Green Day Reveal Album Plans

Green Day have revealed that they will be "taking their time" writing the follow-up to "American Idiot", according to NME.com report. The band is also still looking at a full length movie version of their seventh LP, and have said that they will not be rushing into making the follow-up.

"We're gonna take our time," singer Billie Joe Armstrong said. "We'll probably start writing after the first of the year and then just regroup. We've gotta take our time -- this year was such a big year for us. I think it's a good time to regroup and have good substance to write about instead of hopping into something really fast."

Despite talks of an "American Idiot" film, the band say that they are unlikely to be appearing in the flick themselves. "We're gonna make a movie going along the story of 'American Idiot'," drummer Tre Cool told Xfm. "A rock opera. We need to go home, put some thought into it, talk to directors and writers and get the script together, stuff like that. I don't think that I'm going to have to (be in the film), because we're making the movie and I wouldn't do that to myself."

Armstrong added: "I'm not an actor at all. I'd rather be behind the writing and the production, and leave the acting to the actors."

Bassist Mike Dirnt has also explained how Green Day dealt with the initial criticism after breaking out of the Californian underground scene to a worldwide fanbase. He said: "We were so busy concentrating on living our lives and touring and working and growing into who we are as a band. You've gotta put the blinders on sometimes and go forward and say 'To hell with what anyone says'. You've just got to move forward and I think, at the end of the day, I'm glad we're here."

Comments

[feesk8ordie]

hmmmm.... i really hope they return to their roots just once more, maybe not this album, but sometime in the future...

[pnballwizrd2208]

man that movie is gonna suck!! i wish they would return to dookie stuff, that would rock.

[appetite]

Need to return to dookie man

time? like it took them four years to do their last one :p. :p

[GnRrelease_it]

how long before someone says they're not punk...3..2..1...

[LucasGtrGod]

they're not punk. lol

[murray_lindsay]

Opinions are like *******s everyone has one. I applaud Green Day for making a good album and putting out singles. I find when a band becomes popular it becomes cool to bash it. Green Day deserve all the accolades that come their way. They are a hard working band and AMerican Idiot was better then a lot of stuff out there nowadays.
If they went back to their dookie or Kerplunk roots, people would bash them for not growing. You have to remember that they are in their mid thirties so their sound is obviously gonna evolve

[PistolPeet]

anyone else catch jonny rottens greatest hits thing on vh2 last nite? was bloody great, he was taking the piss outta greenday a hell of a lot. ha it was brilliant

[TimiHendrix33]

pnballwizrd2208
wrote:

man that movie is gonna suck!! i wish they would return to dookie stuff, that would rock.

feesk8ord
ie wrote:


hmmmm.... i really hope they return to their roots just once more, maybe not this album, but sometime in the future...

MY thoughts EXACTLY

[whotheledbeatle]

take your time green day, i'll be waiting.

[KickOutTheJamsX]

hmm good thing green day isnt emo, but i guess if you have 1 emotional song then youre stuck with it the label..

[Inahrima]

Old green day = great AND New green day = great

Mix of the two = AWSOME!!!!

[Alex101]

A new Green Day album will rock!

[kelso12345]

personally i think the old green day like dookie and 1039 were way better than american idiot

[kelso12345]

and were did the make up come from?

[Biggs]

PistolPeet wrote:

anyone else catch jonny rottens greatest hits thing on vh2 last nite? was bloody great, he was taking the piss outta greenday a hell of a lot. ha it was brilliant

That was hilarious...and the offspring stuff too.

I like Green Day. like American Idiot, BUT, surely there's a limit to how much you can promote it? I mean, I read that they are now doing a movie based on it 'influenced by The Who's Tommy...' Why? Don't get me wrong, they are a great band, but they are just promoting and releasing to the extent that I'm getting sick of them.

[Encore_God]

Johnny Rotten, as a middle aged man who drives a Volvo and deals in Real Estate, frankly has no right to claim he's any more punk than anyone else.

[washingmachine]

Okay I can take the point that some of their stuff is overplayed and that they don't exactly have the musicianship of Yngwie Malmsteen, but I thought "American Idiot" was fundementally a good solid songwriting driven album! And wernt the Beatles overplayed in their day! (Not to compare Green Day to the Beatles!)

[jesusgonewrong]

Well I hope they go back to their old stuff rather than this new mainstream crap we all hear.

[blackenedktulu]

Back to dookie and Insomniac maybe. american idiot sucks

[LPStudio]

Dookie wasnt even that great.. If any of you kids were around when 3000 smoothed out slappy hours was around you would know that thats where they should return to. It was the only Green Day album I ever owned.

[duncang]

Guys, get over it, they are not gonna go back to Dookie, that was 11 years ago, look to the future! If you dont like their new music, then dont listen to them!

[queen471]

give it up greenday. blink 182 have retained SOME dignity by quitting, 'cause let's face it, they were gettin crap. Well, they were crap after the Dude Ranch album. Greenday should just leave it now, they got enough money. And bolluks if anyone gives me that hippy shit of 'it's all about the music not the money'. Not many bands would bother if there was no money

[nirvana_89_94]

id live to see green day make there next album so it wud basically be commersial suicide n go really punk again with there music

[PistolPeet]

Encore_God wrote:

Johnny Rotten, as a middle aged man who drives a Volvo and deals in Real Estate, frankly has no right to claim he's any more punk than anyone else.

Johnny Rotten owns punk idiot. and we dont want some little faggy americans like greenday adopting the label. bah!

[Buffy_summers]

NO ONE CARES. jus tthink about that statement everyone whos 'stating their opinion' and wasting so much time writing this crap every day. IT IS ALL CRAP. all of it. not one person on this is actually right. Why waste so much time talking about music when theres actually this funny old fashioned thing people sometimes do called 'LISTENING TO MUSIC'. If you like it, you listen to it again. If you dont like it, you dont listen to it. Can i make that any clearer. So please, go listen to music. NOW. i said now. what are you doing i said go listen to music already jeez whats it gunna take?

[Skuzzy]

There FUCKIN AMAZIN so shut up. Cant wait for it!

[SumGreenNOFX182]

Green Day sold out.
And so ****ing what? Almost every band you heard of sold out! I know their older albums were way better, I don't like American Idiot either. But I don't think it's because it's too mainstream, I think it's only because it's too different, and you can't hear the bass anymore, and it's not pop-punk anymore. Anyways, like a lot of other people said, it'd be great if they could make an album like their older ones, but I don't think that's possible.

[2muchTV]

ok here's the deal:

Green Day, TO ME, is a comlpetely different band now than what they were back then. I am not partial to either one. American Idiot was more of a 3-4 month thrill for me when it came out. Much more powerful effect on me then dookie or 1039 smoothed out ever had on me. HOWEVER, the older stuff is more classic, and will ALWAYS be some of my favorite stuff. Whatever they do I'm fine with it. If you wanna see bands milking stuff... look at Hawthorne Heights, They milked "Ohio is fot Lovers" for about a year on commercials, the video, everything... they JUST started promoting their 2nd hit off the album "Niki FM". WTF is that. Are they gonna keep it up for another year or 2.
In my eyes, Green Day should keep making music for as long as physically possible.

[goth clash]

yay! more green day.i cant seem to get enough of them recently. I think i have a serious illness. Oh well, love them or hate them you really got to respect them. They take so much critisism (is that how you spell it?) but they keep on going.

[IsrafelThe7th]

But OMFG GREEN DAY KICKS ASS!!! Don't dis, please! yes, it's good to return to roots...but....Jesus Of Suburbia...the video was AMAZING....Hey, i'm a fan of all their stuff...from 1,039/Smooth to American Idiot, it's all sublime....

[928GTS]

Honestly if they really want to scare people they should go to back to making stuff off of 1,039 except with the content focusing slightly less on love and rejection and more on just living life and having a good time.

I'd love to see a stripped down album with none of the fancy production values and also I'd love to see Billie play "Blue" exclusively. He looks so damn out of place with those Les Paul Juniors. Whenever I picture Billie I always see him wailing away on "Blue" like he used to at all of his old Gilman performances. Enough of this "punk opera" stuff,lets see you guys go back to what you used to be.

[mentaldonkey182]

it's another comments list about whether green day have sold out. what a suprise.

[Stevethegreat]

appetite wrote:

Need to return to dookie man

You and the other 349537485 million people who have said that need to shut up. Its not going to happen. Dookie was in the past. They moved on. Why don't you just listen to Dookie, hey, maybe even listen to it backwards! Hippies. And they never really were punk, even when they were underground, they still had as much a pop-punk sound as you could, a la screeching weasel, the only resemblence thay may have had was thier underground lifestyle I guess. I can personally wait for a new album as I don't listen to them as much anymore.

[thefinalcut]

Buffy_summers wrote:

NO ONE CARES. jus tthink about that statement everyone whos 'stating their opinion' and wasting so much time writing this crap every day. IT IS ALL CRAP. all of it. not one person on this is actually right. Why waste so much time talking about music when theres actually this funny old fashioned thing people sometimes do called 'LISTENING TO MUSIC'. If you like it, you listen to it again. If you dont like it, you dont listen to it. Can i make that any clearer. So please, go listen to music. NOW. i said now. what are you doing i said go listen to music already jeez whats it gunna take?

Yeah but people are on here to dicuss there opinions of things. People are gonna comment, ignorant or not.

[Guitar_Chick99]

I love Green Day, okay maybe they did sell-out a lil bit but they are still awesome, can't wait for the new CD.

[Kram]

Back on topic:it should be good.

[smileyface]

I am sick of Greenday's over-promotion of themselves. But they are still a great band which they proved on American Idiot. Jonny Rotten doesn't deserve to comment on anything seeings how the sex pistols are the most over-promoted, contrived band of all time. They were around for one frickin year, made one mediocre album that is only popular for the image it enforced not the music. And I know I'll get shit for that cause many of u are tools and believe anything u hear.

[Letterbomb11]

I really like BOTH new and old Green Day, and hope their next album is a mix of Insomniac and American Idiot (The first because of the base lines, the second because of the guitar licks and because I like all the songs from that one.). Take your time GD. Put effort to make this better than all your albums combined (please include a real shredder of a solo [he probably would if he really wanted to, all you people who think he sucks at guitar]).

[Nick-182]

piss off movie shit! but hello new album

[Nick-182]

cigarettes and valantines

[Letterbomb11]

And yes, even though I think AI is their best album and a classic, I am sick of its over-promotion and am waiting for the hype to end.

[Letterbomb11]

Third post (sorry), but I hope they re-record the "lost album" (cigarrettes and valentines) as a bonus disk (or sometime in the future). i wonder how good that one was (I know it was a combination of Warning: and nimrod).

[loyd]

i'd watch the movie..

[punkextremest]

if a movie would come out i would watch, and i allso cant wait for the new album!!

[SuperAnalytical]

QOTSA40 wrote:

I hate Green Day, and all emokids alike, but i gotta admit, i have respect for how mike dirnt put it at the end. That shows class on their part i think. I cant believe im sayin that about green day. someone please bitchslap me

Green Day isn't emo. They are pop-punk/rock/punk (this is considering ALL albums)

In any case...I don't care how long it takes them to get out this new album, just as long as it's a respectable and deserving piece of music.

[ChesterChaz]

i will only watch the movie if they get some nude chicks in it

[HazeD]

im about to post my opinon, so chill the **** out. dookie sucked just as much as their other albums. the only thing this band ever had was a reputation for being "punk rock" but they got big so their fans casted em out. the sound from dookie is not that different from their other albums, be serious. the sound has a difference, but its not that big.

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

why the hell are they making a movie?

[Blade1112]

YES! MORE GREEN DAY!

[sidlives]

This is what I really ****ing hate about the whole punk scene. As soon as a band plays a venue over 500 people then they are sell-outs and need to be shot. Green day make quality music, and are to be respected because they are putting out a message that I think is important. And to the asshat who called the emo - get a grip, you obviously dont know what emo is.

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

green day rock! a year from now all the trendy kids will foget about em and move on to the next big rapper or emo band. but god, if they do make this movie they will be humiliating themselves...and their fans.

[jklsadj;sadjfak]

metallica also made a popular but also bad cd, but you dont see them goin and making a mov.....oh wait.

[Scourge441]

metallica also made a popular but also bad cd, but you dont see them goin and making a mov.....oh wait.

Some Kind Of Monster was a documentary. These guys are using a movie to promote a freaking album! There's a definite difference between that and, say, someone outside the band independently doing a play based on a Dream Theater album.

[metallica99]

American Idiot was ok, but i still prefer their older stuff like Nimrod and Dookie etc. Why do they now wear makeup since releasing AI? They're not emo...

[zepp_girl*]

American idiot made a lot of posers. All the rap/hip-hop people heard American idiot and then they were like "Oh Greenday is cool.Let's all turn punk [i'm not saying greenday is punk becuase they're not]and say we're punk becuase we listen to greenday."

[Mike_rocka_boy]

shit i cant wait to get it

[misirlou]

the way i see it, nobody should be allowed to tell green day that they shouldn't progress. so you liked dookie but you don't like american idiot. go listen to dookie then. now, it's true, green day may be moving away from punk. however, i don't limit myself to punk rock, and a lot of the people i know who listen to punk don't limit themselves to it either. maybe american idiot isn't exactly punk. it's definitely not underground. who cares? i still think it's good music. but that's just what i think.

[top_hat_rocker1]

If they went back to their dookie or Kerplunk roots, people would bash them for not growing. You have to remember that they are in their mid thirties so their sound is obviously gonna evolve

damn rite, i prefer dookie an kerplunk to american idiot bt ur rite, an if green day are happy with the way it sounded, an it brings rock back to the mainstream thn just leave it alone, a lot of bands grow up and release stuff more grown up and mainstream thn before that you probably like, like the clash or g'n'r, its a way of life and thats obviously what they wanted to do, and in my opinion american idiot has some really good songs

[ilovetape]

green day is my favorite band but i am glad their gonna take a break. too many teenies and posers like them right now. as for not being punk... who cares if they are or not just shut up and listen to the music

[gimme_fuel_89]

An american idiot movie? They must think they're greater than god.

[TheNthDimension]

duncang wrote: Guys, get over it, they are not gonna go back to Dookie, that was 11 years ago, look to the future! If you dont like their new music, then dont listen to them!

Well said, I like their old stuff and their new stuff. Just because they're suddenly in the charts alongside all the crap music doesn't necessarily mean they sold out. Not so sure about a "rock opera" though, we'll have to wait and see for that one.

[cointurtlemoose]

Is the guy on the left, in the picture, pointing to Billy Joe with his middle finger? Is he giving him the finger?

[kcfshorty]

the guy on the left is mike dirnt...and yes it looks like he may be giving billie the finger...or he just points with his middle finger...WHO KNOWS?!

[ionlylookscary]

kcfshorty has this to say
and NO they were not bashing bush or AMERICA, in that matter, they were analyzing AMERICAN SOCIETY!! listen to the lyrics to American Idiot..."dont want to be an american idiot, one nation controlled by the media, information age of histeria, this is going out to idiot america!" did they ever mention Bush?? or the government?? uh NO! and many people think the song Holiday is anti-american...billie joe says before they play this song live "this song is not anti-american, its anti-war!"...people misunderstand the message they are trying to put out...

Oh my god thats what i always said cuase bush obviously isnt the media!! I want them to go back to Nimrod I LOVE NIMROD

Now im just another shitty old man the world oes me so **** you

[Fizzy]

A Bloody film. It just keeps going on...Are they a band or a brand...Methinks brand

[guitarmonkey4]

OK... I will bet 553,253,687,376,837,937 dollars that we cannot have one single Green Day news article that only discusses the news and not whether or not they are punk, whether or not they suck, or whether or not Dookie is better than American Idiot.

[guitarmonkey4]

BTW, if Dookie had been as succesful as American Idiot you all would probably bash Dookie. Like someone else said somewhere up there, when something becomes popular it becomes popular to hate it.
Example: Hilary Duff is a f**king moron. There you go. But honestly... Hilary Duff does suck...

[jsiden]

A Bloody film. It just keeps going on...Are they a band or a brand...Methinks brand

Even though i love green days music, i agree with fizzy. you're a band, not a buisness, so make records, but not movies.

[skaternerd]

green day are the klest band and i know itll never change in me that theu rule but mi frends says theyre crap but i know they dont one day im gonna do a green day tribute and i promise that and the longer they take its probably gonna be better!!!!!green day rule

[waffler]

Its stupid that everyone wants them to go back to their roots. They lost their roots at nimrod and matured. I mean, geeze, they still make good music, it just is a lot different. Sum 41 sounds different as they go on. Blink sounded different as they went on. But whoa! Greenday changing?! Eff them! GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS!!
Thats like the stupidest thing i have heard.....
Plus, the movie might be interesting, American Idiot had a great story to it.

[Smokey Amp]

Ah, the mandatory Green Day weekend article. Good work UG.

[Pyro128]

Wonder where this'll end up

[weezergeek182]

I've never read so many green gay articles in my life

[ANewFoundPride]

yeah green day's popular, so what? they still play good music...

[ckae58]

I wonder what their next album will be like...I guess I'll get it anyway.

[primusfan]

Ok. I felt so enraged that I thought I should post a comment.

Green Day should f**king die. My tolerance for them has fizzled out. A movie? I had always said "If you don't like it, don't listen to it and do something else" in defense of their s**ty music. But a movie? That is ... gay.

Stop it. Just stop it. And I won't wish death upon them, because they'd most likely get more media coverage than Reagan's funeral. MTV would have a week of silence to honor their fallen dumbs**t heroes.

Christ Jesus, what the f**k?!

[primusfan]

but its about being yourself and not careing what other people think of you...its all about INDIVIDUALISM!! which is the underlining theme of the WHOLE ALBUM!!

Ah yes. Individualism. How individual the mindless masses dressed head to toe in Green Day gear believing whatever they say are.

[WhyDoYouWantHim]

As far as i'm concerned, if you don't like the music you don't listen to it and are therefore not a fan hence your opinion means nothing.
Second, i've all of green days albums and some bootlegs and it's perfectly obvious to me that the new music is far better than any thing they have ever done in the past. Listen to 'why do you want him?' and then any american idiot song you'll see what i mean.
Third, i saw 'crazy frog' today and then right after it 'wake me up when september ends', everybody gives out to them for releasing singles, i'd personnaly like to thank them for giving my ears a rest from all the bullshit.
Fourth, i hate those kids and r n b idiots who call themselves green day fans as much as the next man, but i've learned to ignore them, or humiliate them by asking questions.
As for the whole new album, take your time guys i'll be waiting, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, it doesn't matter, i'm a fan!!
I don't really know what to say about the video we'll just wait and see, if its bad bummer, if its good then hallelujah!!!
after 17 years of green day i have only 1 complaint, the concerts, i've seen them 3 times in the last 2 years and each concert was almost identical, right down to the set list. Other than that keep up the good work.

[can't_stop4ever]

okay, you know what, if you hate greenday don't post here the fact that you even clicked onto this just to have a punch at them means your an *******, also, even though i'm not the biggest greenday fan, i'll see that movie and i'll like it because greenday aren't the best band around but their the most succesful decent band within the past year!

[Sgt_Pepper27]

These guys have got brains. Just trust em, itll kick major buttocks.

[SlashNX]

To be honest, If Greenday songs are overplayed how is that Green Days fault??!! Most Music Video channels use a voting system so its the public that has made them overplayed!
I dont think the movie is to promote the album, cos it wud be a pretty expensive promotion scheme, I Just think, like ne artist, they want to expand their creativitiness, its a concept album so its one of those albums that can be made into a film! i will go and see it with an open mind!!
And Mike's last point I thort was well said, he did well to say it, because up until now I dont think neone knew that GreenDay knew that people were dissing them for moving into the mainstream!

[Green Day5204]

Green Day is amzaing, yes left left underground who cares. The music is still good why does everyone who doesnt like greend ay make their opinion known. I dont bash other bands its a personal choice why make a big deal out of it.

[Staind_Black]

I'm really tired of the American Idiot album....like enough to want to boycott Green Day until they move on and stop making such a bid deal about this.

A movie based on an album? Sounds like a flop. I love GD, don't get me wrong, but American Idiot was only a psuedo-concept album in my eyes, and not really substantial enough to make a movie. And if their follow-up is this mediocre, the time was wasted I think. *shrugs*

[Donkey Fly]

Staind_Black , its been done before and if your tired of AI , we dont wanna hear it!

as mike dirnt said 'To hell with what anyone says'

Personally , i think Green Day should make the most out of American Idiot , that's exactly what they are doing. I Read this topic hoping to hear about the New Album by the way not the film.

[carvin18945]

alright every1 who keeps dissing greenday needs to stop. u guys are obviously jealous that 1 of ur favorite gay emo bands hasn't experienced half the success that greenday has. Ur lying if u look back on their success and tell me that they are posers and they aren't punk. if it wasn't for greenday,punk music would be a lot different today. they have inspired so many ppl to get up off their asses and start writing music. if u think greenday is a poser band that is like every1 else, then u obviously dont know anything about greenday. even with the popularity, they are my favorite band and they always will be, no matter how many gangsters or r & b ppl start liking them and more importantly, i dont care how many freaking gay emo kids diss them. they are going down in history as one of the greatest rock bands that ever lived, movie or no movie. i think that the rock opera american idiot was the greatest idea that they have ever had. if u think its crap, then u try writing a record based on a complicated topic such as politics and freakin sell out. if u think they dont have any talent, then u try writing a song and getting it on the radio. i guarantee u will never score as many hit songs as greenday has.

[ajsgotthescoop]

Worst thing about Green Day:
Tons of kids deciding to hate Bush because of a song. What impressionable bastards. GreenDay5204, people make their opinion known that they hate Green Day for the same reason you make it known that you like them by using their name. And of course Green Day knows that their older fans didn't like them going mainstream. The older fans truly liked the music whereas there is a much greater chance that people have become Green Day fans simply because they're on MTV and the radio at least once an hour. No, I'm not bashing Green Day. They're good at making money and passing on their opinions so that nearly every kid that likes them asserts that Bush is an idiot. "Nation controlled by the media?" How about the hypocrisy in that.

[Truth Seeker]

kcfshorty wrote:

the story behind American idiot is actually very good, and very well thought out...most people dont take the time to listen to the whole album, and read/listen to all of the lyrics...a movie would be nice seeing as the story behind the album is (in my opinion) a powerful one that most teens can relate too...the problem is, if they really follow through making a movie...and its bad...they could screw up their whole carreers...no one will take them seriously...

for all of those people who say THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE DOOKIE FOR THEIR NEXT ALBUM!! i think u guys are just following this idea that green day has really changed their sound...id have to argue that maybe the songs are a LITTLE different, but they are still very distinctly Green Day...they have become more serious and they write about more mature issues then they did when the put out dookie, this being a result of age...i really like american idiot, i thought that message they were trying to put out was a very important one...and NO they were not bashing bush or AMERICA, in that matter, they were analyzing AMERICAN SOCIETY!! [quote]listen to the lyrics to American Idiot..."dont want to be an american idiot, one nation controlled by the media, information age of histeria, this is going out to idiot america!" did they ever mention Bush?? or the government?? uh NO!

and many people think the song Holiday is anti-american...billie joe says before they play this song live "this song is not anti-american, its anti-war!"...people misunderstand the message they are trying to put out...

the message being...find your own way in life, dont listen to the propoganda that everyone tries to force feed you...dont give into the social and political tensions of our country...make your own opinions and dont beleive everything everyone else tells you...

some people say that green day isnt punk...well is that not what "punk",or for that matter ROCK ITSELF, all about...its not just about non-conformity (yes there is irony within the punk scene seeing as they conform to "punk" scene itself) but its about being yourself and not careing what other people think of you...its all about INDIVIDUALISM!! which is the underlining theme of the WHOLE ALBUM!!

go listen to the whole album...non-stop..you'll see what i mean...[/quote]

[ajsgotthescoop]

"if u think its crap, then u try writing a record based on a complicated topic such as politics and freakin sell out."

Wow. Complicated topic such as politics? Take a look at how many political bands have been in existence. And where the hell is American Idiot complicated at all?

"u guys are obviously jealous that 1 of ur favorite gay emo bands hasn't experienced half the success that greenday has"

If people were jealous of Green Day's success, why would they hate Green Day for that exact reason? Your logic is terribly flawed.

"and more importantly, i dont care how many freaking gay emo kids diss them."

Wow, you're telling people that they don't know anything about Green Day and such, yet you generalize that all the people who dislike them are gay emo kids. Let's take a look at the song Boulevard of Broken Dreams. How is that not what you would call a stereotypical "emo" song? And in the second place, if emo is so damn gay, then how would Green Day not be gay? All of it has emotion put into it.

Also, please stop referring to things as "gay." It's very detrimental to the cultural progress of America as pertaining to the acceptance of people's ideas.

[theonlybman]

Does anyone notice they are dressed as priests in the picture?

[Nybb]

Nice, another Green Day article up for the weekend. :rolleyes: I'm starting to think UG does it on purpose becuase they know people can't resist reading and posting on a GD article.

Oh and the band isn't bad but the idea of a movie is silly.

[Nybb]

Haha silly me, trying to use forum shortcuts on a comment board.

[stumaster18]

whats the point of arguing. everyone has their own opinion on green day. if you like em or not, it doesnt matter. but they are a talented band.

[Slave_to_Music]

Watever floats their boat. Green Day is a good band. Who cares if they want to change everyone else does.

People Labeling them "Not Punk" contradicts the whole meaning of the word.

[GnRrelease_it]

AGAIN....UG puts a green day story on friday so we fight all weekend about whether or not green day is punk...they're PLAYING WITH OUR MINDS people..dont be fooled.
lol

[loz42]

green day are brilliant initiaters, and the only way to take the new media flood surrounding them is to stick to their music and dedicate each and every song to their true die hard fans from the beginning. bravo

[Sarah_B91]

I think good on them for sticking with it and doing what they want and sticking to their beliefs. AI is a great albem and yes it is over-played a bit and people give them **** about it but if it was another band would people do the same thing?

Im a GD fan and whatever albem they make next i'll be happy with it because i like GD. For all those people who are saying "they should make an albem like dookie", why would they do that? Isnt that going backwards? With all the success so far with AI they'll probably continue going in that direction. And so maybe they arent all that punk any more and gone mainstream and stuff but they're still good and if you dont like them thats fine but leave the people who like them alone.

As for the movie i definitly want to watch that. After seeing the JOS video the movie is bound to be good.

[Jennbello]

People are alwasy bitching about how much American Idiot sucked and how "not punk" they are now, if its so horrible then why was it their biggest success? I mean Ive been to 2 of thier concerts, ****ing brilliant and the most fun anyone could have, so no matter what they do or what anyone says, Im gonna stick by them and listen to their music

[Sarah_B91]

Jennbello wrote:

People are alwasy bitching about how much American Idiot sucked and how "not punk" they are now, if its so horrible then why was it their biggest success? I mean Ive been to 2 of thier concerts, ****ing brilliant and the most fun anyone could have, so no matter what they do or what anyone says, Im gonna stick by them and listen to their music

Good on ya

[SURFraptor7]

I hated Green Day until I saw/heard the Welcome to Paradise video (back when they were punk). Fun song, and the bass is sick... why doesnt he play like that anymore?


Still hate the new stuff though, and hate them politically, but what can you expect from a pop band?

[sg-rocker173]

Nirvana_rocks73
wrote:

Punkrock_scotty
youre the stupidest asswipe I have ever seen every frikin comment you make is disgusting! Like last time when you said Hendrix sucked, youre a bag of worthless Billie Joe Armstrong crap.

You're using an insult by saying he likes a man who doesn't include blazing solos in his music... Yet you're name is Nirvana_Rocks73. Interesting.

As a side note: Who cares if he isn't a talented guitarist? It sounds good, doesn't it?

Let's use dots as an example.

Every see an optical illusion made of dots? Where you get far away and the dots make a picture? Dots... very simple... Yet they look good as a whole. (If you apply them the right way, that is...)

Sure, people look back at Michaelangelo and say god damn, he was a talented artist. That's what people do with Hendrix, Slash, Clapton, etc etc.

Something doesn't have to be complex to be good. Simple is better sometimes.

[monkeyspks]

The only thing that changed about Green Day in the past 10 years is the amount of voice editing they did to Billie Joe's voice, and the extra guitar guy.

Making a movie out of American Idiot is a complete waste of money and time. Especially if it's anything like that corny "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video... dear God.

[StratDune]

monkeyspks:
Espec
ially if it's anything like that corny "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video... dear God

I agree. How can Evan Rachel Wood even agreed to do that video? It's full of shit.

[em0 is not cool]

have any of you seen green day live? if you haven't, then you can't put down bullet in a bible.

another thing, all of you can bitch and moan about green day, but the thing is they're doing what they love and they just happen to get paid for it. they've been around for a while now.. so i guess any band that's been playing and selling for 17 years is a sellout? and.. how is this not punk rock? it IS rebellion and stating an opinion about authority isn't it? they haven't changed that much since i started listening to them with dookie. the only difference i can detect now is that billie joe has a family of his own and he's a little concerned about their future. people just love to bash people who are where they want to be.

[Letterbomb11]

^^^Can I get another amen?

[MultEntendre!]

hmmmm...Green Day...

[Jakemo]

Johnny Rotten owns punk idiot. and we dont want some little faggy americans like greenday adopting the label. bah!

Pistol Pete, You are the biggest tool ever! u cant OWN punk it was a way of life! Anyway, the pistols were just as commercial (if not more) Than GD! They were just a tool for Malcom Mclarens Shop and they said F*CK in thier songs for publicity!

[JorisBlack]

As soon as I saw there was news about Green Day I knew there were going to be a LOT of comments on it.

I don't like 'em, but it's good for them that they can get rich playing easy songs, being popular etc...

To the guy who says he doesn't like QOTSA (couple of comments back up) : I give you the finger.

[cazthegr8]

lol yeah i agree wiv tht dude, QOTSA rock! \m/. So do Green Day tho, i think this whole movie thing is a gd idea,cud b very risky tho, and yeah they shudnt be in it themselves bcoz theyre not actors r they?!?!?! they shud stick to wot they r best at, which is writng kickass music, i cant w8 4 the next album, even tho its gonna b ages away!! A return 2 dookie wud b gd but thts in the past, they aint teens nemore singing about masturbation(dookie duz rock tho). I fink Green Day ****in rock so i dnt care wot u ppl say, THEY R NOT EMO! Yeh u can get anuva amen...AMEN!! (a few comments bk hehe).

[washingmachine]

I for one think Politics in music at this point in time couldnt be more relevent. Art has always mirrored its culture and political climate. Like them or not bands like Green Day, Rise Against and SOAD are speaking to a lot of people including myself that feel alienated by the current culture of right-wing conservative idiotcy,propaganda and paranoia!

[appetite]

For **** sakes get over yourselves! That album has sold over 10 million copies, so GD must be doing something right!

I'm not sure about the movie, if its about the story of St.Jimmy then it will be pretty good. The JoS video has got me hooked.

[Johnny-Fox]

Ok lets just get it straight... Green Day hasn't Change their playing stlye at all. If you attcally listen its been the same for ever damn album. Second all you new green day haters are stupid for hating them "Cause they changed" Or "Cause they sold out". Cuase first of all they haven't changed anything accpt how they look, and how did they sell out??? Because people like American Idoit and buy it, thats selling out. NO I don't think so. Plus just cause you hear them all the radio all the time is because people request it(at least in Va they do) so its not attcally up to Green Day... Or any other band for that matter. So get the **** over them being over played, the only person you can blame is the people around you. Green Day is a good band new or old. You people can either go with the crowed (all the haters) Or be your god damn self (everyone who still likes them either way).

[009]

It's been done before by a much better band.

[PistolPeet]

Jakemo

Pistol Pete, You are the biggest tool ever! u cant OWN punk it was a way of life! Anyway, the pistols were just as commercial (if not more) Than GD! They were just a tool for Malcom Mclarens Shop and they said F*CK in thier songs for publicity!

could you have missed the point anymore? the pistols changed everything. the fact that you have the word "emo" in your name tells me you arn't ever going to understand, so ill stop wasting my time.

[carvin18945]

i apologize for using the word "gay" excessively, but i just find it hard to believe that so many ppl are so opposed to greenday and their success. ajgotthescoop or w/e ur name is, i still belive that the topic of politics is a complicated topic and u know why? i know a lot of other bands have based their songs on the same stuff, but name one other band who has had as much success as greenday. u cant look at that album and tell me that the story isnt a genious story, cuz it is. and about the ppl being jealous, i dont know the answer to ur question, which is wut i was implying in my first entry. y dont u ask an anti-greenday person instead of me? they will say "well every1 else likes them and i have to not like them cuz its the kool thing to do right?"

[cazthegr8]

i still dnt get how Green Day r emo.

[Letterbomb11]

^You don't get how they are emo because they aren't. There's nothing wrong with you, just the "true punks/metalheads" who think music has to be raw and angsty and/or have crazy guitar solos. They don't know anything about elegant in simplicity. They are labeled emo for being popular in a world where emo is popular (note: I do not hate emo).

[ebreality]

Many of you people (notice how I said MANY, not ALL) are saying that you dislike Green Day because they are "not punk" and "mainstream." The point of punk is to "fight the machine" so to speak. But doesn't anybody realize that YOU ARE THE MACHINE?! Rebellion is cool! People brag about being rebels and being against popularity, but all you're doing is adding to the population of self-proclaimed rebels. It's the way the world's worked for years and will continue to work until the universe implodes or God destroys the human race and brings his beloved into heaven, whichever viewpoint you choose to take. Something is actually rebellious for a while, and then it and its followers are sucked into the mainstream. I'm sick of it!!

People are also saying that Greenday should go back to their roots. That's the biggest load of bullshit I've heard. Saying that they should go from their latest success back to Dookie is like saying, "Yeah the White Album is different then anything the Beatles did, they should've gone back to Please Please Me." You're saying that their best work to date is shit because it's different!

And anybody who clicked on the link to say "Green Day sucks" is wasting his time in much the same way that I am wasting mine. I clicked on the link because I was curious as to whether or not Green Day were going to release an album anytime soon. Unfortunately, I ended up trying to argue in a pointless argument.

I'd like to end my little rant like this: A rock opera can have the greatest story in the world, but if the music sucks, nobody will buy it. It could also be just another boy-meets-girl, boy-falls-in-love, happy-ending story, but if the music rocks, so will the album.

-Nero

P.S. It's the artist's job to create the art, it's the audience's job to interpret it.
P.P.S. It seems from all the insults flying around that this forum is home to four retards, fourty-three homosexuals, and six people who are all tied for stupidest person in the world. We are so blessed.

[ebreality]

Oh wait, I know what I should've written:
You know what, I used to love Green Day. But you people pointed out to me through this forum that they really suck and play nothing but power chords. Now I think that Billy Joe Armstrong sucks, and I hate Greenday, and anything else that happens to be popular! Thank you UG!

[cazthegr8]

wow thanks letterbomb11 for clearing tht up 4 me lol. they r rock or punk rock woteva, anything except emo rly. Green Day dnt play jus power chords, try playing sum of there songs n u'll know! if u losers think Green Day suck so much, y do u spend so much time complainin about them in these forums? dnt u hav better things 2 do?!?!?!

[stonyman65]

I used to like greenday.... Now, they have had one album that was huge and now they think they can tell us how to vote and think they are the best (don't beleive me look at a few interviews with Billy Joe)I'm with him on the hate bush thing but they have sold out big time. wish they went back to the old stuff and got some more technique.

[IlIk2plygUItAr]

Greenday were better a while ago, but they arent as bad as people say nowdays. Just because some preppy girls like them doesnt mean you shouldnt. Thats just shallow.

[drunk guitarist]

there newest wasnt that great but im lookin forward to some more green day

[geenday409]

you all need to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

I went and saw em in concert, and theyre fanbase wasnt as pathetic as you guys say. the average person was a 15-20 year old guy, not all 12 year old girls. i only saw a few, and they didnt seem to be having any fun. anyway, i saw the bullet in a bible thing on tv and it was awesome. really inspiring for me and playing guitar and shit.

[geenday409]

green day pwn by the way

[rpguitardude]

Green Dat rocks !!! good luck on the new album ! to Green Day bashers : will oyu pls. use your brain ( if u got one ) !!

murray_lindsay:
O
pinions are like *****s everyone has one. I applaud Green Day for making a good album and putting out singles. I find when a band becomes popular it becomes cool to bash it. Green Day deserve all the accolades that come their way. They are a hard working band and AMerican Idiot was better then a lot of stuff out there nowadays.
If they went back to their dookie or Kerplunk roots, people would bash them for not growing. You have to remember that they are in their mid thirties so their sound is obviously gonna evolve

[morello_man]

i am looking forward to the american idiot movie. it is a good story. so what, there has been a lot of singles, don't listen to the radio or mtv. 'jesus of suburbia' is a great song.

[jesusgonewrong]

Does anyone else think that pic of them resembles gay preists?

[euan_soad]

[b]murray_lindsay[
/b] wrote:

Opinions are like *****s everyone has one. I applaud Green Day for making a good album and putting out singles. I find when a band becomes popular it becomes cool to bash it. Green Day deserve all the accolades that come their way. They are a hard working band and AMerican Idiot was better then a lot of stuff out there nowadays.
If they went back to their dookie or Kerplunk roots, people would bash them for not growing. You have to remember that they are in their mid thirties so their sound is obviously gonna evolve

Yeah everybody bashes hendrix

[Morcades]

Billy Joel is the male equivalent to Avril Lavigne

Billy Joel? Am I missing the joke or something, or are you saying that the guy who sang 'Uptown Girl' in the 80s is like Avril Lavigne?

Why is everyone so concerned over what is punk and what is not? Let people label themselves and you 'punks' do whatever you want to do. I don't think it is very rebellious or different at all to sit on your arse all day and whine and moan over who is a sellout and who isn't or who was a punk or whatever in the first place.

To whoever said that Green Day are a brand, you are totally right. But to whoever is complaining
is silly to do so in my opinion. It is capitalism, live with it or change it. Also, what about all these bands that people say deserve to get popular? Tell me, honestly, what are those bands going to do if/when they get popular?

I frankly find it very hard to talk to someone who, as a point for hating a band, says 'Oh, they look like gay vicars in that picture'. If you can't do anything better than use gay as an insult then please don't post stuff like that for your arguement.

As a fan of the band, I am looking foward to any new material they may release and if a movie comes out, I will watch it.

[Morcades]

Oh, I almost forgot. They are thirty threeyears old. They are not going to write Going To Pasalacqua or songs about masturbating and teen angst anymore.

[___monstrosity]

oh my god. i have never read such absolute shit comments. First off, will green day give a shit to whether or not you like them? No. They have their fans and that?s all that matters. seriously though, people who don?t like green day, you really do need to get a hobby instead of bitching about a band that will always be more successful than you. Personally i cant wait for green days new movie and thanks to them and their music, my life has improved, i have improved. without them i probably wouldn?t be here, now that?s what i call true inspirations.

[raise_the_dead]

great.... a movie coming up now. Do these guys really feel the need to be ubiquitous?
Well I'm not gonna waste my day flaming them, but I have to admit I hate their guts.

[mentaldonkey182]

___monstrosity:
o
h my god. i have never read such absolute shit. First off, will green day give a shit to whether or not you like them? No. They have their fans and that?s all that matters. seriously though, people who don?t like green day, you really do need to get a hobby instead of bitching about a band that will always be more successful than you. Personally i cant wait for green days new movie and thanks to them and their music, my life has improved, i have improved. without them i probably wouldn?t be here, now that?s what i call true inspirations.

hear hear

[appetite]

'For The Love Of God' is there any end to this Green Day bashing?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Hamtaroisawesom]

i thought american idiot was great and so were all of there other albums

[laztraz]

I didn't like Green Day much until American Idiot. And it's not because I don't like punk=I listen to The Clash, The Ramones, etc. American Idiot is just more interesting than their other stuff.

[STICKFLY_182]

I heavily doubt any one of these green day bashing bastards hav rele listened to any green day at all. Seems to me all they do is try to make as many enemies as possible then go back to their blacked out rooms and toss them selves silly for the rest of the day. Seriously if u like doin it so much make a ****in club or sumthin.

[Wednesday_x]

People who say American Idiot 'sucks' and old Green Day is better, I'm pretty sure they're probably lying. People have some weird urge to be 'unique', and not like a band because they're 'mainstream', and getting a few new fans. Respect what they've done, how far they've come, what they write, and how they play, because it's totally brilliant. They're starting their thirties, they're not going to stay in the 'Dookie' days for eternity. They're getting older, and wiser. Everyone should respect that.
Every album they've made was great.
And not many bands can do that now days.

[Edge Wall]

To all the people who say that Green Day sold out:

Get. over. yourselves. I find it sad that the very same people who were telling all their friends about "a cool underground band called Green Day (or Sweet Children)" a couple of years ago, are now telling everyone "i never liked those sellouts!"

Firstly, what the hell is a "sellout" exactly? Is a business mogul who gets to the top by hard work and doing what they love with a passion a "sellout"? Hell no, so then why should Green Day be treated any differently? They didn't get everything handed to them on a silver platter by their record label right from the start, like many of today's artists. Just because most of us who are on these boards know we probably won't achieve that level of success, doesn't mean we have to get all bitter and call them "sellouts" or "gay priests" due to pure jealousy. That's what it boils down to: 30 year old men sitting in their living room being bitter about the fact that they never have and never will achieve the level of success that Green Day has.

And another thing: how can you expect Green Day not to try and make money off of what their doing? I know some people miss the days of $5 shows at Gilman Street, but they guys have matured and now they have families to support. What would you do in their position, with families to feed and clothe? I thought so.

Oh, and don't give me the whole, "if u like greenday u must like crAppy muzic!!!" argument. If The Beatles, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Doors, The Sex Pistols, or Jimi Hendrix are "crapyy muzic!!", then please, by all means, go ahead and insult them and watch how fast somebody bites your head off on these boards I'm not saying that Green Day is amazing (although 1039/SOSH was near perfection in my opinion), because I DO find Billie's voice to be nasal, and I DO think that the 3-chord formula gets to be redundant after a while, and you know what, I prefer metal (Otep, Lamb of God)! But that doesn't mean you should bash a band for achieving success, or just say that they 'suck' because everyone else says so. Be your own person, form your own opinions, don't be just another person following the masses.

-Karlee

P.S. By the way, if you have to stoop so low as to call people that you don't even know "gay priests", you're just a jealous ****tard.

[SPcentral]

who cares if theyre punk or not? who cares if theyre sold out or not?
if you like it you like it. if you dont, you dont so dont listen to it

[st.mike]

everyone on here that says anything that bashs green day are obviously people who dont know what good music is. Like cmon rhcp and nirvana first of all rhcp havent come out with anything good in like a long time and second they are all a bunch of ****in junkies. same thing with nirvana except for the singer was so bad of he actually killed himself , talk about a bunch of old jaded people. Green days new album is the best by far and I will be waitingfor the new album for as long as it takes.

[geenday409]

oh jesus chirst, all you people saying their old stuff is better, they have gotten better. Just in differnt ways. Im sick of people who only listen to whats cool...like half the people on this site. Tho i personally like dookie and stuff better, i like American Idiot too, in a different way. Its really good music, and took tons of talent to make, whereas dookie is just really fun to listen to and play air guitar to

[kerplunk31]

Green Day is a great band and I'm not gonna sit here and say they sold out and crap because they didn't.Has anyone realized that once a band gets really big it becomes "cool" to dis them?And wouldn't you think that if you were in a band right now wouldn't you want to become a rock star and be popular too?And if a band like The Used or something ever gets big people are gonna say that they "sold out" too.Green Day is at the top now. They have worked hard and people need to understand taht they have matured a lot and wouldnt you expect someone who made something as great as American Idiot to try to promote and make money off it? I mean come on.Put yourself in their postiton.I'm not going to try and act all cool and say that they suck now becasue they made American Idiot.They dont.Their old stuff was good,but their new stuff is good too and to hell with you if you dont like it.dont listen too it.and if you think that it stupid of them to make a movie then why are you reading about it and don't make such a big deal about it. I mean it's not going to hurt you now is it?

[Nirvana_rocks73]

rhcp havent come out with anything good in like a long time and second they are all a bunch of ****in junkies.

RHCP own you first of all. Second of all, theyve been clean for years and years so shut your damn mouth because you dont know anything. Green Day never took drugs???right.....

[geenday409]

ya, haha, dont bring the drugs battle into this one, cus green day are the drug kings. they are in fact named after a drug. They say they made the whole dookie album on hallucinagins, and they have all been in rehab for speed, and pot, but apperently it didnt work.

lol, anyway...

[ducttaperules56]

You know all that talk about how Green Day was
Anti-American and all that bullshit? Well I'm completely disappointed with the people who started all that... They weren't going far enough. Green day is the most anal butt f***ing anti-American retarded dick suckers that ever picked up a guitar or beat on a drum or sang nasaly whiny lyrics into a microphone. Some bands just deserve to die and Green day is one of them... But I'd rather see Coldplay die before Green Day.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

I knew Green Day were junkies too, but apparently St.Mike didnt think so, so he just calls RHCP junkies even though theyve been clean for a while.

[HazeD]

somone please tell me that the punk fans arent serious in this. i know some punkers and there cool as shit. but i mean, the point of punk is to say **** the system and im an individual. exactly how many punks are out there? wanna be an individual, shave your head in a bullseye and walk on your hands for the rest of your life. and i will call you an individual

[StarGuitar86]

Sigh..... another day another green day story on ultimate guitar.com, riddled with comments half saying green day are great and the other half saying how much they hate green day, I'm a big fan of their work both new and old, and can't really see what a lot of peoples problem is with there new stuff.

[Nirvana_rocks73]

To clear up a few things...First of all, I like Nirvana but theyre not my favourite and Im tired of people calling Kurt Cobain a junkie, thats rude and nobody should be called that at all. I have been a little harsh on Green Day, and I didnt mean to offend any so I apologize, I was in a pretty bad mood when I wrote on here. And St.Mike, RHCP and Nirvana do not suck, They have achieved very much and of course RHCP can compete with the music nowadays... Theyre coming out with a new c.d soon and im sure it will do just fine. I apologize for how rude Ive been especially my disreguard for Nirvana, I do like them but I did not pick this username. I do have a great respect for them though, Im sick and tired of hearing people saying 'Kurts a junkie, he killed himself' We arent exactly sure if he killed himself yet as the sircumstances are very suspicious to what happened that day. Dont talk about things you know nothing about.

[geenday409]

for all you saying billie joe is gay, he Bi! hes openly said it several times, so quit callin em gay!

[wh1ck3r]

they should get rid of the commetn feature on this site..cuz its just stupid and all people do is argue about this and that..that's what the forums are for

[futur3r0ckst4r]

This is pathetic.'Most' people don't waste their time talking about bands and stuff they don't even like. That's just low. I like Green Day and I believe anyone is allowed to do whatever they feel like, so I think it's not a terrible idea for Green Day to make another album or to go ahead with that movie. No matter what everything turns out like, me and fellow Green Day fans will be supporting them.

[darknesscrawls]

thank you Morcades just what i was saying, im fu**ing tried of what people think whats punk and what is and whats not punk,doesnt punk mean to be your own person?to be different?cause if we complain about who's punk and whose not?if u kinda think about it,its just like what the stupid trendy preps complain about(what is and whats not cool)so dot got and tell people'well u suck cause u like this band or u dont like this band'jesus!if we kept on juding people sooner or later we'll be like the trendy preppies!so stop complaining that green day was better in the past,yeah dookie was kick ass and nothing can top that off,but they like in their thirties i dont think they'll be doing another version of dookie i mean come on!they evolved,if u like thier old cds well go listen to them instead of wasteing your time and typing stuff saying'oh green day sucks'or 'they were better in the past'its in the past and i know their old cds were classics,but thats that it was in the past.

and they can take their sweet time making their new album and their movie...cant wait

[TreCoolfreako]

^^^^I agree with everything you and Morcades said.

[TreCoolfreako]

And, I read almost all these comments on here. How many people have to bitch that "Go back to the dookie days!" "Green Day's new stuff sucks!" "Green Day sucks!" ok, if you hate green day, just get out! Go whine about that somewhere else

[mykethefiend]

green day was an awesome underground band , now there an even better mainstream, but there only mainstream punk b/c everyone likes them, more people bought there albums so they got played more. its just how it works. so you liked the old stuff good for you. put on an older cd of theirs and listen to your hearts content but dont bash them cuz they are slowly evolving and you cant keep up cuz ur stuck in your f***ing box ok
green day kik ass

[The Spoon]

I liked American Idiot. Dont know if there should be a film though. Ive seen movies based on games, but movies based on albums? Haha cant wait to see how that comes out though.

I think they should take their time writing a new album. Dont want it to suck now do we?

[XxXgUiTaRxXx]

wow...alot of comments. well i hope they go back to their roots like dookie and insomaniac. american idiot is overplayed wicked bad. in all, ive probly heard on the radio in my tech class.....to many times. i want it all to end, and this movie is probly gonna suck. there makin a movie, wow, sellout. next what... a video game? somebody slap me in irony if im right and in a few weeeks theres gonna be a post on this site saying "Green Day set to make a video game based on story of St.Jimmy".....

[hoobariffer87]

undefined wrote:They're really not that great. Underground bands should get the extra recognition Green Day shouldn't get.
undefined

The brilliant thing about this comment is that Green Day was underground, then they got recognition (finally), and now everyone hates them. So, by the same token, all the great underground bands should get famous so people can hate them, too

[Letterbomb11]

^Indeed. Pretty sad, getting known so people can hate you.

[guitarplayer9]

Green Day is an awesome band...cant wait for the new cd

[gd169]

love green day!!!

[em0 is not cool]

alright, let's all just stop. to each their own. to me green day rocks, but whether or not you think they do, the world will keep going on.. so let's all just sthu.

[em0 is not cool]

btw if anyone doubted the conan performance, IM me on AIM. i have tons of gd live.

p.s. i thought that performance sucked as well. they're a totally better band than they were that night. they seemed tired or something.

that's all folks, rock on.

[kornknot]

feesk8ordie wrote:

hmmmm.... i really hope they return to their roots just once more, maybe not this album, but sometime in the future...

aint gunna happen mate. name one band who has gone back to their original sound

[SomeEvilDude]

Ok, from what I've gathered, clearly everyone here is either pro-Green Day or anti-Green Day. Then there's the sub groups; for anti-Green Day people, it's they should either (a) go back to their roots, (b) they sold out, (c) they're too 'maintsream', (d) they're bad musicians.
Then for the pro-Green Day camp; (a) they rock, (b) they're not going back to their roots, their sound evolves, (c) who cares what they do or whether they're punk or not, (d) they're totally not sellouts LIEK!!!!1111.
Ok fair enough, each to their own. But at the end of the day, Green Day's sound has evolved, they've matured and they're not going to return to their roots. They're hardly sellouts - they became mainstream, so what? I suppose no bands you guys listen to have ever been are or mainstream. They're making a movie based around an album? Big deal, so did Pink Floyd and they're one of the best bands in the history of music (in my opinion). And music is an art form; it doesn't nessecarilly have to be complex, there is often beauty that can be found in simplicity.
What irks me, is the people who say that the only reason some people don't like Green Day is because they're trying to be cool. You know what? I don't like Green Day. I'm not doing it because I want to be cool; I just don't like their music. I can tolerate some of their stuff, but it would certainly not be my choice listening.
As for people who are resorting to calling people 'gay', please grow up alright? Nobody gives a damn about your sexually insecure and/or homophobic opinions.
Finally, to everyone who says Green Day are crap; ok, fine they're crap, Which is why they've released a whole slew of successful albums and are one of the biggest selling artists around today. Yeah, they're really crap aren't they?
Remember kids; opinions are formed in each of our own minds so we'll all have different opinions, difficult stuff to grasp I know. While it's quite valid for someone to say they don't like Green Day, it isn't quite as valid for someone to say, 'OMG LIEK GREEN DAY TOTALLY SUCKZ LOLZ!!!111' or something similar and/or more coherent.

[ironman316]

their songs are too frickin catchy. i can't stand it. they need to stop making albums. they already own the hearts of millions and it makes me sick.

[Janie Jones]

This place amuses me.

Prepare for a long winded... I don't know what.
For all of those who:

-Say Green Day is not punk: No- freaking -duh. They have stopped being a punk band since... oh, THE DAY THEY STARTED. They were pop punk, something moderately reflecting punk, but still MTV and radio friendly. They have now evolved from that into a rock band, much like The Clash. And to those who say they aren't punk/ are totally emo/ what-the-****-ever, please define punk and emo, because you've all left me utterly confused.

-Think they are overplayed: Duh. But only because most stations run on votes by the fans. It's all your fault they're overplayed, dumbasses.

-Think the movie is stupid: Don't judge it before it even happens. People were all geared up for the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club" and that movie kinda sucked. Give it a chance. It's not they're fault they wrote something with a good storyline, and want to show people what the **** they were imagining when writing it. The only reason not to want to see it is if you're afraid they might not portray what you had in mind when imagining the story. That would be the only reason I wouldn't see it. Besides, the Who did it ((twice I might add)) and Pink Floyd did it too.

-Think they look gay with the make up: Punk rock was based off of glam rock, only the 'musicians' imitating it, sucked horribly at playing and turned glam rock into trash glam ((Note Alice Cooper, who Johnny Rotten had to lip-sync to for his Sex Pistols audition)). Glam rockers/Trash glam rockers often wore makeup when performing/ doing promotional work, as was the style in the late 70s/80s, when punk first began to show up. Make up was used to show an androgynous ((S/P?)) and effeminate side. Lead guitarist for the Clash, Mick Jones, used to go around wearing tight jeans, heeled shoes, gloves, and had long permed hair in tribute to the New York Dolls in his pre-Clash days. Punk rockers ((and Green Day)) are probably just wearing make up as a tribute to that time period. Unless it's the Killers. Make up just makes Brandon Flowers look like a gay sailor who lost his boat. ((Back on topic)) Most rockers who wore make up back in the 70s/80s were gay/bi, and felt comfortable wearing the crap. Billie JOE ((note the caps on how to spell his friggin name)) is bisexual, since he publicly came out to The Advocate in 1994/95, and Tré... Well, if you've heard/seen half of the things he does, you'd have many suspicions on where his sexuality lies. Quit ****ing calling them gay/fags/queers, for you are hindering the development of human beings who have the slight chance of gaining some intelligence. Please, don't drag them down to your level of idiocy with derogatory name-calling. Just because you're stupid and homophobic doesn't mean you have to make everyone else like that.

-Like the old stuff better: Ok, that's your opinion. In my opinion, they sound pretty much the same. The only thing different is that they've added a keyboardist and a horns section for extra oomph, and they're songs are longer by about 6 minutes. Don't start complaining about the second guitarist, because if you were a fan of Nimrod, guess what? Jason White helped on that album too.

- They just plain suck: Lemme guess, you're into all the 'bitches and hoes, money money' rap/hip-hop/r'n'b shit, or heavy screamo/metal music where you can't understand one ****ing word they're saying. Am I right? Well, lemme tell you: Those kinds of music are the most redundant and recycled forms of music out there. Sure punk/pop's three chords get a bit annoying, and sure it'd be nice to get some music from the genre that didn't seem like Hot Topic exploded((I.E. Good Charlotte and Simple Plan)), but at least it doesn't all sound the same. Don't get me started on Rap/metal Limp Bizkit type shit.

-Hate the picture: People, it's a promo picture. For one thing, they don't get much say in it, they just sit there and look pretty, much like any other band out there, and for another, it's supposed to be humorous. They're dressed as Catholic priests. What are Catholic priests known for? Molesting little boys. It's a joke people. Plus the paddle in Billie Joe's hand is most likely a reference to National Lampoon's Animal House.

-Whoever the **** said their songs are too catchy: what you like bands who can't string notes together, suck lyrically, and will never be known outside of their garage? Ok then, I'm sorry you and your horrible band are terrible musically and are jealous of Green Day's success.

-Think they should return to their roots: So, what, sappy love songs sung by an 18 year old post pubescent boy was more your style? While I have absolutely nothing against their Lookout! Recordings, I prefer their major label albums.

-Think they sold out/are too mainstream: most bands are. Apparently radio play and crowds over 300 are big bad boo boo. In a few years when the whole "next big thing' rock music has going for it, and we're stuck with shitty music again, I doubt you'll be complaining about Green Day being big. Besides, for all yo

[Janie Jones]

gah. it cut me off.

*-Think they sold out/are too mainstream: most bands are. Apparently radio play and crowds over 300 are big bad boo boo. In a few years when the whole "next big thing' rock music has going for it, and we're stuck with shitty music again, I doubt you'll be complaining about Green Day being big. Besides, for all you old-school fans of GD, how do you think the original Class of 76-77 punk fans feel now that we've over marketed their bands to the point of people who have never heard the music, wear clothing that those fans couldn't get then, like a logo for a ****ing brand name now? They're probably bitching about you all. I know my dad sure does. And anyways, aren't most of the bands you listen to mainstream? Even if they're not, some mainstream band probably influences them. You like the Ramones? The Clash? Sex Pistols? All on mainstream labels. ((Ramones-Rhino; Clash-Epic; Sex Pistols- EMI/Capitol. and those are just the ones I'm positive of.))

-Think they're ((Green Day/fans)) just trying to be cool: they're being comfortable with who they are. Not their fault that doesn't fully meet your 'cool' standards.

And I have bunches to say about the people who think they are great as well:

- Give some people chances to explain their views, with good reason. If they have no valid excuse as to why they say Green day sucks, **** 'em. But not in the literal sense. Who knows what kinds of STDs they could be carrying.

-If you're gonna say they're great, you too must give valid reasons; they're hot is not one of those reasons. And for God's sakes spell their names right. It's Billie Joe, not Billy jo/ Billy Joel. Billy Joel is an old rocker from, like, the 80s.

-Don't directly insult anyone about their views unless they insulted you DIRECTLY first.

But to you all: be coherent and use proper spelling. It saves many people from headaches.

I expect lots of shit from this.


Now I'm leaving.

[Slackerton]

what do you people try to promote? If you hate greenday and think they are the worst thing in the world why did you waste precious free time putting the same redundent shit. sheesh for alot of greenday haters they sure love to read every article

[shovel]

I like old and new Green Day. Just agree to disagree.

Like the dude said before. Music is an art; there's no right or wrong way.

So just go listen to music you like, and don't waste time ranting on about how much you 'hate' a band, there's many better things to do in life.

Have a nice ... week =)

[counterpart]

ahh, I am amased by the stupidity expressed by half the people on this site. I must say though, Janie Jones, you maneged to take what I am feeling, and put it into words, and actual real words, you didnt give me this lyk, or sux crap, you construct sentences like you actually own a dictionary and attend school, unlike half of the ****s on here.
Gee nirvanarocks77, for a person who hates green day so, I am glad you spend at least some of your free time reading and posting under all of their articles, as do many of you green day, shall I say "haters".

Its funny though, when green day came out with dookie in 94, people were giving them shit for "selling out" and now green day have managed to abtain critisism from a whole new hate crowd, as well as their old "hardcore fans". You might recognize them from the usuall "DOOKIE ROCKS MAN , NEED TO GO BACK TO DOOKIE, AMERICAN IDIOT SUCKS HAIRY MONKEYS ASS" stop living in the past, whats done is done, green day are only moving forward they are not going to go back to singing about masterbation and/or smoking pot.
I personally own all nine of green days full length albums, all of which are amazing by the way, Billie Joe is one of the best songwriters out there, (good riddance anyone, Jesus of Suburbia parhaps),he has gotten really far, musically and lirically. Lets not think back to 1000 hours, as much as I love that song, never again Billie.
But enough about Billie joe, lets talk about them "selling out"....hmm...what is selling out anyway, is it making an amazing album that sells millions, is it going on episodes of the simpsons, or maybe, a conbination of the two. If I remember correctly, I have never seen green day promoting themselves to such a great extent. To whoever the **** said they are using this movie to promote american idiot, you are absolutly correct (note: my usage of sarcasim may confuse some), thats right, 10 million copies sold and 5 videos later, they are going to start promoting.
green day are a mainstream band, and the big deal is..., all of the other bands mentioned on here are mainstream aswell, does that mean they have sold out, now im not going to start accusing any bands of selling out, the way I see it is, if you actually play and instrument or have amazing lyrical talent, you should be allowed to "sell out" so to speak. When you start a band, if you have no intension of others listining to it, then whay the **** are you in a band. Sure this might mean sighning to a major label, as green day had done 11 years ago, but in the end of the day does it matter. Of course it does. By signing to a major label, more people get the chance to veiw( erm, listen) to your opinions, and in my opinion, that is what being an artist is about, and if you just so happen to get rich by doing it, good be to ya
iIm am going to sum this ting up because frankly, I have better things to do
let me end off by sying this, Green Day have been aroung for the last 17 years, 11 of which they have been in the spotlight and under constant critisism of "selling out" or "not being punk" in the end , weather you like em or not, you should respect them because they are and have been doing something that is, lets face it not the easiest job in the world, and they work their assess off doing it.
ok ima go drink some tea now

oh and by the way, you ****ers that accuse them of "not being punk" look who the **** is taking, a suburban kid who hasent even the slightest clue what punk is, you and your...computers

[Nirvana_rocks73]

^good for you...
Right, yeah I post, so what? can I have an opinion? yes! I can! Nobody can rob me of that, you can have your opinion too! everybody can have their own opinions and everyone should be alowed to post what they want. Yes, I have been rude and I apologize for that as I was in a bad mood. And yes, I can spell and I don't need a dictionary for it either. I will not post as much on these because that would just make me an ass, so I apologize for that aswell.

[em0 is not cool]

it's not so much the being opinionated.. it's the talking out of the ass without really knowing anything that's started this whole thing. like i said, if you're someone who's never seen gd live or who has never taken the time to analyze their music and lyrics, then you have a lot of work to do. 17yrs. worth of music in fact.

[Mrs.ImPerfect]

I read some of these comments and i was a little bit disappointed in some of the comments. Ok the people who are complaining and whining need to shut up! Like "get back to dookie man" green day sucks" ,"american idiot sucks" shut up no one asked yall! If you Hate Green Day then why are you even at this website?? And go complain to some one who wants to listen..better yet to someone who actually CARES! I think that making a movie would be a great thing to do since the american idiot album was such a hit! and the album is incredible yall(greenday) much love,
.....

[counterpart]

ok nirvanlover apology accepted, i also appologize for taking a stab at you.

[counterpart]

ohh Yea I am getting bullet in a bible today, it is going to rock, some gd fans have been lining up since 12 last night here, as for the movie, if it follows the storyline to american idiot, then it should be amazing and cant wait for the new album, lets just hope it doesnt take them four years to make it like last time. And I complettly agree with em0 is not cool on that one. People have been bitching about green day when the only song they know is boulevard of broken dreams. And to the ****s calling them "gay" and "fags" just because they wear make-up..., first of all, there is nothing wrong with being gay, second the make-up is sopposed to be a indication of the characters in american idiot, but of coure you wouldnt know because...you havent heard the album.

[RckrGt130]

green day:: one of the most amazing bands ever- i do admit i like their old stuff better, but their new stuff is different and unique and i feel that some people are afraid to except that green day has changed... even though their music style didn't change- it's just the time and effort that they put into their record and their fashion. how can you call a band sell outs if they are successful? Breaking away from look out records took guts- and look at how they evolved- and making a totally different kind of album also took guts. so all rights to them if they are changing.

[FuTuReDrUmMeR]

Green Day's like the biggest punk rock band now. Even though they did a great job making an early career! Anywayz, i think it is a good idea to make the Amiercan Idiot movie becuz it'll explain what the whole album is all about. (even tho sum people including me already kno) It's awsome and i cant wait to see it! =)

[em0 is not cool]

i got the dvd plus i got to see 'em today in hollywood!!

[Pxnkxrockxbxtch]

[b]Green Day should defintley keep working at it.. I mean after all, they haveAlotof fans looking up to them.. && I happen to be just one of them.. Green Day is exploring new things.. Such as Politics... && I agree with them 100%. They are the best band in the world, && Should NEVER quit. They are my ultimate Idols.. && I Love them, whether anyone else does or not... I can care less.

Here's to 16 years, && A Ton more.

[Punkrock_Scotty]

Janie Jones wrote:

gah. it cut me off.

*-Think they sold out/are too mainstream: most bands are. Apparently radio play and crowds over 300 are big bad boo boo. In a few years when the whole "next big thing' rock music has going for it, and we're stuck with shitty music again, I doubt you'll be complaining about Green Day being big. Besides, for all you old-school fans of GD, how do you think the original Class of 76-77 punk fans feel now that we've over marketed their bands to the point of people who have never heard the music, wear clothing that those fans couldn't get then, like a logo for a ****ing brand name now? They're probably bitching about you all. I know my dad sure does. And anyways, aren't most of the bands you listen to mainstream? Even if they're not, some mainstream band probably influences them. You like the Ramones? The Clash? Sex Pistols? All on mainstream labels. ((Ramones-Rhino; Clash-Epic; Sex Pistols- EMI/Capitol. and those are just the ones I'm positive of.))

-Think they're ((Green Day/fans)) just trying to be cool: they're being comfortable with who they are. Not their fault that doesn't fully meet your 'cool' standards.

And I have bunches to say about the people who think they are great as well:

- Give some people chances to explain their views, with good reason. If they have no valid excuse as to why they say Green day sucks, **** 'em. But not in the literal sense. Who knows what kinds of STDs they could be carrying.

-If you're gonna say they're great, you too must give valid reasons; they're hot is not one of those reasons. And for God's sakes spell their names right. It's Billie Joe, not Billy jo/ Billy Joel. Billy Joel is an old rocker from, like, the 80s.

-Don't directly insult anyone about their views unless they insulted you DIRECTLY first.

But to you all: be coherent and use proper spelling. It saves many people from headaches.

I expect lots of shit from this.


Now I'm leaving.

A-FUKING-MEN. YOU MY FRIEND ARE LEGENDARY. THAT POST PUT EVERYONE BACK IN THEIR PLACE. WELL-FUKING-DONE MATE.

[RockFreak92]

OK...well, I just want to say that if you all liked Green Day so much when they made dookie, than shouldn't you be happy for them now that they are poular and gained more fans? Now all of their new fans will hear classoc Green Day songs and love them just as much as you do. I, for one, am very happy that Green Day finally gained the respect from so many fans that they deserve. They are an amazing band and I think American Idiot made them even better and they had a lot of guts to create a record like that.

[Billiejoeishott]

i agree with most of the positive things that ppl have said. i think greenday is the best band and i loved their old stuff and their new stuff. its all great. but ppl really need to stop with all the insults. really. and if any body has anything to say then u can e-mail me at [e-mail]. (yes i like ICP 2)

[punk1453]

green days still good no mader wut

[Green_Day_Rock]

smileyface wrote:

P.P.S. It seems from all the insults flying around that this forum is home to four retards, fourty-three homosexuals, and six people who are all tied for stupidest person in the world. We are so blessed.


Come on man , there are a lot more retards on here than that. I wonder who would win the award for worlds biggest douchebag? Nirvana_rocks73(who spends all day on here to talk shit about bands he doesn't like and doesn't even like his name which was the only thing he had going for him), or PunkRock_Scotty who seems to have a disastrous taste in music and has made claims such as "the clash, nirvana, and Jimmy Hendrix all suck". What do u guys think? Cast ur votes!!!!

Jesus, thats funny! I have too agree there really are some pretty shitty retards here,

[FalloutGREEN182]

even if your not a green day fan you have to admit there music is pretty amazing, i mean they have come far in punk rock and they deserve respect


Green day rocks

[Nevermind_182]

Wow, i cant believe green day did soo much last year and are already planning a new record. Awsome.

[Rockchild]

I like the idea of the rock opera.Green Day are amazing, and i think its great that theyv come so far. Shame people out there have to have a go just cos their actually living everyones dream.

[Chable]

Green Day are punk. They do what they want and dont give a crap what all the other fags think. And i like their new music, they took a change from the old power chord fast beat tunes and did something different. I respect them for that. They aint afraid to do things because they may lose fans, they dont care what the majority think. Thats true punk, not how you dress or do your hair.

=/

[Thedboy]

yep, chable has got it right