January 6, 2012 11:19

Nickelback thank The Black Keys for dissing them

The Black Keys' drummer called Nickelback 'shit'

Photo: Daniel Sims/NME

Nickelback have taken to Twitter to thank The Black Keys for dissing them.

Earlier this week The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney claimed there was a lull in guitar groups coming to the fore, blaming Nickelback for rock'n'roll's decline.

He told Rolling Stone: "Rock'n'roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world."

Carney added: "So they became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be shit - therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world. Fuck that."

With tongue placed firmly in cheek, Nickelback have now responded, writing:

Thanks to the drummer in The Black Keys calling us the Biggest Band in the World in Rolling Stone. Hehe.

In the original interview, Carney also said: "Rock'n'roll is the music I feel the most passionately about, and I don't like to see it fucking ruined and spoon-fed down our throats in this watered-down, post-grunge crap, horrendous shit."

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