Yahoo: Is Punk Dead?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-10-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Phillyboy

Yeah 25, I don't consider them corporate, still love em and always will. Again NONE of you know how much money they have made. If you don't have a figure, your argument is baseless.

Plus, it's really sad to waste posts trashing a band you resent because of there suceess

I don't need to know how much money they make to know they're boring & insipid.

**Janszoon** · 10-10-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Phillyboy

Yeah 25, I don't consider them corporate, still love em and always will. Again NONE of you know how much money they have made. If you don't have a figure, your argument is baseless.

I know they sold over 10,000,000 copies of Dookie in the US alone. I think it's pretty safe to assume they weren't struggling to make ends meet after that.

And out of curiosity, if you don't consider Green Day corporate, who the hell do you consider corporate?

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Originally Posted by Phillyboy

Plus, it's really sad to waste posts trashing a band you resent because of there suceess

If you'd take a moment to actually, you know, read my posts you'd see that I don't resent them for their success, in fact I don't resent them at all. I'm just pointing out the irony of a very corporate band pretending to be anti-corporate.

Engine · 10-12-2009, 06:46 PM

I was about 17 when Kerplunk came out and I never knew one person who didn't consider them a bad joke even at the time. I'm actually happy for them that they are/have always been able to support themselves by making music but their music has always been bad.

wad · 10-12-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I know they sold over 10,000,000 copies of Dookie in the US alone. I think it's pretty safe to assume they weren't struggling to make ends meet after that.

And out of curiosity, if you don't consider Green Day corporate, who the hell do you consider corporate?

If you'd take a moment to actually, you know, read my posts you'd see that I don't resent them for their success, in fact I don't resent them at all. I'm just pointing out the irony of a very corporate band pretending to be anti-corporate.

word up!

and by the way none of these bands mentioned should ever have been considered punk rock

Violent & Funky · 10-12-2009, 10:29 PM

I like early Green Day...

tgpo · 10-13-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

I like early Green Day...

There's no need for the frown. If you like a band, more power to you. You shouldn't feel bad for liking something. The point of this thread isn't to point and laugh at people who like Green Day, but rather to better define what Punk is and why or why not certain bands fit into that definition.

10-12-2009, 06:46 PM	#43 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I was about 17 when Kerplunk came out and I never knew one person who didn't consider them a bad joke even at the time. I'm actually happy for them that they are/have always been able to support themselves by making music but their music has always been bad.

10-12-2009, 10:29 PM	#45 (permalink)
Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	I like early Green Day...