Who says Green Day isn't punk?
Feb. 9th, 2010 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
revidThis essay was tagged in my Green Day Google Alerts this AM. It seems like every time the band does anything, we hear the same old whining chorus of "They're not punk!" coming from losers that were still pooping in diapers when Billie Joe and Mike were recording their first EP. This author says it all much more eloquently than I could. Definitely worth a click to read!
On Green Day: An Essay
Ever since the Grammys, when Green Day performed "21 Guns" with the cast of the new rock opera version of "American Idiot," I've seen a lot of people snidely pointing out that Green Day can't be punk anymore if they're going to be on Broadway. I'm amused by this. I thought we went through the whole "Green Day Isn't Really Punk" backlash in 1994.
Read the rest here: http://www.adamselzer.com/ or here: http://adamselzer.livejournal.com/638917.html
And he closes with:
So, no, Green Day probably isn't punk. I'm pretty sure they aren't washing dishes to scrape up rent money. They're adults, after all. Nearly 40, even. They may not be punks, but what they are is one of the greatest rock bands to come out of the punk world.
And, best of all, when Wal-Mart, the biggest retailer of music in the world, insisted that they release a "clean" version of "21st Century Break Down" to sell in their stores, Green Day told them to go to hell.
If that isn't punk, what is?
PREACH!
On Green Day: An Essay
Ever since the Grammys, when Green Day performed "21 Guns" with the cast of the new rock opera version of "American Idiot," I've seen a lot of people snidely pointing out that Green Day can't be punk anymore if they're going to be on Broadway. I'm amused by this. I thought we went through the whole "Green Day Isn't Really Punk" backlash in 1994.
Read the rest here: http://www.adamselzer.com/ or here: http://adamselzer.livejournal.com/638917.html
And he closes with:
So, no, Green Day probably isn't punk. I'm pretty sure they aren't washing dishes to scrape up rent money. They're adults, after all. Nearly 40, even. They may not be punks, but what they are is one of the greatest rock bands to come out of the punk world.
And, best of all, when Wal-Mart, the biggest retailer of music in the world, insisted that they release a "clean" version of "21st Century Break Down" to sell in their stores, Green Day told them to go to hell.
If that isn't punk, what is?
PREACH!
