A punk-turned-pop band who produced two underground Punk albums in the late 80's, early 90's, then went on to bigger, more commercial things, (though they lost their indie status, still considered to be quality punk rock) until the release of American Idiot; known by any real fan of punk rock to be the most insultingly pathetic release to date. It picks up where Blink 182 left off in turning a genre (punk) of insanely warped guitar melodies and meaningful, thought-provoking lyrics into mushy love songs and half-assed, pretentious bitching, all to attract a new generation of 13 year old girls, (most likely moving on from the hip hop trend) seeing a Green Day vid on MTv and going to Hot Topic to buy some anarchy shoe laces, claiming to be Punks, when they know NOTHING about the genre or ACTUAL Punk rock. (They also tend to have very poor grammar, refer to themselves as bois and gurls. This is probably a clinging trend from the hip hop phase they were interested in last week.) And another thing; you're supposed to like a band because you like their music, not because you think the lead singer is how you bunch of Good Charlotte douche bags.
Here's my example: (a comparison)
Green Day - American Idiot (the song):
A brief, meaningless rant, picking up on the Hot Topic/MTv trend of saying you're a rebel, yet... Green Day is the only "punk" band you've ever even heard of. Also, proof that Billie Joe is lyrically retarded.
vs.
Bad Religion - any album/song ever produced: Bad Religion are a REAL punk band that has been making punk rock since the 70's, with the likes of Dead Kennedys, The Misfits, Rancid, and hundreds of other bands little Greenday pop-punks probably have never heard of.
Their music is not only political (it's one thing to say "Oh, I don't wanna' be an 'American Idiot'" "Oh, rednecks are stupid" "Down with Bush!" It's another thing to actually write meaningful lyrics about it that actually inspire intellectual thought, rather than MTv raves.
Green Day - American Idiot (the song):
A brief, meaningless rant, picking up on the Hot Topic/MTv trend of saying you're a rebel, yet... Green Day is the only "punk" band you've ever even heard of. Also, proof that Billie Joe is lyrically retarded.
vs.
Bad Religion - any album/song ever produced: Bad Religion are a REAL punk band that has been making punk rock since the 70's, with the likes of Dead Kennedys, The Misfits, Rancid, and hundreds of other bands little Greenday pop-punks probably have never heard of.
Their music is not only political (it's one thing to say "Oh, I don't wanna' be an 'American Idiot'" "Oh, rednecks are stupid" "Down with Bush!" It's another thing to actually write meaningful lyrics about it that actually inspire intellectual thought, rather than MTv raves.
by TrippleZero July 12, 2005
by viperboy March 15, 2005
greenday rock ass my first album from them was insomniac and then after that I borrowed dookie from my female cousin, it was trashy as hell but it kicked major ass with songs like welcome to paradise and she and burnt im not growing up im just burning out and i stepped in line to walk amongst the dead dont know what it means but who cares.
Insomniac by far though is their most punk album. I used to listen to this album all the time in the car the only god damn casseette going. Everyday to here and back , once my cousin borrowed it for a year and it got warped from the sun because it was on the dash but it sounded even more awesome, note he listened to that cd a shit load to and if it wasn't for me he probably wouldn't be listening to alternative music today he bought the cd later on because i saw it in his collection. he got into nirvana alot to, to bad kurts dead got all messed up from the drugs.
by nostalgia January 29, 2005
Greenday is a punk-rock band, billie, mike & tre make up the band. Greenday's latest album is 'American idiot'. THEY ROCK!
Boulevard of broken dreams.
American idiot.
time of your life (good ridance).
Brain stew.
Minority.
Warning.
Nimrod.
Greenday are great!
American idiot.
time of your life (good ridance).
Brain stew.
Minority.
Warning.
Nimrod.
Greenday are great!
by Dave! January 21, 2005
by nat March 21, 2005
"Mention of there name conjures up images of sweat covered mosh pits, vomit stained stands, and very worried parents" - sums green day up.
by bloodbanx.com January 31, 2005
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