Green Day Talk About New 'Power-Pop' Album

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has hinted that their forthcoming new Butch Vig-produced album could take a "power pop" direction.

The frontman did not reveal song titles or details of the songs they are currently working on in the studio, but name-checked The Creation, The Who, The Beatles, Cheap Trick and The Jam as possible influences.

"I really like fucking with arrangements," Armstrong told Altpress.com. "I always try to look at the possibilities of how you write power-pop music.

"How do you take something - and it could be anything from The Creation and The Who to The Beatles to Cheap Trick to The Jam - and try to expand on the idea of what is supposed to be three-chord mayhem?

"How do you do it in a way where the arrangements are just unpredictable? So I'm pushing myself to be progressive in songwriting and being a songwriter."

The frontman went on to discuss working with Vig, who produced Nirvana's seminal grunge album "Nevermind" in 1991. "He doesn't take for granted what we have here [in the studio]," he said, "but he uses everything to the best of his knowledge and the best of his ability.

"I mean, he gets psyched on a fucking microphone! That's inspiring. That's amazing. He's not a cheerleader type of producer; he's just a very hard-working, straightforward guy.

"He's very Midwestern, too. For example, he'll turn around when you're working on something and just go, 'That's badass.' And you're like, 'What do you mean, 'badass?' Is that more bad, or is it, like, ass?'"

Green Day posted video footage of them working in the studio with Butch Vig in October. You can check it out here.

Thanks for the info to Nme.com.

Comments

[Ironpriest]

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

[guitartiger]

green day's new cd will blow people away

[RyanGillam]

Sounds good.

[DiveRightIn63]

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

[parkerguitars24]

I'm looking forward to this one.

[alkalineweeman]

no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

I'm pretty sure thats not true, The Jam are a hugely influencial band to many artists and music fans alike.
Anyway, this could be good, i had nothing against American Idiot but do long for the 2 minute pop-punk days of Insomniac.

[HEXAGRAM66]

better not be anything and i mean anything like the foxboro hot tubs

[fts666]

sounds like warning part 2 .... well lets see what come up with this time

[THastings]

Hopefully there go back to there roots but i'll buy the cd anyways rock on.

[Serjem]

i'm begining to dislike greenday after all this... i used to be a great fan of them... still am tho at least some of their music is great.

[Peres.T.Peanut]

This will be a disapointment like American Idiot...Thats what you get when you hang around a litle too much with the MTV fellas...

[Emenius Sleepus]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

lol that's what I was thinking.

Either way, he's a good songwriter, like them or not, so this album will probably be at least solid power pop

[TJ1991]

Ironpriest wrote:
plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

Insane thing to say, the Jam are ace!

Anyway, whatever they say about this, I just want to hear it. Can't wait.

[NemX162]

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!

[Slappy182]

I wish they'd do Dookie or 1039 stuff But its ok they are still my favorite band and im getting this CD the day it comes out!

[Jett Diamond]

HEXAGRAM66 wrote:

better not be anything and i mean anything like the foxboro hot tubs

Stop, Drop, and Roll is, in my opinion, the best thing Green Day's ever put out. I'd love if the new album had that influence, but it's not gonna sound like that. It's why they did it as a side project.
Plus, if you read the whole interview with Billie Joe, he talks about how they wrote and recorded FHT stuff so quickly without really changing much, where as they normally take forever to get perfect arrangements and song structures. Green Day's music is much more calculated than the garage rock that FHT did.

[kgesme21]

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!

Actually now that I think about it, I've never heard it said outside of places like Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota. Never been to New York so I'm not sure how common it is there, but yeah now that I think about it, the phrase is sort of Midwestern.
Anyway on topic, can't wait for new Green Day. I've loved nearly everything they've put out, more disliking certain songs than full albums, so yeah can't wait.

[NemX162]

kgesme21 wrote:

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!
Actually now that I think about it, I've never heard it said outside of places like Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota. Never been to New York so I'm not sure how common it is there, but yeah now that I think about it, the phrase is sort of Midwestern.
Anyway on topic, can't wait for new Green Day. I've loved nearly everything they've put out, more disliking certain songs than full albums, so yeah can't wait.

Haha! Fascinating. Thank you for addressing my off-topic comment.

Anyway, yeah the whole power pop thing is intriguing, I hope it's good.

[Quicksand15]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?
What have they been before..?

exactly what i thought...
imo "Progressive" and "Power-pop" in one sentence is completely hilarious^^

[slash_rocks2005]

I'm here in NC on the east coast and use "badass" regularly

[MasterExploder0]

I just hope its no where near American Idiot.

[vabrownsfan89]

i thought badass was a pretty common expression. ive seen it used in Ohio and Virginia, so idk what hes talking about really. and plus, its not that hard of a phrase to understand, does billy joe armstrong seriously not know what it means?

[Sid McCall]

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!

Yeah, I'm from NY as well and EVERYONE uses that term (in a positive way). They use it in movies all the time, so it must exist to SOME extent on the West coast.

Also, I REALLY hope this comes out like a mixture of insomniac and warning. That would rule.

[Skirvy]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

Saying nobody here has heard of the Jam is the most ridiculous comment i have ever heard.

[Anarchy_Ant]

Awesome, i've pretty much loved every album they've done, including American Idiot, which i thought was easily one of their best albums.

Can't wait to hear Green Day again, it's been so long!

[Rock'n'Roller]

Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

You need to meet new people

[brentondig]

This will be good. I didn't really like "American Idiot", but I liked the side-projects, like The Network, and FHT. This will be a change from their old stuff, American Idiot and their side-projects. This will be completely different. I'm looking forward to it.

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

Billy joe should NEVER associate his music with such great music as the who, the beatles, and cheap trick. EVER.

[zapatista89]

any1 else see the headline as Joe Armstrong?

interesting. i don't know how else to respond really. i won't judge it until i hear it.

[StraylightRun_X]

i'm from New England, and last i knew "badass" was a pretty common term for good, cool, or tough, or tough and cool.

i mean, we say 'wicked' to add emphasis to something, like 'wicked badass' and i've heard that's weird to people.

and i'm mildly interested in what Green Day are working on.

[stumaster18]

I'm pretty excited for this one.

[paddypadman]

Really cant wait!

[SetMeFree]

Going to be the classic hammering of power chords, being as thats the only thing they ever do whether it be that foxboro crap or greenday. I hope this is more creative than that.

[GUNIT!]

aging really does bad things to people.

[Guitar Skater]

so really hes trying out 9 combos of a 3 chord progression!

[ytse Jammer]

Greenday are dead to me after american idiot. One of the worst albums in a long time in my opinion.

[Guitar/Ninja]

But I Tought they were PUNK MY god

[Psycho Pigeon]

lol power pop

[JayGuitar94]

Guitar/Ninja wrote:

But I Tought they were PUNK MY god

Well you "tought" wrong. They where never punk.

[Quicksand15]

JayGuitar94 wrote:

Guitar/Ninja wrote:

But I Tought they were PUNK MY god

Well you "tought" wrong. They where never punk.

you need to recognize sarcasm...

[tands]

can you people stop bashing Green Day for being "punk", a good band never says "were (insert genre) and thats all were going to do for the next 30 years of our career". The Beatles changed up their sound, Pink Floyd changed up their sound, Led Zeppelin changed up their sound, Iron Maiden changed up their sound. This is what good bands do. Once they conquer a sound they move onto the next. Im not the biggest green day fan but im really sick of these immature comments about "O there suppose to be punk" and all that crap. Hell If every band punk band is not suppose to change their sound then every punk band would have to pull a Sex Pistols move and release only 1 album and call it quits. Look at how the clash changed their sound up from their first album, if they didnt god only knows the state music would be in today.

[BonezShaker]

noOOOOO !!!! POP !!!

[Andy2k64]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

the jam are huge!!!!! will be interestin. i prefer the older stuff but i like bands that can evolve with time. ppl moan all the time about bands soundin the same then they moan wen they sound different!!!

[guitaringnathan]

havent been into green day since they started slamming rednecks, im not a redneck myself but i have friends who are and they found that very offensive.

Checked.

[Fuzzbox91]

guitaringnathan wrote:

havent been into green day since they started slamming rednecks, im not a redneck myself but i have friends who are and they found that very offensive.

theyve been doing that since like '91

[XxGibsonSGxX]

I'm intrigued for this album. I busted out all of my badass CD's the other day and listened to Dookie and Kerplunk and what not. I'd be glad if it was like that, but probably not. Probably like Warning, or maybe Shenanigans?

[lepermessiah22]

since when is "badass" just a midwestern thing?

[Timothy O.]

Looking at the influences he cites, I'm looking forward to this.

[HardRockKid]

My first thought was ugh more power pop neo punk stuff from a good band i mean gds not like that but when he mentioned the who and beatles and after readng the article im excited i cant wait

[itmustbejesus]

american idiot was a neat concept album but that was what it was a concept album i really don't want american idiot part 2 the ideas would become stale and old

[fender456]

the triangulitoxionism of greenday is what keeps their hiplymtromasticousity alive!!!!!

[soadguitarfan]

StraylightRun_X wrote:

i'm from New England, and last i knew "badass" was a pretty common term for good, cool, or tough, or tough and cool.

I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada and alot of us use "badass" like it's going out of style.

Which it isn't.

[BassFishin]

i just hope it sounds like how they used to....dookie and warning were great, but american idiot was such modern punk pop stuff....trying to be all political and satirical...i just personally didn't think it worked for them. considering how mainstream they are.

[init24]

the quotes were so stupid
i just want the album to be good

[Bucketheadroolz]

what the heck is power pop? sounds like a sour candy..

[asianpursuasion]

NemX162 wrote:

kgesme21 wrote:

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!
Actually now that I think about it, I've never heard it said outside of places like Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota. Never been to New York so I'm not sure how common it is there, but yeah now that I think about it, the phrase is sort of Midwestern.
Anyway on topic, can't wait for new Green Day. I've loved nearly everything they've put out, more disliking certain songs than full albums, so yeah can't wait.

Haha! Fascinating. Thank you for addressing my off-topic comment.

Anyway, yeah the whole power pop thing is intriguing, I hope it's good.

lol im from south florida and i know this is getting way off topic but i just wanna say that im pretty sure badass is a generic alloverthecountry term

i know lots of people who say it down here and people say it when im in north carolina during the summer.

btw this album just needs to kick ass thats all i know. but they need to go back to the good old days of dookie where they werent so damn political about everything.

lol watch this album be about the economy i can see it

cant wait though

[Hyperboy111]

a whole lot of people use the expression badass. maybe it just originated in the midwest.
and...

BassFishin wrote:

i just hope it sounds like how they used to....dookie and warning were great, but american idiot was such modern punk pop stuff....trying to be all political and satirical...i just personally didn't think it worked for them. considering how mainstream they are.

What're you talking about, American Idiot was great.

[Hyperboy111]

Bucketheadroolz wrote:

what the heck is power pop? sounds like a sour candy..

lol, or a lollipop

[fastlanestoner]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

that's what I was thinking. I worship GD so ACES!!!

[MusicalMinority]

Looking forward to it, actually.

[adrianjunger]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

This x1000

[DOOdooroCK]

cant wait for this album, Billie Joe Armstrong is a great songwriter.

[nickyjohnson]

if its anything like american idiot its going to be shit

[waves9310]

NemX162 wrote:

kgesme21 wrote:

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!
Actually now that I think about it, I've never heard it said outside of places like Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota. Never been to New York so I'm not sure how common it is there, but yeah now that I think about it, the phrase is sort of Midwestern.
Anyway on topic, can't wait for new Green Day. I've loved nearly everything they've put out, more disliking certain songs than full albums, so yeah can't wait.

Haha! Fascinating. Thank you for addressing my off-topic comment.

Anyway, yeah the whole power pop thing is intriguing, I hope it's good.

i live in rhode island and i say bad-ass all the time so i dont think its a midwest thing. anyway i'm looking forward to the new album but after a huge album like american idiot its going to be hard to follow up

[guitarplayer292]

tands :
can you people stop bashing Green Day for being "punk", a good band never says "were (insert genre) and thats all were going to do for the next 30 years of our career". The Beatles changed up their sound, Pink Floyd changed up their sound, Led Zeppelin changed up their sound, Iron Maiden changed up their sound. This is what good bands do. Once they conquer a sound they move onto the next. Im not the biggest green day fan but im really sick of these immature comments about "O there suppose to be punk" and all that crap. Hell If every band punk band is not suppose to change their sound then every punk band would have to pull a Sex Pistols move and release only 1 album and call it quits. Look at how the clash changed their sound up from their first album, if they didnt god only knows the state music would be in today.

one thing wrong there, the Clash were actually good, Green Day never really was. but you are right about people saying what genre they are. and if green day ever DID say they were punk, i'd just laugh. the way i see it, the clash were the last REAL punk band. although their sound was different, they kept the "up yours" attitude for the most part

[thewalrus77]

he says he trying to make a three chord song? ive never heard a green day song that uses more than 3 chords...anyways i cant wait for some more repetive songs that all sound the same and his annoying voice

[ihavenoname93]

wow, powerpop? makes me dislike even more

[SadClown12]

gay, power pop

[DroptheBomb]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

amen

amen.

[musefanatic]

I love how many comments there are about the badass thing.

Hope it's good. I personally liked American Idiot, and don't really like to slate bands based on one album, so if it sucks it won't be a huge tragedy for me.

[SteveHouse]

"He's very Midwestern, too. For example, he'll turn around when you're working on something and just go, 'That's badass.' And you're like, 'What do you mean, 'badass?' Is that more bad, or is it, like, ass?'"

Ha ha ha, what?

[jonnyrotten45]

its never cool to try and be different, he should have learned that by now

Checked

[chewychuckels]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

i know. i was gonna right the same thing. i cant tell from your comment if you think thats a bad thing, but i like green day (and its cool if you hate 'em, whatever). i just hope they dont go as emo with makeup shit as they did with american idiot

[RUSTDOGG666]

Nice. Now Billie tell us when its released and give us a song list. I can't ****ing wait.

[awsomeguitarguy]

chewychuckels wrote:

i know. i was gonna right the same thing. i cant tell from your comment if you think thats a bad thing, but i like green day (and its cool if you hate 'em, whatever). i just hope they dont go as emo with makeup shit as they did with american idiot

American idiot was awesome, and Id rather them be emo than power pop (cuz that means less retarded powerchords), wait.. were you saying they were just emo with the makeup? or everything? I thought they were good, but with this direction, they'll finally be a 100% conformist band and they'll suck

[jason75]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

Yes all there songs are 3 chords but if you watch one of their concert vids like Bullet in a Bible, they move around a lot. And with 120,000 people at those shows, they got them excited

[a drummer]

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!

Im a cincinnatian ha and its very midwestern what that dude did

Green day's sweet, always enjoyed their music

[musiclover_92]

hmmmmm

[xcmasta91]

i have a feeling that this is gonna be one badass record

[FiveStarMotel]

i just hope it's more punk than it is power pop. I mean they've always been pretty poppy for a alt/punk band

[ofreena]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

agreed.

[stevezy]

they say they're going power pop but don't mention Weezer? C'mon guys....Weezer IS power pop. Along with Cheap Trick who were the originators of the sound, respectfully.

[Dmmrng]

Green Day doing power pop? That's gay. Pop and punk should be mortal enemies, but power punk pop? That can only be the creation of satan himself.

[Mortsde]

I'm excited for what they bring to the table this time. I'm expecting them to layoff the 8 minute mini-songs-thrown-together-to-make-one-big-8-minute-song. I mean, it was different, but I thought it was one of the bigger drawbacks...fast forwarding to hear a specific track is overrated.

[radioplay]

jonnyrotten45 wrote:

its never cool to try and be different, he should have learned that by now

so are you saying that we should live in an emotionless society where everyone is the same, and we all believe in the same things,say the same things,enjoy the same things,and every song would follow the same pattern?
You sound like my Ethics teacher from last year lol.

guitartiger wrote:

green day's new cd will blow people away

how can you know when they havent even released song titles or even fully decided on what it will sound like. If we follow the trend, this album will probably blow. Course,thats based on my opinion, but GD albums have gotten progressively worse since Nimrod in my view.

checked

[bathroom_gnome]

ugh. this does not sound promising.

[DanBLON00]

Power Pop? aww man

[ccam555]

THastings wrote:

Hopefully there go back to there roots but i'll buy the cd anyways rock on.

Yeah, root note playing by Mike. I liked dookie, that is the only album I really liked by them but this may change.

[Ironpriest]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

Saying nobody here has heard of the Jam is the most ridiculous comment i have ever heard.

whoa! guys i meant the small town i live in. It's a Small town in Australia where everyone listens to the music on the charts, I rarely see anyone around my town who has heard of the jam, i got into them through my dad.

Anyway, this Green Day album will rock, i just know it.

[Exxol]

power pop?

yuck

new green day will never be as good as old green day... give me straight up 'punk', none of these gay half-labels

[down n dirty]

adrianjunger wrote:

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

This x1000

that x100000

lol never were punk never will be always say they r diferent... they arnt

[meganh37]

Idk if I'm ready for this album... power-pop? I always saw them as punk rock...Idk maybe it'll be different and likable.

[LynchMobster]

I have decided that bad ass is a general term across all of the US. Not only do we say it all over New York, but i've definately heard it on tv a lot. I'm pretty sure they used it in a lot of 70/80's movies, but i really cant back that up so that might not be true. I also recall "badass" being said on Mad TV the other day.

[kalel182]

power pop¡?¡¡¡¡¡
fuuck!!!!!
i wish that its not what i think it is....
because GD would turn into shit!!!!

[TooFast]

Sweet. Excited, I am.

[maiden_mexico]

why is this a headline?

[shadow__666]

I've hated everything they've done since Insomniac (Minority excepted) but if this album leads into a more Weezer-type direction (Which is my first thought when I hear power pop) it might be good.

[Fender6]

I thought it was wrong for guys to where make-up!

Also...."Power Pop"! Green Day just went from bad to worse.

[vIsIbleNoIsE]

what's he doing talking about being progressive?

[Sever_the_Skull]

just when i thought they couldn't get any lamer...

[Tapping_Ninja]

Fender6 wrote:

I thought it was wrong for guys to where make-up!

Also...."Power Pop"! Green Day just went from bad to worse.

What's wrong with power pop? I know a bunch of good power pop bands

vIsIbleNoIsE wrote:

what's he doing talking about being progressive?

He's most likely talkin' lyrically... No mater what genre you can still progress through it and become better.

[Toaster Pastry]

Hasn't Green Day pretty much always been power pop?

[SilverSpurs616]

Toaster Pastry wrote:

Hasn't Green Day pretty much always been power pop?

This ^

[Emo_Guitars]

whatever.... even if they head toward a polka/metal/spanish rap direction as long as its good I dont give a ****

[Wesseem]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

haha first exact thought i had too.

[Anjohl]

Wow, that's sad...I guess that side project they did was a succesful version of "Chris Gaines greatest hits".

[xtheblackoutx]

once again, green day changes their style to what ever is the popular thing at the time. way to go.

[drunkass]

he said progressive, green days gonna make a cd like 2112? that will be impressive. i cant get enough of the old progressive power pop

[rizZo52792]

there's a difference between pop punk and power pop

pop punk = descendants, teenage bottlerocket, NoFX, screeching weasel, the queers, lillingtons

power pop = the jam, the exploding hearts, buzzcocks, the boys, the briefs, undertones, dimestore haloes

Green Day's new record should be interesting

[rizZo52792]

xtheblackoutx wrote:

once again, green day changes their style to what ever is the popular thing at the time. way to go.

power pop isn't the "thing" with kids these days

Checked

[IbanezBassman]

rizZo, not the thing with kids these days (Thank god, cause powerpop is too good for teenagers today) Anything with Green Day on it will sell to the kids.

[tommyg_99]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
quote]
[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
quote]
[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
quote]

...Are you ****ing dumb?

[darkfire_storm]

if it's anything like American Idiot, i'll have officially given up on these guys. here's hoping for the good ol' days.

[Aerotides]

Is there anything surprising about these guys going on to the next musical fad? And don't call this band bashing either. You know it as well as I do.

[Reebokanonymous]

guitartiger wrote:

green day's new cd will blow

L.O.L.

[Elgsus]

guitartiger wrote:

green day's new cd will blow people away

Damn right it's going to blow...

[41plus182]

kgesme21 wrote:

NemX162 wrote:

The phrase bad-ass is mid-western? I'm from New York State and I thought it was a pretty common thing!

Actually now that I think about it, I've never heard it said outside of places like Wisconsin, Illinois or Minnesota. Never been to New York so I'm not sure how common it is there, but yeah now that I think about it, the phrase is sort of Midwestern.
Anyway on topic, can't wait for new Green Day. I've loved nearly everything they've put out, more disliking certain songs than full albums, so yeah can't wait.

Badass is a common term over here on the west coast too, so I don't really know if it's a "midwest" thing.

[altergray19]

this billy joe guy really knows how to bring the lulz.

[xmacattack18]

some of you are so ****ing dumb. bands grow up. go back to their roots? you want them to start writing about being a teenager again? would that even make sense. I guarantee if greenday recorded 20 songs back in 1995 and released ten of them on, lets say, dookie and then saved the other ten to release right now, you would critique it the same way as if they wrote new stuff. your taste changes as well. don't be morons.

[Strato-Massacre]

so does that mean it will sound like cheap trick and the who's bastard child on acid?

[Ironpriest]

tommyg_99 :
Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
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[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
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[quote]Ironpriest wrote:

plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!
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...Are you ****ing dumb?

I rarely see anyone around my town who has heard of the jam,

I MEANT IN MY TOWN! NOT THE FUCKING WORLD.

can people please read it properly lol this is getting out of hand!

[Strato-Massacre]

xmacattack18 wrote:

some of you are so ****ing dumb. bands grow up. go back to their roots? you want them to start writing about being a teenager again? would that even make sense. I guarantee if greenday recorded 20 songs back in 1995 and released ten of them on, lets say, dookie and then saved the other ten to release right now, you would critique it the same way as if they wrote new stuff. your taste changes as well. don't be morons.

THIS. i agree 110%. a band changing their sound/style as they get older is a part of growing as a musician, and if you dont want to grow as a musician, why would you keep going? plus, dookie pt. 2 12+ years later would ruin the brilliance of dookie anyway. so, im not sure if ill like this cd, but props on GD trying new things.

[MasterExploder0]

stevezy wrote:

they say they're going power pop but don't mention Weezer? C'mon guys....Weezer IS power pop. Along with Cheap Trick who were the originators of the sound, respectfully.

Actually Weezer is more or less "Geek Rock."

[GrungeJunkie]

DiveRightIn63 wrote:

They're now going powerpop?

What have they been before..?

I think that they mean their changing back to their older sound that they had before AI.

I for one am thankful. American Idiot haf about 5 too many ballads and 9 minute songs, nothing like Dookie or Insomniac (which were both better albums, IMO)

[XxStrifeXx]

Lets hope its good...should be, i mean they have been working on it for about 5 years now. One thing to look forward too is that its not going to be American Idiot, that in itself makes it promising.

[gir vs wild]

lol power pop, reminds me of this cheap as wine that tastes like shit "passion pop"....hope the albums not as bad as the drink

[frozen_sun]

Here we go again with people saying:

They're Not Punk, they're pop punk...

They're Don't do rock music, they do punk music...

You people need to read some wikipedia sometimes so you can know what are sub genres of rock music...

DUH!

[frozen_sun]

Green Day may be sell outs as some of you say...But

...of course some rock musicians get greedy because of the fame they can get...but at least they still love what they do..not like some other artists from different music genres that only do things because of the freakin' money...

[DrPooh]

Everyone could actually learn a lot from power pop bands like Third Eye Blind!

[Slash181]

greenday arnt that good
sorry but they arnt....i thought right all there albums had nothin realli good about them, so i thought keep an eye on what he's saying and see what he will be doin next. i started to look forward to the new album as ya know, fresh material, new style on things but no.....hes goin back on shitter bands like 'the jam' and 'the beatles'....WHAT. look people have been there n done that, im very open minded in music so please dont slag off my opinion. the other is that alot of people are unsure if they play punk or rock....well people please they play 3 different types of genres
Punk rock
pop punk
alternative rock
do ur research!!!
hopefully in the future billie will do something more productive in his time.....

[pooflinger069]

their last CD sucked so I hope they make this one better

[pooflinger069]

and that is a really gay picture of Billie Joe

[Draken]

yay green day.

[MR_meaty]

this is more then gr8! i, for 1, didnt realy hear anything coming from green day after bullet came out- american idiot was amazing and i got realy disapointed they didnt do anything sinse. this new album, tho its titled as power pop, is gonna blow all green day fans world wide away!

[lorrythebassguy]

the jam & green day
2 of my all time favourite influences

Ohh and the less like American Idiot the better

[Izzy_Bryce]

power pop....hmm...i guess wen they got away with being alternative they decided to do somethin else...all i have to say is i hope its good, and i hope its not a bitter disapointment. so far their stuff really hasent been. i really wanna see the new tricks up their sleeve in this new album.

[explosionate]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

This is the most adorable comment I have ever read.

[explosionate]

Slash181 wrote:

greenday arnt that good
sorry but they arnt....i thought right all there albums had nothin realli good about them, so i thought keep an eye on what he's saying and see what he will be doin next. i started to look forward to the new album as ya know, fresh material, new style on things but no.....hes goin back on shitter bands like 'the jam' and 'the beatles'....WHAT. look people have been there n done that, im very open minded in music so please dont slag off my opinion. the other is that alot of people are unsure if they play punk or rock....well people please they play 3 different types of genres
Punk rock
pop punk
alternative rock
do ur research!!!
hopefully in the future billie will do something more productive in his time.....

One of the more ignorant comments I have read.

[str84ever]

What're you talking about, American Idiot was great.

It was mediocre and seriously overplayed. I like Green Day so this isn't a hit at them but it was a let down compared to their other albums.

There was a few good songs on the album, American Idiot and St. Jimmy but it totally has alienated their old fan base it was just a complete change in direction.

They're like Linkin Park as well who now have a totally different fan base than before usually to cater to the new audience as mainstream has changed.

Now they cater to screaming 14 year old girls compared to a decade ago.

[str84ever]

str84ever wrote:

What're you talking about, American Idiot was great.

It was mediocre and seriously overplayed. I like Green Day so this isn't a hit at them but it was a let down compared to their other albums.

There was a few good songs on the album, American Idiot and St. Jimmy but it totally has alienated their old fan base it was just a complete change in direction.

They're like Linkin Park as well who now have a totally different fan base than before usually to cater to the new audience as mainstream has changed.

Now they cater to screaming 14 year old girls compared to a decade ago.

Woops forgot a bit.

However irrespective of their new fan base the album was still pretty poor in my opinion.

[Higgzy]

I'm Pretty Sure They Already Are Power Pop. I Don't Like Green Day...

[Bucketheadroolz]

Slash181 wrote:

greenday arnt that good
sorry but they arnt....i thought right all there albums had nothin realli good about them, so i thought keep an eye on what he's saying and see what he will be doin next. i started to look forward to the new album as ya know, fresh material, new style on things but no.....hes goin back on shitter bands like 'the jam' and 'the beatles'....WHAT. look people have been there n done that, im very open minded in music so please dont slag off my opinion. the other is that alot of people are unsure if they play punk or rock....well people please they play 3 different types of genres
Punk rock
pop punk
alternative rock
do ur research!!!
hopefully in the future billie will do something more productive in his time.....

dude....green day ISN"T that good. Green day is a group, there fore it is singular.
and my opinion on green day is.... bleh.
I dont like punk/ power popcicle. its boring. all the songs sound the same using the same boring power chords: c, g, am, f over and over again!!!

[:xMCR>.<Skyx:]

just as they stop with the emo shit

[Ricky4635]

Power-pop sucks. Power-pop is stuff like Miley Cirus, Hilary Duff and Linsey Lohan. The Beatles, The Who and Cheap Trick are Rock and Roll.

[BrickIsRed]

Power-pop, huh.

[Ironpriest]

Now they cater to screaming 14 year old girls compared to a decade ago.

Thats total bs, and you know it!

[CallMePathetic]

You say they're "sell-outs" and "mainstream" and that you dislike them, then why are you still posting?
I don't understand people...

[xtheblackoutx]

rizZo52792 wrote:

xtheblackoutx wrote:

once again, green day changes their style to what ever is the popular thing at the time. way to go.

power pop isn't the "thing" with kids these days

yes, it is. go ask any 13-18 year old girl who their favorite bands are. over half of them will be those electronic-ass power pop bands.

[Jaw Knee]

Fuck power pop.

[rizZo52792]

xtheblackoutx wrote:

rizZo52792 wrote:

xtheblackoutx wrote:

once again, green day changes their style to what ever is the popular thing at the time. way to go.

power pop isn't the "thing" with kids these days

yes, it is. go ask any 13-18 year old girl who their favorite bands are. over half of them will be those electronic-ass power pop bands.

that isn't power pop, go read up on the bands i mentioned and compare that to what you call power pop.

[werty22]

Ironpriest wrote:

his just stating how he wants to make 3 chord rockers like normal, but make it exciting. I for one am pumped about the new album as american idiot is my all time favorite album. plus he mentions the jam which is just crazy coz no one here has heard of em and i love the jam!

btw, am i first? sweet!

YEAH, THE JAM IS THE MOST OBSCURE BAND EVER

Green Day has basicly always been power-pop. People always take things from interviews out of context.

[guitarfreak482]

powerpop=(
i want to have another album like Dookie or sumthing

[Blink day]

JayGuitar94 wrote:

Guitar/Ninja wrote:

But I Tought they were PUNK MY god

Well you "tought" wrong. They where never punk.

Looks like you never heard there first 3 albums

[withoutanyname]

Slash181 wrote:

greenday arnt that good
sorry but they arnt....i thought right all there albums had nothin realli good about them, so i thought keep an eye on what he's saying and see what he will be doin next. i started to look forward to the new album as ya know, fresh material, new style on things but no.....hes goin back on shitter bands like 'the jam' and 'the beatles'....WHAT. look people have been there n done that, im very open minded in music so please dont slag off my opinion. the other is that alot of people are unsure if they play punk or rock....well people please they play 3 different types of genres
Punk rock
pop punk
alternative rock
do ur research!!!
hopefully in the future billie will do something more productive in his time.....

if you're open minded to music, then you wouldn't have say: the beatles are a shitter band... i mean what the hell man? their music is still influencing a lot of people in the music industry and don't try to get me wrong, but it's true, believe it or not. So if the beatles are a shitter band, then 90% of today's music is pure shit.

sorry man, but i don't share your opinion... and green day, no matter what kind of music they do, they still rocks...

[Edge93]

Slash181 wrote:

greenday arnt that good
sorry but they arnt....i thought right all there albums had nothin realli good about them, so i thought keep an eye on what he's saying and see what he will be doin next. i started to look forward to the new album as ya know, fresh material, new style on things but no.....hes goin back on shitter bands like 'the jam' and 'the beatles'....WHAT. look people have been there n done that, im very open minded in music so please dont slag off my opinion. the other is that alot of people are unsure if they play punk or rock....well people please they play 3 different types of genres
Punk rock
pop punk
alternative rock
do ur research!!!
hopefully in the future billie will do something more productive in his time.....

WHAT?? The Beatles weren't shit. they were one of the greatest bands of all time.

[ronkun]

Power POP!!! are they serious!! when was Greenday with whats popular! They used to be unique the alcohol must have gotten to their heads

[duzit89]

the beatles are "one" of my fav. artists.. and proud to have typed it... ..Moving On..