Don't tell me I was actually right, lol. Oh manny, manny, manny... If it makes you feel any better, I listened to both groups a little back in the day and am on record here somewhere of liking a Creed song. You could do worse. Alter Bridge (basically Creed with a different singer) has some respectable tunes.
The State by Nickelback (not like their radio friendly stuff but not terrible) and Weathered by Creed - this was a bad album. I will probably listen to it again in another 10 years.
Looked them up. The Nickelback album sounded like several different bands from that era. A couple songs I could get into. Weathered was all too familiar. I think I might have owned a copy. In my defense, my young self probably thought the album cover looked cool or something.