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1* "Animals", which is pretty much a song singing about how he and his girl are [[AutoErotica getting it on in their car]], only for the last verse to break into an epic OhCrap as the girl starts screaming because ''[[PapaWolf her dad is outside the car]]'' and the guy frantically [[DangerousKeyFumble tries to find the car keys]] while screaming that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial it was her mouth that he was kissing.]]
2* "Get 'Em Up": "The only thing I wish one of us had known; that it was [[OhCrap Sunday]] and [[EpicFail the goddamn bank was closed]]." Keep in mind, the whole song up to this point was about them [[TooDumbToLive planning for this robbery]].
3* While the band themselves had no part in it, this still deserves mention: As an April Fools Joke, the website Encyclopedia Metallum[[note]] ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an internet music database compiling information on various metal bands]], which is infamous for its strict criteria on acceptance when it comes to genres that are often disputed, such as most -core music and hair metal)[[/note]] added the band to its database after the administrators supposedly determined that the band's debut album, ''Curb'', was "metal enough".[[note]]Specifically, they cited it was similar enough to albums by ''Music/{{Soundgarden}}'' and ''Music/AliceInChains'', who are accepted on the site; the former being somewhat of a BrokenBase due to it being included on the basis of ''Badmotorfinger'', but a band like ''Music/{{Periphery}}'' isn't.[[/note]] While it's not the first time that a prank in this vein has happened[[note]] (in 2009, the archives added Music/{{Korn}} to the database on a similar basis.)[[/note]] unlike the first time, which several people actually took seriously, this time people actually caught on, and as a result, the page was vandalized, and several joke reviews praising the band's discography were submitted.[[note]]highlights include the band playing at the 2012 NHL awards due to Music/{{Bathory}} having [[DiedDuringProduction scheduling conflicts]] that prevented them from playing "Blood on Ice", guitarist Ryan Peake remarking that Manilla Road, an EnsembleDarkhorse on the site, were "The best band he'd heard in Sasakatchewan", Chad Kroeger remarking that he lost his virginity at a horse racing track, bassist Mike Kroeger being [[Really700YearsOld over 100 years old]], attendees doing nothing to help a man who was scaling a 40 ft wall to get into a concert for free because "he's a Nickelback fan", and the band's drummer being related to [[Music/SixFeetUnder Chris Barnes.]][[/note]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the entry was taken down the following day]][[note]]somewhat amusingly, Chad Kroeger himself would later legitimately [[https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Chad_Kroeger/782837 get added to the site]], albeit due to a guest appearance on Music/DevinTownsend[='=]s ''Empath''[[/note]].
4* At the start of the video for "This Afternoon", there are a group of nerds organising a house party. A van starts pulling up outside with the party's "tunage". Watch the lead nerd's face fall when he realises his friend brought him a BoundAndGagged Nickelback.

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