Any Green Day fans out there? (BJA is going to rehab)

[greenspandan]

Ooo look, we only play 3 chords and sing with fake accents! We're sooooo punk..

It's total crap.

people used to accuse joey ramone of singing with a british accent. some ramones songs do have up to FOUR chords though.

[Kilmer17]

punk





not punk

[pjfootballer]

I thought you said Green Bay...my mistake.


J/K

I like Green Day. Holiday is my favorite song. I also like Wake me up when September Ends and Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

[jly0784]

so they evolved from a punk band and made money, whats the big deal, have yet to listen to uno, but the 2 albums before that, 21st century and idiot, are amazing, you can listen to it first to last countless times, and since its a rock opera it just sucks you right in

[Kilmer17]

people used to accuse joey ramone of singing with a british accent. some ramones songs do have up to FOUR chords though.

Bull****. Nobody accused Joey Ramone of singing anything.....ever.....

Screaming? Maybe. But not singing.

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so they evolved from a punk band and made money, whats the big deal, have yet to listen to uno, but the 2 albums before that, 21st century and idiot, are amazing, you can listen to it first to last countless times, and since its a rock opera it just sucks you right in

The big deal is I think their music sucks and is responsible for the plenitude of fake punk (or poppunk) banks over the last 2 decades.

Without Green Day, we'd have no Blink 182 and the like.

[greenspandan]

green day wasn't responsible for pop-punk's explosion, they were a symptom of it. before green day released dookie, tons of pop-punk bands were beginning to crest in popularity. labels like Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords, SST, and Lookout were all about ready to pop BEFORE green day's "longview" video. here in DC, Fugazi (and other Dischord bands) were enjoying incredible levels of attention. (Fugazi isn't pop-punk, but it's endemic of how the scene was exploding at the time). Madonna was trying to recruit Rancid to her label for crying out loud.

[Dan T.]

Nice. A 40 year old man acting like a 4 year old kid.

Are you talking about Billy Joe, or Kilmer17?

I keed. I keed.

[Kilmer17]

Are you talking about Billy Joe, or Kilmer17?

I keed. I keed.

I had to double take on that as well!!!!

Even my four year old (ok, she's 5) knows that Green Day isnt punk, or even good music.

She's a Fishbone fan fwiw.

[Dan T.]

I like Blink 182 also, so what the hell do I know. Your 5 year old has more punk cred than I do.

[Toe Jam]

“A guy walks up to me and asks ‘What’s Punk?’ So I kick over a garbage can and say ‘That’s punk!’ So he kicks over a garbage can and says ‘That’s punk?’ and I say ‘No, that’s trendy!’”

-Billie Joe

[Forehead]

so they evolved from a punk band and made money, whats the big deal, have yet to listen to uno, but the 2 albums before that, 21st century and idiot, are amazing, you can listen to it first to last countless times, and since its a rock opera it just sucks you right in

That's the attitude I always see from people who were "fans of them before they got big." You're always a sellout if God forbid, you want to make some money off your music.

[China]

The big deal is I think their music sucks and is responsible for the dearth of fake punk (or poppunk) banks over the last 2 decades.

Without Green Day, we'd have no Blink 182 and the like.

Wait, you're complaining that there aren't enough fake punk bands?

[RVAbrendan]

greenspandan is spot on.

Green Day began with humble roots and gained popularity and molded their success. I can't say I'm a big fan, but I have always enjoyed Dookie, Kerplunk, and a few other of their albums. I try not to get sucked into the whole "this is punk/this isnt punk argument…"it makes me feel like I'm in highschool.

But I'm a Ramones fan too so who knows what I know

[Kilmer17]

Wait, you're complaining that there aren't enough fake punk bands?

http://www.motifake.com/image/demoti...1260739585.jpg

I have no idea why I typed dearth.

Long day.

Let's use- plenitude