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Originally Posted by Igottago
Good choices of bands by the NHL. Definitely time to shed the jock rock image that hockey has. I'm actually not a huge fan of either band but it gives the game and the city a fresher image than if they went with a Nickelback type band.
For those who have never heard of the bands, no one cares. Did you ever think that maybe you are the one out of the loop, not the NHL? They obviously aren't going to book bands that don't have some broad appeal. Maybe you should listen to more than Jack FM.
At the end of the day its just a small part of the festivities, so who cares.
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Metric does not have broad appeal. I guarantee you hardly anyone over the age of 35 has heard of them. Certainly fans over the median age of 42 in the NHL do not know of them.
You'd never see the Superbowl go with an Indie band. In fact the last few years has seen oldies acts dominate the half time show. The median age of the NFL - which is slightly older than the NHL - probably has a lot to do with that. Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and The Who, directly preceded the Black Eye Peas this year.