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I have been listening to Green Day's American-Idiot album and I found myself wondering what I always muse over when I hear Green Day. I was not familiar with Green Day when they were still a true punk band, except I did purchase Dookie when it hit the market. This was their very first mainstream CD and me very was fond of it. However, from the starting, i've invariably contemplated is this band awfully punk? Being how I haven't ever heard their music from before the release of Dookie, I cannot honestly say I know how they orginally sounded. What I do know is that majority of their songs doesn't meet my idea of punk rock. I am sure I know, they have kept the instruments to a minimum, the singing is nasally, and many of the song lyrics are pack full of anger. Punk-music needs to have all three of these in it. Yet, if this is all there is to punk rock, then Marshall Mathers should be though of as a punk rock rocker.
Green Day does not make punk music the way I see it. The 'American Idiot' album is proof of this. This Album is in my CD collection and I do like listening to it sometimes. But, when I do, it is not because I want to listen to Punk Music. If I would like to listen to punk music, i've Celia & the Mutations, the Wasps, Victim, or the Violators to listen to. The difference between these bands and Green Day is the fast beats coupled with the searing lyrics that cause me to wonder, can't believe he just said that! In a nutshell, any music suitable for the radio could not be labelled punk In my mind. It's time to face the truth, Green Day's music might be entertaining, but it's mainstream, not punk.
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Quick note, Bonnie your gay.