ever a middle school boy. But because my hometown hard rock radio station was saturated with them, and that was all I listened to in high school (shout out 98ROCK).

Here are the four cringey rock songs I’d like to be buried with, thank you.

“Animals” by Nickelback

Alright, I know we all like to laugh at Nickelback for the “Photograph” meme. Ha ha, very funny, get it all out. What I don’t think anyone is ever ready to accept, however, is that Nickelback actually has a lot of good rock songs. Well, they’re good if you don’t take them too seriously.

As someone who revels in bad media like a pig in s*** (my favorite movie........

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