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Posted on 2012-01-06 03:00:05
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'Thanks to the drummer in the Black Keys [for] calling us the biggest band in the world,' Nickelback tweet.By James Montgomery

Nickelback's Chad KroegerPhoto: Getty Images

As they proved in their "Funny or Die" spoof of that whole Detroit Lions/Thanksgiving fiasco, Nickelback are not exactly adverse to poking fun at themselves. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that they've chosen to respond to Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney's recent digs with a laugh.

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, the Keys kitsman called Chad Kroeger and company "watered-down, post-grunge crap," adding that "rock and roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world." On Thursday, the Canadian quartet took to their Twitter account to deflect Carney's criticisms, focusing less on the negative and more on the fact that, well, he did refer to their overall hugeness.

"Thanks to the drummer in the Black Keys [for] calling us the biggest band in the world in Rolling Stone," the band

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