Green Day Named 'Best Band On Planet'

California trio Green Day have been named best band on the planet at this year's Kerrang! rock awards. They were the biggest winners at the rock magazine's ceremony, also scooping the prize for best live act.

The band took top honors at the annual event, which was held at The Brewery in East London. The ceremony was billed as "the biggest and baddest awards in the rock calendar".

Welsh metal group Funeral For A Friend won best British band and New Jersey's My Chemical Romance picked up best album (for "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge") and best video (filmed for "Helena").

Marilyn Manson took home the annual Icon Award for "a notoriety that has spread all over the globe." British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden were inducted into the Kerrang! Hall Of Fame while Killing Joke received the lifetime achievement award.

The prize for best single went to Foo Fighters' hit "Best of You" while Trivium were named best international newcomers. But System Of A Down, who had five nominations, went home empty-handed.

Green Day became one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands more than a decade ago and have been enjoying a renaissance since their "American Idiot" album came out last year.

Thanks for the info to BBC News.

Comments

[DeSean]

Best band on the planet?!?! *cough*Red Hot Chili Peppers*cough*

[Rattlehead666]

Green Day best band on planet? This is rigged like the Metallica losing to Jethro Tull thing back in 1989. Man all these award things gotta be rigged.

[groove]

RADIOHEAD IS THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET!

[metallordofhell]

wesj88:
so many of you claim you know what real music but you dont. green day has talent and its not like they claim to be the best. also billy joe has to do 2 things at once and if you havent realized it yet, the bands with really good guitar have a seperate guitar player and singer.

real music? what was that? first of all if ur saying greenday is real music tehn u need to go a couple 20 or so years back in time...like ive said millions of times before if it wasnt for bands back in the 60-80s probably even before that your so called "real music" wouldnt be around. so what billy can sing and play guitar at the same time....james hetfield of metallica, jimi hendrix, eric clapton, malmsteen, chuck berry,ronnie james dio, dave mustaine, and a lot more others. most of these guys can throw in a guitar solo too...a very powerful one that is not some lame 2 second one or one that reminds u of little pink bunnys hopping around. these guys all know how to sing and rock out at the same time so that really doesnt give billy an excuse for sucking ass at guitar. i have even tryed singing and playing guitar at the same time. its not that hard at all. i take it as a insult for being a metal/rock fan all my life then i hear about some punkish emo almost pop band come up and take the light from a band that definately deserves it more.

[xoixtoyx]

Green Day is alright but I don't know about best band ever....Yah first post!?!?

[MetalBeast]

Would ya FUCK OFF!!!.. There no where near best band on planet.... And whats up with System not gettin any... What a piece of bull....

[Umair122504]

heavy rock? LMAO! since when do you call pop rock "heavy rock"?

[i_snort_dope]

MetalBeast:
Would ya FUCK OFF!!!.. There no where near best band on planet.... And whats up with System not gettin any... What a piece of bull....

-Yeah, what he said .....well at Manson took home some awards, by the way everybody I heard Manson's new album is complete so be on the look out for it.

[sadistic_monkey]

Of course they won. It's Kerrang. I don't see why anyones complaining, it's a damn popularity contest.

[EewokMan33]

im glad trivium got something and same with ffaf but best of you was a crappy single.
an greenday is not the best band on the planet

[erin_eb]

AHHH! no. SOAD is better than them..and they didnt even get any awards!!! oMFgosh...

[rock_star77]

Of Course it's popularity... when else have you seen Green Day anywhere? Plus, Manson, and SOAD, could neither be considered for this. Too many people hate them... that is too many of the people that matter. Personally, I don't think anyone should name anyone or anything, best on the planet... I mean, have you been everywhere on the planet?

[fragility_v3.0]

at least Trent Reznor got the Classic Songwriters award..

[Scourge441]

Green Day do NOT deserve that award. At all.

Glad to see that the Foos one, but THEY deserved the Best Band award.

[robk_21]

thats utter shite. Green Day are an OK band. Nowhere near the Best Band on the planet. Trivium are more worthy of that title. Trivium rule. Glad they are gettin recognition for it. And SOAD going home empty handed ill bullshit. They should have cleaned up. Mesmerize is far superior to "3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge" And they won best video. Feck that shite. These awards are gay. It only represents mainstream music. Not real music. Metallica are the best band on the planet. Deal with it.

[RockMusicFan]

WTF! System should have taken all five of those awards!

[LedZeppelin]

Great band but they don't deserve that.

[Angus76]

Bull ***, they suck, don't let them get those awards.

[pa182]

wow....greenday best band on that planet that is a joke.

[alex_haeni]

what a bunch of bull. no way are they best on the planet. its good trivium won something.

[im not mental]

green day are not the best band on the planet. system and trivium should've won some more.

[groove]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! YOUR KIDDIN ME! lol!!!!

[Molodov]

More proof that Kerrang! has NO credibility.

[Spitefull]

this is gay, but on the bright side i think this is the first greenday news in a while that doesnt have some asshole defending them, thats a good sign.

[DogOfWar]

I was just thinking the same exact thing spite

[Voodoo8868]

im getting sick of hearing about greenday

[Diabolic Clown]

Someone shoot me now..

[RingmasterTJ]

Funeral for a Friend is metal? Marilyn Manson is an icon? & Green Day is heavy rock? Sigh...

[The Nameless666]

well although they arent the best for sure..thier live preformence may be...my sister and parents went to one of thier shows this year and they brought up 3 people on stage to play one of their songs and then billy-joe gave the guitarest his guitar after..even thoguh its only green day..thats still like the coolest thing ever..and they also have like gallons of fireworks at their shows to..so they might not sound the best but they still put on a hell of a show

[DiNk]

deep purple = best band on planet

[Mr. Strat]

uhhh you can call me the ass hole defending them.....you guys honestly don't give them enough credit. Like I've said a million times before, it's not about talent, it's about how you are with the fans, stage presence, and overall, yes, greenday has it, creativity. And anyway American Idiot is probably one of the best rock albums in the past decade, maybe more.
So *** off everyone.

[SMoD]

SMoD = best band on the planet

[applax]

is it april already

[Juneau]

Another fine example why Kerrang! is giving little kids what they want.

[baz-wah-balls]

they obviously ar ethe best band on the planet cause they won

[lwnovember]

wtf is is this bs

[baz-wah-balls]

i think it was just metal versus punkrock an punk rock won hahahahaha metal sucks haha

[Spitefull]

Actually mr. strat i thought you were going to defend them without being an asshole but once again you prove that green day fans cant do that with your last sentence. Congradulations!

[rockinlewis]

they only made green day the "best band on the planet" so more and more people would like them. And mr strat, im not saying green day cant write classics, im just saying kerrang overrate them majorly.

[IAMTHEEGGMAN...]

This annoys me, because there are so many groups out there who are much more talented musicians, songwriters and live performers than Green Day, but don't get recognition because they aren't as commercially popular. It saddens me that we live in an age where men who wear buisness ties with T-shirts can be declared anything but wankers. But just remember, the same people who think Green Day are the "greatest band in the universe" are the same brand of mentally inept losers who download the Crazy Frog ringtone.

[IgnoreThis]

Iron Maiden for best band on the planet!!

[Vedder]

I agree with Mr. Strat, Greenday doesn't get nearly enough credit here. System nor Marilyn Manson have done ne thing recently that can compair to the success that american idiot has enjoyed.

[redshademotion]

Green Day kicks ass. Go them.

Manson kicks ass. Go him

MCR is alright. Go them.

Foo Fighters are cool. Go them.

System is cool. Sucks for them.

[baz-wah-balls]

hahaha sad losers get over it greenday...i.e punk rock won hahahaha tossers

[rockinlewis]

Vedder:
I agree with Mr. Strat, Greenday doesn't get nearly enough credit here. System nor Marilyn Manson have done ne thing recently that can compair to the success that american idiot has enjoyed.
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 10:38]|

nearly enough credit?! They get a lot more than they deserve!

[IAMTHEEGGMAN...]

And anyway American Idiot is probably one of the best rock albums in the past decade, maybe more.

You obviously don't listen to much music, do you? American Idiot is probably one of the most predictable and boring albums of the past decade, maybe more. You need to get out.

[backup]

Though I like Green Day, Bands that can only do powerchords are not worthy of being calling the "Bast Band In The World." What an asinine statement.

[dancing_jesus]

i've lost all will in the human race.....

[theonlybman]

Mezmerize and American Idiot were much better than Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

[rush4life]

*cries*

Oh, and, Maiden Rules!

[TheGhostOfYou]

^ IMO i rather Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge over American idiot. I think it ties with mezmerize.

[rock_star77]

I said it once already here, but no one seemed to listen as you all wrote down your silly little attempts for justice. Green Day deserves it. I mean, they know what people wanted and gave it to them. The people at Kerrang or whatever, realized that Green Day is so popular right now with the teenagers that dictate what gets airtime (mostly teenage girls... even preteen girls... and then theres the girly emo boys... you know who you are) that they had no choice. I mean honestly, of the people who watch MTV or MuchMusic, do you think that there's 1 out of every 5 that know who the hell Iron Maiden is? Nope. They would have been up in arms had Green Day not made the list. Now I will say it: This award thing shouldn't exist. There's too many opinions. While Green Day's music could stand out to one person, it could also suck to another. Best Band on the Planet? No, but they certainly aren't the worst. No one is.

[franksciante]

mezmerize is better than 3 cheers for sweet revenge and american idiot put together. and green day are good but in comparison to ALOT of great bands they suck balls - and in a bad way.

[iceesforlife]

All you flamers can't denie it. What you've been bad-mouthing for so long is finally beating you. (and I know it's ****ing kerrang) Just trying to stir up the pot a little bit.

P.S. I just bought tickets for Greenday at the Tacoma Dome, Sept. 26th. I hope they live up to their reputation as "best live show" and I'm sure they will.

[zero element]

what the *** greenday get best band on planet that is ***ing bullshit. deserve it bullshit they just use the same music and just add words they don't deserve this at all

[bob311]

the best band in the world is the explosion, no bs.

[XmystichoboX]

It was a popularity contest, not anything worth noting. IT KERRANG FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. Its like the MTV video awards, a great big contest which awards are rewarded to the biggest sell outs. Anyone who wins anything from Kerrang should be pissed on, not praised. Sh't.

[iceesforlife]

P.P.S. Manson's just...f***ed up

[Goddamnit]

Hmm. I like green day well enough, and they do put on a great live show. But best band on the planet? hardly. Still, it it Kerrang!, so I it means shit all.

[slippy456]

this is BS Green Day MCR this is crap

[lost_it_again]

god this is horible, apparently greenday=heavy rock and funeral for a friend=metal, i'm not complaining about the catagorising, more about the lack of real rock at these awards

[JimmyJazz77]

I weep for the future.

[Justice-For-All]

Green Day is overrated , they have become such media whores that they are now beginning to suck. best band on planet my ass, this is gay.

[mikenator]

Why do you guys hate Green Day so much.... Do you complain that their newest album doesnt sound like "Old Green Day" or do you just hate politically moved music... Green Day May not be "The best band on the planet" But They are better than Manson easy. And then... I do have to say those of you who just complain about green dayn probably don't understand anything about music. Green Day is a group of very talented well achieved musicians. Its great that they got that award.

[gogita21]

This is genuinely depressing. Why are they anywhere near "Best" anything?

[Mr. Strat]

aww poor spiteful, can't take the F word. How bout this Bitch! f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck.

[Mace_37]

Damn, I wish I could rip out distortion covered power chords like them...
But Brain Stew really is a hard song to master...

[jbritz22]

Its all a ***in matter of opinion.

[lesismore]

at these awards where are seether, shinedown, staind, chevelle???these are the guys who really rock who spend all their time on their music and not their image...of course MCR is great and so is green day but we're not talking about punk we're talking about heavy rock here

[DumbKids]

hahaha sad losers get over it greenday...i.e punk rock won hahahaha tossers

..umm greenday are not punk in any way shape or form.

[fourstringpunk]

for a start, Green Day will never be the best band on the planet
2ndly, what the *** is going on with the best album?! there have been a million albums over the past year which are miles better than 3 cheers, Mezmerise being one of them. I kinda agree that FFAF shudda got best brittish band, but there arent many british bands to shout about on the "metal" scene anyway. And how the *** did system go away empty handed?!!!

[Red.Washburn77]

Green Day's an amazing band, I say one of the best ever. But SOAD is better by a lot. How the hell didn't they get any?

[God withus]

....Silly mainstream awards. Though I'm a little happy trivium got in there somehow.

[guitar7masta]

Led Zeppelin - Best Band On The Planet

[God withus]

I wish we lived in 1985, where bands like AC/DC were considered mainstream.

[Spitefull]

mikenator, No the reason people don't like green day is because they suck. Talented my ass anyone who plays guitar on this god damn site could learn any green day song in 5 minutes. Maybe you could say Armstrong is a talented songrwriter(i wouldn't but someone might) But american idiot was just boring as hell. Anyways shit happens green day got an award,ok that sucks but when all these lame bands get awards from mtv we don't get mad because we are used to it i guess kerrang should be the same way. Anyways sorry for the long comment.

[guitar7masta]

but seriously, who the hell really cares about Green Day? They have no talent.

[niall the nail]

^^so so true!

[Love Me 2Times]

hehe....greenday have no talent. the world is going to hell and music is gonna go first. uhh my chemical romance? did you hear that their singer whatever his fag name is is dating the singer of the used? ewww.....
at least maiden got meantioned. overall, this sucks, i think that greenday should have gotten the biggest sellouts award....

[niall the nail]

sorry i took so long logging in there i was talking about god withus
green day are good but i dont know about best band on the planet

[guitar7masta]

Spitefull: mikenator, No the reason people don't like green day is because they suck. Talented my ass anyone who plays guitar on this god damn site could learn any green day song in 5 minutes. Maybe you could say Armstrong is a talented songrwriter(i wouldn't but someone might) But american idiot was just boring as hell. Anyways shit happens green day got an award,ok that sucks but when all these lame bands get awards from mtv we don't get mad because we are used to it i guess kerrang should be the same way. Anyways sorry for the long comment.
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 11:47]|

Yeah no doubt.

[bobdylan]

wooohooo! shove that up ur arse and smoke it flamers!

[weezergeek182]

That's stupid. enough with the green day articles

[splifler]

WHAT?Green Day suck ass, really their new cd sucks all there old cd's suck,everything about green day suck they a bunch of sellouts, but thats what i think

[TheEndHasNoEnd]

Green Day best band in the world? Well,strangely enough,that would require the whole world's population of around 6 billion people listening to every band on the planet and agreeing about which one was best. I don't think Kerrang did that.

[omac]

Sham awards show, sham results.Hey I like greenday and think they are a pretty good band but best band on earth?? Please!!! O.K. I got it if system of a down,radiohead,cream,the pixies,aerosmith,govt mule,acdc,and the frigging rolling stones all fell off the face of the earth, maybe.

[Has Many Issues]

I am offended.

[guitar7masta]

bassman182: green day are awesome and they are one of the best live acts and june 19th 2005 was the best night of my life and I shall never forget the way they performed that night and they deserve all the praise they can get cos they have worked their abosolute socks off and I don't agree that they're the best band on the planer i'm just sick of u noobs slagging them off. I'd like to see any of you guys try and get as far as them and then see how u fools like getting slaged off. jes' people have some common sense and green day rock and BJ and Mike and Tre are immense and ur all just jelous because you can never achieve the fame and hard work and how can people say s.o.a.d are better theyre just retards and a pile of brests who don't deserve to live!!!
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 12:41]|

We're not jealous of their fame, it's just surprising they won cause they have NO talent

[Pumpkins4Life]

this is why 12 year olds cant be president

[guitar7masta]

why does anybody even care? there are so many people in the world right now that don't care about Green Day either, it was just some stupid award show that had a bunch of bands with no talent

[guitar_4_life]

Green Day sucks...they used to be good but the new stuff sucks

[bobdylan]

hur hur!

[RHCPhysco8]

i like green day. good for them. i like american idiot. i dont think they're the best band ever but
they're not horrible. kerrang is biased twords popular music. why cant people understand that?

[egstam]

Suck my balls.

[rykk11]

egstam:
Suck my balls.
lol

[crossfade67]

Green Day became one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands more than a decade ago and have been enjoying a renaissance since their "American Idiot" album came out last year.

yea ***in right worlds heaviest rock band, green day sucks balls

[estranged_2003]

no surprise kerrang say it is greenday they are a ok band at best. imo it would be velvet revolver or soad

[dustafust]

Scourge441:
"Green Day do NOT deserve that award. At all.

Glad to see that the Foos one, but THEY deserved the Best Band award."

True dat.

[Iluvpowerchords]

Why are people so Goddamn Stupid?

[TheUnforgiven1]

First off, Green Day is the f*ckin WORST band ever, second, congrats to Iron Maiden, up the Irons!, even though I don't like him,Marylin definetly deservered the notoriety, Foos deserved it, Trivium, from the stuff of theirs I heard I'd say they deserved it, and lastly, Why on God's green earth did System of a Down not get a single f*ckin award?

[bassman182]

green day are awesome and they are one of the best live acts and june 19th 2005 was the best night of my life and I shall never forget the way they performed that night and they deserve all the praise they can get cos they have worked their abosolute socks off and I don't agree that they're the best band on the planer i'm just sick of u noobs slagging them off. I'd like to see any of you guys try and get as far as them and then see how u fools like getting slaged off. jes' people have some common sense and green day rock and BJ and Mike and Tre are immense and ur all just jelous because you can never achieve the fame and hard work and how can people say s.o.a.d are better theyre just retards and a pile of brests who don't deserve to live!!!

[feddon]

Awards suck.
if you like a band, single, video or whatever your gonna like it wheather some shit magazine gives them a shit award.
What a pile of bollocks.

[crazychic911]

greenday isnt the best band, they are the most popular band at the moment. when winter comes round the styles will change and most people will go back to listening to 50 cent they'll forget all about greenday. this is only a momentary annoyance.

~jessie~

[Pikachu]

some people are so stupid in here...they are just named best band for this 'year'. i like greenday, but they're songs that just dont get to me. if you really dont like greenday, then dont post? you look like a retard posting about one of the most successful bands out there, as the worst band. whether you like it or not, they are successful. anyways go greenday

[Hazza069]

greenday suck so badly, somebody please run them over in a milk cart or something please.their music is actually talentless and awful, what is this world coming to, we may as well rename kerrang to 'the box'. this sucks

[liam177lewis]

point one - green day... hard rock.... nonono, i protest...

poit two - iron maiden only just inducted into the hall of fame? kerrang got problems...

[metalhead39]

bassman182 how can you say SOAD sucks and doesn't deserve to live? SOAD have a very original sound and Green Day just sounds like everyone else. Dont get me wrong, i love Green Day but they sure as hell don't deserve best band on earth no matter how many 12 year old kids buy all their stuff

[smashngrab1991]

think of it this way, Green Day have very little musical talent, and 90% of people who dont play an instrumant (and 50% of people who do) have very little musical talent. Bands which have alot of musical talent intimidate people who dont have much, therefore 90% of people will listen to green day.

[istandalone]

im not even going to read what all you guys have to say cause all u guys are gonna turn it into is "greenday sucks" or "greenday rocks and if u dont like it then shut up" so yea for once can u just comment on the f***in article thats all for now

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

the Kerrang awards tell no lies.

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

btw, soad is basically in the same position as green day, just different genres. theyre both played to hell on mtv. if green day sold out, they definatly did too.

[sadistic_monkey]

RHCPhysco8:
i like green day. good for them. i like american idiot. i dont think they're the best band ever but
they're not horrible. kerrang is biased twords popular music. why cant people understand that?

Because everyone that posts negatively is an eliteist that likes their music more.

Nobody likes award shows where their bands aren't in, or don't win.

[metalman05]

Some of Green Days new stuff is okay but they are definitley not the best band on the planet

[The Fringe]

You cant win or lose on this thing so give up.

[metalman05]

SOAD definitley should have got some awards

[TheOmen]

EMO sucks.

[xm3talx]

we people say they suck just because their popular, well guess what punk rock assholes!, THEY DO SUCK, through they used to do not suck.....when they said that their the best band in the world, i got so pissed, but when i heard that their heavy rock, then the shit went out of my ass into my pants cause i was laughting so ***in hard..... green day may be good live, but no punk rock band will ever be the best band on the planet, why ? cause most punk rock's guitar is just too simple and suck, like american idiot, "power cord here, there, and we got a million dollar single" punk rock shall never be the best, its good, but if i compared it to metal, DAMN! i'll be like a fight of a 12 year old VS a military soldier armed to the teeth, metal is so much better, they vary a lot more, not just power cord shit and punk drumms.... for all of you green day fans that are proud of that award, DAMN! you suck reaaaally hard dudes

[skindred]

each to their own opinion cuz no opinion is the right opinion :P *chimaira shud have won best band*

[BassBeats098]

'The prize for best single went to Foo Fighters' hit "Best of You"'

Why? How? It's the worst song I've heard in my life, that new hilary duff song is better than that shit.

[Shin_Mike]

Who is green day?? the stinky band that is so overrated, who has only teenage fans? that they think they are so punk and cool?? Well, in that case.. nope, they are not the best band on the planet, they are crap with all the fame they got.

[BobFromReboot]

I'm gonna be sick.

[Goddamnit]

Calm down folks. It's just Kerrang. They're no better than Smash Hits. Ever notice how it's a different "best band on the planet" every year? They just choose whoever the most popular band of the year is, just to keep the majority of their readers/viewers/listeners happy so they keep on buying their magazine/watching their channel/listeneing to their station

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

if you say you like their old stuff and not their new stuff, your just saying it cus you think they sold out, not because of the actual music. because theyre music has stayed the same for 15 years.

[lacey_the_crazy]

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa.
Wow, does Kerrang! ever suck.

[GuitaPlaya]

what a bunch of dumbasses, Green Day SUCK

[FenderStrat1337]

It seems like the only people that hate Green Day are people that play guitar. You guys are mocking Billie Joe because he sucks at guitar, but do you think that most of the population cares if he's good at guitar? 2% of the population care about guitar solos, 98% couldnt give a damn. People don't hum the guitar parts to songs, they hum the lyrics. Green Day's lyrics are popular and they won Rock Album of the Year, so Kerrang is definately gonna name them Best Band of the Year. Also, Mike Dirnt is a good bassist and Tre Cool is a great drummer, which is why alot of bassists and drummers like Green Day too.

[bootyguard]

Ok. I've got to admit, they have some good songs, but theres no way they are BEST BAND ON THE PLANET? FUCK... SOME GARAGE BANDS ARE MORE TALENTED THAN THEM!

If anything nominate Iron Maiden, System, Metallica (even though they're all rock and not metal now), Megadeth, etc. WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN OF BODOM?There are countless other bands that are 10 times better, and still some that are 100x better. And if you don't want to put metal up there, at least consider Velvet Revolver, or Audioslave or something that may have had a possibility of being best.

[MetalToTheEnd]

I read the title and didn't bother to read anything else. If I were Greenday, I would rather kill myself then be supposedly named, "best band on the planet" for being talentless.

[Letterbomb11]

Green Day is one of my favorite bands. Don't know about the best band on planet, because I haven't heard every band on the planet. But they are pretty talented (just because they play simple music doesn't mean they are bad musicians). Oh, and about the "punk" issue? Not punk doesn't mean not good. Remember those good old bands called the Beatles and Led Zepplin? They're not punk, but no one complains about that.

[cliff_em_all]

Whoa, best band on the planet?, not dream theatre,no, there not mainstream enough. interpol should have on that award. or at least someone half good should have.

[eyeflngpoo]

The only people who like GD are people who dont know jack shit about music.

And wtf is with MCR getting an award? They are a untalented piece-of-shit band if ive ever seen one


I guess the 'best band' award for them = most overplayed on MTV

[steveplayguitar]

there is no hope for the future of mankind, everyone just feel free to crawl into a little hole and die

[Clarkinator]

Everyone is gonna have their opinion on whos the best band on the planet. jesus, lets all go nutts and bitch about this. It doesn't mean green day are the best, it means that there the most liked at the moment. Big ***in deal, calm down people

[Ibanez_1]

Green Day... I love em but I must admit and agree all these people and say that they are definately NOT the greatest band on the planet, I mean you have to look at all the other genres and everything I'm not gonna make another suggestion for better band cause that will start another whole new thing but yeah definately not green day sorry to say

[Broken_audiO]

greenday is great but this is a ridiculus award to begin with i dont think there as good of a live act as they used to be but they still kick sum serios ass and props 2 mcr winning

[xSepulturax]

the award should have been greatest band for 13 year old girls





greenday sucks,every band they named there sucks,exept Maiden \m/

[DorkusMalorkus]

It is all subjective...they are the most popular band. So they win that, but to name one band the best is stupid.

[enjoi_ice]

Green Day is ok but should not have won.

Foo fighters should have gotten more and Soad isnt liked by many people , so im not surprised they went home empty handed , although they should have won best album

[BrianApocalypse]

"It only represents mainstream music. Not real music. Metallica are the best band on the planet."

That's a pretty funny contadiction, ya know.

[Frith]

Ya green day is no where near the best band on the planet when u compare to metallica , rolling stones, stuff like that with tons more wicked songs.

[dookedoutnimrod]

The only people who like GD are people who dont know jack shit about music.

you stupid piece of shit i bet i know more about rock than you and i bet i could outshred you on guitar 2, i listen to guns n roses, the clash, van halen and many more good bands and i still listen to green day and have been for the past 4 years cuz theyre a good fun band.

[Powerhouse]

What a sad article.

[Pikachu]

i'd say about 90 % of you dont know how to read an article. they are just titled best band on the planet for this year. chill, of course no one can compare to metallica. this article isn't saying they are the best band forever.

[happybunnyjr]

I love greenday! they are the best band out there besides Papa Roach and My Chemical Romance!

[Irish Bassist]

The only album they deserve an award for is dookie,and that was released 11 years ago,their creidibility has long since gone.

[Nelsean]

GReen day is good but not the best band ever... wtf is that

[RHcPinkFloyd818]

^^haha real funny

Before we all freak out and wonder if music as we know it has been destroyed, just remember this is kerrang. The only reason Green Day is even getting so much attention is because of their so called "punk" status against Bush. The real punk bands are against the government and establishment views. Not just one man's administration.

[nirvana666]

green day=hardcore overrated

[420]

Whatever mabye someone thinks their the best band on the planet but there is no way they are hard rock.

[High_distortion]

***ing bastards i hope the people who nominated them get shot ,

[Scot-Guitarist]

green day are not the best band
they are shit

[rush4life]

AAA..HHH..!

[cool_geek_dude]

When i first got sky digital about 5 years ago keranng tv had just started and it was one of the only real rock tv channels, such a shame nowadays its sold out completely (i stopped watching it when i saw the start of a 50 cent vid once!!!) I dont mind green day but yeah it is all about what the masses (mini moshers) want to hear *despairs* ah well at least the rasmus werent even mentioned... *shudders*

[Sun King]

HAH. greenday.. that makes me laugh.. i mean i have respect for them cause i saw something about their lives so i do have respect but i really hate their music.. but best band on earth? sure.. it can go from beatles to metallica to zeppelin to even ***ing rolling stones.. its not green day

[Night Revolver]

Kerrang is pretty poor ... I mean, they play Eminem music on their channel ... They know nothin' abt real rock music.

[hitormiss]

All of you are ***tards for wasting your time arguing...in case you people haven't figured it out yet...there is NO best band on the planet. It's just an award. Get over it and move on.

[The Fiddler]

YOU MUST BE FUKIN KIDDING ME.

Green Day does not deserve such a prestigous title (although the awards show is obscure and at least I've never heard of it...maybe that's why they have such poor judgement). Anyways, the title means nothings and people who know music will never acknowledge Green Day. They are sellouts and makes music for posuers who think they know rock music. To hell with Green Day and this pathetically overstated award.

[Rune Playaz]

***en *** ***en greenday the ***en mother ***ers... they suxorz the big 1111

[dookedoutnimrod]

but best band on earth? sure.. it can go from beatles to metallica to zeppelin to even ***ing rolling stones.. its not green day

they give out on every year ***twat metallica has already won it.

[Punk_Dude2005]

guitar7masta:
but seriously, who the hell really cares about Green Day? They have no talent.
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 11:49]|

That is bs ..sure theyre not very technical on guitar and stuff but they can write catchy songs and that requires talent..

Now for the best band in the world..That all depends on a persons opinion

[jimmypage5290]

guitar7masta:
Led Zeppelin - Best Band On The Planet

yup

It seems like the only people that hate Green Day are people that play guitar. You guys are mocking Billie Joe because he sucks at guitar, but do you think that most of the population cares if he's good at guitar? 2% of the population care about guitar solos, 98% couldnt give a damn. People don't hum the guitar parts to songs, they hum the lyrics.

mmm.....not so much... when people hum "smoke on the water" do the hum the lyrics? NO! and why are u bashing guitar players? (1) u must play the guitar bcuz of ur screen name, and (2)what website is this? ultimate-GUITAR(!!!!).com!! jeez.. i dont know about greenday being the best band on the planet, but they have had a successfull year, probly more than any other rock act this year (where are you VanHAlen,LedZeppelin,the old GN'R, Black sabbath,cream, Metallica?)so i guess i dont dissagree with them having the title of something like "best band this year, even tho they were (much much)better before american idiot" but not best band ever- SOAD should have gotten something-they're badass

[Soma3009]

Someone REALLY needs to change the name from the Kerrang Awards to the Mainstreamo awards. They're voted by popularity. And WHAT BAND is on the wall of every teenage girl? That's right. Greenday. You guys need to leave them alone. I don't like them at all. Their music is terrible, and usdistinguishable, it my opinion.

HOWEVER. They have millions of teenage girls flocking to their every word. They must being doing something right.

[Mudvayne_4_Life]

omg i cant beleive this bs. they're not heavy rock not the best rock band on the planet and they're rip offs. the music in brainstew was a TOTAL rip off. that riff was used by led zepplin and bad company. and yes i do agree that it still is just an award and there is no such thing as the best band in the world, but still, come one, green day? popularity contest i think.

[rageandlove04]

I actually like Green Day (no they're not all I listen to and no I'm not 13). But best band ever??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Someone's on crack or something over there...

[jimmypage5290]

Mudvayne_4_Life: popularity contest i think.

well..ya, that pretty much what they were trying to do, and there is nothing wrong w/ that, if you are the most popular band right now, then you definantly deserve some credit, i listen to a little of their older stuff, but even tho i dont like "american idiot" and dont agree w/ what they stand for right now (anti america shit) i do respect them as a band

[Jimi444]

I hate Green Day, Darkness totally pwn their ass.

[VXD]

Sorry to break it to you guys, but SOAD aren't as bad-ass as you think. Fuck, I mean whats the big deal anyways? An over-hyped "metal" band that doesn't compare to the slightest degree to the real stuff (Pantera, 'deth, Judas...) and everybody's going crazy because theyre so "political" and the guy has a "great voice". Shit guitar work too I have to add, no solos, no nothing, comeon man, I'm paying 25 for a goddammed album and all you give me are powerchords? Sounds like theyre using the same bullshit formula as slipknot and all those asshole nu-metal bands. Pull your heads out of your asses, please, do the world, yourself, and me a favour.

Mustaine, Dime, Hetfield, Stayley, Gilbert...where have you gone? In my hour of need,no,heh,you were not there. And now is when we need you!

[artemus]

Greenday is ok, but the band Butane is so much better, they should be more widely known than they are. if u like punk rock check out www.butanemusic.com

[Danielj]

You mispelled kershittyassmusiccompany, you put kerrang

[flamencogod]

whaha those brits are funny

[maidensk8nSox]

I think this magazine confused "Most popular" with "Best".

Mistake on their part.

[bonny500]

greenday is probably the best PUNK ROCK band but they aint even close to the best heavy rock bands

[imessyou]

what are we coming to

[audioa540]

"These awards are gay. It only represents mainstream music. Not real music. Metallica are the best band on the planet. Deal with it."

hahahaha

[mrbassman]

GO GREEN DAY YOU FUCKING CUNTS YOU LOT = CUNTS GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! SYSTEM SHIT ALL THE SAME FFAF SHIT JUST PLAIN SHIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GREEN DAY!

[Morning_Star53]

WWW..HHH..AAAATTTT


its a sad day in music when green day is the "best band in the world"

[jimmypage5290]

VXD- i wasnt saying that system was the best band ever, or that they are "so metal and political" i was saying (more or less) that SOAD have some good music. i am a HUGE fan of METALLICA hetfield or hammet could slaughter all of system's albums with the first note of "fade to black" or any other song for that matter (well any song before load...they started to lose it a little bit there, but still kik ass)

[myname=original]

If a band is declared best band on planet, shouldnt it be a band that has...I dunno....the most number one songs? Last time I checked The Beatles had like 23 or so number 1 songs. That doesnt even count their 'hits' those are JUST the number one songs. Green Day should take that award with a grain of salt because I'm sure they know, as much as the are a good band, they are not even CLOSE to the best band on the planet.

Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Beatles
The Doors
Metallica

All these people have had more hits than Green Day. Well maybe not metallica but they wrote like 4 albums worth of mind numbing artwork.

[GnRrelease_it]

best band on the planet right now: VR

green day ain't even close.

[ohio_emokid]

that is ***ing bullshit, green day are okay but they are by FAR not the greatest band on the planet.

[myname=original]

And the ramones were better at punk than green day....

[misfits385]

something is wrong with the world right now

[MarkTremonti]

Well here's my outlook... Green Day, Sucks gigantic donkey dick and goat nuts. Fuck them and their shitty ass poser music and horrible usage of bar chords, crappy solo's, and good lyrics.

[GUMY]

I hate you all ...

[jpharaoh69]

fist sign of the apocalypse.....

[jpharaoh69]

first^^

[DisgruntledDuck]

SOAD was robbed, innit.

[MiKEY123]

wut a load of shit...MCR can jus go to hell ....lil whiney bitches.....

[blinkjared2]

AHHH..!

[Five_X_Five]

Most of the above.

You know, I was thinking of adding a comment to this news item, but then I realized 'Why bother?? No-one reads what anyone else types, what could have been a page of intelligent replies has descended into a genre battle, and all because some losers with nothing better to do decided to bemoan Green Day's success. While in no way do I suggest that Green Day are the best band on the planet, I do accept that they are the biggest right now. Can anyone think of a band that right now are universally recognised across the globe? Well, yes, U2 and Coldplay to name two, but this is Kerrang!, and after all, Green Day do fit in to the broad description of rock.

And to those specific haters who like to do nothing more than denounce Green Day because they use power chords in their music, just *** right off. Smoke on the Water? The simplest riff in existence, so simple that EVERYONE knows it, even if they don't recognise the name. But if they won this award, would there be any uproar? Some, but not this much, and that shows me that most people here are genre snobs who either only listen to Classic Rock or Metal. They probably only ever buy albums, and never listen to the radio, because if it's modern or popular, they hate it. They can't see the value of music. Rock 'n' Roll was built on power chords, without that foundation; we wouldn't have our Triviums and System of a Downs or Iron Maidens. Get over it and quit your 'bellyaching', as my non-existent, Deep South mama would say. Enjoy music as it is, I'd expect this from the hip hop kids who think guitar music is for 'goffs and weirdoes.? Oh wait, I did add a comment.

[supersonic23]

good band but Wayyyy Overrated

[megakyle]

***ing gay!!!..

[welton]

Funeral for a friend..... quite possibly the best metal band ever

[Chestaufissen]

Kerrang is obviously taking drugs or something cause thats just ridiculous, Like I've said before about Atreyu and Mcr, Green Day Suck big Dom Deluise Ass!!! they're so F**king emo, since when has bullsh*t been good? I mean its like saying Weezer is the Heaviest Heavy Metal Band of our time,(Don't take that seriously its just sarcasm, except for the green Day Comments that was too real)

[jimmypage5290]

homophobe

[jimmypage5290]

(thats to megakyle)

[Chestaufissen]

world's biggest heavy rock bands

They're not even Heavy!!!..

[311fan]

apperantly that magazine is full of retards

[megaderrick]

i hate the music industry, and i hate UG.

[InanezGuitars44]

Green Day became one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands more than a decade ago

im sorry thats just not right man

[uLtim8]

i wonder y you are on here...

green day rocks my socks.

[Chris inman]

I like there isnt one person that agrees with the artcle untill like the 25th post.

its not that i hate Green Day a WHOLE LOT, its just they dont derserve all this attention, awards and fans.
GREEN DAY ARENT THAT GREAT!

[ckyhim4life]

Green Day=NOT best band in the world, NOT EVEN CLOSE

[rock_star77]

Hey, listen, talk about the article Jimmypage5290 not the comments. And he's not the only one, it's just I don't have the soul to read through all your bitchy whiney comments. This is my third post here today, and once more, this award or anyone like it, should not exist in anyone's mind. I mean we could give the award to Led Zeppelin, and some AC/DC fan would be up in arms. It's a matter of opinion if you don't like it, it's the way the world is, make your own award.

PS: at least I spelt Zeppelin right... right?

[sum loser]

LMAO! That's got to be the greatest joke ever. Greenday - Heavy Rock Band? MCR - best album? I'm waiting until someone pops out and says "APRIL FOOLS!"

[ozzy4pope]

green day are a great band, but they are definitely not the "best on the planet", and they are most certainly not "one of the worlds biggest heavy rock bands" for gods sake, they're punk! (last time i checked)
Stil, great band though

[PLOP]

NO GREEN DAY SUCK THIS SUCKS FUCK IT ALL ARGH I HATE THIS KERRANG ARRE TO COMMERCIAL i'll stop ranting now

[i_am_metalhead]

who is the stupid *** nut that gave them that award. they are very, very far from being the best band on the planet!

[MetallicAhead]

greenday, good!? lol

[poc2112]

Green Day sucks like incredible sh***...

[Justindc1]

I do think that green day is the best band to see play live. I went to the concert in Raleigh, NC on the 24th and that was by far the best concert i've been too.

[greeneggs'n'ham]

***ing bastards i hope the people who nominated them get shot

Need anyone say more?

[gpderek09]

double you tee effe.

[emoaintthatbad?]

All Right! ive tried to keep patient through all of this nonsense but this is to too bleeding far!!!..
(start curses) fucjk green day those preppy bastard mother***in slut cocksuckin pop rockers !!(end curses)
And WHy is UG putting this in the news by now they should know that we we hate this band and this shows how badly run UG is!!!.. Ultimate Guitar ! my bloody ass its ultimate !!1 there aint aint a damn thing thats ultimate about this site with all the wrong tabs for every artist and the unhelpful lesson section!!! And dont even get me started on the news!! We get for news stuff like this article!!!! why not some industry new u head ur ass Pc geeks !!! like why is their no news about how samash stopped carrying gibson or something like that that's helpful!!!! Who the hell cares that green day is the greatest band on the planet !!!! (which they are not ) that award is purely opinion . hell if i had the money id give away awards for everything like ...the paint on my wall gets the best paint in the world award or my guitar is better than yours award of the year!!!! so UG ihope you listen u jerks!!!..

[thequickments]

omfgroflmao...apocolypse now?

[dookedoutnimrod]

this page is actually very ultimate, green day are a good band but not to take to seriously

[totenkopf]

what a load of shit.....

[Pyro128]

I read the title of this one, I just HAD to come read all the angry comments from UG'ers, best band on the planet...right

[jpharaoh69]

"Rock 'n' Roll was built on power chords, without that foundation; we wouldn't have our Triviums and System of a Downs or Iron Maidens"

no, no it wasnt. it was built normal and barre chords, then some lazy ass guy decided to remove the last 3 string and play only the top 3. then an even lazier guy decided that using 3 fingers is too complicated to invented drop d so he'd only have to use one.....which brings us to the crappy emo phase were at now.

also, i'm guessing the only part on smoke on the water u've actually heard was the intro becasue it has a very good solo and ritchie blackmore is an amazing guitarist(just listen to "lazy") and billie joe clearly isnt. you lose

[monkeyspks]

Mike Dirnt is an awesome bassist. I love Green Day articles. They get flamed more than any other band. yay. =D besides maybe Linkin Park.

[Assassin_Itachi]

total bullshit.

[Man_In_The_Box]

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMEING TO!?!?!?

[Warlock4Lyfe]

HAHA thats ***in hilarious...that is seriously one good joke...OMFG wow that was soo funny...JESUS CHRIST that is one funny joke...yea right 4 words that should never go together...Green day..and Greatest Band!!

[guitar7masta]

[Punk_Dude2005] That is bs ..sure theyre not very technical on guitar and stuff but they can write catchy songs and that requires talent..

Now for the best band in the world..That all depends on a persons opinion
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 15:12]|

I'm wondering if you ever really listened to their songs. If you take out the lyrics practically ALL of their songs sound exactly the same

[D3v!l]

so like, backstreet boys is next?

[PurpleHazer]

System of a down took nothing? Haha im glad.
Green Day is OK.

[Five_X_Five]

also, i'm guessing the only part on smoke on the water u've actually heard was the intro becasue it has a very good solo and ritchie blackmore is an amazing guitarist(just listen to "lazy") and billie joe clearly isnt. you lose

Oh yes, I remember now. I said that Deep Purple played simple songs. Wrong! I said Smoke on the Water had a simple riff that everyone knows and implied simplicity doesn't make a bad song. But then again, you obviously knew that, being smarter than me.

[threemounts_1]

HAHA, thats funny, Green Day shoulda won the "Worst band on the Planet" Award. Maybe my band should play with all power chords and have our singer sing through his nose, just maybe we might win a cool award like that. HAHA. What the hell is wrong with this world, how do people like something that is so untalented. Thanks for stopping by and you stay classy ultmate-guitar.

[wesj88]

MetalBeast:
Would ya FUCK OFF!!!.. There no where near best band on planet.... And whats up with System not gettin any... What a piece of bull....

okay. to you and everyone else with comments like that; it doesnt matter what you think or want, it matters what EVERYONE ELSE wants. its a matter of statistics and they show green day is doin way better than any band right now.

gotta deal with the whiners every now and then.

[Johnsonville]

They can't DO That, Kerrang Rock awards can't Do That, There are so many different genres of music they can't just call Green Day The Best of every Band, I'd like to see Their asses play sum BLues! They couldn't and secondly, I think the true masters deserve recognition, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery Django ReinHardt and Lsit goes on

[Five_X_Five]

no, no it wasnt. it was built normal and barre chords, then some lazy ass guy decided to remove the last 3 string and play only the top 3. then an even lazier guy decided that using 3 fingers is too complicated to invented drop d so he'd only have to use one.....which brings us to the crappy emo phase were at now.

I guess you're half right here. After al, Led Zeppelin were lazy when they wrote Black Dog...maybe it was the person who wrote the tab who was being lazy, though. And yeah downtuning is lazy, but are Slipknot emo because they downtune...Anyway, thanks for even taking the time to read what I wrote, eve if I did attempt to zing you just now. I salute you, jpharoah69. Everyone else sucks.

[EV0L]

GIVE ME A F**KING BREAK!!! GREEN DAY!?! WHAT THE F**K WAS KERRANG SMOKING WHEN THEY THOUGHT THIS TRASH UP!?! i think i just might be sick...

[Dark_Sanity]

what kind of planet do we live in? wouldn't a band that's been around longer be the best? like black sabbath? or that might be "too old" for you people what about slayer or megadeth? still too old? just becaus a band has a number one song dosen't make them the best. talent does and green day has none, if they were going to pick a punk band they could have at least picked the misfits...any ways....

[GuitarGodJames]

what ever happened to the good music. and I know there is still good music out there but it is covered deep in a big layer of crap music.

[2ndslash]

What. The. Fuck. Greenday are shit i dont like system or greenday but it would be system everytime if i had to choose between them. best band my arse. *** off kerrang ive lost a lot of respect for you guys now. what happened to you kerrang? you used to be cool.

[psykogfx]

mezmerize is shit.

[GuitarGodJames]

wesj88:
okay. to you and everyone else with comments like that; it doesnt matter what you think or want, it matters what EVERYONE ELSE wants. its a matter of statistics and they show green day is doin way better than any band right now.
gotta deal with the whiners every now and then.

SHUT UP! there doing so great because mtv and fuse plays nothing but crap and their crap all day long

[Chestaufissen]

Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery Django ReinHardt and Lsit goes on

who the hells even heard of them?, other than you. I think three bands should be named Best Band in the World: RHCP, Tool, and Metallica.

[psykogfx]

besides.. if you guys think green day sucks sooo.. bad, why don't you go.. i dunno.. do something about it?

[jazzguy75]

greenday is the worst band i have ever heard. they are a disgrace to music. how can they be named best band on planet? they have no talent. tell them to play something in Ab minor they'll have no idea what you're talking about. i can't believe the arrogance in naming these idiots the best band on the planet. pretensious assholes.

[wesj88]

kerrang is based on voting. mtv has hardly much to do with it and if everyone was as annoyed as you at mtv, they wouldnt have one.

[wesj88]

won*

[bass tron]

Am I the only one who thinks American Idiot sucks?I like Green Day but I hate that cd.The Cure is a much better band,but whatever people overrate.

[Mortar]

they are fair from being a good band, so the best band on the planet !? wtf... !?
They got some nice songs every very nice here and there but they are not so great at all.

[Kadaj]

rofl this page is about a mile long

[michael-callari]

HA HA HA HA HA!!!.. YEAH RIGHT!

[DisturbedIbanez]

At least Green Day was original for their day. They have been ripped off by countless other bands. I respect them for that alone. Other than that, I feel their music is boring as hell. Not my style at all. I can think of tons of bands that would annihilate Green Day.

[DireStraits]

Well of course it's a popularity freaking contest! That's how these things are decided, and to be popular, you have to play good music! o one ever got popular playing stuff nobody liked! And considering how many people like Green Day right now, I'd ay they're damn near being the best band on the planet. 4 MILLION RECORDS PEOPLE! And that's American Idiot alone.

[guitar7masta]

[psykogfx]besides.. if you guys think green day sucks sooo.. bad, why don't you go.. i dunno.. do something about it?
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 17:44]|

Like what dumbass? Like we have any power who gets these awards.
F**cking retard

[frying nemo08]

ewww.. i feel unclean... *takes shower*

[clazz]

Urgh, I knew this would turn into a Green Day hate thing.

Good that FFAF got that award, I love them. MCR beat Green Day in best album - is that any better? :-p Green Day totally deserved Best Live Act, and it was pretty obvious they'd get Best Band.. who cares? How prestigious are these awards?

[Greenday389]

All you lazy ass retard flamers should get restricted from Greenday articles, because I'm tired of you guys flamin Green Day, so go flame emo articles instead

[tbag2325]

green day sold out plain and simple, they changed their sound to make some money. ya their lyrics make some stupid political point but its all poppy sell out music. system has been political since day 1, they havent sold out and they have the best album in a while, not to mention another one that will kick ass in a few months. anyone who is a fan of punk, which is what green day claims to be, should see how fake this album is!

[laiho_cobhc]

All you lazy ass retard flamers should get restricted from Greenday articles, because I'm tired of you guys flamin Green Day, so go flame emo articles instead
Just shut up, green day is just a shitty band in this wolrd that doesn't deserves the "best band on planet", I almost cried when I saw green day "best band on the planet", well if green day is the best band, then, what the *** is going all over the planet??
somebody tell me what the *** is going on!!

[EewokMan33]

i think hes implying killing them

[leavink]

sure it dosent have the good guitar or bass playing (which most of us are) but it is a good band.

[i_snort_dope]

redshademotion:
Green Day kicks ass. Go them.

Manson kicks ass. Go him

MCR is alright. Go them.

Foo Fighters are cool. Go them.

System is cool. Sucks for them.

-I couldnt have put it better myself. This is what should sum up the comments page. Except for the Green Day part, to hell with them.

[i_snort_dope]

Mace_37:
Damn, I wish I could rip out distortion covered power chords like them...
But Brain Stew really is a hard song to master...

^^ha ha , exactly, i should sig this, but i already have a classic sig.

[jamminbass]

And then... I do have to say those of you who just complain about green dayn probably don't understand anything about music. Green Day is a group of very talented well achieved musicians.

load of sh*t, somebody needs to learn some real music here^ and thats you and green day, they may be good with audiences, but listen to their music, how can anyone say thats the best album this decade compared to californication or anything by half of the other band on the planet....

guitar7masta:
Led Zeppelin - Best Band On The Planet

f*cking rights

whats this about billy joe saying green day guitar is harder than led zeppelin, this makes me laugh...hard, mostly because all the songs i first learned on bass and guitar were green day and they were easy as hell, for a beginner, but good for teaching, thats all i see them as a use for

did many people notice that all GOOD guitar players dislike green day, and all the crappy guitar players only play guitar so they can play green day

SOAD all the way, they kick ass, RHCP, and so does an endless ammount of other bands

Green day was only good back in the days of longview etc.

and to whoever said we are saying this because we dont like politically inspired music is a dumbass, how politically inspired is SOAD? very

[skindred]

chill out, smoke a joint, listen to chimaira and you'll realise how mainstream kerrang! are...

[Zach Strife]

mrbassman:
GO GREEN DAY YOU FUCKING CUNTS YOU LOT = CUNTS GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! SYSTEM SHIT ALL THE SAME FFAF SHIT JUST PLAIN SHIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GREEN DAY!
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 15:42]|

..these are the kind of people who make me feel embarassed to be a human.

[2muchTV]

I'm the first one to admit, that Green Day has sold out and have changed. I really don't care that much. Is there really a problem with a band trying to be successful? I can still listen to the old stuff and respect them and listen to the new stuff and respect them. However, I think we should look at bands like KISS that have obviously sold out more than possible. KISS is still known as being a contestant for maybe 100 best rock bands.

[jpharaoh69]

"Oh yes, I remember now. I said that Deep Purple played simple songs. Wrong! I said Smoke on the Water had a simple riff that everyone knows and implied simplicity doesn't make a bad song. But then again, you obviously knew that, being smarter than me."...i dont know how to quote

actually, i was mainly talkin bout the part u said after that..."But if they(deep purple) won this award, would there be any uproar? Some, but not this much, and that shows me that most people here are genre snobs who either only listen to Classic Rock or Metal"....i'm syaing there won't be an uproar because they are very, very talented...they just happened to write a very popular and catchy intro to one of their songs. green day ONLY writes crap like that.

[2muchTV]

By the way, Green Day is incredible live. Much more interactive than the shows Ive seen in my time.

[FakePlsticTrees]

Oh cmon, dont be silly. Have you heard EVERY BAND ON THE PLANET?

[2muchTV]

By the way I ***in hate KISS I was just throwin it out there while on the subject of sellouts.

[skindred]

Zach Strife:
mrbassman:
GO GREEN DAY YOU FUCKING CUNTS YOU LOT = CUNTS GREEN DAY! GREEN DAY! SYSTEM SHIT ALL THE SAME FFAF SHIT JUST PLAIN SHIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA GREEN DAY!
[POSTED: 26 August 2005 - 15:42]|

you cock of a gremlin. system rule.

[Zach Strife]

..hey, I like KISS..

[erin_eb]

wow. green day always seem to spark some arguments dont they? they are OK..just..def. not the best band on the planet.

[phyro]

what? best band! duh! they're good but they dont deserve that award!

[2muchTV]

..hey, I like KISS..


haha , sorry bout knockin KISS there

[skindred]

they're ok if your into their music, if you aint your prone to attacking them. but not the best band on the planet, there isnt one. thats mainstream music awards for ya...

[Goshikyu]

holy shiat. the world is gonna end. when greenday gets called the best band on the planet... and MCR a best album..... you know somethings wrong..
there must be a typo... thats not how you spell worst..

[emancrasher]

ohh man
the kerrang! awards are hosted by there momas and there baby's momas.
DFA 1979 BAEMMM..

[guitar7masta]

This is the longest forum i've ever seen, damn, whaddya say we all just shut the hell up, stop complaining, and move on with our lives

[maroon5mustdie]

when hell freezes over. ah, well, the kerrangs are faker than pamela anderson's tits anyways.

[Hpda5121]

i sense the end of the world

[Jennbello]

Though i like Green Day quite a bit, i can admit there are better bands out there, Led Zeppelin for one, but they do put on an amazing live show so i see where they got that but Kerang named MCR the best new album... that made me completely disregaurd everytyhing in that artical because ive seen them live too and they absolutly suck

[yelhsashley2004]

This is the longest forum i've ever seen, damn, whaddya say we all just shut the hell up, stop complaining, and move on with our lives

THIS IS UG! THE WHINING NEVER STOPS!

although, proof of how fake the awards are, is that surely the best band in the world doesn't change yearly, but these awards seem to always go to different people, in fact, I would be quite confident in betting that no band has ever won this award twice in a row, maybe not ever, but consecutively, i'm pretty happy with that....

[Dyaxe666]

what the ***? greenday best band on earth? theyre "solos" are 4 notes, their chorus uses the same 3 powerchords as their 33 powerchord verses. wats this world coming to? where has the good metal gone?! as hpda5150 said: i sense the end of the world

[Emenius Sleepus]

lol have to love Manson's award the notoriety that spread over the globe.. lol! go manson

yeah, whatever. Green Day are indeed a good live band, and they have good songs, and they are not the best band but the demographic of those awards is limited...

[SwanSong68]

this just shows the horrible state our musical society is in nowdays.

[The Mofaster]

Green Day best band in the world? i dont think even think u can use that kind of statement... Ahh well... its the media people... like they really understand "Music" in the first place...

[Dark_Sanity]

YES!! KISS!!! Ace has mor talent in one flaming pickup that greenday has in their whole band. and yes i know those 2 pickups don't work and ace isn't the best but he kicks ass can you say that about anyone in green day? I DIDN"T THINK SO! hahaha...anyways what the hell are we all doing??

[Chestaufissen]

They have been ripped off by countless other bands.

When??? exactly what band??? maybe you have but I haven't heard of those bands your talking about, infact I don't think they'll ever be ripped off, Oh and one more thing, GET YOUR F**KING FACTS STRAIGHT!!!

[minorbravo]

the green day fad will be dead by next year.

[weird hippie]

i dont like that much the new green day

[Mettalico]

Yea, its a good thing that Kerrang knows every band on the planet too...

[2muchTV]

By the way, I've never even heard of Kerrang.

[weird hippie]

my bad i do not like the new green day...and the old one is not really good. they don't make awesome music a lot of people should know that

[*'-'*]

I don't think a band that can only play powerchords deserves best band on the planet.

It's not the ability to play something insanley difficult but the ability to play something simple that make them great

[paddy_brighton]

i think 'helena was a fantastic video, which blew me lol, fair play there, but their album had nothing mind-blowing on it, mesmerize more than deserved that + green day as the best band on the planet, green day are good, but wat are they now other than a pop band, when september ends more than showed that, i mean, did it ever end?

lalalalalala
hut 1 hut 2 hut 3 HUT! S O A D live and uncut!

[*'-'*]

^^^ stupid writing box. that top bit is a quote

[SkynetT900]

best band ever???.....heavy rock????

[Thegeetarnoob]

The best band on the planet is... Greenday? Riiight... they D0 h@ve skeeelz 0n t3h pwr c0rdz!!!!11ONE LAWL! PUNK RAWK!

[yelhsashley2004]

hmm, just left a sizeable rant on kerrang.com, and left my email....wonder if I can get some death threats, I really want some!!!

[LochieW]

*I crys*

[ash_361]

wow maybe REAL rock'n roll has really ended...

[jez_hybrid]

wat the... Very popular article i would say, hater or non hater. But how can you say one band is the best band in the world. The best band in the world are probably not famous and just play around their town, and if they were the best band they wouldnt mind not being famous

[DropD_Todd]

That is disturbing

[Wiegraf]

I'd ask someone to shoot me, but after seeing Sin City, and how many people were shot and not died, I think that I'd go for something more definite. Like a CHAINSAW.

[Farlow]

you start off playing guitar or bass or drums. what is the first piece of music you pick up? Green day, because the shit is so simple and easy. now how the FUCK are they the best band in the world? there are so many bands that are better. talk about stage presense then you talk about system of a down, RATM, Soulfly and Hed PE. talk about outstanding albums, you talk about system of a down, trivium and others aside from green day. they do not deserve this award in the least.

[Briteless]

Thats the biggest heap of bullshit, ***, just cuz they r popular among the mainstream junkies doesnt make them the best band out there. I mean, they have some good songs, but there are lots of other bands that have way better stuff. But i guess thats popculture for ya...

[PeaceSells23432]

dude this is ***ing bullshit

green day are ***ing faggots now

sure they were good 10 years ago

but come on now.....boulevard of broken dreams screams emo


i dun think they even best band from bay area'

[holybassbatman!]

Since when is Green Day a heavy rock band? I like Green Day though.

[Kartman]

There are so many posts on here! Jesus

[roach_head04]

cafe tacuba-best band on planet earth

[sum loser]

^Yea! Where are they? They're a great band. To people who don't know who Cafe Tacuba is : One of the Great est Rock en Espanol band.

[freebird17]

greenday is an alright band but nowere close to the best band on earth. the only reason why they were named that is becuase almost all music these days sucks shit. if any of these bands tried to get a record deal in the 30 years ago, they would be laughed at and wouldnt ever make it past their basements. in fact most of them wouldnt even be able to dream about getting a record deal.

[jimmcs2000]

One thing all other bands are missing? the're just not as poular for whatever reason.

I believe the catagory is best band, not best musicians and it's probably judged by record sales. pop sells more. I'm glad bands like soad or whatever are't as popular because popularity ends up changing bands to please the masses and that comprimises integrity. i.e. greenday
There is no best band on planet! but greendays o.k.. 420

[ESP0011]

ok, green das

[ESP0011]

^^sry about that< idk what happened< but any WAYS< O WTF MY KEYBORAD IS BEING GAY< O WELL IGNORE THESE TWO COMMENTS IM SORRY

[The Wicker Man2]

^wooo.. go mexicans

[Sun of a Studio]

Rolling Stones?

Stupid article.

[badanima]

that's why I don't support movie/tv/music awards. They give the wrong awards to the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Instead of being honest representations of talent they turn into popularity contests. It must be easy to get all those awards when you have 20 people doing everything for you, which is why I only respect people that actually do the work themselves instead of having all these roadies and managers and shit. As far as Green Day being the best heavy rock band...screw that and screw them. They are the furthest thing from talent to ever grace the earth.

[kittycatk]

I'm happy to see that i'm the only green day fan left on earth...*sarcastic smile* geez.

[ChillySteve]

that's why I don't support movie/tv/music awards. They give the wrong awards to the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Instead of being honest representations of talent they turn into popularity contests. It must be easy to get all those awards when you have 20 people doing everything for you, which is why I only respect people that actually do the work themselves instead of having all these roadies and managers and shit. As far as Green Day being the best heavy rock band...screw that and screw them. They are the furthest thing from talent to ever grace the earth.

In the immortal words of Jason Mewes...."YEAH!"

[doctor_rocker]

FenderStrat1337:
"It seems like the only people that hate Green Day are people that play guitar. You guys are mocking Billie Joe because he sucks at guitar, but do you think that most of the population cares if he's good at guitar? 2% of the population care about guitar solos, 98% couldnt give a damn. People don't hum the guitar parts to songs, they hum the lyrics. Green Day's lyrics are popular and they won Rock Album of the Year, so Kerrang is definately gonna name them Best Band of the Year. Also, Mike Dirnt is a good bassist and Tre Cool is a great drummer, which is why alot of bassists and drummers like Green Day too."

Well... everyone i know who are accually into rock love guitar solos... and ALL of Greenday are mediocre at best.

I didn't see anyone really talk about Greenday Sellin out...they've joined the ranks of mainstream rap and emo to be on MTV to get all the fans and endorsments and crap.

Also, they were never really great... kinda whiny, generally boring and mediocre... like what i'd see at a high school battle of the bands. not best band on the planet.

Another thing... for "the best live show in the world"... what about AC-freakin-DC??? Guns N' Roses? Even Jimi Hendrix made things exciting! Greenday are NOTHING special at all. there are lots of bands with better shows

[MidnightHours]

I've been to lots of concerts and to tell the truth green day was a little boring to watch live. Alice Cooper(sp?) was better then them(which would only make sense) The best concert I've seen this year so far has to be the foo.

[dash_right]

greatest band in the world...man green day is just shit. im not jus saying that because of guitar tho a big part of it is. they only popular cuz of american idiot and some other gayass songs. maybe im jus too used to listening to zeppelin and hendrix and cream and gnr and whatnot but greenday is really nothing new theyre jus somehting thats gonna pass. hopefully very soon cuz even the classic rock stations in my city have played some of theyre songs.

[ChickenBone]

best band... Yeah right. Best live act. Agh. Stupid popularity contest. This is bull.

[dash_right]

ps long live iron maiden

[ChickenBone]

Ugh. The world has lost its taste. What about Audioslave!? THAT'S a band that could still be considered rock! Or... Velvet Revolver!? But, Green Day!? ugh.

[OzZY-RuLE5!!!!!]

coecertion in greenday article. green day is the shitest band on the planet.

[freewheelinbird]

popularity contest.

[playfielder]

Im sorry but for green day to be the best band on the planet, that means every person on the planet has to vote between every band on the planet.

[Spl!nTeRgu!tAr]

HEAVY METAL MY LEFT TESTICLE

i swear to god someone will die for this herecy against humanity

whoever voted for them to beat SOAD should be destroyed slowly

GOD IM PISSED

[PlanetTelex]

Like I've said a million times before, it's not about talent, it's about how you are with the fans, stage presence, and overall, yes, greenday has it, creativity.

So some talentless piece of S*** who can barely manage power chords but gives a good performance should be given just as much or more credit than someone who is a better player? And if the person is creative, shouldn't they be talented?

[metallordofhell]

Dude thats ***in bullshit. green day doesnt deserve that. like rock_star77 said...its about the popularity. sure yeah they are pretty famous even though they suck horribly but they should get the most popular one or somethin not the best band in the planet. and what the hell best live performance???? i saw them live on tv and all they do is stand there...u want a good live performance then u need to go to a metal concert. lmao like gwar or somethin.this is pretty much saying green day is better than led zeppelin. greenday blows and isnt rock i dont care what anyone says. As the classics die farther and farther away crap is born and it becomes a popularity contest.
and yes dash_right...long live maiden a band that gets very little credit and deserves alot more.now they deserve a award for best performance(even though they wernt there). Eddie popping out of nowhere and and coming on stage....dickinson,smith,murray,gers and janick jumpin all around stage...sweet ass guitar solos....awesome vocals...i could go on and on but i think u get the point. one of the most influentual bands of all time. now barely even any of the old stuff gets credit. if it wasnt for bands like them their wouldnt be any bands of today that win all these awards. and what credit do these bands that influenced the new ones get? absolutely nothing. green day might be considered the best band on the planet but iron maiden is the best band of the the universe along side zeppelin and the the other gods of metal/rock
\m/ UP THE IRONS \m/

[metallordofhell]

uh i mean dickinson, murray, gers and harris XD

[AmericanIdiot14]

I like green day but i would never say they are the "best band on the planet", thats just stupid...

[metallordofhell]

**god damnit now i left out smith... u guys get my point though and if u dont then im gonna have to smack u up side the head

[MadMetalManiac]

Green Day best band on the planet that is stupid, but isn't Iron Maiden the best band in the planet(they really are my opinion).UP THE IRONS!

[Jake182]

dude that is total bullcrap green day have no talent and all of there songs sound exactly the same!

[KornKid25a]

Best Band.... 2 words.. Led Zeppelin

[InfamousDragon]

I have lost all faith in humanity....

[hitormiss]

I bet if the band was actually reading this they would be laughing their asses off. I know I am.

[sprkidjar]

I wish Green Day never made American Idiot. That way, I would be less ashamed to admit that they are my favorite band.

[Philosopher1989]

u all have too much damn time on ur hands..... quit complaining, its someone's opintion, not urs, and you don't have to give a sh*t about their opintion

[hellblazer_666]

Wow if this is the best band out there today...then todays music isn't nearly as good as I thought it was. And since when have Green Day been "Heavy rock" Their supposed to be a Punk Rock band and before American Idiot came out they actually were

[metallordofhell]

Philosopher1989:
u all have too much damn time on ur hands..... quit complaining, its someone's opintion, not urs, and you don't have to give a sh*t about their opintion

1. we are giving our opinions also and if its going to be called complaining then so be it.
2. your complaning about us "complaining" about greenday.
3. in my opinion u just made a idiot out of yourself

\m/ UP THE IRONS \m/

[wesj88]

what is wrong with you people? so many of you claim you know what real music but you dont. green day has talent and its not like they claim to be the best, people just like them because they can make more catchy songs than ANY other band. they arent my favorite band or anything, but i like them a lot and they do not deserve to be bashed so much when they've accomplished so much. and its not like theyre bad at their instruments, like so many of you claim. they are just a little toned down. personally i really like their drummer. also billy joe has to do 2 things at once and if you havent realized it yet, the bands with really good guitar have a seperate guitar player and singer. i respect billy joe for pullin both those off and i personally dont think they are the best band on the planet, but thats not my choice it was a matter of voting and the majority says green day is, and i dont have a problem with that, they obviously worked hard and earned it. so could you all PLEASE stop whining so i dont gotta type so much.

[Rattm]

people just like them because they can make more catchy songs than ANY other band.

Catchy? If Green Day broke up tomorrow I can garuntee you that in another week noone would even remember who they were, they are unoriginal pretty boys who only won by popularity. SOAD ownes the living shit out of Green Day, Funeral For A Friend, and My Chemical Romance mixed. Thats just proof that the only people who voted are pop-loving pussies.

[kjohnson08]

best band my ass

[bryanm]

why do they put this bullshit up on the front page of UG? it's like the editors want to start a flame war lol

[bryanm]

oh and btw Buckethead's true identity is actually Billy Joe Armstrong, so before u say he sucks, remember that

[D...Rubin]

green day is pretty cool

[grape_moosha]

Greenday r shit as i cant believe this crap

[benzys]

heavy rock waht a piece of shit!!!..
Best band my arse

METALLICA !!!..

[Finalshok]

I hate pop culture.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

WHAT?! BEST BAND ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!AHHHH!!! NEVER EVER EVER!!!This is insane. I thought they were super overrated before but now?? Hell of alot over rated! yeah best band when hell freezes over. Red Hot Chili Peppers are the best.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

And Im sick hearing about them every 5 minutes or less.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

sick of** ^

[Nirvana101]

***ing bunk Green day suck balls

[deportivo]

i'm a green day fan..but they're not the best. not at all. for an awesome well rounded musicality+performance #1 package i would have gone with muse..

[Cmoney]

green wasn't that bad till they over played there songs like a mother now they just pisss me off and how can a band that only palys power cords be the best i can play power cords

[Cmoney]

iagree with that chilli's rock!!!..

[popcornmaster]

how the *** did greenday get best band, i mean they are just a trend band only liked as they brought out a song which slags off the americans (isn that new)sorry but system of a down hav eoding so for go on nearly ten yrs and as well they do it in style so y let some 40 yr old fuk ups get they think are still cool enough to pull off the hip skater image but they're so not.
i say System or Rammstein for best band
p.s plus serj can do to things he plays guitar and sing.
p.s.s so do i in my band and its not that hard

[killing_inc]

like every award celebration, this is all a bunch of bullshit

[LordoftheDorks]

well its official everyone... music has gone to hell...

[ANewFoundPride]

along with LordoftheDorks

[Pure_Morning]

I don't agree with Green Day being the best live band but well done for Iron Maiden.

[morello_man]

when i saw this headline on the ug homepage i know it would become a messy argument. Face it guys, it's merely an poinion of a magazine.

[DaAznDood]

oh em ***ing geee..

[morello_man]

when i saw this headline on the ug homepage i know it would become a messy argument. Face it guys, it's merely an opinion of a magazine.

[dookedoutnimrod]

billie joe got his first guitar when he was like 10, hes been playing for 23 years, to think he only can play powerchords is just dumb. and he has been singing since he was five.

[dookedoutnimrod]

i have even tryed singing and playing guitar at the same time. its not that hard at all

you ***ing twat i bet you cant sing as good as billie so shut up.

[we_all_rock]

Im a really BIG Greenday fan but theyre not the best band on planet and no band does deserve to be called 'best band on planet'.And how the heck SOAD didnt win any awards that is bullshit,they should have won at least one award.

[hak_hap]

THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET: PINK FLOYD!!!

THINK ABOUT THAT! Green Day are still very creative and stuff! so fÜck you think they don't rock...

[hak_hap]

System Of A Down suck a bit since Txicity... Their new songs are shît!

I can write better songs...what a big deal to do some songs about baaa..d american gouvernment!

[metallordofhell]

dookedoutnimrod:you ***ing twat i bet you cant sing as good as billie so shut up.

your right i cant sing...neither can billy. but i can play more than just power chords...billie cant.

[N_I_N-621]

har har

[punk_pwincess]

i dont care what everyone says.. congratulations to Billie Joe, Mike and Tre. Green Day deserves it and if you disagree, well bad luck coz they already won!
to all those GREEN DAY fans out there.. I SALUTE YOU!

[feesk8ordie]

how. the. ***. did. system. not. get. any? and what the ***s up with qotsa's lullabies not being nominated for best album. it kicks mcr, foos and mesmerize's ass!!!

[fawshaw]

Its cool for you to say that there the best band on the planet but you goons at kerrang forgot just one thing, IT CALLED THE MUSIC!!!.. (quote school of rock)soad kick ass

[dookedoutnimrod]

but i can play more than just power chords...billie cant

yeah right dont be silly hes been playing for 23 years, come on. and yes he can sing

[punk_pwincess]

^^ hell yeah! i LOVE his voice.. he is soo inspirational and amazing

[popcornmaster]

how. the. ***. did. system. not. get. any? and what the ***s up with qotsa's lullabies not being nominated for best album. it kicks mcr, foos and mesmerize's ass!!!

onlyt he first like 7 songs are gd than its crap at least the others were consistent even if they weren as gd as that

[Goddamnit]

As soon as the chili peppers release a new studio album, they'll win.

[lennen1rulez]

Billy Joe is gay!!! He gets some1 elce to play guitar in concerts for him!!
That is the sign of a CRAP guitarist!!!!

[lennen1rulez]

Best Band on the Planet???..

MY ARSE !!!.. THEY ARE SHIT

[lennen1rulez]

Green day win everything stupid GAYS

[SamSmith]

It was by "Kerrang". It must be wrong/crap.

[BassPlayaNeener]

Haha, hearing that made my night. They've won the award for best band on planet, but not most overrated band on the planet.. something's not right.

[punk_pwincess]

Message to lennen1rulez:

1: its b-i-l-l-i-e j-o-e
2: he gets jason white to play rhythmic so he can play the lead, and he plays/sings to the audience and lets them sing too.. its what they call a "good show"

[skindred]

someone quote me (knows its gonna be a negative comment so tries to win over the masses)

GREENDAY ARE THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET! (yeah right...)

[tom-nofx]

theren beennamed best band ever coz other bands like system of a down dont get reconized as much as greenday but i luv both bands

[skindred]

tom-nofx:
theren beennamed best band ever coz other bands like system of a down dont get reconized as much as greenday but i luv both bands

system of a down aint as recognised as much as greenday, you serious?

[roo6339]

funeral for a friend... metal! HAHAHAHAHHAHAA

green day... heavy rock! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHa

that article is just sad...

[Wardster]

Yep Green Day are deffintly the BEST BAND ON THE PLANET. sorry for all the losers. ur jus jealous.

[gary666]

heavy rock?? Boll*x!!!

No way are greenday the best band on the planet. it was well a popularity contest (obviously). Greenday suck ass.

[jed_punk]

so ..... what can the people who hate Green Day say now ? Green Day Rocks ! haha ! stopo being jelous of Green Day !

[gary666]

I was watching greenday live last night on MTV 2. I jus want to mention how crap the show was!!! And Billy J, you suck. I dont remember you playing your guitar once during the period i was watching... you losser. I dont think he does any guitar on the new album, some other dude was doing it all for him. AND STOP PLAYING POWER CHORDS ALL THE TIME YOU FAKE F*CKERS

[DisgruntledDuck]

Kerrang is obviously taking drugs or something cause thats just ridiculous

If drugs were the latest trend, Kerrang would be taking them. 'Nuff said.

[HopePoisoned]

this is wrong, nothing fitted

and personally I think Greenday is rubbish

[NOAH23]

Kerrang issues this award every year and every year it has to go to someone different so don't read to much into it.
I think Green Day deserve it theres not a lot of bands that have done what they have done success wise. I mean the should be respected even if you don't like there music. The comment about Green Day being Heavy Rock is stupid but look at who wrote the article. The ***ing BBC, of course it's gonna be stupid.
Dissapointed to see Trivium or SOAD didn't get more awards. OMG it's a Green Day that likes metal.
To everyone who says BillieJoe Can't play the guitar, stop jumping on the bandwagon and actually listen to there other albums. I've seen them liveand he does play solos between songs. I would happily bet my money that he could out solo you as well as out rhythm you.(Hope that makes sense) Long Live Green Day!

[Juneau]

My Chemical Romance get best album. 90% of the people I know say that it's pretty averege. The only person I know who thinks it's good is a Simple Plan fan who thinks she's a goth.

[Ryan198]

Thats total bullshit! Greenday don't make me laugh Oasis or U2 are the best bands in the world. Kerrang what the *** do they know!

[bryanm]

The fact that he's been playing for 23 years doesn't mean that he's a good guitarist. My dads been playing for almost 30 and I'm better than him having only played ~7 years. If he's such a good guitarist, why not have at least one song on the album that showcases it? Something creative, something technically challenging, anything.

Anyone else noticed that all the Armstrong fans defending him have been mostly girls?

[ACZeppelinSmith]

This new Green Day is too freakin commercial, its not even punk anymore. Besides, there's no musicianship.

[FenderMan182]

ye go oasis!!! greenday are pretty good to.

[FenderMan182]

do any of u know magna carta?

[Martyrion]

Is there any recordings in history that are more stupid than this?

[FenderMan182]

no i dont think so!

[Dr.Mario]

cool.. they deserve it

[BloodCellZ]

U know it has been a dismal year in music when a band like Green Day wins "best band on the planet"

[MetalBeast]

Dr.Mario:
cool.. they deserve it

Yeah..... Could u have gotin any more advertisement..... And also what the F*ck is up wit them releasing '5'... Yes five videos from their album... Thats just retarded...

[Jobla]

Don't blame Kerrang! Its the viewers that votet for this shit

[Naktul]

There is no best band in the world. everyone has their own opinion. Damn this screwed up world!!

[RoughDraft]

Green day are heavy rock?
Since when?

[chinko]

we all foresaw FFAF winning best british, but greenday best band? jesus christ, Green day ***ing suck.

[highlanderdude]

whoever said that this was a popularity contest is the smartest person. GREEN DAY ROCK. okay if enought ppl believe that they kick ass, then in essence they do. another thing i mean iron maiden are a great band also but i mean how long has it been since they've done anything for this generation, without a pop- punk rock band like sum 41 mentioning them to the teenagers, so just stop being selfish and think about the anxiey paranoid teenagers today and what they listen to to get some frustration out or music they feel comfortable with. and on another note rock is rock alright. ppl in rock should work or have fun with other ppl who like rock. i like green day and velvet revolver that certainly doenst make me a hypocrite, i have different emotions as i like different genres of rock.

[the_bear_shark]

wow, theres a lot of comments here.

[joser_untalan]

Green Day winning "Best Band on the Planet" is cool...But since when were they Heavy Rock?

[bryanm]

This is a guitar website though, highlanderdude. As far as guitar playing goes, Green Day is the bottom of the barrel. If "anxiety paranoid teenagers" dig Green Day, fine... but I don't understand why it's on the front page of a guitar website unless their intent is to start a flame war.

[the_bear_shark]

wow, i stopped counting the comments at 148 cuz i wasnt even halfway down the page. anyone wanna finish for me? didnt think so.....

[heart_shaped]

u ppl should be more chilled,hu cares about awards! You ppl are all saying u think ur fav bands should win,but thats not beeing fair.Of course its a popularity contest,it'd be too hard other wise to chose the best and we be unhappy hu ever wins.Personaly, i love greenday,they're my fav band,but like,i also love FFAF and the foos and so on.We can never really know who is the best,so why dont u ppl stop going on about hu shouldve won what eve award and get on with you lives and enjoy the musik u like and stop giving ppl shit!

[Vedder]

Farlow:
you start off playing guitar or bass or drums. what is the first piece of music you pick up? Green day, because the shit is so simple and easy. now how the FUCK are they the best band in the world? there are so many bands that are better. talk about stage presense then you talk about system of a down, RATM, Soulfly and Hed PE. talk about outstanding albums, you talk about system of a down, trivium and others aside from green day. they do not deserve this award in the least.

Ok, for one, why is simplicity taken as a lack of talent? there are many nirvana songs, beatles songs, rolling stones songs etc. that are so simple to play and beginners can learn it, and I believe it wouldn't be a stretch to call any one of those the best band on the planet at one point in their career.

[hitormiss]

guess what guys!!! nobody gives a shit what you think weee..!

[Alistair Hurley]

How the hell can people think green day are the best band on the plantet?!?!they are good, but they don't even compare to Queen, led zep, G N' R to name a few.
grrrr

[SForbz-Rockstar]

Really poeple who gives a ***...Its kerrang where talking about.

All of green days fans will grow up soon and outgrow them,then green day will die and rot in hell.Until then dont listen to them if you dont like them...just forget they exist,its quite easy.Oh and if you see someone wearing a green day t shirt on the streets just eat their face thatll sort em

[hitormiss]

I have a Green Day shirt kick my ass pleasss..eee!!!

[theMARSvolta5]

.....this is a sad day

[metallordofhell]

jed_punk:
so ..... what can the people who hate Green Day say now ? Green Day Rocks ! haha ! stopo being jelous of Green Day !

jealous? this has nothing to do with jealousy its the fact taht they won an award that alot more others who dont get reconized shouldve got. and uh yeah i still say greenday sucks. They won that award because the majority of poeple listenin to punk (greenday never was and never will be heavy rock). atleast around here the majority does. they didnt win that award becuase of talent. like i said before its because its a freakin popularity contest. whoever was talkin about them gettin the crowd to sing parts of the song and crap like that....well so does a hell of alot other bands.

[americanmovie23]

I Like Green Day.....but best band on the planet? Why dont they try most POPULAR band. But Best? Yeah sry guys dont think so

[Scorpio420]

Hype..it's all it is. I'm not saying that Green Day isn't a good band or anything but when the media is in control and proclaiming that Green Day is "the Best" just because of album sales...come on. All of a sudden they are playing thier songs on the mom and pop radio stations...does anybody remember dookie?? I liked Green Day because of that album..it was the alternative back then, now with bands like sum41, good charlotte, simple plan ect. all jumpimg on this post-punk-pop-rock...it's all starting to sound the same. Now Green Day going all political..it is just for sales, I think so. Did they sell out...yes they did...would you do the same...probably. My point is this award is nice and dandy but real artists don't do it for the praise or the money, they do it for the art. Look at SOAD and TOOL, they din't win sh*t, and in my opinion rock a hell of a lot more than Green Day and have had a political agendas since the very beggining. So why do we even have award shows when we already know whats going to happen once the media puts their spin on the whole thing. Music is music and who you CHOOSE to listen to is YOUR choice. If you have any listen to a band DON'T listen to them to be cool or to be in the so called "band wagon", cause then you just become a sellout-poser like many of you already are.

--and that's all I got to say about that.

[slash111391]

...yea right...

[ironman316]

kerrang doesn't know what a good band is if they see them. green day sucks. system of a down was nominated for best band and best album and green day took it? that's so messed up.

[metboy]

Trivium rock's! They deserved it!

[Green_Day_Rock]

Trent got Classic Songwriter, maybe the only one they actually got right.

Green Day are alright, but Kerplunk! was always a better album.

[alm0st a skat3r]

that is ***ing bullshit. there is no way in ***ing hell that green day is even close to being the best band on the ***ing planet. They're songs are all powerchords for ***s sake. they should at least pick a band with talent which kicks green day right in the ***ing nuts

[Cyrus-602]

thats ***ing bullshit, bastard kerrang ***ing things up, fag pop punk shit... its not like they can even ***ing play

[XmystichoboX]

Oh, oh, oh, where are you now pre-Black Album Metallica or pre Youthanasia Megadeth!!! I my hour of need, he, no, your not there. Where are you, Iorn Maiden! Where have you gone, Offspring! Where the hell are the Vandals, and NOFX, or some other amazing punk band that desrves that award so much more than Green Day!

This is all bullshit anyway. There is no FUCKING way Green Day is even in the top 500 most talented bands in the planet. Billy Joe is a HORRIBLE singer, how whines more than harmonizes. He is also a HORRIBLE guitarist. With 28 years of ***ing experience you could play more on your albums than POWER CHORDS. Tre is possibly the most popular suck ass drummer in the world. He can't drum, he has no talent. Have you ever heard a drum solo by him. HELL NO!!! He won't let you. He is the supreme sucky drummer. Mike is an OK bassist. OOKKAAYY. There are many bassists out there how crush him, and many many many more who are fifty leagues ahead of him. The fact is that Green Day is catchy. THEY ARE FUCKING CATCHY AND NOTHING MORE, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!! If you are so ***ing stupid to buy into their liberal left goo-goo bullshit, your playing right into the hands of coperate righty America. YOUR GIVING ALL THOSE COPERATIONS ALL THEIR MONEY!!! BY PURCHASING ON COPY OF AMERICAN IDIOT, YOUR MAKING YOUR ENEMY STRONGER. Jesus Christ!!! Does Green Day know about this??? Of-***ing-course they do!!! Do they care if coperate America grows because of them. FUCK NO!!! THEY DO THIS FOR THE MONEY!!! NOT FOR THE ART, NOT FOR THE CAUSE, NOT FOR YOU!!! THEY DO IT FOR THE MONEY!!!

YOU ASSHOLES HOW BY THEIR ALBUM ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM, NOT AMERICA!!! YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!!! YOUR THE AMERICAN IDIOTS!!! THATS WHAT IT MEANS, CAN'T YOU SEE!!! JESUUU..S!!!..

[prettylikedrugs]

just because a load of 13 year olds like them does NOT make them the best band on the planet.... theyr shite

[guitar7masta]

[XmystichoboX]Oh, oh, oh, where are you now pre-Black Album Metallica or pre Youthanasia Megadeth!!! I my hour of need, he, no, your not there. Where are you, Iorn Maiden! Where have you gone, Offspring! Where the hell are the Vandals, and NOFX, or some other amazing punk band that desrves that award so much more than Green Day!

This is all bullshit anyway. There is no FUCKING way Green Day is even in the top 500 most talented bands in the planet. Billy Joe is a HORRIBLE singer, how whines more than harmonizes. He is also a HORRIBLE guitarist. With 28 years of ***ing experience you could play more on your albums than POWER CHORDS. Tre is possibly the most popular suck ass drummer in the world. He can't drum, he has no talent. Have you ever heard a drum solo by him. HELL NO!!! He won't let you. He is the supreme sucky drummer. Mike is an OK bassist. OOKKAAYY. There are many bassists out there how crush him, and many many many more who are fifty leagues ahead of him. The fact is that Green Day is catchy. THEY ARE FUCKING CATCHY AND NOTHING MORE, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!! If you are so ***ing stupid to buy into their liberal left goo-goo bullshit, your playing right into the hands of coperate righty America. YOUR GIVING ALL THOSE COPERATIONS ALL THEIR MONEY!!! BY PURCHASING ON COPY OF AMERICAN IDIOT, YOUR MAKING YOUR ENEMY STRONGER. Jesus Christ!!! Does Green Day know about this??? Of-***ing-course they do!!! Do they care if coperate America grows because of them. FUCK NO!!! THEY DO THIS FOR THE MONEY!!! NOT FOR THE ART, NOT FOR THE CAUSE, NOT FOR YOU!!! THEY DO IT FOR THE MONEY!!!

YOU ASSHOLES HOW BY THEIR ALBUM ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM, NOT AMERICA!!! YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!!! YOUR THE AMERICAN IDIOTS!!! THATS WHAT IT MEANS, CAN'T YOU SEE!!! JESUUU..S!!!..
[POSTED: 27 August 2005 - 11:38]|






Wow.....

[greeneggs'n'ham]

Rather than just bashing green day think about what they really do. POWER CHORDS. Now let's think of SOAD. What do they do? tremolo picking, chords, AND power chords. I can't understand how green day took this award. Don't be mad at them, though... If you were in a band that sucked, and you knew it, wouldn't you still accept the award for Best band on the planet? don't hate green day, hate kerrang.

[greeneggs'n'ham]

I'm surprised that Manson took the icon award. I can only hope that's for attention, not popularity. It would be a sad day if a reverend of the church of satan took home an award for something like that...

[strider_hein]

im surprised jkldfjaka;a'sdfk hasnt showed up to not shut up. oh wait he has...

[ld zppln904]

the only good coming out of this is maiden getting into the hall of fame

[Moroten]

Never thought I would wright this but "lol"!

[Viscosity]

they are ok not anywhere near best ever

[gratefullydead2]

everyone bitchin about green day having no talent only focus on billy joel's guitar playing but have you ever paid attention to the bass and drums? dirnt's a good bassists and tre cool kicks ass. stop attackin the bands they dont vote for themselves. also of course its a popularity contest how else could they vote for a band

[SlashandClapton]

velvet revolver bitches

[gratefullydead2]

not billy joel billy joe

[metallordofhell]

^^^ but thats just the point billy is the one who sucks

[Nirvana_rocks73]

Ahh they are sooo badd.....Billy Joe or whatever cant sing. I consider chickens screeching a more beatiful sound. Anthony Kiedis clapping sounds better than Billy Joe's voice. Anthony Kiedis could hold him down with one note while billy sings his ass off.

[yellowputty]

What the BULLSHIT?

[Chen928]

i have lost faith in the human race.

[BoomerSVK]

just another discussion about whether Green Day sucks or rocks...
They are my most fave band...and for me they are the best band on the planet...
And I don't give a flying duck about what you others think...nothing will make me stop liking their music except Green Day themselves...
But it's okay...since there's tons of idiots wasting their time here...there is less idiots in the way of normal intellingent people whom are actually LIVING...

[gratefullydead2]

about billy sucking too he may not be real talented on the guitar but what he does use is obviously working for him also name a few bands that sound just like green day please cuz im having trouble

[Nirvana_rocks73]

Allright...you do that...^

[Nirvana_rocks73]

There is waayy better bands more deserving of that title.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

How about like Red Hot Chili Peppers who've been working their butts off making awesome catchy IMPRESSIVE songs! Great Instrumentation Flea rules the world in bass no body now matches. Flea owns!(yeah I know Im like obsessed with them, but what can I say they rock!)

[clazz]

0hHh NooeEezZ I'm an idiot for liking Green Day. Yeah, f*ck off, you wanks. (the haters, not GD)

[clazz]

Also, why is the world ending just because the rock equivalent of Smash Hits gave Green Day an award for Best Band? Is it really that IMPORTANT? Some people really need lives.

[domenicus188]

ff

[domenicus188]

dude, you metal heads are all just pissed off. greenday might not be the best but they are damn close to it.Yall need to chill. But System did deserve something.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

Oh yes and:
Best Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best album: Red Hot Chili Peppers (I dont care I know it will be good)
Best Video: Whatever new video RHCP come up with
Andddd best everything: RHCP
anddd whoaaa hold on... Became one of the best heavy rock bands more then a decade ago??? Are these people Autistic, deaf or just plainly mentally disabled?Hahaha all these Green Day articles do is make people mad they shuld stop putting them up!!:P

[009]

who in their right minds listens to greenday ?

[evil_bunny]

green day doesnt deserve that award...this is one of the worst things ever to happen?...best heavy rock? whats wrong with you people?...i hope you all die

[rhoades4ever]

kerrang are obviously a bunch of jackasses Green Day suck
I agree with guitar7masta

[Nirvana_rocks73]

If Green Day is heavy rock then cheese is heavy metal

[Waylen]

As concieted as this is gonna sound... You will all be much happier when I am named the best band on the planet. I hope I can give you all what you want. Just gotta find the right formula.
- Waylen

[Nirvana_rocks73]

And yeah I meant cheese as in food, its not like some weird unknown band..

[Cone 21]

well to MTV Green Day is like Slayer and the idiots who run the awards must only listen to ***in prepies cause they are the ones that veryone will follow

[verona_bassist]

uh.....green days got a couple good songs..but, theyre not that good

[evil_bunny]

i think that system of a down should of got tons of awards and trvivium too...triviums guitars are way better than greenday

[drunk guitarist]

green day rocks but i wouldnt say the best

[DeadSyringe]

Everyone just shut up. Let people listen to whatever they want. Why do you care what bands win what awards. I personally hate Green Day, AND SOAD, My Chemical Romance aswell, same with all the other bands listed, and some you people listed. But it agitates me more that you people care more about what bands win what than what you really like. If you don't like the fact that a band did or did not win something, get over it. It's not like Green Day winning this award is going to change any opinions on them. It won't change the fact that they are still bad music.

[Freyr]

I was wondering why it's so cold. Hell has finally fvcking frozen over. WTF? Greenday the gayest, untalented (by epic proportions) and good old fashioned fvcking stupid cvnts have walked away with yet another award which they don't deserve. Last year the R.H.C.P won Best Live Act (I can't remember if it's Kerrang! or another mag).

Well Done to Trivium. Iron Maiden fvcking destroy. S.O.A.D were robbed I tell you, robbed.

[Nirvana101]

Green Day became one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands more than a decade ago and have been enjoying a renaissance since their "American Idiot" album came out last year.

what the *** is that. Green day is the biggest bullshit in the world

[AlJustWil]

what the *** is that. Green day is the biggest bullshit in the world -Nirvana101

true

[tabzterKK]

wat shit are they craping out about green day and wat the fuk were they thinking not giving system of a down anything.....DIKS!!!!

[Slash_07]

Everyone who has posted a comment on this page saying Green Day doesn't deserve this award is gay. Green Day is the best and System of a Down is the second worst band ever (Blacked Eyed Peas) is first. More power to Green Day!

[shotgunjoe]

Slash_07:
Everyone who has posted a comment on this page saying Green Day doesn't deserve this award is gay. Green Day is the best and System of a Down is the second worst band ever (Blacked Eyed Peas) is first. More power to Green Day!

SHUT THE HELL UP. SOAD should have won it by far! I have both Dookie and American Idiot. Don't get me wrong, I think Dookie is a great album, but SOAD's Mezmerize is much better. American Idiot on the other hand is the worst album I own. The songs on Dookie are very well written, and on American Idiot all the songs are just comercialised crap, with about 4 chords on the whole album. Mezmerize on the other hand is the best album ever. The songs are great and flow together like a river. Green Day also won best live band, what a load of shit! Me and my friends have all seen Green Day and SOAD at the Glasgow SECC, and we all agreed that SOAD were much better. SOAD deserved all the awards they were nominated for.

[Abyssal]

I can think of 1 million better bands than green day and soad.

[shotgunjoe]

clazz:
0hHh NooeEezZ I'm an idiot for liking Green Day.

Yes you are.

[shotgunjoe]

uLtim8:
green day rocks my socks.

No they don't.

[shotgunjoe]

Scourge441:
Green Day do NOT deserve that award. At all.

VERY TRUE

[Xx_banx]

ROFLMFAO
I CANT STOP LAUGHING!

[shotgunjoe]

Abyssal:
I can think of 1 million better bands than soad.

No you can't.

[shotgunjoe]

Abyssal:
I can think of 1 million better bands than green day.

Yes you can.

[shotgunjoe]

Xx_banx:
ROFLMFAO
I CANT STOP LAUGHING!

Yes you can, you know its all true.

[DownDark]

What a bunch of bullshit

[dandesmond]

I wouldnt complain about th eresults. The fans vote for it. So it cant be that bad.

[fireoptic]

laughing my FUCKING ASS OFF!!!.. Green day sucks rock hard cock..

[DaeTripper12]

I cannot believe that Green Day was given that title! There are other (better) bands to choose from and they chose Green Day?! I am shocked. All they do is bang away the same chords, in the same order, over and over again! Yes, they were good when they started out so many years ago, but I think that they've gone downhill. And they are not heavy rock. But, if that's what people really like then so be it. I can't change the way they think, but ugh...they could have at least given out the award to someone who deserved it. This boggles my mind....LOL

[IlikeMetal]

*** kerrang! and *** green gay, they both suck dick. (and quite literally too)

[ruberducky]

greenday can go jump off a building...a tall one with a pit of doom at the bottom...an endless one with spikes at the bottom

[Bch]

pfff, first of all, there's no such a thing like "the best band on planet" but if there would be such a thing, surely the band wouldn't be Green day. it's a fact

[rockcity]

What the hell *** this.
They're the lamest band on the planet.

[stringmagician]

people like rubber ducky are always the ones to flame greenday. He wants them to fall into an endless pit, with spikes at the bottom. his IQ might be like 20, and now im gunna get uber flamed, haha.

[poor_white_boy9]

.....i cut myself hard that night.

[airbrendie]

yo all u bastards bitching about "o it's just power chords they play" stfu already. first of all did they win a "GUITAR" award? no, a music award. second of all i just saw them live last night in ft. lauderdale and theyr performance was outstanding. This site may be a guitar based website. but dont use that to judging of everything.

[the_ryeknow]

greenday can go jump off a building...a tall one with a pit of doom at the bottom...an endless one with spikes at the bottom

I like this guys ideas...


UP THE IRONS \m/

[EatsP1es]

they are NOTHING LIKE best band ever, not even best band of the last decade.

and as far as being best live band, thats bull as well. Foo Fighters, Muse, The Darkness (are pish but theyre amazing live)...

[dagget]

sweet trivium won an award. now trivium is what i call a ***ing band. They kick major ass.

[mcr_01_fan]

Green Day won it, get over it, it can't be changed no matter how much everyone bitches and moans, I say go Green Day

[JelloPuppet]

*** that bullshit. shows how much kerrang knows.

[metallordofhell]

BoomerSVK:But it's okay...since there's tons of idiots wasting their time here...there is less idiots in the way of normal intellingent people whom are actually LIVING...

i love people that do shit like this...anyone else notice the irony?

yo all u bastards bitching about "o it's just power chords they play" stfu already. first of all did they win a "GUITAR" award? no, a music award.

last time a checked guitars were part of music.

gratefullydead2:
about billy sucking too he may not be real talented on the guitar but what he does use is obviously working for him also name a few bands that sound just like green day please cuz im having trouble

no bands sound like greenday...who the hell wants to sound like band like them? if there were other bands that sounded like that i would go on a ***in killing spree.

Cone 21:
well to MTV Green Day is like Slayer and the idiots who run the awards must only listen to ***in prepies cause they are the ones that veryone will follow

LOL i can see it now....greenday covering a slayer song why drinched in blood. The thing about mtv is they dont support all music just the popular stuff which most the time is horrible.

\m/ UP THE IRONS \m/

[frauny]

I like Green Day and there is no way they are the "best band on the planet." There are many bands that are hella better.

[AcrosstheTracks]

For all those saying Green Day has "sold out", this is about the third or fourth time Green Day has been accused of this. First, back when they jumped from the independant Lookout! Records to Reprise, secondly when Nimrod was released, mainly due to the radio-friendly ballad "Time of Your Life". And now finally, after a few years out of the media lime-light, Green Day decide to write a "punk rock opera", and suddenly, they are once again on top of the musical world. Green Day has been making music since 1988, and it's very interesting to see how all this negativity seems to come out of people every time Green Day does something different. It's as if they keep losing their current fan base to start again with a new crowd. It's been very odd to see them, after all these years of popularity, finally coming into the mainstream music scene (and being catorgarized with "pop" artists"). I do not resent them for this success, a good band will make it to the top regardless of circumstances and how many allys they loose or enemies they make because of the music they want to play. These guys have been doing their own thing for over 18 years now, and it's about time they are receiving the attention of the public. While American Idiot is not my favorite album by any means, it is not a terrible one, and I can see how it became a mainstream hit. It seems people on here can not seem to see past the fact that they can't play a Mixolydian scale at 220 beats per minute or play improv over a blues scale for twenty minutes. Their talent does not lie in instrumental or even vocal prowess, it lies in the ability to write a catchy song, and obviously, about 4 million people seem to care. I know this is a guitar site, but not everyone can be Iron Maiden, so why bother knocking someone for being what they are?

- Also...I firmly beleive this Kerrang! magazine was asking for trouble by naming Green Day the best band in the world. Most popular would have been a better choice.

- Finally...Since when has Green Day been emo? And how come I have never seen any 12-year old girls dig Green Day? Most of them are too rapped up in this emo thing to even know who Green Day is...if you saw the crowd for Fall Out Boy or M.C.R. at the Warped Tour...you'd know what I mean. It's scary!

[JC 2K3]

Is it just me imagining things or is everyone who posts here 12 years old??

[goodcharlotte]

GOOD CHARLOTTE IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!!!

[Fleisch]

Next thing you know Simple Plan will take out #1

[clazz]

^^ True. I can't believe how ***ing immature people are being. Loads of people like Green Day, they're a hugely influential band.. some people need to get a ***ing life and accept that.

[cointurtlemoose]

weee..

[cointurtlemoose]

i think it automatically added those two dots cause i
put in a lot more than that

[cointurtlemoose]

a lot more of the letter "e" at the end of "weee.."
i mean

[drunk guitarist]

green day did not submit themselves as the greastest band or whatever. is was kerrang that did. i think system probably should have gottan those 5.

[whatsername324]

well u guys obviously aren't GD fans....jeezus its effing PUNK ROCK, isn't the whole point of punk that you're supposed to be able to do whatever you want? they made the music they wanted, and people like it. BIG DEAL. they still rock, even if all their songs are just a few chords, even if every 12 year old girl knows who they are. i don't mind if you think there are bands better then GD..but to sit here badmouthing them? jeeze get a life....

[sT3v0]

haha no one in this whole post has agreed ....peer presure ..i hate green day

[stuman373]

they're alright.....Do I think that they were the best band this year-Not really.....I like the old green day better

[Sun of a Studio]

whatsername324:
well u guys obviously aren't GD fans....jeezus its effing PUNK ROCK, isn't the whole point of punk that you're supposed to be able to do whatever you want? they made the music they wanted, and people like it. BIG DEAL. they still rock, even if all their songs are just a few chords, even if every 12 year old girl knows who they are. i don't mind if you think there are bands better then GD..but to sit here badmouthing them? jeeze get a life....

Not punk.

[ginogino]

D12 should've won.

[ginogino]

D12 shouldve won

[mitch155]

green day sucks more ass than a lyposuction doctor.....but score to the foo fighters

[HamBoy10]

go figure

[omega_storm]

Of course they won. It's Kerrang. I don't see why anyones complaining, it's a damn popularity contest.

yea...they;re the biggest band on the planet, so of course they're gonna win. next stop, 8 VMA's. that would suck.
and

D12 should've won.

d12's rap.

[omega_storm]

thats utter shite. Green Day are an OK band. Nowhere near the Best Band on the planet. Trivium are more worthy of that title. Trivium rule. Glad they are gettin recognition for it. And SOAD going home empty handed ill bullshit. They should have cleaned up. Mesmerize is far superior to "3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge" And they won best video. Feck that shite. These awards are gay. It only represents mainstream music. Not real music. Metallica are the best band on the planet. Deal with it.

last time i checked, metallica broke up, so...

[ginogino]

d12's rap.

D12's still a band riii..te??!?!

[evildeadarmy]

"Green Day have been named best band on the planet"

"My Chemical Romance picked up best album"

"The prize for best single went to Foo Fighters' hit 'Best of You'"

"But System Of A Down...went home empty-handed"

further proof that kerrang! is run by a bunch of retarded monkeys on acid

[negrotaurist]

GREEN DAY is by Far the WORST band ond the planet.
BURN

[crazee201]

i think these best band awards are really shit, its a matter of opinion and what people like

[Overrated]

lol, there is no god! Best band on the planet? the rolling stones aren't even dead yet!

[ibanez_vines]

BULLSH*T!

[Hamboy]

"heavy rock bands" - Just so overrated i think, they suddenyl sing about politics like bands were doing in the sixites' and now they're the dogs bollix.

[X Alkaline 3]

lmao. and who's second best? coq roq?

[metalmassacre01]

this is bullshit


green day ***ing sucks a big floppy donkey dick

[dub_1211]

green day is the best band on the planet teenybopperskaterpunkfags

[Pageismyhero]

umm... what the hell? what's next, best songwriter award to Donny Osmond? Everyone who know's anything knows that Alter Bridge is the best band ever! Seriously I bow down to them in utter subservience!!! This crazy Kerrang! awards or whatever, needs to get their act together and quit giving out some crap award to GreenDay who's the band that's the most sellout, mainstream, politically unaware, and musically inept band on the planet. They all better get their act together before they awaken the fury of the best guitarist ever, Mark Tremonti!!!..

[rocknroller1010]

haha, green day can suck my cock. Screw the fact that the bitches of today like them, they also like rap. besides, they can all relate to green day, cause, you know, everyone these days sucks at guitar right? so it's only natural for them to like green day, cause, you know, they suck too

[TheFluffy]

HaHa

[cointurtlemoose]

weee..!!!

[cointurtlemoose]

dam it did it again!

[neocon58]

Greenday, pop punk, not punk rock. Not that I care, I'm still a fan.


All you bitches shut the fuk up, its a ***ing kerrang award, so who gives a shit.


fuk you all.

[slashsnakepit15]

Alter Bridge didnt win anything?? wtf?? they are far more talented than GD, MCR, SOAD, Foo Fighters, and any other half-ass band that has been mentioned.

[pantsarehot]

Ew. greenday is close to one of the worst bands alive today. Ew.

[pantsarehot]

But best band in the world is kinda iffy could be lots. But best live act, hands down, is Iron Maiden.

[rocktrono8]

Led Zepplin blows the ***.. doors off these other bands today. No one had shit on them then and no one has shit on them now.

[punk_pwincess]

GREEN DAY WON AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!!! (except complain to yourself) BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM BEING THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET!!!

[punk_pwincess]

^^ sorry about the retardedness

[BlinkMM182]

Green Day...oh that band that I learned all their songs in one hour cause they're all powerchords??!?
Catchy songs but def not the best band. lol. But who cares about kerrang anyway?

[harm0n20]

*** yeah i so pumped to see them this september!

[Buscubba]

punk pwincess, i see where you are coming from, but from the magazine corporation point of view, green day is the "best band on the planet". i like greenday, but i dont think they are the best band on the planet. depends on if you are considering if they are the best musicians, or the best at putting on a show, or the best at writing catchy songs. greenday is a good band, but definitely not the best.



all green day news does is make people pissed off,likers and dislikers of the band alike. i think if i hear any more news about them, i might have to shoot myself

[Buscubba]

by the way. everyone here being a dickhead, please, F*CKING STOP BEING A DICKHEAD. i ranted once about this, and i might rant again. those of you who think greenday suck because they play powerchords and use the same ones and add different lyrics, shut up. those of you who think green day is the best thing to happen to the world since apple pie, shut up. everyone shut up about green day. if your opinion is worthless, then don't post it. because everyone will read it and think you are a dumbass. nuff said

[rocktrono8]

Green Day does Fuckin suck some major dick.

[deadboy]

wow seriously american idiot is probably the only phrase to describe the retards that voted greenday best band on the planet! anybody who voted those bondage freaks best band...ON THE PLANET needs to kill him or herself!!! greenday used to be decent but totally cut off their balls in recent years by going political and by acting like they dont give a fu ck about the government trying to be all "anarchist" theyve actually sank down to the level of retardation to "rock against bush" music has no place in politics it should be from the soul and for the love of musics sake to get away from real world bit ching.it should come from the love of music not oh im gonna bi tch about how much america sucks because were free but we have laws ands blah blah bulls hit whatever voice your own opinions but i live on thsi plantet and i hate greenday now so obviously they cant be the "best" and im sure you true music lovers especially te old skool guys will agree with me. fu ckin poser pansies and dont tell me i shoudlnt read teh article if i dont like teh band becasue thats bull too because im not gonna sit here and be ignorant to someting judt because i dont liek it i want to learn from it so im not a retard liek all of you who dont read becasue you dont liek to!

[punk_pwincess]

Buscubba - yeah i agree with you, im only posting cause i have nothing better to do.

there can't be a best band in the world, it's impossible, its just a popularity contest. I mean, heaps of people love green day, and heaps of them absoultely hate them to bits. Same with every other band. everyone has their own oppinion, as you can see from the comments^^

i rest my case

[deadboy]

rock_star77:
Of Course it's popularity... when else have you seen Green Day anywhere? Plus, Manson, and SOAD, could neither be considered for this. Too many people hate them... that is too many of the people that matter. Personally, I don't think anyone should name anyone or anything, best on the planet... I mean, have you been everywhere on the planet?

Exactly.

[Idolmindindp]

A couple things... the word punk is way over used in this thread. Punk should not be used as a type of music its a way of life.. and the last thing you can call green day is punk. first of all because there biggest fans havent hit puberty yet and secondly because they are using the topic of the war once again for an album...last i thought being punk was being different and using the subject of anti-war is being just like everyone else.

[punk_pwincess]

actually there's only two political songs, american idiot and holiday, the rest is a story. And the american idiot album isnt just about politics, its from bush, to michael jackson, to fear factor, to jessica simpson

[Schizopathic]

What's with the word "Sellout", when you start a band, first it's for the hell of it, then you have dreams you'll make it big one day, then once you make it big and everyone starts to recognize you... then a bunch of little screaming faggots that couldn't pull sh*t out of their a$$ with a spoon start screaming "sellout, sellout, sellout!" Well I say F*ck them and go green day.

[dnizzle]

everyone just smoke a bowl and chill out

[nal1200]

"Punk_pwincess" - You must be on crack-cocaine if you think the album has any reference to Michael Jackson or Jessica Simpson. The album is an 'opera' meaning it tells a story and has a side plot that deals with political issues. Stop making shit up.

[punk_pwincess]

nal1200 - actually no i didn't make it up. I watches i biography of Green Day and their album American Idiot. Plus, i just quoted Billie Joe Armstrong, so get your fatcs right before you try to prove them wrong

[punk_pwincess]

^^ sorry for the spelling

[dnizzle]

lol u guys are ridiculous

[Schizopathic]

So what if Green Day sang a couple of political songs, who gives a sh*t. Maybe Billie Joe woke up that morning and just was watching TV and decided that bush was a complete idiot like the rest of us did when we realized he had made this war last extremely too long and decided to write a song about it. That's not that big a deal.

[dnizzle]

everyone just smoke a bowl and chill out

[punk_pwincess]

exactly, all Billie Joe did was grow up. and a msg for dnizzle: haha nice one!

[weezer__123]

i am sick of hearing about green day.
sicksicksick
leave us alone green day.
i cant turn on the t.v., radio, or log online without hearing about them. god damnit.

[punk_pwincess]

damb weezer__123: im the complete opposite, im the one waiting for green day to come on tv or radio, to me you are lucky because i hardly ever hear any news on green day.. can we switch lives please?

[punk_pwincess]

isnt some one going to comment on me saying "well you have a pretty lame life, actually wanting to hear about green day" or something like that. First smarta$$ to say that wins .... NOTHING!

[wangtangkiki]

ROFL!???..!!!!?!?

Well, you have a pretty lame life, actually wanting to hear about green day. You're such a faggot.

This is hilarious.. Best Band on the Planet? I don't think that Best Band and Green Day should EVER be put in the same sentence. That's utter bullshit.

[punk_pwincess]

*CLAP CLAP* to the smart-a$$ winner.

oh, and by the way, you just used "Best Band" and "Green Day" in the same sentence LMAO

[Mad_Gouki]

i would argue tha tthe chilli peppers are the ebst band on the planet... the best band still with its true members, that still perform regularly and are still in the media often.

aerosmith is good too but not the best

[Metallica12_12]

ok... no Green Day don't suck.. but they aint the "Best band in the world" thats ***in bullshit i mean like wtf.... There are way better bands in the world.. like Dream Theater, 'Tallica, and Fuckin AC/DC ***in green day sucks the cack.

[metalmike7159]

This is a ***in joke. Green Day? C'mon, I might as well throw together a punk band and make an album and get popular. There's GD's formula. Retardation. That's what it is.
Whatever happened to musicians being judged by their talent and music writing ability rather than just how catchy and easy their songs are? Terrible. This article is just proof of how shitty the music scene is today, and what peoples' expectations are of "good music."

[blatong]

GAWD!!!.. i like green day, its just that, i wouldn't consider them as "The Best Band". System deserved the award!!! i've loved system eversince! even before i started appreciating green day!

its just sad.

[bryanm]

should have been Mars Volta's new album that won

[metallordofhell]

pantsarehot:
But best live act, hands down, is Iron Maiden.

hell yes theres nothing better than a maiden concert. its almost undescribable about how aweomse it is... ..\m/ UP THE IRONS \m/

Buscubba:
those of you w everyone shut up about green day. if your opinion is worthless, then don't post it. because everyone will read it and think you are a dumbass. nuff said

What a dumbass...

dnizzle:
everyone just smoke a bowl and chill out

lol what he said

[The Leader]

What the *** is everyone on about? They won an award, so what. It doesn't have to be green day, but any band who receives a title like this is inevitably going to be dissed on message boards (^just like this one) who don't listen to that particular group. So, your band didn't get crap?

8====BIG FUCKING DEAL===..>

Look back at previous post and count how many people type "'blah blah blah' is the best band on the planet, not Green Day!" Fuck off, it's a matter of opinion, and if you gave a crap in the first place, you would have voted.
Next, there are the people who are like: "I was diagnosed with cancer blah blah blah I bought all the green day albums blah blah the next day the tumor was GONE blah blah blah Green Day rules." Good for you, you've found something you like. Now get the *** away from your keyboard. The minute you type something back just rekindles the flame war fire. Scroll up and see how many responses there are.

The bottom line is, you don't like it? Good. You like it? Fine. Have a bowl of cereal or two, jerk off a few times, take a good shit, and relax! That's why you listen to your group, it relaxes you, it's what you like! Don't come into a message board expecting your favorite group to get flying colors in everything. There is always going to be that one asshole that disagrees with you no matter what. Fuck that guy. Put on your favorite record, relax. Don't worry about awards for a hot song, listen to that song because you like it.

On a final note to both parties, or enemy camps, rather;

Grow a set of balls and a spine, find something you like, and GET A FUCKING LIFE!!

[Juneau]

D12's still a band riii..te??!?!

A band is a group of musician. GROUP, not a ***ing band.

[Twist of Cain]

FUCK GREENDAY! they should of won the WORST BAND ON THE
PLANET! Heavy Rock My Ass! It is Pop/Punk and EMO shit
FOO FIGHTERS SHOULD OF WON MORE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE TOO
It sucks cause The Foo Fighters are not getting the created they desierve, And Sytem of A Down Come on one of the craziest live bands they should of won best LIVE ACT! GreenDay is all corprate BULLSHIT they sold out they changed from PUNK TO MAINSTREM TO POP/PUNK its all
a bunch of shit, when that happened in the begining they
lost alot of there fan base FUCK GREEE..N DAAA..Y!!!..

[Twist of Cain]

Ok. I've got to admit, they have some good songs, but theres no way they are BEST BAND ON THE PLANET? FUCK... SOME GARAGE BANDS ARE MORE TALENTED THAN THEM!

If anything nominate Iron Maiden, System, Metallica (even though they're all rock and not metal now), Megadeth, etc. WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN OF BODOM?There are countless other bands that are 10 times better, and still some that are 100x better. And if you don't want to put metal up there, at least consider Velvet Revolver, or Audioslave or something that may have had a possibility of being best.

this person knows what they are talking about i still always say *** green day

[shotgunjoe]

Green Day suck live. They even suck liver. For Boulevard Of Broken Dreams they had to get another guitarist and a CD because Billie couldn't sing it and play it at the same time. A FRIKKIN CD. Now that's not really what I call live...

[Gu1T@r_H3r0]

What did you all expect? It's Kerrang! for ***s sake. The votes all came from these pop-rockalites, who think the world of guitar music ends at Green Day, and that Billie Joe is a very good guitar player. He can write a tune but they do not deserve Best Band in the world, I could reel off hundreds of other bands that should've got this award instead of them.
Matt
P.S. Oh, and best live act? Gimme a ***in' break. Anyone can put on a show when your playing the same powerchords in different orders.

[maggot4life]

green day!!! no way
it should have been system

[drmsr_23]

Guys...calm down...you can just leave them alone if you hate them right?

Although I'm not a greenday fan, I don't have to criticize the band and the people. And so you don't have to k?

[we_all_rock]

HAHAHAHA!!!..this article is the longest comments iv ever seen...LOL...THANKS TO GREENDAY U ROCK ur one of the best band ever!!and if u havent seen them live,well u better go and see them bcoz they ***in kick ass!

[we_all_rock]

y people give a shit about how simple is the song to play??and about the powerchords thing..... lots of bands use powerchords on their songs not just greenday but all bands use it.

[android_dryice]

oh wow. It just so happens that more people like Green Day over those other bands. Get over it. And it's just an award for *** sake, no one's forcing you to listen to the bands that won.

[NickSampson]

Kerrang sucks..whats with all the screamo and hardcore metal like Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium...they cant play decent rock so they turn gain up to 10 and scream instead of sing...

[mariachi2487]

Of course they won. It's Kerrang. I don't see why anyones complaining, it's a damn popularity contest.

I thought that's how awards worked...based on popular opinion?
Not that i agree with any of those results at all...personally i dnt, but then again, there's always going to be a complete conflict of opinions as to who should've won, and indeed, who shouldn't have. Meh, you're all entitled to your own opinions, it's called freedom of speech, but to people who are getting stressy about it:

dnizzle:
everyone just smoke a bowl and chill out

u sir, are wiser than your years suggest

[DeadSyringe]

jeezus its effing PUNK ROCK

Green Day will never be punk rock.

- Finally...Since when has Green Day been emo? And how come I have never seen any 12-year old girls dig Green Day? Most of them are too rapped up in this emo thing to even know who Green Day is...if you saw the crowd for Fall Out Boy or M.C.R. at the Warped Tour...you'd know what I mean. It's scary!

Actually, I know a LOT of 12 year olds who LOVE green day. It seems that its them who the band is most popular with.

A couple things... the word punk is way over used in this thread. Punk should not be used as a type of music its a way of life.. and the last thing you can call green day is punk. first of all because there biggest fans havent hit puberty yet and secondly because they are using the topic of the war once again for an album...last i thought being punk was being different and using the subject of anti-war is being just like everyone else.

Punk can be used in conjunction with another music genre as a sub genre or to create a whole new genre. EX. Punk Rock. Punk is NOT a life style, its a classification.

cant turn on the t.v., radio, or log online without hearing about them. god damnit.

There really is nothing anyone can do about it. A lot of people like Green Day, but why should you care if you don't like them. Would you bitch at your friend if he didn't like your favorite popsicle flavor?
---..
This whole award is just a big popularty contest, so no one should take it seriously. People need to learn to seperate fact from opinion. It doesn't matter what band SHOULD of won, it matters what band DID win. If I had it my way, the awards would be given to such bands as The Aquabats, The Gorillaz, MSI, and some TMBG, but I obviously don't have things my way, and I don't really care. It's fine with me if someone tells me all my music sucks. Infact, I'd probably listen to it right infront of them to prove that AN OPINION IS AN OPINION. And this award is obviously opinionated. (as many of us have already stated.) Get over it.

[DeadSyringe]

Everyone should just stop letting this bother you. Dnizzle is right. Just smoke a bowl and get over it.

[guitar_freak523]

people settle down,its that magazine opion not a fact just breathe a bit,no matter who won someone would disagree so chill out.

[jenziboy]

anyway, green day is not heavy rock. no one can argue on that.

[Horace]

They're distinguishing between heavy rock and soft rock. Those are two different things.

[the_bear_shark]

not that i'm defending green day or anything,(cuz i'd get seriously bashed for that), but isnt it kerrang's fault?they're the ones who gave them the award!

[Megadethnut]

their new stuff is just flat out no talent crap.

[Guitar Guy21]

Green Day sucks. They don't deserve any awards.

[flame843]

REplace "bEST" with "MOST POPULAR," and I would not argue, because that may well be 100% true, and it's a more accurate reflection of the award itself.

Seriously, though, you can't give a band credit for being the "best ever." That's an opinion, and one you can't back up with fact.

And I'm not going to bother flaming Green Day, because at this point it's like flaming the Monkees - - no one cares anymore. It's just to out-and-out give any band an award for being "the best" is bigotry and a reflection of how simple-minded you are.

Kerrang = poop.

[adam sg]

BULLSHIT MAN!!

[adam sg]

they should give it to AC/DC!!!

[clazz]

deadboy:
anybody who voted those bondage freaks best band...ON THE PLANET needs to kill him or herself!!!
.....
im not a retard

No, of course you're not. Telling people to kill themselves because of an opinion is probably the most retarded thing I've ever read.

Idolmindindp:
there biggest fans havent hit puberty yet

No, that would be the new teenie fans. Their biggest fans are the ones who have stuck with them for years.

metalmike7159:
Whatever happened to musicians being judged by their talent and music writing ability rather than just how catchy and easy their songs are?

Just because a song has a lot of difficult stuff in it doesn't necessarily make it great to listen to or whatever. I personally like Green Day's music, even if a lot of it is simple. I think their songs are put together well, but I don't care so much about that - I enjoy listening to it.

Still don't understand why people care so much when it's a tiny little awards show run by Kerrang. It's seriously not that prestigious and nothing to get worked up about.

[almost_a_human]

Wow! Green day is now a heavy rock band? Holy Crap! The world has no meaning. And SoaD left empty handed, jesus. At least something they said was worth hearing. Iron Maiden in the hall of fame, they shouldve been there forever go but hey this is the company that says Green day is a heavy rock band.

[Wickerman_18]

GreenDay are good But Iron maiden are Living legends and for punk rock offspring & blink 182 were cool 2

[Stung_the_Slang]

I actually got an account to post in here. Right, I want to proper slate Greenday until ive swore alot, like more then alot. I hate their music more then anything really. I don't know if theres actually any point posting on here, because im guessing no-one really cares enough anyway. But im going to write something down. Firstly its not anyones place to say wether or not a band is the "best band in the world". I guess its their opion or the opion of the viewers, and opions arent exactly fact based are they. My own preference is, Greenday really are bad. If music is an form of expression i dont really get what Greenday are trying to say. I can't get into the music at all. I heard American Idiot was voted the top rock song of 2000 onwards. Its not exactly great is it, infact i'll say it, its pure shite! But thats my opion. I know some dudes commented already about how technical it is, and i'd like to talk about that now haha. They've been aorund for ages, and that guy is still shit on guitar and shit at singing. I haven't heard alot of his lyrics, other then the shit they release. But its not just not clever. But on the otherhand you could say, it doesn't need to be, which is doesn,t. For me personally i want music to be intelligent, I want to be able to listen to it and notice new things, or be sucked in by the lyrics.

"Don't wanna be an American Idiot"

Its not exactly articulate really is it people? But again, it doesn't have to be, if people were right about the award thing being a popularity contest then I do have to agree, its stupid music for stupid music fans. I can't prove any of this, so rip me to shreads by the way. The end result is you can't have a "best band in the world" award because people have different opions, but i must say, I wouldn't piss on greenday to put them out if they were on fire.

Thanks for reading

Love David Morris

[Ashman51]

Really, the word "best" is based on opinion. I think that bands like Led Zepplin and Jimi Hendrix are probably the "best", but others would disagree. Music goes through different phases. In the 60's and 70's, we had many British bands like the Beatles, etc. In the 80's, Heavy Metal was very popular. The early 90's was the home of Grunge bands like Nirvana and Green Day, and the late 90's early 2000's are home to pop-punk bands, rap, and hip hop.
On a different note, I really find it funny when the music industry messes up there genres in the name of being cool. I understand that this also is opinion based, but not enough to consider Green Day "Heavy Rock". I remember the first time I heard B.J. Armstrong say that in an interview I was laughing to the point of tears. Many of the songs on American Idiot aren't even Punk-Pop, but emo. It's also funny when artists and other people try to sub category genres to try to look better. For example, I would consider bands like The Ramones and the Sex Pistols to be "Punk" bands, whereas I would put Green Day and My Chemical Romance in the same area as the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync.
As a closing comment, I personally hate the "Pop-Punk "genre of music. It was catchy when I first began listening to it, but you can only do so much with power chords before they begin to get old. It's just a phase that the music industry is going through, though, and I'm sure we'll have something new in several years.

[gizmo]

Ok, so Green Day won the best band at a little awards show, so what? No need to get all worked up about it.

Personally i like Green Days music and just because they don't have great solo's or a wider range of chords, that doesn't make them talentless. They put those simple chords together and make a great song. Do that with some other bands, they won't be able to produce a great song like Green Day's.
SoaD should have won some awards though.

[GAC1989]

I saw the words "Green Day Named Best Band On Planet" and nearly pissed myself laughing... 'nuff said

[weezer__123]

i think we should try to teach billie joe some dream theatre songs.
OR we could teach him his own solo's so he could stop hireing that fuzzy headed guy to come play them for him. :/

[DISCONNecktie]

if anyone deserves best band on planet it should be the ramones after all they started punk so billy joe could kill it and r.ape its dead corpse

[weezer__123]

^LOL

[toha33]

meh..i don't care who's the best band on the planet. That's for me to decide

[hvymetalrevival]

I wish we lived in 1985, where bands like AC/DC were considered mainstream.

I agree, there's not many good new bands out anymore, Green Day is not one of them, I think they are really good live though but I don't think they are the best band though: My Chemical Romance, System Of A Down, HIM & Foo Fighters were in the best band catagory, HIM or Foos should of won that, anyway glad to see Maiden win a place in the halll of fame, they deserve it sooo.. much.

[rebellious]

Stung_the_Slang:
The end result is you can't have a "best band in the world" award because people have different opions, but i must say, I wouldn't piss on greenday to put them out if they were on fire.

Ha ha, it's too bad they're already on fire with this album.

I want to say this: You can't blame Green Day for winning awards. It's not their fault at all, because it's all opinions (just like everyone is saying; but if anyone could read, I wouldn't be posting a message). I can't imagine anyone going to an award's ceremony, taking the award, and saying, "We really don't deserve this. We shouldn't even be here. Give it to someone else." If you really think that's what should've happened, good luck trying to get famous (because that's all it's about today).

Second, in my OPINION, I never believed Green Day was ever punk. I don't know why the world had to classify music into certain categories because it is discriminating towards the artists and seperates society. No matter what type of music it is, I'm glad it's around because we are taking music for granted by posting stupid messages and putting down bands.

Finally, I'm not sticking up for Green Day (because I like their old stuff more than their new album, but it's still a great album). I just think it's really sad to be putting down anothers' band. I'm sure a lot of people on this site have experienced the same abuse that Green Day gets from all of you.

I'm very dissappointed in where music is going...

[hvymetalrevival]

Ginogino:

D12 shouldve won

D 12! You can't play an instrument ****ing Chav!

[timmy3125]

toha33:
meh..i don't care who's the best band on the planet. That's for me to decide
[POSTED: 28 August 2005 - 13:17]|

i agree. one person or organization can't deem one band the best on the planet, every person thinks that their music is the best on the planet so its impossible to say that one certain band is the best and expect everyone to agree with that.

[The_Objekt]

Greenday sucks balls.

[martesa]

It's wonderful Green Day won, but I don't think their shows are best. Anyways, that's good news.

[kelzo33]

All I gotta say is that Green Day deserves to be named best band on the planet and they worked harder than any of you ***ers that hate Green Day ever will in your whole life...Green Day rocks enough said.

[phewy13]

green day sucks big fat cock, they suck arse, they're pop, i hate how people think bands like linken park, green day,hoobastank, etc are rock bands, they're pop, and pop sucks

[phewy13]

martesa if a ***in fag

[guitardude1991]

yeah right im sick of hearing about green day argh i mean they were ok but now hearing about them is annoying

[phewy13]

kelzo33 sucks big fat cock, kelzo33 is stupid and ignorant for ever saying that, kelzo33 is a fag

[hitormiss]

phewy13:
green day sucks big fat cock, they suck arse, they're pop, i hate how people think bands like linken park, green day,hoobastank, etc are rock bands, they're pop, and pop sucks

you are a ***ing retard.

[ndfcartman]

whoa, this got waaaay more attention than i thought! i excepted to have to scroll down alot, but dang! anyway, i am a green day fan, and i really don't think that they deserve this award, no offense to green day, they have good songs, but there is NO-WAY you can give an award for best rock band on the planet, there are SOOO.. many bands out there that only a handfull of people have heard of. and some of the best talent out there is on the street, at least thats what i read in guitar world from mick mars, hehe

[phewy13]

haha hitormiss you ***neck shut the hell up

[NOAH23]

Why Don't people read the FUCKING ARTICLE! All you wankers going 'huh huh like LedZep should have won or GnR because there so much better'
Eevn if LedZep did get the most votes Kerrang arn't going to give it to them because they are gone. Not forgotton but gone. Someone different gets the award every year. This year it was GreenDay. They are not going to give it to someone like Trivium, even though they are a quality band, because they are relativly new. Weather you like them or not GreenDay have released 7 albums and had consistant success. Metallica have won this award. Gee lets think why? CONSISTANT SUCCESS. GnR have won this award. Again, lets tthink why? CONSISTANT SUCCESS.
Am i not asking you to like GreenDay but think. Why have they won this award?
Everyone knew they were going to get it. Even if someone else did get more votes they were probably going to get it anyway.

[prs82]

I've lost all hope in mankind.

[clazz]

I agree with NOAH23.

hvymetalrevival:
there's not many good new bands out anymore, Green Day is not one of them

No, because Green Day aren't new.

phewy13:
they're pop, and pop sucks

Nice to see people being openminded.

[Mojomonky]

This is all very sad to say the least

[wanna_lick_me?]

I guess you're half right here. After al, Led Zeppelin were lazy when they wrote Black Dog...maybe it was the person who wrote the tab who was being lazy, though. And yeah downtuning is lazy, but are Slipknot emo because they downtune...Anyway, thanks for even taking the time to read what I wrote, eve if I did attempt to zing you just now. I salute you, jpharoah69. Everyone else sucks.

WTF is wrong with you!?!? black dog is not at all simple...just look at the ***ing timing on that shit!! its like 16/8 or something. And you should know that most tabs are crap, they dont at all represent the way the song was played. If green day has ever written anything thats not in 4/4 ill gladly shoot my leg off with a shotgun

[llovemetall]

kerrang is mostly pop-rock so what should we expect,foos should have nicked the crowning glory, mcr over soad anyday, 3 cheers for sweet revenge f*ckin kicks ass,their old stuff is much better tho, good to see ffaf getting best of british, where are disturbed and avenged sevenfold?

[Five_X_Five]

WTF is wrong with you!?!? black dog is not at all simple...just look at the ***ing timing on that shit!! its like 16/8 or something. And you should know that most tabs are crap, they dont at all represent the way the song was played. If green day has ever written anything thats not in 4/4 ill gladly shoot my leg off with a shotgun

The song uses power chords, therefore it is simple. Duh. I know it's not simple, but the fact that power chords are used doesn't mean it's a bad song. If you had read everything else, it would make sense in the context of the whole thing.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

I hate stupid Green Day because they're taking away the spotlight of all the great bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and the Chili Peppers. All three of those wicked bands make one hell of a live show!! RHCP I wouldve picked on everything to win but thats just me you know..Like they jump around alot great energy Flea plays frikin amazing while jumping up and down and Anthony hahahhah he's just awesome. But bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, GNR, Black Sabbath,Pink Floyd people like that shouldve won. But you know what, in years and years to come we will remember the great bands and Green Day will be a signless note on the music industry's ass

[Nirvana_rocks73]

oh yeah and Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were on my greats but I forgot to put them with Zep AC/DC and them** hahaha oopps.

[neev]

i dont think GD should have won

[Five_X_Five]

Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, GNR, Black Sabbath,Pink Floyd

Yeah, those guys released a lot of new music this year.

[4evermetal]

Since I've never done it before, I think I am finally going to make a rant.
I can't beleive this, what a stupid award. "Best band on the planet" what, did a four year old come up with that?? I agree with the guy that said it should've been most POPULAR band on the planet. It could be well true. I just can't beleive this, I don't care if it's just a small award for a small company, just the thought of it makes me want to throw a full wine bottle at my computer screen. Anyone that listens to greenday is a ***ing tonedeaf moron, they're music is shit. What else can I say? They're just like any another popunk band that makes horrible music. So with all this said, Greenday is composed of a bunch of retards, and their fans are morons. BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION!

[4evermetal]

Green day makes HORRIBLE music

[cointurtlemoose]

i wonder what the record for number of comments is on one news article and if this one would win.
it think it would

[JimweiZERO]

So Green Day won, wow, everyone knows EVERY band couldn't have been taken into consideration but it is far too mainstream, but FFAF being British metal?! Come on! Anyone heard Dragonforce? Thought not...

[pinion18]

Okay, first of all. How does writing a catchy song require talent? Any one who knows four power chords on the guitar and watches CNN can write a politically-charged anthem worthy of Green Day's next platinum album. Second of all,Every magazine in the world related to music whatsoever is going to suck off the largest amount of people possible by choosing the band the majority of their audience listens to. Kerrang! is for numetalheads/ teeny-boppers who think hardcore is a type of porn, and Slipknot is the heaviest band on the planet. As long as kids who become confident in liking Green Day simply by reading Kerrang! and seeing Green Day is number one for an entire year, why should the editors worry about picking a band with actual talent and have all the beanie-wearing Eminem fans say, "Dubble yew tgee ehff, d00d. dys is lyke over 3 mins. lawng. wut a lode of shyt!1111shift+1." and never trusting Kerrang!'s word about music ever again. Bottom line> Its about sales, not music. Kerrang! is the MTV of magazines.

[iceesforlife]

Nirvana rocks thinks ac/dc, led zep and rhcp would be a good show?!?!?!
That would just be gay, I might actually throw up if i saw the concert advertised...

[dookedoutnimrod]

hey pinion18 you bastard, you are so wrong im not even going to explain why cuz u wouldnt probably care

[Queen_Rock]

why the *** they got chosen for best band in the world i don't know... id give them the "most over-rated average band" award but thats about it!!

[PumpkinKid XIII]

If you all hate greenday so much why did you bother to read the article? It's Kerrang, It's an award ceremony, what more do you expect. Anyone who knows anything about music knows greenday are crap. There's no point in posting comment after comment all saying the same thing. Best Band On The Planet is a load of ****. Can anyone honestly say that they've heard every band on the planet. For all you know the best band could be some kids jammin in Alaska.
While awards can be good publicity for some new bands, they're generaly a waste of time. It's the same bands that win these awards again and again. The skill and credibility of any band or musician cannot be measured by the amount of trophys on their mantlepiece.

[hoobariffer87]

I love Green Day, but best band EVER? Not so sure about that.

[6stringstrummer]

GREEN DAY SUCKS!!good opinion pinion18.ALL GREEN DAY PLAYS IS POWER CHORDS AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SOLOS, WHICH SUCKS!OH YEAH, ICEESFORLIFE, HOW WOULD THAT BE A BAD SHOW?YOU COULD EVEN THROW IN ZZ TOP(BESIDES, GIRLS STRIP FOR THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.WHATS SO GAY ABOUT THAT?)OH, DID I MENTION THAT GREEN DAY SUCKS?

>>>..OH YEAH, ICEESFORLIFE,GO CUT YOURSELF YOU EMO FREAK!!!HA HA!!!

[RosConor]

I've got a solution.

If you don't like Green Day winning: Go watch MTV2 or Scuzz or something, read Metal Hammer and go with there awards.

If you like Green Day winning: Stick with Kerrang! (until they find a new favourate)

Getting pissed off because Green Day won is like being pissed off about some new law in another country even though it dosn't affect you at all. This award represents one fragment of music fans. I don't see you bitching because some folk magazine piced some folk band the best in the world (and System didn't even get nominated!). Kerrang! is a pop-punk francise now and yes, at the moment I can't see why Green Day couldn't be considered the best pop-punk band around. Who else is there!

[PumpkinKid XIII]

they're pop, and pop sucks

The term Pop originated as an abreviation of popular. Therefore any popular band can in theory be called pop. So before you judge pop remember that Metallica, SOAD, even Hendrix, can be considered pop

[RosConor]

Oh ya. I wouldn't go as far to call Green day a punk band(yet alone heavy-rock). Stuff like black flag (any self respecting punk fan must know them!) and dropkick murphys is punk. Green Day are a pop-punk band and I must say, they do it well.

I also think its stupid that the Green Day fraction are calling the metal heads winning pussies. Ye'd be doing the same had System won.

[playgtr055]

of course they are the best band ever when they get MORE AIRTIME THAN ANYBODY ELSE! gimme a ***in break

[playgtr055]

correction...."best band on the planet" which is even more of a joke.

[elmolikepie]

kerrang is a mainstream awards show so in terms of bands like that they do deserve to win it. There live show is also considerbaly better than any of the other bands in the category (iv seen them all so u cnt argue :P). glad trivium an my chemichal romance got awards.

[RosConor]

Would people stop saying Green Day are the worst band in the world too. That honour probably falls on two guitarists who play covers of seven nation army(badly) and are too ashamed to play in public.At least Green Day can play a chord so there has to be worse bands..... like wheatus for example.

[zakk_rox_my_sox]

as muscicians, green day aren't amazing. i've never heard a green day solo that amazed me, or read lyrics of theirs that made me feel something. but as whole, a band, (crowd pleasing, they're something everyone can listen to) they probably deserve the award. but lets face it, mainstream music critics (rolling stone, Kerrang!) are always far from the truth, in rolling stones top 100 guitarists, jack white was 17 and Randy Rhoads was 85!

[sum41kid123]

whats people sayin that thety dont like kerrang! for naming them best band....it was the viewers and listners who voted not kerrang!

[SlashandClapton]

but the viewers and listeners are a bunch of crack smoking alcoholics who dont know how to play an e minor chord

[Purple Haze123]

you people really should get off the computer and just play guitar. If you really aren't real happy about how todays music is going, then practice your guitar till you (a can't feel your fingers, or (b play till they bleed like crazy. You people wonder why bands today suck? It's because young musicians burn their time watching tv, or sitting on the computer all day, and playing xbox! News flash everybody---- if ya want to get good, ya gotta practice it! Now if you excuse me, I've gotta learn the solo to Hells Bells, and I probably won't come back here 4 a month or so.
..peace

[Nirvana_rocks73]

Hey iceesforlife or whatever you retard. Anthony Kiedis is one million times hotter and more talented than Billie Joe I would much rather see an RHCP concert they put on the best damn show ever!! Billie Joe is an ugly Autistic monkey. Anthony Kiedis on the other hand is just awesome. And Flea owns all of anything!

[Nirvana_rocks73]

AND Id rather pay to just look at RHCP (yeah Anthony,John all of them) then listen to green day without paying!

[Nirvana_rocks73]

Billie Joe is really ugly and gross and he sucksand yes Iam a girl.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

The only reason you would also throw up at their lovelyness(im talking to iceesforlife) is because your emo religion makes you throw up regularly

[SlashandClapton]

u wont come bak for a month cuz ur mommy is ded

[4evermetal]

Does that picture beside the beginning of the article piss anyone else off? I want to punch him.

[GothicRomance66]

Has anyone noticed the name of this site...'Ultimate guitar'? i would assume most people here play some guitar in some way no? Therefor making them musicians (apparently)...So of course a lot of us will moan at this news, i dont find anything inspiring from green day...but im not too bothered, i just dont listen to them nowdays...mainly im annoyed at the emo music...MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!!?? ARGHHH!!...my spleen has just combusted into a banana! There is a growing emo fashion and it saddens me because it all sounds too samey, not to mention the cloned teenage american sounding voices and even more identical screaming, grr, why the emo scene...whhhy?! ..Whatever happened to the led zeppelin and fleetwood mac days?...Something more inventive then. As for live playing too, well...anyone in a popular band could do those things, heh, allthough iron maiden use their SKILL for live acts, what they are best at...Im confused as to why kerrang awards were posted on here anyway, probably to generate a reaction

As a wise old sensai always said "chiii..ll Winstooon"

[apocalypse13]

Green Day sucks and they'll never be the best anything on the planet.

[GothicRomance66]

"Their lyrics are as shallow as the cuts on an emo's wrist"

[GothicRomance66]

"How many emos does it take to change a light bulb?

None...they just sit in the dark and cry"

[TheTrioBCB369]

I like Green Day but not the best band on the planet. Probly most popular right now, but not the best. Alkaline Trio is better than Green Day. Not to mention bands like Metallica, Pearl Jam, and Pink Floyd who have stood the test of time with their music. I know Green Day has been around for a while but they didn`t have anything way outstanding since Dookie aside from Time of ur Life. Why does everyone have to hate on Green Day though? Their just doin what they want and not givin a f$%&. System got ripped off bad!

[KickOutTheJamsX]

i love how some people say a band sux cuz they dont like them, then they say a band they like is better.. try and learn the word biased before you open your mouths

[metallordofhell]

Five_X_Five:The song uses power chords, therefore it is simple. Duh. I know it's not simple, but the fact that power chords are used doesn't mean it's a bad song. If you had read everything else, it would make sense in the context of the whole thing.

just because it has a few power chords in it doesnt make it simple. when the majority of the song is power chords then it is simple unless out of no where a sweet ass solo that goes on for 1 or 2 minutes comes in. the power chord part is still simple but thats just a part of the song not the whole thing.

[IaGcT]

they were also named best live band

[IaGcT]

oh yeah it said that whoops

[Nirvana_rocks73]

HAHAH 4evermetal I agree!! Id love to bash in his face with his bass and make his teeth as messed up as Billie Joes

[Staind_Black]

Now don't get me wrong, I think Green Day is an awesome band (even with every part of my guitar-playing soul screaming about how their bass and drums can be so awesome and yet their guitar parts be so amateur), but their new album wasn't great. It had some interesting concepts, but the topics on the album were so redundant and cliche I don't like it very much. Their older stuff was a lot more unique (a song about masturbation seems a breath of fresh air, just because it's a topic most bands don't cover), and that's why people who were die-hard fans of their earlier stuff are turned-off by American Idiot. I would have definitely not given them a title like the one they recieved (Tool would have had my vote).
Too bad for SOAD, I like them a lot. They're new album only had a few really good songs on it though ("Question!" was a great song).

[kbass9267]

Velevet Revolver should have gotten that award, not Greenday.

[guitarmaniac17]

Green Day rocks, they totally deserved to get that award.

[disasterpiece11]

Has anyone considered the fact that they won because of everything they've achieved in the music industry? This is a band that started underground, and just totally caught everyone's attention through their music. I say that it's a fair win, although I don't completely agree 100% with it. It's all biased. Even if another band won there would be more people bitching that they shouldn't win. I guess the award is more opinion based. Not everyone thinks Green Day is that good, but some do, so what the hell can you do about it? Bitching about the band isn't gonna change a die-hard Green Day fans opinion.

[clockworkorange]

Why is everyone so ***ing stupid???
It is a discrace to put Greenday over bands like Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd, hell even Ac/Dc. WTF?
Some retard said they were talented musicians, well there is no way they can add up to Zeppelin, even if you hate Led Zeppelin, its probly cause you are a poser and probly cant even learn their easy stuff. All of greendays stuff combined cant even come close to the skill of Bron Yr Aur Stomp live. And then all of you retarded System kids, wtf?
Isnt it funny how they only got popular after Sept.11
They come over here and bitch and bitch and bitch about how shitty america is and how shitty the government is? thats not talent thats bullshit. if you dont like america then get the *** out and move to a more pussy friendly country.
***ers

[clockworkorange]

o ya, to all of you *** power chords people!
i agree
except for the misfits,they ***ing ruled!
something about not being in tune, having no talent, but a ***ing awesome singer just made them come together.

[i_snort_dope]

^^Ur an idoit, America has freedom of speech laws therefore System can say what they please about corrupt ass Bush and his ass ponies who carry out his work, no need to get all pissy about it.

The bottom line is, you don't like it? Good. You like it? Fine. Have a bowl of cereal or two, jerk off a few times, take a good shit, and relax! That's why you listen to your group, it relaxes you, it's what you like! Don't come into a message board expecting your favorite group to get flying colors in everything. There is always going to be that one asshole that disagrees with you no matter what. Fuck that guy. Put on your favorite record, relax. Don't worry about awards for a hot song, listen to that song because you like it.

On a final note to both parties, or enemy camps, rather;

Grow a set of balls and a spine, find something you like, and GET A FUCKING LIFE!!

^^I love This guy!!!

[Eldiablo30x6]

first off, greenday is far from the best band ever. All of there songs are just a bunch of power chords put together.

Green Day became one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands more than a decade ago and have been enjoying a renaissance since their "American Idiot" album came out last year.

i wouldnt consider greenday "heavy rock" there more PUNK aka fake rock.

[whatsername324]

BlinkMM182:
Green Day...oh that band that I learned all their songs in one hour cause they're all powerchords??!?
Catchy songs but def not the best band. lol. But who cares about kerrang anyway?

and your name on this is blinkmm182? blink's songs are just as easy as greendays

[saad_aslam]

yeah... green day is not the besti could name 10 bands that are better and more talented than green day.

[alm0st a skat3r]

greenday shall suck my ***ing balls

[poopie head]

green day is freaken sweet bitch

[Flemingoboy]

I say Mars Volta for Best Band on the planet.

[4evermetal]

guitarmaniac17:
Green day ***ing sucks, I can't stand them and their fans suck twice as much. I mean, if you like green day, please, and I mean PLEASE kiss my ass, I cannot stress this enough. Your a moron okay? You listen to ugly music, because your probably just as ugly as that fag in the picture up there. I can't get over how terribly gay this band is. Not to mention how all their fans are stupid clones, ARGH I just can't stand you ***ing morons

a bit over the top but I agree.

[elroy629]

WWW..OOO..!!!.. green day rules!!!..

[4evermetal]

no they dont stupid ^

[elroy629]

man green day sucks. Worst band ever

[4evermetal]

thats better. ^

[whitehendrix64]

green day hmmm i would not agree with them being the best band at all. being a good band does count for talent. if hearing the same cliche power chords is awsome then music has gone to hell.

[Flyingwhitey182]

green day, good band, they got lucky with a good album thats hti mainstream bigtime, not the best band though

[llvllaster_bomb]

GREEN DAY SUCKS DICK!!!..

[boothy]

I can't say anything to that. I can only laugh, shake my head sadly and pity those who truly think they are.

[illegali4o9]

That's nice

[roach_head04]

disasterpiece11:
Has anyone considered the fact that they won because of everything they've achieved in the music industry? This is a band that started underground, and just totally caught everyone's attention through their music.

i would say thats a vast majority of bands, and btw green day sucks majorly

[Mauser KAR98K]

Probably the only reason they got, cause they made a "Bush Bashing" song that got a hit...Glad i like Rockabilly and Psyhco-billy, no politics and damn crazy solos. Go Rev. Heat and Setzer.

[sphereagram]

BULL SHIT. GREEN DAY CAN BLOW IT OUT THEIR ASS.

[sphereagram]

If thats true about Green Day I need to die.

[Benn-Static]

Trivium is the only band that deserves an award up there. Fuck Greenday, the winner for best band on the planet should....umm...have talent right? I can play all of Greenday's power chord bs with one of my hands up my ass.

[metaljunkie]

best heavy rock band? hmmm.....they arent hard rock, they are "punk" (as a side note i dont care what they are called), but i know they arent heavy in any way...

[sphereagram]

It?s sad because as I am reading these comments and typing I can hear my sister in the other room watching the TV and the nominees for the best videos on the mtv vma awards are green day mcr kanye west and guin stafonie, an green day just won for sucking the most penis I have ever seen. But it is a fine example of how much the main streem have shlongs in their butts and balls on their gay chins.

[wesj88]

dude. you have some weird ways of describing things. it brings up a few questions about you.

[zero element]

what the f u c k green day sucks ass yet they get all this publicity and awards that should be going to real musicians

[iceesforlife]

Yo!, thetrio!
The song is "good riddance"!
not "time of your life"
holy crap...

[metallordofhell]

sphereagram:
an green day just won for sucking the most penis I have ever seen. But it is a fine example of how much the main streem have shlongs in their butts and balls on their gay chins.

lol now theres an award they should win

[deftonesfreak]

thats a ***ing joke. the day green day could compair to clapton will be the day i shoot myself. greenday is by far the worst ***ing group on the planet. the music industry sucks major ass. it must be run by a group of fags. how ,in anyway possible ,could they even come close to being as good a musician as any member of tool!

[askurmoran]

Green Day best band?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! LMFAO "hard Rock" OMG OMG OMG OMG this is some of the biggest bull shit of all time there are wAAA..y better bands than them i hope it was just a mix up because i think that kerrang award was wasted on this crap band

[we_all_rock]

HEHEHE!!!this article has gone crazy.

[metal_classic]

*** greenday they ***ing suck. i know someones gonna defend them cuz their the little fags who where the zeppelin and acdc t-shirts because is the style now days. So for you guys who think Greenday are Hardcore? or Super awesome, or ***, if you think greenday have skill? go listen to some Black Label Society, Some Zeppelin or Sabbath, and ill accept greenday when they stop there 4 chord songs and start acting like ***ing rockers. punk rock or pop punk or whatever the *** this music is now days can kiss my ass, back in the day u had to have skill to make it to the bigtimes now its a ***ing beauty contest. *** mtv *** the poppy ***ers and *** everything that doesnt respect the classics. If you are like me and hate the bullshit music that goes on these days please oh my god shout it loud! LONG LIVE METAL AND CLASSIC ROCK

[metal_classic]

clockworkorange in behind u 150% none of these bands can touch Zeppelin Floyd Sabbath Ozzy AcDc, if Hendrix or Rhoads heard this shit on the radio they'd flip in their graves. LONG LIVE METAL AND CLASSIC ROCK Jimmy page is God in Flesh

[we_all_rock]

we all gonna die!!!so is ur fav bands and when that happens they will still rule heaven,and If god would name best band on heaven it would be .....(fill the dots)

[metal_classic]

zeppelin =D

[Grovermans]

i pretty much hate green day,
but everyone who is talking about
how they are horrible and that
classic rock and stuff is amazing
need to realize that it's an opinion
and that only liking music made
before they were born is stupid.

and ffaf is NOT metal.

wtfux?

[metal_classic]

Lets make some God damn music worth listening to!!! Greenday, switchfoot, Blink-182, how the *** can this be??? Rap rules radio besides these gay ass bands???.. come on, i play metal and classic rock, we need a revolution a new era we need some skill on the radio we need some passion for the music not coldplay and aqualung and the gorillaz and this bullshit gay ass ***ing music. all you people out there men or women get off ur asses and break the cycle dont follow along with this pussy rock, pick up an instrument and learn to own it learn to rule it! learn to make ur guitar squeel and talk like you want it to even if it takes you 6 hours a day like its taken me. beat the piss outta your ***ing drum kit, make your fingers bleed on your ***ing bass!!!! sing until u need a resperator for breathing, let the music take you to the top. dont settle for being alright. This music is a passion and a sweet emotion that will make u fall in love with it... its extremely inportant for the future that we make some ***ing kick ass music. i dont know about the other true rockers out there, but when i hear greenday i think how bad this generation of music is, besides metal. its pothetic, our music has become a ***ing beauty contest. BLEED ROCK AND ROLL live it love it play it form the soul... thanks alot.

[metal_classic]

anybody who likes music for a reason other than the music itself is a ***ing retarted cock sucker

[metal_classic]

actually its not stupid... at all.. i was born in 1987 meaning im 18. for my taste rock music i like ended in about 1994. since then which was the end of grunge about i believe music has gone downhill and if there are any songs i like nowdays its metal like black label society and shit, like the guy said its all a matter of opinion

[GD_GC]

Green day is good, but not the best band ever. They are my favorite, but we can't forget the greats like Zepplen and AC/DC.

[baz-wah-balls]

if greenday sucked then why are they named the best band on the planet?? you all full of shit an obviously dont respect real music i mean soad what a shit album they sing about bollox

[Vinura]

what next.....

[ktweeden]

calm down children. so what if they won best band on the planet? why do you all take this as a personal insult? Of course these awards represent mainstream music, the awards are based on votes, therefore those bands that are more mainstream and have a bigger following will get more votes! chill people, chill.

[punk_pwincess]

These comments are fun to read. dont you reckon?

[Brooky22888]

Since when have green day been one of the world's biggest heavy rock bands? I always thought they were punk...

[Sup Almighty]

**** system of a down! I only like 2 of their songs!

[GetLostInIt776]

thats FUCKING awesome

[NOAH23]

I feel sorry for all you sad, pathetic, unintelligent cocks. Why can't you understand that GreenDay have fans? And again people going 'GreenDay can't ***ing touch LepZep.' Kerrang ARN'T going to GIVE THEM IT! Why? Because them have had no mainstream success this year and half of the other bands you mention haven't. You said RHCP. What the *** have they done this year? They have already won this award so they are not going to get it again until they release something else.
As for the live act, GreenDay deserve it. I saw them earlier this year and they were bloody brillent. They were always going to get it after they did the MiltonKeynes shows anyway.

[sh[a]dy}{m[o]nk]

ok i'm losing my ***ing mind, i almost shit myself, GREENDAY, best band in the world? they should be lucky to be nominated as a bad band at best, but wut do i no i only play guitar and actually listen to music, somedays i can't evan classify greenday as music other days they are tedering on the edge, but i have to say they are deffinately not the best band on the planet, wut the hell does "BEST" mean ne ways, obviously here it has nothing to do with musical talent.

[Vrfan]

Green day killed Punk!!!

[Scott_Rae1]

Green Day tried to make a pop record...and succeeded! Bollocks! They're shite!

[SvnStringMaster]

terrible. ***ing terrible.

[kooky_kaymo]

this isnt cool. green day used to be good. but now their media whores. the sponsored a ***ing nascar! nascar is the most REDNECK sport in america. what ever happened to fighting the redneck agenda!!

[MyOpinionOnly]

this is a travesty. Green Day is a bunch of sellouts and their music sucks. Best band on the planet my ass.

[lithium_project]

Ok i can understand people not liking Green Day, hell i find it embaressing (however you spell it) to say i'm a fan considering who some other green day 'fans' are, but to call them talentless? Don't you think your jumping the gun ever so slightly..and of course they are not the best band in the world, and that's because the Kerrang awards are voted for by YOU the public, and since all they ever play on Kerrang is Green day and My Chemical Romance, it was obvious they would win. Even though they clearly shouldn't.

But don't say Green day have no talent, they are a hell of a lot of fun live, and for a pop/punk band to create a 9 minute song and keep me intrested shows they do know how to write a killer tune. (It just gets overplayed thats all)

[metal_classic]

just shows how ***ed up this generation of music has become, its a ***in beauty contest instead of being based on talent. it depresses me to hear their music, it sucks that bad.. and yes we are all intitled to our opinions

[connerkjc]

i love SOAD and i like marilyn, but green day has deserved this for a while. They have 8 record, been together for 16 years and is more punk than your goth friend in school or at work. Now they may not be heavy maetal that is correct but can def knock the pants of any of 'em

[dan_the_pie]

GRREN DAY SUCKS ASS. SO DO ALL OF YOU QUEERS. STOP LISTENING TO DICKHEAD MUSIC!!!!ALL OF YOU ASS POUNDING FLAMERS NEED TO GO TO HELL

[dan_the_pie]

fuc k this is so biased. the only reason they are considered that is because so many ass pounders listen to pop punk and lick dicks too much

[metal_classic]

dude i miss the ***in 80s man, 80s 70s u know what im talking about, back when it took skill to win something like this. all these little skater fags wearing their sisters jeans thinking there hardcore cuz they got a lipring LMFAO omg im rollin laffin. cuz everytime i goto the small those little 105 pound kids running around saying gay ass shit then they run away laffing cuz they think there hardcore, its ***ing hilarious man, this generation of mtv and radio sucks ass long live metal and classic rock, and dan_the_pie your the man!

[GothicRomance66]

Well, i cant moan about the green day fan's comments...but i must ask one question,

How did green day ever get fans??

[Nirvana_rocks73]

RHCP will get this award again once the new c.d comes out. then every damn band should get back together and own music again!I watched freakin 8 hours of the stupid live aid concert just to see Pink Floyd rejoin for that one concert again. And they rocked!!!

[DeadSyringe]

nothing shall ever beat the Beatles!

[metal_classic]

amen deadsyringe

[keeslur21]

uhhhh when did green day become "heavy" rock? anybody? hmm...

[IlikeMetal]

green day is gay rock and kerrang! is nothing but an glamourized pop rock magazine.

GothicRomance66:
How did green day ever get fans??

by associating their name with pot and being a part of the pop rock genre, which is really nothing more than justin timberlake with a guitar. Fuck punk and *** pop rock! long live metal!

[metal_classic]

*** yeah man finally someone agrees with me instead of arguing the fact.... Greenday sucks

[robodog]

As a green day fan and a fan of most types of rock (punk, heavy metal, britsih metal, heavy rock etc tc) i have to say although they are good there older stuff is so much better. Dookie/Nimrod are their best albums. Me and my friends agree that although american idiot is satisfactory its to corparte shit-like. Green Day'next album should go back to their roots and their better music(i.e Dookie)


p.s IRON MADIEN = Best Band On the planet!!!..

[Nick Taylor]

Green Day can all go Fuck themselves because they suck ass and pollitical bands that don't know shit about politics are gay!!

[Angus_Rhoads]

What The Fuck....Green day is a horrible band....powerchords....thats like all they use....what the hell is wrong with people.....hell slipknot would be better than them....but the award shouldave gone to....Ac/Dc...at least Soad.....i mean...damn....

P.s. iron maiden....not bad....i still think ozzy is better though

[Angus_Rhoads]

but what the *** do i know...nothing besides greenday has no talent...ok thats my last post....

[Green_Day_Rock]

People, these awards things mean shit-all anyway.

[Green_Day_Rock]

To prove how predictable these awards are, i bet that next year the award will go to Trivium.

Moving on, GET WITH IT PEOPLE, THESE AWARDS ARE FOR ALL THE LITTLE KIDDIES WHO THINK THAT AMERICAN IDIOT IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER. TO PROVE KERRANG! SUCK, THEY SHOW RAP VIDEOS ON THEIR TV STATION. TAKE A CHILL PILL, AND STOP HATING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR MUSIC TASTE.

[Green_Day_Rock]

Next argument; Velvet Vevolver are OVERRATED!!!..

[Green_Day_Rock]

ANd now people will say, hey, why weren't they nominated? Who gives a shite anyway.

[heart_shaped]

WHY DO U PPL CARE!!! WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT HUS THE BEST,AS LONG AS U LIKE EM THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!STOP TAKING THE PISS OUTA BANDS THAT OTHERS LIKE THTA YOU DONT,YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF FUCKING HYPOCRITS!!!"OH MY BAND SHOULD'VE WON BLAH BLAH BLAH" STOP DISSING GREENDAY,IF THEY'VE WON THEY'VE WON,THATS LIFE,JUST STICK TO YOUR MUSIK AND STOP GIVING PPL SHIT ABOUT HU THEY LIKE!!I BET HALF OF YOU DONT EVEN PLAY AN INTRUMENT AND JUST COME HERE TO BITCH,WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO MUSICIAN SOLIDARITY,WE LIKE WAT WE LIKE.AND YOU PPL ALL HATE KERRANG BECAUSE THEY CHOSE GREENDAY OVER YOUR BANDS,BUT KERRANG IS STILL A DESANT MAG,YOU PPL ARE JUTS HOLDING GRUDGES.WHY DONT YOU ALL JUST GET ON WITH YOUR LIVES.
BTW,to green_day_rock,velvet revolver are so over rated,just cause they've got Slash.

[Green_Day_Rock]

Led Zep? Best band on the planet? 30 years ago maybe...

There's loads of new talent around these days, so come out of your room, stop living with your mother and get a life.

[Green_Day_Rock]

DeadSyringe:
nothing shall ever beat the Beatles!

damn straight!

[Angus_Rhoads]

heart_shaped.....shut up....we are supposed to make comments...thats why UG put this news shit up here....so...BLow A Goat...and VR is great...Led Zeppelin is the best band...Green_day_FAG

[rocknroller1010]

haha, *** green day haha, i left a comment on here before, but since i hate green day way more than a lot of bands, i thought i'd join the crowd some more and bash green day to a pulp, cause, you know, i'm not usually a disturbed/gay teen, but i just want to walk into their room, where they're all swinging their penises at each other after winning this award, and rape them, haha, i'll rape them with their guitars! I'll even plug the guitar into a speaker during the process and write a new green day song! Haha, then we can all be proud to not only state that they have shitty music, but we can say it literally! haha

[SlashandClapton]

omg velvet revolver pwn your ***ing ass green day, they got slash

[punk_pwincess]

Angus_Rhoads:
but what the *** do i know...nothing besides greenday has no talent...ok thats my last post....
[POSTED: 30 August 2005 - 19:29]|

Angus_Rhoads:
heart_shaped.....shut up....we are supposed to make comments...thats why UG put this news shit up here....so...BLow A Goat...and VR is great...Led Zeppelin is the best band...Green_day_FAG
[POSTED: 01 September 2005 - 18:54]|

i thought that was your last post

[punk_pwincess]

^^ oh, and if they have no talent, why have they been going strong for 16 years, have a record deal, heaps of money, heaps of fans, and most of all, won "Best Band On The Planet" - they're not going to win anything if they have no talent

[Red.Washburn77]

punk_pwincess:
^^ oh, and if they have no talent, why have they been going strong for 16 years, have a record deal, heaps of money, heaps of fans, and most of all, won "Best Band On The Planet" - they're not going to win anything if they have no talent

okay, the Best Band on the Planet award is a publicity contest, and with the release of American Idiot, well that just put 'em on top. Secondly, you don't need talent to make it big, and masses of extremely talented people NEVER make it at all! Look, The Ramones had NO TALENT (except Marky, but he quit later) and they were one of the best bands EVER!!! If you deny that the Ramones had no talent, then you're either (a) crazy (b) not a musician or (c) have really really low standards. Live with it: GREEN DAY ISN'T THAT TALENTED!!!

(don't get me wrong, I think Green Day ownz)

[Angus_Rhoads]

i say we send green day to some 3rd world country..and not bring em back..

[shakes]

green day sux
green day sux
green day sux
green day sux
i need to get a life!

[rocknroller1010]

i say i love it how even the green day fans are admitting they suck haha. I bet green day read this article before anyone commented on it and were like, "yeah, we rock", and i would love to see them read it now haha

[metal_classic]

Green_Day_Rock:
Led Zep? Best band on the planet? 30 years ago maybe...

There's loads of new talent around these days, so come out of your room, stop living with your mother and get a life.

dude greenday shouldnt even be considered rock, led zeppelin IS ROCK AND ROLL, they should make some new tag for these ***ing pussy ass bands. No member of greenday can even touch any member of zeppelin in any way. Jimmy Page, robert plant, john bonham, and john paul jones own every member of greenday with extreme ease. the worst zeppelin song is about 10 times better than greenday could ever hope for. ***ing skate kids dising the gods or rock. little bastard

[Green_Day_Rock]

if i may say so, i just don't care about led zep.
they aren't really very interesting from my point of view. there, i said something about someone's favorite band and now people are going to call my taste crap. how's that fair? oh well. take note metal_classic, i never said they were rock. jeez...

[Green_Day_Rock]

adding to what i already said, not every one who likes green day has a crap taste in music. i know people who like green day who also like anything from GnR to Trivium but, what do i know, i'm not meant to have an opinion coz my username has green day in it. pity the poor people who have busted_rule as their name. if you don't like green day, why leave abusive comments for people who might like them to read? bet your parents never knew you used that sort of language...

note i said NEW talent. ever heard of the subways? kasabian? dresden dolls? kings of leon?

what about old classics like NIN? Pink Floyd? The Who? Sex Pistols? (A REAL punk band!)

get used to it, not everyone has to like Led Zepplin.

[rocknroller1010]

haha, timeout, i want to clear something up. your taste of music sucks if you like green day. okay, everyone may continue bashing green day

[RageGarden]

This is what I wrote and sent to them by the way SOAD sucks cock and heavy metal its classic rock like Jimi all the way bitch

Dear Green Day,

You suck cock balls. I hate you guys. What happened to you, you used to be o.k. but now you are just gay. Take that damn Mascera off of you face you faggot Billie Joe. Take those tight-ass bitch pants off that you stole from your sister and that stupid red tie. If you hate America so much than why don't you just leave. You are the true American Idiot you jackass. You sitting there talking about how much America sucks when people are dying for your black-eyed ass. You think your gonna be a ledgend ( ha ha ) you cannot sing or play guitar worth a crap. Your gonna be walking a loney road after all of your gay, poser ass, punk rock fans agree with me. I would like to conclude with... go to hell.

[RageGarden]

First I'd like to say that metal and SOAD suck complete balls and here is a letter that i wrote to Green Day (they never replied) lol

Dear Green Day,

You suck cock balls. I hate you guys. What happened to you, you used to be o.k. but now you are just gay. Take that damn Mascera off of you face you faggot Billie Joe. Take those tight-ass bitch pants off that you stole from your sister and that stupid red tie. If you hate America so much than why don't you just leave. You are the true American Idiot you jackass. You sitting there talking about how much America sucks when people are dying for your black-eyed ass. You think your gonna be a ledgend ( ha ha ) you cannot sing or play guitar worth a crap. Your gonna be walking a loney road after all of your gay, poser ass, punk rock fans agree with me. I would like to conclude with... go to hell.

[RageGarden]

green day sucks!!!.. yeah!!!..

[rocknroller1010]

all the way RageGarden. haha, yeah greenday, if you hate america, go somewhere else, you're stinking our nation up, you and the rest of the ****ing power chorders out there. Haha, just the other day, two new freshmen tried out for the school band that I own, and lo and behold, they played power chords! They'd only been playing for like a ****ing five months, just shows the skill green day has. haha, cock sucking idiots, they go back stage and jack off to each other's ties haha

[Frito_Bandito]

ARE YOU FUCKIN SERIOUS

[pokku]

The Ataris is better than them for punk rock band.