Good rock musicians are a dime a dozen. Go into any bar with a cover band playing and chances are you'll see a good guitar player. Nickelback being competent rock musicians is nothing special. Pretty much every successful band has a baseline of musical talent.
Writing their own songs doesn't make them special either because they're not any good. Bands like Hanson, the Jonas Brothers, Simple Plan, and Hootie and the Blowfish and wrote their own songs and all are/were hugely successful. But no one will remember them in 20 years other than to cringe at the fact that people ever liked them and Nickleback will be the same because they have few if any redeeming qualities. They're successful, but disposable.
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