Green Day Go Back To Work

It looks like a break that Green Day decided to take after spending nearly 16 months on the road in support of "American Idiot" is coming to an end, according to MTV.com.

The band posted a message on its web site last week, claiming that the vacation was over and that Green Day were getting back to work.

"It's been a while since we filled you all in to what's going on in Green Day world. We finished touring at the beginning of the year and have all taken some much needed vacation," the post read. "We have started to get together and work on a bunch of cool projects. It is a very creative time for us and we look forward to working on them for the next year or so."

While it's not exactly clear what those "cool projects" are, a spokesperson for the band's label, Reprise Records, told MTV News that Green Day are beginning to write new material, though it's not apparent if they're working on a follow-up to "Idiot," which has sold more than 5 million copies since being released in September 2004.

"Everyone is doing great and we are enjoying the time at home," the post continues. "We will be sure to keep you all updated as to what is going on."

Read more at MTV.com.

Comments

[imburningstar4]

hmmm
great?

[_TheWorst]

Crap, just when I thought they were finally dying off.

[Justice-For-All]

Hmmm unless the new songs will be like Dookie and the older stuff without media whoring, not looking foward to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2, garanteed.

[Cliff_Hetfield]

hmmm
not great?

[hoobariffer87]

I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.

[y2james2005]

GREAT!! i cant wait to see what they come up with next!! and for the record i loved american idiot. class album. if its anytihng like dookie i will cream my pants, if its anything like american idiot ill still be happy :P a fan or not, you have to admit that its gunna be a pretty damn tough job to follow to sucess of american idiot. i for one cant wait

[DoctorFu]

Green Day? No Me Gusta. I've heard enough of their new stuff.

[dazzler16]

I actually like Green Day not love so i can wait but it will be alright no Rory Gallagher but it will be OK

[Rattlehead.90]

Yes necrophobia, the penis is the thing on your head...

[matter]

spam check

[Rattlehead.90]

Aww crap, they deleted them posts, many apologies, i was taking the mick.

I wish green day all the best for whatever they are doing. Having said that, American Idiot became highly tedious.

[aaron liposett]

greenday got me into rock in the first place so ill never hate them...i dont like der music ne more as i have discovered metallica, pantera, maiden etc....but i wish dem da best

[SlashNX]

What? Aren't there some more AMerican Idiot related products/material they can still release? lol nah love them really, even if AI wasn't completely to my taste,amazing live band! I look forward to hearing the new stuff!

[colelamb_611]

i dont mind the new stuff but a lot of greenday annoys the shit outta me

[Mik3_D]

hoobariffer87 wrote:

I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.

While this is technicly true, its also true that not all popular music is good. Which is the case with Green Day.

[Guitar_Dude777]

I hope their next album isnt too overplayed

[Vedder]

brandewyork :
How about they "work" on shooting themselves in the face....

Does anything they make really take any REAL work. no.

that was the most ridiculous statement i've ever heard, putting together an album as successful as american idiot accompanied by music videos and massive tours, as well as the 9 minute jesus of suburbia obviously took a shitload of work, you could never write something that could even touch american idiot, holiday etc. regardless of how hard you worked.

[itsaboy]

the 9 minutes of jesus of suburbia ... hmm why dont you listen to the 20 odd minutes of some opeth songs,.... then you'll question their songwriting

[Maxwell Bass]

already God?

[Maxwell Bass]

I WANT THE OLD GREEN DAY BACK!!!

[gunsnspaghetti]

What does everyone have against them? Green Day are good, and ok they had huge sucess with American Idiot, but it doesn't mean they sold out, it just means they were recognised.
I for one can't wait to see what they do next!

[Sixpounder]

Greenday get way to overplayed!!! Thats why i mostly hate. Everytime i turn on the radio fukin "Holiday" is playing, its so fukin annoying

[Vedder]

itsaboy wrote:

the 9 minutes of jesus of suburbia ... hmm why dont you listen to the 20 odd minutes of some opeth songs,.... then you'll question their songwriting

i don't like opeth too much, granted i've never really given them a good listen. Even still, you have to give them some credit, writing that would not have been simple.

[Mik3_D]

gunsnspaghetti wrote:

What does everyone have against them? Green Day are good, and ok they had huge sucess with American Idiot, but it doesn't mean they sold out, it just means they were recognised.
I for one can't wait to see what they do next!

I predict Green Day will produce the first ever emo-hip-hop album. Their single will be called "Tears on Spinnaz" and it will be played every 30 minutes on every station.

[itsaboy]

hahaha yeah and the nation can cry and rap along hahahah

[PunkRocka182]

Lol, it will be interestin to find out what GD turn out next!

Unless its like Dookie it wont be very good

[Bazilisck311]

y2james2005 wrote:
what did green day stand for? teenage angst?

is it just me or is it a bit impossible to have teenage angst when your THIRTY FOUR

This is true, that is why they don't stand for Teenage Angst.

[itsaboy]

well i;m sure if the next *trend* is something like freestyle chinese rap then Green day wud make an album like that ...
all they care about is money these days ...

[ianl]

Although i prefer the older Green day music, American idiot was quite good, if not a little overplayed. What really annoys me though, is the little 5 year old girls (up to 11/12) who are allowed the CD before me, a real Green day fan and long follower of the band, and then rush out, buy the back catalogue, say they are their favourite band whilst secretly listening to bands like the sugababes and s club 7.
Can't wait to see what they do next though...

[TAB107]

Hmmm unless the new songs will be like Dookie and the older stuff without media whoring, not looking foward to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2, garanteed.I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.that was the most ridiculous statement i've ever heard, putting together an album as successful as american idiot accompanied by music videos and massive tours, as well as the 9 minute jesus of suburbia obviously took a shitload of work, you could never write something that could even touch american idiot, holiday etc. regardless of how hard you worked.I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.hahaha yeah and the nation can cry and rap along hahahahLol, it will be interestin to find out what GD turn out next!

Unless its like Dookie it wont be very goodwho cares, ... theyre a bunch of mainstream puffs who went against everything they ever stood for...
i have no respect for them ... i never liked them before but at least they hadnt sold out... bt american idiot they ****ing did ...
eat shit green day .. and chokeI WANT THE OLD GREEN DAY BACK!!!
Hmmm unless the new songs will be like Dookie and the older stuff without media whoring, not looking foward to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2, garanteed.Crap, just when I thought they were finally dying off.i don't like opeth too much, granted i've never really given them a good listen. Even still, you have to give them some credit, writing that would not have been simple
Green Day? No Me Gusta. I've heard enough of their new stuff.
Aww crap, they deleted them posts, many apologies, i was taking the mick.

I wish green day all the best for whatever they are doing. Having said that, American Idiot became highly tedious.to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2, garanteed.I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymoreGreen Day? No Me Gusta. I've heard enough of their new stuff.
Aww crap, they deleted them posts, many apologies, i was taking the mick.

I wish green day all the best for whatever they are doing. Having said that, American Idiot became highly tedious.to this. It'll be American
getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.Hmmm unless the new songs will be like Dookie and the older stuff without media whoring, not looking foward to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2,
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. Having said that, American Idiot became highly tedious.to this. It'll be American Idiot part 2, garanteed.I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymoreGreen Day? No Me Gusta. I've heard enough of their new stuff.
Aww crap, they deleted them posts, many apologies, i was taking the mick.

I wish green day all the best for whatever they are doing. Having said that, American Idiot became highly tedious.to this. It'll be American
getting sick of all the people who are
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[Maxwell Bass]

whos green day?

[rockergurl09]

darnit!!! I was really enjoying their break too. It was the time when not only they were settling down, but their fans were also settling down. Nooooo! The green day peeps are back!!

[goon316]

Dookie was a hell of a cd when it came out when I was a freshman in HS. They aren't my cup of tea but I give them credit, they have lasted (and been more successful) than most of the other bands at that time.

[y2james2005]

itsaboy wrote:

the 9 minutes of jesus of suburbia ... hmm why dont you listen to the 20 odd minutes of some opeth songs,.... then you'll question their songwriting

since when was it about length of songs?

[rockergurl09]

Vedder wrote:

itsaboy wrote:

the 9 minutes of jesus of suburbia ... hmm why dont you listen to the 20 odd minutes of some opeth songs,.... then you'll question their songwriting

i don't like opeth too much, granted i've never really given them a good listen. Even still, you have to give them some credit, writing that would not have been simple.

dream theater is better when it comes to long songs.

[itsaboy]

someone befre me was saying how amazing they were to write a 9 minutes song.. all i did was compare it to some real progressive songs ...

[=ToM=]

Will people stop moaning that they are overplayed! it's not their fault that American Idiot suddenly became instantly popular and all the radio stations keep playing them!

I know that Green Day are nowhere near as good as bands like GN'R and Metallica, but compared to most modern music, they are really good.

i'll get their new album, as i enjoyed playing along to American Idiot, even if it isn't the best album in the world to listen to.

also, if you hate them so much, why are you reading this thread?

[take_it_t]

brandewyork wrote:

How about they "work" on shooting themselves in the face....

Does anything they make really take any REAL work. no.

You know what, I DARE YOU. Heres the deal, I dare you to write and record something thats honestly better than that album. Go for it, I'll even start a thread about this if you want.

[tommilee]

great i hope its gunna be like dookie an american idiot those albums rock!!

[Tortiss]

gunsnspaghetti wrote:

What does everyone have against them? Green Day are good, and ok they had huge sucess with American Idiot, but it doesn't mean they sold out, it just means they were recognised.
I for one can't wait to see what they do next!

Sell-Out - When Someone chages there beleifs and style for more money.

Defines Green Day perfectly. If AI sounded somewhat more like Dookie and they had not changed there style to "emo" to please retarded 12yr old girls. Then that would not be selling out. Plus I seen Green Day on a telephone commercial. Thats sad.

I hate how everyone thinks Green Day "invented" the 9 minute song. That just stupid. Some bands have 20 minute song and the barely any credit for them.

y2james2005 wrote:

brandewyork wrote:

How about they "work" on shooting themselves in the face....

Does anything they make really take any REAL work. no.


yeh, 2 nine minute songs, with different styles incorperated into them, talentless guitar solos, pointless bass solos, simple drum solos....didnt take any work at all

Exactly!
Talentless, Pointless, Simple!

[DopeDanny]

Hopefully this new shit wont be shit,and it will be as good as the old days of Green Day

[ready4thebreak]

they got back mush quicker than I thought they would

[Toilets]

Cant they take just a little bit longer off?

Darn, the music channels will flood with this new shit again. I like their older songs

[n-ocentcriminal]

Green Day's music is crap. I love simple music just as much as complex stuff, the only difference is that the other stuff has substance. Green Day needs to stop playing and take up different jobs.

[Mik3_D]

DopeDanny wrote:

Hopefully this new shit wont be shit,and it will be as good as the old days of Green Day

They dont have the talent anymore.

[Git-fidle9]

Sweet I cant wait till there new album I mean all there old and albums were awesom and I seem to be the only one here who liked american idiot. Im hopeing that there new album will be just as good as the rest.

[thefoldarsoldar]

It's gonna be hard to follow up american idiot!

[bballkvn]

Mik3_D They dont have the talent anymore.

i dont think they ever had any talent.

[tomwm1]

i i hope its better then american idiot and more like dookie

[Bazilisck311]

Deliriumbassist wrote:
hmmm.... that's a very good point... in my rage at these retards, I have confused myself... but surely you're all smart enough not to be pedantic about my post and read it correctly in your heads instead

Indulge me, I'm a fan of Green Day so by association I'm a retard.

[Deliriumbassist]

Bazilisck311 wrote:

Deliriumbassist wrote:
hmmm.... that's a very good point... in my rage at these retards, I have confused myself... but surely you're all smart enough not to be pedantic about my post and read it correctly in your heads instead


Indulge me, I'm a fan of Green Day so by association I'm a retard.

if that's the stance you want to take on yourself, fine by me

[omniwrath540]

y2james2005 wrote:

itsaboy wrote:

the 9 minutes of jesus of suburbia ... hmm why dont you listen to the 20 odd minutes of some opeth songs,.... then you'll question their songwriting


since when was it about length of songs?

to be able to right a good 20 minute song would probably take more skill than to write a good 9 minute song.

[metallicafff]

NOOOOO!!!!!

[sonic mouse1]

i hate greenday...they're pop

[Ihearthetfield]

After American Idiot I hated them. I loved every record before it. They sold out.

They played on the political controversy of america at the time and adopted to the all the kids' new styles like Ties and eye liner.

COME BACK TO YOUR PUNK ROOTS GREEN DAY

[Bazilisck311]

Deliriumbassist wrote:
if that's the stance you want to take on yourself, fine by me

I was unaware I had a choice - thus the nature of stereotypes.

[R0CKER1220]

DoctorFu wrote:

Green Day? No Me Gusta. I've heard enough of their new stuff.

haha, no megusta, that made my day. My friends do that "NO MEGUSTA!" anyways, if it stays similar to their last album, not looking to forward to it, but if it's closer to their older stuff, it'll be better. GDs been around for sometime, a rarity in bands these days, wouldn't want to see them go down in too much flame.

[The Nameless666]

Maybe their new "cool projects" are making Green Day action figgures, Billy Joe? $19.99 at any Walmart or Zellers. (Guitar sold separatly.)

[Bored_2_Death]

im looking forward 2 more green day stuff. not american idiot. i am so ****ing tired of ppl overplaying american idiot on fuse and the radios. i just wish they would go back 2 wut made their older stuff so great

[HeadOfIron]

well finally everyone can agree on something. Green Day isnt great. and if they dont come up with something good. Then there goes there career.

[Phildo64]

hey ****ers, dont click on this article if u hate green day...if theres an article that said something about Blink 182 getting back together i wouldnt click on it. Its that easy.

[[.Malice.]]

Regardless of how famous they are, the singer's voice is still annoying.

[0012@theCIA]

I really wish they would just take a break.....forever

i liked there old stuff but i rly dont like anything that they are writing now.

[cool#9]

Hopefully they do something better then american idiot, but i'll still love green day even if they write another album like that.

[mullenmetal]

hopefully the next album is pop punk and not pop rock slight more pop stuff and whats with the uniforms they have finally truly sold out im not usually the one too moan about ppl selling out its just their attitude its just $$$$$ its all billy joe sees and its sad coz green day were a great band but they have slipped into mediocre

[Monkeygone2hvn]

i hate green day fans but i hate green day haters more so just cuz it is the supposed cool thing to hate green day, now i dont overly indulge in greenday listening but i at least have the respect and intellegence to realize that they do have some talent and that they truly do not deserve all the crap that they get...

i wish that i could right beatiful poppy melodies like many of green day's songs but im just not that talented beleive it or not but it is hard to right a good song and i dont think that they're are many people that have perfected the art of the perfect 3 minute pop song more so than billie joe and Co. so i give greenday props....

[GDangel33]

GREEN DAY ROCKS! screw u who says that they don't. The only person I truely agree with is mullenmetal above all. They aren't punk anymore. We all know that I've been a fan for awhile, well since a young age they are still the best band I can think of. They NEED to get back to their punk roots. Or they will lose a lot more listeners then they have.

[loyd]

well just another thing to look forward to i guess..

[wiggyisgreat]

yeh wot that guy sed^

[rush4life]

Why does it take so much skill to write a nine minute song like Jesus of Suburbia? It's not that hard to make a mostly powerchord song as long as you want, just change up the progressions and stuff.

I BTW, liked Dookie and a lot of earlier stuff, but now they just seem too old for the style they're trying put across.

[Mik3_D]

HeadOfIron wrote:

well finally everyone can agree on something. Green Day isnt great. and if they dont come up with something good. Then there goes there career.

Not exactly. Theres plenty of dumb kids out there who dont know what good music is that cant wait to buy American Idiot 2.

[original_idiot]

HASHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH green days back! im so happy.

[Letterbomb11]

Finally. If this new material sounds like a mix between American Idiot and Dookie, this will for sure be their best. I know none of them are the best at their instruments (though Mike is pretty close), but they do have great synthesis in their music and playing. Can't wait.

[War-Ensemble]

no!

[dbryndel]

umm they use to be one of my favorite bands but the media whoring ruining it and i could not go a day with out hearing holiday, wake me up, blvd, american idiot, etc. come on!! STOP WHORING THEM ON THE RADIO!! im glad they r done whoring up the airwaves now! hopefully they make a really shity album next and then everyone hates em again (not eveyrone just the 5yr old girls who think they r punk when green day is not punk at all) and then they can make a good one after that and we all can rock out! TAKE A BREAK GREEN DAY! AND THEN COME BACK AND ROCK THE WORLD!!!

[silent caution]

y2james2005 wrote:

GREAT!! i cant wait to see what they come up with next!! and for the record i loved american idiot. class album. if its anytihng like dookie i will cream my pants, if its anything like american idiot ill still be happy :P a fan or not, you have to admit that its gunna be a pretty damn tough job to follow to sucess of american idiot. i for one cant wait

hmm.... green day makes him cream his pants?

[mmanson]

I hate green day they arent and never were good or punk, im sick of them they are overrated

[SGdude452]

hoobariffer87 wrote:

I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.

right... but green day isn't good music!!

[LakeboDom]

hoobariffer87 wrote:

I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.

First off they WERE kinda okay, and just because they are popular* now doesnt make them bad they are bad anyways. True just because no one knows about a band doesnt make them good but its alot better not having posers everywhere listen to your favorite band.

*mainstream

[LakeboDom]

Deliriumbassist wrote:

thefoldarsoldar wrote:

It's gonna be hard to follow up american idiot!


I know, how the hell are they gonna do something shitter?

All these kids with their new age ****ing punk like Good Plan/ Simple Charlotte/ Panic at the Rollerdisco... punk isn't this... punk is a lifestyle, based around themes that are anti-fascist society stemming from the degradation of teenagers by older members of the community and the police. Think Sex Pistols. Kill Greenday. Slowly. Then make them suck each other's... oh wait, they'd enjoy that. And 9 minute songs? Punk is all less than 3:30, and don't have enough pop hooks to fill a slaughterhouse and a butchery.... You want 9 minute songs of amazingness and REAL musicianship? Check out Tool, Dream Theater, Opeth etc. Punk (sort of) died a long time ago. Don't ruin it by putting pop groups like this into the category.

completly agree

[punk_mike_88]

NO!!!!!

[LPIndin]

silent cautionhmm.... green day makes him cream his pants?

if just green day does that, we should show him some rhcp or some coheed and cambria, and he could be a porn star!

[jtl900]

if all of you could suddenly sell 5 million records and go from a decent band to the biggest band in the world, you'd wear a silly little suit and dye your hair black too. myself included.

[poetsdreamer]

Dude. Dookie is NOT Green Day's only other ****ing album. Jesus Christ. Ever hear of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, Kerplunk!, Insomniac, Nimrod, or Warning?

I'm more amused by the fact that most people attempting to insult Green Day come off looking like children. Learn to freaking spell-it's not that hard.

Speaking of which, if you hate them so, why are you wasting your time on this thread?

P.S-Classic rock and metal aren't the only genres out there. Shocking, I know.

[poetsdreamer]

mmanson wrote:

Phildo64 wrote:

hey ****ers, dont click on this article if u hate green day...if theres an article that said something about Blink 182 getting back together i wouldnt click on it. Its that easy.

blink 182 and green day are both gay and i will say what i want about n e thing this isnt real music - listen to zeppelin, sabbath, nirvana, or 80s metallica. Nirvana wasnt that talented but the had good songs

Who the hell died and made you decide what's music and what isn't? I don't particularly care that you don't like Green Day. That's your opinion, and that's fine.

But don't try and force your shitty music down other peoples' throats.

(Seriously-Metallica?)

And is it really that hard to spell out "anything?" Is it?

[Wiped_out]

I agree, all the old albums were great, but Dookie is just the stand out and one people pick out to represent the "good old" green day.

Also, wow, a 9 minute song of shit. Don McLean's 8 minute american pie owns its ass. Pink Floyd wrote plenty of songs that were much longer. Jeusus of shittyness is just 5 different songs, related, put together. Anyone can do that. You want a good old long song, listen to Arlo Gunthries, "Alice's restaurent" 18 ****ing minutes man. Owns Jesus of shit.

[opndmnd]

what the f*ck ok first of all green day is a lot more talented than pretty much any person regersterd of visiting this site so dont put them down and they just made a record and it happend to sell millions that doesnt meen they selled out no and emo? green day isnt close to being emo if you think they are than you dont know what emo is. green day has always has been and still is Puck it may not be underground puck but it is punk and because a band is popular doesnt meen they suck or they are good and if you dont listen to a band just because they are popular that meens you are just as low as some one who listens to a band because they are popular hey if you dont like the music just say so but dont be an a**hole and trash them ya green day may not be complex but they have good songs a song doesnt have to be fast or technically complex to be a good song and if you dont like green day i dont care i do but i dont give a shit if people like the music i like or not and green day has been playing for about sixteen years i would love to see if anyone here could write enough GOOD material to have anyone important even notice them or create steady records for sixteen years you dont have to like green day but at least pay them the respect they deserve and and a song doesnt have to be long to be good and no green day didnt invent the rock oprah queen and the who did them before green day was even old enough to pick up a guitar or sit on a drum set they are a lot of bands i dont like but i dont trash them and i respect a lot of them because they deserve it so take you wanabe-nonconformist attitude and shove it up your ass a lot of you who bash any band are just trying to be so different and idividual from everybody else that you end up like everybody else so just state your opinion in a way that isnt disrespectful cause green day has had more of a carreer and better music than most of you will ever have because you are way too ignorant you dont have to like any band i dont care just dont be an *******

[ibanezbass27]

i used to like green day, but they were waaay over played on the radio i mean to the point where its ridiculous, so now i hate them...hopefully their new album will be good and it wont be played every other song on the radio or on mtv

[GHEGAHEGAMANAME]

Dead.Alone wrote:

Let's all pretend AI didn't come out. I bet we wouldn't have such profound posts such as79stratSTONES :
my ass>green day

for example. The only reason for people to hate greenday is the same reason why they hate the fans. To simply fit in.

It's funny 'cause a ton of their "fans" like the band for just that reason: to fit in. Like a year back I remember Blvd. of Broken Dreams would come on and everyone would cheer, people who didn't know the band existed until American Idiot walked around saying Green Day's their favorite band. All that's true, yet I'm not saying the only possible reason to LIKE Green Day is to fit in. See there's always a huge mob of idiot's trying to fit in, and then there's the real fans and real haters. SO what's my point? Well I started typing this 2 minutes ago and have already forgotten. So I suggest we eliminate the stupid fickle mob and let the real lovers and hateres of Green Day fight it out in 14 rounds of bare knuckle boxing.

[stumaster18]

opndmnd wrote:

what the f*ck ok first of all green day is a lot more talented than pretty much any person regersterd of visiting this site so dont put them down and they just made a record and it happend to sell millions that doesnt meen they selled out no and emo? green day isnt close to being emo if you think they are than you dont know what emo is. green day has always has been and still is Puck it may not be underground puck but it is punk and because a band is popular doesnt meen they suck or they are good and if you dont listen to a band just because they are popular that meens you are just as low as some one who listens to a band because they are popular hey if you dont like the music just say so but dont be an a**hole and trash them ya green day may not be complex but they have good songs a song doesnt have to be fast or technically complex to be a good song and if you dont like green day i dont care i do but i dont give a shit if people like the music i like or not and green day has been playing for about sixteen years i would love to see if anyone here could write enough GOOD material to have anyone important even notice them or create steady records for sixteen years you dont have to like green day but at least pay them the respect they deserve and and a song doesnt have to be long to be good and no green day didnt invent the rock oprah queen and the who did them before green day was even old enough to pick up a guitar or sit on a drum set they are a lot of bands i dont like but i dont trash them and i respect a lot of them because they deserve it so take you wanabe-nonconformist attitude and shove it up your ass a lot of you who bash any band are just trying to be so different and idividual from everybody else that you end up like everybody else so just state your opinion in a way that isnt disrespectful cause green day has had more of a carreer and better music than most of you will ever have because you are way too ignorant you dont have to like any band i dont care just dont be an *****

you put wayyy too much effort into this

[nirvana4lf]

god damn.

[Spamwise]

I'd like to say before hand I do not dislike green day because it is the cool thing to do, i dislike them because i have listened to it and think it is terrible.

Alright. I personally wish Green Day would never produce another album, however there are other people with different opinions, and I respect that. Everybody has their own tastes, and while mine doesn't include greenday, if someone else's does that's fine by me.

[Xx_banx]

ffs...i thought they were finally going to stfu.
:|

[Basser121503]

If you hate them why comment? No-one wants hear you complain about them anymore. If they sold out with AI because they changed their style than that means that they sold out with Nimrod and Warning. Wait nevermind those 2 albums were barely played so there's no reason to think they sold out. Music is music and some bands are played alot, it's not their fault

[DTFatesWarningX]

As a former GD fan *hisses then regrets past* I can offer an opinion on them w/ at least some validity. No, I didn't stop liking them because it was the popular thing to do, I started liking them because it was the popular thing to do. Sure, it sat there on my Ipod, but never got any play. Then I discovered prog, and I'll never turn back. BTW American Idiot isn't a concept album, folks, it just has a character whose name happens to appear in more than one song. The Jesus of Suburbia video has got to be one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time, but the song is just 5 songs linked together by almost nothing. You want a lengthy epic masterpiece, try Cassandra Gemini or A Pleasant Shade of Gray. They're long, they're elaborate, and certainly not even close to mainstream. AND THEY'RE NOT THE SAME 4 POWERCHORDS THE WHOLE SONG.

[woodfromnorway]

ok wankers. everybody wants dookie-style songs back from green day. but seriously, were they playing any 64,000 people concerts back then? i perfer the old music, but which would you rather have, hundred-thousands or so of dollars, or millions of it? i'm not saying money is not all they care about. but what would you pick?

on a different topic, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. don't like green day? cool. perfectly legal. but please leave these sites and online articles just for green day fans. i really don't want anybody dissing one of my favorite bands on a site informing me of what is going on for them.

on the actual topic of this article, super. i'm excited to see if AI was a permanent change or just a thing they tried. still, i will listen to them and be proud of it.

to opndmnd, amen brother. amen.

[ThePhenom]

YEAH GREEN DAY IS BACK BABY

[woodfromnorway]

god, itsaboy is a tosser. no offense, but seriously, people got your point the first comment. not the 5th. and please take yourself and your thoughts on a 'i hate green day' site. not here. mmkay?

[Git-fidle9]

ok here is something if you're a true greenday fan you like all there music and support what they do thats what I think

[Iruleeverything]

I am actually looking forward to their new album, maybe because I enjoy listening to new music, or maybe cause I have some hope for pop music and believe that greenday might do something completely different, but probably not. I actually liked American Idiot for the first few weeks before they overplayed all the singles a bajillion times, so I hope I enjoy their new works

[KickOutTheJamsX]

id be willing to bet that over 90% of all the green day haters that have posted here hate green day cuz its the "cool" thing to do. who cares how easy their music is to play? if it sounds good then its fine. geez. and they changed their style! OMG! tons of bands do that! if they didnt everybody would bitch at hearing 2 or 3 dookies. please take a brick and shove it up your *******s please.

[Git-fidle9]

KickOutTheJamsX wrote:

id be willing to bet that over 90% of all the green day haters that have posted here hate green day cuz its the "cool" thing to do. who cares how easy their music is to play? if it sounds good then its fine. geez. and they changed their style! OMG! tons of bands do that! if they didnt everybody would bitch at hearing 2 or 3 dookies. please take a brick and shove it up your *****s please.

HA HA HA HA HA DUDE YOU ARE THE MAN

[ENDOFHEARTACHE]

NNNNNOOOOO NOT AGAIN!!!!! i finally thought the curse was over

[Guitar_Guy00001]

soooo, looking in another Green Day board I award the longest and hardest to read message to... (drum roll)"opndmnd"! congrats, I read the first two words and lost interesr

[GHEGAHEGAMANAME]

KickOutTheJamsX wrote:

id be willing to bet that over 90% of all the green day haters that have posted here hate green day cuz its the "cool" thing to do. who cares how easy their music is to play? if it sounds good then its fine. geez. and they changed their style! OMG! tons of bands do that! if they didnt everybody would bitch at hearing 2 or 3 dookies. please take a brick and shove it up your *****s please.

This guy hit it right on the nail. Talent isn't playing fast or anything like that, it's playing what sounds good.(I don't really think Green Day sounds good but that doesn't matter, it's a personal preferance and it's just not my style) And the fact that 90% of the haters used to like AI a couple months ago when it was the "in" thing to do, and now hate it 'cause it's the "in" thing to do.(Mind you 10% hate them for a reason, but only 3% hate 'em for the right reason)

[SkinnyWhiteBoy]

NOOOOO!!!!!
WHYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Spamwise]

Oh, I agree that many people seem to hate greenday because it seems cool, but honeslty billy joel has played for 12 or so years, and apparently he even needs a double to play the harder stuff. I just am annoyed that there are people who have no talent and barely any skill, yet can still become massively popular.

[misirlou]

i really hope that the movie isn't going to happen. it seemed like a good idea until it got to the point where i'd rather shoot myself in the face then listen to "holiday" again.

[Captian Xero]

some of the stuff in here is sad. But i had the best of time reading this..

Can't wait for the new CD

[Logz]

A big load of spam deleted...
but not all of it.

[MAXWELLMURDER]

Its funny when people say they sold out by changing there music slightly. Its because he wrote dookie when he was like 20, no he is 34. I doubt a 34 wants to write about smoking pot and masturbating like he did on dookie

[mikea93]

i still wont buy their album (srry greenday fans)

[koirala]

they get sum gud shit like american idiot its in my hit list

[Suriyou]

jesus of suburbia,
Okay cool, I suppose
But go and listen to "Metropolis Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper" by Dream Theater, that song kicks every song green day has ever writtin straight up GD's backside and out their mouths.

[xCompanyCalls]

yay, more power chords!

[f1sk]

eh, damn i was hoping the last one ws their last album

[livefortoday]

Mik3_D wrote:

hoobariffer87 wrote:

I'm getting sick of all the people who are angry because Green Day isn't pocket-sized l33tness anymore. They're good, they got famous. Deal with it.
Not all popular music sucks.
And just because no one knows about a band doesn't make them good.
Good music is good music.

While this is technicly true, its also true that not all popular music is good. Which is the case with Green Day.

duh offcourse not all popular music is good. he didn't say that.

green day actually rocks, i love american idiot (in holland it isn't overplayed by the radio that helps so much) and i can't wait for the next album. what will it be like..?

oh yes xCompanyCalls.. shut the **** up, get the facts before you say something "funny". green day always put up whole barre chords, and most of the time strum more than the 3 first strings too. bet you can't even do an A form in barre.

[wabusy33]

Maxwell Bass wrote:

whos green day?

Hahahahaha, you are one lucky bastarde for not knowing who green day is. After listening to the sh*tty music coming out in the past few years(including green day), I wish I was living in a cave too.

[SMterminator]

Meh, I can't give a crap. If you don't like it, don't liten to it.

[Mike_rocka_boy]

Awesome, can't wait for it to come out.

[rock_or_roll]

Guitar_Guy00001 :
soooo, looking in another Green Day board I award the longest and hardest to read message to... (drum roll)"opndmnd"! congrats, I read the first two words and lost interesr

HAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA so incredibly true...

GHEGAHEGAMANAME :
KickOutTheJamsX wrote:

id be willing to bet that over 90% of all the green day haters that have posted here hate green day cuz its the "cool" thing to do. who cares how easy their music is to play? if it sounds good then its fine. geez. and they changed their style! OMG! tons of bands do that! if they didnt everybody would bitch at hearing 2 or 3 dookies. please take a brick and shove it up your *****s please.


This guy hit it right on the nail. Talent isn't playing fast or anything like that, it's playing what sounds good.(I don't really think Green Day sounds good but that doesn't matter, it's a personal preferance and it's just not my style) And the fact that 90% of the haters used to like AI a couple months ago when it was the "in" thing to do, and now hate it 'cause it's the "in" thing to do.(Mind you 10% hate them for a reason, but only 3% hate 'em for the right reason)

very true about most of the things here...but when green day just rotate around the same chords and same Fucking drum beat in every second song, it gets a bit boring....with many bands, what ur saying is right, not with green day though.

[salo]

I really wish this band to break up, yo bad just the good bands break up

[blatong]

YIPEEEKAAAYeEEEE!!!!

can't wait!

[Malcove]

Alright, first off lets establish that Green Day has made more than two albums. Second, let's stop comparing the best album and the worst. The reason everyone has all of a sudden become anti-Green Day is because they released an album that wasn't like any of their past albums (which were all raw punk). What they are now with American Idiot is NOT emo (although their new rediculous look suggests it), they're still some form of punk with some other music I'd rather not classify. American Idiot isn't RAW punk like everything else Green Day has ever made. In my opinion, Green Day DEFINED raw punk and that's all they should have ever been. I think a big problem with the sound of American Idiot (besides the obvious theme change) was that Green Day might have been rushing this album. When putting sheet music of this album next to sheet music of their other albums, there's no comparison to how much more detail was put into their previous works. A big part of American Idiot was put together using everyday power chords that any bedroom rockist can copy after watching them on-stage.
I agree that Green Day might have changed their look and sound just for the money and extra recognition, but hopefully the boys realize after this that the best thing they can do for themselves is revert back to the raw punk we all used to know them for. And I'd suggest that they chang back to their old look, too.
One more thing... if you hate the band because you've just always hated the band, don't bother posting. We really don't care and you're just wasting your time, unless you're somehow getting a kick out of yourself that you're "dissing" people on a messageboard online because they like different music than YOU. 0_o

[gary666]

when will they just give up?

[Malcove]

When does any band give up?
Answer: Usually when they stop making money. =P

[Logz]

spam deleted.

Letterbomb11 wrote:

Wow, the mods must be slacking today.

*angry face* Mods have real lives too.

Last warnings for alot of people who i cant be bothered to name. Anyone who posted such things as:
Greenday are faggots
sucks
shitheads
they have no talent and should die
etc
they will get warnings from now on.

[rpguitardude]

^ hooray !!

I really hope they finish the new album soon and mtv don't overplay them again

[GNR's Fan]

lol starting fire in the greenday camp is always funny

[richard_lane98]

I still stand by Nimrod being their best album ever!

[blinkrocks]

its not that i hate green day just i dont know why people think they are so great yeah dookie was a real good album but i dont see whats so great about american idiot

[blinkrocks]

there is like 6 good songs on american idiot

[wahappenISSEXY<3]

^haha. not. 46 comments were removed. that would only happen to green day.

[spazticpsycho43]

Green Day rule, but as much as I love their music, I hope its not as overplayed as american idiot (which was a kick ass cd, I only wish they released give me novacaine as a single)

[into_the_night]

I, and only speaking for myself of course, am very excited that the new Green Day album is coming out. American Idiot was a good album, yet still overplayed, even as a GD fan, I will admit that. Songs like WMUWSE and BOBD, are played too often to even retain any sort of respect. Even so, it was a very well made album with amazing eloquent lyrics.
The band does not decide when and where they are going to be played, this includes radio. So when they are played, that does not make any band, including GD sellouts. On this note, it also means that, by no weird initiative could them being known make them sellouts. When a band becomes a band, and plays in front of anyone, even two or three kids, they are a known band, because the friends tell friends who tell friends. This means, as I?m sure most deduced, that the band is then known. Since they are not huge, people do not call them sellouts. Then, when they are good enough to get a record label, they are all of a sudden sell-outs. People can not seem to get the idea that, this is still being known! It?s just a different level. The label that the band is part of doesn?t give the idea of whether they are a ?real? band; it?s just the one that would be able to give the band the most of what they can. Which, in Green Day?s case, was from Lookout Records to Reprise Records.
On a note much like my last, this argument also comes in handy when it comes to the songs content. Just because a band leaves its comfort zone, does not mean that they are no longer good. And just because they left that zone, does not mean that what they sing about does not mean anything. American Idiot was the perfect example of Green Day maturing, not getting worse. They are, I mean, thirty four. They have families and children, you have to expect them to grow up one day and stop singing about masturbation and drunk driving. (or both in the case of Tre? Cool) They need to be expected to grow up, and even if some people can?t face that yes, they are getting older; it doesn't mean it won't happen.

Side Note: My last little note is that, many people are starting to hate Green Day for their clothing chose (weird reason, but that?s not my point). If you look back, you?ll notice that they wore something very similar at Woodstock in the 90?s. Does that not say something?